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SUMMARY:OWCA Reading Club Series Part 1: Foundations
DESCRIPTION:Reading club provides a space to discuss writing center scholarship. Based on the article or chapter chosen\, participants will share experiences\, ideas\, strategies\, and questions about online writing centers (OWCs). \nReading Club Series: Grammar and Linguistic Justice at the Online Writing Center\nOWCA is pleased to offer this four-part reading series\, facilitated by Faith Thompson of Salisbury University and Susanne Treiber of Madison Area Technical College\, specifically for tutors in online writing center spaces. From the facilitators: \nWe would like to open a space within OWCA to discuss current trends in linguistic justice scholarship\, which include tutor perspectives and ideologies as well as a focus on the issue of grammar. We want to give tutors the opportunity to reflect on their own experiences\, language identities\, and tutoring practices\, while also learning from others who are exploring how to enact linguistic justice in their writing centers. We are particularly interested in discussing the “g” word – how to turn the theoretical concepts of linguistic justice into practical application at the grammatical\, sentence level. Although we are not using articles exclusive to online tutoring\, knowing that our audience works in online writing centers will allow us to discuss the role of technological innovation\, such as how the rise of AI impacts our conversations on linguistic justice. This reading series will elevate tutor voices\, particularly around how we assist linguistically diverse students. \nSeries Sessions:\nYou can select which session(s) to attend; you do not have to attend all sessions in order to participate.  \nSession One: Foundations \n\nDate: Friday\, June 26 at 1pm EST\nReading: “We Don’t Do That Here”: Calling Out Deficit Discourses in the Writing Center to Reframe Multilingual Graduate Support (Cirrillo-McCarthy\, et. al.\, 2014)\n\nSession Two: Practices \n\nDate: Friday\, August 7 at 1pm EST\nReading: Language Usage Liberation: Applying Rhetorical Grammar in a Tutoring Session (Treiber\, 2025)\n\nSession Three:  Reflections \n\nDate: Friday\, October 9 at 1pm EST\nReading: “How I Speak Doesn’t Really Matter; What I Speak About Does”: BIPOC Tutor Voices on Linguistic Justice in the Writing Center (Ray and Goldin\, 2025)\n\nSession Four: Call to Action \n\nDate: Friday\, November 13 at 1pm EST\nReading: “It’s not what you say; it’s how you say it”: Writing Center Tutors and Their Conceptualizations of Academic Writing in Tutoring Sessions (Thompson\, 2026)\n\nGuidelines for Participating\nReading Club is currently held in a Zoom Pro room. Participation is open to everyone\, including not-yet OWCA members. To ensure a safe space for open communication and interaction\, these sessions will not be recorded. \nRegister\nYou can register for a reading club through the scheduling system below (note: there may be multiple events listed). Follow these steps: \n\nSelect your time zone from the drop-down menu\nClick the “Register” button next to the event you’d like to attend\nFill out the registration form and click “Complete Registration”\nSave your confirmation email to have the Zoom information or cancel your registration later. You can also respond to this email to contact the event organizers.\n\nA reminder email will also be sent the morning of the event.
URL:https://www.onlinewritingcenters.org/calendar/owca-reading-club-series-part-1-foundations/
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SUMMARY:Call for Applications for OWCA Executive Board
DESCRIPTION:We are accepting applications for open positions on the Online Writing Center Association (OWCA) Executive Board. We invite anyone interested in online writing centers and/or online writing tutoring to apply. \nServing on the OWCA Board is a great opportunity to develop administrative skills while giving back to the writing center community. All new Board members receive mentoring and support. \nClick here to apply by June 30\, 2026. Applications require a written (150-200 words) or video (one minute) statement. \nOpen Positions\nYou and/or your staff can apply for any of the following open positions: \n\nConference Co-Chair\nWebsite coordinator\n\nPosition Descriptions\nLearn more about our open positions below. See the bylaws for additional information. \nConference Co-Chair \nThe Conference Co-Chair will serve for 1 year (position non-renewable) and become Conference Chair at the end of the previous Conference Chair’s term. The Conference Co-Chair will be a voting member of the Executive Board\, with the following duties: \n\nAssist the Conference Chair with fulfilling their duties\nCo-chair the Conference Committee\nCoordinate with the Conference Chair on the tasks and deadlines of the Conference Committee\nServe in place of the Conference Chair in their absence\nSucceed the Conference Chair upon end of term or vacancy\n\nWebsite Coordinator\nThe Website Coordinator will serve for 2 years and will be voting members of the Executive Board\, with the following duties: \n\nManage and update the OWCA website and membership software on a timely basis\nMaintain OWCA logos and branding\nAdd and remove administrative access to the OWCA website\nMake timely updates to website content and navigation\, as requested by the Board and committees.\nResearch website plugins and applications that will offer additional features for Officers and members\nWork with the Accessibility Committee to make the OWCA website accessible to all users\nCollaborate and meet with the other Website Coordinator regularly\nAttend committee meetings when invited\nOnboard incoming Website Coordinators\, including synchronous and asynchronous training materials\, conversations\, etc.\nCompile and maintain reports on website statistics\n\nWho Can Apply\nAnyone can apply\, including students\, individuals who are not currently employed at a writing center\, and individuals who are not currently OWCA members. \nPlease note that individuals who are elected must be or become OWCA members to accept the position and serve their terms. We offer low-cost memberships for students\, and memberships at no charge for people of color. \nHow to Apply\nSubmit your nomination using this form by June 30\, 2026\, 11:59 pm (ET). Please pass this call along to anyone who might be interested. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged! \nReach out to OWCA Secretary Madeline Sutton\, madeline.sutton@duke.edu\, with any questions.
URL:https://www.onlinewritingcenters.org/calendar/call-for-applications-for-owca-executive-board/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Building Positive Attitudes Toward Asynchronous Feedback
DESCRIPTION:This webinar contributes to ongoing conversations about asynchronous feedback\, focusing on the question of how administrators can train staff in order to maximize the utility of asynchronous feedback for writers while minimizing potential pitfalls for tutors. This interactive webinar\, led by Dr. Ashton Foley-Schramm\, Associate Director of the OU Writing Center\, will open with a poll asking participants about their perceptions about asynchronous feedback. Dr. Foley-Schramm will then describe a new self-guided training module created for the OU Writing Center’s staff. The webinar will conclude with a brainstorming session among participants around best practices for providing asynchronous feedback. Ideas from the group will be collected via a Shared Google Doc that will be available post-session. \nEvent Details\nFacilitator: Dr. Ashton Foley-Schramm \nWhen: Tuesday\, July 21 at 4 p.m. EST / 3 p.m. CST / 2 p.m. MST / 1 p.m. PST \n\nASL Interpretation and Recording\nWe work with Interpretek to provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters in each webinar. OWCA webinars are recorded for posterity and maintained in the members-only area of the website. \nGuidelines for Participating\nWebinars are currently held in a Zoom Pro room. Participation is open to everyone\, including not-yet OWCA members.  \nRegister\nYou can register for this webinar through the scheduling system below (note: there may be multiple events listed). Follow these steps: \n\nSelect your time zone from the drop-down menu\nClick the “Register” button next to the event you’d like to attend\nFill out the registration form and click “Complete Registration”\nSave your confirmation email to have the Zoom information or cancel your registration later. You can also respond to this email to contact the event organizers.\n\nA reminder email will also be sent the morning of the event.
URL:https://www.onlinewritingcenters.org/calendar/webinar-building-positive-attitudes-toward-asynchronous-feedback/
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SUMMARY:OWCA Reading Club Series Part 2: Practices
DESCRIPTION:Reading club provides a space to discuss writing center scholarship. Based on the article or chapter chosen\, participants will share experiences\, ideas\, strategies\, and questions about online writing centers (OWCs). \nReading Club Series: Grammar and Linguistic Justice at the Online Writing Center\nOWCA is pleased to offer this four-part reading series\, facilitated by Faith Thompson of Salisbury University and Susanne Treiber of Madison Area Technical College\, specifically for tutors in online writing center spaces. From the facilitators: \nWe would like to open a space within OWCA to discuss current trends in linguistic justice scholarship\, which include tutor perspectives and ideologies as well as a focus on the issue of grammar. We want to give tutors the opportunity to reflect on their own experiences\, language identities\, and tutoring practices\, while also learning from others who are exploring how to enact linguistic justice in their writing centers. We are particularly interested in discussing the “g” word – how to turn the theoretical concepts of linguistic justice into practical application at the grammatical\, sentence level. Although we are not using articles exclusive to online tutoring\, knowing that our audience works in online writing centers will allow us to discuss the role of technological innovation\, such as how the rise of AI impacts our conversations on linguistic justice. This reading series will elevate tutor voices\, particularly around how we assist linguistically diverse students. \nSeries Sessions:\nYou can select which session(s) to attend; you do not have to attend all sessions in order to participate.  \nSession Two: Practices \n\nDate: Friday\, August 7 at 1pm EST\nReading: Language Usage Liberation: Applying Rhetorical Grammar in a Tutoring Session (Treiber\, 2025)\n\nSession Three:  Reflections \n\nDate: Friday\, October 9 at 1pm EST\nReading: “How I Speak Doesn’t Really Matter; What I Speak About Does”: BIPOC Tutor Voices on Linguistic Justice in the Writing Center (Ray and Goldin\, 2025)\n\nSession Four: Call to Action \n\nDate: Friday\, November 13 at 1pm EST\nReading: “It’s not what you say; it’s how you say it”: Writing Center Tutors and Their Conceptualizations of Academic Writing in Tutoring Sessions (Thompson\, 2026)\n\nGuidelines for Participating\nReading Club is currently held in a Zoom Pro room. Participation is open to everyone\, including not-yet OWCA members. To ensure a safe space for open communication and interaction\, these sessions will not be recorded. \nRegister\nYou can register for a reading club through the scheduling system below (note: there may be multiple events listed). Follow these steps: \n\nSelect your time zone from the drop-down menu\nClick the “Register” button next to the event you’d like to attend\nFill out the registration form and click “Complete Registration”\nSave your confirmation email to have the Zoom information or cancel your registration later. You can also respond to this email to contact the event organizers.\n\nA reminder email will also be sent the morning of the event.
URL:https://www.onlinewritingcenters.org/calendar/owca-reading-club-series-part-2-practices/
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SUMMARY:OWCA Reading Club Series Part 3: Reflections
DESCRIPTION:Reading club provides a space to discuss writing center scholarship. Based on the article or chapter chosen\, participants will share experiences\, ideas\, strategies\, and questions about online writing centers (OWCs). \nReading Club Series: Grammar and Linguistic Justice at the Online Writing Center\nOWCA is pleased to offer this four-part reading series\, facilitated by Faith Thompson of Salisbury University and Susanne Treiber of Madison Area Technical College\, specifically for tutors in online writing center spaces. From the facilitators: \nWe would like to open a space within OWCA to discuss current trends in linguistic justice scholarship\, which include tutor perspectives and ideologies as well as a focus on the issue of grammar. We want to give tutors the opportunity to reflect on their own experiences\, language identities\, and tutoring practices\, while also learning from others who are exploring how to enact linguistic justice in their writing centers. We are particularly interested in discussing the “g” word – how to turn the theoretical concepts of linguistic justice into practical application at the grammatical\, sentence level. Although we are not using articles exclusive to online tutoring\, knowing that our audience works in online writing centers will allow us to discuss the role of technological innovation\, such as how the rise of AI impacts our conversations on linguistic justice. This reading series will elevate tutor voices\, particularly around how we assist linguistically diverse students. \nSeries Sessions:\nYou can select which session(s) to attend; you do not have to attend all sessions in order to participate.  \nSession Three:  Reflections \n\nDate: Friday\, October 9 at 1pm EST\nReading: “How I Speak Doesn’t Really Matter; What I Speak About Does”: BIPOC Tutor Voices on Linguistic Justice in the Writing Center (Ray and Goldin\, 2025)\n\nSession Four: Call to Action \n\nDate: Friday\, November 13 at 1pm EST\nReading: “It’s not what you say; it’s how you say it”: Writing Center Tutors and Their Conceptualizations of Academic Writing in Tutoring Sessions (Thompson\, 2026)\n\nGuidelines for Participating\nReading Club is currently held in a Zoom Pro room. Participation is open to everyone\, including not-yet OWCA members. To ensure a safe space for open communication and interaction\, these sessions will not be recorded. \nRegister\nYou can register for a reading club through the scheduling system below (note: there may be multiple events listed). Follow these steps: \n\nSelect your time zone from the drop-down menu\nClick the “Register” button next to the event you’d like to attend\nFill out the registration form and click “Complete Registration”\nSave your confirmation email to have the Zoom information or cancel your registration later. You can also respond to this email to contact the event organizers.\n\nA reminder email will also be sent the morning of the event.
URL:https://www.onlinewritingcenters.org/calendar/owca-reading-club-series-part-3-reflections/
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SUMMARY:OWCA Reading Club Series Part 4: Call to Action
DESCRIPTION:Reading club provides a space to discuss writing center scholarship. Based on the article or chapter chosen\, participants will share experiences\, ideas\, strategies\, and questions about online writing centers (OWCs). \nReading Club Series: Grammar and Linguistic Justice at the Online Writing Center\nOWCA is pleased to offer this four-part reading series\, facilitated by Faith Thompson of Salisbury University and Susanne Treiber of Madison Area Technical College\, specifically for tutors in online writing center spaces. From the facilitators: \nWe would like to open a space within OWCA to discuss current trends in linguistic justice scholarship\, which include tutor perspectives and ideologies as well as a focus on the issue of grammar. We want to give tutors the opportunity to reflect on their own experiences\, language identities\, and tutoring practices\, while also learning from others who are exploring how to enact linguistic justice in their writing centers. We are particularly interested in discussing the “g” word – how to turn the theoretical concepts of linguistic justice into practical application at the grammatical\, sentence level. Although we are not using articles exclusive to online tutoring\, knowing that our audience works in online writing centers will allow us to discuss the role of technological innovation\, such as how the rise of AI impacts our conversations on linguistic justice. This reading series will elevate tutor voices\, particularly around how we assist linguistically diverse students. \nSeries Sessions:\nYou can select which session(s) to attend; you do not have to attend all sessions in order to participate.  \nSession Four: Call to Action \n\nDate: Friday\, November 13 at 1pm EST\nReading: “It’s not what you say; it’s how you say it”: Writing Center Tutors and Their Conceptualizations of Academic Writing in Tutoring Sessions (Thompson\, 2026)\n\nGuidelines for Participating\nReading Club is currently held in a Zoom Pro room. Participation is open to everyone\, including not-yet OWCA members. To ensure a safe space for open communication and interaction\, these sessions will not be recorded. \nRegister\nYou can register for a reading club through the scheduling system below (note: there may be multiple events listed). Follow these steps: \n\nSelect your time zone from the drop-down menu\nClick the “Register” button next to the event you’d like to attend\nFill out the registration form and click “Complete Registration”\nSave your confirmation email to have the Zoom information or cancel your registration later. You can also respond to this email to contact the event organizers.\n\nA reminder email will also be sent the morning of the event.
URL:https://www.onlinewritingcenters.org/calendar/owca-reading-club-series-part-4-call-to-action/
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