Writing Center Realities

Session W.5

Role	Name as printed	Affiliation as printed	Paper
Co-Chairs	Kevin Dvorak	St. Thomas University, Miami Gardens, FL → St. Thomas University
Co-Chairs	Shanti Bruce	Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL → Nova Southeastern University
Speakers	Michele Eodice	University of Oklahoma, Norman → University of Oklahoma	Tutors as Writers: Action Research for Peace
Speakers	Nathalie U. Singh-Corcoran	West Virginia University, Morgantown → West Virginia University	The Best Tutors of Writing Are Writers Themselves: Using the National Writing Project to Build and Sustain Tutor Training and Professional Development
Speakers	Sherri Winans	Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA → Whatcom Community College two-year	Improving Two-Year College Writing Center Realities
Speakers	Tammy Conard-Salvo	Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN → Purdue University West Lafayette	Sustaining Writing Center Technologies through User-Centered Design: Improving Websites and OWLs
Speakers	Lisa Zimmerelli	University of Maryland-University College, Adelphi, MD	Beyond Time and Place: Multimedia Tools for Online Writing Centers
Speakers	Robert Rundquist	Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA → Chaffey College two-year	Can You Talk the Talk to Walk the Walk?: Utilizing Institutional Decision-making Language and Processes to Affect Real Change in Higher Education Writing Centers
Speakers	Allison Smith	Yeshiva University, New York, NY → Yeshiva University	Mapping Writing Center Realities for Change
Speakers	Mary Wislocki	Seton Hall, South Orange, NJ	Creative-and-Positive Leadership in Times of Lean
Speakers	Jennifer Wells	Mercy High School, Burlingame, CA	When the Levee Holds: Navigating the River between College and Secondary School Writing Centers
Speakers	Beth Burmester	Georgia State University, Atlanta → Georgia State University	Changing Realities, Changing Assessment, Assessing Change of Writing Center Identities, Real and Virtual
Speakers	Beth Godbee	University of Wisconsin-Madison → University of Wisconsin–Madison	Teaching for Social Justice in the Writing Center: How to Make the Ideal Real
Speakers	Harry Denny	St. John’s University, Staten Island, NY → St. John's University

Source

NCTE's program, near page 62 of the file. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conventions.

Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “Writing Center Realities.” 2008 Convention Program, New Orleans, session W.5. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.