Praxis: A Writing Center Journal • Vol. 21, No. 3 (2024)

About the Authors

Don Moore is a graduate of the University of Memphis with a PhD in composition studies whose dissertation focuses on activity theory and the history of writing center development. Don is the Writing and Communications Center Coordinator and Writing Program Coordinator at SUNY Polytechnic in Utica, NY. 

Jo Mackiewicz is a professor of rhetoric and professional communication at Iowa State University. Her recent book, Writing Center Talk over Time: A Mixed-Method Study, won the International Writing Centers Association’s Outstanding Book Award.

Isabelle Thompson is Emeritus Professor of Technical and Professional Communication and former director of the English Center at Auburn University. 

Julia Bleakney is Director of The Writing Center within the Center for Writing Excellence and Associate Professor of English at Elon University, NC. Her teaching and research focuses on writing center theory and praxis, mentoring, and professional development. Her recent publications include the co-authored “Timely, Relevant, Practical:  A Study of Writing Center Summer Institute Alumni Perceptions of Value and Benefits" in Writing Center Journal (2023) and the co-edited collection Writing Beyond the University: Preparing Lifelong Learners for Lifewide Writing (2022). She is co-editor of WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship.

Julia Herman is an undergraduate student at Elon University, NC, class of 2024, majoring in Public Health Studies and minoring in Professional Writing Studies. She was a Disciplinary Writing Consultant for a Public Health Studies course in 2023.

Paula Rosinski is Professor of Professional Writing and Rhetoric and Director of Writing Across the University in the Center for Writing Excellence at Elon University, NC. Her teaching and research focus on multimodal and visual rhetoric, writing beyond the university, transfer between academic and professional contexts, AI-enhanced writing strategies, and faculty development.

Melanie Doyle is an educational developer and sessional instructor at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador where she is also completing her PhD. She has been teaching critical reading and writing courses for nearly seven years, and her research interests include reading instruction in writing-in-the-disciplines courses.