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