English 690: Writing Center Theory & Administration

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Week One: Histories & Foundations
May 12: First day business: introductions, overview, syllabus, assignments
May 13:  Moore, "The Writing Clinic"
    Carino, "Early Writing Centers"
    Summerfield, "Writing Centers"
    PP: Tess & Karen
May 14: Kinkead, "The National Writing Centers Association"
    Boquet, "Our Little Secret"
    North, "The Idea of a WC"
    PP: Michele & Emily
May 15: North, "Revisiting"
    Lunsford, "Collaboration"
    Hobson, "Maintaining our Balance"
    PP: Claire & Brian
May 16: Murphy, "The WC"
    Carino, "Theorizing"
    Riley, "The Unpromising Future"
    PP: Karen & Carolyn

Week Two: Pedagogies & Practices
May 19: Bruffee, "Peer Tutoring"
    Brooks, "Minimalist Tutoring"
    Shamoon &  Burns, "A Critique"
    PP: Brian & Claire
May 20: Kiedaisch & Dinitz, "Look Back"
    Trimbur, "Peer Tutoring"
    Murphy, "Freud"
    PP: Michele
May 21: Wilson (front matter-Ch. 3)
    PP: Tess
May 22: Wilson (Ch. 4-6)
    PP: Emily
May 23: Wilson (Ch. 7- end)
    PP: Karen & Carolyn

Week Three: Technology & Tutoring
May 26: Memorial Day
May 27: Hobson, "Straddling the Virtual Fence"
    Carino, "Computers in the WC"
    Harris & Pemberton, "OWLS"
    PP: Michele & Emily
May 28: Healy, "From Place to Space"
    Clark, "Information Literacy"
    Sheridan (WCDRB), "Words, Images, Sounds"
    PP: Brian & Tess
May 29: Coogan (front matter-Ch. 2)
    PP: Claire
May 30: Coogan (Ch. 3-5)
    PP: Karen & Carolyn

Week Four: Administration
June 2: WCD Resource Book, Part One, Section 2
    PP: Brian & Emily
June 3: WCD Resource Book, Part One, Section 4
    PP: Michele
June 4: WCD Resource Book, Part Two, Section 2
    PP: Tess
June 5: Grimm (front matter-Ch. 2)
    PP: Claire
June 6: Grimm (Ch. 3-end)
    PP: Karen & Carolyn

Week Five: Current Threads
June 9: Everyday Writing Center (front matter- Ch. 4)
June 10: Everyday Writing Center (Ch. 5- end)
June 11-13: Presentations