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Call for Papers Spring 2012 Issue of Praxis: Multiliteracy and the Writing Center
Praxis Spring 2012 Call For Papers: Multiliteracy and the Writing Center
The New London Group (1996) uses the term multiliteracies to describe "two important arguments we might have with the emerging cultural, institutional, and global order: the multiplicity of communication channels and media, and the increasing saliency of cultural and linguistic diversity.” Additionally, the authors suggest that the multiplicity of communications channels and increasing cultural and linguistic diversity in the world today call for a broader view of literacy than portrayed by traditional language-based approaches.
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Spring 2011 (Volume 8, Issue 2) - From Triage to Outreach: Raising the Institutional Profile of Writing-Center Work
UT Austin: Architecture Library
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Focus: From Triage to Outreach: Raising the Institutional Profile of Writing-Center Work
Sustaining Argument: Centralizing the Role of the Writing Center in Program Assessment
by M. S. Jewell, Case Western Reserve University: Cleveland, Ohio
Money Doesn't Matter
by Molly McHarg, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar
Writing in Context: Redefining the Writing Center as the Multidisciplinary Hub for Writing in the New Millennium
by Paulette Golden, Lone Star College - Montgomery: Conroe, Texas
Staking Institutional and Theoretical Claims for the Writing Center
by Katie Stahlnecker, Metropolitan Community College: Ohamha, Nebraska
Framing Versatility as a Positive: Building Institutional Validity at The University of Colorado at Boulder's Writing Center
by Alaina Feltenberger and Allison Carr, The University of Colorado at Boulder
Bridging the Great Divide: Creating Partnerships between Writing Centers and Student Affairs
by Mckinlaye Harkavy, University of South Carolina
From the Editor: Praxis Moving to Peer Review
Beginning Fall 2011 Praxis will be published on a new website as a peer-reviewed journal
Book Review: The Everyday Writing Center: A Community of Practice
reviewed by Chelsea Perez, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Book Review: ESL Writers: A Guide for Writing Center Tutors
reviewed by Edward Quintana, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Mad Man in the Writing Center: Why Don Draper and I have a lot in common
by Mark Thomas, James Madison University
Negotiating Authority: Perceptions of Age in the Writing Center
by Courtney L. Werner, Kent State University
Bolstering "Writerly" Instincts: Using Role-Play to Help Tutors Address Later-Order Concerns
by Kate Warrington, University of North Texas at Dallas
CFP: Fall 2011 Issue of Praxis. Our first peer-reviewed issue.
From Triage to Outreach: Raising the Institutional Profile of Writing-Center Work
Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference
February 16 – February 18, 2012
Call for Papers: Academic Exchange Quarterly, Special Issue on Writing Center Theory and Practice
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