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Home » Archives » Spring 2010 (Volume 7 Issue 2) Professionalization and the Writing Center, Part II
CFP: Fall 2010 Issue of Praxis Spring 2010 / News and Announcements
CFP: Fall 2010 Issue of Praxis: Quantitative and Qualitative Visions of the Writing Center Our Fall issue of Praxis: A Writing Center Journal asks how we are to measure, evaluate, understand, review, or enumerate the purposes of writing center practice, either internally or for the larger university system. We invite contributors to look at different ways to evaluate the day to day work of writing centers from the very emotional, interpersonal level to the strictly numerical. Many writing centers track quantitative information from the people the serve, to what end is this information put? Are qualitative and quantitative analysis mutually exclusive or do they work together? Many Praxis contributors over the years have focused on the quality of their clients' experiences in visiting their writing centers, how can we translate these very human concerns into an analysis of writing center practice? Some article ideas include, but are not limited to: - Proving how the work we do is effective beyond the writing center - How directors balance qualitative and quantitative concerns within the center - The performance concerns of university administrators - The purpose of keeping detailed logs of clients in our centers - Showing how quantitative and qualitative information interacts - Focusing on interpersonal relationships or creating a safe space over quantitative concerns - Systems for tracking the different ways of viewing writing center work, performance, volume, demographics, and other statistical information As always, Praxis also encourages submissions on a wide range of topics related to writing centers. We welcome articles from writing center consultants and administrators related to training, consulting, labor issues, administration, and writing center news, initiatives, and scholarship. Praxis is also interested in reviews, interviews and survey data related to writing centers. Submission guidelines: Recommended article length is 1000 to 2500 words. Articles should conform to MLA style, 7th Edition. Please send submissions as a Word document e-mail attachment to Anthony Fassi at praxis@uwc.utexas.edu. Also include the writer’s name, e-mail address, and affiliation. Because Praxis is a Web-based journal, please do not send paper; we do not have the resources to transcribe printed manuscripts. Images should be formatted as jpeg files and sent as attachments. Deadline for Fall Issue: September 8, 2010 Praxis: A Writing Center Journal (praxis.uwc.utexas.edu/praxisarchive) is a biannual electronic publication sponsored by the University of Texas
Undergraduate Writing Center, a component of the Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin. It is a forum for writing center practitioners everywhere. For further information about submitting an article or suggesting an idea, please contact the editors at praxis@uwc.utexas.edu. ‚ CFP: 2011 Southern California Writing Centers Association Conference
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