Some Sources and Resources for Writing Centers

Clark, Beverly Lyon. Talking About Writing: A Guide for Tutor and Teacher Conferences. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1985.

Clark, Irene. Writing in the Center: Teaching in a Writing Center Setting. 2nd ed. Dubuque, IA: Kendal/Hunt, 1992.

Clark-Thayer, Susan, ed. NADE Self-Evaluation Guides: Models for Assessing Learning Assistance/Developmental Education Programs. Clearwater, FL: H&H Publishing Company, 1995.

Farrell, Pamela B., ed. The High School Writing Center: Establishing and Maintaining One. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1989.

Flynn, Thomas, and Mary King, eds. Dynamics of the Writing Conference: Social and Cognitive Interactions. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1993.

Galica, Gregory S. The Blue Book: A Student's Guide to Essay Exams. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.

Goldsby, Jackie. Peer Tutoring in Basic Writing: A Tutor's Journal. Bay Area Writing Project. Berkeley: Univ. of California, 1981.

Haring-Smith, Tori. A Guide to Writing Programs: Writing Centers, Peer Tutoring Programs, and Writing-Across-the-Curriculum. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1985.

Harris, Muriel. Teaching One-to-One: The Writing Conference. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1986.

___, ed. Tutoring Writing: A Sourcebook for Writing Labs. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1982.

Hawkins, Thom, and Phyllis Brooks, eds. New Directions for College Learning Assistance: Improving Writing Skills. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1981.

Kinkead, Joyce A., and Jeanette G. Harris, eds. Writing Centers in Context: Twelve Case Studies. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1993.

MacDonald, Ross B. The Master Tutor: A Guidebook for More Effective Tutoring. Williamsville, NY: Cambridge Stratford Study Skills Institute, 1994.

Maxwell, Martha. Evaluating Academic Skills Programs: A Source Book. Kensington, MD: MM Associates [P.O. Box 2857, White Flint, Kensington, MD, 20891], 1993.

___. Improving Student Learning Skills: A Comprehensive Guide to Successful Practices and Programs for Increasing the Performance of Underprepared Students. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1979.

___, ed. When Tutor Meets Student: Experiences in Collaborative Learning. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994.

Meyer, Emily, and Louise Z. Smith. The Practical Tutor. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.

Mullin, Joan, and Ray Wallace, eds. Intersections: Theory-Practice in the Writing Center. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1994.

Murphy, Christina, and Joe Law, eds. Landmark Essays on Writing Centers. Davis, CA: Hermagoras Press, 1995.

Murphy, Christina, and Steve Sherwood. The St. Martin's Sourcebook for Writing Tutors. New York: St. Martin's, 1995.

Murphy, Christina, Joe Law, and Steve Sherwood. Writing Centers: An Annotated Bibliography. Bibliographies and Indexes in Education, Number 17. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1996.

Neuleib, Janice P. The Writing Center: How To. ERIC ED 159666.

Olson, Gary, ed. Writing Centers: Theory and Administration. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1984.

Reigstad, Thomas, and Donald A. McAndrew. Training Tutors for Writing Conferences. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1984.

Shaughnessy, Mina P. Errors and Expectations: A Guide for the Teacher of Basic Writing. New York: Oxford UP, 1977.

Stay, Byron L., Christina Murphy, and Eric H. Hobson, eds. Writing Center Perspectives. Emmitsburg, MD: NWCA Press, 1995.

Steward, Joyce, and Mary Croft. The Writing Laboratory: Organization, Management, and Methods. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1982.

Wallace, Ray, and Jeanne Simpson, eds. The Writing Center: New Directions. New York: Garland, 1991.

Selected Articles

General (Definitions, Defenses, Philosophy, Theory) and Tutor Training

Baker, Tracey. "LD College Writers: Selected Readings." The Writing Lab Newsletter 19.3 (1994): 5-7.

Balester, Valerie. "Electronic Discourse for Writing Consultants." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.9 (1994): 10-12.

Birdsall, Mary Pat. "Using Response Journals for Problem-Solving in the Writing Center." The Writing Lab Newsletter 17.8 (1993): 12-16.

Brannon, Lil, and C.H. Knoblauch. "A Philosophical Perspective on Writing Centers and the Teaching of Writing." Writing Centers: Theory and Administration. Ed. Gary A. Olson. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1984. 36-47.

Broder, Peggy F. "Writing Centers and Teacher Training." WPA: Writing Program Administration 13.3 (1990): 37-45.

Bruffee, Kenneth A. "Peer Tutoring and the 'Conversation of Mankind.'" Writing Centers: Theory and Administration. Ed. Gary A. Olson. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1984. 3-15.

Carino, Peter. "Early Writing Centers: Toward a History." The Writing Center Journal 15.2 (1995): 103-115.

___. "Open Admissions and the Construction of Writing Center History: A Tale of Three Models." The Writing Center Journal 17.1 (1996): 30-48.

___. "What Do We Talk about When We Talk about Our Metaphors: A Cultural Critique of Clinic, Lab, Center." The Writing Center Journal 13.1 (1992): 31-42.

Carnicelli, Thomas A. "The Writing Conference." Eight Approaches to Teaching Composition. Ed. Timothy R. Donovan and Ben W. McClelland. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1980. 101-131.

Chappell, Virginia. "Hands Off!" The Writing Lab Newsletter 6.6 (1982): 4-6.

Clark, Irene Lurkis. "Collaboration and Ethics in Writing Center Pedagogy." The Writing Center Journal 9.1 (1988): 3-12.

___. "Maintaining Chaos in the Writing Center: A Critical Perspective on Writing Center Dogma." The Writing Center Journal 11.1 (1990): 81-93.

___. "Portfolio Evaluation, Collaboration, and Writing Centers." College Composition and Communication 44.4 (1993): 515-524.

Clark, Irene L., and Dave Healy. "Are Writing Centers Ethical?" WPA: Writing Program Administration 20.1-2 (1996): 32-48.

Cosgrove, Cornelius. "Explaining and Justifying Writing Centers: An Example." The Writing Lab Newsletter 17.8 (1993): 1-4.

Ede, Lisa. "Writing as a Social Process: A Theoretical Foundation for Writing Centers?" The Writing Center Journal 9.2 (1989): 4-12.

Fitzgerald, Sallyanne, Peggy Mulvihill, and Ruth Dobson. "Meeting the Needs of Graduate Students: Writing Support Groups in the Center." Writing Centers: New Directions. Ed. Ray Wallace and Jeanne Simpson. New York: Garland, 1991. 133-144.

Grimm, Nancy Maloney. "Rearticulating the Work of the Writing Center." College Composition and Communication 47.4 (1996): 523-548.

___. "The Regulatory Role of the Writing Center: Coming to Terms with a Loss of Innocence." The Writing Center Journal 17.1 (1996): 5-29.

Hain, Bonnie. "Training Tutors to Read Technical Writing." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.9 (1994): 15.

Harrington, Judy Stamos. "Multicultural Awareness Training for Learning Assistance Staff." Journal of College Reading and Learning 23.2 (1991): 34-46.

Harris, Muriel. "Collaboration Is Not Collaboration Is Not Collaboration: Writing Center Tutorials vs. Peer-Response Groups." College Composition and Communication 43.3 (1992): 369-383.

___. "Talking in the Middle: Why Writers Need Writing Tutors." College English 57.1 (1995): 27-42.

Healy, Dave. "Countering the Myth of (In)dependence: Developing Life-Long Clients." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.9 (1994): 1-3.

___. "A Defense of Dualism: The Writing Center and the Classroom." The Writing Center Journal 14.1 (1993): 16-29.

Hobson, Eric. "Maintaining Our Balance: Walking the Tightrope of Competing Epistemologies." The Writing Center Journal 14/1 (1992): 65-75.

Leahy, Rick. "Of Writing Centers, Centeredness, and Centrism." WPA: Writing Program Administration 15.3 (1992): 41-56.

Leahy, Richard. "What the College Writing Center Is-And Isn't." College Teaching 38.2 (1990): 43-48.

Leahy, Rick, and Roy Fox. "Seven Myth-Understandings about the Writing Center." The Writing Lab Newsletter 14.1 (1989): 7-8.

Lunsford, Andrea. "Collaboration, Control, and the Idea of a Writing Center." The Writing Center Journal 12.1 (1991): 3-10

Maxwell, Martha. "The Effects of Expectations, Sex, and Ethnicity on Peer Tutoring." Journal of Developmental Education 15.1 (1991): 14-16, 18.

Munger, Roger H., Ilene Rubenstein, and Edna Burrow. "Observation, Interaction, and Reflection: The Foundation for Tutor Training." The Writing Lab Newsletter 21.4 (1996): 1-5.

North, Stephen. "The Idea of a Writing Center." College English 46 (1984): 433-446.

North, Stephen. "Revisiting the Idea of a Writing Center." The Writing Center Journal, 15.1 (1994): 7-19.

Okawa, Gail Y., et al. "Multi-cultural Voices: Peer Tutoring and Critical Reflection in the Writing Center." The Writing Center Journal 12.1 (1991): 11-32.

Powers, Judith K. "Assisting the Graduate Thesis Writer Through Faculty and Writing Center." The Writing Lab Newsletter 20.2 (1995): 13-16.

Powers, Judith K. and Jane V. Nelson. "Rethinking Writing Center Conferencing Strategies for Writers in the Disciplines." The Writing Lab Newsletter 20.1 (1995): 12-15.

Powers, Suzanne. "What Composition Teachers Need to Know about Writing Centers." Freshman English News 19.2 (1991): 15-21.

Riley, Terrance. "The Unpromising Future of Writing Centers." The Writing Center Journal 15.1 (1994): 20-34.

Rodis, Karen. "Mending the Damaged Path: How to Avoid Conflict of Expectations When Setting up a Writing Center." The Writing Center Journal 10.2 (1990): 45-57.

Shamoon, Linda K., and Deborah H. Burns. "A Critique of Pure Tutoring." The Writing Center Journal 15.2 (1995): 134-151.

Smith, Louise Z. "Independence and Collaboration: Why We Should Decentralize Writing Centers." The Writing Center Journal 7.1 (1986): 3-10.

Steward, Joyce S. "To Like to Have Written: Learning the Laboratory Way." ADE Bulletin 76 (1977): 32-40.

Thompson, Thomas C. "Personality Preferences, Tutoring Styles, and Implications for Tutor Training." The Writing Center Journal 14.2 (1994): 136-149.

Williams, Sharon. "Sentence Errors in the Writing Conference: The Little Red Caboose." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.2 (1993): 13-14.

Yahner, William. "Explaining and Justifying Writing Centers: One MORE Example." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.2 (1993): 5-7.

Tutor Evaluation

Bowden, Darsie. "Inter-Activism: Strengthening the Writing Conference." The Writing Center Journal 15.2 (1995): 163-175.

Carino, Peter. "Posing Questions for Collaborative Evaluation of Audio Taped Tutorials." The Writing Lab Newsletter 14.1 (1989): 11-13.

Davis, Kevin. "Evaluating Writing Center Tutors." The Writing Lab Newsletter 16.7 (1992): 1-6.

Gaskins, Jake. "Using 'Process Recordings' to Train Tutors." The Writing Lab Newsletter 19.2 (1994): 14-15.

Leahy, Richard. "Using Audiotapes for Evaluation and Collaborative Training." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.5 (1993): 1-3.

Ethics

Behm, Richard. "Ethical Issues in Peer Tutoring: A Defense of Collaborative Learning." The Writing Center Journal 10.1 (1989): 3-12.

See Clark, "Collaboration and Ethics" in the general and tutor training section.

Pemberton, Michael. "Writing Center Ethics." A regular feature in The Writing Lab Newsletter, 17.9 (1993) and following.

"Sharing Records: Student Confidentiality and Faculty Relations." [Voices from the Net] The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.2 (1993): 8-9.

"Sharing Records, Part II: Political Considerations." [Voices from the Net] The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.3 (1993): 6-7.

Sherwood, Steve. "White Lies in the Writing Center: The Fragile Balance Between Praise and Criticism." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.4 (1993): 1-4.

Professional and Administrative Issues

Balester, Valerie. "Revising the 'Statement': On the Work of Writing Centers." College Composition and Communication 43.2 (1992): 167-171.

Fitzgerald, Sallyanne H. "Playing the Budget Game: The Story of Two Writing Centers." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.5 (1994): 14-15.

George, Diana. "Talking to the Boss: A Preface." The Writing Center Journal 9.1 (1988): 37-44.

George, Diana, and Nancy Grimm. "Expanded Roles/Expanded Responsibilities." The Writing Center Journal 11.1 (1990): 59-66.

Harris, Muriel. "Theory and Reality: The Ideal Writing Center(s)." The Writing Center Journal 5.2/6.1 (1982): 4-8.

Healy, Dave. "Writing Center Directors: An Emerging Portrait of the Profession." WPA: Writing Program Administration 18.3 (1995): 26-43.

___. "Solutions and Trade-offs in Writing Center Administration." The Writing Center Journal 12.1 (1991): 63-79.

Olson, Gary A., and Evelyn Ashton-Jones. "Writing Center Directors: The Search for Professional Status." WPA: Writing Program Administration 12.1-2 (1988): 19-28.

Perdue, Virginia. "Writing-Center Faculty in Academia: Another Look at Our Institutional Status." WPA: Writing Program Administration 15.1-2 (1991): 13-23.

Sherwood, Steve. "How to Survive the Bad Times." The Writing Lab Newsletter 17.10 (1993): 4-8.

Simpson, Jeanne H. "The Challenge of Innovation: Putting New Approaches into Practice." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.1 (1993): 1-3.

___. "What Lies Ahead for Writing Centers: Position Statement on Professional Concerns." The Writing Center Journal 5.2/6.1 (1985): 35-39.

Spooner, Michael. "Circles and Centers: Some Thoughts on the Writing Center and Academic Publishing." The Writing Lab Newsletter 17.10 (1993): 1-3, 10.

Wright, Sharon. "Mapping Diversity: Writing Center Survey Results." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.10 (1994): 1-4.

Writing Center Evaluation

Lamb, Mary. "Evaluation Procedures for Writing Centers: Defining Ourselves Through Accountability." New Directions for College Learning Assistance: Improving Writing Abilities. Eds. Thom Hawkins and Phyllis Brooks. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1981. 69-83.

Masiello, Lea. "Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies for Assessing Writing Center Effectiveness." The Writing Lab Newsletter 16.6 (1992): 4-6.

Maxwell, Martha. "Does Tutoring Help? A Look at the Literature." Review of Research in Developmental Education 7.4 (1990): 1-5

Neuleib, Janice. "Evaluating Writing Centers: A Survey Report." The Writing Lab Newsletter 11.4 (1986): 1-5.

Research

Kail, Harvey, and Kay Allen. "Conducting Research in the Writing Lab." Tutoring Writing: A Sourcebook for Writing Labs. Ed. Muriel Harris. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1982. 233-245.

Kiedaisch, Jean, and Sue Dinitz. "Learning More from the Students." The Writing Center Journal 12.1 (1991): 90-100.

MacDonald, Ross B. "An Analysis of Verbal Interaction in College Tutorials." Journal of Developmental Education 15.1 (1991): 2-4, 6, 8, 10, 12.

North, Stephen. "Designing a Case Study Method for Tutorials: A Prelude to Research." Rhetoric Review 4.1 (1985): 88-99.

___. "Writing Center Research: Testing Our Assumptions." Writing Centers: Theory and Administration. Ed. Gary A. Olson. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1984. 24-35.

Severino, Carol. "The Writing Center as a Site for Cross-Language Research." The Writing Center Journal 15.1 (1994): 51-61.

See Severino, "The 'Doodles' in Context," in ESL section.

ESL

Aakin, Marian. Tutoring ESL Students. New York: Longman, 1982.

Burt, Marina K., and Carol Kiparsky. The Gooficon: A Repair Manual for English. Rowley, MA: Newbury House, 1972.

Clark, Irene. "Working with Non-native and Dialect Speakers." Writing in the Center. 2nd ed. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1992. 119-142.

Connor, Ulla. Contrastic Rhetoric: Cross Cultural Aspects of Second Language Writing. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996.

Harris, Muriel, and Tony Silva. "Tutoring ESL Students: Issues and Options." College Composition and Communication 44.4 (1993): 525-537.

Huckin, Thomas N., and Leslie A. Olsen. English for Science and Technology: A Handbook for Nonnative Speakers. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.

Kaplan, Robert B. "Cultural Thought Patterns in Inter-Cultural Education." Language Learning 16 (1966): 1-20.

___. "Cultural Thought Patterns Revisited." In Writing Across Languages: Analysis of L2 Text. Ed. Ulla Connor and Robert B. Kaplan. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1987.

Leki, Ilona. "Twenty-Five Years of Contrastive Rhetoric: Text Analysis and Writing Pedagogies." TESOL Quarterly 25 (1991): 123-142.

___. Understanding ESL Writers: A Guide for Teachers. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1992.

Longman Dictionary of American English. New York: Longman, 1983.

Powers, Judith K. "Bending the 'Rules': Diversifying the Model Conference for the ESL Writer." The Writing Lab Newsletter 17.6 (1993): 1-3, 8.

___. "Rethinking Writing Center Conferencing Strategies for the ESL Writer." The Writing Center Journal 13.2 (1993): 39-47.

Raimes, Ann. Grammar Troublespots: An Editing Guide for ESL Students. New York: St. Martin's, 1988.

Severino, Carol. "The 'Doodles' in Context: Qualifying Claims about Contrastive Rhetoric." The Writing Center Journal 14.1 (1993): 44-62.

Shen, Fan. "The Classroom and the Wider Culture: Identity as a Key to Learning English Composition." College Composition and Communication. 40.4 (1989): 459-466.

Thonus, Terese. "Tutors as Teachers: Assisting ESL/EFL Students in the Writing Center." The Writing Center Journal 13.2 (1993): 13.26.

Computers in Writing Centers and On-Line Writing Labs (OWLS)

National Writing Centers Association, World Wide Web, URL=http://www2.colgate.edu/diw/NWCAOWLS.html [contains the most comprehensive listing of and links to on-line writing centers around the country]

Purdue University On-Line Writing Center, World Wide Web, URL=http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

University of Wisconsin On-Line Writing Center, World Wide Web, URL=http://www.wisc.edu/writing/

Coogan, David. "Towards a Rhetoric of On-Line Tutoring." The Writing Lab Newsletter 19.1 (1994): 3-5.

Hult, Christine, and Joyce Kinkead, eds. Special Issue of Computers and Composition 12.2 (1994), devoted to the use and implications of bringing computers into the writing center.

Spooner, Michael, and Eric Crump. "A dialogue on OWLing in the Writing Lab." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.6 (1994): 6-8.

Writing Centers and Writing Across the Curriculum (including satellite centers)

Adams, Katherine H. "Satellite Writing Centers: A Successful Model for Writing Across the Curriculum." Writing Centers: New Directions. Ed. Ray Wallace and Jeanne Simpson. New York: Garland, 1991. 73-81.

Besser, Pam. "Bridging the Gap: The Theoretically and Pedagogically Efficient Writing Center." The Writing Lab Newsletter 16.3 (1991): 6-8.

Chase, Geoffrey. "Integrating the Writing Center into the Curriculum." The Writing Lab Newsletter 9.6 (1985): 1-3.

Devenish, Alan. "Decentering the Writing Center." The Writing Lab Newsletter 18.1 (1993): 4-7.

Dinitz, Susan, and Diane Howe. "Writing Centers and Writing-Across-the-Curriculum: An Evolving Partnership." The Writing Center Journal 10.1 (1989): 45-51.

Fitzgerald, Sallyanne. "Successes and Failures: Facilitating Cooperation across the Curriculum." The Writing Lab Newsletter 13.1 (1988): 13-15.

Hayhoe, George. "Beyond the Basics: Expanded Uses of Writing Labs." Tutoring Writing: A Sourcebook for Writing Labs. Ed. Muriel Harris. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1982. 246-253.

Haviland, Carol Peterson. "Writing Centers and Writing-Across-the-Curriculum: An Important Connection." The Writing Center Journal 5.2/6.2 (1985): 25-30.

Hollis, Karyn. "More Science in the Writing Center: Training Tutors to Lead Group Tutorials on Biology Lab Reports." Writing Centers: New Directions. Ed. Ray Wallace and Jeanne Simpson. New York: Garland, 1991. 247-262.

Howard, Rebecca M. "In-Situ Workshops and the Peer Relationships of Composition Faculty." WPA: Writing Program Administration 12.1-2 (1988): 39-46.

Hubbuch, Susan M. "A Tutor Needs to Know the Subject Matter to Help a Student with a Paper: ___Agree ___Disagree ___Not Sure." The Writing Center Journal 8.2 (1988): 23-30.

Hughes, Bradley T. "Reaching Across the Curriculum with a Writing Center." Illinois English Bulletin, 74.1 (1986): 24-31. Rpt. In From Access to Success: A Book of Readings on College Developmental Education and Learning Assistance Programs. Ed. Martha Maxwell. Clearwater, FL: H&H Publishing, 1994. 175-180.

___. "Writing Center Outreach: Sharing Knowledge and Influencing Attitudes about Writing." Writing Centers: New Directions. Ed. Ray Wallace and Jeanne Simpson. New York: Garland, 1991. 39-55

Impson, Beth, et al. "Integrating WAC and Tutoring Services: Advantages to Faculty, Students, and Writing Center Staff." The Writing Lab Newsletter 16.2 (1991): 6-8, 11.

Kiedaisch, Jean, and Sue Dinitz. "Look Back and Say 'So What': The Limitations of the Generalist Tutor." The Writing Center Journal 14.1 (1993): 63-74.

Kinkead, Joyce. "Outreach: The Writing Center, The Campus, and the Community." The Writing Lab Newsletter 10.3 (1985): 5-8.

___, et al. "Situations and Solutions from Tutoring Across the Curriculum." The Writing Lab Newsletter 19.8 (1995): 1-5.

Leahy, Richard. "Writing Assistants in Writing-Emphasis Courses: Toward Some Working Guidelines." The Writing Lab Newsletter 16.9-10 (1992): 11-14.

___. "Writing Centers and Writing-for-Learning." The Writing Center Journal 10.1 (1989): 31-37.

McAndrew, Donald A. "From Writing Center to Center for Writing: A Heuristic for Development." The Writing Lab Newsletter 9.5 (1985): 1-5.

Moreland, Kim. "The Writing Center: A Center for Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Activities." The Writing Lab Newsletter 10.3 (1985): 1-4.

Pemberton, Michael. "Rethinking the WAC/Writing Center Connection." The Writing Lab Newsletter 15.2 (1995): 116-133.

Powers, Judith K. "Assisting the Graduate Thesis Writer Through Faculty and Writing Center Collaboration." The Writing Lab Newsletter 20.2 (1995): 13-16.

___, and Jane V. Nelson. "Rethinking Writing Center Conference Strategies for Writers in the Disciplines." The Writing Lab Newsletter 20.1 (1995): 12-15.

Scanlon, Leone J. "Recruiting and Training Tutors for Cross-Disciplinary Writing Programs." The Writing Center Journal 6.2 (1986): 37-41.

Sullivan, Patrick. "Do You Object to Tutors Assisting Your Students with Their Writing?" The Writing Lab Newsletter 10.4 (1985): 6-8.

Waldo, Mark. "The Last Best Place for Writing Across the Curriculum: The Writing Center." Writing Program Administration 16.3 (1993): 15-26.

Wallace, Ray. "Sharing the Benefits and the Expense of Expansion: Developing a Cross-Curricular Cash Flow for a Cross-Curricular Writing Center." Writing Centers: New Directions. Ed. Ray Wallace and Jeanne Simpson. New York: Garland, 1991. 82-101.

___. "The Writing Center's Role in the Writing-across-the-Curriculum Program." The Writing Center Journal 8.2 (1988): 43-48.

Wilson, Lucy, and Olivia LaBouff. "Going Beyond Remedial: The Writing Center and the Literature Class." The Writing Center Journal 6.2 (1986): 19-27.

Yarmove, Jay. "Interlock: A Proposal for a 'Cosmopolitan' Writing Center." The Writing Lab Newsletter 11.10 (1987): 8-9.

Associations

National Writing Centers Association (NWCA)
Michael Pemberton, NWCA, Dept. of English
University of Illinois
608 S. Wright St., Urbana, IL 61801
217-333-8796
email: Michaelp@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu

NWCA web site: http://www2.colgate.edu/diw/NWCA.html

Regional Associations: See Directory, below.

Periodicals

The Dangling Modifier (published twice each year) (for tutors and by tutors)
ed. Penn State University Writing Center
219 Boucke Building, University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-3240

Focuses: A Journal Linking Composition Programs and Writing-Center Practice
ed. William C. Wolff
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608

The Writing Center Journal (WCJ) (published twice each year)
ed. Dave Healy
General College, University of Minnesota
128 Pleasant St. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455-0434

The Writing Lab Newsletter (WLN) (published ten times during the academic year)
ed. Muriel Harris, Dept. of English
Purdue University

To join the NWCA and receive a year's subscription to both the WCJ and the WLN, send $35.00 (payable to the NWCA) to Michael Pemberton, Treasurer, NWCA. See address above under National Writing Centers Association.

Conferences

See The Writing Lab Newsletter and The Writing Center Journal for announcements.

The NWCA organizes sessions on writing centers at the convention of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) (held every November) and at the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) (held every March). For information about both conferneces, contact NCTE at 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096.

A national conference on peer tutoring in writing is held every fall, at various locations around the country. The 13th annual conference was held in October 1996, in Oklahoma City.

Directory

In 1992, the National Writing Centers Association published a directory of writing centers across the country. Contact the National Writing Centers Association, at the address given above, for more information. A new directory is reportedly in the works.

Writing Center Discussions on the Internet

To subscribe to and participate in Wcenter, a lively international discussion "list" about writing center practice and administration, send an e-mail message to: listproc@listserv.ttu.edu Leave the subject line blank. In the message window, type a two-line message:

subscribe wcenter <your first name> <your last name>

set wcenter mail ack (use your actual first and last names, not your e-mail address; don't use the brackets)

If you have problems subscribing, write to Fred Kemp at ykfok@ttacs.ttu.edu

To subscribe to a discussion list about tutoring in writing centers, send an e-mail message to:

listserv@tc.u;mn.edu Leave the subject line blank. In the message window, type a two-line message:

subscribe writ-c <your first and last names> (use your first and last names)

set writ-c repro

This list is coordinated by Dave Healy at the University of Minnesota (healy001@maroon.tc.umn.edu).

Directory of Grammar Hotlines

To receive a copy of a "Grammar Hotline Directory," which is updated every January, send a first-class SASE (business size) to Grammar Hotline Directory, Tidewater Community College, Writing Center, 1700 College Crescent, Virginia Beach, VA, 23456. Single copies are free; multiple copies cost $1.00 each.

Bibliographies

Murphy, Christina, Joe Law, and Steve Sherwood. Writing Centers: An Annotated Bibliography. Bibliographies and indexes in Education, Number 17. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1996.

For an excellent introduction to writing center literature, see Kinkead, Joyce A. "The Scholarly Context: A Look at Themes." Writing Centers in Context: Twelve Case Studies. Ed. Joyce A. Kinkead and Jeanette G. Harris (Urbana, Il: NCTE, 1993). 238-251.

For an extensive bibliography on writing labs/centers through 1986, see Olson, Writing Centers: Theory and Administration.

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