About Clint Gardner

Having worked in writing centers for over two decades, I have learned a great deal about writing center theory and practice, one-to-one instruction, peer tutoring, the role of writing centers at two-year colleges, as well as the uses of computers in composition classrooms and in the writing center. My role as Student Writing Center Coordinator at Salt Lake Community College allows me to teach writing to students from diverse backgrounds, as well as to teach tutors how to respond more effectively to their peers.  My writing center research includes the impact of writing center work on peer tutors, two-year college writing centers, and online writing tutoring.  I have also had the opportunity to serve the writing center  community as a whole in the International Writing Centers Association as Web Editor, Community College Representative, and as President. One of my goals is to bring writing center theory and practice to a broader and more diverse audience. I also served as Secretary for the Two-year College Association (TYCA) of the National Council of Teachers of English, and am currently its Archivist and TYCA-West National Representative.

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Clint Gardner is the Coordinator of the Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) Student Writing Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. He currently serves as  Archivist and TYCA-West National Representative for the Two-year College Association (TYCA) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).  He also served as Secretary of TYCA (2008-2011). His other professional leadership include the International Writing Centers Association (President 2005-2007) and in the Rocky Mountain Writing Centers Association. His writing center research and development include the work of peer writing consultants (tutors) in a community college writing center and the use of online resources to bring writing center services who cannot attend the Student Writing Center in person. One the most important aspects of his writing center work is to support and offer feedback to the student writers who come to the SLCC Student Writing Center, as well as to the SLCC Students who work as peer writing consultants in the Center. Clint teaches college composition and literature with a particular interest in discourse studies and genre theory. His literary interest include Shakespeare and British Modernists.