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Directory of JPTSS Articles by Subject

What is a Secondary School Writing Center?

1.1: Growing Our Scholarship through The Journal of Peer Tutoring in Secondary Schools (Editorial Introduction)

Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)
Renee Brown, Peters Township Middle School (PA)

3.1: Secondary School Writing Centers over Forty Years: A Review of the Literature, 1982–2023

Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)
Jenny Goransson, George Mason University (VA)
Andrea Hilton Haverlock, Orem High School (UT)
Lucy Leishman, Washington Irving Middle School (VA)

Benefits and Impact of SSWCs

1.1: The Power of Peer Tutoring to Transform Learning in a School

John Banbury, Oakton High School (VA) Principal 

1.2: Principals Panel, Capital Area Peer Tutoring Association (CAPTA) Connects Conference, October 2015

Pamela Ellison Brumfield, Edison High School (VA)
Martin Grimm, Hayfield Secondary School (VA)
William Bates, Herndon High School (VA)
Amy Hale, Rustburg High School (VA)
Martha Rodeheaver, Oakton High School (VA)

1.2: The High School Writing Center as a Center for Social-Emotional Learning

Stephanie Behne, Leyden High School District 212 (IL)

2.1: “What Is Invisible Is Essential to the Eye”: Beliefs, Behaviors, and the High School Writing Center (SSWCA Conference Keynote 2016) 

Jennifer Wells, New College of Florida (FL)

2.2: Writing Center Work in Troubled Times: People, Passion, and Purpose

Jeffrey Austin, Skyline Writing Center (MI)
Christine Modey, University of Michigan (MI)

4.1: Writing Center R/Evolutions (Editorial Introduction)

Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)

5.1: Community: What the Writing Center Craves

Elizabeth Sanderson, Lane Tech College Prep (IL)

5.1: Outsider

Fiona McCarthy, Lane Tech College Prep (IL)

5.2: The Good News about SSWCs

Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)

Director Role

1.1: From the Director’s Chair

Matthew Kasper, St. Paul’s School (MD) Director
Janice Jewell, Herndon High School (VA) Director

1.2: I’m Okay . . . Are You? The Emotionally Complex Labor of the Secondary Writing Center Director

Kelly Crespo, Downey High School (CA)

2.1: Innovation, Resilience, and Persistence: SSWCs Thrive and Adapt in a Time of Change (Editorial Introduction)

Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)

2.2: How Kindergarten Tactics Can Help with Tutoring Dual Enrollment Students

Megan Hoffman, Fresno City College (CA)

3.1: Ebbs and Flows: Riding the Waves of Secondary School Writing Center Research and Practice (Editorial Introduction)

Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)

5.1: Patchwriting and Poetry and How to Read JPTSS Articles in Your Center

Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)

5.1: “Don’t Work Together!”: The Irony of Doing Downtime Well in the Secondary School Writing Center

Elizabeth Cramarosso, Lane Tech College Prep (IL)

Diversity and Inclusion in the Center

1.1 Secondary School Writing Centers are Sites of Social Justice Work: A Preamble to SSWCA’s Inclusivity Statement and 

Kate Hutton, Herndon High School (VA)

1.1 SSWCA Inclusivity, Equity, and Accessibility Statement for Secondary School Writing and Peer Tutoring Centers

SSWCA Board

1.2: Building Diverse Tutoring Centers with Affinity Spaces

Christopher Haswell, Emily Collins, Morgan Busbee, Lauren Giesler, Ryan Lofland, Etowah High School (GA)

2.1: Inclusivity in the Writing Center

Isabela Snow and Julia Srnec, Minnetonka High School (MN)

2.2: Our Center Is A Safe Space

Dayla Lessem Elnecave, Lane Tech College Prep High School (IL)

4.2: Amplifying Voices: Increasing ELL Student Engagement in the Writing Center

James Deblock and Sarah Erickson, Minnetonka High School (MN)

5.1: Superhero, Changemaker, Advocate: Exploring Neurodiversity in the Writing Center

Daniel S. Harrison, New Vistas School (VA)

5.1: The Book Nook: The Importance of Libraries and Books in a Writing Center

Evren Durham, Lane Tech College Prep (IL)

Partnering Beyond the School

1.2: Developing a Public Community Writing Center During Covid-19

Jessica Hoffman, University of North Carolina (NC)

2.2: Making Possibility Reality through a Revolutionary Partnership

Alexandra Kirby, Salem High School (MA)
Albert C. DeCiccio, Salem State University (MA)
Bill Coyle, Salem State University (MA)

5.1: Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost: Transformational Experiences through Revolutionary Partnerships, SSWCA Conference Keynote, March 2022

Allen Brizee, Saint Louis University (MO)

5.2: Learning Together: The Power of Modeling in Field Trips to University Writing Centers

Annika Peacock and Ilse Eskelsen, Brigham Young University (UT)

5.2: Who Is on This Trail with You? SSWCA & CUWP Conference Keynote, March 2025

Tom Deans, University of Connecticut (CT)

Partnering Within Schools 

2.1: When a Writing Center Becomes a Learning Center: An Activity Theory Analysis 

Jenny Goransson, George Mason University (VA)

2.2: Connecting People, Places, and Ideas Across SSWC Networks (Editorial Introduction)

Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)

3.1: Collaboration in the Writing Center: When the Pieces Fit Together

Stephanie Behne, Leyden High School District 212 (IL)

4.1: Wash, Rinse, and Revise: Restyling the Writing Center

Anushka Saha, Central Bucks South High School (PA)

5.1: Working as a Scientist in the Writing Center

Rachel Lugardo, Lane Tech College Prep (IL)

5.2: Bridging the Canyon between English and STEM: How Literacy Skillsets Can Benefit Those in Scientific Disciplines

Anushka Saha, Central Bucks South High School (PA)

Tutor Leadership 

1.1: How Tutoring Has Influenced My Transition into College

André Sanabia, University of Virginia (VA) Student
Justine Burke, George Mason University (VA) Student

1.1: How Tutoring Has Transformed Me as a Learner and a Leader

Susana Zelaya, Edison High School Writing Center (VA) Tutor

3.1: Can Peer-Tutoring Dispositions Transfer to Leadership Skills?

Annie Meng, Albemarle High School (VA)

3.1: 2023 Tutor Impact Scholarship Winner Essays

Hailey Salvatore, Central Bucks High School South (PA)
Mikalah Quillen, Cherokee High School (GA)

4.2: 2024 Tutor Impact Scholarship Winner Essays

Apollo Marks, Central Bucks High School South (PA)
Cass Melo, Algonquin Regional High School (MA)

5.2: Fostering Leadership and Ownership of a New Writing Center

Jen Tannous, Central Bucks High School South (PA)

5.2: 2025 Elijah Bustamante-Martinez Tutor Impact Scholarship

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

Tutor Training

1.1: Reviving Student Research: Strategies for Tutoring Student Research Papers

Alexandra Wong, Johns Hopkins University (MD)

1.1: The Dread of Judgment: How Friendship Impacts Tutoring

Chloe Truong, Algonquin Regional High School (MA)

1.2: The How, What, and Why of Tutor-Run, Director-Supported Secondary School Writing Centers

Elizabeth Daley, Academy of Choice (TX)

2.1: Reimagining the Elective Course: Scrum Master Leadership Meets Peer Tutoring 

Heather Barton, Etowah High School (GA)

2.1: The Self-Assessed Course: A Revolutionary Approach to Grading in Peer Tutoring

Hannah Baran, Albemarle High School (VA)

2.2: Think Tank Sessions: An Alternative Training Method to Mock Tutorials

Valentin Melo, Lane Tech College Prep High School (IL)

3.1: Accompaniment in the Writing Center: SSWCA Conference Keynote 2023

Lisa Zimmerelli, Loyola University of Maryland (MD)

3.1: Finding an Emotional Middle Ground: Activities for Fostering Empathy in Younger Tutors

Renee Brown, Peters Township Middle School (PA)
Carla McCue, Peters Township Middle School (PA)

3.1: Taking Creative Risks in the High School Writing Center: Fostering Creative Agency

Elaina Antonich, Geraldine Public Schools (MT)

4.1: The Mindful Tutor in You: Secondary School Writing Centers Association (SSWCA) Conference Keynote, March 2021

Alexandria Peary, Salem State University (MA)

4.1: Learning Beyond the Center: A Case Study on Leveraging Data about Informal Learning to Create an Inclusive and Accessible Center

Benjamin Klieger and Keshav Narang, Stanford Online High School (CA)

4.2: Ahead of the Code: How Writing Centers Can Proactively Examine AI

Cass Melo, Willow Paradise, Eshan Naik, Rowan Camp, Ashley Ly, Sarah Curran, Abigaile Or, and 

Nicholas Southey, Algonquin Regional High School (MA)

4.2: AI, In-Class Essays, and the Writing Center

Jos Buffington, Celia Hitchcock, and Abby Hudson, Minnetonka High School (MN)

4.2: Evaluating Visual Representation Strategies for Use in the Writing Center

Naomi Au and Savanna Larson, Minnetonka High School (MN)

4.2: Planting Seeds of Confidence: Nurturing Student Writers Through Imposter Syndrome 

Michelle Boyd Waters, University of Oklahoma (OK)

4.2: Summoning Our Collective Power: SSWCA Conference Keynote, 2024 

Felicia Rose Chavez

5.1: Supporting Paraphrase without Plagiarism: An Empirical Study of a High School Workshop on Avoiding Patchwriting

Jessa Wood, University of Minnesota Twin Cities (MN)

Ted Roggenbuck, Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania–Bloomsburg (PA)

Alissa Hetherington, Hazleton Area School District (PA)

Morgan Mickavicz Chabala, Marywood University (PA)

Peter Doerschler, Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania–Bloomsburg (PA)

Julia Bagnata, Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania–Bloomsburg (PA)

5.1: Strategies for Improving Tutor Confidence to Deliver Feedback for All Levels

Joaquin Dalugdug, Kevin Jacob, Inaaya Khan, Jonah Lombardo, and Sanika Satyamsetty, Lightridge High School (VA)

5.2: Beginning at the Trailhead: Changing the Narrative about the Research Process

Sky Bragg, Hallie Heaton, and Chris Miner, Brigham Young University (UT)

5.2: Their Paper, Not Yours: Pride, Stubbornness, Imposter Syndrome, and Their Role in Tutoring

Ella Astudillo and Bella Nguyen, Hillcrest High School (UT)

5.2: The Voices That Shape a Tutoring Session: Lessons I Learned from a Sunflower

Ash Rogers, Clark Street Community School (WI)

5.2: 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)

Virtual/Online Tutoring

2.1: A Shift in Perspective: A High Schooler’s Experience Leading and Tutoring during COVID Transitions

Duke Jenkins, Kennesaw State University (GA)

2.1: Decentering and Recentering: Finding Connection in Times of Change

Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)

4.1: Learning Beyond the Center: A Case Study on Leveraging Data about Informal Learning to Create an Inclusive and Accessible Center

Benjamin Klieger and Keshav Narang, Stanford Online High School (CA)

2.1: Virtual Writing Lab: An Idea That Has a Lasting Effect on Tutors 

Alaina Abbatto, Peters Township High School (PA)

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Book Reviews

1.1: The Rowman and Littlefield Guide for Peer Tutors

Melissa Morgan, West Springfield High School (VA)

1.2: The Revitalized Tutoring Center: A Guide to Transforming School Culture

Stacey Hahn, SSWCA Vice President

2.2: Student Writing Tutors in their Own Words: Global Voices on Writing Centers and Beyond

Jessie Wiggins, George Mason University (VA)

2.2: The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom

Jamie Davis, North Salem High School (OR)

4.1: Talk About Writing: The Tutoring Strategies of Experienced Writing Center Tutors, 2nd Edition

Vivian Blair, Episcopal Collegiate School (AR)

5.1: The Post-Pandemic Writing Center

Joseph Wiederhold, Provo High School (UT)

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SSWCA Conference Proceedings

2.1: Revolutionary Partnerships: SSWCA 2022 Conference in Review

Stacey Hahn, Amsterdam High School (NY)

3.1: Writing at the Center: SSWCA 2023 Conference in Review

Jenny Goransson, George Mason University (VA)

3.1: Writing at the Center: SSWCA & NVWP 2023 Conference Proceedings

4.2: Planting, Nurturing, Pruning, Thriving: SSWCA & BWP 2024 Conference Proceedings

5.2: Conference Summary: Views from the Trail, SSWCA & CUWP 2025

Jenny Goransson, Johns Hopkins University (MD)

Amber Jensen, Brigham Young University (UT)

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

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Profiles of SSWCs

1.1: Meridian High School (ID)

1.1: St. Anne’s Belfield School (VA)

1.1: Skyline High School (MI)

1.1: Episcopal School of Baton Rouge (LA)

1.2: Albemarle High School Peer Tutoring Center (VA)

1.2: Algonquin Writing Center (MA)

1.2: Peters Township Middle School Writing Lab (PA)

1.2: Vistamar Writing Center (CA) 

2.1: Birch Wathen Lenox (NY)

2.1: Hisar School (Istanbul, Turkey)

2.1: Quincy High School (WA)

2.2: Hockaday School (TX)

2.2: Minnetonka High School (MN)

2.2: Stephen Decatur High School (MD)

3.1: Bishop of Conaty, Our Lady of Loretto High School (CA)

3.1: Provo High School (UT)

3.1: Renaissance High School (ID)

3.1: Saline High School (MI)

4.1: HERO High School (NY)

4.1: The Ethel Walker School (CT)

4.1: Longmeadow High School (MA)

4.2: Louisville Collegiate School (KY)

4.2 Northwestern High School (SC)

4.2 Central Bucks High School South (PA)

4.2 Alexandria City High School (VA)

5.1: Ashley Hall School (SC)

5.1: Clark Street Community School (WI)

5.1: Hillcrest High School (UT)

5.1: Maple Avenue Middle School (PA)

5.2: Lamar High School Writing Lab (TX)

5.2: Lane Tech Writing Center (IL)

5.2: Lehi Junior Writing Center (UT)

5.2: Milford High School Writing Center (OH)

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