A Synthesis of Qualitative Studies of Writing Center Tutoring, 1983-2006

Rebecca Day Babcock is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, where she teaches writing and linguistics. Her writings have appeared in Writing Lab Newsletter, The Journal of College Reading and Learning, Linguistics and Education, and Composition Forum as well as several popular publications. She is the co-author (with Terese Thonus) of Researching the Writing Center: Towards an Evidence-Based Practice (Peter Lang, 2012), and winner of the 2011 International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) Outstanding Article Award.
Kellye Manning is Director of the Writing Center and Coordinator of Developmental English at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, where she also teaches writing. She frequently works as a freelance editor and copy editor on a variety of scholarly works, and currently serves as journal manager for The Social Science Journal.
Travis Rogers is a graduate of the University of North Texas, where he earned his MJ at the Frank and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism. While earning his BA in English and communication at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Rogers worked at the university Writing Center under Kellye Manning. In 2006, Rebecca Babcock and Manning recruited him to be a research assistant during the genesis of the project that would later evolve into this book. Rogers remained involved in the project, helping to present it at the 2008 IWCA conference, and later becoming the third co-author.

«In its review of all qualitative research about writing centers published from 1983-2006, Babcock's 'A Synthesis of Qualitative Studies of Writing Tutoring' performs a long-needed service to our research and practice. Organized by topic and including theses, dissertations, collections, and articles published in a range of journals along with those in WCJ and WLN, 'A Synthesis of Qualitative Studies of Writing Tutoring' is thorough and easy to use, a convenient reference guide to research on a particular topic. Further, it is an excellent demonstration of the grounded theory approach to qualitative research.» (Isabelle Thompson of Auburn University)