This past Friday Elise N. and I hosted the last inservice of the 2011-2012 academic year, “A Conversation about Discrimination in Tutorials.” Our overall goal was to encourage conversation about our experiences with encountering discriminatory language and attitudes in tutorials, … Continue reading
As writing center tutors, we want to help writers as much as we can. We want to make sure that if a writer makes a one-hour appointment (or a half-hour, or two hours), we give them as much help as … Continue reading
I’ve never had a conversation partner appointment, but I’d like to think that I’d know what to do with one. The UCWbL abounds with strategies for a successful conversation partner appointment, and everyone has ideas of what to say, how … Continue reading