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There are writing centers on almost every college and university in the United States, and there is an emerging body of professional discourse, research, and writing about them. The goal of this book is to open, to formalize, and to further the dialogue about research in and about writing centers. The original essays in this volume, all written by writing center researchers, directly address current concerns about writing center research in several ways: they encourage systematic writing center research by offering detailed, reflective accounts of research; they further diversity of approach by demonstrating a range of methodologies (e.g., ethnography, longitudinal case study; rhetorical analysis, teacher research) available to both veteran and novice writing center professionals; they advance an ongoing conversation about writing center research. The book aims to encourage and guide other researchers, while at the same time offering new knowledge that has resulted from the studies it reports.

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The articles collected in this volume provide a long and wide view of writing center research....Like many of the book's contributors, my time to read-in-the-field is a precious commodity in short supply; this book offered a good way to catch-up. -The Writing Lab Exactly what those of us interested in writing centers want and need right now. The editors have a very good handle on the state of the field....What I like best is the way the essays address the issue of research and at the same time present results from the research....These essays inspired me to conduct research in the writing center I direct...this is one big plus of the book. -Carrie S. Leverenz Florida State University The editors are right on the mark when they say that the field needs more research and more diverse research on the work of writing centers....This proposed collection will do much to enhance the status of scholarly inquiry in writing centers. -Duane Roen Arizona State University

""The articles collected in this volume provide a long and wide view of writing center research....Like many of the book's contributors, my time to read-in-the-field is a precious commodity in short supply; this book offered a good way to catch-up."" —The Writing Lab ""Exactly what those of us interested in writing centers want and need right now. The editors have a very good handle on the state of the field....What I like best is the way the essays address the issue of research and at the same time present results from the research....These essays inspired me to conduct research in the writing center I direct...this is one big plus of the book."" —Carrie S. Leverenz Florida State University ""The editors are right on the mark when they say that the field needs more research and more diverse research on the work of writing centers....This proposed collection will do much to enhance the status of scholarly inquiry in writing centers."" —Duane Roen Arizona State University

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Paula Gillespie, Alice Gillam, Lady Falls Brown, Byron Stay

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