John's University in New York City. Through its Institute for Writing Studies, he directs writing centers on its Queens and Staten Island campuses and does research on composition and writing center studies, cultural studies and social justice. Denny is active in writing center community organizing and leadership in the New York City, the Northeast Writing Centers Association, and the International Writing Centers Association. He is currently at work on projects that focus on research methods for writing centers as well as critical explorations of space and the negotiation of professional identities in the field. Facing the Center