Praxis 17.3: Well-Being in the Writing Center is here!

We here at Praxis are proud to present our summer 2020 issue, available as a PDF and web-based individual articles as always, open-access, on our website.

For us, as for many of you, this spring and summer have been a time of immense changes, re-evaluations of our work and our working conditions, and re-imagining what we need to be and how we need to work going forward. The issue we present this summer includes pieces that address the ways we take care of our staffs, our tutors, our colleagues, and ourselves during this time. Some pieces were written during the global pandemic, some were revised in light of it, and some present concerns that have become all the more pressing as broader conversations about labor, wellness, and justice have taken center stage in public discourse. All of these cultural conversations come to life in the daily work of the writing center. Praxis has always hoped to be part of and to facilitate such conversations, and we hope to do so in these strange—and now even more digital, for many of us—times. 

Finally, we here at Praxis want to moment to thank our readers and our most brilliant and diligent review board for their continued support, especially in these uncertain times. On a more personal note, I (Tristin) must also take a moment to say goodbye. I have been serving as a Praxis editor since 2017, and, with this issue, am reaching the end of my term. I have been so proud and grateful to be with the Praxis team, and to be part of all of the wonderful conversations we’ve had here, on our website, and in person. I certainly hope to continue those conversations, even as I step down from editing this journal, itself. In the fall, my wonderful co-editor, Fiza, will continue, and our in-coming editor will introduce themselves to you to begin the next phase of Praxis. We’re all so grateful to be here with the writing center community, and we thank you all for being part of it, too.