Slow Agency

In part two of the conversation, Elizabeth Kleinfeld and Julie Prebel discuss 'activist editing', the method that they and Sohui Lee used to edit the collection Disruptive stories: Amplifying voices from the writing center margins. About the authors Elizabeth Kleinfeld teaches rhetoric and writing theory and practice courses in the  ⁠English department⁠ , coordinates the new Disability Stu...

Elizabeth Kleinfeld, Julie Prebel and Sohui Lee are the editors of the new book, Disruptive stories: Amplifying voices from the writing center margins, a collection of essays on challenging writing center narratives. In this episode, Professors Kleinfeld and Prebel explain what the two of them have learned and started applying from the book to question their own assumptions. Mentioned in the episo...

"The Post Pandemic Writing Center:"A Digital Edited Collection (2024) WLN journal's Digital Edited Collections If you enjoyed this episode, you'll also like: E21 - WLN Author Sarah Rice on Navigating the "New Normal" with Abnormal Discourse Theme music for Slow Agency was created by Emmanuel Mubiru.

In this episode, we chatted with Lawrence Cleary, Elif Demirel, and Franziska Liebetanz, EWCA board members about writing center work in their respective contexts. We hope you'll enjoy it! Make sure to check out a recent feature piece on the 2023 EWCA Summer Institute . A transcript of this episode is posted on: www.wlnconnect.org

In this episode, Weijia spoke with WLN authors Kerri Rinaldi and Rebecca Spiegel on their article titled Disrupting Habits: Modifying Writing Center Processes In Pursuit of Disability Justice. The article was published in June 2023 special issue on disability justice and anti-able-ism in writing center work. We hope you'll enjoy it! For a full transcript, go to: www.wlnconnect.org

Slow Agency  is back with another round of insightful conversations about writing, writing centers, and the people who make them work for students. On this episode, we invited Dr. Genie Giaimo to help us unpack the meaning of an  un- well writing center, which she writes about in her book  Unwell Writing Centers: Searching for Wellness in Neoliberal Educational Institutions and Beyond .  Dr. Giaim...

Here's one of our favorite conversations from the past. We hope you'll like it! For show notes and resources, go to: www.wlnjournal.org/blog

Here's one of our favorite conversations from the past. We hope you'll like it! For show notes and resources, go to: www.wlnjournal.org/blog

Here's one of our favorite conversations from the past. We hope you'll like it! For show notes and resources, go to: www.wlnjournal.org/blog

We're bringing back a few of our favorite conversations this summer. We hope you'll enjoy them! For show notes and resources, go to: www.wlnjournal.org/blog

What does it mean to decolonize? Listen to this episode featuring Dr. Nancy Henaku who helps us unpack terms such as decolonization and  transnationalism with a nuanced perspective. As Nancy said, these are big and complex ideas that are not easy to parse out. We hope Nancy's  words encourage you to contemplate these topics in your own contexts.  For show notes and a transcript of this episode...

In this episode, we interviewed Drs. Janine Morris and Kelly Concannon, co-editors for the edited collection Emotions and Affect in Writing Centers . They helped us understand the role of emotions and affect in writing center work and highlighted a variety of contributions in the book. We hope you enjoy it! For resources and a transcript of this episode, go to: wlnjournal.org/blog

This episode is based on Dear CWCAB, February 2023: Thoughts on ChatGPT . For a transcript of this episode, go to: www.wlnjournal.org/blog

In this episode, we discussed the complexity, constraints, and richness of the writing studies work happening in the Middle East and North African region with three wonderful guests: Dr. Emma Moghabghab, Sahar Mari, and Dr. Rachel Buck. For show notes and resources, visit: wlnjournal.org/blog

In this episode, Editor-in-Chief Anna Habib spoke to Kara Wittman who represented her co-authors Jenny Thomas and Ashlee Moreno on their article The Writing Center is Not a Place from the December 2022 issue of WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship. We hope you enjoy it! And don't forget to check out our interview with Sarah Rice on her Tutor's Column article titled Navigating the "New Norm...

In this episode, Weijia Li, Assistant Editor of the blog chatted with Sarah Rice, Writing Tutor from Dickinson College about Sarah's Tutor's Column article titled Navigating the "New Normal" with Abnormal Discourse from the December 2022 issue of WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship . We hope you enjoy it! Also don't forget to check out our interview with Kara Wittman on her co-authored ar...

In this episode, Graham Stowe answers a question from a Slow Agency listener: I have a question that I was hoping to get some guidance on: as a lecturer, I find it easier to implement antiracist writing practices (e.g., being accepting of all language varieties) than I do in the writing center. Mainly, I find it hard to be open when other instructors might not be. Do you all have some actionable s...

In this episode, Esther Namubiru, Slow Agency host and production genie, spoke with Dr. Lucie Moussu, Writing Center Director at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontaria, Cananda on her recent article titled The Ultimate Guide to Poorly Designed Research Projects, published on the September 2022 issue of WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship . For transcript and resources, go to: wln...

In this episode, we invited Lillian Lyavaala (Uganda Christian University, Uganda), Rose Richards (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), and Tom Deans (University of Connecticut, USA) for a roundtable discussion on the state and trends of writing centers in Sub-Saharan Africa. We hope you'll enjoy it! For transcript and resources, go to: wlnjournal.org/blog

In this episode, let's hear from guest host Graham Stowe on ways to move forward in writing center work. This espiode was based on the September 2022 release of Dear CWCAB. For resources mentioned in the show, go to: wlnjournal.org/blog

We start Season 4 of Slow Agency with the team of Write to Remember August 4th from Lebanon. August 4th, 2020 was the day when a large amount of ammonium nitrate exploded at the Port of Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon. In this episode, organizers, Paula Habre, Serine Jaafar, Hala Daouk, and Anita Moutchoyan, and two of the participants, Aya Taher and Reve Amaneddine, shared their experiences a...

Episode Summary: Slow Agency brings you this special episode where colleagues Stacia Morosky-Rigney and Graham Stowe share the practical writing center advice they give the CWCAB blog readers in their blog series “Dear CWCAB”. Today’s episode is based on the May 2022 DearCWCAB article. The article was responding to a question about WAC and WID. Stacia explains WAC and WID before giving 5 tips: Tip...

We spoke with Dr. Noreen Lape in September 2021 about her book Internationalizing the Writing Center: Developing a Multilingual Writing Center , published by Parlor Press in 2020. Lape is Associate Provost of Academic Affairs and directs the Writing Program/ Norman M. Eberly Multilingual Writing Center at Dickinson College, which offers writing tutoring in eleven languages. Find resources mentione...

In October 2021, we interviewed Joe Essid and Brian McTague on the edited collection Writing Centers at the Center of Change , published by Routledge in September 2021. Our conversation focused on change in the context of writing centers and what that means for writing center professionals. We hope you'll enjoy it! Find resources mentioned in this episode at www.wlnjournal.org/blog

We talked to Drs. Susan Lawrence and Terry Myers Zawacki about their edited collection Re/writing the Center: Approaches to Supporting Graduate Students in the Writing Center , published by Utah State University Press in 2019. In our conversation, Susan and Terry highlighted some of the chapters in the edited collection and helped us rethink what it's like to write at the graduate level and how to...