Writing Center Administrators as Campus Leaders, (Paperback)

<p><i>Writing Center Administrators as Campus Leaders</i> challenges the current erasure of the WCA role within discourse on campus leadership by highlighting the various ways these leaders have had transformative impacts on their institutions, emphasizing the wide range of knowledge, skills, and added value that WCAs bring to the university ecosystem.</p><p>Contributors from diverse institutions, institutional contexts, identity formations, and career paths theorize different forms of leadership from within and beyond writing centers. The first section brings together perspectives on leadership theory and practice, focusing on the practical gains offered and challenges afforded via writing center professional pathways. The second section emphasizes partnerships and networks forged through intentional and creative leadership models. In the final section, contributors consider the emotional and affective dimensions of WCA labor, offering multiple roadmaps for WCAs to transition their experiences into more recognition, resources, and broader administrative roles while underscoring the potential of inclusive, community-focused leadership for current and aspiring WCAs.</p><p>Providing key insights and practical examples, <i>Writing Center Administrators as Campus Leaders</i> validates and inspires current and future WCAs and informs university administrators on the ways that WCAs can and do impact higher education as true campus leaders.</p>

• Writing Center Administrators as Campus Leaders, (Paperback)
• Author: Candis Bond
• ISBN: 9781646428663
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-09-10
• Page Count: 288