Roberta Kjesrud began her career teaching writing in 1988 when she started as a writing center tutor. Former president of the International Writing Centers Association, Roberta directed a writing center for many years before envisioning an innovative approach to research-reading-writing support, now implemented in the Hacherl Research & Writing Studio. With contributions from undergraduate practitioners, she is currently editing a book on studio-based learning and integrated literacies pedagogies.