CCCC 2013 Guide for Writing Center-related Sessions
Compiled by Christopher Ervin for the IWCA Website
A Sessions (Thursday, 10:30 am)
A.17 There’s Nothing Basic about Basic Writing
Royale Pavilion 6, First Floor
 Ilene Rubenstein, College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA, “Academic
 Skills/Writing Centers”
A.19 Re-Centering Composition: New Perspectives on Literacy Instruction for Culturally and
Linguistically Diverse Publics
Capri 103, First Floor
 Brian Hendrickson, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, “A Public Affair: The
Intermediate Expository Writing Course as Community Writing Center Practicum”
A.23 Operation Preparation: Where Revolutionary Theories and Institutional Practices Collide
Capri 114, First Floor
 Frankie Condon, University of Nebraska, Lincoln “The Public Work of Writing Centers in
the New Economy”
A.27 Commenting, Conferencing, and Collaboration: Interrogating Online Writing Pedagogy
Skybox 206, Second Floor
 Rebecca Hallman, University of Houston, TX, “Teaching Through (In-)Text: Investigating
Commenting Formats and Content in First-Year Composition and the Virtual Writing
Center”
B Sessions (Thursday, 12:15)
B.03 Information and Its Consequences for Work: Theorizing a Writing Program Informatics
Capri 103, First Floor
 Nicole Munday, Salisbury University, MD, “A Framework for Writing Center Information
Systems: Cultivating a Proactive Data Management Strategy”
B.07 Look Out Any Window: The Basic Writing Center
Grand Ballroom G, First Floor
Chair: William J. Macauley, Jr., University of Nevada, Reno
 Michael Pemberton, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, “Turning Our Backs on
the Center: Are We Looking Ahead or Just Wandering Aimlessly?”
 Ellen Schendel, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, “Going Rogue: What We
Can Learn from Nontraditional Writing Centers”
 William J. Macauley, Jr., University of Nevada, Reno, “Turning toward Our Future: A
Case for Rethinking Writing Centers Assessment and Research”
 Respondent: Joan Mullin, Illinois State University, Bloomington
B.22 Accessing Literacy, Literacies as Access: Reimagining Public Narratives of Disability
Capri 114, First Floor
 Patricia Dunn, State University of New York, Stony Brook, “Who Gets Accommodated?
Writing Center as Retrofit to the Composition Classroom”
E Sessions (Thursday, 4:45 pm)
E.04 Public Works: How Writing Centers Build and Sustain Supportive Communities for
Dissertators
Capri 106, First Floor
Chair: Katie Levin, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
 Moira Ozias, University of Oklahoma, Norman
 Katie Levin, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
 Nancy Karls, University of Wisconsin-Madison
E.27 Perceptual Presence: Creating Exceptional Teaching and Tutoring in an Online Modality
Skybox 208, Second Floor
 Melody Pickle, Kaplan University, Davenport, IA, “Developing Social Presence in the
Writing Center”
Open Working Meeting of the International Writing Centers Association
Room 203, Second Floor
This group will discuss its work, introduce initiatives, and solicit feedback and suggestions. This
session is an opportunity to learn about and participate in the work of the CCCC. All are invited.
Co-Chairs: Kevin Dvorak, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Nathalie Singh-Corcoran, West Virginia University, Morgantown
F Sessions (Friday, 8:00 am)
F.15 Becoming “The Writing Person”: Negotiating Public Identity and Programmatic Perils in
Writing Program Administration
 Andrea Deacon, University of Wisconsin-Stout, “Problem or Opportunity?: Negotiating a
Writing Center Administrator’s WAC(ky) Public Identity”
F.16 Developing Methods for Self-Sponsored Writing Center Assessment
Capri 113, First Floor
Chair: Harry Denny, St. John’s University, Queens, NY
 Lori Salem, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, “Protect the Environment: Using
Segmentation Analysis to Investigate Students’ Choice to Use or Not Use the Writing
Center”
 Harry Denny, St. John’s University, Queens, NY, “If You Quantify It, They Will Reward It:
Using Quantitative Analysis to Investigate the Influence of the Writing Center Use on
Student Success”
 Linda Bergmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, “Where Have We Been and
Where Should We Go?”
F.30 Going Public: Making Integrated Writing Instruction Visible Across Disciplines, Across the
Institution
Skybox 210, Second Floor
 W. Brock MacDonald, Woodsworth College, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
“The Writing Center as Change Agent in a Time of Austerity”
G Sessions (Friday, 9:30 am)
G.04 Writing Center Training, Performative Silence, and Informational Visualization
Grande Ballroom C, First Floor
Chair: Steven Alvarez, University of Kentucky, Lexington
 Kendra Mitchell, Florida State University, Tallahassee, “Writing Centers, Ethnicity, and
Performative Silences: An Ethnography of Selective Aphasia”
 Daniel Lawson, Central College, Pella, IA, “Tutors, Ideology, and Error”
 Deborah Bertsch, Columbus State Community College, OH, “Preparing Student Writers
for a Discourse of Construction: Expanding the Scope of Writing Center Training”
G.13 Rhetorics of Religion, Rhetorics of Identity: Enacting Belief in the Writing Center
Capri 110, First Floor
Chair: Mitch Nakaue, The University of Iowa, Ames
 Mitch Nakaue, The University of Iowa, Ames, “Written on the Face of Things: Radical
Alterity and the Theological Imperative to Love”
 Lisa Zimmerelli, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, “Service-Learning in a Jesuit
Writing Center: Enacting a Logic of Compassion and Identity”
 Andrea Rosso Efthymiou, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, “Women, Religion, and
Literacy: An Ethnographic Study of Peer-Tutors in an All-Women’s Jewish Writing
Center”
 Respondent: John Duffy, Granger, IN
H Sessions (Friday, 11:00 am)
H.25 Teaching Research as Metadisciplinary Awareness Capri 115, First Floor
Keith Shaw, Princeton University, NJ, “Process as Disciplinary Catalyst in Writing Centers”
H.28 The Public Role of Writing and Technology for Multilingual Learners and Writing Teacher
Candidates
Skybox 206, Second Floor
 Christine Rosalia, Hunter College, CUNY, NY, “Teacher Preparation in a Hybrid Writing
Center”
I Sessions (Friday, 12:30 pm)
I.05 A Writing Center Targets Writing in the STEM Disciplines
Capri 107, First Floor
Chair: Enrico Sassi, North Dakota State University, Fargo
 Enrico Sassi, North Dakota State University, Fargo, “Establishing a Graduate
Disciplinary Writing Consultant (DWC) in the Sciences”
 Mary Laughlin, North Dakota State University, Fargo, “Researching Disciplinary Writing
and Developing Resources for Writing Center Consultants”
 Matt Warner, North Dakota State University, Fargo, “Deploying Writing Consultants as
Writing Fellows in Undergraduate ‘Writing in the Sciences’ Classes”
K Sessions (Friday, 3:30 pm)
K.32 The Writing Center as Public Space: Developing Writing Identities Across Disciplines
Royale Pavilion 8, First Floor
Chair: Justin Bain, Colorado University, Denver
 Caitrin Blake, Colorado University, Denver, “Drafting in Public: Audience Awareness for
WAC Students”
 Justin Bain, Colorado University, Denver, “Stranged Discourses: Writing Centers as
Public Sites for WAC/WID”
 Jonathan Clark, Colorado University, Denver, “Writing Center as Interdisciplinary Space:
Developing Writing Identities”
 Selena Dickey, Colorado University, Denver, “Reflexive Thinking and Public Discourse”
Friday SIG (6:30 pm)
FSIG.10 International Writing Centers Association: The Public Work of Writing Centers
Capri 113, First Floor
Chair: Kevin Dvorak, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
L Sessions (Saturday, 9:30 am)
L.03 The Public (Face) Work of Administration: A Case Study of Six New Writing Center
Directors
Skybox 204, Second Floor
Chair: Rebecca Jackson, Texas State University, San Marcos
 Jackie Grutsch McKinney, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, “Constructing a Public Face
in Writing Center Administration”
 Nicole Caswell, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, “Sketching the Implications of
New Writing Center Directors’ Public and Private Work”
 Rebecca Jackson, Texas State University, San Marcos, “Uncovering the Hidden Work of
Writing Center Administration”
L.13 Face, Place, Space, Publics: Multiplicity and Writing Centers
Royale Pavilion 7, First Floor
Chair: Danielle Nicole DeVoss, Michigan State University, East Lansing
 Ezekiel Choffel, Michigan State University, East Lansing, “From Citation Consumer to
Citation Producer: Working with Students on Source Citation in Multiple Genres in the
Writing Center”
 Gina DeNardi, Kent State University, OH, “Consulting with Document Design”
 Elizabeth Kleinfeld, Metropolitan State University of Denver, CO, “The Public Work of
Writing Centers: Writing Centers as Literacy Sponsors”
 Danielle Nicole DeVoss, Michigan State University, East Lansing, “Arguing for Document
Design Considerations in Writing Center Consulting”
M Sessions (Saturday, 11:00 am)
M.04 Building Textual Bridges: An Analysis of Artifacts Connecting the Writing Center to the
University Public
Capri 106, First Floor
Chair: Alyssa-Rae Hug, St. John’s University, Queens, NY
 Sandra Nelson, St. John’s University, Queens, NY, “Casual Chat and Academic
Dialogue: The Effects of Social Media on the Rhetoric of Online Sessions”
 Cassandra Richardson-Coughlin, St. John’s University, Queens, NY, “Bridging the Gap
Between Client Intent and Actuality in the Writing Center Session”
 Alyssa-Rae Hug, St. John’s University, Queens, NY, “Building Narrative Bridges: Writing
Center Logs as Sites of Communication and Reflection”
 Laurel Cunningham, University of Oklahoma, Norman, “Talk and Power in Writing
Center Consultations”
 Respondent: Neal Lerner, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
N Sessions (Saturday, 12:30 pm)
N.24 Graduate Writing and Graduate Writing Pedagogy: The Writer Teaching Writing
Capri 115, First Floor
 Deirdre McMahon, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, “Graduate Mentoring and Faculty
Development via the Writing Center”
N.28 The International Work of Composition: The Development of a Multilingual Writing Center
at Home and Abroad
Skybox 208, Second Floor
Chair: Lucile Duperron, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
 Lisa wolff, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, “Keeping the Cultural Universe: Training and
Learning from Overseas Assistants”
 Noreen Lape, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, “Going International: The Development of
a Multilingual Writing Center”
 Lucile Duperron, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, “French and American Relations:
Mediating Academic Writing During Study Abroad”