Bio
While some tend to think of writing centers as supplemental to the work of a writing program, Justin’s own experience has followed a much different trajectory. Throughout his career, Justin has worked as a writing consultant, tutoring twenty hours per week in the Writing Center at California State University, Fresno—where he co-supervised the Center—and working as a writing consultant for the University College at Syracuse University, a re-entry program for adult students. As the Assistant Director of the Writing Center at Syracuse University, he constructed a comprehensive evaluation of the Writing Center—the first in its history—and administered a Vision Fund Instructional Grant examining issues of diversity in writing. As the Director of the Writing Center at Westminster, he established the College’s first writing center, designing the space, creating the mission statement, and hiring, training, and evaluating consultants and adjunct faculty. During his two years at Westminster, he expanded the Center’s mission and outreach, enabling the Center to serve 1000 students per year, and partnered with campus agencies such as the McNair Program and Career Center to provide professional writing workshops for students. In addition, Justin developed a writing lab component for Westminster’s pre-freshman writing courses, allowing students to receive college credit for working with consultants to develop their knowledge and skills in writing.
Under Justin's direction, the UC Denver Writing Center has grown to serve over 4000 students per year and has developed an advanced online consulting component in addition to regular sessions in-Center. And in an effort to increase support for writing and writing instruction on campus, the Center now hosts workshops for both students and faculty. It is Justin's vision to have the UCD Writing Center recognized as an innovative leader in online instruction and web-based assistance to students while continuing to expand its services to the UCD community.