2012 ECWCA
Conference Presentations
Sara Beining
Layli Magers
“iWriting Centers!: iPad Apps to Help
Writers Use Multiple Learning Styles.”
Doris Moyers-Hornbogen
Elizabeth Goebbert
Elizabeth Goebbert
“Spatial Analysis of a Writing Center Move.”
Joseph
Wuest
Kayla Mayers
Dong Lee
“Treating Everyone as Abled: The ADA as Opportunity.”
Kayla Mayers
Dong Lee
“Treating Everyone as Abled: The ADA as Opportunity.”
Lilyan Moore
A.J. Rivera
Rumman Hossain
“Improving the Consultant-Writer Relationship:
Teaching Counseling Microskills to New Consultants.”
A.J. Rivera
Rumman Hossain
“Improving the Consultant-Writer Relationship:
Teaching Counseling Microskills to New Consultants.”
Mary
Arnold Schwartz
Bruce Busby
Matthew Willits
“The Learning Commons: Where ‘Space’ and ‘Method’ Intertwine—a Conversation.”
Bruce Busby
Matthew Willits
“The Learning Commons: Where ‘Space’ and ‘Method’ Intertwine—a Conversation.”
Colleen
Reimer
Logan Amstutz
“Anonymous Who?: Changing Face, Changing Identity, Changing Response.”
Logan Amstutz
“Anonymous Who?: Changing Face, Changing Identity, Changing Response.”
Shem
Hinkle
“Explication De Text: A Robust Tool for Teaching Analytical Writing.”
“Explication De Text: A Robust Tool for Teaching Analytical Writing.”
Katie Brechner
Ian Thomas
“An Observation on Observations: Determining the Usefulness of Writing Center Observation Practices.”
Ian Thomas
“An Observation on Observations: Determining the Usefulness of Writing Center Observation Practices.”
2011 ECWCA
Conference Presentations
Mary
Arnold Schwartz
Alicia Alabbas
Jane Ehle
Bruce Busby
“360 Degrees and 3-D: Holistic Assessment of Writing Centers.”
Alicia Alabbas
Jane Ehle
Bruce Busby
“360 Degrees and 3-D: Holistic Assessment of Writing Centers.”
Amber
Arnold
“Writing Consultants: Are We Counselors, Midwives, or Models?”
“Writing Consultants: Are We Counselors, Midwives, or Models?”
Amber
Arnold
Allyssa Cook
Mary Arnold Schwartz
“Not Just Teaching to the Test: Assessing Our Role with Pre-Med Students.”
Allyssa Cook
Mary Arnold Schwartz
“Not Just Teaching to the Test: Assessing Our Role with Pre-Med Students.”
Christopher
Griffin
Tanikwa McGhee
Sara Beining
Mark Thomas
“Assessing Cognitive Overload: Avoiding Shutdown.”
Tanikwa McGhee
Sara Beining
Mark Thomas
“Assessing Cognitive Overload: Avoiding Shutdown.”
AmyJo
Arehart
Melissa Hirsch
Kiley Miller
“Creative Writing Boot Camp: The Unrecognized Solution to Consultation Assessment Stress.”
Melissa Hirsch
Kiley Miller
“Creative Writing Boot Camp: The Unrecognized Solution to Consultation Assessment Stress.”
Layli
Magers
Natalie Bowie
Monica Biggs-Shively
Melissa Richeson
“Engaging Writers Intimately (with Texts).”
Natalie Bowie
Monica Biggs-Shively
Melissa Richeson
“Engaging Writers Intimately (with Texts).”
Shem
Hinkle
Emmanouil Marneros
“Helping Students Assess the Demands of a New Discipline: Teaching APA to Newcomers.”
Emmanouil Marneros
“Helping Students Assess the Demands of a New Discipline: Teaching APA to Newcomers.”
Colleen
Reimer
Matthew Willits
Shane Swoverland
“Shame on You; Maybe Not: Customizing Critical Feedback.”
Matthew Willits
Shane Swoverland
“Shame on You; Maybe Not: Customizing Critical Feedback.”
Tammy
McCoy
“When Words Fail: Creating New Ways to Engage Writers.”
“When Words Fail: Creating New Ways to Engage Writers.”
2010 ECWCA
Conference Presentations
Amber
Arnold
Jesse Chapman
Shem Hinkle
“Bridging the Gap: The Writing Center as a Necessary Resource for First Year Writers.”
Jesse Chapman
Shem Hinkle
“Bridging the Gap: The Writing Center as a Necessary Resource for First Year Writers.”
Melissa
Hirsch
Kiley Miller
“Don’t Let the Moment Pass By: We Are Writers First.”
Kiley Miller
“Don’t Let the Moment Pass By: We Are Writers First.”
Christopher
Griffin
Shane Swoverland
Natalie Bowie
“Converging Consultations with Faculty Expectations.”
Shane Swoverland
Natalie Bowie
“Converging Consultations with Faculty Expectations.”
Mary Arnold Schwartz
Jane Ehle
Tiff Adkins
Dawn Kennedy
“’I Just Want Help’:
Jane Ehle
Tiff Adkins
Dawn Kennedy
“’I Just Want Help’:
Students as the Focal Point to
Integrating Academic Support in a Learning Commons.”
2009 ECWCA Conference Presentations
Amber Arnold
Shem Hinkle
“How to Step Away from the Draft Without Losing the Writer.”
Shem Hinkle
“How to Step Away from the Draft Without Losing the Writer.”
Shelley Hart
Erin Moehring
“Behind the Scenes: ‘Community Building in Peer Consultant Performance.’”
Erin Moehring
“Behind the Scenes: ‘Community Building in Peer Consultant Performance.’”
Craig Skinner
Beth Keller
“Are We a Creative Writing Center? How Poetry and Fiction Fit into Consultations.”
Beth Keller
“Are We a Creative Writing Center? How Poetry and Fiction Fit into Consultations.”
Andrew Johnson
“Great Expectations: The Amazing Adventures of a New Graduate Assistant Coordinator.”
“Great Expectations: The Amazing Adventures of a New Graduate Assistant Coordinator.”
2008 ECWCA Conference Presentations
Andrew Johnson
“Trying on New Hats: One Writing Center’s Initiatives into New Roles.”
“Trying on New Hats: One Writing Center’s Initiatives into New Roles.”
Shem Hinkle
Erin St. Myers
Alex Miller
Ruth Langhinrichs
“Reframing Reluctance: Understanding (the Lack of ) ‘Help-Seeking’ Behavior.”
Erin St. Myers
Alex Miller
Ruth Langhinrichs
“Reframing Reluctance: Understanding (the Lack of ) ‘Help-Seeking’ Behavior.”
Leslie Mackey
Erin Moehring
“‘Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, what is the Fairest Writing Center of All?’: Applying Spatial Theory to Writing Center Design.”
Erin Moehring
“‘Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, what is the Fairest Writing Center of All?’: Applying Spatial Theory to Writing Center Design.”
Nnenna Ezeilo
Craig Skinner
“Working with the ‘Non-Traditional’ Student: Re-Writing Rhetorical Strategies.”
Craig Skinner
“Working with the ‘Non-Traditional’ Student: Re-Writing Rhetorical Strategies.”
Amber Arnold
“Beyond Neff: Working with Writers who have Written Expression Disability.”
“Beyond Neff: Working with Writers who have Written Expression Disability.”
2007 ECWCA Conference Presentations
Ryan
Amidon
“There is Not One Correct Answer: Plagiarism, International Students and Writing Centers.”
“There is Not One Correct Answer: Plagiarism, International Students and Writing Centers.”
Nnenna
Ezeilo
“The Influence of Culture: Does It Push the Non-Native Student to the Non-Native Consultant.”
“The Influence of Culture: Does It Push the Non-Native Student to the Non-Native Consultant.”
Elizabeth
Keller
“A Writing Center’s Contribution to Graduate Students.”
“A Writing Center’s Contribution to Graduate Students.”
Erin
Moehring
“Building an Online Repertoire for Nursing Students.”
“Building an Online Repertoire for Nursing Students.”
Caoimhe
McNeil
“Building Without a General Contractor: How One Student/Consultant Prevailed Because of the Writing Center.”
“Building Without a General Contractor: How One Student/Consultant Prevailed Because of the Writing Center.”
Ruth
Langhinrichs
“Working Through Burnout at the Writing Center.”
“Working Through Burnout at the Writing Center.”
Star
Nelson
Ganit Gershenson
Mary Arnold Schwartz
“‘Let’s Hear It for the Boys’: Are Men MIA from the Writing Center?”
Ganit Gershenson
Mary Arnold Schwartz
“‘Let’s Hear It for the Boys’: Are Men MIA from the Writing Center?”
2006 ECWCA
Conference Presentations
Rosalie
Bertles
“Why Choose? Responding to Both Higher Order and Lower Order Concerns in ESL Consultations”
“Why Choose? Responding to Both Higher Order and Lower Order Concerns in ESL Consultations”
Colin
Brown
Ruth Langhinrichs
“’Beyond the Fishbowl’: A Creative Introduction to Writing Centers”
Ruth Langhinrichs
“’Beyond the Fishbowl’: A Creative Introduction to Writing Centers”
M.
Sidury Christiansen
“When in Rome . . . Are There Advantages to Using Students’ Native Languages in the Writing Center?”
“When in Rome . . . Are There Advantages to Using Students’ Native Languages in the Writing Center?”
Barbara
Frank
“Consulting in the Disciplines: Who Is Our Target Market? (What if it’s NOT Students?)”
“Consulting in the Disciplines: Who Is Our Target Market? (What if it’s NOT Students?)”
Ganit Gershenson
Stephanie Sample
“Modernizing the Computer Tutor: Improving One Writing Center’s Online Consultation Method”
Stephanie Sample
“Modernizing the Computer Tutor: Improving One Writing Center’s Online Consultation Method”
C. J. Schroeder
“Creative Writing in the Writing Center: One Man’s Quest to Find It”
“Creative Writing in the Writing Center: One Man’s Quest to Find It”
2005 ECWCA Conference Presentations
Barbara Frank
Colin Brown
“But Wait! There’s More…: Marketing the Writing Center to Students and Faculty.”
Colin Brown
“But Wait! There’s More…: Marketing the Writing Center to Students and Faculty.”
Nicole Frazier
“Calming the Mad Scientist: How Generalist Tutors can Help Students Write Science Papers.”
“Calming the Mad Scientist: How Generalist Tutors can Help Students Write Science Papers.”
Nathan Somers
Marjorie Treff
“Recognizing Familiar Voices: Hearing Working Class and Returning Adult Students in the Writing Center.”
Marjorie Treff
“Recognizing Familiar Voices: Hearing Working Class and Returning Adult Students in the Writing Center.”
Gabriel Downs
“Toward a ‘Third Place’: A Study of Community in the Writing Center.”
“Toward a ‘Third Place’: A Study of Community in the Writing Center.”
Mary Arnold Schwartz
Stephanie Sample
“A Page Out of Lives on the Boundary:
Our Experiences with First-Year Student Retention Programs.”
Stephanie Sample
“A Page Out of Lives on the Boundary:
Our Experiences with First-Year Student Retention Programs.”
Mary Arnold Schwartz
Colin Brown
Gabe Downs
Nicole Frazier
“Falling off the Tightrope: An Epistemological Adventure in One Act.”
Colin Brown
Gabe Downs
Nicole Frazier
“Falling off the Tightrope: An Epistemological Adventure in One Act.”
Shari Bochard
Star Nelson
“Consultant Body Language: What Does It Say?”
Star Nelson
“Consultant Body Language: What Does It Say?”
2004 ECWCA Conference Presentations
Rebecca Haggerty
Shahn Lehmer
“Socioeconomic Class and Writing Center Theory.”
Shahn Lehmer
“Socioeconomic Class and Writing Center Theory.”
Dodie Miller
“Returning Adults: A New Dimension in Diversity.”
“Returning Adults: A New Dimension in Diversity.”
Lesli Hamilton
Colin Brown
“Unmasking the Writing Center’s Services: Re-visioning our Information and Image.”
Colin Brown
“Unmasking the Writing Center’s Services: Re-visioning our Information and Image.”
Mary Arnold Schwartz
Carol Roberts
Star Nelson
“Making Critical Writing Pedagogy Visible in the Writing Center:
Creating a Synergy of Student and Scholarly Voices.”
Carol Roberts
Star Nelson
“Making Critical Writing Pedagogy Visible in the Writing Center:
Creating a Synergy of Student and Scholarly Voices.”
Rosemary Shannon
“If Gutenberg Had Only Known: Responding to Plagiarism in the Digital Age.”
“If Gutenberg Had Only Known: Responding to Plagiarism in the Digital Age.”
2003 ECWCA Conference Presentations
Melissa Rentfrow
Caleb Cook
“Falling Off the Tightrope: One Student’s Epistemological Adventure.”
Caleb Cook
“Falling Off the Tightrope: One Student’s Epistemological Adventure.”
Colin Brown
Beth Hukill
Rosemary Shannon
“A New Approach to Old Problems:
Using Computer Skills and Information Literacy to Improve Writing Across the Disciplines.”
Beth Hukill
Rosemary Shannon
“A New Approach to Old Problems:
Using Computer Skills and Information Literacy to Improve Writing Across the Disciplines.”
Carol Roberts
Mary Arnold Schwartz
“Brandishing the Double-Edged Sword: The Writing Center and Plagiarism.”
Mary Arnold Schwartz
“Brandishing the Double-Edged Sword: The Writing Center and Plagiarism.”
Rosemary Shannon
“A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing:
Should Writing Center Consultants Use Computers as a Teaching Tool?”
“A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing:
Should Writing Center Consultants Use Computers as a Teaching Tool?”
Rachel Kellogg
Dodie Miller
Melissa Rentfrow “Writing Center History as an Outline for the Future.”
Dodie Miller
Melissa Rentfrow “Writing Center History as an Outline for the Future.”
2002 ECWCA Conference Presentations
Carol Roberts
Laurel Reinking
Mary Arnold Schwartz
“Reaching Out to First-Year, at-Risk Students:
Assessment of the Writing Center’s Role in Student Retention.”
Laurel Reinking
Mary Arnold Schwartz
“Reaching Out to First-Year, at-Risk Students:
Assessment of the Writing Center’s Role in Student Retention.”
2000 ECWCA Conference Presentations
Heather Buck
“Non-Directive Strategies for Helping ESL Students Integrate Their Writing Cultures.”
“Non-Directive Strategies for Helping ESL Students Integrate Their Writing Cultures.”
Kate Freeland
Mary Arnold Schwartz
“Collaborating Campus Communication: Promoting the Writing Center.”
Mary Arnold Schwartz
“Collaborating Campus Communication: Promoting the Writing Center.”
Betsy Breitenbach
Heather Buck
Jennifer Parker
Laurel Reinking
“Confronting and Combating Our Concerns: Effectively Consulting ESL Writers.”
Heather Buck
Jennifer Parker
Laurel Reinking
“Confronting and Combating Our Concerns: Effectively Consulting ESL Writers.”
Laurel Reinking
“Using Vygotsky to Examine the Effectiveness of the Writing Center.”
“Using Vygotsky to Examine the Effectiveness of the Writing Center.”
Terry McLaughlin
“Mandatory Writing Center Visits: Transforming Students’ Negative Attitudes.”
“Mandatory Writing Center Visits: Transforming Students’ Negative Attitudes.”
Eric Baus
“Writing Center Consultants as Cultural Informants:
Becoming ‘Learners’ as well as ‘Knowers’ in ESL Consultations.”
“Writing Center Consultants as Cultural Informants:
Becoming ‘Learners’ as well as ‘Knowers’ in ESL Consultations.”
Mary Arnold Schwartz
“Publish a Writing Center Newsletter Without Losing Your Mind: A Workshop.”
“Publish a Writing Center Newsletter Without Losing Your Mind: A Workshop.”
1999 ECWCA Conference Presentations
Kathy DeLaGrange
“Nursing Majors Call the Shots: Consulting Writing in the Nursing Profession.”
“Nursing Majors Call the Shots: Consulting Writing in the Nursing Profession.”
Christy Petroff
“Writing Center Consultations: How to Be Practically Ideal.”
“Writing Center Consultations: How to Be Practically Ideal.”
Andrea Mettert
“Academia as a Second language: Consulting with a Military officer on an Expressive Paper.”
“Academia as a Second language: Consulting with a Military officer on an Expressive Paper.”
Dennis Junk
“Writing, Not Papers.”
“Writing, Not Papers.”
Mary Arnold Schwartz
Laurel Reinking
“The Epistemology of Writing in the Social Sciences:
How the Writing Center Can Empower Students to Become Knowers of APA Discourse Style.”
Laurel Reinking
“The Epistemology of Writing in the Social Sciences:
How the Writing Center Can Empower Students to Become Knowers of APA Discourse Style.”
Betsy Breitenbach
“An Undergraduate’s Journey in Filmmaking:
Creating a Writing Center Video to Refute Misconceptions about Our Work.”
“An Undergraduate’s Journey in Filmmaking:
Creating a Writing Center Video to Refute Misconceptions about Our Work.”
1998 ECWCA Conference Presentations
Mary Arnold Schwartz
“’How Do You Do That?’: Consulting with the Physically Disabled Student.”
“’How Do You Do That?’: Consulting with the Physically Disabled Student.”
