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HISTORY

Boquet, Elizabeth H. "Our Little Secret: A History of Writing Centers, Pre- to Post-Open Admissions." College Composition and Communication 50.3 (1999): 463-82.

Carino, Peter. "Early Writing Centers: Toward a History." The Writing Center Journal 15. 2 (1995): 103-15

---. "Open Admissions and the Construction of Writing Center History: A Tale of Three Models." The Writing Center Journal 17.1 (1996): 30-48.

Harris, Muriel. "What's Up and What's In: Trends and Traditions in Writing Centers." The Writing Center Journal 11.1 (1990): 15-25.

Kinkead, Joyce. "The International Writing Centers Association as Mooring: A Personal History of the First Ten Years." The Writing Center Journal 16.2 (1996): 131-143.

Yahner, William, and William Murdick. "The Evolution of a Writing Center: 1972-1990." The Writing Center Journal11.2 (1991): 13-28.

ADMINISTRATION, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, AND PROFESSIONAL CONCERNS

Bell, Jim. "Promotional Ideas for Writing Centers." Writing Lab Newsletter 21.1 (1996): 1-4.

Carroll, Shireen, Bruce Pegg, and Stephen Newmann. "Size Matters: Administering a Writing Center in a Small College Setting." Writing Lab Newsletter 24.5 (2000): 1-5.

Cox, Bené Scanlon. "Priorities and Guidelines for the Development of Writing Centers: A Delphi Study." In Olson: 77-84.

Farrell, Pamela B. The High School Writing Center: Establishing and Maintaining One. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1998.

Healy, Dave. "Writing Center Directors: An Emerging Portrait of the Profession." Writing Program Administration 18.3 (Spring 1995): 26-43.

Kinkead, Joyce A. Writing Centers in Context: Twelve Case Studies. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1993.

Olson, Gary A., ed. Writing Centers: Theory and Administration. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1984.

---. "Establishing and Maintaining a Writing Center in a Two-year College." In Olson: 87-100.

Riley, Terrance. "The Unpromising Future of Writing Centers." The Writing Center Journal 15.1 (1994): 20-34.

Simpson, Jeanne. "Perceptions, Realities, and Possiblities: Central Administration and Writing Centers." In Stay, Murphy, and Hobson: 48-52.

---. "What Lies Ahead for Writing Centers: Position Statement on Professional Concerns." The Writing Center Journal 5.2/6.1 (1985): 35-39. In Murphy and Law: 57-61.

Stay, Byron L., Christina Murphy, and Eric H. Hobson, eds. Writing Center Perspectives. Emmitsburg, MD: IWCA Press, 1995.

Wallace, Ray, and Jeane Simpson, eds. The Writing Center: New Directions. New York: Garland, 1991.

THEORY

Behm, Richard. "Ethical Issues in Peer Tutoring: A Defense of Collaborative Learning." The Writing Center Journal 10 (1989): 3-12.

Brannon, Lil, and C.H. Knoblauch. "A Philosophical Perspective on Writing Centers and the Teaching of Writing." In Olson: 36-47.
Bruffee, Kenneth A. "Peer Tutoring and the 'Conversation of Mankind.'" In Olson: 3-15. In Murphy and Law: 87-98.

Bushman, Donald E. "Past Accomplishments and Current Trends in Writing Center Research: A Bibliographic Essay." In Wallace and Simpson: 27-38.

Carino, Peter. "Theorizing the Writing Center: An Uneasy Task." Dialogue: A Journal for Writing Specialists 2.1 (1995): 23-37.

Ede, Lisa. "Writing as Social Process: A Theoretical Foundation for Writing Centers?" The Writing Center Journal 9.2 (1989): 3-14. In Murphy and Law: 99-107.

Gillam, Alice. "Collaborative Learning Theory and Peer Tutoring Practice." In Mullin and Wallace: 39-53.

---. "Solutions and Trade-offs in the Writing Center." The Writing Center Journal 12.1 (1991): 63-79.

Hobson, Eric. "Writing Center Practice Often Counters Its Theory. So What?" In Mullin and Wallace: 1-19

Kail, Harvey, and John Trimbur. "The Politics of Peer Tutoring." WPA: Writing Program Administration 11(1987): 5-12. In Murphy and Law: 203-210.

Lunsford, Andrea. "Collaboration, Control, and the Idea of a Writing Center." The Writing Center Journal 12.1 (1991): 3-10. In Murphy and Law: 109-115. In Murphy and Sherwood: 36-42.

Mullin, Joan A., and Ray Wallace, eds. Intersections: Theory-Practice in the Writing Center. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1994.

Murphy, Christina, and Joe Law, eds. Landmark Essays on Writing Centers. Davis, CA: Hermagoras, 1995.

---. "Writing Centers in Contect: Responding to Current Educational Theory." In Wallace and Simpson: 276-88. In Murphy and Law: 117-125.

---. "The Writing Center and Social Constructionist Theory." In Mullin and Wallace: 25-38.

North, Stephen. "The Idea of a Writing Center" College English 46 (September) 1984: 436-446. In Murphy and Law: 71-85 In Murphy and Sherwood: 22-36.

---. "Revisiting 'The Idea of a Writing Center.'" The Writing Center Journal 15.1 (1994): 7-19.

Trimbur, John. "Consensus and Difference in Collaborative Learning."

College English 51 (October) 1989: 602-616. ---. "Peer Tutoring: A Contradiction in Terms?" The Writing Center Journal 7.2 (1987): 21-27.

Warnock, Tilly, and John Warnock. "Liberatory Writing Centers: Restoring Authority to Writers." In Olson: 16-23.

PRACTICE

Brooks, Jeff. "Minimalist Tutoring: Making the Student Do All the Work." Writing Lab Newsletter 15.6 (1991): 1-4. In Murphy and Sherwood: 83-87.

Friedlander, Alexander. "Meeting the Needs of Foreign Students in the Writing Center." In Olson: 206-215.

Fulwiler, Toby. "Provocative Revision." The Writing Center Journal 12.2 (1992): 190-204.In Murphy and Sherwood: 71-82.

Konstant, Shoshona Beth. "Muti-sensory Tutoring for Multi-sensory Learners. Writing Lab Newsletter 16.9-10 (1992): 6-8. In Murphy and Sherwood: 108-111.

Neff, Julie. "Learning Disablities in the Writing Center." In Mullin and Wallace: 81-95.

Powers, Judith K. "Rethinking Writing Center Conferencing Strategies for the ESL Writer. The Writing Center Journal 13.2 (1993): 39-47.

PEER TUTORING TRAINING AND ISSUES

Bannister-Wills, "Linda. Developing a Peer Tutor Program." In Olson: 132-143.

Capossela, Toni-Lee. The Harcourt Brace Guide to Peer Tutoring. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1998.

Cobb, Loretta, and Elaine Kilgore Elledge. "Undergraduate Staffing in the Writing Center." In Olson: 123-131.

Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000.

Harris, Muriel. Teaching Writing: A Sourcebook for Writing Labs.

Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1982.

---. Teaching One-to-One: The Writing Center Conference. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1986.

Murphy, Christina, and Steve Sherwood. The St. Martin's Sourcebook for Writing Tutors. New York: St. Martin's, 1995.

Raforth, Ben. A Tutor's Guide: Helping Writers One to One. New York: Heinemann, 2000

Reigstad, Thomas J., and Donald McAndrew. Training Tutors for Writing Center Conferences. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1984.

Ryan, Leigh. The Bedford Guide for Writing Tutors. Boston: Bedford, 1994.

Smith, Louise, and Emily Myer. The Practical Tutor.New York: Oxford, 1987.

ONLINEWRITING CENTERS

Hobson, Eric H. Wiring the Writing Center. Logan, Utah. Utah University Press, 1998.

Inman, James A., and Donna M. Sewell. Taking Flight with OWLs: Examining Electronic Writing Center Work. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2000.

Inman, James A., and Clinton Gardner. The OwL Contstruction and Maintenance Guide. Emmitsburg, MA: IWCA Press, 2001.

"Online Writing Labs: Should We? Will We? Are We?" Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy 1.1 (Spring 1996).

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