Praxis: A Writing Center Journal • Vol. 22, No. 2 (2025)

About the Authors

Kara Poe Alexander is professor of English in Professional Writing and Rhetoric and director of the University Writing Center at Baylor University. She teaches courses in literacy studies, composition theory and pedagogy, writing center studies, and technical and workplace writing. Her research examines the ways that writers enact literacy practices and identity within multiple sites of writing. She has one coedited book, Multimodal Composition and Writing Transfer (2023), and her work has appeared in several scholarly journals, including College Composition and Communication, College English, Composition Forum, Composition Studies, Computers and Composition, Praxis, and Rhetoric Review, as well as edited collections.

Lauren J. Short is a lecturer of English in Professional Writing and Rhetoric and assistant director of the University Writing Center at Baylor University. She teaches courses in persuasive writing, writing center studies, technical writing, creative nonfiction, and advanced composition. Her work on digital literacy has appeared in XChanges and creatively in Arkana.

Claire Seekins is the Coordinator of the University Writing Center at Baylor University. She holds a master’s degree in technical communication from Texas Tech University as well as teaching certifications for English language arts and reading (ELAR) and English as a second language (ESL). Previous work has appeared in The Peer Review, and Claire’s research interests lie in exploring sonic rhetorics and how they influence writing center and healthcare spaces.

Katharine Brown is the Associate Director of University Writing at Auburn University, where she focuses on graduate student writing support across disciplines. Her research addresses welcoming practices in writing centers, embodied contemplative pedagogies, and graduate student writing self-efficacy. 

Jonah Breed is a professional writing consultant for University Writing at Auburn University, specializing in graduate student writing support and prison education. He enjoys working with writers at all stages in their writing journey and is transitioning into teaching 6th grade English Language Arts. 

Bree Johnson is an undergraduate student at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC majoring in English and minoring in Film Studies graduating in the class of 2025. Besides working as a tutor in their university’s Writing Resources Center (WRC), they are also a Communication Consultant for a Critical Communication course.

Tyler Gardner is the director of Brigham Young University’s writing center.

Madilyn Abbe is a former undergraduate tutor at Brigham Young University’s writing center and now a student at UC Berkeley School of Law.

Gabbie Schwartz is a former undergraduate tutor at Brigham Young University’s writing center and now a M.A. student at Brigham Young University.

Olivia Drew Swasey is a former undergraduate tutor at Brigham Young University’s writing center and now a Ph.D. student at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Alex Drozdoff is a PhD Candidate in the English: Rhetoric and Writing Studies program at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research interests include writing across the curriculum, writing support and identity, and rhetorical ecologies. She served as a Graduate Student Assistant Director for the Writing and Speaking Initiative Fellows Program from 2021-2023. 

Maureen McBride is the Director of the Writing & Speaking Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research interests include peer academic support, peer response groups, first-year writing, corequisite curricular approaches, reading-writing intersections, reading pedagogy, writing assessment, and mentorship models. She has published with College Composition and Communication, Composition Forum, Praxis, and Journal of Writing Assessment. She serves as the Co-Coordinator for the International Writing Centers Association Mentor Match program.

Elisabeth L. Miller is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Writing and Speaking in the Disciplines program at the University of Nevada, Reno. She researches and teaches about disability, health, literacy, and writing in the disciplines. Her work appears in venues including College English, Across the Disciplines, The Writing across Curriculum Journal, Writing Center Journal, and the Rhetoric of Health and Medicine.

Amanda M. May is the writing center director at New Mexico Highlands University. She earned her PhD in rhetoric and composition from Florida State University in 2020 and has spent most of the last 15 years working in writing centers as an undergraduate tutor, graduate assistant, sole writing center employee, and now tenure-line director. She also taught abroad for two years. Her current research focuses on recovering her writing center’s history.

Omolola Ayegboyin is currently pursuing a master’s degree in English at New Mexico Highlands University. Her studies focus on language and communication studies, and composition writing. As a graduate assistant in the writing center, she actively contributes to creating a positive learning environment by providing personalized support and fostering collaborative spaces for fellow students.

Rose Gonzales is currently pursuing a master’s degree in English at New Mexico Highlands University. Prior to attending graduate school, she earned a bachelor’s degree in English and a bachelor’s degree in special education. In the future, she hopes to teach English or Special Education somewhere within the state of New Mexico.

Katharine Lundebjerg is in her senior year of her Undergraduate Criminal Justice Studies degree at New Mexico Highlands University. She received an Associate of Applied Science in Criminal Justice from Central New Mexico Community College in 2021. She currently works as an undergraduate tutor at NMHU’s Writing Center and coaches fencing throughout New Mexico. Her limited spare time is filled by rock climbing, ballroom dancing, and writing.

Kendyl Harmeling is an English instructor at the University of Louisville and is the out-going Assistant Director for Community Literacy at UofL’s University Writing Center. 

Alexandria Degner is a master’s student, graduate teaching assistant, writing teacher, and writing consultant at the University of Louisville.

Jennings Collins is an MA candidate in English and a graduate teaching assistant in the University of Louisville’s English department.

Laura T. Cox is an MA student, writing teacher, and University Writing Center consultant at the University of Louisville.

Tyler Sehnal is a PhD candidate and instructor at New Mexico State University and an adjunct faculty member at Western Technical College in El Paso, Texas. He has taught courses in composition, the humanities and social sciences, graphic design, and business and technical writing. His current research interests include composition and AI, the intersections of rhetoric and violence, and teaching technical communication and social justice.

Lisa DiMaio is the Coordinator of Multilingual Learner Writing Resources in the University Writing Program at Drexel University, where she teaches composition courses designed for multilingual (ML) writers. With over twenty-five years of experience teaching and tutoring ML learners, her work includes providing support for ML writers and peer tutors and facilitating professional development for faculty who teach ML writers.

Mary Hedengren teaches at Brigham Young University where she is also a graduate writing consultant at the Research and Writing Center.