JPTSS Issue 5.2

Fall 2025: Volume 5, Issue 2

Table of Contents

Editorial Introduction

The Good News about SSWCs
Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)


Practitioner Strand

Fostering Leadership and Ownership of a New Writing Center
Jen Tannous, Central Bucks High School South (PA)

Learning Together: The Power of Modeling in Field Trips to University Writing Centers
Annika Peacock and Ilse Eskelsen, Brigham Young University (UT)


Tutor to Tutor

Beginning at the Trailhead: Changing the Narrative about the Research Process
Sky Bragg, Hallie Heaton, and Chris Miner, Brigham Young University (UT)

Bridging the Canyon between English and STEM: How Literacy Skillsets Can Benefit Those in Scientific Disciplines
Anushka Saha, Central Bucks High School South (PA)

Their Paper, Not Yours: Pride, Stubbornness, Impostor Syndrome, and Their Roles in Tutoring
Ella Astudillo and Bella Nguyen, Hillcrest High School (UT)


Voices from the Center

The Voices That Shape a Tutoring Session: Lessons I Learned from a Sunflower
Ash Rogers, Clark Street Community School (WI)


Conference 2025 Reflection

Conference Summary: Views from the Trail, SSWCA & CUWP 2025
Jenny Goransson, Johns Hopkins University (MD) and Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)

Conference Proceedings: Views from the Trail, SSWCA & CUWP 2025

Who Is on This Trail With You? SSWCA & CUWP Conference Keynote, March 2025
Tom Deans, University of Connecticut (CT)

Writing for Teachers, Tutors, and Other Human Beings: Powerful, Principled Practice to Ground and Sustain Our Work, SSWCA & CUWP Conference Keynote, March 2025
Anne Elrod Whitney, The Pennsylvania State University (PA)


Elijah Bustamante-Martinez Tutor Impact Scholarship

Ash Rogers, Clark Street Community School (WI)
Charlotte Torrez, Ashley Hall School (SC)


Writing Center Profiles

Mirabeau B. Lamar High School (TX)
Lane Tech College Prep High School (IL)
Lehi Junior High (UT)
Milford High School (OH)


Conference 2026 Preview

Facing Our Future: SSWCA 2026


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