Jo Mackiewicz is a professor of rhetoric and professional communication at Iowa State University. Recently, she published the books The Aboutness of Writing Center Talk and Writing Center Talk over Time. With Isabelle Thompson, she has published a number of articles about writing center discourse, as well as the book Talk about Writing, now in its second edition.Rebecca Day Babcock is the William and Ordelle Watts Professor at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. She also serves as director of undergraduate research. Her latest books are Writing Centers and Disability (with Sharifa Daniels) and Researching the Writing Center: Towards an Evidence-Based Practice (with Terese Thonus; revised edition).

• 1. Introduction to the Collection Part 1:Theories 2. Vygotskyan Learning Theory 3. Genre Theory: A Research Approach for Understanding Learning, Agency, and Materiality in the Writing Center 4. Writing Center Research and Critical Race Theory 5. Category Is… Queer Theory, Queering Research and Queerer Centers 6. Bringing Feminist Theory Home 7. Transfer Theory: A Guide to Transfer-focused Writing Center Research 8.Writing Center Research and Disability Theory 9. Activity Theory 10. Second Language Acquisition Theories and Writing Center Research Part 2: Methods 11. Grounded Theory: Explanations and Possibilities 12. Ethnography—More or Less 13. Histories, Historiographies, and Historical Research in the Writing Center 14. The Potential of Writing Center Case Study Research Design as Public Scholarship Chapter 15. Extending Our Research: Meta-Analysis in the Writing Center 16. Rhetorical Analysis: Choices in Exploring and Connecting Our Writing Center Studies and Stories 17. Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Conversation Analysis 18. Corpus Approaches to Writing Center Research 19. Survey Methods for Research and Assessment in Writing Centers 20. Mixed Methods Research in Writing Centers 21. Conclusion

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Jo Mackiewicz is a professor of rhetoric and professional communication at Iowa State University. Recently, she published the books The Aboutness of Writing Center Talk and Writing Center Talk over Time. With Isabelle Thompson, she has published a number of articles about writing center discourse, as well as the book Talk about Writing, now in its second edition.Rebecca Day Babcock is the William and Ordelle Watts Professor at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. She also serves as director of undergraduate research. Her latest books are Writing Centers and Disability (with Sharifa Daniels) and Researching the Writing Center: Towards an Evidence-Based Practice (with Terese Thonus; revised edition).

• 1. Introduction to the Collection Part 1:Theories 2. Vygotskyan Learning Theory 3. Genre Theory: A Research Approach for Understanding Learning, Agency, and Materiality in the Writing Center 4. Writing Center Research and Critical Race Theory 5. Category Is… Queer Theory, Queering Research and Queerer Centers 6. Bringing Feminist Theory Home 7. Transfer Theory: A Guide to Transfer-focused Writing Center Research 8.Writing Center Research and Disability Theory 9. Activity Theory 10. Second Language Acquisition Theories and Writing Center Research Part 2: Methods 11. Grounded Theory: Explanations and Possibilities 12. Ethnography—More or Less 13. Histories, Historiographies, and Historical Research in the Writing Center 14. The Potential of Writing Center Case Study Research Design as Public Scholarship Chapter 15. Extending Our Research: Meta-Analysis in the Writing Center 16. Rhetorical Analysis: Choices in Exploring and Connecting Our Writing Center Studies and Stories 17. Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Conversation Analysis 18. Corpus Approaches to Writing Center Research 19. Survey Methods for Research and Assessment in Writing Centers 20. Mixed Methods Research in Writing Centers 21. Conclusion

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Jo Mackiewicz is a professor of rhetoric and professional communication at Iowa State University. Recently, she published the books The Aboutness of Writing Center Talk and Writing Center Talk over Time. With Isabelle Thompson, she has published a number of articles about writing center discourse, as well as the book Talk about Writing, now in its second edition.Rebecca Day Babcock is the William and Ordelle Watts Professor at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. She also serves as director of undergraduate research. Her latest books are Writing Centers and Disability (with Sharifa Daniels) and Researching the Writing Center: Towards an Evidence-Based Practice (with Terese Thonus; revised edition).

• 1. Introduction to the Collection Part 1:Theories 2. Vygotskyan Learning Theory 3. Genre Theory: A Research Approach for Understanding Learning, Agency, and Materiality in the Writing Center 4. Writing Center Research and Critical Race Theory 5. Category Is… Queer Theory, Queering Research and Queerer Centers 6. Bringing Feminist Theory Home 7. Transfer Theory: A Guide to Transfer-focused Writing Center Research 8.Writing Center Research and Disability Theory 9. Activity Theory 10. Second Language Acquisition Theories and Writing Center Research Part 2: Methods 11. Grounded Theory: Explanations and Possibilities 12. Ethnography—More or Less 13. Histories, Historiographies, and Historical Research in the Writing Center 14. The Potential of Writing Center Case Study Research Design as Public Scholarship Chapter 15. Extending Our Research: Meta-Analysis in the Writing Center 16. Rhetorical Analysis: Choices in Exploring and Connecting Our Writing Center Studies and Stories 17. Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Conversation Analysis 18. Corpus Approaches to Writing Center Research 19. Survey Methods for Research and Assessment in Writing Centers 20. Mixed Methods Research in Writing Centers 21. Conclusion

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