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An extensive, detailed, widely viewed YouTube video on writing a literature review, by the Assoc. Director of the Writing Center at Texas A&M University

A listing of Writing Centers in Texas.

A listing of high school writing centers in Texas.

The University of Texas Writing Center has these short videos of sample consultations, including samples of bad consultations

Promo video and a few short videos on grammar, produced by students at the Texas A&M University Writing Center

Kristin Cole at the University of Texas at Austin and Sue Mendelsohn at the University of Texas at Austin discuss the use of rhetoric in consulting sessions.

"We are the Undergraduate Writing Center at Texas A&M University-Kingsville! We assist undergraduate writers at all stages of the writing process, from getting started to editing and proofreading. Our Culture of Writing blog is a space for Writing Consultants, the UWC Director, and occasional guest authors to blog about writing and the writing center life at TAMUK."

Texas A&M--Kingsville Writing Center's blog, "Culture of Writing" 

Praxis Editorial BoardThe University of Texas at Austin Part of who we are as writing center practitioners is defined for us by the job titles that we're given. While the most common titles-coach, consultant, and tutor-carry their own advantages, none of them is entirely free of negative connotations.

Chris LeCluyse - University of Texas at Austin "How can we balance training in writing center theory and practice without leaving our values at the door? Empowerment. Collaboration. Equality. More than many academic departments and services, writing centers are driven by their values. As writing center practitioners, we judge ourselves according to how we apply those values in working with writers."

The Praxis Editorial BoardThe University of Texas at Austin Training, the theme of this issue of Praxis, is a tricky thing to pin down, and that's the way we like it.

From Praxis: "University of Northern Colorado Writing Center Director Julie Garbus reflects on her transition from consultant to professor and administrator. My experience at the Undergraduate Writing Center (UWC) at the University of Texas at Austin definitely got me my job, a tenure-track position as assistant professor of English and director of the Writing Center at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC)."

From Praxis: "Former university writing consultant Michael Erard has made a living as a writer and writing consultant outside the university. He shares his wisdom about the challenges and advantages of consulting in the wild. You don't need to be in a university-based writing center to do the writer-centered, process-positive, and culture-sensitive work of a writing consultant."

Shelley Powers from the University of Texas at Austin talks about how consulting on technical writing projects can make liberal arts-trained writing consultants nervous. However, technical writing is more familiar territory than we might think.