2009 Writing Matters Schedule

Thursday, April 16

5:00-7:00

Registration and Reception

*Registration Fee is $60.00 for full-time faculty and $45.00 for adjunct faculty and students*

Magnolia Conference Room

7:00-9:00

Larry Gatlin Performance

Magnolia Performing Arts Theater

Friday, April 17

8:00-9:00

Registration & Breakfast

Magnolia Conference Room

9:00-10:30

Session A

 Moderator – Ed Tyler

9:00-9:30

Bea Gyimah, BRCC and

Donna Porche-Frilot, BRCC           

Excavating the Mystery of Becoming a Writer Through Service Learning: Students Realizing Their Identities as Writers and Agents of Change through Service Projects for their English Courses

9:30-10:00

Mary Muapin, Missouri State University

Raise Your Voice: Conflicting Definitions of Voice in the Composition Classroom

10:00-1030

Samantha Ackers, BRCC

Adventures in Service at the Youth Oasis While Learning English 101

Reading Room – Library 2^nd floor

10:45-12:15

Session B

Moderator – Mary McKeough

10:45-11:15

Deborah Coxwell Teague, Florida State University

Are We Teaching Our Students to Think for Themselves, or Are We Teaching Them to Think Like Us?

11:15-11:45

Irvin Peckham, Louisiana State University

Making Waves Inside the Box: Thinking Critically about the Hidden Curriculum in Courses Based on Critical Thinking and Argumentation

Ronald Lunsford, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

A  Non-Negotiable Commitment to Negotiated Meaning

Reading Room – Library 2^nd floor

12:15-1:30

Dr. George Clark – Keynote Address and Lunch

Magnolia Conference Room

1:30-3:00

Session C1

Moderator – Amy Atchley

1:30-2:00

Jeanne E. Northrop, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette

I am a Writer: Synthesizing the Principals of Peter Elbow and the Precepts of the National Writing Project to Instill Confidence and Increase Writing Skills in College Undergraduates

2:00-2:30

Ben P. Robertson, Troy University

Embracing William Blake’s Contraries: An Approach to Teaching Writing and Critical Thinking

2:30-3:00

Rosemary Mack, BRCC

Helping Students Fix Problems with Grammar and Punctuation: An Analytical Approach

Reading Room – Library 2^nd floor

1:30-3:00

Session C2

Moderator – Jaimie Stallone

1:30-2:00

Ed Tyler, BRCC

Engaging Non-Verbal Subjects through Work: Writing About Afro-Cuban Jazz in a Sophomore Humanities Class

2:00-2:30

Greg Jones, The University of West Alabama

Building a Better Mousetrap: Reconstructing the Traditional Composition Class

2:30-3:00

Christopher Pope, BRCC

The Use of Idioms in English Composition Courses

Magnolia Conference Room

3:15-4:45

Session D

Moderator – Christopher Pope

3:15-3:45

Ella Jo Sellers, Bladen Community College

Instilling Confidence in Non-traditional College Students

3:45-4:15

Mary McKeough, BRCC

4:15-4:45

Developing Student Awareness of the Choices They Make in College

Karen Fatula Forgette, The University of Mississippi and

Griffith Brownlee, The University of Missippi

The Scholarly Writer: Helping At-Risk College Freshmen Find Their Academic Voices

Reading Room – Library 2^nd floor

Saturday, April 18

8:00-9:00

Registration & Breakfast

Magnolia Conference Room

9:00-10:00

Session E

Moderator – Rosemary Mack

9:00-9:30

Elaine M. Deering, Lynn University

How Writing Assignments Create Innovative Learning

9:30-10:00

Lynette Paul, Northwestern State University

Let’s Harness the Power of Writing to Transform Education

Reading Room – Library 2^nd floor

10:15-11:15

Session F

Moderator – Rosemary Mack

10:45-11:15

Wendy J. Hellinger, BRCC/The University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Writing Realities and Changing Realities: Why Would Anyone Volunteer to Teach Writing in a Prison?

11:15-11:45

Jeff Conine, Northeastern State University

How to Successfully Convert a Sixteen Week Course with an Average Enrollment of 18-20 year-olds to an Eight Day Course with Fifty-Six Inmate Students

Reading Room – Library 2^nd floor