About Us
Our Mission
Dr. Brian S. McKinney
Interim Director
Dr. Brian S. McKinney is the Interim Director of the OSU Writing Center and a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of English. He earned his Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics/TESOL from OSU. His research examines the role of emotions in language learning, second language writing, and mindfulness in education. He brings more than twelve years of experience supporting student writers across university tutoring and language programs. As director, he works to make the Writing Center an academically, socially, and emotionally supportive space for every writer at OSU.
Austin Gunnels
Assistant Director
Austin is a third-year PhD student in Applied Linguistics who has been working in writing centers for six years across their academic career, with research focusing on the critically discursive transmedia interpellations of gender-diverse bodies and lives. As both a consultant and Assistant Director, they treasure their time spent in OSU’s Writing Center supporting their fellow writers in feeling proud of their work and identities as burgeoning scholars while striving to create an openly compassionate and collaborative culture for the Center that everyone can experience.