Bridging Boundaries October 18-19, 2012
Welcome!
The 2012 Writing Across the Peninsula (WAP) conference theme, “Bridging Boundaries,” references LSSU's unique geographic placement on the border between the nations of Canada and the U.S. as well as the international bridge that links together the "sister Saults." The title also operates as an invitation for scholars
and teachers of rhetoric and composition to create couplings between
theoretical, rhetorical, and modal forms in their discussions of writing.
We invite proposals that examine bridges between electronic and print media, between traditional and nontraditional approaches to teaching writing, between state-imposed standards and classroom-born needs, between the rhetoric of assessment and the rhetoric of learning, between high school and college teaching of English, or any other bridges you can imagine.
This year’s conference is hosted by Lake Superior State University and will welcome two outstanding speakers: keynote speaker Dr. Kristin Arola and plenary speaker Professor Julie Landsman.
Dr. Kristin Arola is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Composition, and Technology as well as the Director of the Digital Technology and Culture Program at Washington State University. She is the author of multiple texts, including Visualizing Composition 2.0 (with Cheryl E. Ball), published in 2010 by Bedford/St. Martin's, and CrossTalk in Comp Theory (with Victor Villanueva), now in its third edition through the National Council of Teachers of English.
Dr. Arola's talk is entitled "Rethinking Multimodal Composition through Anishinaabe Teachings."
Professor Julie Landsman taught for twenty-five years in the Minneapolis public school system. She has also recently taught at Carleton College and has been an adjunct professor at Hamline University and St. Thomas in St. Paul. Her most recent book is Growing Up White: A Veteran Teacher Reflects on Racism (Rowman and Littlefield, publishers). Landsman has been a featured speaker on White Privilege in many venues and is a frequent contributor to Educational Leadership magazine.
Professor Landsman's talk is entitled "The Imperative of Stories: Our own, our students', and where they converge."
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REGISTRATION: If you plan on attending, please be sure to fill out the Online Registration Form.
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The Call for Proposals is now closed. Thank you to all those who submitted proposals. Notifications went out on May 22, 2012.
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SCHOLARSHIPS STILL AVAILABLE! High school educators, graduate students, and undergraduate students may apply for scholarship assistance to attend the conference by filling out the Scholarship Form.
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ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS! We have just received word that our SB-CEU application was approved. High school teachers who attend the Writing Across the Peninsula (WAP) conference at LSSU on Oct. 18 and 19 can earn 2.5 SB-CEUs if they attend the entire conference. More info forthcoming as we receive it.
The 2012 Writing Across the Peninsula (WAP) conference theme, “Bridging Boundaries,” references LSSU's unique geographic placement on the border between the nations of Canada and the U.S. as well as the international bridge that links together the "sister Saults." The title also operates as an invitation for scholars
and teachers of rhetoric and composition to create couplings between
theoretical, rhetorical, and modal forms in their discussions of writing.
We invite proposals that examine bridges between electronic and print media, between traditional and nontraditional approaches to teaching writing, between state-imposed standards and classroom-born needs, between the rhetoric of assessment and the rhetoric of learning, between high school and college teaching of English, or any other bridges you can imagine.
This year’s conference is hosted by Lake Superior State University and will welcome two outstanding speakers: keynote speaker Dr. Kristin Arola and plenary speaker Professor Julie Landsman.
Dr. Kristin Arola is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Composition, and Technology as well as the Director of the Digital Technology and Culture Program at Washington State University. She is the author of multiple texts, including Visualizing Composition 2.0 (with Cheryl E. Ball), published in 2010 by Bedford/St. Martin's, and CrossTalk in Comp Theory (with Victor Villanueva), now in its third edition through the National Council of Teachers of English.
Dr. Arola's talk is entitled "Rethinking Multimodal Composition through Anishinaabe Teachings."
Professor Julie Landsman taught for twenty-five years in the Minneapolis public school system. She has also recently taught at Carleton College and has been an adjunct professor at Hamline University and St. Thomas in St. Paul. Her most recent book is Growing Up White: A Veteran Teacher Reflects on Racism (Rowman and Littlefield, publishers). Landsman has been a featured speaker on White Privilege in many venues and is a frequent contributor to Educational Leadership magazine.
Professor Landsman's talk is entitled "The Imperative of Stories: Our own, our students', and where they converge."
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REGISTRATION: If you plan on attending, please be sure to fill out the Online Registration Form.
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The Call for Proposals is now closed. Thank you to all those who submitted proposals. Notifications went out on May 22, 2012.
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SCHOLARSHIPS STILL AVAILABLE! High school educators, graduate students, and undergraduate students may apply for scholarship assistance to attend the conference by filling out the Scholarship Form.
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ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS! We have just received word that our SB-CEU application was approved. High school teachers who attend the Writing Across the Peninsula (WAP) conference at LSSU on Oct. 18 and 19 can earn 2.5 SB-CEUs if they attend the entire conference. More info forthcoming as we receive it.