How can college writing centers use writing studies, composition theory, and comp history to inform how they help students continue writing work outside the classroom?
How can writing centers help support BIPOC and non-traditional students and counter compositions' gate-keeping tendencies?
What is the difference between university writing centers and community college writing centers?
Across Washington State, what are the emerging models utilized in writing centers to help support students' writing development?
From the CWU Writing Center Website
I hope to do a case study where I can collect data from a handful of colleges across Washington state and interview writing center directors, workers, and hopefully students about their experience in the writing center. I want to investigate what makes a good writing center and create a defense for college writing centers.
My research will be geared toward composition educators, college boards, and students. Through this investigation, I hope to advocate for the funding of writing centers, and I also hope to encourage educators and students to demystify the writing center as a shameful place where remedial and struggling students are sent for banishment. I hope to reframe writing centers as not only helpful but as a necessary component to the progressive learning model where we put social-justice, equity, and social wellness at the forefront of education.