This month’s “Rewind and Reset” piece comes from the March/April 2021 issue of WLN. This piece by Elizabeth Kleinfeld, Sohui Lee, and Julie Prebel reports on two surveys, one of writing center workers interested in publishing and another of those who have published in WLN. The study reveals the homogeneity of WLN authors in terms of the institutions they work at, their positions, and their race. The authors conclude that “the lack of diversity in our field is affecting both professional membership and writing center scholarship.” We invite our international and underrepresented colleagues to share your thoughts about obstacles to publication and reflections/suggestions on how the field can “mov[e] beyond individual actions to broader structural change that is needed for institutionalized diversity to become reality.”

Click here to read “Whose voices are heard? A demographic comparison of authors published in WLN 2005-2017 and writers interested in publishing”.

Here’s an update from the authors from February 24, 2022:

“After we published our article, we felt a need to provide a space for overlooked “voices” to enter the published discourse of writing center studies. We decided to develop an edited collection through which we could support and guide newer authors through the revision process. We are currently working with a publisher and reviewing chapters from contributors that shine a light on some of the stories of writing center work that don’t get captured in writing center “grand narratives.” We anticipate the collection will be published in 2023.”