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PLENARY PANEL

Noon to 1:00 p.m. Box lunches in the lobby of Duncan Hall

1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Duncan Hall

McMurtry Auditorium

Rm. 1055

Plenary Processes for Thinking about WAC’s Future:

Panel: Envisioning The Future

Chris Thaiss, Professor, George Mason University

Carl Lovitt, Associate Dean, Pennsylvania State

University

Julie Zeleznik, Ph.D. Student, Iowa State University

Carol Holder, Past Director, California State

University Institute for Teaching and Learning

Susan McLeod, Professor, University of California

at Santa Barbara

Moderator: Linda Driskill, Professor, Rice University

HIGHLIGHT SESSIONS

2:30 to 3:45 p.m.

Duncan Hall Conversation with “Envision” Panelists to

Rm. 1042 Discuss Future Programs

Envision Groups K-12 Focus: Everyone Welcome

Duncan Hall Conversation with “ Envision” Panelists to

Rm. 1075 Discuss Future Programs

Envision Group College and University Focus: Everyone Welcome

SESSIONS

B

2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Duncan Hall

Rm. 1070

Session B1: Leadership Through Initiative: Taking Small Steps without a

WAC Policy in Place

Session Chair: Deb Martin, Texas Woman's University

Deb Martin, Texas Woman's University

Do Ya Wanna Dance?: Interdisciplinary

Collaboration to Meet State Goals

Hugh Burns, Texas Woman's University

Design, Delivery, and Destiny: Writing the

Future On-line in the Health Professions

Morgan Gresham, Texas Woman's University

Learning to be WACky

Sandi Reynolds, Texas Woman's University

Closing the Gaps in Success: Composition

Courses for the Allied Health Professions

    Sewall Hall (no session B2)

Rm. 309

Session B3: Creating and Sustaining a Successful Assessment Program

Session Chair: Patricia Collins Harms, Texas Tech University School of

Pharmacy

Patricia Collins Harms, Texas Tech University School Of

Pharmacy

An Introduction to Program Assessment:

Considering Potential Tools for Your

Toolbox

         Catherine Fox, Iowa State University

Putting the Tools to Use: Results from the

Agricultural and Biosystem Learning

Community Assessment Program at Iowa

State University

Steven Kent Mickelson, Iowa State University

Using an Assessment Program to Further

Program Development and Advance the

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

B

2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Humanities Bldg.

Rm. 119

Session B4: More Writing Means More Work for Us: WAC Responds to a

Grim Reality

Session Chair: Marilyn (Mare) Davis, Johnson & Wales University

Mary Barszcz, Johnson & Wales University

Transforming the Grim Reality: The Power

of the Writing Evaluator

Gerri August, Johnson & Wales University

Transforming the Grim Reality: The Power

of Teamwork

Marilyn (Mare) Davis, Johnson & Wales University

No Title Given

Sewall Hall

Rm. 307

Session B5: Multiple Disciplines, One Goal

Session Chair: Paullett Golden, Sam Houston State University

Paullett Golden, Sam Houston State University

The Truth of the Matter

Dawn Caplinger, Sam Houston State University

What They Take with Them, What They

Bring Back

Rebecca Novotny, Sam Houston State University

Sizing It Up

Keck Hall

Rm. 102

Session B6: The Write Future Starts Today

Session Chair: Charis W. Smith, Presbyterian School

Cullen Hemenway, Presbyterian School

Kristin Brown, Presbyterian School

Charis W. Smith, Presbyterian School

B

2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Duncan Hall

Rm. 1046

Session B7: Writing in the Major at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Session Chair: Terrell Beck, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Bryan Kopp, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Terrell Beck, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

2:

Humanities Bldg..

Rm. 117

Session B8: The Enterprise of Writing: Exploring New Spaces

Session Chair: Christie Fox, Sam Houston State University

Diane Dowdey, Sam Houston State University

The Voyages of the Writing Enterprise

Kandi Tayebi, Sam Houston State University

Feminism's Final Frontier: Is There Space in

Cyberspace for Feminist Teachers?

Melissa Morphew, Sam Houston State University

Strange New Worlds: Creative Writing in

the Science Classroom

Carroll Ferguson Nardone, Sam Houston State University

To Seek Out New Strategies: Alternative Assessment

in Alternate Space

Christie Fox, Sam Houston State University

Folklore and Ethnography: To Boldly Go

Beyond

Duncan Hall

Rm. 1064

Session B9: Integrating Communication into Bioengineering Courses

Session Chair: Tracy Volz, Rice University

Tracy Volz, Rice University

Integrating Communication into

Bioengineering Courses

Ann Saterbak, Rice University

BIOE Assignments that Promote Students’

Interest in the Profession

B

2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Rayzor Hall

Rm. 123

Session B10: A Critical Rhetoric of Inquiry: Integrated Writing and Learning

in a Political Science/Freshman Comp Course Cluster

Session Chair: Stephen Adkison, Idaho State University

Stephen Adkison, Idaho State University

John Kijinski, Idaho State University

Elizabeth Shanahan, Idaho State University

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3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Duncan Hall Refreshments

C

4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

HIGHLIGHT SESSIONS

4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Duncan Hall

McMurtry Auditorium

Room 1055

Special Session: Literacy through Photography.

Deborah Lamoreaux, FotoFest International

Duncan Hall Special Conversation Groups

Rm. 1042 &

 1075 “Birds of a Feather” Session. Announce your topic at the Registration Desk.

         Two rooms provide “roosts” for conversations. Check the boards to find your

         flock.

SESSIONS

C

4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Duncan Hall

Rm. 1070

Session C1: WAC and Broader Institution-Wide Efforts to Improve

Undergraduate Education through Continuous Cycles of Program

Review and Assessment

Session Chair: Chris M. Anson, North Carolina State University

Chris M. Anson, North Carolina State University

Michael Carter, North Carolina State University

Deanna P. Dannels, North Carolina State University

Jon Rust, North Carolina State University

Sewall Hall

Rm. 305

Session C2: Using "Community" Needs to Promote and Expand WAC

Session Chair: Glenn Blalock, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Glenn Blalock, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Susan Loudermilk, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Diana Cardenas, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Joyce Hawthorne, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

C

4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Sewall Hall

Rm. 309

Session C3: Outcomes and Competencies, Assessments and Accreditation:

How They Changed Our Thinking about Communication across

the Undergraduate Curriculum

Session Chair: Larry Hanneman, Iowa State University

Larry Hanneman, Iowa State University

Steven Mickelson, Iowa State University

Mary Huba, Iowa State University

Keith Beckman, Iowa State University

Howard Shapiro, Iowa State University

Humanities Bldg.

Rm. 119

Session C4: Leadership and Institutional Reform

Session Chair: Christiana Birchak, University of Houston - Downtown

Debra K. Courtright-Nash, University of Cincinnati,

Clermont College

Lore and Involvement in WAC

William J. Carpenter, Lafayette College

WAC Language Matters

Sewall Hall

Rm. 307

Session C5: Connections within and beyond the University

Session Chair: Beth (Elizabeth) Hedengren, Brigham Young University

Patricia Williams, Sam Houston State University

WAC, CAC, WE, WID, WC, AEC: More

Than Alphabet Soup

Deborah Smith, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Writing as a Tool to Facilitate Service Learning

C

4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Keck Hall

Rm. 102

Session C6: Engineering Technology and Writing for the 21st Century:

Purpose, Points, and Visuals

Session Chair: Barbara Sylvester, Western Washington University

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

Technical Writing for a Technical Department

Barbara Sylvester, Western Washington University

Practice with a Purpose

Natalie Wilson, Western Washington University

Student Perspective on Focused Technical Writing

Duncan Hall

Rm. 1046

Session C7: WAC and Professional Development

Session Chair: Ron Heckelman, Montgomery College

Gayle Bolt Price, Gardner-Webb University

Let Writing Teach the Teacher: Developing

WAC Faculty Workshops Based on

Writing-to-Learn Strategies

Lynne Ticke, Bronx Community College (CUNY)

Writing Across the Social Sciences:

Professional Development for Adjunct and

Full-Time Faculty

Alexander Byelyakov, University of Idaho

Writing across the Curriculum in the

Teaching of Interdisciplinary Courses

Humanities Bldg.

Rm. 117

Session C8: Enhancing Science Learning through Communication

Session Chair: Ken Cox, Rice University

Mary Purugganan, Rice University

What Graduate Students Learn through

Coaching in a Biochemistry Research

Seminar

John Polking, Rice University

Differential Equations: Where Students Go

Beyond Right Answers to Arguing about

Problem Solving

C

4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Duncan Hall

Rm. 1064

Session C9: Negotiation, Collaboration, and Application: Engineering English

at Iowa State University

Session Chair: Tom Bowers, Iowa State University

Marlee Walton, Iowa State University

Al Austin, Iowa State University

Tom Bowers, Iowa State University

Rayzor Hall

Rm. 123

Session C10: Writing across and beyond the Curriculum in Interdisciplinary

Learning Communities

Session Chair: Juan Carlos Huerta, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Juan Carlos Huerta, Texas A&M University-Corpus

Christi

Robin Carstensen, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Catherine Albert, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

RECEPTION AT FOTOFEST

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5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Reception at Viewing of Photography Exhibits at Fotofest

FotoFest: Buses Leave from in front of Duncan Hall Starting at 5:00 p.m.

and make return trips to Hotels and Duncan Hall

7:30 p.m.             Dinner on your own. See list of suggested restaurants.

Friday

PANELS

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast - Duncan Hall

9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Duncan Hall

McMurtry Auditorium

Rm. 1055

Panel 1: What Leadership, Goals and Policies Can Ensure That Students

Communicate Well in Multicultural Environments and International

Commerce?

Carol Geary Schneider, President of the Association of American Colleges

& Universities

Neal Lane, University Professor, Rice University. Formerly National Science

Advisor to President Clinton

Rebecca Burnett, University Professor, Iowa State University

Jonathan Monroe, Professor and Knight Writing Program Director, Cornell

University

Daniel Chavez, President, Grupo Vidafel, Guadalajara, Jal. México

Moderator: Deborah Andrews, Professor, University of Delaware

10:15 a.m. to 10:45

Duncan Hall Refreshments

PANELS

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10:45 a.m. to noon

Duncan Hall

McMurtry Auditorium

Rm. 1055

Panel 2a: What Must Be Done to Ensure That College Students Communicate

Well in Their Fields?

Lee Odell, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Ed Segner, President and Chief of Staff, EOG Resources, Inc.

Gene Levy, Provost, Rice University

       Chris Anson, Professor, North Carolina State University

Scott Hochberg, State Legislator, Texas, Chair, Education Subcommittee

Martha Townsend, Professor, University of Missouri at Columbia

Michael Pemberton, President, National Writing Centers Association,

Georgia Southern University

Aaron Krawitz, Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,

University of Missouri, Columbia

Regina Kecht, Professor & Director, Center for the Study of Languages, Rice

University

        Moderator: Deborah Bosley, Director of Writing Programs, University of North

        Carolina Charlotte

Duncan Hall

McMurtry Auditorium

Rm. 1055

Panel 2b: What Must Be Done to Integrate K-12 Students’ Writing and

Learning?

Michael Lowry, The McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN

Wanda Bamberg , Aldine Independent School District, Houston, TX

Sandra Broadnax Betts, Principal, District 1525 Illinois

Viola Garcia, School Board Member, Aldine Independent School District, and

Faculty, University of Houston Downtown

Moderator: Joseph O. Milner, Professor, Wake Forest University

E

10:45 a.m. to noon.

Keck Hall

Rm. 101

Session E1: The Role of Graduate Writing for Undergraduate WAC

Session Chair: Malcolm Kiniry, Rutgers University

Malcolm Kiniry, Rutgers University

Focusing Undergraduate Writing Courses

Gary Roth, Rutgers University

Documenting Graduate Writing Needs

Patricia Bender, Rutgers University

Addressing Graduate Writing Needs

Josephine Grieder, Rutgers University

Broadening Undergraduate Writing

Courses

Sewall Hall

Rm. 305

Session E2: Writing Intensive Emphasis in the School of Management

Session Chair: David Beach, George Mason University

David Beach, George Mason University

Ruth Fischer, George Mason University

Alison O'Brien, George Mason University

Karen Hallows, George Mason University

E

10:45 a.m. to noon

Sewall Hall

Rm. 309

Session E3: Envisioning a Postmodern Writing Program: One-Size

Requirements No Longer Fit All

Session Chair: Hildy Miller, Portland State University

Hildy Miller, Portland State University

From Generalists to Specialists:

"Re"directing a Writing Program in English

Duncan Carter, Portland State University

The Promise--and the Perils--of Integrating

Writing Instruction

Judith Patton, Portland State University

University Studies: Integrating Writing into

General Education

Greg Jacob, Portland State University

Writing Intensive Courses: Intensified and

Diversified All at Once

Carol Burnell, Portland State University

Writing at the Center: Collaborating

Across the Curriculum

Humanities Bldg.

Rm. 119

Session E4: WAC and Learning: Stumbling Block/Enlightenment?

Session Chair: Eileen M. Meagher, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Anne Lindsey, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Art Is My Communicative Medium. What's

with This Writing Business?

Rebecca Cook, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

The Writing Center and WAC: Ashram and Sadhana!

Eileen M. Meagher, University of Tennessee at

Chattanooga

WAC: The Stumbling Block of the

Academy. When Will We Ever Learn?

E

10:45 a.m. to noon

Sewall Hall

Rm. 307

Session E5: Developing Student Skills / Developing Programs

Session Chair: Deidre M. Paulsen, Brigham Young University

Lucia Buttaro, Kingsborough Community College

Enhancing Communication Skills by

Writing across the Curriculum

Donald Fucci and Al Romano, Romapo College of New Jersey

Starting a WAC Program: From Dream to Reality

Alana Morris, Aldine ISD

Write on Track: Focusing on the Middle

Level Writer

Keck Hall

Rm. 102

Session E6: Composing Creatively Across the Curriculum

Session Chair: Donna Reiss, Tidewater Community College-Virginia

Donna Reiss, Tidewater Community College-Virginia

Dona J. Hickey, University of Richmond

Art Young, Clemson University

Patricia Connor-Greene, Clemson University

Catherine Paul, Tidewater Community College-Virginia

E

10:45 a.m. to noon

Duncan Hall

Rm. 1046

Session E7: A Glimpse of the Future: Services, Students, and Community

Session Chair: Janice L. Hewitt, Rice University

Lynne Rhodes, University of South Carolina at Aiken

Essential Services: WAC at The Small

College

Mary Kay Mulvaney, Elmhurst College

Writers as Mentors, Mentors as Writers: A

Glimpse of the Future

Marlene Preston, Virginia Tech

Communication across the Curriculum:

Creating Community in Classrooms of the

Future

Humanities Bldg.

Rm. 117

Session E8: Building Bridges Across The Disciplines: An Exploration of

Multi-disciplinary Contexts

Session Chair: Julie Zeleznik, Iowa State University - Visiting Rice University

Patricia Collins Harms, Iowa State University

"You could say…it gave me motive": An

Activity Theory Analysis of a First-year

Learning Community

Julie Zeleznik, Iowa State University - Visiting Rice

University

"Assistance from Both Sides": Analyzing

the Way Students Interpret and Use

Cross-disciplinary Teacher Feedback

Donna Kain, Iowa State University

"Thinking through Others": Genre,

Disciplinary, and Graduate Studies

E

10:45 a.m. to noon

Duncan Hall

Rm. 1064

Session E9: Designing New Opportunities for Students

Session Chair: Janie Hammons, Rice University

Peter R. Petrucci, Rice University

WAC In Two Languages: Providing

Opportunities for Heritage Language Speakers

Kyriacos Zygourakis, Rice University

Uniting a Two-concentration Major in

Chemical Engineering with Integrated

Communication Instruction

Kenneth Cox, Rice University

Explaining Chemical Engineering Process Design /

Improving the Process of Explanation

Rayzor Hall

Rm. 123

Session E10: Writing and Cultural Contexts

Session Chair: Juan Carlos Huerta, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Lilly Chen, Rice University

Writing and Learning of Foreign Language

and Culture

Jie Gao

An Analysis of the Problems of a Writing

Course for the English Major in Tsinghua University

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Noon to 1:30

Lunch

Martel College Commons - Lunch for all participants (exit through north entrance of

Duncan Hall)

F

1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

PANELS

Duncan Hall

McMurtry Auditorium

Rm. 1055

Panel 3a: What Must Be done to Ensure That College Students Communicate Well in

Their Fields?

Sharon Quiroz, Editor, Language and Learning across the Disciplines

Ken Cox, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rice University

Brain Huot, Director of Composition, University of Louisville

Tracy Volz, Assistant Director, Professional Communication Project, Rice University

David Joliffe, Professor, De Paul University

Mary Burgan, General Secretary, American Association of University Professors

Moderator: Steven, Youra, Director of Engineering Communication, Cornell University

Sewall Hall

Rm. 301

Panel 3b: What Must Be Done To Integrate K-12 Students’ Writing

and Learning?

Michael Dressman, Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University

Of Houston Downtown

Consentine T. Morgan, Dean of Academic Affairs, Ballou High School,

Washington, D.C.

           Linda McNeil, Co-Director, Rice University Center for Education; Editor, American

           Educational Research Journal

          Christie McWilliams, Teacher, Huntsville, TX, High School

          Claudette Goss, Oklahoma State Department of Education

           Moderator: Art Young, Professor, Clemson University

F

1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Keck Hall

Rm. 102

Session F1: Writing in the Disciplines at University of California at Santa

Barbara

Session Chair: Susan McLeod, University of California at Santa Barbara

Robert Samuels, University of California at Santa Barbara

Laurence Behrens, University of California at Santa Barbara

Heather Horn, University of California Santa Barbara

Sewall Hall

Rm. 305

Session F2: International and Intercultural Opportunities

Session Chair: John Eliason, Philadelphia University

Carol Kountz, Grand Valley State University

Uniting a Divided World: A Method for the Classroom

Holly Lawrence, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Interrogating Western Rhetoric: Seeking

Grounds for Teaching Argument in a Post-911 World

F

1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Sewall Hall

Rm. 309

Session F3: WAC in an Urban and Bilingual Setting: Examples of Change and

Compromise

Session Chair: Linda Hirsch, Hostos Community College/CUNY

Linda Hirsch, Hostos Community College/CUNY

Carolina DeLuca, Hostos Community College/CUNY

WAC Across Languages: Implementing

WAC in English and Spanish

Adrian Wisnicki, Hostos Community College/CUNY

WAC Across Languages: Implementing

WAC in English and Spanish

Dorinda Tetens, Hostos Community College/CUNY

WAC in Allied Health: High-Stakes and

High-Stress

Ese Burlingame, Hostos Community College/CUNY

Changing the Process: Resistance and the

Research Paper

Humanities Bldg.

Rm. 119

Session F4: Writing Across the Curriculum and First-Year Learning

Communities

Session Chair: Glenn Blalock, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Glenn Blalock, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Dave Billeaux, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Grady Price-Blount, Texas A&M University-Corpus

Christi

Sam Logdson, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Pamela Meyer and Anthony Quiroz, Texas A&M

University-Corpus Christi

F

1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Sewall Hall

Rm. 307

Session F5: Writing Centers and Tutoring

Session Chair: Paullett Golden, Sam Houston State University

Nancy Linh Karls, University of Colorado at Denver

Using Technology to Strengthen WAC:

Building Bridges and Creating Coalitions

through a Writing Center OWL

Beth (Elizabeth) Hedengren, Brigham Young University

The Future for Curriculum-Based Tutoring

Duncan Hall (no session F6)

Rm. 1046

Session F7: Learning Community: Models in Algebra and Rhetoric

Session Chair: Ronald Heckelman, Montgomery College

Ronald Heckelman, Montgomery College

Rationales for the Community

Bill Dunn, Montgomery College

How We Have Organized the Community

Humanities Bldg.

Rm. 117

Session F8: WAC and Distance Education

Session Chair: Julie Zeleznik, Iowa State University - Visiting Rice University

Dan Melzer, Florida State University

Distance Learning and WAC: A National Survey

Teresa (Teddi) Fishman, State University of West Georgia

WAC in the Distance: The Confluence of

WAC and Distance Education

F

1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Duncan Hall

Rm. 1064

Session F9: WAC Curriculum in Science and Engineering

Session Chair: Tracy Volz, Rice University

Robert Curl, Rice University

Writing and Presenting Cases to Explore

Complex Events: Technological Disasters

and Catastrophes. A First-Year Seminar

C. Lee Odell, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Teach Writing by Helping to Teach

Engineering (or History or…)

James Thompson, Rice University

Connecting Data, Models, and Reality with

Writing: WAC in an Introduction to the

Scientific Method

Rayzor Hall

Rm. 123

Session F10: WAC in Humanities and Social Sciences

Session Chair: Stephen Adkison, Idaho State University

Joyce Compton-Brown, Gardner-Webb University

Writing the Future-Contextualizing the Past

Lori E. Cole, University of Texas at Brownsville

Writing Across the Curriculum and How to

Do History: Combining Traditional and

Innovative Pedagogies

Holly Masturzo, Writers in the Schools

The Presence of "The Real"

G

3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

PANEL

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Duncan Hall

McMurtry Auditorium

Rm. 1055

Panel 4: How Can Technology and Intellectual Property Provisions

Enhance Writing across the Curriculum?

Elizabeth Tebeaux, Professor and Director of Distance Education, Texas

A&M University

Andrea Lunsford, Professor of Rhetoric and Critical Thinking, Stanford

University

Patricia Williams, Professor and Director, Academic Enrichment Center, Sam

Houston State University

Angela Williams, Professor, The Citadel

Hugh Burns, Professor, Texas Woman’s University

Diane Dowdey, Associate Director, Academic Enrichment Center, Sam Houston

State University

Claire Bartlett, Director, Center for the Study of Languages, Rice University

Moderator: Mike Palmquist, Colorado State University; Editor, Academic

Writing

SESSIONS

G

3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Sewall Hall

Rm. 301

Session G1: Reflective Practices in Core Reform: WAC Workshops, Learning

Communities, E-Portfolios

Session Chair: Linda Anstendig, Pace University

Linda Anstendig, Pace University

Building Writing-Enhanced Learning

Communities through Teaching Circles.

Eugene Richie, Pace University

Writing and Thinking with WAC

Workshops

Beth Klingner, Pace University

Assessing Learning Outcomes Through

E-Portfolios

Sewall Hall (no session G2)

Rm. 305

Session G3: Collaborative and Invigorating WAC

Session Chair: Deborah Smith, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Cristy Foes and Deborah Smith, Southern Illinois

University at Carbondale

A Collaborative Teaching Approach to

Building Information Literacy Competencies

in Masters Students

Carol Rutz, Carleton College and Bill Condon, Washington State

University

Collaborating and Invigorating with WAC

G

3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Humanities Bldg.

Rm. 119

Session G4: Responding to a State Mandate for University-wide Writing

Assessment

Session Chair: Terry Myers Zawacki, George Mason University

Terry Myers Zawacki, George Mason University

Running Holistic Scoring Sessions for

Faculty in the Disciplines: Some Observations

Ruth Green, George Mason University

Responding From an Assessment Viewpoint

Susan Durham, George Mason University

Nursing Portfolios as Assessment Tools

Sewall Hall

Rm. 307

Session G5: Teaching Tool Box: Techniques for Promoting Life Writing

Skills

Session Chair: Emily Richardson, Widener University

Emily Richardson, Widener University

Patricia Dyer, Widener University

Thomas Cragin, Widener University

G

3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Keck Hall

Rm. 102

Session G6: Classroom Practices Involving Technologies

Session Chair: Rebecca Burnett, Iowa State University

Solomon Schneider, Sam Houston State University

Beat Your Textbook (a WID term project in

Computer Science)

Brian Miller, Sam Houston State University

Implementing Vehicles of Electronic

Communication: The Integrated Delivery of

The Written Word

Duncan Hall

Rm. 1046

Session G7: An Emerging Vision of the Biochemist and the Biochemistry

Major

Session Chair: Fred Rudolph, Rice University

Fred Rudolph, Rice University

The Goals of the Biochemistry Major

David Caprette, Rice University

Like Dogs and Cats, Living Together

Beth Beason, Rice University

Incorporating Communication into a Core Laboratory Course

Humanities Bldg.

Rm. 117

Session G8: Museum, Nature, Community Landmarks: How to Shape a

Writing Field Trip

Session Chair: Holly Masturzo, Writers in the Schools, Houston

Holly Masturzo, Writers in the Schools

Writing at Nature Preserves

Long Chu, Writers in the Schools

Writing at Community Sites

Marcia Chamberlain, Writers in the Schools

Writing at Museums

G

3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Rayzor Hall (no session G9)

Rm. 123

Session G10: Texas Crossroads: An Emerging Academic Minor

Session Chair: Bill Bridges, Sam Houston State University

Bill Bridges, Sam Houston State University

Texas Crossroads: An Emerging Academic Minor

Roseanne Barker, Sam Houston State University

Journaling at The Crossroads

Tom Chasteen, Sam Houston State University

Houston's Urban Air: Chemistry at a Crossroads

Terry Thibodeaux, Sam Houston State University

Acadia West: Cajuns at the Crossroads

Gene Young, Sam Houston State University

Just Fiddlin' Around: Texas Music at the Crossroads

Keck Hall

Rm. 101

Session G11: Records and Rubrics

Session Chair: Janie Hammons, Rice University

Ann Bullion-Mears and Daphne Johnson Eberling, Sam

Houston State University

Rules, Rubric and Red Ink: Thoughts on

the Affective Side of the Grading

Conundrum, K-College

Wendy Pauline Shilton and Andrew Zinck, University

Of Prince Edward Island

Composing the Future: Music, Writing,

and Learning Records

DINNER AND RECEPTION

(Ticket Required)

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Crowne Plaza Medical Center Houston Ballroom

6701 South Main Street

Houston, Texas 77030

713-797-1110

Buses circle to hotels and campus

7:00 to 7:30

Reception Drinks and hors d’ouvres

7:30

Dinner

Welcome: Provost Gene Levy

After Dinner From a Shared History to a Shared Future

Remarks:

Saturday

HIGHLIGHT SESSIONS

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast - Duncan Hall

9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m

Duncan Hall

Rm. 1042

Vision Reports Key Ideas from Thursday’s and Friday’s Invited Panel Moderators

Duncan Hall

McMurtry Auditorium

Rm. 1055

Special Session Collaborating with Students and Teachers Around the World:

Tools and Strategies

Yvonne Andres, Director, Global SchoolNet

Yvonne Marie Andres is the President and CEO of the Global SchoolNet

          Foundation, founder of the Global Schoolhouse and former Vice President of

          Internet Learning Programs and Partnerships at Lightspan.com .

         An educator for nearly two decades, Ms. Andres has taught pre-school

         through university and is dedicated to discovering, demonstrating, and

         documenting the power of "Internet style learning."

         On October 25, 2001, President Bush joined leaders of non-governmental and

         private organizations at Marshall Elementary School in the District of

         Columbia to announce the formation of "Friendship Through Education" - a

         consortium of groups facilitating expanded links between US students and

         students in countries with Muslim populations.

         As the first stage in this initiative, three schools in the US communities

         most directly affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks will be linked

         for student and teacher interchanges with schools in Islamic nations.

         Friendship Through Education is a consortium of non-governmental

        organizations and private groups committed to connecting children from

        different nations in an effort to bridge cultures and broaden

        understanding. One of the best ways to deter terrorism is through education

        and understanding.  This interaction will build friendships and involve

        students in discussions of issues facing them as future global citizens.

        Writing and communication across the curriculum can facilitate the goals of

        understanding and global friendship.

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9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Sewall Hall

Rm. 301

Session H1: Saying "I Do" : The Critical Ménage à Trois of Core Curriculum,

WAC, and the Writing Center

Session Chair: Monica Weis, Nazareth College

Monica Weis, Nazareth College

Saying "I Do"

Maryellen Potts, Nazareth College

Dangling Carrots: Faculty Incentives that Work

Ginny Skinner-Linnenberg, Nazareth College

"Play Ball": Annual Spring Training for Faculty

Sewall Hall

Rm. 305

Session H2: The Information Literacy Movement and WAC

Session Chair: John Eliason, Philadelphia University

Jacob S. Blumner, Philadelphia University

Information Literacy and WAC Assessment

John Eliason, Philadelphia University

Information Literacy Initiatives and WAC

Leadership

Julie Kimmel, Philadelphia University

Information Literacy and the WAC

Classroom

Francis Fritz, Philadelphia University

Information Literacy and the WAC-based

Writing Center

H

9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Sewall Hall

Rm. 309

Session H3: Assessment and Infrastracture

Session Chair: Carol Rutz, Carleton College

Leanne Warshauer,

Assessing the Second Wave of WAC:

What Can We Learn From Feminist Pedagogies?

Yvonne Merrill, University of Arizona

Assessing WAC Outcomes as Thinking

Made Visible

Beatrice Mendez Newman, The University of Texas -

Pan American

Reconfiguring Distance, Authority, and

Communication: The Writing Center as a

Teaching Zone for Writing in the Disciplines

Humanities Bldg.

Rm. 119

Session H4: Leadership and Institutional Reform

Session Chair: Christiana Birchak, University of Houston - Downtown

Jean DeWitt and Christiana Birchak, University of

Houston-Downtown

The Fulcrum of Balance

H

9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Sewall Hall

Rm. 307

Session H5: Multicultural Literature Promotes the Development of Cultural

Capital and Meaningful Writing in K-12 Students

Session Chair: Viola M. Garcia, University of Houston-Downtown

Viola M. Garcia, University of Houston-Downtown

Jessica Bartholomew, University of Houston-Downtown

Christine Kujawa, University of Houston-Downtown

David Messina, University of Houston-Downtown

Doug Phillips, University of Houston-Downtown

Mary Oldham, University of Houston-Downtown

Keck Hall

Rm. 102

Session H6: The Teacher Is a Writer: Designing Programs For Professional

Development

Session Chair: Holly Masturzo, Writers in the Schools, Houston

Linda Riehl, Grady Middle Schools

Holly Masturzo, Writers in the Schools

Era Turner, Travis Elemertary, Houston

H

9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Duncan Hall

Rm. 1046

Session H7: Multigenres: Three Approaches to Knowing and Thinking

Session Chair: Charles Lloyd, Marshall University

Charles Lloyd, Marshall University

Multigenres in the College Classical

Mythology Class

Amy McElroy, St. Joseph Central Catholic High School

Multigenres in the Tenth-Grade Latin Class

Shirley Lumpkin, Marshall University

Multigenres in the College Freshman

Composition Class

Humanities Bldg.

Rm. 117

Session H8: Face-to-Face and Screen-to-Screen: An Analytical Consideration

of Live and Online Peer Response

Session Chair: Lillian Bridwell-Bowles, University of Minnesota

Pamela Flash, University of Minnesota

Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch, University of Minnesota

Duncan Hall

Rm. 1064

Session H9: WAC Curriculum in Science and Engineering

Session Chair: Janie Hammons, Rice University

Ike Shibley, Penn State Berks

Chemistry Research Papers That Encourage

Critical Thinking

Les M. Brown, Gardner - Webb University

Writing the Future: Using Creative-Non

Fiction Assignments as a Tool for Learning

in the Sciences

Molly Johnson, University of Houston Downtown

Analyzing Language & Attitudes: (Inter) Disciplinary

Tensions in WAC Settings

H

9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Rayzor Hall

Rm. 123

Session H10: Professional Identity Development for Underrepresented

Minorities Seeking Careers as Physicians: How Communication

Synthesizes Courses, Experiences, and Personal Goals

Session Chair: Mary Tobin, Rice University

Mary Tobin, Rice University

Ronit Berger, Rice University

Pam Ferry, Baylor College of Medicine

Keck Hall

Rm. 101

Session H11: Synergistic Possibilities

Session Chair: Bill Bridges, Sam Houston State University

Stephen Wilhoit and Trudy Krisher, University of Dayton

The University of Dayton's Academic

Resource Center

Joel R. Power, Sam Houston State University

Postcarded Journaling

Elizabeth Mermann-Jozwiak, Texas A&M University -

Corpus Christi

Team-Teaching a Multi-disciplinary Course

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10:45 a.m. to noon

Duncan Hall

McMurtry Auditorium

Rm. 1055

Special Session Promoting Underrepresented Minority Graduate Retention

Through Community Building

Richard Tapia, Noah Harding Professor of Computation and Applied

Mathematics, Rice University. With graduate students Ricardo Vargas,

Donald Williams, and Nancy Glenn

          Tapia is a mathematician and professor in the Department of Computational

          and Applied Mathematics at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He is

          internationally known for his research in the computational and

          mathematical sciences and is a national leader in education and outreach

          programs.

          In 1996, Tapia was appointed by President Clinton to the National Science

          Board (NSB), the governing body of the National Science Foundation. Also

          in 1996, he received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,

          Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. He received the 1997 Lifetime

          Mentor Award from the American Association for the Advancement of

          Science. Tapia was named the 1996 Hispanic Engineer of the Year by Hispanic

          Engineer Magazine, the first academician to receive this honor. He was

          elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the first native born Hispanic

          to receive this honor, and was given the Hispanic Engineer National

          Achievement Award for Education, the George R. Brown Award for

          superior teaching, and named one of the 20 most influential leaders in

          minority math education by the National Research Council. He was selected

          Professor of the Year by the Association of Hispanic School Administrators

          of the Houston Independent School District.

          Tapia's current Rice positions are Noah Harding Professor of Computational

          and Applied Mathematics; Associate Director of Graduate Studies, Office of

          Research and Graduate Studies; and Director of the Center for Excellence

          and Equity in Education.

10:45 to noon

Duncan Hall Special Conversation Groups

Rm. 1042 &

1075 “Birds of a Feather” Session. Announce your topic at the Registration Desk.

        Check the board to find your flock. Two rooms provide “roosts” for

        conversations.

I

10:45 a.m. to noon.

Sewall Hall

Rm. 301

Session I1: Institutional Leadership and Writing Cultures

Session Chair: Linda Anstendig, Pace University

Felicia Mitchell and Sati Maharaj, Emory and Henry College

WAC and the Small Liberal Arts College:

Stage II

Tim Peeples and Mandie Danielski, Elon College

Creating a Writing Culture: The

Significance of Students as Active Partners

and Leaders

Sewall Hall

Rm. 305

Session I2: Why Johnny Can't Write in the Disciplines: WAC at CUNY

Session Chair: Samuel Cohen, City University of New York

Samuel Cohen, City University of New York

Tinkering toward WAC Utopia

Elizabeth Toohey, City University of New York

Writing Geography and the Geography of

Writing: Beyond the Boundaries of a

Discipline

Suzanne Scheld, City University of New York

Writing in the Disciplines: Experimenting

With Writing in a Large Lecture Course at

CUNY

I

10:45 a.m. to noon

(no session I3)

Humanities Bldg.

Rm. 119

Session I4: WAC at Three Levels: Fostering Critical Reflexivity in Freshman,

Graduate Students, and Teaching Assistants

Session Chair: Christine Nonis, Purdue

Debrah Huffman, Purdue

Laying Analytical Groundwork for WAC in

First-Year Composition

Christine Tardy, Purdue

Exploring Disciplinary Texts and Practices

in an ESL Graduate-Student Writing

Classroom

Christine Nonis, Purdue

Instructor Turnover in a WAC and WID

Based Retention Initiative

Sewall Hall

Rm. 307

Session I5: Institutional and Disciplinary Approaches to WAC

Session Chair: Viola M. Garcia, University of Houston-Downtown

Lynne Rhodes, University of South Carolina at Aiken

Writing in the University

Nancy Lewis Tuten, Columbia College

The Pearce Writing Fellows Program: One

Model for WAC Success

Lucy Carpenter Snead, Columbia College

Writing to Learn Mathematics

I

10:45 a.m. to noon

Keck Hall

Rm. 102

Session I6: Building Science, Writing and Information Literary Skills

Session Chair: Donna Reiss, Tidewater Community College - Virginia

Terry Contant, Sam Houston State University

Observing to Describing: Simultaneously

Building Science and Writing Skills

Stacey Edmonson, Sam Houston State University

Developing Effective Writing Assignments

Susan Strickland, Sam Houston State University

Integrating Information Literacy Skills into

Writing Enhanced Courses

Duncan Hall

Rm. 1046

Session I7: WAC and Communication for Professionals

Session Chair: Mary Kay Mulvaney, Elmhurst College

Chistine Helms, Johnson & Wales University

The Right Tools for the Write Jobs

Deborah S. Bosley, UNC Charlotte

Developing a Corporate Writing Program

Janice L. Hewitt, Rice University

Teaching Science and Engineering Graduate Students How to

Write a Persuasive and Coherent M.S. or Ph.D. Thesis

I

10:45 a.m. to noon

Humanities Bldg.

Rm. 117

Session I8: (Un)Holy Alliances?: WAC and Digital Technologies in

Non-Higher Educational Communities

Session Chair: Katherine V. Wills, University of Louisville

Katherine V. Wills, University of Louisville

Hip Hop WAC: Students Redefine

"Writing" in a Junior High Technology

Camp

Monika Luebke, University of Louisville

WAC and the Penal System: Addressing the

Critical Digital Divide

Rich Rice, Ball State University

(Technological) Literacy as Interconnecting

WAC Networks: Teaching and Learning in

the Face of Changing Primary Education

Curricular Standards

Duncan Hall

Rm. 1064

Session I9: WAC Curriculum in Science and Technical Writing

Session Chair: Molly Johnson, University of Houston Downtown

Margaret Stewart, Washburn University

The Nature Journal and Classroom Learning

Rodney Zink, Oklahoma State University

Classroom Designs in Praxis: Using

Assisted Learning and Action Theory To

Bridge The Pedagogical Gap Between

Technical Communication Theory and

Practice

I

10:45 a.m. to noon

Rayzor Hall

Rm. 123

Session I10: Teach the Language of WAC: From Science to Spanish

Session Chair: Kathleen De Grave, Pittsburgh State University

Edmee Fernandez, Pittsburgh State University

Teaching the Language of Language

Susan Carlson, Pittsburgh State University

Teaching the Language of Shakespeare

Tim Bailey and Catherine Hooey, Pittsburgh State

University

WAC as a Tool to Promote Spatial Thinking

in World Regional Geography

Robert Pavlis and Jennifer Neve, Pittsburgh State University

Teaching The Language of Chemistry

Kathleen De Grave, Pittsburg State University

Bringing The Language of WAC to the

Wider University

Keck Hall

Rm. 101

Session I11: Challenges of Writing from a Preservice to an Inservice

Perspective

Session Chair: Shirley Key, University of Houston Downtown

Shirley Key, University of Houston Downtown

Rosalyn Watson, University of Houston Downtown

Maria Battacharjee, University of Houston Downtown

THE FINALE

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12:15 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Duncan Hall

McMurtry Auditorium

Rm. 1055

No food or drinks allowed in the auditorium

Special Prize; Wrap-Up and Information on the Next

National Conference

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Duncan Hall

Lobby Box lunches (sign up at registration desk by 5:00 p.m. Friday)

1: 30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Duncan Hall Saturday Afternoon Workshop

Rm. 1064

Workshop: Setting up Your Program for Success with a WAC / WID Oversight

Committee

Martha Townsend, University of Missouri, Columbia

SPECIAL TRIPS

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Sign-up at the Registration Desk in Duncan Hall (limited spaces)

Cost: $5.00

Enron Field / Astros Field - Houston Baseball park

Azalea Trail - Visit gorgeous gardens and homes in River Oaks

Ship Channel - Visit the international port of Houston with cargo ship flying a wide

Range of flags

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