Writing Across the Peninsula
2012 Conference: Call for Proposals
Proposal Deadline: Please complete the attached form and email it as an attachment to [email protected] by Friday, April 20, 2012. The Call for Proposals has been extended to Friday May 4, 2012.
The title of this year’s conference, “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 high school and college teaching of English, 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, or any other bridges you can imagine.
Our keynote speaker, Dr. Kristin Arola from Washington State University, does groundbreaking work in digital technologies and cultural identities. Her forthcoming book from Bedford/St. Martin's is Making Multimodal Projects (with Jennifer Sheppard and Cheryl E. Ball). Other publications of Dr. Arola's include Visualizing Composition 2.0 (with Cheryl E. Ball, Bedford/St. Martin's) and Composing (Media) =
Composing (Embodiment) (with Anne Frances Wysocki, Utah State University Press).
Our plenary speaker, Professor Julie Landsman, is a veteran teacher of the public school system of Minneapolis. Her most recent book, Growing Up White: A Veteran Teacher Reflects on Racism, examines the conscious and unconscious ways in which white teachers bring their own racial privilege into the classroom. Julie Landsman takes the reader on an inventory of her life, pulling from events and scenes, a set of lessons learned. She discloses honestly and unflinchingly the privileges she has experienced as a white person and connects those to her presence in city classrooms where she taught for over 25 years.
These two exciting speakers will be addressing issues of teaching that are critical to teachers in universities, colleges, and high schools. We invite you to participate in these exciting conversations by bringing your own voice and work to the discussion. We invite proposals from university, community college, and high school writing professionals that open up discussion of new theoretical directions, inventive curricular ideas, and innovative classroom practices.
The 2012 WAP Planning Committee is looking for presenters for the following types of 50-minute sessions:
The proposal description should:
Note: All submissions will undergo a blind review. No identifying information should be included in the proposal after the first page. Invitations will be sent by May 18, 2012.
For more information, please email us at [email protected], visit our website at writingacrossthepeninsula.weebly.com.
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WAP PROPOSAL: 2012 Conference (Overview and contact info)
Presentation Title:
Name of contact person for this proposal, including title (Dr., Professor, etc.)
Home address, school/institution address, telephone(s) for contact:
Email address for contact person:
If a group presentation is being proposed, please check the affiliation type of each presenter and fill in the names, addresses, emails, and school/institution address for each participant.
__ undergraduate student
__ graduate student
__ high school faculty
__ community college faculty
__ university college faculty
__ independent scholar
__ other (please indicate connection)
PROPOSAL
(The WAP conference organizers will separate the previous pages from the following Proposal pages in order to ensure a blind review.)
Please provide a brief (50 word) abstract of the presentation:
Please provide a description of the topic, content, and method of your presentation. Group panel or roundtable proposals should be no longer than 500 words. Individual presentation and poster proposals should be no longer than 250 words. Please remember that no identifying information should appear on the proposal description.
Presentation Type:
___ Group Panel
___ Individual (to be grouped into a panel)
___ Roundtable
___ Poster
Technology Needs:
Wireless connections are provided in each conference room. You will need to provide your own laptop for your presentation.
Please indicate any other materials/technologies you will need for your presentation:
__Whiteboard and markers
__ DVD player
__ VHS player
__ Screen
__ Overhead slide projector
__ Other (please specify)
Your intended audience: To whom would your presentation be primarily directed?
My primary audience would most likely be (please mark all probable audiences for this topic):
__ Undergraduate students
__ Graduate students
__ High school faculty
__ College faculty
Thank you for submitting your proposal. If you have questions, please contact us at: [email protected]
2012 Conference: Call for Proposals
Proposal Deadline: Please complete the attached form and email it as an attachment to [email protected] by Friday, April 20, 2012. The Call for Proposals has been extended to Friday May 4, 2012.
The title of this year’s conference, “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 high school and college teaching of English, 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, or any other bridges you can imagine.
Our keynote speaker, Dr. Kristin Arola from Washington State University, does groundbreaking work in digital technologies and cultural identities. Her forthcoming book from Bedford/St. Martin's is Making Multimodal Projects (with Jennifer Sheppard and Cheryl E. Ball). Other publications of Dr. Arola's include Visualizing Composition 2.0 (with Cheryl E. Ball, Bedford/St. Martin's) and Composing (Media) =
Composing (Embodiment) (with Anne Frances Wysocki, Utah State University Press).
Our plenary speaker, Professor Julie Landsman, is a veteran teacher of the public school system of Minneapolis. Her most recent book, Growing Up White: A Veteran Teacher Reflects on Racism, examines the conscious and unconscious ways in which white teachers bring their own racial privilege into the classroom. Julie Landsman takes the reader on an inventory of her life, pulling from events and scenes, a set of lessons learned. She discloses honestly and unflinchingly the privileges she has experienced as a white person and connects those to her presence in city classrooms where she taught for over 25 years.
These two exciting speakers will be addressing issues of teaching that are critical to teachers in universities, colleges, and high schools. We invite you to participate in these exciting conversations by bringing your own voice and work to the discussion. We invite proposals from university, community college, and high school writing professionals that open up discussion of new theoretical directions, inventive curricular ideas, and innovative classroom practices.
The 2012 WAP Planning Committee is looking for presenters for the following types of 50-minute sessions:
- Group Panels – members of group panels present on a common topic, and allow time at the end for attendees’ questions and responses
- Individual Presentations – individual presenters are grouped with others to speak as part of a panel (15-20 minutes)
- Roundtables – several individuals discuss and debate a defined topic; time at the end is left for the audience to join the discussion.
- Posters – presenters display visual aids, explaining and discussing their display with participants
The proposal description should:
- identify the type of session
- describe the proposed content and method of the presentation
- identify any needed support materials (projector, etc.)
- contain no more than 250 words for individual and poster presentations, 500 words for group presentations
- be sent as an attachment (doc, docx, or rtf) along with the completed form to [email protected]
Note: All submissions will undergo a blind review. No identifying information should be included in the proposal after the first page. Invitations will be sent by May 18, 2012.
For more information, please email us at [email protected], visit our website at writingacrossthepeninsula.weebly.com.
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WAP PROPOSAL: 2012 Conference (Overview and contact info)
Presentation Title:
Name of contact person for this proposal, including title (Dr., Professor, etc.)
Home address, school/institution address, telephone(s) for contact:
Email address for contact person:
If a group presentation is being proposed, please check the affiliation type of each presenter and fill in the names, addresses, emails, and school/institution address for each participant.
__ undergraduate student
__ graduate student
__ high school faculty
__ community college faculty
__ university college faculty
__ independent scholar
__ other (please indicate connection)
PROPOSAL
(The WAP conference organizers will separate the previous pages from the following Proposal pages in order to ensure a blind review.)
Please provide a brief (50 word) abstract of the presentation:
Please provide a description of the topic, content, and method of your presentation. Group panel or roundtable proposals should be no longer than 500 words. Individual presentation and poster proposals should be no longer than 250 words. Please remember that no identifying information should appear on the proposal description.
Presentation Type:
___ Group Panel
___ Individual (to be grouped into a panel)
___ Roundtable
___ Poster
Technology Needs:
Wireless connections are provided in each conference room. You will need to provide your own laptop for your presentation.
Please indicate any other materials/technologies you will need for your presentation:
__Whiteboard and markers
__ DVD player
__ VHS player
__ Screen
__ Overhead slide projector
__ Other (please specify)
Your intended audience: To whom would your presentation be primarily directed?
My primary audience would most likely be (please mark all probable audiences for this topic):
__ Undergraduate students
__ Graduate students
__ High school faculty
__ College faculty
Thank you for submitting your proposal. If you have questions, please contact us at: [email protected]