{"195041":{"#nid":"195041","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Communication Center and Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom February 21 to February 23, nine members of the Communication Center staff gave presentations at the annual Southeastern Writing Center Association conference held at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale. SWCA brings in scholars and teachers from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAllison Braden and Lauren Townsend, both GT Undergraduates, received Presidential Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) travel stipends for their work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFollowing is a list of the presentations and people involved. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHow Does Tutoring Influence Teaching? \u2013 A Case Study of Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EMalavika Shetty, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003EKaren Head, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003EChristopher Weedman, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003EBrandy Blake, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPreparing Staff for ESL Tutoring at a New Communication Center\u003Cbr \/\u003EJoy Bracewell, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003EAllison Braden, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003ELauren Townsend, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003EMalavika Shetty, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESilver Beanbags and Other Ways to Use Space to Destigmatize Tutoring Sessions\u003Cbr \/\u003EKaren Head, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETutoring a Postdisciplinary Culture: Emerging Systems of Disciplinarity in Writing Center Practice\u003Cbr \/\u003EJuliette Kitchens, Nova Southeastern University\u003Cbr \/\u003EJulie Hawk, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EConfidentiality and Collaboration: Tutoring Between Writing Center and Classroom\u003Cbr \/\u003ENoah Mass, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERethinking Grammar Instruction: Empowering Tutors to More Comprehensively Address Tutees\u2019 Needs and Concerns\u003Cbr \/\u003EKaren Head, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom February 21 to February 23, nine members of the Communication Center staff gave presentations at the annual Southeastern Writing Center Association conference held at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale. SWCA brings in scholars and teachers from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27725","created_gmt":"2013-02-25 12:30:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:44","author":"Carol Senf","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"195051":{"id":"195051","type":"image","title":"SWCA Logo","body":null,"created":"1449179891","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:58:11","changed":"1475894846","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:26","alt":"SWCA Logo","file":{"fid":"196396","name":"conference_logo_for_web.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/conference_logo_for_web_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/conference_logo_for_web_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":30644,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/conference_logo_for_web_0.jpg?itok=fM-M5Yr5"}}},"media_ids":["195051"],"groups":[{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"340","name":"collaboration"},{"id":"3748","name":"communication"},{"id":"4718","name":"esl"},{"id":"4402","name":"tutoring"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:karen.head@lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekaren.head@lmc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}