Cadet Writing Fellows Present Papers at MAWCA Conference

Three Cadet Writing Fellows presented scholarly papers at the annual conference of the Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association (MAWCA). Their panel, "The Stories We Must Share: The Role of Narrative in Revision, Compositional Rhythms, and Civic Conversations in the Writing Center," was chaired by Dr. Jason Hoppe and emerged, in part, from his recent scholarly post on the Axis Blog of Praxis: A Writing Center Journal. In their panel, cadets examined the conference theme of activism in relation to the civic and ethical imperatives military service imposes on some tutors (CDT Danny Nguyen '18; American Politics) as well as the practical implications of narrative craft for teaching revision (CDT Helen Schroeder '20; English) and of analogy for supporting rhythmic composition (CDT Maya Kuang '19; Life Science). In all, MAWCA gathered over two hundred scholar-practitioners from Writing Centers across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic; cadets attended many sessions in addition to their own, as well as to visit the Rowan Writing Center. They also met with Dr. Vivek Freitas, a Graduate Writing Fellow at the Mounger Writing Center, who presented his own work, "Spaces of Possibility: Counterarguments and Emerging College Scholars," on another panel. CDT Maya Kuang's paper was presented in absentia by Dr. Jason Hoppe.