Interested in becoming a peer tutor? Please email the coordinator, Dr. Tatiana Glushko, at tatiana.glushko@ngskmc-eis.net. You can also ask a tutor. Your professional development will begin with taking ENG 310 or HON-110 (if you are an Honors College student). To register for the 1-hour course, you will need to have completed 15 hours of course work at JSU, be recommended by one of your instructors, and have an overall GPA of 2.5.
Tutor Development Courses
ENG310/HON110 Tutoring Writing in a Global Context
ENG 311: Issues in Tutoring Writing
资源 for Peer Tutors in Writing
[If you find a source about a particular tutoring problem that seems helpful, 请让我们知道, so we can add that information here.]
To learn more about how tutoring in the writing center prepares you for your career, 请参考以下三点 Writing Lab 新闻letter (WLN)文章:
Putting Your Writing Center Experience to Work 丽莎·惠伦著
Shaping Careers in the Writing Center 凯瑟琳·韦尔奇
Tutoring Writing as Career Development by Sue Dinitz and Jean Kiedaisch
To learn more about how tutors work with writers, watch these tutorial recordings:
Becoming an Ally: Tutoring Multilingual Writers (from Ohio University)
Writing Center Journals
WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship
专业 Organizations
Mississippi Writing Center Association (MSWCA)
Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA)
Our writing consultants are trained to work with students on a wide range of writing projects, 包括:
- Academic papers and essays
- 研究 proposals and papers
- Personal statements and scholarship applications
- Lab reports and scientific papers
- 创意写作
- Business and technical writing
Our Richard Wright Writing Center for Writing, 修辞, and 研究 is open to all students and our services are provided free of charge. We offer both online and in-person consultations and we schedule appointments in advance or welcome walk-ins.
Our goal is to help students become more confident and proficient writers and to empower them to take ownership of their own learning and writing process. Whether you are struggling with a specific writing assignment or just want to improve your writing skills, 我们是来帮忙的.