An abbreviated conference schedule is below. The full conference schedule, including information about parking, Cornell visitor wi-fi, and maps is available as a PDF here.

General Schedule

9:00-10:00 | Registration & Light Breakfast (Biotech Foyer)

10:00-10:30 | Welcome

10:30-11:30 | Session 1

11:45-12:45 | Session 2

12:45-1:45 | Lunch (Biotech Foyer)

2:00-3:00 | Session 3

3:15-4:15 | Session 4

ROOM 1: Biotech G10

10:00- 10:30	Welcome & Opening Reminders Kate Navickas & Nathan Lindberg
10:30-11:30	“The Implications of AI Generated Writing for Multilingual Writers: A Round Table Discussion” (30 minutes) Kathryn Pilliod, Hartwick College   “Analyzing Differences in Appointment Modalities at the University of Rochester Writing Center,” (15 minutes) Carlina Velicer, University of Rochester	AI & Online Tutoring
11:45-12:45	“Navigating AI Integration and Caring Dynamics within Writing Centers,” (30 minutes) Amber Davis, Mariela Canales, Queenie Barnes, Yanelia Fernandez,and Ngabo Mulongoti Long Island University	AI
12:45-1:45	Lunch: Biotech Foyer
2:00- 3:00	“Expanding the Umbrella: How We Cover Neurodiverse Writers & Writers with Disabilities,” (25 minutes) Julia Flynn, Alexis Grippi, Mikayla Peccerillo, Mount St. Mary College   “Radical Listening, Responsive Processes, and Neurodivergent Writers,” (25 minutes) Danielle Del Giudice, Tiffany Lott, Megan Boulerice, Hallie Sebastian, Tennille Knoop and Mary McIntyre, Mohawk Valley Community College	Neurodiversity & Disability
3:15- 4:15	“Beyond Words: Journeying from Representation to Integration,” (25 minutes) Aniqa Akhter, Marie-Therese Nasah, and Derek Imeri, St. John’s University   “Building Community through Initiative Groups,” (25 minutes) Marie-Therese Nasah, Olivia Seaman, and Nam Nguyen, St. John’s University	Diversity

ROOM 2: Ives 217

Cornell Writing Centers Tutors will be available near the registration desk to walk attendees over to Ives Hall (see  map below).

10:30-11:30	“Peer-Tutor Training at St. Lawrence University WORD Studio (Writing Center)” (15 minutes) Hannah Crow, Shantaa Sappleton, Madyson McCarthy, Dr. Melody Denny, St. Lawrence University   “Tutor to Tutor Appointments: Cultivating Sense of Confidence and Community,” (15 minutes) Farhana Islam, SUNY Albany   “Writing Effective Tutor Session Summaries: Cornell University Case Study,” (15 minutes) Elizabeth Bunker, Cornell University	In Our Writing Center
11:45-12:45	“The Writing Center as a Location of Agency,” (25 minutes) Julia Flynn, Mount St. Mary College   ““You write because I’m right”: Authority in peer-tutoring sessions,” (25 minutes) Jill Conti, Diamond Powell, and Morrgan Rosenberg, Rochester Institute of Technology	Agency & Authority
12:45-1:45	Lunch: Biotech Foyer
2:00- 3:00	“Supportive speech, strategies, and spaces: Reapproaching tutoring for multilingual writers,” (15 minutes) Grace Aiono, Cornell University   “Multilingual & Multicultural English Tutoring Approaches: A Panel-Style Discussion,” (30 minutes) Juliana Gonzales Tobon, Zena Casteel, Ru Liu, Maria Anaya, Cornell University	Multilingual Writers
3:15- 4:15	“Supporting STEM Writers at the Writing Center,” (15 minutes) Chaw Akari, Hartwick College   “Writing with Science: Bridging the Gap Between Scientific Writing and Writing Studies,” (30 minutes) Rachel Eisenhart, David Yockel, Ruth Book, Rochester Institute of Technology	STEM

ROOM 3: Biotech G01 

2:00- 3:00	“Embedded Writing Consultants:  Our Initial Efforts in Developing WID Programs at SUNY Poly,” (25 minutes) Donald Moore, Alex Bulson, Eliot Szary, SUNY Polytechnic   ““The Idea of a Writing Center”: Narrativized by Archival Research,” (25 minutes) Sunghyun Lim and Hannah Karim, SUNY Albany	Embedded Tutoring & WC Archives
3:15- 4:15	“Uncomfortabl e Consultations,” (30 minutes) Olivia Rainson, Bella Acierno, Alexa Salerno, Joe Ciaccio, St. John’s University   “Emotional labor in tutoring sessions: training to navigate stressful situations,” (15 minutes) Kira Pawletko, Cornell University	Emotions in Tutoring

 

 

Call for Proposals

We invite undergraduate and graduate peer writing tutors to present and discuss the pressing issues, exciting innovations, practical interventions, and ideas currently circulating in your writing center. We hope that tutors from a wide variety of backgrounds and institutional contexts will share the work that is currently motivating tutoring pedagogy and practice, tutor professional development, tutor training, writing center outreach, and any other components of your program. 

We hope this conference will foster the sharing of a wide variety of content. The list that follows is only a starting point to imagine the types of writing center work you might propose. Proposals should include time needed (15 or 30 minutes) and a brief description (up to 500 words) of a plan. Participants may propose…

15 minutes to…

• Share your writing center’s approach to… hiring, training, professional development, collecting tutoring data, etc.
• Share a new writing handout or resource
• Lead a brief discussion about a quote or excerpt from a scholarly text related to writing center issues or innovations 
• Describe a professional development activity and/or innovation in your writing center 
• Offer a poster presentation 

30 minutes to… 

• Lead a discussion around a particular focus or quote/excerpt from an article 
• Share some writing center data with us to discuss a question it poses or highlight a success story 
• Walk us through a professional development/staff meeting activity 
• Share lesson plans and readings for a week or unit in tutor training
• Offer a presentation (in-process research is great, too!) 
• Demo a brief mock tutoring scenario to open up discussion about a relevant pedagogical concern
• Workshop a writing center handout 
• Share and lead a discussion about a difficult piece of student writing or a difficult tutoring session

While any writing center and tutoring topic is welcome, some inspirational questions that are currently motivating Cornell Writing Center tutors include:

• What is the role of generative AI writing tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Bard) in tutoring sessions? How can we use these tools ethically? What should the boundaries around their use be? 
• How do we enact an antiracist pedagogy in tutoring sessions and as a writing center? How do we train tutors in antiracist approaches? 
• How do we support neurodiverse writers and avoid deficit-model approaches to disability? 
• How do we develop flexible and responsive approaches to supporting multilingual writers? 
• How can we diversify our staff and foster ethical and inclusive hiring practices? 
• What is the emotional labor of tutoring? How can tutors balance supporting the well-being of writers and maintaining their own boundaries? How can writing center policies better support tutors’ well-being? 
• How is your writing center now using online tutoring, asynchronous feedback, or face-to-face tutoring? What Covid tutoring practices have you maintained and which have you moved away from and why? 

Dates & Deadlines 

The deadline for proposals is February 1, 2024. 

Submit Proposals here: https://forms.gle/HNkhRUFkJhcMX1Vz5 

Register here. Please note you will need to complete the registration separately for each person in your party.

Registration for the conference will cost $32 if you register by April 1. After that date, registration will cost $45. Registration fees cover the costs of morning refreshments, a catered lunch, and our use of the space. Please register by April 1 if you need accommodations. 

Currently, there are no plans for this conference to be streamed or available online.