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Promoting Writing Self-Efficacy in the Age of AI

The Age of AI AI is nearly everywhere, including writing centers. In addition to my personal experiences, I’ve heard various anecdotes from other tutors about situations where…

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New Media Writing about Writing

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…

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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…

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Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

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…

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Peer Writing Tutoring Writing about Writing

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…

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Research Writing about Writing

Multiliteracy and Digital Writing Center Theory

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…

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Research Writing about Writing

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…

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Providing Feedback on Creative Writing

Through our research on Writing Center pedagogy and creative writing tutoring, we established five main focuses that can help prepare and enable tutors to provide the best…

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Proposing a Hierarchy of Concerns for Stories

Introduction As someone who loves to read and write stories, I know firsthand how subjective they can be. Personal preference alone can decide whether a reader praises…

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The More You Grow: Cultivating a Growth Mindset Within the Writing Center

“I’m not a writer. I’ve never been all that great at writing and I probably never will be.” I’ve heard this phrase and others like it come…