[CBW_Exec] Fall Check In & Gearing Up!

[Lynn Reid]

I'm willing to read applications for the travel awards.
Lynn
On Dec 10, 2012 7:15 PM, "J. Elizabeth Clark" <lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
>
> Thank you all for checking in. I know it's the end of the semester, but
> I need a few things from you, so please quickly read on!
>
>
> 1.  Based on your feedback, we will cancel the poster session for this
> year. I will send around a proposed draft schedule with schedule
> changes, allotting the time for directed small group work following up
> on Victor's talk and also "what's new" in basic writing.
>
>
> 2. I mistakenly thought one group was taking care of the TRAVEL award.
> They are not! We need to get out the applications ASAP. Do we have 2-3
> volunteers who are willing to read a month from now, January 10 ish?
>
>
> 3. I am sending a link to this doodle. We need to find a time for an
> eboard meeting. I'm hoping that you can fill this out so we can plan
> accordingly!
>
>
> http://www.doodle.com/7kkacd9f5aitdze8
>
>
> Thanks everyone!
>
>
> 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
> >>> J. Elizabeth Clark 12/02/12 8:24 PM >>>
> 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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