Honors Theses
Date of Award
Spring 5-8-2022
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
English
First Advisor
Stephen Monroe
Second Advisor
Alice Myatt
Third Advisor
Jennifer Parsons
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Since becoming a writing consultant three years ago, I have been interested in how writing centers can improve their training practices. Specifically, I have always been interested in the invaluable nature of consultant-to-consultant relationships in comparison with standard consultant training manuals. Though my idea of consultant-to-consultant relationships and training was specific to the in-person writing center, the need to rethink this consultant interaction was reinforced by the recent pandemic when most writing centers transitioned to completely online operations. In March of 2021, I hosted a panel presentation and gathered data from writing consultants about the ways that their centers were responding to the pandemic. Using a resilient framework, I analyzed this data and previous consultant training initiatives in the literature to provide writing center professionals with recommendations for creating team building and collaboration-themed training programs for writing centers. Along with helping writing centers withstand future disorientation, this project will help to address additional issues within writing centers, like diversity and inclusion among staff and students.
Recommended Citation
Herron, Jessica Love, "Using Resilient Pedagogy to Rethink Consultant Training in the Writing Center Post Pandemic" (2022). Honors Theses. 2657.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2657
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