News, Events, and Calls
- Traci Gardner, News Editor
We publish news from the WAC and writing communities. Visit to catch up on upcoming conferences, see calls for proposals, notices of newly published books and other scholarly projects, stories of WAC programs and practitioners in the news. If you have WAC news you want to share, please send a note to WACClearinghouseNews@gmail.com.
- April 19, 2023
- Journal of Basic Writing 41.1–2 Released
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This new issue focuses on assumptions that can block access and equity.
- April 17, 2023
- Talking, Sketching, Moving: Multiple Literacies in the Teaching of Writing
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Recently added to the WAC Clearinghouse, this book by Patricia Dunn examines how to explore multiple literacies in the writing classroom.
- April 14, 2023
- CFP for 2024 CCCC WAC SG-Sponsored Panel
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The CCCC WAC Standing Group seeks proposals for a sponsored panel at CCCC 2024.
- April 12, 2023
- Join the CCCC WAC Standing Group
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Learn about the work of the CCCC WAC Standing Group and how you can contribute.
- April 12, 2023
- Upcoming Symposium on Generative AI
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A virtual symposium on the threats and opportunities of AI and contract cheating will be held April 17-21. Sponsored by the University of California San Diego Academic Integrity Office, it will include a presentation by Anna Mills, whose resource collection “AI Text Generators and Teaching Writing: Starting Points for Inquiry” is housed on the WAC Clearinghouse.
- April 10, 2023
- A Working Model for Contingent Faculty
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This new book explores fair and effective practices for improving conditions for contingent faculty.
- March 24, 2023
- Hosting Proposals Sought for IWAC 2025
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The IWAC Conference Committee invites proposals for hosting the 2025 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. The call can be found at https://pearce.caah.clemson.edu/iwac-2023/hosting-proposals/.
- March 17, 2023
- IWAC 2023 Conference Schedule
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The full schedule for the 2023 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, to be held at Clemson University June 14-17, 2023, is now available online.
- March 15, 2023
- 2023 WAC Summer Institute Registration Open
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Registration is now open for the 2023 WAC Summer Institute (WACSI), which will take place June 11 - 14 in Clemson, SC.
- March 14, 2023
- Students Pen a Newspaper as Part of WAC Program
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Students publish first edition of a newspaper that includes stories on the cross-country team and whether Medusa was really a monster.