David Elder, assistant professor of writing and rhetoric, recently presented with two students at the International Writing Centers Association conference in Orlando, Fla.

David Elder	Hannah Hecht	Mallory Sea

David Elder, assistant professor of writing and rhetoric, recently presented with two students at the International Writing Centers Association conference in Orlando, Fla. 

The presentation discussed the writing center’s work with Sioux City public high schools for the past three years. The staff has gone to the high schools to work with specific classes or to offer writing center services for an afternoon. High school students have also visited Morningside to work with the writing center and research with the librarians.

The students presenting were Hannah Hecht of Lansing, Kan., a senior English major interning in the writing center as assistant director, and Mallory Sea of Sioux City, a junior chemistry major working in the writing center as a peer consultant. The International Writing Centers Association fosters the development of writing center directors, tutors and staff. 

Elder has been teaching at Morningside since 2010. He is the director of the Morningside College Writing Center. Elder was a recipient of the Walker Faculty of Excellence Award in 2012.  He received a doctorate from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.