Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Politics and Pedagogy of Sharing Common Ground | Steven J. Corbett, Teagan E. Decker, and Maria L. Soriano Young, with contributions from Hillory Oakes, Elizabeth Busekrus Blackmon, Alexis Hart, Robyn Rohde, Cassandra Book, Virginia Cran
Part One: Grand Narratives and Spirited Metaphors
1. The Spatial Landscape of the Learning Commons: A Political Shift to the (Writing) Center | Elizabeth Busekrus Blackmon, Alexis Hart, and Robyn Rohde
2. Questioning the “Streamlining” Narrative: Writing Centers’ Role in New Learning Commons | Cassandra Book
3. On Shopping Malls and Farmers’ Markets: An Argument for Writing Center Spaces in the University and the Community | Helen Raica-Klotz and Christopher Giroux
Part Two: Peripheral Visions
4. Scientific Writing as Multiliteracy: A Study of Disciplinarity Limitations in Writing Centers and Learning Commons | Robby Nadler, Kristen Miller, and Charles A. Braman
5. Tradeoffs, Not Takeovers: A Learning Center/Writing Center Collaboration for Tutor Training | Virginia Crank
6. New Paradigms in Shared Space: 2015 Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association Conference Keynote Address and Postscript | Nathalie Singh-Corcoran
Part Three: The Writing Center, Library, and Learning Commons Connection
7. Integrating Writing and Research Centers: Student, Writing Tutor, and Research Consultant Perspectives | David Stock and Suzanne Julian
8. “Experts among Us”: Exploring the Recursive Space of Research and Writing Collaborations through Tutor Training | Celeste Del Russo
9. The Tales We Tell: Applying Peripheral Vision to Build a Successful Learning Commons Partnership | Alice Batt and Michele Ostrow
Part Four: Cautious Optimisms
10. Breaking the Silos | Patricia Egbert
11. Sharing “Common” Ground within a Success Center: Welcomed Changes, Uncomfortable Changes, and Promising Compromises | Kathleen Richards
Conclusion: Toward Sharing the Common Ground of Student Success | Maria L. Soriano Young, Teagan E. Decker, and Steven J. Corbett
Index
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