From Kathleen Yancey, President of SAMLA and Editor of CCC:
The program is punctuated with sessions on all things digital, including spaces, texts, and practices. I’ve pasted below some of the sessions that I hope you’ll find interesting, from sessions on the role of digital technology in writing program administration and teaching writing in the two-year college to the capstone in the English major to sessions on African American digital rhetoric, digital publishing, and new teaching and learning spaces. As you peruse the sessions listed below, you’ll see both new and familiar names. In addition, there’s a Presidential (wine and cheese) Reception on Friday evening and a lunch on Saturday included in the cost of registration, which is very reasonable: Early Registration Individual:$125.00 and Student/Retired/ Adjunct: $70.00
November 8-10, 2013
Marriott Atlanta Buckhead Hotel
Atlanta, Georgia
Special Focus
“Cultures, Contexts, Images, and Texts: Making Meaning in Print, Digital, and Networked Worlds”
CULTURE, TEXTS, AND TECHNOLOGY
Friday—10:00 AM: Roswell
Chair: Jasara Hines, University of Central Florida
1. Reading History in the Dynarchive: YouTube and the Eternal Online Present – Christina Armistead, University of Georgia
2. Contextualizing Participatory History: The Role of Online Portals in Constructing a Hybrid Community Archive – Marcy Galbreath, University of Central Florida
3. Bricoleurs Build with LEGOs: Narrative in the Database World – Amy Larner Giroux, University of Central Florida
4. Digital Humanities: Fostering Innovative Scholarship or Lowering Standards? – Letitia Guran, Independent Scholar
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THE IDEAL WOMAN IN RHETORICAL PLAY: PHOTOGRAPHY, POETRY, AND POLITICS
Friday—10:00 AM: Dahlonega
Chair: Nancy Myers, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1. Disguising the Ideal (Wo)Man: Cross-Dressing for the 19th-Century Camera – Kristie S. Fleckenstein, Florida State University
2. Reconciling Ideals: Eleanor Ross Taylor’s Negotation of 20th-Century Poetics – Sally Smits, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
3. Women’s Work as New Ideal: The “Unfinished Business” of Privileged Women’s Advocacy in the 21st Century – Nancy Myers, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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PARADOXES IN THE CLASSROOM: WHEN STRATEGIES TO EMPOWER ALSO CONSTRAIN
Friday—10:00 AM: Suwanee
Co-Chair: Lisa Propst, University of West Georgia
Co-Chair: Jade Loicano, University of West Georgia
1. Lisa Propst, University of West Georgia
2. Jade Loicano, University of West Georgia
3. Melanie Jordan, University of West Georgia
4. Rod McRae, University of West Georgia
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THE CHALLENGES OF WPA WORK IN 2013
Florida WPA
Friday—11:45 AM: Dunwoody
Chair: Deborah Coxwell-Teague, Florida State University
1. The Changing Face of First-Year Composition in Florida: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Deborah Coxwell-Teague, Florida State University
2. Creating “Entry Points” to College Writing for Transfer Students: Problems and Possible Solutions – Pavel Zemliansky, University of Central Florida
3. Well Played, WPA: Promoting Growth in an Era of Budget Cuts – Barclay Barrios, Florida Atlantic University
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BEST PRACTICES: DESIGNING THE CAPSTONE COURSE FOR UNDERGRADUATE ENGLISH MAJORS
Friday—11:45 AM: Savannah
Chair: Tom Mack, University of South Carolina at Aiken
1. “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words” in English Capstone Courses – Chantelle MacPhee and Abigail Morris, Elizabeth City State University
2. The Evolution of Longwood University’s Capstone Course for English Majors – Shawn Smith, Longwood University
3. A Senior Capstone Experience: Amazing English Majors with Their Transferable Skills – Stephen Whited, Piedmont College
4. The Capstone Course in Literary Studies: An Evolving Pedagogical Model – Tom Mack, University of South Carolina Aiken
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PEDAGOGIES OF MULTILITERACIES: USING 21ST-CENTURY LITERACIES AND MULTIMODAL COMPOSITION TO TEACH WRITING AND CRITICAL THINKING
Friday—11:45 AM: Heritage B
Chair: Mary Hocks, Georgia State University
Roundtable Panelists:
Mary Hocks, Associate Professor, Georgia State University
Pete Rorabaugh, Assistant Professor, Southern Polytechnic State University
Oriana Gatta, Ph.D. Candidate, Georgia State University
Lauri Bohanan Goodling, Assistant Professor, Georgia Perimeter College
George Pullman, Director of Center for Instructional Innoviation, Georgia State University
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THE IMPACT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON WRITING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
Carolina Council of Writing Program Administrators, Session I
Friday—1:30 PM: Chastain A
Chair: Anthony T. Atkins, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
1. Professional Development, Technology, and New Teachers of Composition – Anthony T. Atkins, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
2. First-Year Writing Program Assessment: Continuous, Digital, and Reflective – Jan Rieman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
3. Transforming Academic Writing in the Digital Age – Aria F. Chernik, Duke University
4. Kennping an Eye on the Prize: How Can WPAs Assess Digital Technologies and Their Effectiveness within a Writing Program? – Marion Bruner, Queens University of Charlotte
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AN EVOLUTION OF MEANING: PEOPLE, PLACES, AND LEARNING DYNAMICS IN THE ONLINE CLASSROOM
Friday—1:30 PM: Marietta
Chair: Donna Nalley, South University Online
1. The Potentials and Risks of the Narrative Essay for Nontraditional Learners in the Online English Classroom – Jennifer Ferraro, South University Online
2. Cyber-Omnipresence: The Effects of Real-Time Technology on the Teaching and Learning Dynamic in the Online Classroom – Beth Virtanen, South University Online
3. Outsiders and Pioneers: Negotiating Conflict that Emanates from Assumptions about Place and Community in the Online English Classroom – John Breedlove, South University Online
4. Is There a Text in this Online Class? Interpreting Literature in the Discussion Board – Chad May, South University Online
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A SPACE ODYSSEY: THE EFFECT OF NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS ON STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
Friday—1:30 PM: Heritage C
Chair: Shawn P. Apostel, Bellarmine University
1. Making Space: The Multimodal Communication Center at Georgia Tech – Karen Head, Georgia Institute of Technology
2. The Technology Commons and Rhetorical Practices of Student-Driven Social Learning – Stacey Pigg, University of Central Florida
3. Hot Spots: Mapping the Terrain of Composition Spaces – Russell Carpenter, Eastern Kentucky University
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DOCUMENTING STORIES THAT SPEAK TO US: MAKING MEANING WITH THE DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF LITERACY NARRATIVES (DALN)
Friday—3:15 PM: Heritage C
Chair: Michael Harker, Georgia State University
Roundtable Panelists:
Kathryn Comer, Assistant Professor of English, Barry University
Scott L. DeWitt, Associate Professor of English, The Ohio State University
Michael Harker, Assistant Professor of English, Georgia State University (session chair)
Cynthia L. Selfe, Humanities Distinguished Professor, The Ohio State University
H. Lewis Ulman, Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
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COMPOSING IN AUTOPILOT: IMPLICATIONS OF WRITING IN WEB 2.0
Friday—3:15 PM: Chastain A
Chair: Jacob Craig, Florida State University
1. Who is Inventing Whom? Templates, Prescripts, and Agency – Bruce Bowles Jr., Florida State University
2. Who is Inventing Whom? Templates, Prescripts, and Agency – David Bedsole, Florida State University
3. Entering the Conversation: What Collaborative Pedagogy Can Teach Us About Composition in Web 2.0 – Jessica Gorman, Amherst College
4. Relocating Creativity in Composition: Templates, Design Patterns, and Assemblages – Jacob Craig, Florida State Universiry
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MAKERS’ CULTURE AND THE FUTURE OF ENGLISH STUDIES
Friday—3:15 PM: Heritage A
Chair: Marc Bousquet, Emory University
1. Read, Write, Build: Hands-on Interpretation – Brian Croxall, Emory University
2. Digital Humanities or Just Humanities? – Stewart Varner, Emory University
3. Incubating Domain of One’s Own at Emory – Marc Bousquet, Emory University
4. Why Don’t You Just Teach Writing? – Rebecca Burnett, Georgia Institute of Technology
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FRIDAY AT 5: KATHERINE HAYLES
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CROSSROADS AND CRITICAL JUNCTIONS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN RHETORIC, LINGUISTICS, LITERATURE, AND DIGITAL MEDIA
College Language Association (CLA)
Friday—6:00 PM: Roswell
Chair: Dana A. Williams, Howard University
1. Anthony Bolden, University of Kansas
2. Adam Banks, University of Kentucky
3. Albertina Hughey, Texas Southern University
4. David Green, Howard University
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GETTING YOUR HEAD IN THE CLOUDS: CLOUD COMPUTING AND THE ENGLISH CLASSROOM
Friday—6:00 PM: Dahlonega
Chair: Letizia Guglielmo, Kennesaw State University
1. Letizia Guglielmo, Kennesaw State University
2. Yvonne Wichman, Kennesaw State University
3. Todd Harper, Kennesaw State University
4. Ryan Rish, Kennesaw State University
5. Hannah Stone, Kennesaw State University
6. Kim Moulton, Kennesaw State University
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SHIFTING PEDAGOGICAL SPACES: GENERAL EDUCATION AND THE DIGITAL CLASSROOM
Friday—6:00 PM: Savannah
Chair: Beth Daniell, Kennesaw State University
1. A Collaborative Approach to Designing 1101 Online – Laura McGrath, Kennesaw State Univerisity
2. Discussing Discussions: Planning Composition I Assignments for Increased Student-Student Interaction – Komal Patel Mathew, Kennesaw State University
3. Creating Space and Setting Boundaries: Developing and Teaching a Hybrid Section of English 1101 – Bridget Doss, Kennesaw State University
4. Pedagogical Straitjacket, Asynchronous Asset, or Just Another Class(room): Collaborative Research Writing – Rochelle Harris, Kennesaw State University
5. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Teaching World Literature in Hybrid and Online Formats – Denise White, Kennesaw State University
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INFINITE VARIETY: POSSIBILITIES AND CHOICES IN WRITING
Georgia and Carolina College English Association (GCCEA)
Saturday—8:00 AM: Heritage C
Chair: Alyse W. Jones, Georgia Perimeter College
1. Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the English 1102 Classroom – Lee Brewer and Alyse W. Jones, Georgia Perimeter College Online
2. Teaching Composition with Interactive Fiction Computer Games – Jonathan Kotchian, Georgia Institute of Technology
3. Writing from the Inside Out: Student Choice and Service-Learning in Freshman Composition – Jessica Hutchman, University of North Carolina at Asheville
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WHEN LOGOS MEETS PATHOS: ACADEMIC WRITING THAT’S MEMORABLE
Saturday—8:00 AM: Buckhead B
Chair: Lois Wolfe Markham, Florida Keys Community College
1. Screen, Style, and Substance: Using Multimodal Tools to Extend Meaning in Excellent Essays – Laura Anderson, Georgia State University
2. Academic Writing: Another Language – Peggy Schaller, Georgia College and State University
3. Strong Ideas, Weak Prose, and Vice Versa: Standards of Quality in Academic Writing – Bradford Hincher, Georgia State University
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VISUAL RHETORIC: ARISTOTLE’S APPEALS AND THE MEANING OF IMAGES
Visual Rhetoric
Saturday—9:45 AM: Dahlonega
Chair: Shawn P. Apostel, Bellarmine University
1. From Jonathan Edwards to John Doe: Images of Evangelical Ethos Online and Celebrity Preachers Gone Dark for the Digital- Amber Stamper, University of Kentucky
2. A GIFset is Worth a Thousand Words: Tumblr and the Visual Construction of Fannish Ethos – Audrey Johnson, University of North Dakota
3. Digital Rhetoric: Networked Negotiations of the Meanings and Appeals of Images in Wikipedia articles about Breaking News Events – Heather Ford and Isis Hjorth, University of Oxford
4. Transformative Lives: The Rhetoric of Jessica Abel and Miriam Katin – Kristine Lee, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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DESIGNING WRITING SPACES FOR DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING
Critical Thinking in the Rhetoric and Composition Classroom, Session I
Saturday—1:00 PM: Suwanee
Chair: Kathleen Bell, University of Central Florida
1. From Consumption to Insight: Cultural Analysis and Critical Thinking in the Writing Classroom – David Brauer, North Georgia College and State University
2. Writing from the Inside Out: Critical Thinking and Service Learning in Freshman Composition – Jessica Hutchman, University of North Carolina at Asheville
3. Frameworks for Service Learning In Advanced Writing Courses – Lara Smith Stitton, Georgia State University
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COMMUNITY-BASED WRITING
English in the Two-Year College, Session III
Saturday—1:00 PM: Piedmont
Co-Chair: Lauri Bohanan Goodling, Georgia Perimeter College
Co-Chair: Mary Helen O’Connor, Georgia Perimeter College
1. Composition in Transit: Writing about Transportation – Lauren Curtright, Georgia Perimeter College
2. Making Communication Contexts Real – Dixie Elise Hickman, American InterContinental University
3. Teaching Human Rights Activism – Mary Helen O’Connor, Georgia Perimeter College
4. Capturing Community Voices: Interviews and Community-Based Writing – Kathy Crowther, Georgia Perimeter College
5. Benefits of Engaged Learning through Community-Based Writing – Sean Brumfield, Georgia Perimeter College
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A LIFE IN THE PROFESSION: A WOMAN’S VIEW
Saturday—1:00 PM: Buckhead B
Chair: Lynée Gaillet, Florida State University
1. A Heady Life?: Negotiating Killer Dichotomies – Kristie S. Fleckenstein, Florida State University
2. Leaning Back: A Reflection at Mid-Career – Christina R. McDonald, Virginia Military Institute
3. Dee James, University of North Carolina Asheville
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SMOOTH SAILING? QUESTIONING STATE TRANSFER OF FYC
Carolina Council of Writing Program Administrators, Session II
Saturday—2:45 PM: Piedmont
Chair: Lynne A. Rhodes, University of South Carolina Aiken
1. Smooth Sailing? Questioning State Transfer of FYC – Lynne A. Rhodes, University of South Carolina Aiken
2. FYC Transfer from a Two-Year College’s Perspective: Finding Common Ground for Change – Rhonda Grego, Midlands Technical College
3. FYC Transfer from a Two-Year College’s Perspective: Finding Common Ground for Change – Julie Nelson, Midlands Technical College
4. FYC Transfer from a Two-Year College’s Perspective: Finding Common Ground for Change – Andrea West, Midlands Technical College
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DESIGNING WRITING SPACES FOR DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING
Critical Thinking in the Rhetoric and Composition Classroom, Session II
Saturday—2:45 PM: Suwanee
Chair: Kathleen Bell, University of Central Florida
1. Thinking about Difference: Multimodal vs. Plain-Text Assignments – Barbara Gordon and Sarah Alpert, Elon University
2. Remaking the Material in Multimodal Contexts: YouTube, the Student, and Material Theory – Valerie Robin, Georgia State University
3. This Digital Life: A Themed Freshman Sequence – Heidi Lynn Staples, Piedmont College
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MAKING MEANING ACROSS CONTEXTS: WRITING AND THE QUESTION OF TRANSFER
Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
Saturday—4:30 PM: Buckhead A
Chair: Jessie L. Moore, Elon University
1. Writing and the Question of Transfer: The Elon Statement – Jessie L. Moore, Elon University
2. Teaching for Transfer: The Role of Content in Composition – Liane Robertson, William Paterson University
3. Reflective Practices in the Teaching for Transfer Classroom – Kara Taczak, University of Denver
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INVENTING THE DISCIPLINE: INTERVIEWS WITH SCHOLARS IN RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION
Saturday—4:30 PM: Heritage C
Co-Chair: Jacob Craig, Florida State Unversity
Co-Chair: Matt Davis, University of Massachusetts Boston
1. Tony Ricks, Athens State University
2. Kendra Mitchell, Florida State University
3. Martha McKay Canter, Florida State University
4. Christine Martorana, Florida State University
5. Josh Mehler, Florida State University
6. Bret Zawilski, Florida State University
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NEW WORLDS OF PUBLISHING: JOURNALS, BOOKS, AND THE NEW MEDIA EDITOR
Sunday—8:30 AM: Chastain A
Chair: Bret Zawilski, Florida State University
1. Multi-Touch, Interactive, Augmented Books and Their Challenges for Authors and Publishers – David Blakesley, Clemson University and Parlor Press
2. Text, Code, Design – Multimodal Editing for Multimodal Texts – Douglas Eyman, George Mason University
3. Digital Editorial Collectives and the Preparation of Future Faculty – Kristine Blair, Bowling Green State University
4. Future and Enduring Roles for Digital Journals and Editing – Byron Hawk, University of South Carolina
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REVISITING REMEDIATION
Sunday—8:30 AM: Buckhead A
Chair: Matthew Sansbury, Georgia State University
1. Medium and, not versus, Message: Remediating the Student Argument – Valerie Robin, Georgia State University
2. Narrative Remediation – Jennifer Olive, Georgia State University
3. “Collecting [Is] Thinking, Thinking [Is] Collecting”: Remediating the Archive – Matthew Sansbury, Georgia State University
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THINK OUTSIDE THE PAPER: CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES FOR COMPOSITION
Sunday—8:30 AM: Piedmont
Chair: Sara Hughes, Georgia State University
1. The Social Classwork: Utilizing Social Networking Platforms to Stimulate Critical Thinking – Sara Hughes, Georgia State University
2. Of Forms and Constraints: Embracing Non-Traditional Modes of Composition – Thomas Breideband, Georgia State University
3. Circle Circle Dot Dot: Drawing in the Composition Classroom – Scott Hughes, Central Georgia Technical College
4. Creative Research from A to ‘Zine – Amy Pirkle, University of Alabama
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BUILDING THE DEGREE: THE POTENTIAL AND PITFALLS OF ESTABLISHING A B.A. PROGRAM IN ENGLISH DURING UNCERTAIN TIMES, SESSION I
Sunday—8:30 AM: Oglethorpe
Chair: Maria Cahill, Edison State College
1. Kristie S. Fleckenstein, Florida State University
2. Scott Ortolano, Edison State College
3. Daniel Moore, University of Birmingham (UK)
4. Kathryn Pivak, Cottey College
5. Trisha Stubblefield, Cottey College
6. Stephen Raynie, Gordon State College
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Sunday Noon
Kathleen Fitzpatrick, author of Planned Obsolescence