ABSTRACT
Two critical changes occurred in the Writing Center of the University of Wisconsin-Superior (UWSWC) between 2000 and 2017. First, tutors in 2017 received far more rigorous and systematic tutor training. Second, by 2017, UWS enrolled more international students. Writing Center Talk over Time situates the corpus-driven and discourse analyses in the history of the place—the UWSWC as well as the university and the city that enfold it. It also draws upon 24 stimulated-recall participant interviews from 2000 and 65 postconference interviews from 2017 to reveal tutors' and student writers' perceptions of their conferences and the talk generated during those conferences. The differences between the 2000 and the 2017 talk arose out of a place that changed over time. UWS strives to meet the needs of a diverse student body, including students who have adult responsibilities and academic needs. Like many universities, UWS founded a writing center during the influx of college students that the 1960s produced.
