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A Writing Center Journal

Axis: the Praxis blog

What happens when we write? Why do we teach writing the way we do? How does writing education engage with questions of race, gender, accessibility, and cultural difference? How does the writing center function as an interdisciplinary space?

Axis extends the writing center conversation from Praxis, our peer reviewed scholarly journal, into a public forum. Exploratory, experimental, and informative, the blog speaks to questions on the cutting edge of writing center theory and practice. Axis features writing from undergraduate and graduate educators at the University of Texas at Austin, and guest writers from universities across the United States.

April 01, 2015

When Assignments Are Gay—And So Are You

April 01, 2015/ Praxis Admin

I was sure I’d heard wrong. But, no, when I replayed our conversation, that’s exactly what he said within the first minutes of our consultation. “This assignment is just so gay.”

November 01, 2014

Back to the Writing Center: Greetings from Trish Roberts-Miller

November 01, 2014/ Trish Roberts-Miller

It’s five o’clock on a Monday afternoon, and, while much of campus is shutting down, the Writing Center is buzzing with conversation: there are eight consultations going on, two students checking in, one student filling out an evaluation, a consultant writing a note. Walking through, you hear, over and over, the same thing: consultants asking students about their papers.