Review by Abigail G. Scheg (@ag_scheg) Presiding Steven Hymowech, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, New York Panelists Jesse Stommel (@Jessifer) , University of Wisconsin, Madison Lee Skallerup Bessette (@readywriting), Morehead State University George Louis Scheper, Community College of Baltimore County, MD Paul Lauter, Trinity College, CT (Unable to attend) Respondent Stacey Lee Donohue (@BendProf), Central Oregon Community College This panel explored different perspectives and offered suggestions on improving the corporatization of higher education. Steven introduced this panel by discussing the positive and negative aspects of this discussion; particular, he mentioned that it is tremendously valuable for presenters and attendees to take place…
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Review by Lilian Mina Read more about session K1 on the C&W conference site. View video of Kyle Stedman, Tekla Hawkins, and the session Q&A online. View Bill Wolff’s video online. Panelists Tekla Hawkins, PhD candidate at University of Texas at Austin Bill Wolff, Associate Professor at Rowan University Kyle D. Stedman, Assistant Professor at Rockford College Tekla Hawkins, “Mixtape Fairytales: Fan Fiction and Digital Literacy” Hawkins introduced fan fiction as gateway writing, but there are concerns about it being immature or academic writing. She asked an important question about the usefulness of fan fiction for Rhetoric and Composition. She sees fan…
Review by Sarah Spring Read more about session G1 on the C&W conference site. Panelists Kristin Cornelius, California State University Northridge Rory Lee, Florida State University David Sheridan, Michigan State University Lee Odell, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute These panelists examine multimodal composing within existing undergraduate composition programs – topics like best practices, support from literacy and writing centers, unity across written and multimodal assignments, and integration of a Multimodality Discourse Analysis approach. “Teaching Multimodal Discourse Analysis in Discipline-Specific Communications Courses and First-Year Classrooms” Kristin Cornelius, California State University Northridge Kristin Cornelius taught both Accounting Communications (Writing in the Disciplines) and First-Year Composition…
Review by Jack Hennes Read more about session H3 on the C&W conference site. Panelists Jill Morris, Frostburg State University Branden Hess, Frostburg State University Vera Pastor, Frostburg State University Vincent Morton Jr., Frostburg State University Overview As chair, Jill Morris opened this panel by providing context for the diverse mash-up of presentations. Working toward new conceptions of how genres can bend, mix, and remix, this panel explored new paths for understanding the diversity of student voices in the Computers and Writing community. Though Vera Pastor was not in attendance, Morris introduced the work of two undergraduate students, Branden Hess and…