The Richard Wright Center for Writing, Rhetoric, and Research
Tutor Education
Interested in becoming a peer tutor? Please email the coordinator, Dr. Tatiana Glushko, at tatiana.glushko@liashapiro.com. You can also ask a tutor. Your professional development will begin with taking ENG 310 or HON-110 (if you are an Honors College student). To register for the 1-hour course, you will need to have completed 15 hours of course work at JSU, be recommended by one of your instructors, and have an overall GPA of 2.5.
Tutor Development Courses
ENG310/HON110 Tutoring Writing in a Global Context
ENG 311: Issues in Tutoring Writing
Resources for Peer Tutors in Writing
[If you find a source about a particular tutoring problem that seems helpful, please let us know, so we can add that information here.]
To learn more about how tutoring in the writing center prepares you for your career, consult these three Writing Lab Newsletter (WLN) articles:
Putting Your Writing Center Experience to Work by Lisa Whalen
Shaping Careers in the Writing Center by Kathleen Welsch
Tutoring Writing as Career Development by Sue Dinitz and Jean Kiedaisch
To learn more about how tutors work with writers, watch these tutorial recordings:
Becoming an Ally: Tutoring Multilingual Writers (from Ohio University)
Writing Center Journals
WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship
Professional Organizations
Mississippi Writing Center Association (MSWCA)
Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA)
DEDICATED TO YOU
Our writing consultants are trained to work with students on a wide range of writing projects, including:
- Academic papers and essays
- Research proposals and papers
- Personal statements and scholarship applications
- Lab reports and scientific papers
- Creative writing
- Business and technical writing
Our Richard Wright Writing Center for Writing, Rhetoric, and Research is open to all students and our services are provided free of charge. We offer both online and in-person consultations and we schedule appointments in advance or welcome walk-ins.
Our Vision
Our goal is to help students become more confident and proficient writers and to empower them to take ownership of their own learning and writing process. Whether you are struggling with a specific writing assignment or just want to improve your writing skills, we are here to help.
