In the humanities, we often encourage students to view texts through a critical lens—Marxist, feminist, psychoanalytic, postcolonial. These frameworks help writers make meaning, trace patterns of power,…
Category: Research
Reflections and insights from UCWbLers engaged in internal research projects and with scholarships related to Writing Center work, writing studies, and other relevant fields of study.
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…
It is well known that scientific writing is often written to be inaccessible to those outside of STEM disciplines. Back in August of 2023, Carolina Sotério and…
Which is more effective: Drop-in or Writing Fellows tutoring? It’s a provocative question. And like most questions pitting one answer against another in a possible false dichotomy,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…