Marci Prescott-Brown (she/her/elle) is the Director of the New College Writing Centre and Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in Writing Studies. She has practiced decolonialist and antiracist writing pedagogies since she began tutoring students from low income and minority backgrounds as a teenager.

For over seventeen years, she has taught writing in various postsecondary and other academic contexts. She completed her dissertation using the principles of antiracist writing, receiving her PhD in English from the University of Toronto in 2019. She also completed a TESL Diploma in 2020 and earned the OCELT professional designation. Currently, she is the President of the Canadian Writing Centres Association/Association Canadienne des Centres de Rédaction (CWCA/ACCR). Her pedagogical and research focus is on how varieties of speech, language, and technology can be used as part of decolonialist and antiracist writing instruction to empower writers. She has published in Canadian journals in Writing Studies such as Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie and SKRIB: Critical Studies in Writing Programs and Pedagogy.

Marci facilitates the writing group for the Caribbean, African, Equity and Solidarity Studies (CAESS) programs as well as the Write Now! Staff and Faculty Writing Group at New College.

When relaxing, Marci enjoys baking pies, playing games, making crafts, and travelling with her family.

Select Peer Reviewed Publications in Writing Studies (broadly) and/or Writing Centre Studies (specifically):

Bell, S., Hotson, B., & Prescott-Brown, M. (2025). Decolonizing Writing Centre Internationalization: Reflective Strategies for Ethical Engagement. SKRIB: Critical Studies in Writing Programs and Pedagogy, 2(2), 1–45. Https://doi.org/10.25071/2818-2618.26  

Prescott-Brown, M. (2024). Welcoming Writers, Welcoming Instructors: Integrating Antiracist and Decolonial Pedagogies via Multimodal Assignments in Canadian Postsecondary Writing Courses. Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, 34, 183–199. Https://doi.org/10.31468/dwr.1069

Brancato, E., Prescott-Brown, M., Natarajan, S., Penney, M., Sapuridis, E., & Torbica, M. (2024). Advocating for Antiracist Approaches to Writing in the Canadian Postsecondary Context: A Roundtable Discussion. SKRIB: Critical Studies in Writing Programs and Pedagogy, (1), 1-43.  https://skrib.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/default/article/view/12