2012 International Writing Centers Association Conference Theme Lines in the Sand: How Writing Centers Draw and Redraw Boundaries Date October 25-27, 2012 Location San Diego Conference Chair Shareen Grogan Proposal Deadline April 23, 2012 Extended to May 14 Keynote Speaker TBA Call for Proposals Like lines drawn in the sand, Writing Center work is continuously [...]
Peer Tutors and the Conversation of Writing Center Studies: An Undergraduate Research Issue of Writing Center Journal The Writing Center Journal is calling for submissions for a special issue recognizing undergraduate research in and on the writing center. This special issue will consist of undergraduate submissions focused on the topic of undergraduate research of any [...]
Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Interim Writing Center Director, Non-Tenure Track Whitworth University English, Spokane, Washington 99251 Ph. D. in English, concentration in Composition and Rhetoric. Desire 1-year experience in writing center administration. Six course load, including writing center training, first-year writing, and upper- and lower-level writing/rhetoric courses. Desired subspecialties: New Media, Gender Studies, or [...]
“The Future is WAC” The 11th International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference June 7-9, 2012 Savannah, GA Hosted by The Department of Writing and Linguistics and the Division of Continuing Education Georgia Southern University The Department of Writing and Linguistics in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and the Division of Continuing Education [...]
The University of Mississippi announces 3 newly created positions that have a focus on writing center work. The University’s 2009 Quality Enhancement Plan has placed writing at the center of the campus’s energies by creating the Center for Writing and Rhetoric, which consolidates efforts to improve writing instruction at all levels. The University is hiring [...]
In the fall 2009 issue of Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, Rebecca Day Babcock (University of Texas of the Permian Basin) interviews Ben Rafoth (IUP) about writing centers. An Interview with Ben Rafoth on Writing Center Research, Dissertations, and Job Opportunities By: Rebecca Day Babcock, University of Texas of the Permian Basin Ben Rafoth [...]
Northwestern College has a full-time position beginning July or August for a new multicultural student counselor. The counselor will collaborate with the associate dean for intercultural affairs and the director of academic support to enrich NWC’s academic and social support services for multicultural students. Responsibilities focus on student mentoring; instruction of learning strategies, writing and [...]
