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Awards

The SWCA sponsors annual awards that recognize excellence at both the tutor and supervisor levels. Awards are presented at our annual conference. See below for details about awards and the nomination process.

 SWCA Tutor Awards recognize leadership, commitment, and overall excellence of individuals working in an SWCA writing center. Individuals can be nominated in one of three categories: 
  • Undergraduate Tutor
  • Graduate Tutor
  • Professional Tutor
     The SWCA Achievement Award recognizes the outstanding, sustained body of work of a writing center director or supervisor to a particular writing center, the SWCA, or the writing center community at large.

Information about Nominations

  • UPDATED DEADLINE: Nominations and self-nominations are welcome for all awards categories are now due by 6pm ET on Friday, September 30th. 

  • For a nominee to be eligible for an award, the nominee, their center’s director, or their institution must be an SWCA member by the time of nomination. Nominees should be from schools within the SWCA region. Award winners are encouraged, although not required, to attend the SWCA conference. 

  • Questions about the nomination process or eligibility can be directed to Kem Roper (kem.roper@athens.edu) and Caitlin Kelly (caitlin.kelly@gatech.edu). 

Submitting Nominations for Tutor Awards

To submit a nomination for the SWCA Undergraduate, Graduate, and Professional Tutor Awards, click on the award name (below) and complete the submission form.

Submitting Nominations for the SWCA Achievement Award

To submit a nomination for the SWCA Achievement Award, collect and send the following materials in a single PDF to awardscommitteeswca@gmail.com with “SWCA Achievement Award Nomination” as the subject. Nominations are due by 6pm ET on Friday, September 30nd. Self-nominations are welcome.
  1. A cover page with the nominee’s name, institutional affiliation, title, and email address, and the name and email address of the person nominating them (if not a self-nomination)

  2. An explanation for why this person should receive this award (no more than two pages

  3. A statement (no more than two pages) of the nominee’s writing center philosophy

  4. The nominee’s CV

  5. A statement of support from a peer in the writing center field

Recent Award Recipients

Note: The year shown marks the year these individuals received the award at the annual SWCA conference in February.

Christine Cozzens Research Grant & Initiative Program Spring 2022 Recipient:

  • “The Student’s Choice: An Analysis of Student Consultation Preference,” Kaylee Klosson (Augusta University)
  • The Online Writing Center Association, “Online Writing Center’s Peer Group Mentoring Pro-gram,” Michelle Cohen (Medical University of South Carolina), Beth Nastachowski (Walden University), Luke Shackelford (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities), Emily Gresbrink (Univer-sity of Minnesota-Twin Cities), Michelle Hager (San Jose State University)
  • “Student Perceptions of Value in Course-Embedded Peer-to-Peer Writing Support Programs,” Scott Whiddon, Taylor Kielman, Nyah Mattison, (Transylvania University)

Undergraduate Tutor Award: Kaylee Klosson, Augusta University

Graduate Tutor Award: Chaise Robinson, Eastern Kentucky University

Professional Tutor Award: Jamie Browne, Duke University

SWCA Achievement Award: Scott Whiddon, Transylvania University

Christine Cozzens Research Grant & Initiative Program Spring 2021 Recipient: Emma Catherine Perry & Christina Noelle Lee, University of Georgia, “Between You and Me: Engaging Graduate Students in Conversations about Academic Writing”

Undergraduate Tutor Award: Eileen Bunch, Transylvania University

Graduate Tutor Award: H. Bondurant, Duke University, and Monique Cole, Nova Southeastern University

Professional Tutor Award: Jeff Howard and Kendra Slayton, Georgia Institute of Technology

SWCA Achievement Award: Kirsten Benson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Undergraduate Tutor Award: Genevieve Onyiuke-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology

Graduate Tutor Award: Erika Nelson, Vanderbilt University

Professional Tutor Award: Aaron Colton, Georgia Institute of Technology

SWCA Achievement Award: Russell Carpenter, Eastern Kentucky University

Undergraduate Tutor Award: Keely Mruk, Georgia Institute of Technology

Graduate Tutor Award: Hannah Dean, Nova Southeastern University

Professional Tutor Award: Leah Misemer, Georgia Institute of Technology

SWCA Achievement Award: Bonnie Devet, College of Charleston

Undergraduate Tutor Award: Jordan Long, Transylvania University

Graduate Tutor Award: Jacqueline Lytle, Nova Southeastern University

Graduate Tutor Award: Emalee Shrewsbury, Nova Southeastern University

SWCA Achievement Award: Randall Sessler, Wallace Community College

Past Award Recipients

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