I strongly support more hands on site for the BWe and CBW websites. Shannon has wonderful tech support at TAMU-C, but having more on-site folks onboard would allow BWe to grow in productive ways that would be very beneficial for our field.<br>
<br>See you soon,<br><br>Susan <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Deborah Mutnick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Deborah.Mutnick@liu.edu">Deborah.Mutnick@liu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
I'm persuaded by Shannon's argument--both about the value of having the A&M-Commerce team report on their efforts to integrate BW into graduate education more seamlessly and having more colleagues right there to help with the CBW website and BWe. I also appreciate Kathleen's question about representation and think having three reps from one institution should be seen as the exception rather than the rule.<br>
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Looking forward to seeing everyone next week.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Deborah<br>
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Deborah Mutnick, Director of Writing<br>
English Department<br>
1 University Plaza<br>
Long Island University<br>
Brooklyn, NY 11201<br>
718-488-1110<br>
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Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] New EB members?<br>
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<br>
Ah! Good point. I hadn't thought about that.<br>
<br>
How about perspective: Donna is the Director of Graduate English Studies in<br>
our department, which includes a PhD and MA emphasis in rhetoric and<br>
composition. With more direct involvement with the CBW EB, perhaps we'd be<br>
in an even better position to offer top support for graduate education in<br>
basic writing. We already offer one course. We see the potential to offer<br>
more extensive support by integrating basic writing scholarship throughout<br>
the program. Lots shows up in all our comp/rhet courses. But we'd like to be<br>
even more strategic about it.<br>
<br>
Tabetha will be directing our basic writing program, and she brings that<br>
fresh perspective and the excitement we see in new faculty.<br>
<br>
The three of us plus one other (Bill Bolin) make up our comp rhet faculty,<br>
and we will begin an extensive reworking of our PhD program next year which<br>
will allow us to rename/rethink graduate courses/names to better identify<br>
what we believe the graduate program at a university like ours can do for<br>
students training to be college-level teachers. Especially teachers of<br>
at-risk writers.<br>
<br>
Given all we were saying about graduate education in basic writing just a<br>
couple of years ago, this seems like a good way to make certain this<br>
organization has a very direct impact on the shape and function of BW in one<br>
highly accessible grad program.<br>
<br>
Donna and I are on the graduate faculty, of course. Tabetha will be within<br>
months of arrival. We'll make sure the impact is very real and then made<br>
available to the larger community in whatever way we can think to.<br>
<br>
That's a heavy representation from one institution, but we do have some<br>
precedent for it. Not three from any one campus, but two from at least two<br>
campuses.<br>
<br>
If we are uncomfortable with three, perhaps we can go with just one<br>
additional A&M-Commerce member for now?<br>
<br>
To be completely honest, my initial reasoning was really less strategic than<br>
I implied above. (though I really do stand behind all I've said thus far)<br>
<br>
Here's the thing: I mainly want some more of the A&M-Commerce folks involved<br>
so they can get involved with the maintenance of our CBW website and future<br>
issues of BWe. I don't know how Greg did it all those years by his lonesome.<br>
Whew!<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Shannon<br>
<br>
<br>
On 3/6/09 8:47 PM, "Kathleen Baca" <<a href="mailto:kbaca@nmsu.edu">kbaca@nmsu.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Shannon and all, my only concern would be having three board members from<br>
> one institution. Did I read it correctly that they are both at Texas<br>
> A&M-Commerce? kb<br>
><br>
>> They sound perfect to me.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks, from cold (but not snowy!) Flagstaff,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> gg<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
>> Greg Glau<br>
>> Director, University Writing Program<br>
>> Department of English<br>
>> Northern Arizona University<br>
>> Liberal Arts Building 18, Room 140<br>
>> PO Box 6032<br>
>> Flagstaff, AZ 86011<br>
>> Office: 928 523 6713 FAX: 928 523 7074<br>
>> ________________________________<br>
>> From: <a href="mailto:cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu">cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu</a><br>
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>> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:59 PM<br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:cbw_exec@tamu-commerce.edu">cbw_exec@tamu-commerce.edu</a><br>
>> Subject: [CBW_Exec] New EB members?<br>
>><br>
>> Hi, all--<br>
>><br>
>> I just wanted to put forward two more names for possible inclusion on our<br>
>> Executive Board.<br>
>><br>
>> The first is my colleague and regular collaborator Donna Dunbar-Odom. She<br>
>> came to composition studies by way of basic writing in the field. She<br>
>> taught basic writing and directed the writing center at a regional campus<br>
>> in Indiana in the 1980s. She knew there had to be something more to<br>
>> teaching basic writing than grammar drills and sentence-to-paragraph<br>
>> exercises. So she attended CCCC and ended up at a panel on basic<br>
>> writing/reading connections with Mariolina Salvatore, David Bartholmoe,<br>
>> and Anthony Petrosky. She was wowed, as you can imagine.<br>
>><br>
>> So she chose to enter the PhD program at Pitt to study with Barthomae and<br>
>> Salvatore, both of whom ended up on her dissertation committee.<br>
>><br>
>> As she put it when I asked if she'd be interested in throwing her hat in<br>
>> on this, "Absolutely! I'd be honored. Them's my roots!"<br>
>><br>
>> More on Donna can be found at<br>
>> <a href="http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/litlang/dunbar-odom.asp?menuName=people&pageName" target="_blank">http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/litlang/dunbar-odom.asp?menuName=people&pageName</a><br>
>> =faculty<br>
>><br>
>> The other is our new Director of the Writing Center and the Basic Writing<br>
>> Program (beginning Fall 2009): Tabetha Adkins. She's doing some<br>
>> fascinating work in new media and, especially, Amish literacies (the<br>
>> subject of her dissertation). Lots of really exciting work on ethics in<br>
>> ethnography and fabulously interesting ways to integrate the student's<br>
>> lived experiences into the composition classroom. At University of<br>
>> Louisville, she studied basic writing with Bruce Horner and Min Zhan-Lu.<br>
>> She'll have tons to add as well, especially as she takes over our basic<br>
>> writing program here at A&M-Commerce.<br>
>><br>
>> Her vita is available online at<br>
>> <a href="http://tabethaadkins.com/main/page_curriculum_vitae.html" target="_blank">http://tabethaadkins.com/main/page_curriculum_vitae.html</a><br>
>><br>
>> What cha think? Can we add these two members to our crew? Not only are<br>
>> they both wicked smart and committed to at-risk students. They are both SO<br>
>> much fun!<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks!<br>
>> Shannon<br>
>><br>
>> Shannon Carter<br>
>> Associate Professor of English<br>
>> Texas A&M-Commerce<br>
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