Awards

Bond, Candis. High Five Your Faculty Award. Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship. Augusta University. 2023 (nominated by Kaylee Klosson). 

Center for Writing Excellence, Southeastern Writing Center Association Center Acknowledgement and Recognition of Excellence (CARE) Certification, 2019 (certification valid for five years).

Garner, James Donathan, James L. Kinneavy Prize for Scholarship in Rhetoric and Composition, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, University of Texas at Austin, 2017.

Klosson, Kaylee. Distinction of Excellence in Research. Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship. Augusta University. 2023 ("The Student's Choice: An Investigation into Consultation Modality Preference," advisor: Candis bond).

Klosson, Kaylee, Undergraduate Tutor Award, Southeastern Writing Center Association, 2022.

O’Keefe, Alison, 2022 Best Honors Thesis (Liberal Arts Category), Augusta University Honors Program (“AU STEM Students’ Perceptions and Use of the Writing Center,” advisor: Candis Bond).

O'Keefe, Alison. Distinction of Excellence in Research. Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship. Augusta University. 2022 (“AU STEM Students’ Perceptions and Use of the Writing Center,” advisor: Candis Bond).

 

Publications

Armistead, Marguerite, LaKela Atkinson, Candis Bond, and Beth A. Towle. "Lessons from Early-Career Writing Center Administrators: An SWCA Conference Keynote Retrospective." Southern Discourse in the Center: A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation, vol. 26, no. 2, winter 2022. 

Barge, Summer. "Exploring the Role of Emotions in Consultations with English Language Learners." The Peer Review, vo. 7, no. 2, spring 2023, https://thepeerreview-iwca.org/issues/issue-7-2/

Bond, Candis. “Leveling the Playing Field in Composition? Findings from a Writing Fellow Pilot.” Southern Discourse in the Center: A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation, vol. 24, no. 2, fall 2020, pp. 37-60. Invited publication, https://www.southeasternwritingcenter.org/resources/SD_Archive/articles/24_2/SDC_24-2_Fall2020_Bond.pdf

Bond, Candis. “Minding the (Gender) Gap: A Rhetorical Approach to Teaching STEMM Students about Citation Styles.”  WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, vol. 44, nos. 7-8, March/April 2020, pp. 18-25, https://www.wlnjournal.org/archives/v44/44.7-8.pdf

Bond, Candis. “‘I need help on many things please’: A Case Study Analysis of First-Generation College Students’ Use of the Writing Center.” The Writing Center Journal, vol. 37, no. 2, 2019, pp. 163-198, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26922021

Butler, Brenna Jennifer Ann Morrow, Hannah Soblo, and Kirsten Benson, “International Graduate Students’ Perceptions of Their Scholarly Written and Oral Communication Needs,” CATESOL Journal, vol. 32, no. 1, 2020-2021, pp. 68-79, https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1322398

Eidson, Logan. “Cautionary Citizen.“ The Dangling Modifier, vol. 2018, no. 1, 2018, https://sites.psu.edu/thedanglingmodifier/cautionary-citizen/

Garner, James Donathan, “Keep Writing Centers Weird,” Where Have We Been, Where Are We Going?, WAC Clearinghouse, forthcoming.

Hillman, Morgan. "Introvert vs. Extrovert: Who is Championed in the Center?" The Peer Review, vo. 7, no. 2, spring 2023, https://thepeerreview-iwca.org/issues/issue-7-2/

Osborne, Christian, and Candis Bond. “Emotional Labor, Postnatal Writerly Identity: Postpartum Depression and the Writing Center.” The Peer Review, vol. 4, no. 0, 2020, https://thepeerreview-iwca.org/issues/issue-4-0/emotional-labor-postnatal-writerly-identity-postpartum-depression-and-the-writing-center/

Saenkhum, Tanita, and Hannah Soblo, “Responding to the University’s Internationalization: Establishing Placement Mechanisms for Cross-Cultural Composition,” Building International Spaces, U of Michigan P, 2022.

Wilson, Joseph Anthony, and Hannah Soblo. “Transfer and Transformation in Multilingual Student Writing,” Journal of English for Academic Purposes, vol. 44, 2019, pp. 1-13, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2019.100812

 

Keynotes and Invited Speaking Engagements

Bond, Candis, Karen Moroski-Rigney, LaKela Atkinson, Marguerite Armistead, and Beth Towle, “Keynote Panel: Early-Career Writing Center Administrators,” Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference, virtual, 2022.

Bond, Candis, Scott Whiddon, and Carolyn Wisniewski, “Promoting Undergraduate Research in the Writing Center,” webinar, Online Writing Center Association, 2022.

Nacci, Sabrina, and Candis Bond, “Embedded Consulting Programs,” Tutor Training Seminar, Transylvania University, 2021.

Saenkhum, Tanita, and Hannah Soblo, “Assessing L2 Writing in Classroom Contexts: Student and Teacher Perspectives,” English Language Institute, Knoxville, TN, 2018.

 

Augusta University CURS Projects

Garrett, Elyse. "Objectivity Versus Subjectivity in STEM Writing and Writing Centers." Phi Kappa Phi Student Research and Fine Arts Conference, 2022.

Klosson, Kaylee, CURS researcher, “The Student’s Choice: An Analysis of Student Consultation Modality Preference” (IRB: 1947337-1, advisor: Candis Bond), 2021-Present.

O’Keefe, Alison, CURS researcher and Summer Scholar, “STEM Students’ Perceptions and Use of the AU Writing Center” (IRB: 1696275-2, advisor: Candis Bond), 2020-2021.

Contact Us

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706-737-1402

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Conference Presentations

International and National

International Writing Center Association

Barge, Summer, “Exploring the Role of Emotions in Consultations with English Language Learners,” Vancouver, B.C., 2022.

Bond, Candis, and Elisabeth Buck, “Preliminary Findings from a Study Exploring the Performative Dimensions and Identity Politics of Reviewing for Writing Center Journals,” Vancouver, B.C., 2022.

Bond, Candis, and Elisabeth Buck, “Who are You, When You Review? A Roundtable Exploring the Performative Dimensions and Identity Politics of Reviewing for Writing Center Journals,” virtual, 2021.

Bond, Candis, and Joy Bracewell, “Making a Place for Ourselves: The Professional Labor of Writing Center Placemaking,” virtual, 2021.

Bond, Candis, “IWCA Mentor-Match Panel,” invited discussant, leaders Molly Rentscher and Maureen McBride, virtual, 2021.

Bond, Candis, Rachel Herzl-Betz, and Jollina Simpson, “Building Parent-Supportive Writing Centers,” Columbus, OH, 2019.

Bond, Candis, Josh Hutchison, and Kami Hancock, “Scientific Writing and Citizenship: Using Style to Promote Social Justice,” Atlanta, GA, 2018.

Eidson, Logan, “What If I Don’t Want to Be a Citizen?” Atlanta, GA, 2018. 

Garner, James Donathan, “Evolving Writing—Promoting Writing Center Scholarship,” Pittsburgh, PA, 2015.

Conference on College Composition and Communication

Columbini, Crystal and James Donathan Garner. “Bending Like a Bow: Flexibility as Possibility of Linked Duality.” The Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL, February 2023. 

Garner, James Donathan. “Zoned Editions: University Newspapers and the Composition Classroom.” The Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL, February 2023. 

Garner, James Donathan, “Civility and Conviction in the Writing Classroom,” Milwaukee, WI, 2020 [COVID Cancelation].

Garner, James Donathan, “Teaching Tolerance in the College Classroom,” Kansas City, MO, 2019.

Hinton, Romana, “Appropriate Textual Borrowing of Direct Quoting in L2 Master’s Theses,” Portland, OR, 2017.

Hinton, Romana, “Rhetorical Invention in L2 Composition Classes,” Tampa, FL, 2015.

Council of Writing Program Administrators

Soblo, Hannah, “Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Cross-Cultural Composition,” Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA), Baltimore, MD, 2019.

Wilson, Joseph Anthony, and Hannah Soblo, “The Roles of Intentional and Intuitive Transfer in Multilingual Student   Writing,” Council of Writing Program Administrators, Knoxville, TN, 2017.

Symposium on Second Language Writing

Hinton, Romana, “The Use of Direct Quotes in the Literature Reviews of Master’s Theses and Doctoral Dissertations: A Qualitative Case Study of L2 Graduate Students,” Tempe, AZ, 2019.

Saenkhum, Tanita, and Hannah Soblo, “Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Cross-Cultural Composition,” workshop, Tempe, AZ, 2019.

Saenkhum, Tanita, Joseph Anthony Wilson, and Hannah Soblo, “Identities in the Making: An Autoethnography of Graduate Students Entering the Field of L2 Writing,” Symposium on Second Language Writing, Vancouver, B.C., 2018.

Soblo, Hannah, “’I will find my way’: A Case Study of Multilingual Students Developing Their Aspirational Identities,” Symposium on Second Language Writing, Vancouver, B.C., 2018.

Soblo, Hannah, “Investment and Aspirational Identities: Research Alternatives for the Future of Identity Studies,” Symposium on Second Language Writing, Bangkok, TH, 2017.

Additional National/International Conference Presentations

Bond, Candis, and Julie Zadinsky, “Developing Doctoral Students’ Scientific Writing: A PhD Program and Writing Center Collaboration,” Inaugural Conference on Writing in the Health Professions, virtual, 2022.

Bond, Candis, and Julie Zadinsky, “Developing Doctoral Students’ Scientific Writing: A PhD Program and Writing Center Collaboration,” American Association of Colleges of Nursing Conference, virtual, 2022.

Hinton, Romana, “The Use of Direct Quotes in the Literature Reviews of Master’s Theses and Doctoral Dissertations: A Qualitative Case Study of L2 Graduate Students,” SIG Writing Conference, The Research School, Ghent University, Belgium, 2018.

Soblo, Hannah, and K. Powell, “Disrupting Conversations about ‘Difficult’ Students: use of Sociolinguistic Conversation Style Analysis in Writing Center Pedagogy,” National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing, Omaha, NB/virtual, 2022.

Soblo, Hannah, “Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Cross-Cultural Composition: Implications from Programmatic Research,” TESOL, virtual, 2021.

 

Regional

Southeastern Writing Center Association

Adamo, Kaysha, Candis Bond, and Sydney Highfield. "“Using Rhetorical Reading Guides as a Training and Consulting Tool: An Interactive Workshop." Southeastern Writing Center Association Annual Conference, Memphis, TN, February 2023.

Barge, Summer, and Kevin Lucas, “Emotional Dimensions of Consulting with ELL Writers,” virtual, 2022.

Beard, Lee, and Kaylee Klosson, “Asynchronous Consultations and Anxiety Levels,” virtual, 2022.

Bond, Candis, and Joy Bracewell, “Creating Places: A Roundtable Uncovering the Placemaking Stories of Writing Center Professionals,” virtual, 2022.

Bond, Candis, “Busy Beavers or Cogs in the Wheel: Toward a Theory of Placemaking for Writing Center Professionals,” virtual, 2021.

Bond, Candis, Rebecca Hallman Martini, Duane Theobald, Jenny Koster, Scott Pleasant, Joy Bracewell, Clayann Gilliam Panetta, and Megan Minarich, “Writing Centers in Crisis: Responding to Threats, Calls for Cuts, and Closures with Data,” virtual, 2021.

Bond, Candis, “’ I never understand fully what I did wrong’: Results from a Writing Fellow Pilot Study,” Birmingham, AL, 2020.

Bond, Candis, Duane Theobald, and James Howard, “Fostering Collaborative, Emotionally-Sustainable Conversations Across Campus Units,” Myrtle Beach, SC, 2019.

Bond, Candis, “The Writing Center After Institutional Consolidation: Merging Interests and Expanding Roles,” Richmond, VA, 2018.

Bond, Candis, “Supporting First-Generation Students in the Writing Center: Integrating Reading and Writing,” Oxford, MS, 2017.

Carr, Samantha, “Promoting Negotiation and Facilitating Literacy Acquisition during Consultations with English Language Learners,” Myrtle Beach, SC, 2019.

Card, Barb, “Using Reminiscence Therapy to Improve Writing Ability: An Interactive Workshop,” Myrtle Beach, SC, 2019.

Cyr, Ian, “Building Rapport without a Face: An Analysis of Consultant Strategies for Synchronous Online Chat Only Consultations,” virtual, 2021.

Dolin, Kolbe, and Alexis Diaz-Infante, “When Anxiety is the New Normal: Supporting Anxious Writers in the Writing Center,” virtual, 2022.

Eisner, Elizabeth, “Hidden Remediation in Writing Centers: Can It Promote Transfer?” virtual, 2021.

Garner, James Donathan, Romana Hinton, Odessa Hinton, and Hannah Soblo. “Assessing Access in a Changing Writing Center.” Southeastern Writing Center Association Annual Conference, Memphis, TN, February 2023.  

Garrett, Elyse. “Objectivity Versus Subjectivity in STEM Writing and Writing Centers,” virtual, 2022.

Hatter, Mo, “Are We Ready to Talk About Gender? (I Think So),” virtual, 2021.

Hayes, Aaron, and Candis Bond, “Welcome In: Creating a Space for Working-Class Students in the Center,” virtual, 2022.

Hillman, Morgan, and Candis Bond, “Introversion and Extroversion: Who is Really Championed in the Writing Center?” virtual, 2022.

Hinton, Romana. “Learning about the Use of Sources in Writing Consultations.” Southeastern Writing Center Association Annual Conference, Memphis, TN, February 2023.

Klosson, Kaylee. “The Student’s Choice: An Analysis of Student Consultation Preference Update.” Southeastern Writing Center Association Annual Conference, Memphis, TN, February 2023.

Klosson, Kaylee, “Freeing Freewriting for Online Sessions: Re-examining One of Our Foundational Practices,” virtual, 2021.

Meyer, Dean, “Emotional Intelligence and the Writing Center—Drawing Inspiration from Writing Center Literature and Outside Academia,” virtual, 2022.

Moore, Tiffanie, and Candis Bond, “Instagrow: Promoting Growth and Activism through Social Media,” Birmingham, AL, 2020.

Nacci, Sabrina, Rachel Culling, Rachel Beal, and Melinda McKew, “Mindful Writing for a Healthier You,” virtual, 2021.

Nacci, Sabrina, and Samantha Carr, “Integrating Writing Center Workshops into High School English Language Arts Classrooms, Myrtle Beach, SC, 2019.”

O’Keefe, Alison, “Researching Disciplinary Diversity in a Time of Change,” virtual, 2021.

Smith, Ma’at, and Christian Osborne, “For Audiences of All Ages,” virtual, 2022.

Stanley, Bethany. “Increasing Cultural Sensitivity When Working with ELL Writers.” Southeastern Writing Center Association Annual Conference, Memphis, TN, February 2023.

Stanley, Bethany, “Minding the Gap: How Students of Racial Minorities perceive the Writing Center,” virtual, 2021.

Wilkinson, Jessica. “The Perceptions of Tutoring Online and Student Comfort,” virtual, 2021.

Additional Regional Presentations

Bond, Candis, and Julie Zadinsky, “Developing Doctoral Students’ Scientific Writing: A PhD Program and Writing Center Collaboration,” Georgia Association for Nursing Education Conference, Jekyll Island, GA, 2022.

Bond, Candis, “Types of Reading and the Role of Experiential Knowledge in the Writing Process, University of North Carolina Charlotte Writing Program Annual Conference on Writing, Charlotte, NC, 2017.

Bond, Candis, “Writing, Reading, and First-Generation Students: Toward an Integrated Model of the Writing Center, SWCA Alabama State Symposium, Montgomery, AL, 2016.

Hinton, Romana, “The Use of Direct Quotes in the Literature Reviews of Master’s Theses and Doctoral Dissertations: A Qualitative Case Study of L2 Graduate Students, South Carolina Technical Communication Education Association, Myrtle Beach, SC, 2022.

Hinton, Romana, “Rhetorical Invention in L2 Composition Classes,” Conference of the Tennessee Teachers to Speakers of Other Languages, Franklin, TN, 2016.

Hinton, Romana, “Rhetorical Invention in L2 Composition Classes,” Conference of the Southeast of Teachers to Speakers of Other Languages, New Orleans, LA, 2015.

Grants

Beard, Lee, Kaylee Klosson, Kolbe Dolin, Alexis Diaz-Infante, Elyse Garret, Aaron Hayes, Morgan Hillman, Dean Meyer, Ma’at Smith, and Christian Osborne, Pamplin Student Research and Travel Grant, Augusta University, 2022.

Bond, Candis, Education Innovation Fund Grant, Center for Instructional Innovation, Augusta University, 2020 ($1500).

Bond, Candis, Christine Cozzens Research Grant and Initiative, Southeastern Writing Center Association, 2019 ($500).

Bond, Candis, International Writing Center Association Summer Institute Travel Grant, 2018 ($500).

Carr, Samantha, Barb Card, and Sabrina Nacci, CURS Research and Travel Grant, Augusta University, 2019.

Carr, Samantha, Barb Card, and Sabrina Nacci, Pamplin Student Research and Travel Grant, Augusta University, 2019.

Eidson, Logan, International Writing Center Association Conference Travel Grant, 2018 ($500).

Eidson, Logan, Pamplin Student Research and Travel Grant, Augusta University, 2018.

Klosson, Kaylee, 2021, Christine Cozzens Research Grant and Initiative, Southeastern Writing Center Association ($500).

Moore, Tiffanie, CURS Research and Travel Grant, Augusta University, 2020.

Moore, Tiffanie, Pamplin Student Research and Travel Grant, Augusta University, 2020.

Soblo, Hannah, Summer Institute Graduate Award Recipient, Association for Writing Across the Curriculum, 2019.

 

Disciplinary Service

Bond, Candis. Vice President/President Elect, Southeastern Writing Center Association, 2022-Present.

Bond, Candis. Chair, SWCA CARE (Center Acknowledgment and Recognition of Excellence) Certification, Southeastern Writing Center Association, 2020-2022.

Bond, Candis. SWCA Conference Planning Committee, CFP and Proposal Review Sub-Committees, 2020-2021.

Bond, Candis, Conference Proposal Reviewer, International Writing Center Association Conference Planning Committee, IWCA, 2022.

Bond, Candis. Chair, International Writing Centers Association, Best Article Award Committee, 2021.

Bond, Candis. International Writing Centers Association, Mentor, Mentor-Match Program, 2018-Present.

Bond, Candis, Manuscript Reviewer, College Composition and Communication, 2019-Present.

Bond, Candis, Manuscript Reviewer, Writing Center Journal, 2020-Present.

Bond, Candis, Manuscript Reviewer, WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, 2018-Present.

Bond, Candis, Manuscript Reviewer, The Peer Review, 2020-Present.

Bond, Candis, Manuscript Reviewer, Southern Discourse in the Center, 2018-Present.

Garner, James Donathan, Copyeditor, enculturation: a journal of rhetoric, writing, and culture, 2020-Present.

Garner, James Donathan, Managing Editor, Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, 2015-2017.

Garner, James Donathan, Managing Editor, Axis: The Blog, 2014-2015.

Garner, James Donathan, Manuscript Reviewer, Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, 2017-present. 

Garner, James Donathan, Treasurer, American Society for the History of Rhetoric, 2022-present.

Hinton, Romana, Editorial Board, TFLTA Journal, Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association, 2013-2014.

 

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