By Khristeena Lute, SUNY Adirondack—Like many newly minted writing center directors, when I stepped into my first role of Director, I envisioned a hive of activity in this new-to-me center, with engaged conversations about tutoring, connecting with local campuses and their writing centers, and general collaboration all around. I made headway in other areas of my scholarship—literary criticism, creative nonfiction, and even a novel—but I still hadn’t quite found my writing center niche...| Another Word
By Sam Hyatt and Meg Hultgren, University of South Carolina—As doctoral students serving as Assistant Directors (ADs) in the Writing Center (WC) at the University of South Carolina during uncertain academic times, we’ve had the unique opportunity to navigate leadership roles while still actively engaged in graduate study. Our tutoring staff is also distinctive—comprised entirely of English graduate students, primarily MAs and MFAs in their first year of school—which has shaped the col...| Another Word
By Saurabh Anand, University of Georgia—As an international graduate student who speaks five languages and writes in three, I have survived multiple instances of North American writing epistemology hegemony across academic and professional situations. When they happened, such experiences surprised and frustrated me because [...]| Another Word