Praxis: A Writing Center Journal 2022 web Open Access

Tutor Alums Doing Good: A Qualitative Study of the Character Strengths of Writing Tutor Alumni

Molly Parsons ; Emma K. Brown

Abstract

This article draws on data from 12 interviews with peer writing tutor alumni to demonstrate how their writing center training and experiences prepared them to work toward good (i.e., social justice or peace or rhetorical civility) in their post-graduation contexts. Recent scholarship in both writing center studies and writing studies calls for a redoubling of social justice efforts in our field (see Duffy, 2019 and Greenfield, 2020). This article asks how the field will recognize or know success in such efforts. Data from

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