NSU Writing and Communication Center Executive Director Publishes article in WLN- Journal of Writing Center Scholarship

Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D., Executive Director of the NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC) published “How Course-Embedded Consultants and Faculty Perceive the Benefits of Course-Embedded Writing Consultant Programs,” in WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, vol. 44, no. 7-8.

In the article Dvorak published with along with Julia Bleakney and Paula Rosinski from Elon University, Russell Carpenter from Eastern Kentucky, and Scott Whiddon from Transylvania University, Dvorak et al. studied how embedded tutoring helps first-year composition students achieve course learning outcomes and how course-embedded consultants (CECs) and faculty perceive the benefits. Dvorak, et al. conducted a survey that examined several benefits of CEC programs across four different institutions.

The research not only highlights the several benefits of CEC programs that apply across differing institutional types, but the findings suggest, “CECs believe the work they are doing with students reinforces a long-standing goal for writing centers: providing students with interactions and experiences that help them identify, develop, and hone their own writing processes” (14).

Each semester, the WCC works with faculty to identify potential undergraduate “writing-enriched” (WE) courses. These courses include significant writing through the discourse. The WCC then provides Writing Fellows to each WE course. Writing Fellows are course-embedded writing and communication consultants who assist students with their writing assignments for their particular course.

To learn more about the NSU Writing and Communication Center, visit https://www.nova.edu/wcc/.