The ECWCA (East Central Writing Centers Association) Annual Conference is a chance for writing center tutors and directors from all across the eastern and central United States to meet in one place for two days of intensive workshopping, conversation, panel discussions and debates. Everyone who attends has the chance to talk with some of [...]

Posted on April 24th, 2008 by Peter Kerry Powers
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Jean Corey and Helen Walker presented a session in New Orleans at the Conference for Composition and Communication April 3. Entitled “Writing to Change the Reality of Global AIDS: What Can an English Teacher Do?” it focused on the writing classroom as a place to discover how our writing can be a useful [...]

Posted on April 16th, 2008 by Mackenzie
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On February 22, 2008, Asst. Prof. of English Heidi Lee presented a paper, “Approaches to Teaching Food in Literature and Film,” at the fifth interdisciplinary and multicultural conference on Food Representation in Literature, Film and the Other Arts, held at The University of Texas at San Antonio (Click here for the conference program and related [...]

Posted on March 18th, 2008 by hlee
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In December, the journal VII: An Anglo-American Literary Review published an essay by Crystal Downing entitled “Feminist Nay-Sayers: Are Women Human?” In January, Downing was invited to speak about Dorothy L. Sayers at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she had two treats: a private tour of all Frank Lloyd Wright sites in Madison, [...]

Posted on February 20th, 2008 by Mackenzie
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