理查德·赖特写作中心, 修辞, 和研究
历史
The 理查德·赖特中心 (RWC) was founded in 2003 to provide “daily support services for students who need assistance and encouragement in completing their writing assignments” (澳门皇冠体育, 赫林拨款提案, p. 1). 该中心以理查德·赖特的名字命名, Mississippi-born writer who was once part of the community now served by 澳门皇冠体育. From 2003 until 2013, the center was called the 理查德·赖特中心 for the Written Word.
Monique Guillory, a former journalist and specialist in comparative literature, was instrumental in developing the initial proposal for the center in 2001. She envisioned the writing center as a place where students could “share their work with someone else, 得到反馈, and think critically about how well they have made their point” (M. Guillory，个人通讯，2009年9月15日). Funding for the center was secured through 第三章 and Herrin grants. From 2003 to 2008, the center was affiliated with the Division of the Undergraduate Studies. Brenda Kaye Anderson was appointed its director, and Katie M. Dearborn was hired to set up the center and to assist the director in its daily operations. RWC最初位于3号rd H型地板.T. 桑普森图书馆, in the extreme southeast end of the building, and later moved to the 4th 靠近中庭的楼层.
During its first semester, the center’s staff saw only 8 students. By its fifth year, the number soared to an average of 400 students a semester. Undergraduate students were recruited as peer tutors and trained by then director of the writing center at Millsaps College Kathi R. 格里芬和她的一群同伴导师. 2006年3月, in collaboration with the Division of Undergraduate Studies, 大学学院, and the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages, the 理查德·赖特中心 sponsored a large conference on Writing Across the Curriculum, co-chaired by Brenda Kaye Anderson and Carol Jackson Cooper.
In 2008, the RWC became a part of the Strengthening the Core Curriculum and Academic 领导 Project, a 第三章 initiative aimed at enhancing core courses in English, 历史, 哲学, 生物学, 和数学, 和Stephen G. 麦克劳德成为了这个项目和中心的主任. The center functioned as a site for professional development for faculty and graduate teaching assistants. While the focus 中心的 shifted to curriculum-based support, with graduate teaching assistants providing one-to-one consultations to students of faculty in the different disciplines, the center continued to offer tutoring sessions to writers at all stages of the writing process and in all disciplines.
历史上持续
In 2012, 随着项目的逐步退出, Debra buchanan被任命为执行董事, 开始修改校园里的写作教学方式. The initiative, however, was stalled by further administrative and funding changes.
In 2013, the center underwent another transition and became part of the 文理学院. 劳伦斯·波特, 学院院长, 将该中心更名为理查德·赖特写作中心, 修辞, 和研究, 任命Kathi R. 格里芬导演，并修改了 任务 中心的. 中心再次开始招募和培训同伴导师, 这次是与荣誉学院合作, and to offer an opportunity for volunteer tutors to receive community service hours. In 2015, the center began to offer a 1-credit tutor training course, 这是中心历史上的第一次. 在博士的支持下. 洛里亚·布朗·戈登，华盛顿大学副院长. E. B. Du Bois, this course was at first offered as an honors colloquium to the Honors College students. In the fall of 2019 it was also offered through the English Department as ENG 310, 全球背景下的写作辅导. 同时, 311年英格, 写作辅导中的问题, was added to provide continous professional development for peer tutors.
Today the RWC is a site of professional development for peer tutors and graduate assistants and the only research site on campus, 员工在哪里从事可复制的工作, aggregable, 以及学生写作的数据驱动研究.
确认我们非常感谢李博士的帮助. 伊芙琳J. Leggette, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, 澳门皇冠体育, and Dr. Monique Guillory, 总统的特别助理, 泽维尔大学, 谁为2009年的这份报告做出了贡献.
我们的愿景
Our goal is to help students become more confident and proficient writers and to empower them to take ownership of their own learning and writing process. Whether you are struggling with a specific writing assignment or just want to improve your writing skills, 我们是来帮忙的.
