The National Writing Centers Association as Mooring: A Personal History of the First Decade

Authors

Joyce Kinkead, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Writing Center Journal

Volume

16

Issue

4/2

Publication Date

1996

First Page

131

Last Page

143

Abstract

Recounts a history of the National Writing Centers Association based on the author's personal recollection and minutes, back issues of "The Writing Center Journal" and "Writing Lab Newsletter," miscellaneous correspondence, and convention proceedings and programs. Explains why the organization exists and what road led the founders to it. (TB)

Comments

Reprinted in: The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Writing Center Theory and Practice

Recommended Citation

Kinkead, J. A. “The National Writing Centers Association as Mooring: A Personal History of the First Decade,” The Writing Center Journal 16.2 (1996): 131-143. Reprinted in The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Writing Center Theory and Practice, ed. Robert W. Barnett and Jacob S. Blumner, 2001.