Michael Pemberton

In this interview, Michael Pemberton, Emeritus Professor of English and past Director of the Writing Center at Georgia Southern University, is interviewed by Pamela Childers, former Director of the Caldwell Writing Center at the McCallie Schools. The interview was conducted June 17, 2025.

About Michael Pemberton

Michael Pemberton is Emeritus Professor of English at Georgia Southern University and former director of the writing centers at GSU and, earlier, the University of Illinois. A past president of the International Writing Centers Association, he has published six books and more than 100 articles on writing center theory, tutoring ethics, text recycling, and writing technologies in journals such as College Composition and Communication, Computers and Composition, the Writing Center Journal, and numerous book chapters in edited collections. He co-founded and edited the journal Across the Disciplines and is Editor of the WAC Clearinghouse book series Across the Disciplines Books. Currently, he is also Co-Director of the CWPA Consultant Evaluator Service as well as the Associate Publisher for Journals at the WAC Clearinghouse. He has been honored with multiple awards for his scholarship and service contributions including the IWCA Muriel Harris Outstanding Service Award, the IWCA and CWPA Best Book Awards, and the GSU College of Arts & Humanities Ruffin Cup for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service over the course of his career. In 2021, he was named a Distinguished Fellow of the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum (AWAC).

Credits

Video Production: Mike Palmquist and Zakery R. Muñoz

Closed Caption Editing: Camaryn Wheeler

Additional credits are provided at the end of the video.