During my last co-consultation I tried to pay particular attention to the cultural and rhetorical differences between consultant and client. Severino's article on contact zones offers an interesting approach to the Writing Center's role in the academic community, and I tried to observe the...

While procrastinating to write this blog post, I decided to work on the Christmas wish list that my mom asked for at the beginning of the week. My younger sister had already put together a PowerPoint presentation and emailed it to Mom two weeks ago. Seriously. It includes photos and links and...

I was a little intimidated at the beginning of my first solo-consultation in the WC today. When the client explained that he was getting ready to apply for post-graduate work, I thought I might be in over my head. None of my other observations or experiences had been with anyone past the...

As employees, we're supposed to stress that the use of the WC is for more than quick grammar checks and people who are deemed "poor" or "average" writers. We want all types of writers to come here, including the really good ones! As someone who campaigned for creative writers in the writing...