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Feeling Good about Difficulty in Writing Center Stories

March 07, 2018 by Jason Hoppe

Jason Hoppe—founding director of the West Point Writing Program, Writing Fellows Program, and Mounger Writing Center—argues for why we should tell more stories about the difficulties of writing center work.

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March 07, 2018 /Jason Hoppe

Knowing When to Shift Our Stance

February 20, 2018 by Tristin Hooker

One of our managing co-editors considers a recent interview in The Chronicle of Higher Education, "What's Wrong With Writing Centers," from her own experience.

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February 20, 2018 /Tristin Hooker

Writing Centers as Spaces for Dialogue about Social Justice

February 06, 2018 by Jennifer Hammond

"We work with writers to establish their ideas, restructure their argument, and clarify their writing. But as we unpack their ideas in these ways, we also unpack our own assumptions, as well as the assumptions and stereotypes that are prevalent in our society.

The writing centre allows us the time and the space to connect and to talk through matters of social justice, to have these conversations that we wouldn’t be having otherwise."

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February 06, 2018 /Jennifer Hammond
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