Axis: the Praxis blog

What happens when we write? Why do we teach writing the way we do? How does writing education engage with questions of race, gender, accessibility, and cultural difference? How does the writing center function as an interdisciplinary space?

Axis extends the writing center conversation from Praxis, our peer reviewed scholarly journal, into a public forum. Exploratory, experimental, and informative, the blog speaks to questions on the cutting edge of writing center theory and practice. Axis features writing from undergraduate and graduate educators at the University of Texas at Austin, and guest writers from universities across the United States.

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We here at Praxis are proud to present our Spring 2021 issue, available as a PDF and web-based individual articles as always, open-access, on our website.

This issue includes pieces that address the ways we can study, explore, and learn from the various types of responses that take place routinely in the writing center. As this past year has further enhanced and exposed many of the flaws in our current systems and practices, with this issue, we put our focus on listening and learning.

Finally, we here at Praxis want to take a 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 (Fiza) must also take a moment to say goodbye. I have been serving as a Praxis editor since 2019, 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 the wonderful conversations we’ve had here, on our website, and in person.