My context for developing a multiliteracy center was unique and rather complicated. When I was tasked in fall 2017 with building a new student support center for UMass Dartmouth’s campus, I was prohibited from using the word “writing” in the name of this center. I will not go at length into the reasons for this, as I have had the opportunity to explain via a recent publication (see Botvin & Buck, 2024) but suffice it to say, the name and the purpose of this new center had to be deliberate and well-justified. The perspectives shared in the seminal 2012 Praxis…
Author: Genie Nicole Giaimo
Elisabeth Buck
Dr. Genie Nicole Giaimo is Associate Professor of Writing Studies and Rhetoric at Hofstra University, where they serve as Writing Center Director. They hold a Ph.D. from Northeastern University. Prior to joining Hofstra, Genie was Assistant Professor at Middlebury College. They have worked in several academic institutions, including a two-year college and a land grant institution. Their current research utilizes quantitative models to answer a range of questions about behaviors and practices in and around writing centers and writing programs. Their research has appeared in Praxis, Writing Center Journal, TPR, Journal of Writing Research, Kairos, Journal of Writing Analytics, Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, Composition Studies and several other peer reviewed journals in rhetoric and composition. They are the author of Unwell Writing Centers: Searching for Wellness in Neoliberal Educational Institutions and Beyond (2023) and the editor of Wellness and Care in Writing Center Work (2021).