“Addressing the Everyday Language of Oppression in the Writing Center.” Lead Author, with co-author Shan-Estelle Brown. The Writing Center Journal 31.2 (2011): 13-49. Reprinted in The Oxford Guide for Writing Tutors (Ed. Lauren Fitzgerald and Melissa Ianetta, Oxford UP, 2015) and Landmark Essays in Contemporary Writing Center Studies (Ed. Neal Learner and Paula Gillespie, Routledge, 2020).
This article is frequently cited and used in professional development courses and programs for writing center consultants.
Research on Listening to and Learning from Students of Color
In collaboration with an undergraduate tutor and a graduate fellow, I conducted formal focus group-based research in fall of 2016 on perceptions of the Emory Writing Center among students of color who did and did not use Writing Center services at that time. In addition to implementing consultant training and programming in response to this research, I have also drawn from it to lead workshops at the 2017 Southeast Writing Centers Association Conference and the 2018 International Writing Centers Association conference. My formal 2016 research along with subsequent research in this vein also informed the “Commitment to Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion” statement I published in August of 2020, detailing the Emory Writing Center’s commitment to anti-racism, equity, and inclusion via current and future concrete actions related to recruitment and hiring, professional development and tutoring practice, physical and online spaces, programming and partnerships on Emory campus, programming and partnerships in the broader community, and assessment and accountability.
“Readings for Racial Justice: A Project of the IWCA SIG on Antiracism Activism.”
In 2014, I contributed entries on George Lipsitz’s The Possessive Investment in Whiteness and Malea Powell’s “Rhetorics of Survivance” to this annotated bibliography of readings for racial justice in writing centers edited by Beth Godbee, Bobbi Olson, and the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) Antiracism Activism SIG. As an active member of the SIG, I will likely contribute additional entries when we revise and update the bibliography in the future.
Research on Linguistic Diversity and Code-Meshing
Having frequently incorporated my interest in linguistic diversity and code-meshing in my teaching, writing center staff development, and research for conference presentations, I am currently pursuing publication of work in this area, with a manuscript out for review.
This article is frequently cited and used in professional development courses and programs for writing center consultants.
Research on Listening to and Learning from Students of Color
In collaboration with an undergraduate tutor and a graduate fellow, I conducted formal focus group-based research in fall of 2016 on perceptions of the Emory Writing Center among students of color who did and did not use Writing Center services at that time. In addition to implementing consultant training and programming in response to this research, I have also drawn from it to lead workshops at the 2017 Southeast Writing Centers Association Conference and the 2018 International Writing Centers Association conference. My formal 2016 research along with subsequent research in this vein also informed the “Commitment to Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion” statement I published in August of 2020, detailing the Emory Writing Center’s commitment to anti-racism, equity, and inclusion via current and future concrete actions related to recruitment and hiring, professional development and tutoring practice, physical and online spaces, programming and partnerships on Emory campus, programming and partnerships in the broader community, and assessment and accountability.
“Readings for Racial Justice: A Project of the IWCA SIG on Antiracism Activism.”
In 2014, I contributed entries on George Lipsitz’s The Possessive Investment in Whiteness and Malea Powell’s “Rhetorics of Survivance” to this annotated bibliography of readings for racial justice in writing centers edited by Beth Godbee, Bobbi Olson, and the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) Antiracism Activism SIG. As an active member of the SIG, I will likely contribute additional entries when we revise and update the bibliography in the future.
Research on Linguistic Diversity and Code-Meshing
Having frequently incorporated my interest in linguistic diversity and code-meshing in my teaching, writing center staff development, and research for conference presentations, I am currently pursuing publication of work in this area, with a manuscript out for review.
