North Texas Writing Centers Association
Spring 2006 Mini-Conference
Reflections from the Center
Hosted by
Tarleton State University at
the Langdon Center in Granbury
April 7, 2006
Program Schedule
11:30-12:00 Arrival and Registration
Concert Hall, The Langdon Center
12:00-12:30 Lunch
12:30-1:00 Opening Remarks and Business Meeting
Steve Sherwood, Director of the William L. Adams Center for Writing, Texas Christian University
1:00-1:20 Report from the Regional Writing Center Association Conferences
Steve Sherwood and Cheryl Carithers
1:20-1:30 Break
1:30-2:15 Winner of the Mary Nell Kivikko Excellence in Scholarship Award
“Opening the Conversation between Disability Studies
and Writing Centers”
Dr. Rebecca Day Babcock, University of Texas Permian Basin
2:15-2:25 Break
2:25:3:15 “Writing Center Ethics: The Process”
Janna Pate, Texas Christian University
“A Peer Tutor’s Take on Online Interactions”
Katherine Quinn, Texas Christian University
“Three Years in the Writing Center: A Peer Tutor’s Retrospection”
Ben Graber, Texas Christian University