Recommended Citation
Kennell, Vicki R.; Nuguid, Maria Eloisa (Lisa); Pruitt, Vanessa; and Garla, Ashley, "Expanding Landscapes: Intersections between Writing Center Work and Other Academic Fields" (2024). Purdue Writing Lab/Purdue OWL Presentations. Paper 29.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/writinglabpres/29
Date of this Version
2-2024
Keywords
Writing Centers, Consultant Education, Counseling Psychology, Math Education, Speech Sciences
Abstract
This presentation explores the intersections between writing center work and math education, counseling psychology, and speech/hearing sciences. The four fields share more similarities than first expected, such as prioritizing relational approaches and maintaining client agency. Implications for writing centers include the need to adjust consultant education to overtly explore such overlaps in order to increase new consultants’ confidence and circumvent potential problems caused by differing assumptions.