Accomplishments
Many of our tutors have presented at conferences, including the MCELA conference, and published their work in academic journals. Explore the page below to learn more about our tutors’ accomplishments!
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Some of Our Consultants’ published work
Laurel Dorr’s
article “Training Writing Center Tutors
to Support Creative Writing Students” was published in the September 2025 edition of the Maine Council for English Language Arts Northwords journal.
Cara Morgan’s
interactive multimodal piece, Mentoring Tutors-in-Training: A Peer-Educator’s Role in Shaping Writing Center Practice was published in the Spring 2019 edition of Queen City Writers.
Lindsey Ruggiero
article, Underrepresenting Empathy in the Writing Center, was published in the Spring 2020 Issue of The Dangling Modifier’s peer consultant magazine.
Connor Ferguson and Paisley Keene
were published in the same issue of The Dangling Modifier, a peer-reviewed journal by peer-consultants. Check out Connor’s work titled Accessibility and Visibility in Writing Centers and Paisley’s titled What’s in a Name?
Arend Thibodeau’s
article, The Humanities Need a Better Understanding of the Human Condition, was also published.
MCELA 2024
At the 2024 Maine Council for English Language Arts, consultants Madelyn Kohr, Anna Grierson, Sydney Kraft, Liv Joan, and Chantelle Flores presented on unconventional teaching methods and how they can be utilized in the Writing Center. This was the UMaine Writing Center’s first presentation at a conference since COVID-19.
Newca 2019
Consultants Amy Dias, Will Rosenberger, Paisley Keene, Cara Morgan, and Connor Ferguson, along with Writing Center Director Paige Mitchell, presented at Northeast Writing Centers Association in 2019
Cwwtc 2018
Consultants Sam Johnson and Chris Hunter presented at the Colorado and Wyoming Writing Tutor Conference in 2018
MCELA 2017
Consultants Emma Barnes, Cara Morgan, Molly Masters, Amelia Reinhardt, Tyler O’Keefe, Catherine Gottwalt, Parker Midura, and Brady Andrews presented at the Maine Council for English Language Arts in 2017
Writing Center Honors
In addition to conferences and published works, our consultants have also won awards, including the NEWCA Undergraduate Essay Award and various awards within the UMaine English Department.