<p>I'm willing to read applications for the travel awards.<br>
Lynn</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 10, 2012 7:15 PM, "J. Elizabeth Clark" <<a href="mailto:lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu">lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Folks,<br>
<br>
<br>
Thank you all for checking in. I know it's the end of the semester, but<br>
I need a few things from you, so please quickly read on!<br>
<br>
<br>
1. Based on your feedback, we will cancel the poster session for this<br>
year. I will send around a proposed draft schedule with schedule<br>
changes, allotting the time for directed small group work following up<br>
on Victor's talk and also "what's new" in basic writing.<br>
<br>
<br>
2. I mistakenly thought one group was taking care of the TRAVEL award.<br>
They are not! We need to get out the applications ASAP. Do we have 2-3<br>
volunteers who are willing to read a month from now, January 10 ish?<br>
<br>
<br>
3. I am sending a link to this doodle. We need to find a time for an<br>
eboard meeting. I'm hoping that you can fill this out so we can plan<br>
accordingly!<br>
<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.doodle.com/7kkacd9f5aitdze8" target="_blank">http://www.doodle.com/7kkacd9f5aitdze8</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks everyone!<br>
<br>
<br>
Liz<br>
J. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D.<br>
Professor of English<br>
LaGuardia Community College--CUNY<br>
e-mail: <a href="mailto:lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu">lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu</a><br>
Phone: <a href="tel:718.482.5665" value="+17184825665">718.482.5665</a><br>
<a href="http://www.jelizabethclark.com" target="_blank">www.jelizabethclark.com</a><br>
>>> J. Elizabeth Clark 12/02/12 8:24 PM >>><br>
Hi Folks,<br>
<br>
Hope this finds you well. I'm posting a question about CBW 2013 for your<br>
consideration. As you know, race is our theme. We solicited poster<br>
presentation proposals, as we did last year, to carve out a space for<br>
new and emerging scholars. Unfortunately, the proposals we received did<br>
not adequately (or in some cases at all) address race and basic writing.<br>
<br>
So, the question the sub-committee is considering is:<br>
<br>
Do we send a revised CFP around, calling more specific attention to the<br>
need to theorize race?<br>
<br>
--OR--<br>
<br>
Do we cancel the poster session and instead use the time for networking<br>
or something else?<br>
<br>
Looking forward to your thoughts.<br>
<br>
A draft version of the program follows below.<br>
<br>
Liz<br>
<br>
Here's the current draft version of the agenda.<br>
<br>
Basic Writing and Race: A Symposium<br>
Council on Basic Writing CCCC Preconference Workshop 2013In her 2007<br>
Journal of Basic Writing article "Representing Race in Basic Writing<br>
Scholarship," Carole Center reminds us that "Race, like all systemic<br>
differences that affect power relations, affects classroom...<br>
The Council on Basic Writing (CBW) is excited to engage with CCCC's<br>
renewed focus on basic writing and the question of public works of<br>
composition. Because students of color represent the majority of<br>
students enrolled in basic writing (Orfield), the CBW seeks to highlight<br>
questions about basic writing and race in relation to persistent social<br>
inequalities to more effectively reach out to our students and allow<br>
participants to focus on issues of structural and institutional racism<br>
(Condon). We will focus on key questions from the field such as who do<br>
we mean by *basic writers*? Who has this historically included, who does<br>
this include now, and how are the margins for basic writing as a site<br>
for racial justice and inclusive educational missions narrowing? How<br>
must we, as faculty committed to basic writing, continue to ensure that<br>
our classrooms are not doing the work of *public gatekeeping* but the<br>
public work of equity: that they are sites of diverse and racially<br>
inclusive teaching?<br>
Featuring keynote and roundtable presentations by Victor Villanueva,<br>
Scott Lyons, Beatrice Mendez-Newman, Zandra Jordan, Min-Zhan Lu, Steve<br>
Lamos and Wendy Olsen, the workshop will also be guided by discussions<br>
of the grounding theories of scholars such as Gilyard, Horner and Lu;<br>
Mutnick, Kynard and Eddy; Cardenas, and Wolff Murphy; and Marshall and<br>
Ryden. In addition to the annual gathering of basic writing faculty for<br>
networking, this preconference workshop will offer significant<br>
exploration to the role of race in basic writing education in the United<br>
States and the critical relationship between basic writing and the<br>
public work of composition.<br>
Agenda:<br>
1. 9-9:15 Welcome/Opening Remarks (J. Elizabeth Clark)<br>
2. 9:15-10:00 *Toward a Political Economy of Basic Writing Programs* by<br>
Victor Villanueva, Keynote Address (William Lalicker, introduction and<br>
moderator)<br>
One way to define *political economy* is to consider the relations<br>
between economics and systems of power, like decision-making bodies.<br>
Basic Writing programs have always been subject to rhetorical,<br>
legislative, and economic conditions in the ways that traditional<br>
first-year programs have not. Villanueva will discuss the rises and<br>
falls of basic writing programs from the perspective of political<br>
economics as it obtains in rhetoric, including his own experiences in<br>
keeping basic writing programs alive.<br>
3. 10:00-12:00 Race, Locality, and the Public Work of Basic Writing<br>
(Sugie Goen-Salter, moderator)<br>
This featured presentation slot will bring together basic writing<br>
educators from around the United States focused on the public work of<br>
basic writing, with particular focus (broadly defined) on issues related<br>
to race, racial injustice and critical race studies. Following a<br>
practice begun in 2012, the participants will be selected by an open<br>
call/poster session where local models for success are featured,<br>
including but not limited to: preparing and supporting students of<br>
color; preparing and supporting faculty of color; innovative programs;<br>
responding to local challenges; basic writing and race; basic writing<br>
and social inequality; basic writing and racial justice; meeting<br>
challenges and attacks on basic writing programs; and making the work of<br>
basic writing part of the public fabric of our communities.<br>
Lunch Break<br>
1:00-2:00 Roundtable on Race, Language, and Access: Possible Futures of<br>
Basic Writing (Steve Lamos & Wendy Olson, moderators)<br>
<br>
An interactive roundtable addresses the following themes: BW and<br>
whiteness; the role of BW in Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs);<br>
race-conscious BW pedagogies; BW and *Generation 1.5* students; and<br>
other related issues. Speakers will offer brief responses to one theme,<br>
then move to facilitate a small group discussion. In closing, small<br>
groups will report back to the larger group with observations and/or<br>
suggestions for future directions.<br>
Featuring: Scott Lyons, Beatrice Mendez-Newman, Zandra Jordan, Min-Zhan<br>
Lu<br>
2:00-4:00: Publishing/Grant Writing Workshop (Hannah Ashley and Susan<br>
Naomi Bernstein, moderators)<br>
In this session, workshop participants are invited to bring ideas for<br>
articles, abstracts, and grants. Break out groups with published<br>
mentors will work to assist participants with publishing and grant<br>
questions and concerns.<br>
4:00-5:00 Public Work and Local Contexts (Greg Glau and Lynn Reid,<br>
moderators)<br>
This last segment of the day will focus on small group networking,<br>
helping basic writing educators to make connections across local<br>
contexts. We will connect people with similar interests to continue to<br>
build structures to support basic writing instructors outside of the<br>
annual CBW Workshop at CCCC.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
J. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D.<br>
Professor of English<br>
LaGuardia Community College--CUNY<br>
e-mail: <a href="mailto:lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu">lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu</a><br>
Phone: <a href="tel:718.482.5665" value="+17184825665">718.482.5665</a><br>
<a href="http://www.jelizabethclark.com" target="_blank">www.jelizabethclark.com</a><br>
J. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D.<br>
Professor of English<br>
LaGuardia Community College--CUNY<br>
e-mail: <a href="mailto:lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu">lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu</a><br>
Phone: <a href="tel:718.482.5665" value="+17184825665">718.482.5665</a><br>
<a href="http://www.jelizabethclark.com" target="_blank">www.jelizabethclark.com</a><br>
>>> "J. Elizabeth Clark" 09/14/12 7:13 AM >>><br>
Hi Friends,<br>
<br>
<br>
Hope this finds you well. Happy fall! I can hardly believe that the<br>
leaves are already starting to fall. I wanted to touch base on 3<br>
things:<br>
<br>
<br>
1. First, my thanks to Michael Hill who stepped in to informally<br>
moderate what was a strange (but not nasty yet...) discussion on the<br>
CBW-L over grammar. I appreciate you stepping in & I thank everyone for<br>
thinking about when we might need to help moderate discussions.<br>
<br>
<br>
2. We need to send out the call for folks who want to present at the<br>
poster session at CBW. I think this went well last year. Do you have<br>
any critiques/suggestions before I send out the call about how to<br>
strengthen that part of the CBW day? Things I should keep in mind?<br>
<br>
<br>
And, WHO WOULD LIKE TO READ SUBMISSIONS? We'll need a few readers to<br>
read & rank submissions.<br>
<br>
<br>
3. If you haven't already, might those of you who are chairing<br>
sub-committees nudge them to begin their work?<br>
<br>
<br>
Hope all's well.<br>
<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
<br>
Liz<br>
<br>
<br>
J. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D.<br>
Professor of English<br>
LaGuardia Community College--CUNY<br>
e-mail: <a href="mailto:lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu">lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu</a><br>
Phone: <a href="tel:718.482.5665" value="+17184825665">718.482.5665</a><br>
<a href="http://www.jelizabethclark.com" target="_blank">www.jelizabethclark.com</a><br>
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