Tackling Science in the Writing Center
Tackling Science in the Writing Center As tutors, it’s a common experience to feel an innate dread when an appointment notification pops up with a chem or bio report….
Tips for Supporting Poets in the Writing Center
I’ve been calling myself a creative writer for as long as I can remember. Long before I knew what syntax meant or how to punctuate dialogue, I was scribbling…
How to Write Your Next Letterboxd Review: Going Beyond One-Liners
If you’ve been on any internet spaces for film, you’ve probably heard the often derogatory term, “film bro,” thrown around. You know the type–overanalyzing every frame of Pulp Fiction and treating their opinions like…
Subtle Perceptions of Power in Tutoring
Who am I? Hi, my name is Kyle Choi and at the time of writing this blog post, I am a new tutor at DePaul University’s Writing Center. Working in this department has been…
Addressing Vulnerability in the Writing Center
When approaching any new environment, especially while seeking help, the concept of vulnerability is a powerful emotion. Though it’s easy to forget, there are certain power dynamics and imposed assumptions going into the Writing…
Tutoring Freshman in the Writing Center
The transition from high school to college can be incredibly difficult for brand-new college students for a variety of reasons. When coming into college, freshman college students must adjust to new schedules, new expectations,…
Writers Finding the Right Tutor
Why is it important to find a tutor that’s right for you as a writer? In the writing center, we experience a variety of writing that we edit and read. This is beneficial to…
Helping Writers Overcome the Fear of Sharing Their Work
How can we, as peer tutors, aid writers in overcoming their fear of sharing their work? In our research, we analyzed why writers are anxious to share their work, strategies that help writers overcome…
Bridge the Gap: Introducing ALORA
By: Beach Keenan For my tutoring inquiry project, I decided to focus on how to observe and address obstructive behavioral patterns writers may have when scheduling and attending an appointment. An obstructive behavior is…
Accommodation Station
Overview Our project focused on the ideas of accommodations within the Writing Center, and how they can be implemented to better experiences for both writers and tutors. We delved into ideas surrounding how Writing…
Rethinking Reading Aloud: Exploring the Point-Predict Method
When we think about reading aloud in writing center sessions, the conversation often centers on who should do the reading: the writer or the tutor. This seemingly straightforward choice has long been informed by…
Multiliteracy and Digital Writing Center Theory
kinteract.com In recent years, multiliteracy has become a central idea in how we approach learning. Multiliteracy refers to fluency in not only spoken language like English, but across multiple languages, dialects, or even modalities,…
A Free-Standing Building: Defining Scaffolding for Equity and Justice Practice in Writing Center Work within Campus and Carceral Settings
I can still hear my ballet teachers, whether Vaganova devotees or Balanchine disciples, verbally harkening back to an earlier combination, movement, or place in the studio and saying “Remember…what you did then prepared you,…
Power Dynamics in Writing Tutoring
Power and authority seem to have nothing to do with writing tutoring or writing centers, the place well known for its three Cs: “coffee, cookies, and couches” (Carino 2003, 102). These three cozy and…