How to Become a Writing Consultant

The Writing Consultants who work for the Rice Writing Center are trained to work with students enrolled in writing-intensive classes as well as all other students who contact the Writing Center seeking assistance. Consultants may meet the students on-line, in their respective colleges, or Herring 238. The writing consultants' chief goal is to help students prepare papers written in response to a faculty member's assignment.

Writing Consultants must be nominated by Rice faculty members. Nominations should be sent to Linda Driskill (driskila@rice.edu; English Department, MS-30) or Mary Tobin (tobin@rice.edu; English Department, MS-30). The Writing Center will then request a sample of the student's writing. If the sample is approved, the student will be invited to enroll in a one-credit course (Humanities 318) in the spring semester prior to beginning his or her paid position in the fall. Humanities 318 instructs potential consultants on establishing a good working relationship with their students and developing various strategies to help students begin, revise, and edit their papers.

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