Select Publications
Journal Articles
Brentnell, Lauren, Elise Dixon, and Rachel Robinson. “The Hidden and Invisible: Vulnerability in Writing Center Work.” Writing Lab Newsletter Wellness & Self-Care Digital Issue. Spring (2021).
Brentnell, Lauren, Elise Dixon, Jerrice Donnelson, Kate Firestone, and Rachel Robinson. "Big Happy Family: Constellating Writing Center Stories." The Peer Review Journal 3 (2018).
Dixon, Elise. "Uncomfortably Queer: Everyday Moments in the Writing Center." The Peer Review Journal 2 (2017).
Dixon, Elise. "Strategy-Centered or Student-Centered?: A Meditation on Conflation." Writing Lab Newsletter 42.3-4 (2017): 7-14.
book chapters
Dixon, Elise. “The Queer Potential of Bisexuality.” Routledge Handbook of Queer Rhetorics. Jackie Rhodes and Jonathan Alexander, eds. Routledge: 2022.
Dixon, Elise and Cassie Brownell. "(Graduate) Friends with Benefits: Writing Relationships in the Center." #Redefining Roles: The Professional, Faculty, and Graduate Consultant's Guide to Writing Centers. Megan Jewell and Joseph Cheatle, eds. UP of Colorado: 2021.
Dixon, Elise. "Military Wives as Rhetorical Insurgents: Resisting Assimilation as Force Multipliers. "#RhetOps. Bill Hart-Davidson and Jim Ridolfo, eds. (2019).
Dixon, Elise. "Becoming Whole: Balancing Dual Identities as a Graduate Student Marine Wife. "Navigating Life with a Graduate Degree as a Military Spouse: Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Future Directions. Leandra Hernandez and Jennifer Belding, eds. (2019).
special issues
Robinson, Rachel and Elise Dixon, eds. "Redefining 'Welcome.'" Special Issue of The Peer Review Journal 3 (2019).
Invited Talks
Guest Lecture, "Making as World-Making: What Activists Can Teach Universities about Community Building." Methodist University (2022).
Guest Speaker, “Uncomfortably Queer.” LGBTQIA+ Special Interest Group. International Writing Centers Association Conference. Columbus, OH. 16 Oct 2019. SIG.
Guest Speaker, “Guilt-Free Tutoring,” Writing Center Course, College of the Sequoias (2019).
Guest Speaker, “Building a Writing Practice for Medical Practitioners,” Humanism in Medicine Conference, MSU (2019).
Guest Speaker, "The HUB as a Discourse Community," MSU HUB Professional Development, MSU (2017).
Panelist, "Linking Social Justice to Research, Practice and Outreach," Geography Awareness Week Lunchtime Talks, MSU (2017).
Guest Speaker, "Empowering Yourself during Recruiting Duty" USMC Spousal Course, Charleston, WV (Nov. 2015).
Select Conference Presentations
Smith, Trixie, Dianna Baldwin, Rachel Robinson, and Elise Dixon. “The Times, They Are A Changin’: Challenging the Canon.” International Writing Centers Association Conference. Vancouver, BC. 27 Oct 2022. Roundtable.
Brentnell, Lauren, Elise Dixon, and Rachel Robinson. “Handle with Care: Trauma-Informed Approaches to the First-Year Writing Classroom.” Conference on College Composition and Communication.” Chicago, IL. Feb 18, 2023. Presentation.
Dixon, Elise. “Making and Un-Making in the Writing Center: What the Lesbian Avengers Taught Me.” International Writing Centers Association Conference. Columbus, OH. 16 Oct 2019. Conference Presentation.
Cox, Dan, Michael Anthony DeAnda, Elise Dixon, and Cody Mejeur. “Writing Queerness into Games and Gaming Culture.” Computers and Writing. East Lansing, MI. 22 June 2019. Conference Panel.
Dixon, Elise, Kate Firestone, Bree Gannon, Hillery Glasby, Rachel Robinson, and Trixie Smith. “Familial and Community (De/Re)Formations: (Performing) Stories of Familial, Racial, and Sexual Dis/re/ orientation.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Pittsburg, PA. 16 March 2019. Conference Panel.