8:00 – 9:00 am

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS / Creekside I

Elenore Long, Arizona State University

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KEYNOTE / Creekside I

Undergraduate Rhetoric and Writing Studies and the Hard Problem of Intersubjectivity

Dylan Dryer, University of Maine

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9:15 - 10:30 am

PANEL / Creekside I

Designing a Writing Studies Major Amid Shifting Institutional Priorities

    

Internship Program Design in Writing and Rhetoric Programs: The “Whys” and “Hows”

Lara Smith-Stitton, Kennesaw State University

Professionalizing and Mentoring Rhetoric and Writing Students for the Entertainment Industries

    Sergio Figueiredo, Kennesaw State University

Navigating a Curriculum Development Maze with New Colleagues Amid Shifting Institutional Priorities

    Elizabeth Giddens, Kennesaw State University

 

PANEL / Creekside II

Inventions and Innovations in Rhetoric and Writing Studies Pathways

 

Inventing a Rhetoric and Writing Pathway, from the Community College to the University

Steven Accardi, College of DuPage

Peter Vandenburg, DePaul University

Introduction to Writing Studies Courses, Navigating Disciplinarity through Curricular Innovations

Anne Zanzucchi, University of California, Merced

Paul Gibbons, University of California, Merced

Developing a Writing Studies Major at a New Research University

Anne Zanzucchi, University of California, Merced

Paul Gibbons, University of California, Merced

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10:45 am - Noon

PANEL / Creekside I

Approaching the (Re)Design of Writing Majors: Contexts of Research, Forms of Inquiry, and Recommendations for Faculty

 

Michael-John DePalma, Baylor University

Danielle Williams, Baylor University

Coretta Pittman, Baylor University

 

PANEL / Creekside II

Writing for Public Life with First Year Writers

 

Suzanne Webb, Southwestern College

Kaylene Gonzalez, Southwestern College, Undergraduate Student

Taryn Walter, Southwestern College, Undergraduate Student

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Noon – 1:15pm

POSTER SESSION / Creekside Foyer

 

Press Play On Composition: Transmodal Composing Across the Disciplines

Leah Senatro, Santa Clara University, Undergraduate Student

 

Chicanx-Rhetorics #chi-rhetorics

Thomas De La Cruz, University of Texas at Rio Grande

Marlene Galven, University of Texas at Rio Grande

 

Beyond L2: Designing Bilingual Professional Writing Courses

Terry Quezada, University of Texas at El Paso

Theresa Donovan, University of Texas at El Paso

 

Signs as Motivated Conjunctions of Meaning and Form in Student-Created Brochures

Shuv Raj Rana Bhat, University of Texas at El Paso

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Assessing digital multimodal texts

Ashok Bhusal, University of Texas at El Paso

   

Mentoring Ethos: Teaching Research as Essential Praxis

Mary DeNora, Texas Tech University

 

Building Scholarly Ethos: Yes, Undergraduate Students Can!

Claire Oldham, Texas Tech University

 

Quasi-WPA: Administration and Precarity

Andrew Hollinger, University of Texas at Rio Grand Valley

Manuel Piña, St. Edward’s University

Jessie Borgman, Arizona State University

 

Experiencing Experimental Writing and Experiential Learning in Freshman Composition

Rachel Spear, Francis Marion University

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PANEL / Creekside II

Writing Programs and Stakeholder Perspectives: Integrating Different Voices in Program Administration

 

Christopher Toth, Grand Valley State University

Laurence José, Grand Valley State University

  

1:30 - 2:45 pm

PANEL /Creekside I

Rhetorical Instruction, Ethical Reasoning and Intellectual Honesty

 

Graduate Student Instructors Using Rhetoric as a Defense Against “Fake News”: Classroom and Programmatic Strategies

Rachel Green-Howard, University of Delaware

“The Thin Line Between Lying and Bullshit: Anti-Intellectualism and the Necessity of Intellectual Honesty”

Bruce Bowles, Jr. , Texas A&M University - Central Texas

Visual Displays of Data about Environmental Issues: From Generating Ideas to Developing Ethical Arguments for Social Justice

Sue Hum, University of Texas at San Antonio

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PANEL / Creekside II

Redesigning the TTU FYW Program: From Distributed Assessment and WAC Again

    

Pros and cons of TTU’s First-Year Writing distributed assessment model

Rich Rice, Texas Tech University

Administrative challenges with overhauling a First Year Writing Program

        Brian Still, Texas Tech University

Designing and implementing a programmatic redesign in one year

        Michael Faris, Texas Tech University

 

3:00 – 4:15 pm

PANEL  / Creekside I

High Impact Pedagogical Practices for Promoting Intercultural Understanding Across Communities

 

Framing Community Issues Through Multiple Perspectives: Student-Created Community Issue Guides

Abigail Koenig, Texas Tech University

Foodways as a Portal to Intercultural Competency in the Classroom

Janene Amyx Davidson, Texas Tech University

The High Impact Classroom: Reinventing Student, Campus, and Community

Mary De Nora, Texas Tech University

High Impact Practices Outside the Classroom: Student Ownership and Engagement in Higher Education

Claire Oldham, Texas Tech University

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PANEL / Creekside II

“A writing program that is more than a writing program”: Writing Matters at a Public University

Allison Craig, University of Albany

Llana Carroll, University of Albany

Bethany Clerico, University of Albany

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4:30 – 5:45 pm

PANEL / Creekside I

Engaging Troubling Times: Explorations in Rhetorical Citizenship

Making What We Can Do Work For All of Us: Creating a Place for Rhetoric and Writing Studies

Corrine Hinton, Texas A&M University - Texarkana

Covert Civic Engagement: Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement Archives

Christian Pippins, Texas A&M University - Texarkana

Finding Justice in a World of Fake News: How Parkland Student-Activists Advocate in the Current Media Environment

Esther Pippins, Texas A&M University - Texarkana

 

PANEL / Creekside II

The multiplicity of pedagogical possibilities in San Antonio: Local Sites of Inquiry and InventionMeeting Military in the

Writing Classroom: Creating Rhetorical Spaces for our Veterans

Jennifer Keizer, University of Texas at San Antonio

Jamie Crosswhite, University of Texas at San Antonio

Reimagining Audience and Engagement: Small Business and Local Charity Involvement in Technical Writing Instruction

Michael Gallaway, University of Texas at San Antonio

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6:00 - 7:00pm

Newcomers’ Welcome / The Yard

Please drop in any time from 6-7pm in The Yard, an indoor-outdoor restaurant and bar at the Sheraton, to catch upwith old friends and/or make new connections. We’re a young organization and generally a pretty down-to-earth group. If you feel like hanging out for a bit, we’d love to get to know you better.