WAC & Writing Centers: A Call for Proposals (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 10:37:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Karen Vaught-Alexander <karenva@uofport.edu>
To: Writing Program Administration <WPA-L@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU>
Subject: WAC & Writing Centers: A Call for Proposals


			CALL FOR PAPER PROPOSALS

	PACIFIC COAST WRITING CENTER ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE

	"WRITING ACROSS THE CENTER: NEGOTIATING AND RESITUATING
				ROLES AND EXPECTATIONS"

				NOVEMBER 2, 1996
			UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND (OR)

Writing centers in colleges and universities face the challenge of helping
students with writing assignments across the disciplines. Administrators,
faculty, center staff, and clients negotiate their diverse views and 
needs in our writing centers.

How are roles and expectations resituated in a center staffed by peer tutors
from across the disciplines?  How can we best"translate" disciplinary 
thinking and writing expectations when we are not from that field?Is the 
center perceived differently when the peer tutors are not from the 
disciplines?

Writing Across the Center is the theme of this year's conference. Through our
conversations, we hope to gain insights into the impact writing across the
disciplines and writing centers have on each other.

This conference seeks especially those proposals addressing such writing 
across the center issues, but welcomes all others relevant to the writing 
center.

Please send a 50-100 word abstract by email to karenva@uofport.edu, by 
FAX to Karen Vaught-Alexander at (503)-283-7399, or by mail to

		Karen Vaught-Alexander
		University of Portland Writing Center
		ATTN: 1996 PCWCAAC
		5000 N. Willamette Blvd
		Portland, OR 97203-5798

Please include presenter name(s), your institution, mailing address, FAX, 
phone number, and email. Along with the title of your presentation, indicate 
if it will be individual, panel, or workshop. If you require specific A-V 
equipment, please specify your needs.

DEADLINE for Submission: September 27, 1996