Wednesday, 5:00–6:00 p.m. ET
Wednesday, April 7 A Sessions: 5:00–6:00 p.m. ET A-1
Language and Literacy
A Queer Caucus Roundtable on Dismantling Oppressive Systems Live During this roundtable, speakers are invited to share theories, pedagogies, and activist strategies so attendees may do intersectional, inclusive, and community-engaged work. What work can rhetoric and composition teacher-scholar-activists do to dismantle oppressive systems? How can such work make use of meaningful difference as a resource for crosscultural, rhetorical negotiation? Standing Group or Caucus Chair: Timothy Oleksiak, University of Massachusetts Boston Speakers: Susan Bernstein, City University of New York Brenda Brueggemann, University of Connecticut Matthew Nelson, College of the Sequoias Shelagh Patterson, Montclair State University
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College Writing Transitions
Equity and Social Justice in Basic Writing Live This panel explores equity and social justice issues surrounding basic writing. Audiences are encouraged to consider how colleges can create meaningful experiences for those placed in basic writing courses, interrogate systems that marginalize, and demand data that captures the realities of intersectionality by listening to the voices of both teachers. Chair: Erin Doran, Iowa State University, “Understanding the Experiences of Latinx Basic Writers” Speakers: Sally Jody Millward, Santa Barbara City College, “Public Policies and Politics of Remediation in California Community Colleges” Sarah Stetson, University of Massachusetts Amherst, “A Mixed-Methods Study of Basic Writing Teachers’ Engagement with Socially Just Assessment”
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