Dear Fellow Administrators and Tutors,
I’m writing to remind you that the Rocky Mountain Writing Centers Association is inviting submissions for the second issue of Center Moves: A Peer-Reviewed Archive of Tutor Training Materials.
This archive houses peer-reviewed lesson plans and materials that administrators and tutors can use and modify for training in their centers.
Each issue will center on different consulting topics so that we end up with widespread coverage of content relevant for all writing and learning centers. For the second issue, we invite submissions on the following two themes:
1. Training tutors to be mindful of linguistic justice
Submissions for this theme must be designed to prepare tutors to honor the voice and language choices that writers make. Proposals might discuss how tutors learn about the history and formation of standard language ideology, are trained to be conscious of and perhaps work to dismantle the belief that there is one correct version of standard academic English, and/or create space in consultations for dialogue about multilingual writers’ experiences in their institutional contexts.
2. Training tutors to teach citation formatting
Submissions for this theme must be designed to prepare tutors to work with writers who want help with citation concerns. Proposals might discuss how to train tutors to work with common citation formatting issues, how to guide tutors’ knowledge of working with style guides and resources, and/or how to help tutors make use of style guides and resources in consultations to support learning.
Proposals are due January 14, 2024. All submissions will undergo a peer-review process before being accepted for publication. The issue will be published in July 2024.
For more information about Center Moves and the proposal submission process, please see the RMWCA website.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Best regards,
Erin Zimmerman
Managing Editor, Center Moves
Erin Zimmerman, PhD
she/her
Director
Writing Center
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
erin.zimmerman