{"product_id":"unlimited-players-the-intersections-of-writing-center-and-game-studies-paperback","title":"Unlimited Players: The Intersections of Writing Center and Game Studies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHolly Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStephanie Vie\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnlimited Players \u003c\/i\u003eprovides writing center scholars with new approaches to engaging with multimodality in the writing center through the lenses of games, play, and digital literacies. Considering how game scholarship can productively deepen existing writing center conversations regarding the role of creativity, play, and engagement, this book helps practitioners approach a variety of practices, such as starting new writing centers, engaging tutors and writers, developing tutor education programs, developing new ways to approach multimodal and digital compositions brought to the writing center, and engaging with ongoing scholarly conversations in the field. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The collection opens with theoretically driven chapters that approach writing center work through the lens of games and play. These chapters cover a range of topics, including considerations of identity, empathy, and power; productive language play during tutoring sessions; and writing center heuristics. The last section of the book includes games, written in the form of tabletop game directions, that directors can use for staff development or tutors can play with writers to help them develop their skills and practices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e No other text offers a theoretical and practical approach to theorizing and using games in the writing center. \u003ci\u003eUnlimited Players \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a new perspective on the long-standing challenges facing writing center scholars and offers insight into the complex questions raised in issues of multimodality, emerging technologies, tutor education, identity construction, and many more. It will be significant to writing center directors and administrators and those who teach tutor training courses. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHolly Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English and writing center coordinator at Pennsylvania State University, Berks. Her work has appeared in a range of journals including \u003ci\u003eWriting Center Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePraxis: A Writing Center Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephanie Vie\u003c\/b\u003e is associate dean of the Outreach College at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and a former writing center director at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Her work has appeared in many journals, and she is the editor or coeditor of the books \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003ePokémon Go\u003ci\u003e Phenomenon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSocial Writing\/Social Media\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ee-Dentity\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the 2016 recipient of the \u003ci\u003eComputers and Composition \u003c\/i\u003eCharles Moran Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Field. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.9 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720288440383,"sku":"9781646421930","price":77.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6a0e89516306500cc237e11251b3cfb0.webp?v=1765088660","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/unlimited-players-the-intersections-of-writing-center-and-game-studies-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}