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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">It has been another busy and fulfilling year for me personally and professionally. I’ll start with the professional. In 2010 two publications that have been in the works for many years will finally see the light of day. The first is a piece I began working on in 2005 with two of the Austrian teachers I worked with in the City College MA program. It's entitled “The Role of Freewriting in Teachers’ Growth and Development:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Insights from Austria” and appears as a chapter in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Reflective Writing—A Way to Lifelong Teacher Learning</i>, available open access on the TESL-EJ site.</font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The second is the more succinctly titled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Basic Writing</i> by George Otte and myself. By the time of CCCC, the book should be available in print from Parlor Press and online (open access) from the WAC Clearinghouse.</font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I continue to co-edit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">JBW</i> with my colleague Hope Parisi. We’re particularly proud of the latest issue (Fall 2009), which features a timely and provocative piece by Ira Shor entitled "Critical Pedagogy Is Too Big to Fail," a piece by our own Peter Adams on the impressive results of the ALP program he has done so much to develop at the Community College of Baltimore County, and an excerpt from Mike Rose’s latest book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us</i>.</font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">My teaching and administrative work continues to keep me busy and interested. In the fall I taught developmental reading and writing to another inspiring group of immigrant students, and this spring I’m working with doctoral students in a seminar entitled “Controversies in Composition: Historical Perspectives.”</font></p>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Now for the personal: the highlight here is our 19-month old granddaughter, Liberty. She is living up to her name, a little free spirit. Watching her grow and learn is a source of continuing delight for her parents and grandparents. </font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">I'm looking forward to seeing all of you in Louisville, where we'll be together less than a month from now.</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">Rebecca</div>
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