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Some Sources and Resources for Writing Centers1

Books

Staff Education/Tutoring Training Guides Arkin, Marian, and Barbara Shollar. The Writing Tutor. New York: Longman, 1982. Bruce, Shanti, and Ben Rafoth, eds. ESL Writers: A Guide for Writing Center Tutors. 2nd ed. Portsmouth, NH:

Heinemann Boynton/Cook, 2009. Bruffee, Kenneth A. A Short Course in Writing. 4th Classic ed. Foreword by John Trimbur and Harvey Kail. New

York: Longman, 2007. Capossela, Toni-Lee. Harcourt Brace Guide to Peer Tutoring. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace, 1998. Clark, Beverly Lyon. Talking About Writing: A Guide for Tutor and Teacher Conferences. Ann Arbor: U Michigan

P, 1985. Clark, Irene. Writing in the Center: Teaching in a Writing Center Setting. 4th ed. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt,

2008. Dawes, Charles W., and Edward A. Dornan. One to One: Resources for Conference-Centered Writing. 5th ed.

New York: Longman, 2007. Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Longman Guide to Peer Tutoring. 2nd ed. Boston: Longman, 2003. Harris, Muriel. Teaching One-to-One: The Writing Conference. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of

English, 1986.

MacDonald, Ross B. The Master Tutor: A Guidebook for More Effective Tutoring. Williamsville, NY: Cambridge Stratford Study Skills Institute, 1994.

Maxwell, Martha, ed. When Tutor Meets Student: Experiences in Collaborative Learning. Ann Arbor: U Michigan

P, 1994.

McAndrew, Donald A., and Thomas J. Reigstad. Tutoring Writing: A Practical Guide for Conferences. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2001.

Meyer, Emily, and Louise Z. Smith. The Practical Tutor. New York: Oxford University P, 1987.

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Murphy, Christina, and Steve Sherwood. The St. Martin's Sourcebook for Writing Tutors. 3rd ed. New York: Bedford St. Martin's, 2008.

Podis, Leonard A., and Joanne M. Podis, eds. Working with Student Writers: Essays on Tutoring and Teaching.

New York: Peter Lang, 1999. Rafoth, Ben, ed. A Tutor’s Guide: Helping Writers One to One. 2nd ed. Westport, CT: Heinemann-Boynton/Cook,

2005. Reigstad, Thomas, and Donald A. McAndrew. Training Tutors for Writing Conferences. Urbana: NCTE, 1984. Reynolds, Dudley W. One on One with Second Language Writers: A Guide for Writing Tutors, Teachers, and

Consultants. Ann Arbor: U Michigan P, 2009. Ryan, Leigh, and Lisa Zimmerelli. The Bedford Guide for Writing Tutors. 4th ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's,

2006. Soven, Margot Iris. What the Writing Tutor Needs to Know. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2006. Toll, Cathy A. The Literacy Coach’s Desk Reference: Processes and Perspectives for Effective Coaching. Urbana:

NCTE, 2006.

Readers/Anthologies/Article Collections/Conference Proceedings

Barnett, Robert W., and Jacob S. Blumner, eds. The Longman Guide to Writing Center Theory and Practice. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2008.

Murphy, Christina, and Joe Law, eds. Landmark Essays on Writing Centers. Davis, CA: Hermagoras Press, 1995. Murphy, Christina, Joe Law, and Steve Sherwood. Writing Centers: An Annotated Bibliography. Bibliographies

and Indexes in Education, Number 17. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1996. Tutoring and Teaching Academic Writing: Proceedings of the Second Conference of the European Association for

the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW). Emmitsburg, MD: IWCA P, 2007.

Theoretical and Research Studies

Black, Laurel Johnson. Between Talk and Teaching: Reconsidering the Writing Conference. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 1998.

Boquet, Elizabeth. Noise from the Writing Center. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2002. Briggs, Lynn Craigue, and Meg Woolbright. Stories from the Center: Connecting Narrative and Theory in the

Writing Center. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 2000. Dvorak, Kevin, and Shanti Bruce, eds. Creative Approaches to Writing Center Work. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton P,

2008. Flynn, Thomas, and Mary King, eds. Dynamics of the Writing Conference: Social and Cognitive Interactions.

Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1993.

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Geller, Anne Ellen, Michele Eodice, Frankie Condon, Meg Carroll, and Elizabeth Boquet. The Everyday Writing

Center: Community of Practice. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2007. Gillespie, Paula, Alice Gillam, Lady Falls Brown, and Byron L. Stay, eds. Writing Center Research: Extending the

Conversation. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2002. Goldsby, Jackie. Peer Tutoring in Basic Writing: A Tutor's Journal. Bay Area Writing Project. Berkeley: Univ. of

California, 1981. Griffin, Jo Ann, Carol Mattingly, and Michele Eodice, eds. Writing at the Center: Proceedings of the 2004 Thomas

R. Watson Conference. CD-ROM. Emmitsburg, MD: IWCA Press, 2007. Grimm, Nancy. Good Intentions: Writing Center Work for Postmodern Times. Westport, CT: Heinemann-

Boynton/Cook, 1999. Haviland, Carol Peterson, Maria Notarangelo, Lene Whitley-Putz, and Thia Wolf, eds. Weaving Knowledge

Together: Writing Centers and Collaboration. Emmitsburg, MD: IWCA P, 1998. Hawkins, Thom, and Phyllis Brooks, eds. New Directions for College Learning Assistance: Improving Writing

Skills. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1981. Lerner, Neal. The Idea of a Writing Laboratory. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois UP, 2009. Macauley, William J., Jr., and Nicholas Mauriello, eds. Marginal Words, Marginal Work? Tutoring the Academy

in the Work of Writing Centers. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton P, 2007. Moss, Beverly J., Nels P. Highberg, and Melissa Nicholas. Writing Groups Inside and Outside the Classroom.

Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2004. Mullin, Joan, and Ray Wallace, eds. Intersections: Theory-Practice in the Writing Center. Urbana, IL: National

Council of Teachers of English, 1994. Nelson, Jane, and Kathy Evertz, eds. The Politics of Writing Centers. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2001. Nicolas, Melissa, Allison D. Smith, and Trixie Smith, eds. (E)Merging Identities: Graduate Students in the Writing

Center. Southlake, TX: Fountainhead P, 2008. Pemberton, Michael A., and Joyce Kinkead, eds. The Center Will Hold: Critical Perspectives on Writing Center

Scholarship. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2003. Robertson, Wayne (writer and director). Writing Across Borders. DVD. Corvallis: Oregon State U, 2005. Shaughnessy, Mina P. Errors and Expectations: A Guide for the Teacher of Basic Writing. New York: Oxford UP,

1977. Spiegelman, Candace, and Laurie Grobman, eds. On Location: Theory and Practice in Classroom-Based Writing

Tutoring. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2005. Stay, Byron L., Christina Murphy, and Eric H. Hobson, eds. Writing Center Perspectives. Emmitsburg, MD: IWCA

P, 1995.

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Computers and Writing/Online Writing Centers/OWLs

Breuch, Lee-Ann Kastman. Virtual Peer Review: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Online Environments. Albany: SUNY UP, 2004.

Coogan, David. Electronic Writing Centers: Computing in the Field of Composition. Stamford, CT: Ablex, 1999. Hewett, Beth L., and Christa Ehmann. Preparing Educators for Online Writing Instruction: Principles and

Processes. Urbana: NCTE, 2004. Hobson, Eric, ed. Wiring the Writing Center. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 1998. Inman, James A., and Clinton Gardner, eds. The OWL Construction and Maintenance Guide. CD-ROM.

Emmitsburg, MD: IWCA P, 2002. Inman, James A., and Donna N. Sewell, eds. Taking Flight with OWLS: Examining Electronic Writing Center Work.

Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2000.

Writing Center Administration/Creation/Collaborations

Barnett, Robert W., and Jacob S. Blumner, eds. Writing Centers and Writing Across the Curriculum Programs: Building Interdisciplinary Partnerships. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999.

Elmborg, James K., and Sheril Hook, eds. Centers for Learning: Writing Centers and Libraries in Collaboration.

Chicago: ALA Press, 2005. Farrell, Pamela B., ed. The High School Writing Center: Establishing and Maintaining One. Urbana, IL: National

Council of Teachers of English, 1989. Haring-Smith, Tori. A Guide to Writing Programs: Writing Centers, Peer Tutoring Programs, and Writing-Across-

the-Curriculum. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1985. Harris, Muriel, ed. Tutoring Writing: A Sourcebook for Writing Labs. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and

Company, 1982. Kent, Richard. A Guide to Creating Student-Staffed Writing Centers, Grades 6-12. New York: Peter Lang, 2006. Kinkead, Joyce A., and Jeanette G. Harris, eds. Writing Centers in Context: Twelve Case Studies. Urbana, IL:

National Council of Teachers of English, 1993. Laque, Carol Feiser, and Phyllis A. Sherwood. A Laboratory Approach to Writing. Urbana: NCTE, 1977.

Maxwell, Martha. Improving Student Learning Skills: A New Edition. Clearwater, FL: H&H Publishing, 1997. Mohr, Ellen G. Inside the Community College Writing Center. Emmitsburg, MD: IWCA P, 2007.

Murphy, Christina, and Byron L. Stay, eds. The Writing Center Director’s Resource Book. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2006.

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Myers-Breslin, Linda. Administrative Problem-Solving for Writing Programs and Writing Centers: Scenarios in Effective Program Management. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1999.

Neuleib, Janice P. The Writing Center: How To. ERIC ED 159666. Olson, Gary, ed. Writing Centers: Theory and Administration. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of

English, 1984. Silk, Bobbie Bayliss, ed. Writing Center Resource Manual. 2nd ed. Emmitsburg, MD: IWCA P, 2002. Steward, Joyce, and Mary Croft. The Writing Laboratory: Organization, Management, and Methods. Glenview,

IL: Scott, Foresman, 1982. Waldo, Mark. Demythologizing Language Difference in the Academy: Establishing Discipline-Based Writing

Programs. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2004. Wallace, Ray, and Jeanne Simpson, eds. The Writing Center: New Directions. New York: Garland, 1991.

Selected Articles

General (Definitions, Defenses, Philosophy, Theory) and Tutor Training

Baker, Tracey. "LD College Writers: Selected Readings." The Writing Lab Newsletter 19.3 (1994): 5-7. Balester, Valerie. "Electronic Discourse for Writing Consultants." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.9

(1994): 10-12.

Birdsall, Mary Pat. "Using Response Journals for Problem-Solving in the Writing Center." The Writing Lab Newsletter 17.8 (1993): 12-16.

Boquet, Elizabeth H., and Michele Eodice. “Creativity in the Writing Center: A Terrifying Conundrum.”

Creative Approaches to Writing Center Work. Ed. Kevin Dvorak and Shanti Bruce. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton, 2008. 3-20.

Brannon, Lil, and C. H. Knoblauch. "A Philosophical Perspective on Writing Centers and the Teaching of

Writing." Writing Centers: Theory and Administration. Ed. Gary A. Olson. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1984. 36-47.

Broder, Peggy F. "Writing Centers and Teacher Training." WPA: Writing Program Administration 13.3

(1990): 37-45.

Bruffee, Kenneth A. "Peer Tutoring and the 'Conversation of Mankind.'" Writing Centers: Theory and Administration. Ed. Gary A. Olson. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1984. 3-15.

---. “What Being a Writing Peer Tutor Can Do for You.” The Writing Center Journal 28.2 (2008): 5-10.

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Carino, Peter. “Power and Authority in Peer Tutoring.” The Center Will Hold: Critical Perspectives on Writing Center Scholarship. Ed. Michael A. Pemberton and Joyce Kinkead. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2003. 96-113.

---. “Theorizing the Writing Center: An Uneasy Task.” Dialogue 2.1 (1995): 23-37.

---. "What Do We Talk about When We Talk about Our Metaphors: A Cultural Critique of Clinic, Lab, Center." The Writing Center Journal 13.1 (1992): 31-42.

Carnicelli, Thomas A. "The Writing Conference." Eight Approaches to Teaching Composition. Ed.

Timothy R. Donovan and Ben W. McClelland. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1980. 101-131. Carroll, Shireen, Bruce Pegg, and Stephen Newmann. “Size Matters: Adminstering a Writing Center in a

Small College Setting.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 24.5 (2000): 1-5. Catalano, Tim. “Using Digital Video for Tutor Reflection and Tutor Training.” The Writing Lab Newsletter

28.2 (2003): 8-11.

Chappell, Virginia. "Hands Off!" The Writing Lab Newsletter 6.6 (1982): 4-6.

Clark, Irene Lurkis. "Collaboration and Ethics in Writing Center Pedagogy." The Writing Center Journal 9.1 (1988): 3-12.

---. "Maintaining Chaos in the Writing Center: A Critical Perspective on Writing Center Dogma." The

Writing Center Journal 11.1 (1990): 81-93.

—. “Perspectives on the Directive/Non-Directive Continuum in the Writing Center.” The Writing Center Journal 21.3 (2001): 33-58.

---. "Portfolio Evaluation, Collaboration, and Writing Centers." College Composition and Communication

44.4 (1993): 515-524.

Clark, Irene L., and Dave Healy. “Are Writing Centers Ethical?” WPA: Writing Program Administration 20.1-2 (1996): 32-48.

Cooper, Marilyn M. “Really Useful Knowledge: A Cultural Studies Agenda for Writing Centers.” The

Writing Center Journal 14.2 (1994): 97-111.

Cosgrove, Cornelius. "Explaining and Justifying Writing Centers: An Example." The Writing Lab Newsletter 17.8 (1993): 1-4.

Daniell, Beth. “A Long Course in Teaching Writing.” The Writing Center Journal 28.2 (2008): 90-97.

DeCiccio, Albert C., Michael J. Rossi, and Kathleen Shine Cain. “Walking the Tightrope: Negotiating

Between the Ideal and the Practical in the Writing Center.” Writing Center Perspectives. Ed. Byron L. Stay, Christina Murphy, and Eric H. Hobson. Emmitsburg, MD: IWCA Press, 1995. 26-37.

Denny, Harry. “Queering the Writing Center.” The Writing Center Journal 25.2 (2005): 39-62. ---. “Writing Centers and Politics of Community, Identity, and Social Justice.” Creative Approaches to

Writing Center Work. Ed. Kevin Dvorak and Shanti Bruce. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton, 2008. 49-70.

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Dinitz, Sue, and Jean Kiedaisch. “Creating Theory: Moving Tutors to the Center.” The Writing Center

Journal 23.2 (2003): 63-76. DiPardo, Anne. “’Whispers of Coming and Going’: Lessons from Fannie.” The Writing Center Journal

12.2 (1992): 125-44.

Ede, Lisa. "Writing as a Social Process: A Theoretical Foundation for Writing Centers?" The Writing Center Journal 9.2 (1989): 4-12.

Eodice, Michele. “Breathing Lessons, or Collaboration Is.” The Center Will Hold: Critical Perspectives on

Writing Center Scholarship. Ed. Michael A. Pemberton and Joyce Kinkead. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2003. 114-129.

Evertz, Kathy. “Can the Writing Center Be a Liberatory Center When It’s Also a WAC Center?” The

Writing Lab Newsletter 23.5 (1999): 1-4.

Fitzgerald, Sallyanne, Peggy Mulvihill, and Ruth Dobson. "Meeting the Needs of Graduate Students: Writing Support Groups in the Center." Writing Centers: New Directions. Ed. Ray Wallace and Jeanne Simpson. New York: Garland, 1991. 133-144.

Gardner, Phillip, and William Ramsey. “The Polyvalent Mission of Writing Centers.” The Writing Center

Journal 25.1 (2005): 25-42. Geller, Anne Ellen. “Drawing on the (Play) Spaces of Conferences.” Creative Approaches to Writing

Center Work. Ed. Kevin Dvorak and Shanti Bruce. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton, 2008. 159-176. ---. “Tick-Tock: Finding Epochal Time in the Writing Center.” The Writing Center Journal 25.1 (2005): 5-

24. Gill, Judy. “The Professionalization of Tutor Training.” *reviews syllabi from 75 tutor-training courses].

The Writing Lab Newsletter 30.6 (2006): 1-5.

Gillam, Alice M. “Writing Center Ecology: A Bakhtinian Perspective.” The Writing Center Journal 11.2 (1991): 3-11.

Goldberg, Wendy. “Center Stage: Performing the Culture of Writing at Stanford.” Creative Approaches

to Writing Center Work. Ed. Kevin Dvorak and Shanti Bruce. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton, 2008.

Grimm, Nancy Maloney. “Rearticulating the Work of the Writing Center.” College Composition and Communication 47.4 (1996): 523-548.

---. “The Regulatory Role of the Writing Center: Coming to Terms with a Loss of Innocence.” The Writing

Center Journal 17.1 (1996): 5-29.

Hagemann, Julie. “Teaching Students to Read Writing Assignments Critically.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 26.10 (2002): 5-7.

Hain, Bonnie. "Training Tutors to Read Technical Writing." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.9 (1994): 15.

Harrington, Judy Stamos. "Multicultural Awareness Training for Learning Assistance Staff." Journal of College Reading and Learning 23.2 (1991): 34-46.

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Harris, Muriel. "Collaboration Is Not Collaboration Is Not Collaboration: Writing Center Tutorials vs.

Peer-Response Groups." College Composition and Communication 43.3 (1992): 369-383.

—. “Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers.” A Tutor’s Guide: Helping Writers One to One. Ed. Ben Rafoth. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2000. 24-34.

---. "Talking in the Middle: Why Writers Need Writing Tutors." College English 57.1 (1995): 27-42. Healy, Dave. "Countering the Myth of (In)dependence: Developing Life-Long Clients." The Writing Lab

Newsletter 18.9 (1994): 1-3.

---. "A Defense of Dualism: The Writing Center and the Classroom." The Writing Center Journal 14.1 (1993): 16-29.

Herdman, Natalie K. “Collaboration in the Bakhtinian Writing Center.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 25.7

(2001): 11-14.

Hobson, Eric. "Maintaining Our Balance: Walking the Tightrope of Competing Epistemologies." The Writing Center Journal 13.1 (1992): 65-75.

Holt, Mara. “The Importance of Dissent in Collaborative Learning.” The Writing Center Journal 28.2

(2008): 52-59. Kail, Harvey. “Innovation and Repetition: The Brooklyn College Summer Institute in Training Peer

Writing Tutors 25 Years Later.” The Writing Center Journal 28.2 (2008): 43-51. Kail, Harvey, and John Trimbur. “The Politics of Peer Tutoring.” The Writing Center Journal 11.1-2

(1987): 5-12. Leahy, Richard. "Competency Testing and the Writing Center." WPA: Writing Program Administration

15.3 (1992): 41-56.

Leahy, Rick. "Of Writing Centers, Centeredness, and Centrism." The Writing Center Journal 13.1 (1992): 43-52.

Leahy, Richard. "What the College Writing Center Is--And Isn't." College Teaching 38.2 (1990): 43-48.

Leahy, Rick, and Roy Fox. "Seven Myth-Understandings about the Writing Center." The Writing Lab

Newsletter 14.1 (1989): 7-8.

Lunsford, Andrea. "Collaboration, Control, and the Idea of a Writing Center." The Writing Center Journal 12.1 (1991): 3-10.

Lutes, Jean Marie. “Why Feminists Make Better Tutors: Gender and Disciplinary Expertise in a

Curriculum-Based Tutoring Program.” Writing Center Research: Extending the Conversation. Ed. Paula Gillespie, et al. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2002. 235-257.

Maxwell, Martha. "The Effects of Expectations, Sex, and Ethnicity on Peer Tutoring." Journal of

Developmental Education 15.1 (1991): 14-16, 18.

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Morrison, Julie Bauer, and Jean-Paul Nadeau. “How Was Your Session at the Writing Center? Pre- and Post-Grade Student Evaluations.” The Writing Center Journal 23.2 (2003): 25-42.

Munger, Roger H., Ilene Rubenstein, and Edna Burrow. “Observation, Interaction, and Reflection: The

Foundation for Tutor Training.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 21.4 (1996): 1-5. National Council of Teachers of English, Writing Study Group of the Executive Committee. “NCTE Beliefs

about the Teaching of Writing.” November 2004. <http://www.ncte.org/about/over/positions/category/write/118876.htm>

North, Stephen. "The Idea of a Writing Center." College English 46 (1984): 433-446.

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

Okawa, Gail Y., et al. "Multi-cultural Voices: Peer Tutoring and Critical Reflection in the Writing Center." The Writing Center Journal 12.1 (1991): 11-32.

Petit, Angela. “The Writing Center as ‘Purified Space’: Competing Discourses and the Dangers of

Definition.” The Writing Center Journal 17.2 (1997): 111-122.

Powers, Judith K. "Assisting the Graduate Thesis Writer Through Faculty and Writing Center Collaboration." The Writing Lab Newsletter 20.2 (1995): 13-16.

Powers, Judith K., and Jane V. Nelson. "Rethinking Writing Center Conferencing Strategies for Writers in

the Disciplines." The Writing Lab Newsletter 20.1 (1995): 12-15.

Powers, Suzanne. "What Composition Teachers Need to Know about Writing Centers." Freshman English News 19.2 (1991): 15-21.

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

20-34.

Rodis, Karen. "Mending the Damaged Path: How to Avoid Conflict of Expectations When Setting up a Writing Center." The Writing Center Journal 10.2 (1990): 45-57.

Shamoon, Linda K., and Deborah H. Burns. "A Critique of Pure Tutoring." The Writing Center Journal

15.2 (1995): 134-151.

Smith, Louise Z. "Independence and Collaboration: Why We Should Decentralize Writing Centers." The Writing Center Journal 7.1 (1986): 3-10.

Steward, Joyce S. "To Like to Have Written: Learning the Laboratory Way." ADE Bulletin 76 (1977): 32-

40.

Thompson, Thomas C. "Personality Preferences, Tutoring Styles, and Implications for Tutor Training." The Writing Center Journal 14.2 (1994): 136-149.

Trimbur, John. “Peer Tutoring: A Contradiction in Terms.” The Writing Center Journal 7.2 (1987): 21-28. Villanueva, Victor. “Blind: Talking about the New Racism.” The Writing Center Journal 26.1 (2006): 3-19.

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Whalen, Lisa. “Putting Your Writing Center Experience to Work.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 29.9 (2005): 9-10.

Yahner, William. "Explaining and Justifying Writing Centers: One MORE Example." The Writing Lab

Newsletter 18.2 (1993): 5-7.

Writing Center Histories (secondary sources)

Boquet, Elizabeth H. "'Our Little Secret': A History of Writing Centers, Pre- to Post-Open Admissions." College Composition and Communication 50 (1999): 463-82.

Carino, Peter. “Early Writing Centers: Toward a History.” The Writing Center Journal 15.2 (Spring 1995): 103-115.

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

Harris, Muriel. “Process and Product: Dominant Models for Writing Centers.” New Directions for College Learning Assistance Ed. Thom Hawkins and Phyllis Brooks. “Improving Student Writing Skills.” 3 (1981): 1-8.

Kail, Harvey. “Innovation and Repetition: The Brooklyn College Summer Institute in Training Peer Writing Tutors 25 Years Later.” The Writing Center Journal 28.2 (2008): 43-51.

Kelly, Lou. “One-on-One, Iowa City Style: Fifty Years of Individualized Instruction in Writing.” The Writing Center Journal 1.1 (Fall/Winter 1980): 4-19.

Lerner, Neal. “Drill Pads, Teaching Machines, and Programmed Texts: Origins of Instructional Technology in Writing Centers.” Wiring the Writing Center. Ed. Eric H. Hobson. Logan: Utah State UP, 1998. 119-136.

---. The Idea of a Writing Laboratory. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois UP, 2009.

---. “Punishment and Possibility: Representing Writing Centers, 1939-1970.” Composition Studies 31.2 (Fall 2003).

---. “Rejecting the Remedial Brand: The Rise and Fall of the Dartmouth Writing Clinic.” College Composition and Communication 59.1 (2007): 13-35.

---. “Searching for Robert Moore.” The Writing Center Journal 22.1 (Fall/Winter 2001): 9-32.

---. “Writing Centers Fifty Years Later.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 29.1 (2004): 1-5.

---. “Writing Laboratories Circa 1953.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 27.6 (Feb. 2003): 1-5.

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Writing Fellows (curricular-based peer tutoring [cbpt])

Haring-Smith, Tori. “Changing Students’ Attitudes: Writing Fellows Programs.” Writing Across the Curriculum: A Guide to Developing Programs. Ed. Susan H. McLeod and Margot Soven. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE, 1992. 123-131.

Hughes, Brad, and Emily B. Hall, eds. Rewriting Across the Curriculum: Writing Fellows as Agents of

Change in WAC, a special issue of Across the Disciplines, 5 (2008). Available: wac.colostate.edu/atd/fellows/

Severino, Carol & Knight, Megan. “Exploring Writing Center Pedagogy: Writing Fellows Programs as

Ambassadors for the Writing Center.” William J. MacCauley, Jr. and Nicholas Mauriello (Eds). Marginal Words, Marginal Work? Tutoring the Academy in the Work of Writing Centers. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2007. 19-34.

Severino, Carol, and Mary Trachsel. “Starting a Writing Fellows Program: Crossing Disciplines or Crossing

Pedagogies?” International Journal of Learning, 11 (2004): 449-455.

Soven, Margot. “Curriculum Based Peer Tutors and WAC.” WAC for the New Millenium: Strategies for Continuing Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Programs. Ed. Susan McLeod, Eric Miraglia, Margot Soven, and Christopher Thaiss. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 2001.

Ethics

Behm, Richard. "Ethical Issues in Peer Tutoring: A Defense of Collaborative Learning." The Writing Center Journal 10.1 (1989): 3-12.

See Clark, "Collaboration and Ethics" in the general and tutor training section.

Pemberton, Michael. "Writing Center Ethics." A regular feature in The Writing Lab Newsletter, 17.9 (1993) and following.

"Sharing Records: Student Confidentiality and Faculty Relations." [Voices from the Net] The Writing Lab

Newsletter 18.2 (1993): 8-9.

"Sharing Records, Part II: Political Considerations." [Voices from the Net] The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.3 (1993): 6-7.

Sherwood, Steve. "White Lies in the Writing Center: The Fragile Balance Between Praise and Criticism."

The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.4 (1993): 1-4.

Professional and Administrative Issues

Balester, Valerie. "Revising the 'Statement': On the Work of Writing Centers." College Composition and Communication 43.2 (1992): 167-171.

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Balester, Valerie, and James C. McDonald. “A View of Status and Working Conditions: Relations Between Writing Program and Writing Center Directors.” WPA: Writing Program Administration 24.3 (2001): 59-82.

Crisp, Sally. “On Leading the Writing Center: A Sort of Credo and Some Advice for Beginners and

Oldtimers, Too.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 24.6 (2000): 1-5.

Cogie, Jane. “The Schooling of a Writing Center Administrator: Lessons in the Balancing Act.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 27.3 (2002): 1-5.

Crisp, Sally. “On Leading the Writing Center: A Sort of Credo and Some Advice for Beginners and

Oldtimers, Too.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 24.6 (2000): 1-5. Eckerle, Julie, Karen Rowan, and Shevaun Watson. “IWCA Graduate Student Position Statement.” The

Writing Center Journal 23.1 (2002): 59-61. Eodice, Michele. “Breathing Lessons, or Collaboration Is.” The Center Will Hold: Critical Perspectives on

Writing Center Scholarship. Ed. Michael A. Pemberton and Joyce Kinkead. Logan, UT: Utah State UP (2003) : 114-129.

Fitzgerald, Sallyanne H. "Playing the Budget Game: The Story of Two Writing Centers." The Writing Lab

Newsletter 18.5 (1994): 14-15. Geller, Anne Ellen, and Michele Eodice. “The Rewards of Summer: IWCA Summer Institute.” The

Writing Lab Newsletter 29.7 (2005): 6-7.

George, Diana. "Talking to the Boss: A Preface." The Writing Center Journal 9.1 (1988): 37-44.

George, Diana, and Nancy Grimm. "Expanded Roles/Expanded Responsibilities." The Writing Center Journal 11.1 (1990): 59-66.

Harris, Muriel. “Centering in on Professional Choices.” CCCC 52.3 (2001): 429-440.

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

---. "Theory and Reality: The Ideal Writing Center(s)." The Writing Center Journal 5.2/6.1 (1982): 4-8.

Healy, Dave. “Writing Center Directors: An Emerging Portrait of the Profession.” WPA: Writing Program

Administration 18.3 (1995): 26-43.

Jeffery, Francie. “Participating in Student Projects: Confessions of a Client.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 26.4 (2001): 1-3.

Kinkead, Joyce, and Jeanne Simpson. “The Administrative Audience: A Rhetorical Problem” WPA:

Writing Program Administration 23.3 (2000): 71-84. Koster, Josephine A. “Administration Across the Curriculum: Or Practicing What We Preach.” The

Center Will Hold: Critical Perspectives on Writing Center Scholarship. Ed. Michael A. Pemberton and Joyce Kinkead. Logan, UT: Utah State UP (2003). 151-165.

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Olson, Gary A., and Evelyn Ashton-Jones. "Writing Center Directors: The Search for Professional Status." WPA: Writing Program Administration 12.1-2 (1988): 19-28.

Lerner, Neal. “Confessions of a First-Time Writing Center Director.” The Writing Center Journal 21.1

(2000): 29-48.

Perdue, Virginia. "Writing-Center Faculty in Academia: Another Look at Our Institutional Status." WPA: Writing Program Administration 15.1-2 (1991): 13-23.

Perkes, Rachel B. “National Online Dialogue Reveals Need for Standardization, Benchmarks.” The

Writing Lab Newsletter 25.6 (2001): 1-3.

Sherwood, Steve. "How to Survive the Bad Times." The Writing Lab Newsletter 17.10 (1993): 4-8.

Simpson, Jeanne H. "The Challenge of Innovation: Putting New Approaches into Practice." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.1 (1993): 1-3.

---. "What Lies Ahead for Writing Centers: Position Statement on Professional Concerns." The Writing

Center Journal 5.2/6.1 (1985): 35-39. Spooner, Michael. "Circles and Centers: Some Thoughts on the Writing Center and Academic

Publishing." The Writing Lab Newsletter 17.10 (1993): 1-3, 10. Truesdell, Tom. “Don’t Forget Us: The Impact of Director Presence on Tutors.” The Writing Lab

Newsletter 29.3 (2004): 1-4.

Wright, Sharon. "Mapping Diversity: Writing Center Survey Results." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.10 (1994): 1-4.

Diversity and Writing Centers

Condon, Frankie. “Beyond the Known: Writing Centers and the Work of Anti-Racism.” The Writing Center Journal 27.2 (2007): 19-38.

Denny, Harry. “Queering the Writing Center.” The Writing Center Journal 25.2 (2005): 39-62.

DiPardo, Anne. “’Whispers of Coming and Going’: Lessons from Fannie.” The Writing Center Journal 12.2 (1992): 125-44.

Flower, Linda. “Intercultural Inquiry and the Transformation of Service.” College English 65.2 (2002):

181-201. Geller, Anne Ellen, et al. Chapter 6, "Everyday Racism: Anti-Racism Work and Writing Center Practice."

In The Everyday Writing Center: A Community of Practice. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2007. 87-109.

Grimm, Nancy, and Nancy Barron. "Addressing Racial Diversity in a Writing Center: Lessons and Stories

from Two Beginners." The Writing Center Journal 22.2 (2002): 55-83.

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Harrington, Judy Stamos. "Multicultural Awareness Training for Learning Assistance Staff." Journal of College Reading and Learning 23.2 (1991): 34-46.

McDonald, James C. “Dealing with Diversity: A Review Essay of Recent Tutor-Training Books.” The

Writing Center Journal 25.2 (2005): 63-71. Okawa, Gail Y., et al. "Multi-cultural Voices: Peer Tutoring and Critical Reflection in the Writing Center."

The Writing Center Journal 12.1 (1991): 11-32. Villanueva, Victor. "Blind: Talking About the New Racism." The Writing Center Journal 26.1 (2006): 3-

19.

Weaver, Margaret. "A Call for Racial Diversity in the Writing Center." The Writing Center Director's Resource Book. Ed. Christina Murphy and Byron L. Stay. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2006. 79-91.

Writing Center Assessment and Tutor Evaluation

Bell, James H. “When Hard Questions Are Asked: Evaluating Writing Centers.” The Writing Center Journal 21.1 (2000): 8-28.

Bowden, Darsie. "Inter-Activism: Strengthening the Writing Conference." The Writing Center Journal

15.2 (1995): 163-175.

Boylan, Hunter, R. “The Case for Program Research in Developmental Education.” Learning Assistance Review 2.2 (Fall 1997): 20-34.

Carino, Peter. "Posing Questions for Collaborative Evaluation of Audio Taped Tutorials." The Writing

Lab Newsletter 14.1 (1989): 11-13. Carino, Peter, and Doug Enders. “Does Frequency of Visits to the Writing Center Increase Student

Satisfaction? A Statistical Correlation Study—or Story.” The Writing Center Journal 21.3 (2001): 83-103.

Davis, Kevin. "Evaluating Writing Center Tutors." The Writing Lab Newsletter 16.7 (1992): 1-6.

Gaskins, Jake. "Using 'Process Recordings' to Train Tutors." The Writing Lab Newsletter 19.2 (1994): 14-

15.

Lamb, Mary. "Evaluation Procedures for Writing Centers: Defining Ourselves Through Accountability." New Directions for College Learning Assistance: Improving Writing Abilities. Eds. Thom Hawkins and Phyllis Brooks. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1981. 69-83.

Leahy, Richard. "Using Audiotapes for Evaluation and Collaborative Training." The Writing Lab

Newsletter 18.5 (1993): 1-3.

Lerner, Neal. “Writing Center Assessment: Searching for the ‘Proof” of Our Effectiveness.” The Center Will Hold: Critical Perspectives on Writing Center Scholarship. Eds. Michael A. Pemberton and Joyce Kinkead. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2003. 58-73.

Masiello, Lea. "Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies for Assessing Writing Center Effectiveness." The

Writing Lab Newsletter 16.6 (1992): 4-6.

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Maxwell, Martha. "Does Tutoring Help? A Look at the Literature." Review of Research in

Developmental Education 7.4 (1990): 1-5. Morrison, Julie Bauer, and Jean-Paul Nadeau. “How Was Your Session at the Writing Center? Pre- and

Post-Grade Student Evaluations.” The Writing Center Journal 23.2 (2003): 25-42.

Neuleib, Janice. "Evaluating Writing Centers: A Survey Report." The Writing Lab Newsletter 11.4 (1986): 1-5.

Niiler, Luke. “‘The Numbers Speak’ Again: A Continued Statistical Analysis of Writing Center Outcomes.”

The Writing Lab Newsletter 29.5 (2005): 13-15.

Olson, Jon, Dawn J. Moyer, and Adelia Falda. “Student-Centered Assessment Research in the Writing Center.” Writing Center Research: Extending the Conversation. Ed. Paula Gillespie, et al. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2002. 111-131.

Thompson, Isabelle. “Writing Center Assessment: Why and a Little How.” The Writing Center Journal

26.1 (2006): 33-61.

Research

Gilewicz, Magdalena, and Terese Thonus. “Close Vertical Transcription in Writing Center Training and Research.” The Writing Center Journal 24.1 (2003): 25-49.

Gillespie, Paula, Alice Gillam, Lady Falls Brown, and Byron L. Stay, eds. Writing Center Research:

Extending the Conversation. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2002. Harris, Muriel. “Diverse Research Methodologies at Work for Diverse Audiences: Shaping the Writing

Center to the Institution.” The Writing Program Administrator as Researcher: Inquiry in Action & Reflection. Ed. Shirley K. Rose and Irwin Weiser. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Heinemann, 1999. 1-17.

Kail, Harvey, and Kay Allen. "Conducting Research in the Writing Lab." Tutoring Writing: A Sourcebook

for Writing Labs. Ed. Muriel Harris. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1982. 233-245.

Kiedaisch, Jean, and Sue Dinitz. "Learning More from the Students." The Writing Center Journal 12.1 (1991): 90-100.

MacDonald, Ross B. "An Analysis of Verbal Interaction in College Tutorials." Journal of Developmental

Education 15.1 (1991): 2-4, 6, 8, 10, 12.

North, Stephen. "Designing a Case Study Method for Tutorials: A Prelude to Research." Rhetoric Review 4.1 (1985): 88-99.

---. "Writing Center Research: Testing Our Assumptions." Writing Centers: Theory and Administration.

Ed. Gary A. Olson. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1984. 24-35. Severino, Carol. "The Writing Center as a Site for Cross-Language Research." The Writing Center Journal

15.1 (1994): 51-61.

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---. "The `Doodles' in Context: Qualifying Claims about Contrastive Rhetoric." The Writing Center Journal 14.1 (1993): 44-62.

Severino, Carol, Jeffrery Swenson, and Jia Zhu. “A Comparison of Online Feedback Requests by Non-

Native English-Speaking and Native English-Speaking Writers.” The Writing Center Journal 29 (2009): 106-129.

Thompson, Isabelle, et al. “Examining Our Lore: A Survey of Students’ and Tutors’ Satisfaction with

Writing Center Conferences.” Writing Center Journal 29 (2009): 78-105. Thonus, Terese. “Triangulation in the Writing Center: Tutor, Tutee, and Instructor Perceptions of the

Tutor’s Role.” The Writing Center Journal 21 (2001): 59-82. ---. “Tutor and Student Assessments of Academic Writing Tutorials: What Is ‘Success’?” Assessing

Writing 8 (2002): 110-34.

Young, Beth Rapp, and John Hall, assisted by Sarah Sparks. “Writing Center Users Procrastinate Less: The Relationship Between Individual Differences in Procrastination, Peer Feedback, and Student Writing Success.” The Writing Center Journal 23.1 (2002): 45-58.

Research on Using Models in Teaching Writing and on Short-Term Instruction in Revision (relevant for writing center workshops/classes)

Charney, Davida H., and Richard A. Carlson. “Learning to Write in a Genre: What Student Writers Take from Model Texts.” Research in the Teaching of English 29.1 (1995): 88-125.

Stolarek, Elizabeth. “Prose Modeling and Metacognition: The Effect of Modeling on Developing a

Metacognitive Stance toward Writing.” Research in the Teaching of English 28.2 (1994): 154-174.

Wallace, David, and John R. Hayes. “Redefining Revision for Freshmen.” Research in the Teaching of

English 25.1 (1991): 54-66.

ESL/Multilingual Writers

Aakin, Marian. Tutoring ESL Students. New York: Longman, 1982. Blau, Susan, and John Hall (assisted by Sarah Sparks). “Guilt-Free Tutoring: Rethinking How We Tutor

Non-Native-English-Speaking Students.” Writing Center Journal 23.1 (2002): 23-44.

Burt, Marina K., and Carol Kiparsky. The Gooficon: A Repair Manual for English. Rowley, MA: Newbury House, 1972.

Bruce, Shanti, and Ben Rafoth, eds. ESL Writers: A Guide for Writing Center Tutors. 2nd ed. Portsmouth,

NH: Heinemann Boynton/Cook, 2009.

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Clark, Irene. "Working with Non-native and Dialect Speakers." Writing in the Center. 2nd ed. Dubuque,

IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1992. 119-142.

Cogie, Jane, Kim Strain, and Sharon Lorinskas. “Avoiding the Proofreading Trap: The Value of the Error Correction Process.” Writing Center Journal 19.2 (1999): 7-32.

Connor, Ulla. Contrastic Rhetoric: Cross-Cultural Aspects of Second Language Writing. Cambridge:

Cambridge UP, 1996.

Harris, Muriel, and Tony Silva. "Tutoring ESL Students: Issues and Options." College Composition and Communication 44.4 (1993): 525-537.

Huckin, Thomas N., and Leslie A. Olsen. English for Science and Technology: A Handbook for Nonnative

Speakers. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.

Kaplan, Robert B. "Cultural Thought Patterns in Inter-Cultural Education." Language Learning 16 (1966): 1-20.

---. "Cultural Thought Patterns Revisited." In Writing Across Languages: Analysis of L2 Text. Ed. Ulla

Connor and Robert B. Kaplan. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1987.

Leki, Ilona. "Twenty-Five Years of Contrastive Rhetoric: Text Analysis and Writing Pedagogies." TESOL Quarterly 25 (1991): 123-142.

---. Understanding ESL Writers: A Guide for Teachers. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1992.

Longman Dictionary of American English. New York: Longman, 1983.

Mosher, David, Davin Granroth, and Troy Hicks. “Creating a Common Ground with ESL Writers.” The

Writing Lab Newsletter 24.7 (2000): 1-7. Myers, Sharon A. “Reassessing the ‘Proofreading Trap’: ESL Tutoring and Writing Instruction.” The

Writing Center Journal 24.1 (2003): 51-70. Powers, Judith K. "Bending the 'Rules': Diversifying the Model Conference for the ESL Writer." The

Writing Lab Newsletter 17.6 (1993): 1-3, 8.

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

Raimes, Ann. Grammar Troublespots: An Editing Guide for ESL Students. New York: St. Martin's 1988.

Reynolds, Dudley W. One on One with Second Language Writers: A Guide for Writing Tutors, Teachers, and Consultants. Ann Arbor: U Michigan P, 2009.

Ritter, Jennifer J. “Recent Developments in Assisting ESL Writers.” A Tutor’s Guide: Helping Writers One

to One. Ed. Ben Rafoth. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2000. 102-110. Robertson, Wayne, director. Writing Across Borders. DVD. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University, 2005.

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Severino, Carol. "The `Doodles' in Context: Qualifying Claims about Contrastive Rhetoric." The Writing Center Journal 14.1 (1993): 44-62.

Severino, Carol, Jeffrery Swenson, and Jia Zhu. “A Comparison of Online Feedback Requests by Non-

Native English-Speaking and Native English-Speaking Writers.” The Writing Center Journal 29 (2009): 106-129.

Shen, Fan. "The Classroom and the Wider Culture: Identity as a Key to Learning English Composition."

College Composition and Communication. 40.4 (1989): 459-466.

Spack, Ruth. “The Acquisition of Academic Literacy in a Second Language: A Longitudinal Case Study.” Written Communication 14.1 (1997): 3-62.

Thonus, Terese. "Tutors as Teachers: Assisting ESL/EFL Students in the Writing Center." The Writing

Center Journal 13.2 (1993): 13-26.

Technology, New Media and Writing Centers; On-Line Writing Centers and Labs (OWLS)

International Writing Centers Association, links to online writing centers:

<http://writingcenters.org/resources/writing-centers-online/> Lansing Community College Online Writing Center, <http://www.lcc.edu/lsd/writingcenter/> Salt Lake Community College Online Writing Center, <http://www.slcc.edu/wc/>

University of North Carolina’s Online Writing Center, <http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/> Temple University’s Online Writing Center, < http://www.temple.edu/writingctr/>

Purdue University’s On-Line Writing Lab, <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/>

University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Online Writing Center, <http://www.writing.wisc.edu/> Ahrenhoerster, Greg, and Jon Brammer. “What’s the Point of Your OWL? Online Tutoring at the

University of Wisconsin Colleges.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 26.6 (2002): 1-6. Breuch, Lee-Ann Kastman. “The Idea(s) of an Online Writing Center: In Search of a Conceptual Model.”

The Writing Center Journal 25 (2005): 21-38. ---. Virtual Peer Review: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Online Environments. Albany: SUNY UP,

2004.

Breuch, Lee-Ann M. Kastman, and Sam J. Racine. “Tutor Time Commitment in Online Writing Centers.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 26.9 (2002): 10-13.

Carino, Peter. “Computers in the Writing Center: A Cautionary History.” Wiring the Writing Center. Ed.

Eric H. Hobson. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 1998. 171-193.

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Coogan, David. Electronic Writing Centers: Computing in the Field of Composition. Stamford, CT: Ablex, 1999.

Doherty, Mick, ed. “Online Writing Labs: Should We, Will We, Are We?” Kairos 1.1 (1996).

<http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/1.1/coverweb.html> ---. "Towards a Rhetoric of On-Line Tutoring." The Writing Lab Newsletter 19.1 (1994): 3-5.

Enders, Doug. “Virtual Success: Using Microsoft NetMeeting in Synchronous, Online Tutorials.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 24.6 (2000): 12-16.

Harris, Muriel. “Using Computers to Expand the Role of the Writing Center.” Electronic Communication

Across the Curriculum. Ed. Donna Reiss, Dickie Selfe, and Art Young. Urbana, NCTE, 1998. 3-16. Harris, Muriel, and Michael Pemberton. “Online Writing Labs (OWL): A Taxonomy of Options and

Issues.” Computers and Composition 12.2 (1995): 145-159.

Hobson, Eric, ed. Wiring the Writing Center. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 1998.

Hult, Christine, and Joyce Kinkead, eds. Special Issue of Computers and Composition 12.2 (1994), devoted to the use and implications of bringing computers into the writing center.

Inman, James A., and Clinton Gardner, eds. The OWL Construction and Maintenance Guide. CD-ROM.

Emmitsburg, MD: IWCA Press, 2002.

Inman, James A., and Donna N. Sewell, eds. Taking Flight with OWLS: Examining Electronic Writing Center Work. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2000.

Jackson, J. A. “Interfacing the Faceless: Maximizing the Advantages of Online Tutoring.” The Writing Lab

Newsletter 25.2 (2000): 1-7.

Kossman, Barbara. “Computers and the Perception of the Writing Center.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 25.5 (2001): 1-6.

Neaderhiser, Stephen, and Joanna Wolfe. “Between Technological Endorsement and Resistance: The

State of Online Writing Centers.” The Writing Center Journal 29 (2009): 49-77. Pemberton, Michael. “Planning for Hypertexts in the Writing Center . . . Or Not.” The Writing Center

Journal 24.1 (2003): 9-24.

Severino, Carol, Jeffrery Swenson, and Jia Zhu. “A Comparison of Online Feedback Requests by Non-Native English-Speaking and Native English-Speaking Writers.” The Writing Center Journal 29 (2009): 106-129.

Sheen, Albert, Bradley Hughes, and Les Howles. “Writing for the Web Using ‘Just-in-Time’ and

Performance-Support Strategies.” Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning. Madison, WI, 2002. 381-86.

http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/Resource_library/proceedings/02_70.pdf Spooner, Michael. “Some Thoughts about Online Writing Labs.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.6

(1994): 6-8.

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Spooner, Michael, and Eric Crump. "A Dialogue on OWLing in the Writing Lab." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.6 (1994): 6-8.

Vee, Annette, Mike A. Shapiro, Nancy Linh Karls, and Brad Hughes. “Podcasting the Writing Center:

Notes on Design and Production.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 34.1 (September 2009), forthcoming.

Yergeau, Melanie, Kathryn Wozniak, and Peter Vandeberg. “Expanding the Space of f2f: Writing Centers

and Audio-Visual-Textual Conferencing.” Kairos 13.1 (2008). http://www.technorhetoric.net/13.1/topoi/yergeau-et-al/index.html

Writing Centers and Writing Across the Curriculum (including satellite centers and outreach)

Adams, Katherine H. "Satellite Writing Centers: A Successful Model for Writing Across the Curriculum." Writing Centers: New Directions. Ed. Ray Wallace and Jeanne Simpson. New York: Garland, 1991. 73-81.

Barnett, Robert W., and Jacob S. Blumner, eds. Writing Centers and Writing Across the Curriculum

Programs: Building Interdisciplinary Partnerships. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999. Besser, Pam. "Bridging the Gap: The Theoretically and Pedagogically Efficient Writing Center." The

Writing Lab Newsletter 16.3 (1991): 6-8.

Boehm, Diane, Eric Gardner, Deborah Huntley, Andrew Swihart, and Gary M. Lange. “Teachers in the (Writing) Center.” Writing Program Administration 25.1/2 (2001): 9-23.

Chase, Geoffrey. "Integrating the Writing Center into the Curriculum." The Writing Lab Newsletter 9.6

(1985): 1-3.

Devenish, Alan. "Decentering the Writing Center." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.1 (1993): 4-7. Devet, Bonnie, et al. “‘Is This an “A” Paper’: Strategies for Working with Literature Clients in a Writing

Lab Consultation.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 24.9 (2000): 14-16.

Dinitz, Susan, and Diane Howe. "Writing Centers and Writing-Across-the-Curriculum: An Evolving Partnership." The Writing Center Journal 10.1 (1989): 45-51.

Fitzgerald, Sallyanne. "Successes and Failures: Facilitating Cooperation across the Curriculum." The

Writing Lab Newsletter 13.1 (1988): 13-15. Hayhoe, George. "Beyond the Basics: Expanded Uses of Writing Labs." Tutoring Writing: A Sourcebook

for Writing Labs. Ed. Muriel Harris. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1982. 246-253.

Haviland, Carol Peterson. "Writing Centers and Writing-Across-the Curriculum: An Important Connection." The Writing Center Journal 5.2/6.1 (1985): 25-30.

Hollis, Karyn. "More Science in the Writing Center: Training Tutors to Lead Group Tutorials on Biology

Lab Reports." Writing Centers: New Directions. Ed. Ray Wallace and Jeanne Simpson. New York: Garland, 1991. 247-262.

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Howard, Rebecca M. "In-Situ Workshops and the Peer Relationships of Composition Faculty." WPA: Writing Program Administration 12.1-2 (1988): 39-46.

Hubbuch, Susan M. "A Tutor Needs to Know the Subject Matter to Help a Student with a Paper:

___Agree ___Disagree ___Not Sure." The Writing Center Journal 8.2 (1988): 23-30.

Hughes, Bradley T. "Reaching Across the Curriculum with a Writing Center." Illinois English Bulletin, 74.1 (1986): 24-31. Rpt. in From Access to Success: A Book of Readings on College Developmental Education and Learning Assistance Programs. Ed. Martha Maxwell. Clearwater, FL: H&H Publishing, 1994. 175-180.

---. "Writing Center Outreach: Sharing Knowledge and Influencing Attitudes about Writing." Writing

Centers: New Directions. Ed. Ray Wallace and Jeanne Simpson. New York: Garland, 1991. 39-55.

Ikeda Franklin, John T., Kathy DeGrave, Mamie Crawford, and Irene Zegar. “The Science Experiment:

Improving Scientific Writing Through Collaboration.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 26.10 (2002): 1-4.

Impson, Beth, et al. "Integrating WAC and Tutoring Services: Advantages to Faculty, Students, and

Writing Center Staff." The Writing Lab Newsletter 16.2 (1991): 6-8, 11.

Kiedaisch, Jean, and Sue Dinitz. "Look Back and Say ‘So What’: The Limitations of the Generalist Tutor." The Writing Center Journal 14.1 (1993): 63-74.

Kinkead, Joyce. "Outreach: The Writing Center, The Campus, and the Community." The Writing Lab

Newsletter 10.3 (1985): 5-8. Kinkead, Joyce, et al. "Situations and Solutions from Tutoring Across the Curriculum." The Writing Lab

Newsletter 19.8 (1995): 1-5.

Leahy, Richard. "Writing Assistants in Writing-Emphasis Courses: Toward Some Working Guidelines." The Writing Lab Newsletter 16.9-10 (1992): 11-14.

---. "Writing Centers and Writing-for-Learning." The Writing Center Journal 10.1 (1989): 31-37.

McAndrew, Donald A. "From Writing Center to Center for Writing: A Heuristic for Development." The

Writing Lab Newsletter 9.5 (1985): 1-5.

Moreland, Kim. "The Writing Center: A Center for Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Activities." The Writing Lab Newsletter 10.3 (1985): 1-4.

Pemberton, Michael. "Rethinking the WAC/Writing Center Connection." The Writing Center Journal

15.2 (1995): 116-133. Powers, Judith K. "Assisting the Graduate Thesis Writer Through Faculty and Writing Center

Collaboration." Writing Lab Newsletter 20.2 (1995): 13-16. ---, and Jane V. Nelson. "Rethinking Writing Center Conference Strategies for Writers in the Disciplines."

Writing Lab Newsletter 20.1 (1995): 12-15.

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Scanlon, Leone J. "Recruiting and Training Tutors for Cross-Disciplinary Writing Programs." The Writing Center Journal 6.2 (1986): 37-41.

Stephenson, Kate. “Beyond Our Borders: Using a Corporate Model for Writing Center Outreach

Programs.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 26.7 (2002): 10-12.

Sullivan, Patrick. "Do You Object to Tutors Assisting Your Students with Their Writing?" The Writing Lab Newsletter 10.4 (1985): 6-8.

Waldo, Mark. Demythologizing Language Difference in the Academy: Establishing Discipline-Based

Writing Programs. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2004. ---. "The Last Best Place for Writing Across the Curriculum: The Writing Center." Writing Program

Administration 16.3 (1993): 15-26.

Wallace, Ray. "Sharing the Benefits and the Expense of Expansion: Developing a Cross-Curricular Cash Flow for a Cross-Curricular Writing Center." Writing Centers: New Directions. Ed. Ray Wallace and Jeanne Simpson. New York: Garland, 1991. 82-101.

---. "The Writing Center's Role in the Writing-across-the-Curriculum Program." The Writing Center

Journal 8.2 (1988): 43-48.

Wilson, Lucy, and Olivia LaBouff. "Going Beyond Remedial: The Writing Center and the Literature Class." The Writing Center Journal 6.2 (1986): 19-27.

Yarmove, Jay. "Interlock: A Proposal for a 'Cosmopolitan' Writing Center." The Writing Lab Newsletter

11.10 (1987): 8-9.

International Writing Centers Association (IWCA)

International Writing Centers Association (IWCA). You can join the IWCA and subscribe to The Writing Lab Newsletter and The Writing Center Journal for $70 (from US), $80 (from Canada), $100 (other countries) a year. Go to the IWCA web site—

writingcenters.org From the menu across the top, click on “Members.”

Regional Writing Center Associations and Contacts/Representatives

Check the IWCA website for the latest information about the many US and international regional writing center associations:

writingcenters.org/about/regional-organizations/

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Periodicals (that are exclusively for writing-center related articles)

The Writing Center Journal (WCJ), published twice each year www.english.udel.edu/wcj/ archived: http://coldfusion.louisville.edu/webs/a-s/wcrp/ The Writing Lab Newsletter (WLN), published ten times each year writinglabnewsletter.org/ archived: http://writinglabnewsletter.org/archives.php

To join the IWCA and receive a year's subscription to both the WCJ and the WLN, see the instructions above, under “Associations.”

Praxis: A Writing Center Journal [online] projects.uwc.utexas.edu/praxis/

The Dangling Modifier

www.ulc.psu.edu/Dangling_Modifier/ Southern Discourse

contact editor Christine Cozzens at ccozzens@agnesscott.edu

Conferences

See the The Writing Lab Newsletter, The Writing Center Journal, and the IWCA website for announcements.

The 11th IWCA will be held in Baltimore, MD, in early November 2010. See the IWCA website for the latest information.

The IWCA organizes workshops and sessions on writing centers at the convention of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) (held every November) and at the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) (held every March). For information about both conferences, contact NCTE at 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096, www.ncte.org

A national conference on peer tutoring in writing (the national conference on peer tutoring in writing) is held every fall, at various locations around the country. The next conference on peer tutoring in writing will be held at Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA, in October 2009: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/wcl/21984.shtml The European Association of Teachers of Academic Writing meets semi-annually in odd-numbered years. The 2009 conference was held in June in Coventry, England.

Every regional writing center association holds annual conferences.

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IWCA Summer Institute

The IWCA sponsors a week-long summer institute for writing center directors and professionals. The first was held in July 2003 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (www.wisc.edu/writing/institute). The 2004 summer institute was held at Clark University in Worcester, MA; summer 2005 at the University of Kansas; summer 2006 at Stanford University; summer 2007 at Oregon State University; summer 2008 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 2009 institute will be held at Temple University, July 12-17, co-chaired by Brad Hughes and Lori Salem (www.writing.wisc.edu/institute). For information about upcoming institutes, see the IWCA site (address above, under “Associations”).

WCenter

To subscribe to WCenter, a lively international discussion listserv about writing center practice and administration, contact Kathleen Gillis at Texas Tech University, Kathleen.gillis@ttu.edu. Searchable archives of WCenter are available.

SSWC

SSWC is a mailing list for secondary school writing center directors. To subscribe to SSWC-L send an email to LISTSERV@LISTS.PSU.EDU with “subscribe SSWC-L your name” in the body of the message.

Peer Centered: A Blog for Peer Writing Tutors and Consultants

http://www.peercentered.org/

National Writing Centers Research Project

Statistics, archives, online issues of the Writing Center Journal, oral histories. Based at the University of Louisville, directed by Carol Mattingly:

http://coldfusion.louisville.edu/webs/a-s/wcrp/

Peer Writing Tutor Alumni Research Project

Harvey Kail, Paula Gillespie, and Bradley Hughes. http://www.marquette.edu/writingcenter/PeerTutorAlumniPage.htm

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Directory of Grammar Hotlines

Tidewater Community College publishes an online guide to grammar hotlines— http://www.tcc.edu/students/resources/writcent/GH/hotlinol.htm

Bibliographies

Brown, Kate. “Five Years of Writing Center Journal Scholarship: An Annotated Bibliography.” The Writing Center Journal 26.1 (2006): 83-87.

Murphy, Christina, Joe Law, and Steve Sherwood. Writing Centers: An Annotated Bibliography.

Bibliographies and Indexes in Education, Number 17. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1996.

DeShaw, Dana, Joan Mullin, and Albert DeCiccio. “Twenty Years of Writing Center Journal Scholarship: An Annotated Bibliography.” The Writing Center Journal 20.2 (2000): 39-72.

Lerner, Neal. “Introduction to a List of Dissertations and Theses on Writing Centers, 1924-2008.” The

Writing Lab Newsletter 33.7 (2009): 6-9. Murphy, Christina, Joe Law, and Steve Sherwood. Writing Centers: An Annotated Bibliography.

Bibliographies and Indexes in Education, Number 17. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1996.

For an excellent introduction to pre-1993 writing center literature, see Kinkead, Joyce A. "The Scholarly Context: A Look at Themes." Writing Centers in Context: Twelve Case Studies. Ed. Joyce A. Kinkead and Jeanette G. Harris (Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1993). 238-251.

For an extensive bibliography on writing labs/centers through 1986, see Olson, Writing Centers: Theory

and Administration. Christ, Frank L., and Rick A. Sheets. Learning Support Centers in Higher Education.

<http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/~lsche/>.

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