Mission Statement

The CSUDH Writing Center supports students at all levels as they prepare, draft, and revise their writing for various courses, departments, and programs. To promote in students both a positive disposition to help-seeking and a confident writer self-identity, the Writing Center fosters a safe and nurturing space where members of the DH community can share, discuss, draft, and revise their writing as part of a community of writers.  

We work with student writers at any stage of the writing process, from setting goals and generating topics, to clarifying ideas and incorporating source materials, organizing, and revising. The WC also supports reading success, offering guidance as students evaluate, annotate, interpret, analyze, summarize, paraphrase, and incorporate source texts. Multimedia and multimodal projects are invited and always welcome.

During individual, small group tutoring sessions and workshop activities, our disciplinarily-trained Writing Associates encourage students to develop agency throughout the writing process and to negotiate their own writerly goals with the needs of the various discourse communities with which they engage as writers at Dominguez Hills.

At the Writing Center, we are bound to maintain student privacy by legal mandates outlined by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). We are also committed to an ethos of care to the individual needs of everyone who comes to the Center. We prioritize privacy in all our interactions with writers in the Center, so anything you share in the Writing Center will be handled with sensitivity and discretion. 

Below, is a brief tutorial to assist with updating or adding any identifying information you wish to share with us when you schedule an appointment on our platform csudh.mywconline.net.

• When the system prompts you to enter your first and last name, we want to clarify that this name does not have to align with the name you have on file with the university
• You now have the option to add a name under the new prompt “what name should we call you?”
• We have also updated our prompt regarding adding your personal pronouns

It is of utmost importance to note that answering the “what name should we call you” question and adding your pronouns is completely optional. We care deeply about your safety and privacy and want to emphasize that you have complete agency over what information you choose to or not to share with us at all times.

If you already have an account with us, you may also alter any previously shared information: 

• Once you are logged into your account, click on the top left corner that says “Welcome, ‘Your Name’”
• A drop-down menu should appear. Click the option that says: “Update profile and email options” and you should be directed to a page where you can modify your email, name, and other information.
• Click “Save changes” at the bottom of the page 

By offering students, tutors, staff, and faculty a space in which to gather and talk about writing—whether it be in 1-on-1 tutoring sessions, trainings, professional development workshops, collaborative projects, or open mics—the Writing Center intends to foster at Dominguez Hills a vibrant and engaged community of writers. Please join us in practicing and celebrating writing!