All Writers Welcome: An Exploratory Study of the Potential Value of Academic Writing Center and Adult Community-Based Literacy Center Partnerships

<p>Writing center practices have been widely accepted as beneficial for literacy development, especially given the ubiquitous nature of writing. However, many off-campus communities lack writing support as visible, organized, and well-documented as that available to those on-campus through writing centers. Further, while evidence of writing center community-engaged initiatives exists anecdotally, research identifying the possible impact of such efforts on specific community partners and populations is limited. Hence, this study explores how literacy is supported in university/college writing centers and adult community-based literacy centers. Survey and interview data suggest the potential value that community-engaged projects between the two are likely to produce, as well as their unique challenges. For writing center and community literacy center practitioners interested in creating community writing spaces and/or exploring community engagement projects, study findings present important considerations for future collaborations and challenge existing assumptions of institutionalized and community literacy distribution.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW)

Level thesis:degree_level

Capstone

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Bennett, Allison

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Laura McGrath
• Dr. Lara Smith-Sitton

• writing center
• community engagement
• community literacy
• adult learners
• community literacy centers
• Reading and Language

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/mapw_etd/35

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu:mapw_etd-1037