[CBW_Exec] CBW 2013--Important to READ and REPLY ALL! REPLY ALL! REPLY ALL!

Thu Apr 19 13:12:32 CDT 2012

Hi All,
I'm coming late to the discussion--I think I'll blame my students.  In
any event, there are some great ideas being bandied about here.  It
seems like we're coming to some consensus and I don't want to disrupt
that consensus, but I'd like to add three or four cents on the various
topics:

Title
Sexy or not, Liz's suggestion--"BW and Race: A Symposium"--has a
classic, even authoritative, ring to it.  I think it works well as both
a title for the workshop and a claim about our scholarship.

Keynotes
Villanueva would be exciting and energizing for the workshop.  He also
adds a heft to the importance of our workshop.  I am a bit concerned
about Powell though.  As beautiful, moving, and important as her chair's
address was last year, it contained no mention of BW.  We were
noticeably absent in the string of rhetorics that were listed that might
expand field.  And, frankly, it was her program that spurred us to make
our Sense of the House Motion a couple of years ago.  While I can see
the political value in reaching out to her, I am not certain that the
CBW should be holding her up as a keynote.  If we need another keynote,
we might think about some colleagues that could move the CBW toward more
definitive work.  Here are two suggestions along those lines:  Valerie
Kinloch, a colleague of mine from grad school, might allow us to start
thinking about the work our individual BW programs, and by extension the
work the CBW amongst our programs, do in the communities that surround
us.  Linda Addler-Kasner might allow us to start thinking about program
development and the institutional effect that CBW might have. 

Poster Session
If we're going big name on keynotes, why not use the poster session to
invite less experienced scholars in?  We might use the poster session to
encourage the participation of our 2 Yr college colleagues (yes, my
colors are showing) and our contingent faculty colleagues.  If we
focused the call to those two bodies and asked for poster presentations
on local site and classroom practice studies of race and BW, I think we
might come up with a strong session.  This call, incidentally, could gel
nicely with Tinberg's conference call.

Program Organization
It may be that one keynote and the Lamos/Olson roundtable (could we add
someone like Kinloch in there?) would be anchors enough for the morning
and afternoon session.  We could balance those sessions with the poster
presentations in the morning and some variation of the breakout
discussion/work groups we've had at the last two workshops in the
afternoon.  If that discussion asked groups to focus on where we go from
here in our classrooms, in our scholarship, in our programs, in our
communities and in the CBW, we would provide a fruitful topping to the
theme of the day.  That topping would also lead nicely into a roundtable
on publishing and grant writing.  

Thanks for inviting me into the discussion.  I am both honored and
thrilled to be involved.
Mike

Michael D. Hill
English Division
Henry Ford Community College
(313) 845-6368
>>> Sugie K Goen-Salter  04/19/12 12:39 PM >>>
Good points Bill. My suggestion would be for Bill to contact Victor
first and see what his response is, then go from there.

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On Apr 19, 2012, at 8:48 AM, "Lalicker, William"  wrote:

> Yes, I will contact Victor; Michelle maybe can contact Scott...Should
we do this in any specific order, so that we don't end up getting YES
from several of our good options (Malea, etc.) at once and then have to
un-invite somebody? Or are we imagining that, as at some earlier
workshops, we might three or more keynoters? --Bill
> 
> William B. Lalicker, Ph.D.
> Professor of English (Main Hall, Room 534, 610.436.2268)
> Dean's Assistant for Student Issues (Anderson Hall, Room 119C,
610.436.3521)
> College of Arts and Sciences
> West Chester University
> West Chester, PA 19383
> wlalicker at wcupa.edu
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu
[mailto:cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] On Behalf Of Stevier,
Michelle
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 11:45 AM
> To: Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board;
wmolson at vancouver.wsu.edu
> Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] CBW 2013--Important to READ and REPLY ALL!
REPLY ALL! REPLY ALL!
> 
> Liz and all,  
> 
> I taught with Scott Lyons when he was employed at Concordia College in
Moorhead, MN -- but that was just one year, and it was also many years
ago.   I'm not even sure where he's teaching right now.  He left
Concordia to take a position at Syracuse, but I see (via a quick web
search) that he's no longer listed among Syracuse faculty.  
> 
> Anyway, to make a short story shorter, ...  I can certainly try to
find out where he's teaching now and ask if he'd be willing to join such
a panel.   However, if someone knows Scott better than I do, that
individual should make the contact.  I've changed my last name since I
worked with Scott, so I'd have no immediate and useful name recognition.

> 
> Michelle 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu
[mailto:cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] On Behalf Of J. Elizabeth
Clark
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 6:14 AM
> To: cbw_exec at tamu-commerce.edu; wmolson at vancouver.wsu.edu
> Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] CBW 2013--Important to READ and REPLY ALL!
REPLY ALL! REPLY ALL!
> 
> You guys are AMAZING!  We are going to have a great year.  I've been
listening to this conversation and I'm excited about the great ideas we
have here, the ways this is pushing our work ahead, and the ways we are
thinking of new ideas and new directions.  I also particularly
appreciate Steve and Hannah's careful thoughts about what direction we
should go in.
> 
> 
> Thanks to Shannon for getting our new EB folks on the list.  I've
added Wendy Olsen into the conversation since she and Steve may lead a
roundtable for us. So, please do continue with "reply all" here so Wendy
can see the conversation.
> 
> 
> I'm going to attempt to distill this conversation to move us towards a
consensus for the program so we can get invitations out to folks.  I
think (?) this is a combination of the ideas we've passed around,
spinning off of the text that Steve and Cheryl shared with us.
> 
> 
> I think we've agreed that we want to focus on Basic Writing and Race. 
Great!  
> 
> 
> I think we should approach Victor Villanueva and Malea Powell for
keynotes to start.  Bill, can you contact Victor?  Does anyone know
Malea?  If not, I will e-mail her.
> 
> 
> Steve and Wendy, I'd love to do a roundtable featuring both of you and
your work on BW and whiteness.  Do you want to add in Scott Lyons? 
People were very excited by this!  If you are willing to do the
roundtable, I think it would be a GREAT addition!  Who knows Scott
personally?
> 
> 
> In addition to the keynotes, I think we should do the poster session
again.  We don't need to work this out now, it can be a placeholder in
the program and we can send to the CBW-L list later, as we did last
year.  That worked well, but I want to give it a little more time next
year--I think it was a little rushed.
> 
> 
> I would also like to add in a roundtable on publishing and grant
writing at the end of the day, since that's something we've seen
interest in on the CBW Facebook page and other forums.  
> 
> If we do 2 keynotes, 2 roundtables, and an extended poster-session, we
have a lovely program.
> 
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> 
> I have not included, here, Ian Marshall.  I'm very open to inviting
him, but I'm not sure where he would fit in in this formulation.
> 
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> 
> Starting Title:
> 
> "BW and Race: A Symposium"--not very sexy--any thoughts for making
this stronger?
> 
> 
> Liz
> 
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> 
> 
> J. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D.
> Professor of English
> LaGuardia Community College--CUNY
> e-mail:  lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu
> Phone:  718.482.5665
> www.jelizabethclark.com
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