Prioritizing what a writer says is far more important than how they actually say it. This is especially true when approaching culturally informed writing as a Writing…
Category: Social Justice
Essays and/or reflections on how writing intersects with social justice topics, especially how through written media one may either perpetrate, address, or contrast systematic issues.
There’s always work to be done in the UCWbL in regards to linguistic justice. Gatekeeping remains overt and pervasive within academic and rhetorical spaces even as we…
As a women’s and gender studies major, I always find myself seeking and making connections to what I learn and develop in the classroom. Women’s studies is…
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Anti-Racist Tutoring
As tutors at a Writing Center, we have duties to work toward anti-racism at the University Center for Writing-based Learning (UCWbL). Historically, writing centers have been founded…
When I decided to submit a proposal to the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) conference last year, I knew that I was not just stepping, but leaping,…
Hello UCWbLers, and happy start to the spring quarter! We know it’s a weird one, but hang in there! We’re all going to get through this. While…
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Meet the Social Justice Team
Have you heard about the UCWbL’s social justice team? We’re a brand new group started by our very own Erin H., and we have some great plans…