[CBW_Exec] BWe, Special Issue proposal (vote by 3/5/10)

Fri Mar 5 09:36:41 CST 2010

Colleagues,

I was only just elected to the board, and I was looking forward to beginning to become part of this group at the C's. My roots in basic writing are deep, and I'm committed to it philosophically and politically. However, as I will be assuming the position of Head of my department as of March 15, I think it best that I resign. 

I thank you all for including me and for the work you're doing. As Head, I will support an exemplary basic writing program and will do everything I can to communicate to administrators what basic writing is--and, perhaps more importantly, what it is not.

Regretfully,
Donna 

Donna Dunbar-Odom
Professor of English
Director of English Doctoral Studies
Department of Literature and Languages
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, TX 75429
903.886.5264

-----Original Message-----
From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu [mailto:cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] On Behalf Of kbaca at nmsu.edu
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 9:31 AM
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Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] BWe, Special Issue proposal (vote by 3/5/10)

This does, indeed, sound fantastic. I like the idea of a special issue, and this
topic is one in which I have little (no) experience, so I'm looking forward to a
lessening of my ignorance.

I am sad to not be going to CCCC for the first time in many years. Know that I
will be thinking of you all and missing you. kb

----- Original Message -----
From: Shannon Carter <Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu>
Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010 1:02 am
Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] BWe, Special Issue proposal (vote by 3/5/10)
To: Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board <cbw_exec at tamu-commerce.edu>,
Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board <cbw_exec at tamu-commerce.edu>

> Agreed! Thanks, all! Looking forward to seeing that CFP!
> 
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> From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu on behalf of Lalicker, 
> WilliamSent: Fri 2/26/2010 4:57 AM
> To: Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board
> Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] BWe, Special Issue proposal (vote by 3/5/10)
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> 
> So it sounds about unanimous...This should be an excellent issue! --
> Bill
> 
> 
> William B. Lalicker, Ph.D.
> 
> Professor of English
> 
> Director, Composition Program
> 
> Director, Global Development Collaborative
> 
> West Chester University of Pennsylvania
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> Main Hall, 720 S. High Street
> 
> West Chester, PA 19383 USA
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> wlalicker at wcupa.edu; tel. 610.436.2268; fax 610.738.0516
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> 
> From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu [mailto:cbw_exec-
> bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] On Behalf Of Shannon Carter
> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 3:32 PM
> To: Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board
> Subject: [CBW_Exec] FW: BWe, Special Issue proposal (vote by 3/5/10)
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> 
> Dear BWe Editorial Board:
> 
> On behalf of Barbara Gleason, I put forward the following proposal 
> for a Special Issue of BWe on the topic "multimodal literacies: 
> learning, access, and support among students, instructors, and 
> institutions." 
> 
> Since it ties in so beautifully with the CBW workshop theme, we'd 
> love to get an approval so Barbara can prepare a CFP to distribute 
> at the CBW 2010 workshop and throughout CCCC. 
> 
> We've not done a special issue before, so we have no procedure for 
> approval. I'd like to suggest that we go ahead as it sounds like a 
> marvelous idea to us here at A&M-Commerce. 
> 
> If you can send us your thoughts before March 5th, 2010, that'd be 
> great. If we hear no objections before that date, we'd like to give 
> Barbara the go-ahead so she can begin developing the CFP and 
> conversations at her institution. 
> 
> --From Barbara Gleason--
> 
> I would like to take on the responsibility of editing a special 
> topics issue of BWe on this topic: "multimodal literacies: 
> learning, access and support among students, instructors and 
> institutions."  This issue could spin out of the CBW workshop in 
> 2010.  CBW  members could contribute ideas and also their own 
> manuscripts -- if they want to. The special topics call for papers 
> could be discussed at the CBW EB meeting and announced at the CBW 
> SIG, which I plan to attend.  This topic (as stated above) is  a 
> rough draft of how the topic might eventually be articulated. I 
> would be more than happy to flesh  out and form  ideas in 
> collaboration with you and Shannon. The really good news is that I 
> could recruit current graduate students to assist with the 
> editorial process. They would learn a lot and BWe would benefit 
> from their labor. As you know,  I served as the managing editor of 
> The Writing Instructor as USC for 2 years. I have lots of 
> experience  issuing a call for papers for a special topics issue, 
> manuscript review and selection, and communicating with authors 
> about suggested revisions. I would be able to teach students about 
> these practices and I'd love to work out a plan where you could 
> mentor one or more of our L&L grad students as an "editorial 
> assistant"  either on this or a future BWe issue. 
> -- 
> Shannon Carter, PhD
> Associate Professor of English
> Director, Writing Programs
> Department of Literature and Languages
> Texas A&M University-Commerce
> Commerce, Texas 75429-3011
> Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu
> http://www.shannoncarter.info <http://www.shannoncarter.info/> 
> 
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> 

Kathleen Baca
English and Communication Dept.
Doña Ana Community College
MSC 3DA, PO Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003
575-527-7626

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