[CBW_Exec] Fall Check In & Gearing Up!

[Susan Naomi Bernstein]

Greetings everyone.

While I think it's vital to include emerging scholars as part of our
lineup, I am very much in favor of streamlining the workshop. So yes, let's
scrap the poster session and move networking to this spot so that we have
time for networking and the business meeting. I definitely think that less
would be more in this case.  Perhaps in 2014 we can focus more completely
on emerging scholars and use the networking & business meeting to foster
and encourage that focus.

Thanks and best,
Susan

On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 8:24 PM, J. Elizabeth Clark <lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu>wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Hope this finds you well. I'm posting a question about CBW 2013 for your
> consideration. As you know, race is our theme. We solicited poster
> presentation proposals, as we did last year, to carve out a space for
> new and emerging scholars. Unfortunately, the proposals we received did
> not adequately (or in some cases at all) address race and basic writing.
>
> So, the question the sub-committee is considering is:
>
> Do we send a revised CFP around, calling more specific attention to the
> need to theorize race?
>
> --OR--
>
> Do we cancel the poster session and instead use the time for networking
> or something else?
>
> Looking forward to your thoughts.
>
> A draft version of the program follows below.
>
> Liz
>
> Here's the current draft version of the agenda.
>
> Basic Writing and Race:  A Symposium
> Council on Basic Writing CCCC Preconference Workshop 2013In her 2007
> Journal of Basic Writing article "Representing Race in Basic Writing
> Scholarship," Carole Center reminds us that "Race, like all systemic
> differences that affect power relations, affects classroom...
> The Council on Basic Writing (CBW) is excited to engage with CCCC's
> renewed focus on basic writing and the question of public works of
> composition.  Because students of color represent the majority of
> students enrolled in basic writing (Orfield), the CBW seeks to highlight
> questions about basic writing and race in relation to persistent social
> inequalities to more effectively reach out to our students and allow
> participants to focus on issues of structural and institutional racism
> (Condon).  We will focus on key questions from the field such as who do
> we mean by *basic writers*? Who has this historically included, who does
> this include now, and how are the margins for basic writing as a site
> for racial justice and inclusive educational missions narrowing?  How
> must we, as faculty committed to basic writing, continue to ensure that
> our classrooms are not doing the work of *public gatekeeping* but the
> public work of equity: that they are sites of diverse and racially
> inclusive teaching?
> Featuring keynote and roundtable presentations by Victor Villanueva,
> Scott Lyons, Beatrice Mendez-Newman, Zandra Jordan, Min-Zhan Lu, Steve
> Lamos and Wendy Olsen, the workshop will also be guided by discussions
> of the grounding theories of scholars such as Gilyard, Horner and Lu;
> Mutnick, Kynard and Eddy; Cardenas, and Wolff Murphy; and Marshall and
> Ryden.  In addition to the annual gathering of basic writing faculty for
> networking, this preconference workshop will offer significant
> exploration to the role of race in basic writing education in the United
> States and the critical relationship between basic writing and the
> public work of composition.
> Agenda:
> 1. 9-9:15   Welcome/Opening Remarks (J. Elizabeth Clark)
> 2. 9:15-10:00  *Toward a Political Economy of Basic Writing Programs* by
> Victor Villanueva, Keynote Address (William Lalicker, introduction and
> moderator)
> One way to define *political economy* is to consider the relations
> between economics and systems of power, like decision-making bodies.
> Basic Writing programs have always been subject to rhetorical,
> legislative, and economic conditions in the ways that traditional
> first-year programs have not. Villanueva will discuss the rises and
> falls of basic writing programs from the perspective of political
> economics as it obtains in rhetoric, including his own experiences in
> keeping basic writing programs alive.
> 3.  10:00-12:00   Race, Locality, and the Public Work of Basic Writing
> (Sugie Goen-Salter, moderator)
> This featured presentation slot will bring together basic writing
> educators from around the United States focused on the public work of
> basic writing, with particular focus (broadly defined) on issues related
> to race, racial injustice and critical race studies. Following a
> practice begun in 2012,  the participants will be selected by an open
> call/poster session where local models for success are featured,
> including but not limited to:  preparing and supporting students of
> color; preparing and supporting faculty of color; innovative programs;
> responding to local challenges; basic writing and race; basic writing
> and social inequality; basic writing and racial justice; meeting
> challenges and attacks on basic writing programs; and making the work of
> basic writing part of the public fabric of our communities.
> Lunch Break
> 1:00-2:00 Roundtable on Race, Language, and Access: Possible Futures of
> Basic Writing (Steve Lamos & Wendy Olson, moderators)
>
> An interactive roundtable addresses the following themes: BW and
> whiteness; the role of BW in Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs);
> race-conscious BW pedagogies; BW and *Generation 1.5* students; and
> other related issues. Speakers will offer brief responses to one theme,
> then move to facilitate a small group discussion. In closing, small
> groups will report back to the larger group with observations and/or
> suggestions for future directions.
> Featuring:  Scott Lyons, Beatrice Mendez-Newman, Zandra Jordan, Min-Zhan
> Lu
> 2:00-4:00:  Publishing/Grant Writing Workshop (Hannah Ashley and Susan
> Naomi Bernstein, moderators)
> In this session, workshop participants are invited to bring ideas for
> articles, abstracts, and grants.  Break out groups with published
> mentors will work to assist participants with publishing and grant
> questions and concerns.
> 4:00-5:00   Public Work and Local Contexts (Greg Glau and Lynn Reid,
> moderators)
> This last segment of the day will focus on small group networking,
> helping basic writing educators to make connections across local
> contexts. We will connect people with similar interests to continue to
> build structures to support basic writing instructors outside of the
> annual CBW Workshop at CCCC.
>
>
>
> 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
> 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
> >>> "J. Elizabeth Clark"  09/14/12 7:13 AM >>>
> Hi Friends,
>
>
> Hope this finds you well.  Happy fall!  I can hardly believe that the
> leaves are already starting to fall.  I wanted to touch base on 3
> things:
>
>
> 1.  First, my thanks to Michael Hill who stepped in to informally
> moderate what was a strange (but not nasty yet...) discussion on the
> CBW-L over grammar.  I appreciate you stepping in & I thank everyone for
> thinking about when we might need to help moderate discussions.
>
>
> 2.  We need to send out the call for folks who want to present at the
> poster session at CBW.  I think this went well last year.  Do you have
> any critiques/suggestions before I send out the call about how to
> strengthen that part of the CBW day?  Things I should keep in mind?
>
>
> And, WHO WOULD LIKE TO READ SUBMISSIONS?  We'll need a few readers to
> read & rank submissions.
>
>
> 3.  If you haven't already, might those of you who are chairing
> sub-committees nudge them to begin their work?
>
>
> Hope all's well.
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Liz
>
>
> 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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