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