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The University of Connecticut Freshman English Program’s Second Annual Conference on the Teaching of Writing

“Readings and Writings”

The University of Connecticut’s Freshman English Program is calling for presentation/panel/ roundtable proposals from instructors of writing for the Second Annual Conference on the Teaching of Writing.  This year’s theme plays upon the multitude of meanings associated with the words “readings” and “writings,” and we especially invite proposals that experiment with those meanings.  In doing so, proposals should focus on composition issues pertaining to classroom practice and pedagogy, composition theory, rhetoric, and writing program administration including, but not limited to:


Curriculum Development

Student Writing

Revision

Conferencing

Plagiarism

Information Literacy

Diversity

ESL

Mentoring

Content and Composition

Textbooks

Writing as Social Action

Writing as Outreach

Writing as Creative

Writing as Interpretation

Reading as Interpretation

Service Learning

Research

Tutoring

Politics of the Classroom

Administration as Teaching

Administration as Research

TAs as Instructors of Record

Contingent Faculty

Assessment and Evaluation

Education

Computers and Technology

Literacy

Literature and Composition

Writing in the

Disciplines (WID)

Writing Across the

Curriculum (WAC)


 

Conference Date:  Friday, 30 March 2007

Conference Location:  University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus

Proposals should be approximately 250-300 words and should include 1) your name; 2) current contact information (email and postal mailing address); 3) the academic institution(s) and program(s) in which you study/teach/work; 4) the title of the proposal; 5) description of presentation/panel/ roundtable and, when applicable, 6) name(s) of other presenter(s).  You may submit proposals for more than one presentation.  Emailed submissions will only be accepted as Microsoft Word or PDF attachments; please indicate that your email contains a conference proposal by writing “Readings and Writings” in the subject line of the email.

Eligibility:

Instructors:  All teachers of writing, regardless of discipline, status (adjunct/graduate student/staff/faculty), institution, campus or level of teaching experience may submit proposals.

Students:  Undergraduate and graduate students in any writing course are encouraged to submit proposals.  Collaboration (see below) between instructors and students is also encouraged. 

Collaboration:  The Freshman English Program also supports collaborative presentations, panels and/or roundtable discussions between/among any eligible presenters.

Deadline for submissions:                         Wednesday, 9 February 2007

Mail (postal) or deliver submissions to:           Freshman English Office

                                                                        Department of English

                                                                        215 Glenbrook Road, U-4025

                                                                        Storrs, CT 06269-4025

Email Submissions to:                                     becky.caouette@uconn.edu