Nov 12 2007
About Clint Gardner
Since I started in writing centers, I have learned a great deal about their theory and practice, one-to-one instruction, peer tutoring and the uses of computers in composition classrooms. My role as Student Writing Center Coordinator at Salt Lake Community College allows me to teach writing to students diverse backgrounds, but also allows me to teach writing tutors how to respond more effectively to their peers. I have also had the opportunity to serve the writing center community as a whole in the International Writing Centers Association as Web Editor, Community College Representative, as President, and now as Past President. One of my goals is to bring writing center theory and practice to a broader and more diverse audience. I also serve as Secretary for the Two-year College Association (TYCA) of the National Council of Teachers of English.
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Clint Gardner is the Coordinator of the Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) Student Writing Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. He currently serves as Past President of the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA), (having completed his two-year term as President in 2007), and as Secretary of the Two-year College Association (TYCA) of the National Council of Teachers of English. His writing center research and development include the work of peer writing consultants (tutors) in a community college writing center and the use of online resources to bring writing center services who cannot attend the Student Writing Center in person. One the most important aspects of his writing center work is to support and offer feedback to the student writers who come to the SLCC Student Writing Center, as well as to the SLCC Students who work as peer writing consultants in the Center. Clint teaches college composition and literature with a particular interest in discourse studies and genre theory. His literary interest include Shakespeare and British Modernists.
