News & Announcements

Call for Nominations - CWPA Executive Board Members and Vice President

Submitted by Linda Adler-Kassner on August 20, 2010 - 12:52
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Call for Nominations for CWPA Executive Board and Vice President Elections

In July 2011 the CWPA Executive Board will say goodbye to members Melissa Ianetta, University of Delaware; Brian Huot, Kent State University; and Susan Thomas, University of Sydney. Additionally, Joe Janangelo, Immediate Past President, Loyola University (Chicago) will leave the Executive Board; Linda Adler-Kassner will succeed him as Past President; and Duane Roen will become CWPA President.

Back to School Agenda Items?

Moving into late Late August... and "back to school" is in the air. Along with preparations for fall classes, it's worth laying out a few happenings to which CWPA members and readers of this blog will likely want to pay careful attention to in the coming months. Read on!

WPA 2010 - Thanks to everyone!

Submitted by CWPA President on July 24, 2010 - 19:54
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A week ago today we were in the midst of WPA 2010, this year's spectacular conference. We had record attendance -- 370 of our colleagues gathered in Philadelphia to talk together their inquiries into program direction, writing instruction, research practices, and more.

Call for Papers: Writing Green

Submitted by randallmcclure on July 12, 2010 - 08:14
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For more information on this cfp, visit http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/7write.htm. Thanks!

WPA 2010 Program (pdf, draft) for your perusal!

Submitted by CWPA President on July 10, 2010 - 11:56
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Five days until WPA 2010 begins! If you're planning to attend (or still trying to decide if you will), a pdf of the conference program is attached to this message. You'll find fabulously interesting sessions included (see the previous post for more on this) and over 300 of our liveliest, most interesting, most engaging colleagues! It's going to be a great event... hope to see you there!

WPA 2010, Conversations Toward Action -- It's almost here!

Submitted by CWPA President on July 5, 2010 - 22:35
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WPA 2010 begins just about 10 days from now! If you’re joining over 325 of our fabulous, engaging, interesting, and lively colleagues in Philadelphia at the Society Hill Sheraton, you’re in for a fabulous conference.

“Linda,” you might ask, “what makes you say so?”

So glad you’ve asked!

WPA 2010 will be our largest conference ever, which means more of our fabulous colleagues in one location. In addition, you’ll find:

Adjunct Positions Available: St. John's University, New York City, First-Year Writing Program

Submitted by Derek Owens on June 23, 2010 - 11:11
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Adjunct Teaching Positions Available St. John's University / Queens, NY First-Year Writing Program

The First-Year Writing program invites qualified applicants to submit a c.v. and 1 page statement of teaching philosophy if they would like to be considered for part-time positions to teach our first-year writing course, ENG 1000c. All of our courses meet only one or two days a week (Mon/Thur or Tue/Fri).

WPA-GO Social and Informational Event

Submitted by Cristyn Elder on June 22, 2010 - 14:31
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Date: Friday, July 16, 2010

Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Location: 2010 WPA Conference - Sheraton Society Hill (Room TBA the day of the event)

City/Town: Philadelphia, PA

CFP: Writing Spaces Seeks Proposals for the 3rd Volume

Submitted by cel4145 on June 14, 2010 - 13:46
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Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing is an open textbook series for composition seeking proposals for essays for our 3rd volume. Each Writing Spaces book contains peer-reviewed collections of essays all composed by teachers for students, with each chapter freely available for download from our website under a Creative Commons license.

Announcing the publication of Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Vol 1

Submitted by cel4145 on June 14, 2010 - 13:42
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Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 1, is now available for free download. This open textbook collection includes sixteen essays written for the first year composition classroom, all released under Creative Commons licenses, all written by writing teachers for students.

Topics in Volume 1 of the series include academic writing, how to interpret writing assignments, motives for writing, rhetorical analysis, revision, invention, writing centers, argumentation, narrative, reflective writing, Wikipedia, patchwriting, collaboration, and genres.

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