Food for Thought: A Graduate Writing Program

Adrian R. Salgado; Adrian R. Salgado; Xuan Jiang

The Peer Review Sep 2021 web Open Access

Food for Thought: A Graduate Writing Program

Adrian R. Salgado ; Adrian R. Salgado ; Xuan Jiang

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In this reflective paper, the authors share the trials of their writing center’s graduate writing program as it transitioned from fully physical and in person pre-COVID to fully virtual during COVID. The graduate writing program aims to help establish a channel for graduate students from the stage of completing coursework to that of completing graduate degrees when attrition is likely to happen. With four semesters and three phases, the current writing group program includes the following features: multitudinous collaborations, allocated space, appropriate accountability, and progressive reciprocity. These features have increased student retention and improved student isolation, creating opportunities for companionship in academic writing. As a result, this has increased the success of participating graduate programs. The authors’ accumulated reflections contribute to writing center practice with the aim of developing similar writing support programs in other centers and contributing to writing center scholarship as another layer of experiential introduction to more Replicable, Agreeable and Data-supported (RAD) research studies. Keywords : multitudinous collaborations, allocated space, appropriate accountability, progressive reciprocity

Journal: The Peer Review
Published: 2021-09
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Topics: graduate education writing centers
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