News, Events, and Calls

Traci Gardner
- 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 12, 2023
Upcoming Symposium on Generative AI

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. 

March 24, 2023
Hosting Proposals Sought for IWAC 2025

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/.

February 24, 2023
WAC Clearinghouse Seeks New Associate Publisher

The WAC Clearinghouse is seeking applications for a new associate publisher. This position is part of the leadership team at the Clearinghouse and is involved in all major decisions made regarding its direction. The deadline for application is March 31st.

February 6, 2023
A Partnership with the Studies in Writing and Rhetoric Series

The WAC Clearinghouse is pleased to announce the launch of its open-access partnership with CCCC and NCTE's Studies in Writing and Rhetoric series. Two new books are available in open-access formats on the Clearinghouse. 

November 28, 2022
Join the WACNews-L Email List

The Clearinghouse has created a moderated email list to provide information about new Clearinghouse publications, resources, and events. To subscribe, please visit https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wacnews-l.

October 4, 2022
Student Book Projects in WAC Classroom

Primary school students’ book projects are inspired by writing across the curriculum.

September 21, 2022
Register for the Dartmouth '66 Exhibit Live Event

Register now to attend a live panel discussion featuring the Dartmouth ‘66 Exhibit.

September 1, 2022
Writing in Science & History

Students at West Ewell are writing across the science and history curriculum.

July 19, 2022
Graduate Assistant Survey on Writing Program Labor

Graduate assistants do important work and take on a large share of undergraduate teaching, yet this labor is often overlooked and undervalued. Please consider completing a doctoral research questionnaire on graduate student labor concerns.

April 18, 2022
News from CompPile

CompPile, a searchable online inventory of published scholarship in post-secondary composition and rhetoric from 1939 to the present, adds recent issues to the database and invites suggestions for resources to add to the collection.