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3:30: Preparing the Professorate as Teachers: Innovations in Rhetoric and Composition Programs

 

Hilton San Francisco

Program arranged by the Council of Writing Program Administrators

Presiding: Joseph Janangelo, Loyola Univ., Chicago

1. *Deep-Time Pedagogy: Shifting Teacher Training from Inoculation to Deep Time,* Denise K. Comer, Duke Univ.

2. *Deaf Students in Mainstream First-Year Composition: Some Considerations for Writing Program Administrators,* Danielle Cordaro, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette

3. *Teaching and Writing from a Feminist Perspective: A Graduate Certificate Program in Secondary Education and Women*s and Gender Studies at the College of New Jersey,* Mary Goldschmidt, Coll. of New Jersey; Janet Gray, Coll. of New Jersey

Respondent: Joseph Janangelo, Loyola University Chicago

6:30: WPA Party

 

The Party will be on Saturday, December 27th, from 6:30-8:30 PM in Joe Janangelo's hotel suite:

Hotel Nikko
222 Mason St
San Francisco, CA
(415) 394-1111

Look for great company, and array of beverages, and light (yet sustaining) snacks.

3:30–4:45 p.m., Lombard, Hilton: 25. Preparing the Professoriat as Teachers: Innovations in Rhetoric and Composition Programs

 

Program arranged by the Council of Writing Program Administrators
Presiding: Joseph M. Janangelo, Loyola Univ., Chicago
1. “Deep-Time Pedagogy: Shifting Teacher Training from Inoculation to Deep Time,” Denise K. Comer, Duke Univ.
2. “Deaf Students in Mainstream First-Year Composition: Some Considerations for Writing Program Administrators,” Danielle Cordaro, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette
3. “Teaching and Writing from a Feminist Perspective: A Graduate Certificate Program in Secondary Education and Women’s and Gender Studies at the College of New Jersey,” Mary Goldschmidt, Coll. of New Jersey; Janet Gray, Coll. of New Jersey
Respondent: Joseph M. Janangelo

7:00–8:15 p.m., Golden Gate 4, Hilton: 115. Teaching the University: A Roundtable

 

A special session
Presiding: Jeffrey J. Williams, Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Speakers: David B. Downing, Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania; Katie J. Hogan, Carlow Univ.; Michelle A. Massé, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge

5:15–6:30 p.m., Union Square 22, Hilton: 70. Beyond the Classroom: Research into Knowledge Making

 

Program arranged by the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing
Presiding: David Dayton, Towson Univ.
1. “Using a Hybrid Analytical Framework to Explore the Influence of Culture, Rhetoric, and the Technical Communicator on Technology Diffusion across Cultures,” Grace Coggio, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities
2. “Impact of Screen-Capture Software and Instructional Videos on Student Revision and Student Attitudes,” Mary Lourdes Silva, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
3. “The Prospects and Challenges of Web 2.0 Technologies for Qualitative Research,” David Dayton