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SDC: A Journal of Writing Center Studies

Volume 29.1, Spring 2025

FROM THE EDITORS

A Journal in Motion: From “Multiliteracy and Innovation” to “Writing Center Studies"

Eric Mason and James Garner

FROM THE SWCA CONFERENCE CHAIRS

Moving through Collaborations: Planning and Processing SWCA 2024

Melissa T. Yang, Levin Arnsperger, and Leigh Elion

ARTICLES

The Student’s Choice: An Investigation into Consultation Modality Preference

Kaylee Klosson

Linguistic Diversity and Code-Meshing: Personal, Practical, and Future-Looking Approaches

Mandy Suhr-Sytsma

CONSULTANT INSIGHT

Guilt, Shame, and Growth in the Writing Center

Micah Potter

Back to the Center

Transitioning the University Center for Excellence in Writing to New Leadership

Jeffrey Galin

Book Review

Unlimited Players: The Intersections of Writing Center and Game Studies, edited by Holly Ryan and Stephanie Vie

Reviewed by Julia Mason

Southern Discourse in the Center:
A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation

Volume 28.1, Spring 2024

From the Guest Editors

Nikki Chasteen and Ricky Finch

REFLECTIONS

Patience and Perseverance: A Reflection on Hosting the 2023 SWCA Conference

Clayann Gilliam Panetta

Where We Were Then: Reflecting on Asynchronous Delivery during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Eric Mason and Kelly Concannon

Joy Can Be Found: Reflecting on Collaborative Multimodal Production in the Remote Writing Center

Rebecca (Foushee) Hurst, Brett Hurst, Mary Elizabeth Skinner, and Ashley Tippit

Imperfect Praxis or Synthetic Rhetoric? A Critical Reflection on the Multimodality of "Unique Complexities"

Jamie Montgomery

What I Learned from Logging In: A Critical Reflection on "Interfacing the Center"

Amy Levin Plattner

Rethinking Multimodality: Navigating the Realities of the Pre-recorded Conference Panel

Jeffrey Howard, Hannah Lachmayr, Emily Nguyen, and Rocio Soto

Reflecting on My Pre-Recorded Session: “Transforming Connectivity: A GTA Assistant Director’s Perspective

Allie Johnston

Back to the Center

Miles College Writing Center

Kerry Brackett

Book Review

Emotions and Affect in Writing Centers, edited by Janine Morris and Kelly Concannon

Reviewed by Rebecca Hallman Martini

Southern Discourse in the Center:
A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation

Volume 27.1, Spring 2023

From the Editor

Devon Ralston

Articles

Preparing for a Joint Meeting of a Welsh and American Writing Centre/Center

Bonnie Devet

Growing Writing Centers through Tutor Leadership Positions

James Hamby

Back to the Center

New Writing Center at Belmont Abbey College

Erin Jensen, Peyton Anderson, and Taylor Rosenberger

Book Review

Redefining Roles: The Professional, Faculty, and Graduate Consultant’s Guide to Writing Centers, edited by Jewell, Megan Swihart Jewell and Joseph Cheatle

Reviewed by Michelle Cohen

Southern Discourse in the Center:
A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation

Volume 26.2, Fall 2022

From the Editors

Scott Pleasant and Devon Ralston

Articles

From Crisis to Habit: Re-Shaping Academic Conferences for Remote Communities

Nikki Chasteen, Kevin Dvorak, Kelly Concannon, Eric Mason, and Janine Morris

Lessons from Early-Career Writing Center Administrators: An SWCA Conference Keynote Retrospective

Marguerite Armistead, LaKela Atkinson, Candis Bond, and Beth A. Towle

Consultant Insight

On Returning to One’s Center for the First Time

Julia Kelley, Eric Mason, and Aidan Rivas

Back to the Center

Deep Run High School

Melissa Daniels and Mia Tambellini

Book Review

Queerly Centered: LGBTQA Writing Center Directors Navigate the Workplace, by Travis Webster

Reviewed by Duane Theobald

Southern Discourse in the Center:
A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation

Volume 26.1, Spring 2022

Front Matter

 

From the Editors

Scott Pleasant and Devon Ralston

Articles

Are Peer-to-Peer Writing Conferences Collaborative? An Evaluation of Peer Tutor-Student Discourse

Prabin Lama

Fostering Collaboration, Creativity, and Connection: Writing Center Spaces as Exhibit Areas

Jeffrey Howard

The Centrality of the Center (Early COVID Edition): Best Practices for Sustaining Communication Center Operations During a Global Pandemic

Michael G. Strawser, Kimberly M. Cuny, Russell Carpenter, Kevin Dvorak, and Suzy Prentiss

Consultant Insight

Course-Embedded Peer Writing Support as Mentorship: A Reflection and Exploration

Nyah Mattison and Taylor Kielman

Back to the Center

The Writing Center@Piedmont Virginia Community College

Jenny Koster

Southern Discourse in the Center:
A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation

Volume 25.1, Fall 2021

Front Matter

 

From the Editors

Scott Pleasant and Devon Ralston

From the 2021 SWCA Conference

Planning a Virtual Conference: Reflections from the SWCA Board

Janine Morris, Eric Mason, LaKela Atkinson, James Hamby, Deidre Anne Evans Garriott, Brian McTague, Duane Theobald, and Laura Maegan Mercer-Bourne

Black Tutor Perspectives on Trauma and Transformation: An Edited Transcript of the 2021 SWCA Keynote Panel

Chanara Andrews-Bickers, Micah Williams, LaKela Atkinson, Genny Kennedy, Adara Cox, and Talisha Haltiwanger Morrison

From the 2021 SCWCA Conference

Course-Embedded Consulting and Writing Centers: Collaboration, Creativity, and Sustaining Community in a Time of Crisis

Scott Whiddon and Russell Carpenter

Book Review

Re/Writing the Center: Approaches to Supporting Graduate Students in the Writing Center, by Susan Lawrence and Terry Myers Zawacki

Reviewed by Brittny Byrom

Back to the Center

From Writing Lab to Writing Center: The Pfeiffer University Writing Center

Megan Keaton

Southern Discourse in the Center:
A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation

Volume 24.2, Fall 2020

Front Matter

 

From the Editors

Scott Pleasant and Devon Ralston

From the 2020 SWCA Conference

Hosting a Conference: The Ultimate Team-Building Activity

Jaclyn Wells (Conference Chair)

Come Here, and You will Grow: Connecting Writing Development with Writing Center Practices

Dana Driscoll (Keynote Speaker)

Articles

Leveling the Playing Field in Composition? Findings from a Writing Fellow Pilot

Candis Bond

Expanding Your Boundary: Improving Writing Services to LGBTQ+ and Black Students through Satellite Locations

Erika Nelson

When Writing Centers Collaborate with Athletics: The CAMSA Program at Francis Marion University

Lindsey Banister and Meredith Reynolds

Consultant Insight

Course Embedded Tutoring, New Genres, and the Small College Environment: An Exploration and Reflection

Emma Masur

Back to the Center

Extending a Helping Hand: Increasing Visibility for the University Writing Center at the University of West Georgia

Duane Theobald

Book Review

Theories and Methods of Writing Center Studies: A Practical Guide, edited by Jo Mackiewicz and Rebecca Babcock

Reviewed by James Hamby

Southern Discourse in the Center:
A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation

Volume 24.1, Spring 2020

Front Matter

 

Editor's Note

Scott Pleasant and Devon Ralston

Articles

Multimodal Composition in Writing Centers: The Practical, the Problems, and the Potential

Joseph Cheatle

A Rhetoric of Straddling: Community Writing Centers, Antiracism, and the University

Michael Dimmick and Dagmar Scharold

Consultant Insight

The (Liberal) Art of Replication: The Transylvania University Writing Center Peer Alumni Research Project

Eileen Bunch, Hayle Hall, Karisma Keaton, Alex Miller, and Madison Perry

Back to the Center

The Margaret H. Ordoubadian University Writing Center at Middle Tennessee State University

James Hamby

Book Review

Writing Centers and Disability, by Rebecca Day Babcock and Sharifa Daniels

Reviewed by Nicole K. Turner

Southern Discourse in the Center:
A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation

Volume 23.2, Fall 2019

Front Matter

 

Editor's Note

Scott Pleasant and Devon Ralston

From the 2019 SWCA Conference

Ongoing Conversations in Writing Center Research: Empirical Research (SWCA 2019 Keynote Address)

Isabelle Thompson

Producing Better Writing (SWCA 2019 PLenary Address)

Jo Mackiewicz

Articles

A "Quick-Fire" Study on Effective Frequency Thresholds for Mandatory Writing Center Visits

Eliot Rendleman, Judith Livingston, and Sundi Rose

Back to the Center

The Center for Writing Excellence at Palm Beach Atlantic University

Lisa Marzano

Book Review

Radical Writing Center Praxis: A Paradigm for Ethical Engagement, by Laura Greenfield

Reviewed by Graham Stowe

Southern Discourse in the Center:
A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation

Volume 23.1, Spring 2019

Front Matter

 

From the Editors

Scott Pleasant and Devon Ralston

Articles

Diversifying Consultant Skill Sets: Refiguring Peer-to-Peer Feedback through Feminist Disability Pedagogy

Lauren Beard

Establishing the Writing Center’s Educational Role in the Academy by Stressing Peer Tutor Development

Bonnie Devet

Consultant Insight

Keeping a Clear Head: Enhancing Graduate Student Wellness through Meditation and Journaling in the Writing Cente

Janine Morris, Veronica Diaz, and Noemi Nunez

Back to the Center

Creativity, Collaboration, Community: The Transylvania University Writing Center

Jordan Long and Katherine Tucker

Book Review

Out in the Center: Public Controversies and Private Struggles, edited by Harry Denny, Robert Mundy, Liliana M. Naydan, Richard Sévère, and Anna Sicari

Reviewed by Emily Harbin

Southern Discourse in the Center:
A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation

Volume 22.1/2, Spring 2018

Front Matter

 

From the Editor

Karen Head

Articles

Is This Your First Visit?: User-Experience and Writing Centers’ Online Presence

Cassandra Book

Recalibrating the Hiring Line: One Center’s Changing Practices

Mike Mattison

Non-Binary Gender Inclusivity in the Writing Center

Bailey McAlister

A Conceptual Approach to Addressing Black Talk in the Writing Center

S. Thomas Wilkes

Back to the Center

A Centerless Center: The Doctoral Support Center for Writing & Research Excellence at the College of Education, Texas Tech University

Amber Lancaster

Consultant Insight

Connecting Writing Centers to Libraries, from an Undergraduate Tutor’s Perspective: A Brief Literature Review

Katie Coyer

Notes from the Grey Space: An Open Letter to Instructors Participating in Course Embedded Tutoring Programs

Kate McMahan

Book Review

Writing Studio Pedagogy: Space, Place, and Rhetoric in Collaborative Environments, edited by Anne Ellen Geller and Michele Eodice

Reviewed by Jennifer P. Gray

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• "SWCA President Welcomes Participation," Christine Cozzens
• "National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing" (conference announcement)
• "Editor's Note," Christine Cozzens
• "When it Works: An End-of-Term Reverie," Twila Yates Papay
• "We are the Stories We Tell: The Significance of Lore in the Writing Center" (conference announcement)
• "SWCA Treasurer Reports Bullish Bank Balance," Tom MacLennan
• "SWCA Convenes in Historic Macon, April 23-25, 1998," Peggy Ellington