MIDWEST REGION PROPOSAL CALL--June 1 extension

[Writing Center <writingc@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>]

We appreciate the numerous proposals for individual and group
presentations as well as workshops and other interactive sessions that
were submitted by the May 1 deadline for the 1997 Midwest Writing Centers
Association Conference.  Those submitting proposals may anticipate
response in mid-summer. 

Out of consideration for the numerous challenges mother-nature has placed
on the Midwest this year, we extend the proposal deadline to JUNE 1 in
hopes that more of our colleagues from the beleagured areas will be able
to join us.  

Wherever you live, consider joining us in Kansas City, Missouri on
November 7-8, 1997. 

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> 1997 Midwest Writing Centers Association Conference Call for Proposals
> 
> Proposal Deadline:  May 1, 1997 EXTENDED TO JUNE 1, 1997
> Theme:  Haunted by Our Choices:  Ethics in the Writing Center 
> Dates of Conference:  November 7-8, 1997 
> Place:  Kansas City, Missouri 
> Co-hosts:  University of Missouri-Kansas City and University of Kansas 
> Keynote Speaker:  Michael Pemberton 
> Suggested Topics (proposals on any topic welcome):
>   
> The Writing Center: 
> --viewing it as a site of political resistance or accommodation 
> --functioning as a physical/virtual or independent/institutional entity
> --working within secondary education
> 
> Writing Center Conferences:
> --tutoring clients with disabilities
> --working with faculty
> --working with Writing Fellows
> --negotiating Ebonics, ESL, and second-dialect issues
> 
> The Writing Center Profession:
> --exploring our working conditions
> --considering it a stepping stone, a life-long career, or resting place
> --assessing our drive toward professionalization
> 
> Writing Center Administration:
> --training tutors
> --assessing sessions
> --choosing budget priorities
> --working with/against local priorities
> --affecting local assessment practices
> 
> Writing Center Research:
> --reviewing recent scholarly trends
> --choosing assessment/ethnography as research strategies
> --negotiating the ethical challenges of center-based research
> 
> Writing Center Affiliations:
> --participating in the National Writing Project
> --belonging to local, regional, or national organizations
> --working within Rhetoric and Composition
> 
> We solicit proposals that encourage effective individual or group
> presentation of ongoing research projects, experiences both unique to your
> writing center and important to all centers, and a wide range of
> theoretical perspectives.  We also solicit proposals for workshops in
> which participants explore problematic issues collaboratively.
> 
> For more information or proposal form, please contact:
> Shireen Carroll, Department of English
> Davidson College
> PO Box 1719
> Davidson, NC 28036
> phone:  704-892-2012
> fax:  704-892-2005
> shcarroll@davidson.edu
> 
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