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Northern California Writing Centers Association Conference 2010. Burlingame, CA: February 6, 2010 to February 6, 2010. http://norcalwca.ning.com/. Contact: Jennifer Wells at jwells@mercyhsb.com.
Description:
Call for Proposals
NCWCA
Northern California Writing Centers Association Conference 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Mercy High School
Burlingame, CA 94010
Co-hosted by Mercy High School and the University of San Francisco
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ben Rafoth, Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
Author of A Tutor's Guide: Helping Writers One to One and co-editor of ESL Writers: A Guide for Writing Center Tutors.
Description:
It seems like you can’t walk five feet in Northern California without hearing or seeing the word “sustainable.”We have been at the epicenter for the “sustainability” movement, sharing our vision for preserving resources we are lucky to have around us for future generations.However, sustainability doesn’t just apply to our natural resources, but our educational ones as well. For many Northern California writing centers, the current economic climate and ongoing education budget cuts, the changing needs of student populations, including those that historically haven’t been well served by writing centers, and the concerns about our environmental impact have brought a new urgency to discussions of sustainability.
We invite you to the Northern California Writing Centers Association Conference in 2010, co-sponsored by Mercy High School Burlingame and the University of San Francisco, in order to share what it means to dream, direct, tutor in, or benefit from centers that will continue to flourish for years to come.We welcome proposals that might address, but certainly are not limited to, the following questions:
How can writing centers continue to thrive and serve their student populations, while making the most of potentially limited resources?
How can centers continue to evolve in order sustain an increasingly diverse array of students, from those whose first (or second, or third) language may not be English, to adult learners coming back to school for the first time in decades, to returning veterans?
How can middle schools and high schools reinvent the college writing center model to work in middle and high school settings?
How can high schools and college writing centers collaborate to sustain student support between high school and college writing?
How can writing centers lead the way in the “green” movement within their educational institutions?
How can we sustain our own professional and personal well being while continuing to serve increasing numbers of students?
Proposal formats include:
Presentations of 20 minutes
Panels of 3 presenters (20 minutes per presenter)
Roundtable or panel discussion sessions of 10 minutes per presenter
Workshops of 60 minutes (with audience participation)
In addition, NCWCA 2010 will feature a “Poster Potluck” during which all presenters are invited to share a poster (with handouts to share) featuring exciting thing(s) going on in their writing center! Presenters will be able to give their presentation as well as participate in the “Poster Potluck.”
Proposal Submission: Please submit a description of your proposed presentation/panel/roundtable/workshop as a MS Word or RTF by December 15 to NCWCA2010@gmail.com. Acceptance notices will be sent by January 1. In your proposal, please include:
Contact presenter information: Please include name, title, institutional affiliation, phone number, and email address. List names/affiliations for all other presenters.
Description of session (proposal): Please include a description of the topic, its importance and anticipated appeal to participants.If you are proposing a panel, roundtable or workshop, please describe each presenter’s anticipated contribution.
Audience Involvement: Please describe how your presentation will engage the audience, i.e. we are not looking for people to merely read a paper but to truly present information in a way that involves the audience to some degree (for example: having the audience list or jot down a few ideas to an opening question).
Poster Potluck: Please indicate whether or not you would be interested in sharing a poster for the “Poster Potluck.”
The 2010 MAWCA conference will be hosted by the University of Delaware Writing Center on April 9th – 10th in scenic and historic Newark, Delaware. Our theme of “Individuals Shaping Writing Centers – Writing Centers Shaping Individuals” is sure to make for a creative and illuminating conference experience. We are honored to announce that Dr. Neal Lerner, the Director of Training in Communication Instruction for the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies at MIT, will be our keynote speaker this year. Further, as a new addition to the conference, we’ll be hosting a pre-conference Professional Development Workshop on April 9th. For further information about the conference and the workshop, please visit http://www.mawcao nline.org/2010/index.html or e-mail us at MAWCAconference2010@english.udel.edu. Proposal submission deadline: January 15th.
(Added by Dan Melzer on October 14, 2009 | Last Updated on October 14, 2009)
2010 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Indiana University, Bloomington: May 20, 2010 to May 22, 2010. http://www.iub.edu/~wac2010.
Description:
Announcing the 2010 Writing Across the Curriculum Conference at Indiana University
The 2010 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference will be hosted by the Campus Writing Program at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Conference dates are May 20-22, 2010. Deadline for proposal submissions is October 19, 2009. Notification of acceptance will be no later than December 4, 2009. The deadline for conference registration is April 1, 2010 (those registering after this date will be charged a late fee).
This biannual conference, the only U.S. conference dedicated exclusively to writing across the curriculum (WAC) and writing in the disciplines (WID), is typically of interest to people who are concerned with using writing to improve teaching and learning--faculty, administrators, and students from post-secondary institutions, as well as faculty and administrators from secondary schools.
Conference chairs Laura Plummer and Jo Ann Vogt welcome workshops, panels, and individual presentations on topics of true interest and concern; there is no delimiting theme. Potential WAC topics include: administration, assessment, curriculum, economics, faculty development, history of WAC, interdisciplinary collaboration, student learning, politics, research, school/college collaboration, sustainability, teaching, technology, theory, writing, and other forms of communicating across the disciplines.
Bloomington is located about 50 miles south of Indianapolis in the limestone hills of south central Indiana, a region noted for its rustic beauty and artistic traditions. Travel to Bloomington is easy, and lodging in the Indiana University Memorial Union (where the conference is to be held) is affordable and pleasant.
(Added by Dan Melzer on April 21, 2009 | Last Updated on April 21, 2009)
European Writing Centers Association 2010 Conference. American University of Paris: May 24, 2010 to May 28, 2010.
Description:
Crossing national boundaries and linguistic borders:
(Re)Thinking and (Re)Situating the WritingCenter and WAC connection in Europe and Beyond
May 24 – 28, 2010
Keynote speakers:Muriel Harris, Purdue University, US
Chris Anson, North Carolina State University, US
Anne-Marie Picard, the American University of Paris, France
This conference will celebrate the EWCAs 12th birthday and our 7th international gathering of a community of scholars, professors, administrators, students, writing center tutors and
professionals.We sincerely hope our 2010 conference will offer each of you significant opportunities for shared research and common action across social divides, educational disciplines, languages and cultures.Central to our conference theme will be to
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rethink the connection between writing across the curriculum (WAC) programs and Writing Centers and the role they play (individually and collectively) in nurturing and advancing the culture of writing in Europe and beyond; what kinds of programs are succeeding in Europe?What kinds of programs make the most sense for European institutions?Can the American model be exported to Europe?
·examine the pedagogical, institutional, and political implications of formal writing instruction in European colleges and universities.
We hope this conference will be of interest to people who are concerned with using writing to improve teaching and learning—faculty, administrators, and students from post-secondary institutions, as well as faculty and administrators from secondary schools.
The EWCA executive board welcome proposals on topics such as
·establishing, administering and assessing WAC programs;
·theorizing writing instruction in a European context;
·developing writing centers and training tutors for them in widely different institutional settings;
·the mutual challenge of writing research and the teaching of writing:translating research into classroom practice;
·the idea of a EuropeanWritingCenter;
·writing and the new media;
·social, cultural, political, historical influences on writing in Europe;
·faculty development;
·interdisciplinary collaboration and communication;
·problems and prospects of the Bologna Convention;
·creating opportunities for shared research and common action across national, linguistic, and cultural divides;
·The linkbetween thinking and writing on European campuses;
·Theories of academic discourse
We particularly encourage collaborative projects among contributors from varied disciplines, nationalities, university writing programs.
Suggested Formats of Presentations:
- Individual presentations (20 minutes with 10 minutes Q/A):You may wish to present work in progress or results.
- Workshops (60 minutes)
- 60-minute multi-presenter panels
- Poster Presentations and Exhibits: You may provide a visual overview of your work (either research or teaching interventions in progress or results) and stimulate individual conversation.
More information about the conference will be available by the end of October on our conference website.
Deadline for proposal submissions:January 10, 2010
Notification of acceptance:February 20, 2010
Registration fee:150Euros
35 Euros students and WritingCenter tutors
165Euros late fee, after April 1, 2010
70Euros day fee
Deadline for registration:April 1, 2010
Proposed Schedule
Monday, May 24:Pre-conference workshop, late afternoon; off campus in the Marais
Tuesday, May 25:Registration:2:00 – 4:00pm (14h – 16h)
At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, more and more educators have come to realize the importance of academic writing programs both in and beyond academia. The view that those entering higher education are able to cope with their writing tasks without guidance has been widely challenged. The need for quality writing ability after leaving higher education is clear. Beyond the academy, with globalization in today’s worlds of business, research, and culture, writing skills are a necessity for all who wish to advance professionally. Especially in multicultural societies where students come from many different cultural and linguistic traditions and are often expected to write in more than one language, supporting student writers at all levels of study and preparing them for writing after their studies are pedagogical imperatives.
Two years ago, the Israel Forum for Academic Writing held its first meeting at Tel Aviv University. Its purpose was to connect people engaged in the teaching and research of academic writing in Israel. Instructors in academic writing in Hebrew and English from colleges and universities throughout the country attended this meeting. Since then, our organization has grown – we now have over 150 members on our mailing list. Visitors from abroad as well as local members have addressed issues such as responding to and assessing student writing, the use of technology in the teaching of writing, and how to gain administrative support for our programs. We have been fortunate in finding a home and support for our organization through the MOFET Institute.
In keeping with the intercultural and multi-linguistic nature of today’s societies, invited speakers at the first international conference on academic writing in Israel will address current issues in first language, second (third, fourth, etc.) language and foreign language writing. We are also planning to present a panel of writers in English, Hebrew, Arabic, and perhaps other languages on the topic, “Universals and Specifics of Academic Writing across Languages”. Participants will address the question of what it means to write in their various languages. Parallel sessions will include individual presentations, round table discussions, and workshops.
The program is designed to engage all those interested in academic writing programs and the writers they educate. Keynote and plenary sessions will be delivered in English. Papers and small group presentations may be given in Hebrew, English, or Arabic. Research-based contributions, as well as practical approaches to the teaching and learning of academic and professional writing are welcome.
Keynote speakers
Deborah H. Holdstein, PhD
Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Columbia College Chicago
Editor, College Composition and Communication
Dr. Holdstein has published widely in such areas as film, literary studies, and rhetoric and composition; until December, 2009, she continues her term as Editor of the premier journal in rhetoric and composition, College Composition and Communication. As Editor, she is also an Officer of the international organization, the Conference on College Composition and Communication.
Before her arrival at Columbia, Holdstein served as a member of the graduate faculty at Northern Illinois University, where she was Chair of the PhD-granting Department of English. For twenty years, Holdstein taught and advised graduate and undergraduate students at Governors State University, where she also led the program in English, chaired the Graduate Council, and served as Faculty Associate for Graduate Studies and Research in the Office of the Provost. From 1997-2000, she also led GSU's university-wide North Central Association re-accreditation effort.
Dr. Holdstein's books include On Composition and Computers; Rhetorical Choices (with Charles Schuster and Keith Gilyard); The Prentice-Hall Anthology of Women Writers; and her most recent volume, Judaic Perspectives in Rhetoric and Composition (edited with Andrea Greenbaum). Deborah Holdstein also serves as a consultant to colleges and universities (and directs the Consultant-Evaluator Program of the Council of Writing Program Administrators), and is a regular speaker at major scholarly conferences.
Christopher M. Anson, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor of English; Director, Campus Writing and Speaking Program; North Carolina State University
An avid writer, Chris has published 15 books and over 90 journal articles and book chapters and is on the editorial or reader's boards of ten journals, including CCC, CE, RTE, Across the Disciplines, Written Communication, Assessing Writing, and The Journal of Writing Assessment. He has recently co-authored a new book on digital literacies, Teaching Writing Using Blogs, Wikis, and other Digital Tools (Christopher-Gordon Publishers, 2009).
Chris has given over 425 conference papers, keynote addresses, and invited lectures and faculty workshops across the U.S. and in 21 foreign countries.
Chris served as President of the Council of Writing Program Administrators from 2002-2005 and spent seven additional years on the WPA Executive Board. He has also served on the CCCC Executive Committee (1993-96), the CCCC Outstanding Book Award Committee (2008-9), the CCCC Resolutions Committee (2002 and 2005), the CCC Editor Search Committee (2003-4), the CCCC Committee on Professional Standards (1990-93, co-chair 1993), the CCCC Committee on Issues in the Profession (2004-present), the CCCC Nominating Committee (1988 and again as chair in 1999), the CCCC Exemplar Award Committee (1996), the NCTE/CEE Nominating Committee (1987), the NCTE Committee on Language Across the Curriculum (1988-91), and the NCTE Board of Directors (1985-99). He chaired the NCTE Assembly for Research in 1992-3 and was program co-chair of the NCTE Global Conference on Language and Literacy (2000, Utrecht, Netherlands) and the Sixth Conference of the National Testing Network in Writing (1987). He chaired the WPA Task Force on Plagiarism and the WPA Task Force on Internationalization. He formed and chaired the MMLA's WAC Section (1989-1994).
Otto Kruse, Ph.D. Director of ZHAW Center for Professional Writing at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Applied Linguistics; Board Member of European Association of Teachers of Academic Writing
More detailed information to come.
Important Dates
Deadline for submission of abstracts
January 15, 2010
Notification of accepted abstracts
March 1, 2010
Conference
July 28-29, 2010
(Added by Michael Dickel on October 15, 2009 | Last Updated on October 15, 2009)
Writing Research Across Borders II. George Mason University, Washington, DC: February 17, 2011 to February 20, 2011. Contact: Charles Bazerman or Karen Lunsford at bazerman@education.ucsb.edu;klunsford@writing.ucsb.edu.
Description:
Call for Proposals: Writing Research Across Borders II
George Mason University
February 17-20, 2011
Proposal Deadline May 3, 2010
As societies become more knowledge-intensive and communication technologies draw us more closely together, the importance of writing in economic, scientific, civic, personal, and social development becomes more apparent. Correspondingly, the imperative to conduct research on writing in schools and the workplace, in relationship to learning and development, and in all aspects of our lives has invigorated work among scholars in all regions of the world. The conference Writing Research across Borders II will provide an opportunity for researchers to share their findings and set research agend as for the coming years.
Continuing the success of the three previous international research conferences held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the 2011 Writing Research Across Borders II will be held at George Mason University in the Washington D.C./Northern Virginia area. We invite proposals that will continue to deepen the cross-disciplinary, international dialogues across the many different domains of writing research.
As in past years, this conference will focus on writing development across the lifespan, including the impact of new technologies on learning to write, early acquisition of writing, writing across grade levels (K-20), writing in the disciplines and professions, and writing in the workplace or other community and institutional settings. We invite proposals presenting research in these areas. We also invite proposals on any other areas of writing use and practice, such as writing in progressive or large scale educational programs, or proposals that link writing research and policies. We welcome papers raising methodological issues about researching writing. We invite work from any research tradition that is grounded in the tradition’s previous research and pursues the methodical gathering of qualitative or quantitative data appropriate to its claims.
Proposals should identify the format preferred (panels, roundtables, individual presentations, and poster presentations). Individual or poster proposals should be a maximum of 500 words. Proposals with multiple presentations (panel20and roundtable) should contain a short overview statement and then no more than 400 words per speaker. Proposals should specify the relevant research literatures, research questions, methods, data, and findings, as well as the scope and duration of the research projects.
The deadline for proposals is May 3, 2010. Please submit proposals in .doc or .rtf format by email attachment to <writing@education.ucsb.edu>. Also, be sure to include a title for your proposal and each speaker’s individual talk, as well as contact information for each individual presenter.
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At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, more and more educators have come to realize the importance of academic writing programs both in and beyond academia. The view that those entering higher education are able to cope with their writing tasks without guidance has been widely challenged. The need for quality writing ability after leaving higher education is clear. Beyond the academy, with globalization in today’s worlds of business, research, and culture, writing skills are a necessity for all who wish to advance professionally. Especially in multicultural societies where students come from many different cultural and linguistic traditions and are often expected to write in more than one language, supporting student writers at all levels of study and preparing them for writing after their studies are pedagogical imperatives.
Deborah H. Holdstein, PhD
Christopher M. Anson, Ph.D.
Otto Kruse, Ph.D.
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