Seven UMBC Writing Tutors Presenting at Regional Conference

A6. Panel, LA 4310. Partnering for student success: Centering student agency in the writing and research process. Erin Durham, Elaine MacDougall, Allison Jennings-Roche, Beck Hertl, Emma Jett, and Kyndall Hardwick; University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The library and writing center staff have developed a strong collaborative relationship to center student agency in the research and writing process at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).

C1. Roundtable, LA 4201. What Do “Diversity” and “Social Justice” Mean to Writing Center Practitioners? Violeta Brito, Uchendu Uchendu, Fleurine Amouzou Guiffo; University of Maryland, Baltimore County. This roundtable will engage participants to think critically about diversity and social justice in writing centers. We will analyze the past, present, and future pedagogies of writing centers in the context of social justice.

C12. Workshop, LA 4214. Creating Trauma-Informed Writing Workshops: Reflection and Intervention in the Narratives of Our Lives. Elaine MacDougall, University of Maryland, Baltimore County.  Trauma-Informed writing workshops allow space for reflection and intervention in our own thought processes. Writers can reflect on their own sense of a “dominant cultural narrative” and work to transform that narrative if necessary, giving voice to silence when imposed on individuals in our communities, including writing center spaces.