Writing Center Staff Research Presentations

• Our staff members are active members of the writing center scholarly community and regularly present their work at regional, national, and international conferences. 
• Consultant Research 2019

  Megan Kelly and Juli Parrish

  • "The DIY Staff Meeting: A RAD Approach to Ongoing Consultant Education," IWCA

  Juli Parrish, Geoffrey Stacks, and Alison Turner

  • "Great Work and Good Luck: Evaluative Language in the Writing Center," RMWCA-CWWTC

  Cass Eddington

  • "From Effective to Affective: Changing How We Understand Writers' Relationship to Texts," RMWCA-CWWTC 

  Amelia Zabel, Winnie Pham, Julia Cordova, Clare Gillman, Emily Graboski, and Aliyah Williams 

  • "Under(grad) Construction: Undergraduate Consultant Identities in a Predominantly Graduate Student Writing Center," RMWCA-CWWTC 

  Megan Kelly, LIliana Benzel, and Ben Caldwell

  • "Rethinking the Literacy Narrative for Writing Center Tutor Training," RMWCA-CWWTC

  Ella Longpre, Evelyn Hampton, and Lucien Darjeun Meadows

  • "Meeting Beyond Our Barriers: Authentic Connection & Self-Actualization in Writing Center Consultations," RMWCA-CWWTC

  MIkayla Peters and Bernardita Yunis

  • "Tutor as Guide, Teacher, Participant: ELL Students and the Writig Center," RMWCA-CWWTC

  Sara Sheiner and Elijah Null

  • "Interfacing with Theory: When, How, and Whether to Use Theoretical Language with Writers," RMWCA-CWWTC

  Taylor Tolchin, Olivia Tracy, and Justin Wymer

  • "Diffracting the Writing Center: Complicating Reflection with Access, Empathy, and Play," IWCA
  • "Getting a Feel For It: Foregrounding Accessibility, Play, and Empathy in a Collaborative Consultant Training Course," RMWCA-CWWTC 
• Consultant Research 2018

  Julia Fleming, Patrick Munnelly, and Kyle Pryzybyski

  • "Calling Fellow Travelers: Reimagining the Role of the Writing Fellow," CWWTC 

  Madison Hakey & Mikayla Peters 

  • "Negotiating Expectations in Writing Center Consultations," CWWTC 

  Zachary Johnson

  • "Writers' Groups and the Risks of Sharing: A Personal Reflection," CWWTC

  Megan Kelly

  • "Using Portfolios to Reflect on and Assess Writing Center Staff Training," IWCA

  Kelly Krumrie

  • "Toward Opening the Notebook: Observation as Agency," IWCA

  Erinrose Mager

  • "Examining Oregon State University's Writing Across Borders and Kaplan's Theory of Contrastic Rhetoric: A New Intercultural Approach," CWWTC and IWCA

  Maggie Sava & Sasha Strelitz

  • "Beta Testing: Social Media and the Writing Center," CWWTC 

  Dennis Sweeney

  • "Structure Without Structure: Non-Institutional Professional Development in the Writing Center," CWWTC

  Taylor Tolchin 

  • "Universal Design and Graduate Writers in the Neoliberal University's Writing Center," Consortium on Graduate Communication (CGC)

  Olivia Tracy 

  • "Assigning Genres: Helping Faculty Write Prompts," Consortium on Graduate Communication (CGC)
  • "Everything's a Prop: Using Everyday Objects in Writing Center Consultations," IWCA

  Alison Turner

  • "The Gritty Joy of Grammar: The Enjoyment of Writing in Low- and No-Cost Adult Educational Programs," CCC Regional

  Alison Turner, Juli Parrish, and Geoff Stacks 

  • "The Electronic Elephant in the Room: Assessing WC Online's Role in Shaping Writing Center Culture," IWCA

  Alicia Wright, Juli Parrish, Jason Schleuter (ACC), and Erin Campbell (AAC)

  • "Reimagining Local Contexts: Reciprocity in Writing Center Partnerships" CWWTC 
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• Consultant Research 2017

  Julia Fleming 

  • "Finding Purpose in the Writing Process," CWWTC 

  Annie Halseth 

  • "Writing Center Work as a Social and Collaborative Act of Reflection," CWWTC 

  Glenn Koelling 

  • "Working Together, Becoming Stronger: Writing Center and Library Collaboration," CWWTC 

  Brian Laidlaw

  • "Blues You Can Use: Songwriting as a Literary Genre," CWWTC and CCW 

  Alicia Mountain

  • "Bigger than Blood: HIV Testing & Counseling Methodologies as Applied to Writing Center Practices," NCPTW 
  • "Refusing to Marginalize: Dialoging with Identity-Based Student Groups," CWWTC 

  Juli Parrish and Jason Schlueter (Arapahoe Community College)

  • "Collaborative Intelligence: A Cross-Institutional Tutoring Program," IWCA 

  Kyle Przybylski

  • "Pronouncing 'Silence': Using Silence as a Tool and a Response in the Writing Center," CWWTC 

  Alison Turner

  • "Non-Traditional Students and Writing Centers," CWWTC 
  • "The Role of Writing in Low-Cost Adult Literacy Programs: A Denver Case Study," CCW 

  Abigayil Wernsman

  • "Collaborative Consulting: Navigating Hierarchy," CWWTC 
• Conference Key

  CCW = Conference on Community Writing: Boulder, CO, October 2018

  CCC Regional = Conference on College Composition and Communication Regional Conference: Denver, CO, July 2018

  CGC = Consortium on Graduate Communication: Ann Arbor, MI, June 2018

  CWWTC = Colorado Wyoming Writing Tutors Conference: Greeley, CO, April 2017; Denver, CO, April 2018

  DU URC = University of Denver Undergraduate Research Symposium: Denver, CO, May 2018

  IWCA = International Writing Center Association Conference: Chicago, IL, November 2017; Atlanta, GA, October 2018; Columbus, OH, 2019

  NCPTW = National Conference on Peer Tutoring and Writing, Long Island, NY, November 2018

  RMWCA-CWWTC = Rocky Mountain Writing Center Association-Colorado Wyoming Writing Tutors Conference Tutor Con: Demver, CO, February 2019