2008 East-Central Writing Centers
Association (ECWCA) Conference
April 11-12, 2008
Ohio State
University-Columbus
Looking Back; Looking Forward: The Next 30
Years of ECWCA
As ECWCA marks its 30th
anniversary, this yearās conference will engage histories of writing centers and
how they influence the future. Weāll look to the past in order to understand
whatās coming, asking questions such as:
- What narratives have we
created as a field? How have writing centers developed over the past thirty
years? How have we defined, measured, and celebrated our achievements?
- How has your individual
writing center grown and changed? What initiatives have you implemented and
how do these initiatives contribute to future possibilities for your
center? What plans do you have for the future?
- For tutors, how do
concepts of history and development inform your concept of your role? What
have you learned from participating in a writing center over the course of
multiple years, semesters, or even multiple tutoring sessions? How has your
approach to tutoring changed over time? How have you utilized your past
experiences to grow and improve as a tutor?
Come and join our conversation!
Session formats:
- Presentations÷single or
multiple authored talks
- Panels÷groups of 3-4
presentations on related topics
-
Roundtables÷conversations among 5-7 participants
- Posters÷multimedia or
paper-based works that describe writing centers in the ECWCA area (Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana, and parts of Kentucky, Illinois, and Pennsylvania), and
their histories or plans.
Friday night keynote speaker:
Andrea Lunsford
A limited number of scholarships
will be available for student tutors.
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