Kenneth Bruffee

Kenneth Bruffee (September 1, 1934–January 20, 2019) was an American writing center administrator and professor emeritus in the department of English at Brooklyn College.

Background

Bruffee published the first peer tutoring handbook, A Short Course in Writing, in 1972.[1] Bruffee established the field of writing center studies and established peer tutoring's place in university administration at Brooklyn College in conjunction with administrators at other New York colleges. The rise of writing centers was necessitated by a growing population of students who were unprepared for college writing.[2] In 1979, Bruffee and colleagues founded the Brooklyn College Institute for Training Peer Tutors, which trained peer tutors and encouraged the development of writing centers and writing labs.[3]

In 2007, Bruffee gave the keynote address at the 25th National Conference on Peer Tutoring and Writing.[4] In 2008, the Writing Center Journal issued a special issue on Kenneth Bruffee and the Brooklyn Plan.[5]

Bruffee graduated from Wesleyan University and earned a Ph.D. in English from Northwestern University. He has taught at the University of New Mexico, Northwestern University, the University of Virginia, Columbia University, Cooper Union, and the University of Pennsylvania."[6]

Publications

Notes
  1. Kail, Harvey (2008). "From the Guest Editor". Writing Center Journal. 28 (2): 3–4.
  2. Sterling, Richard (2008). "Bruffee and the CUNY Circle". Writing Center Journal. 28 (2): 19–24.
  3. Kail, Harvey (2008). "Innovation and Repetition: The Brooklyn College Summer Institute in Training Peer Writing Tutors 25 Years Later". Writing Center Journal. 28 (2): 43–51.
  4. Maxwell, Ron (2008). "Kenneth Bruffee and the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing". Writing Center Journal. 28 (2): 11–18.
  5. IWCA Web Editor (Oct 6, 2008). "Writing Center Journal Special Issue on Kenneth Bruffee and Collaborative Learning". Retrieved January 17, 2009.
  6. Bruffee, Brooklyn College. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

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