To be frank, I did not go into the Thesis and Dissertation Conference with confidence that I could teach Doctorate students much about anything. Second graders often…
Category: Peer Writing Tutoring
Reflections on tutor’s professional experiences and poignant advice about the role itself; challenges they faced and/or victories with their important teachings; the divergent writerly genres one might encounter; and the scope of such position beyond the Writing Center
As a creative writer, I was extremely excited to work with other creative minds at the UCWbL when I started this past fall. So far I have only…
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Teaching and Tutoring
“Both cooperative learning and peer tutoring are believed to facilitate learning through the powerful influence of peers not only sharing answers but also engaging in the process of…
It’s fall at DePaul again. That means one thing for the University Center for Writing-based learning: new recruits. Which is fine. When your annual turnover laps up…
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What the UCWbL Taught Me
After two years at the Writing Center and four years at DePaul, I am graduating with my degree. It’s a bittersweet ending to my first-actual-for-realsies job. In…
Practicing Values in a Mission-Led Institution At the UCWbL, we have 6 Core Values that inform all of our practices: Collaboration, Diversity, Reflection, Respect, Revision, and Transparency.…
As a new peer writing tutor, I have had a number of humbling learning experiences within the UCWbL. Simply listening to the ideas, stories, and insights of…
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Why I Like My Job
I’ve been working since I was like 12, makin’ bank (sort of) and trying to figure out what I want to do, but I’ve never had an…
Last year, a controversy of the greatest importance came out of social media: what are the colors of this dress? People debated whether it was blue and…
Sometimes I lose sight of the fact that I am a Peer Tutor. I spend so much of my time educating myself and learning new ways to…