“It Would Literally Take the World to End for Us to Do This”: Writing Center Consultants’ Affective Responses to Consulting Modalities

Authors

Anita Long, University of Cincinnati Blue AshFollow
Destiny R. Brugman, University of IndianapolisFollow

Abstract

This article discusses findings from semi-structured interviews with writing consultants about their affective experiences working across three different consulting modalities: in person, asynchronous, and synchronous. This study offers affect as a lens for understanding consultants’ responses to and strategies for consulting in multiple modalities and argues that by attending to affect, emotion, and disposition in consulting we can better support our consultants when they’re consulting in different modalities.

Recommended Citation

Long, Anita and Brugman, Destiny R. (2025) "“It Would Literally Take the World to End for Us to Do This”: Writing Center Consultants’ Affective Responses to Consulting Modalities," Writing Center Journal: Vol. 43 : Iss. 2, Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7771/2832-9414.2042