Opportunities
Job Opportunity: Director of Writing Support at the University of Richmond
The newly formed Weinstein Learning Center at the University of Richmond continues taking shape. Please share with interested individuals or apply if you find it to be a good fit.
Proposals due by April 30: MENAWCA’s 9th Biennial Conference
MENAWCA’s 9th biennial conference is a platform for instructors, tutors, peer tutors, center directors, researchers and other professionals supporting student writers in the MENA region, to share innovative practices and research. We invite you to submit proposals to this year’s conference which will be hosted by New York University Abu Dhabi from 9 - 12 October, 2025.
Reviewers Needed for the Journal for Writing Scholarship
We rely on the help of the international writing center community and are looking for A and B reviewers for a blind peer review. The A reviewers will give 2x feedback on an article and the B reviewers 1x. The timeline would be: Review 1 (A and B): 27.11.2024 Review 2 (A): 21.01.-03.02.2025 We would be very grateful if you would contact us as a reviewer and thus contribute to the internationalization of the writing centre work. Please write to, if you are interested to be a reviewer: josch.journal@gmail.com
Resources
September 2023 Issue of WLN is Here!
The Sept. 2023 issue of WLN is now available as open-access on the WAC Clearinghouse site, at our new URL: https://wac.colostate.edu/wln/ (Please note: the old URL will disappear soon and is no longer the correct one.) Or
New Edited Collection on Digital Writing Technology
Digital Writing Technologies in Higher Education: Theory, Research, and Practice is a new edited collection on digital writing technology, with over 30 chapters and more than 50 international contributors on all the major technological innovations in writing, from the first word processors to automated text production.
From Online Writing Centers Association: Genres of the Job Market
On Wednesday, August 16th, presenters Dr. Andrea Hernandez-Holm and Dr. Jill Dahlman provided an overview of the academic job search process from researching positions to interpreting job descriptions to preparing the various documents required for applications.
Explore the Blog of South African Association for Academic Literacy Practitioners
For those who're interested in scholarship in the South African context, we invite you to take a look at the blog of South African Association for Academic Literacy Practitioners: https://www.saaalp.com/blog-1
Watch This: Building Visibility as a Writing Center Professional and as a Writing Center Field: Trends and Observations
On March 24th, we co-presented a webinar with Muriel "Mickey" Harris and Karen Gabrielle Johnson on trends and observations we've seen on the WLN journal and the CWCAB blog, hosted by MENAWCA. You can now watch the recording in this post.
Upcoming Events – Conferences, Webinars, and More!
