Good morning, everyone! I hope your semesters are winding down smoothly (despite the Canvas disruption, of course).
As this year’s conference chair, I’m so excited to share the call for proposals for the International Writing Centers Association 2026 Conference: Link to CFP.
This year, our theme will be Common Ground: Reorganizing, Expanding, Collaborating, which centers on collaborations and mergers, and how writing centers navigate adapting to different organizational structures or entirely different physical spaces. As we continue to see institutions of higher education reorganize and restructure, this topic may be more relevant than ever.
For IWCA 2026, we seek proposals on any topic related to writing centers, with extra interest in topics that address the following questions:
- How has a recent consolidation in services affected the operational, pedagogical, or socio-emotional functions of your center, and how are you responding to this change?
- How has the current, recent, and historical institutional placement of your center influenced your working life and strategies for work as a practitioner?
- How do writing/learning center and service institutional placements differ across international settings? What benefits and limitations do these placements present for your work?
- What impact, if any, has consolidation/reorganization/collaboration had on usage and success rates for students who utilize the writing center?
- In what ways has your center negotiated identity and pedagogical practices during mergers or consolidations?
Ultimately, the question I hope to address is this: When writing centers are called to change how we operate, how do we transform and innovate to continue to support students?
Thank you all very much, and I hope you’ll consider submitting a proposal. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Eric C. Camarillo, PhD
Dean, Learning Commons
Tarrant County College – Northwest
4801 Marine Creek Parkway
Fort Worth, Texas 76179-3599
eric.camarillo|www.tccd.edu
President, South Central Writing Centers Association
Former President, National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing
Reviews Editor, Online Literacies Open Resource, GSOLE