Director, Writing Center The Director of the Writing Center (WC) oversees daily operations of the WC to include: Hiring, training, and supervision of all part-time, temporary employees Promotion of the Writing Center Implementation of the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program of faculty support and development Collection, maintenance, analysis, and reporting of data on student, [...]

The Winter 2012 Issue of Academic Exchange Quarterly is now accepting submissions for its special section on Writing Center Theory and Practice. Articles may explore issues of theory, practice, and experience in writing center work, including qualitative and empirical studies and discussions of pedagogy. Articles may also consider the following: How writing center professionals cope [...]

Rice University seeks an experienced professional to be the inaugural director of the Center for Written, Oral and Visual Communication. The Center is a foundational element of the Program in Writing and Communication (PWC) and will open in August 2012 in order to be in place for the First-Year Writing-Intensive Seminars (FWS) that will be [...]

The proposal process for the 2012 NCPTW conference is closed. Check http://condor.depaul.edu/writing/ncptw2012/index.html for conference details. The 2012 National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing will take place in Chicago on November 2, 3, and 4, 2012. Proposals are invited through Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Visit the conference website for more information: http://condor.depaul.edu/writing/ncptw2012/index.html . Additionally, the [...]

The following position for Director of the Center for Academic Resources http://www.uwosh.edu/car oversees content area tutoring and Supplemental Instruction, as well as related areas. Please pass it along to any colleagues or former students who would be interested in applying. We offer a thriving campus, an opportunity to expand programming, and an occasion for new [...]

The University of Maryland in Baltimore, Department of Academic Affairs, is currently seeking a Non-Credit Courses Educator.  The Educator, Non-Credit Courses manages the Graduate & Professional Student Writing Center (GPSWC) creating and implementing new resources, workshops and programs to help graduate and professional students from diverse fields and backgrounds improve their writing skills.  The Educator [...]

Table of Contents for the March/April 2012 issue of the Writing Lab Newsletter: • Driscoll, Dana, and Sara Harcourt. “Training vs. Learning: Transfer of Learning in a Peer Tutoring Course and Beyond” • Kevin Davis’s review of the 4th edition of The St. Martin’s Sourcebook for Writing Tutors, ed. by Christina Murphy and Steve Sherwood [...]

Like lines drawn in the sand… Writing Center work is continuously recast by ever-changing policies in higher education, innovations in technology, outsourced alternatives to student services, increased diversity of student populations, and progressions in writing center praxis. With the tides, we must be willing to shift within our philosophies and our policies in order to [...]

The Southeastern Writing Center Association offers two competitive grants to individuals within the southeast region attending the annual IWCA Collaborative@CCCC. Winners will receive a cash award of $105 to defray the cost of registration for the Collaborative and be recognized on the SWCA website. Following the Collaborative, recipients will be asked to compose a brief [...]

Writing Center Coordinator Virginia Commonwealth University Position Number:  FA2120 Hire Date: 05/10/2012 Application Deadline: 04/01/2012 The University College of Virginia Commonwealth University invites applications for an exciting opportunity as a Writing Center Coordinator. The Writing Center Coordinator supports the Director in implementing student-centered writing assistance programs. The Coordinator handles day to day operations including scheduling, [...]

Willamette University seeks a Director of a flourishing Writing Center in a well-established WAC program. In addition to directing the Writing Center, the Director will teach two to three writing courses a year and will consult with faculty who teach writing-centered courses throughout the College of Liberal Arts. This position is renewable for up to [...]

The English Department, Hawai‘i Pacific University, invites applications for a full-time, career-track faculty/administrative position at the rank of Assistant/Associate Professor for a twelve-month appointment to begin July 1, 2012. The director of University Writing Programs will teach two writing courses per year, oversee the First-Year Writing Program, provide leadership and direction for the new Center [...]

Position Announcement: Program Specialist for the Writing and Language Program, Center for Academic Program Support at the University of New Mexico (UNMJobs posting #0814486) Best consideration date: February 24, 2012. The Center for Academic Program Support (CAPS) at the University of New Mexico is seeking candidates for the position of Program Specialist for the Writing [...]

The Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association is pleased to announce that awards and grants are available for the 2012 MAWCA Conference <http://mawca2012.intuitwebsites.com/> , March 30th and 31st at Shippensburg University.   Brief descriptions of each of the awards are below, along with links to additional information on the conference website. The deadline for submitting applications is Tuesday [...]

The Center for Academic Excellence/ Writing Center (CAE/WC) at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, SC, invites applicants for a one-year, Visiting Assistant Professorship or Lectureship to begin August 1, 2012, with possibility of one-year renewal. We seek an experienced writing center faculty member to teach academic, scientific, and professional writing to [...]

Job Title: Management Intern Job ID: 27942 Location: Polytechnic (Mesa) Full/Part Time: Part-Time Regular/Temporary: Regular College/Division: Assigned to the University Academic Success Programs at the Polytechnic Campus Scope of Search: Open to Public Grant Funded Position:  This is not a grant funded position and is not contingent on future grant funding. Posted Rate of Pay: [...]

Full/Associate Professor and Founding Director of Writing Collaborative College of Arts and Sciences University of Baltimore Faculty position with benefits package Position will remain open until filled.  Primary consideration will be given to candidates who submit their materials by no later than March 26, 2012. Salary: Commensurate with qualifications The University of Baltimore seeks an [...]

Dear ECWCA Members: We have five excellent ways for you to be involved in ECWCA.  As you wait for our newsletter to be released later this week, read through this email and follow the links to see the amazing ways you can enhance your ECWCA experience. Below are the descriptions for each opportunity.  You will [...]

Trinity International University, a Christian liberal arts college in Deerfield, Illinois, is seeking an innovative, goal oriented professional to assist in the development and ongoing oversight of our proposed Student Success Center. Once launched this newly created position will oversee and coordinate academic support and academic advising for all university students, including traditional undergraduate, non-traditional [...]

The Writing Program Administrators Graduate Student Organization (WPA-GO) and the Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA) are pleased to announce seven travel grants for current graduate students presenting at the 2012 Conference on College Composition and Communication, to be held March 21-24 in St. Louis, MO. Presentations must be related to writing program administration (e.g., [...]