2010
Spring Conference
Ohio Dominican University
Columbus, OH
Friday, April 16, 2010
Theme: New Horizons: Changing
Pedagogies, Scholarship, and Professional Development in English Studies
In her 2004 article “Made Not Only in Words: Composition in a New
Key” Kathleen Blake Yancey speaks of the changes occurring in writing
on a
global scale and the need for teachers to be aware of these in order to
adapt to
them through classroom and curriculum strategies. She echoes
throughout the presentation that
“we have a moment” and emphasizes that now is the time to be proactive
and to
call for changes on local, regional, and national levels.
Similarly, now is the time for English
departments to recognize the changes occurring outside of our
departments and
our classrooms and to reflect on how to adapt, incorporate, or resist
these
changes. The rise in technology, increased
access to archives and literary texts, the threat of standardization,
the
current economic perils, and the diversity of professoriate and
student body will also affect the future of
programs and classes in literature, composition, creative writing, and
linguistics. As in 2004, we again “have
a moment.”
The College English Association of Ohio (CEAO)
invites panels, papers, and roundtables for our conference theme “New
Horizons:
Changing Pedagogies, Scholarship, and Professional Development in
English
Studies.” Topics might include, but are
not limited to
- Pedagogical changes in
literature, composition,
creative writing and linguistics courses;
- Changes in how we read and
write about different
genres, such as novels, short stories, poems, non-fiction, and online
texts
(blogs, wikis, etc);
- Visions of the future for universities,
colleges, and community colleges;
- Administrative changes (including
staffing and scheduling,
course curriculum, the rise in early college high schools and post
secondary
options; and budgetary issues);
- Professional development
opportunities;
- The evolvement of “text”,
including online
reading and writing, open access, rising textbook prices, etc;
- The future of graduate study in
literature,
composition, creative writing, and linguistics departments;
- The influence of recent government
policies
(including recent OBR changes);
- The future of research and publication
in
English Studies;
- The future of open-access
schools and remedial
education.
CEAO welcomes proposals from graduate students,
adjunct and part-time instructors, full-time faculty, as well as
individuals
living/working both inside and outside Ohio.
Send proposals of 300 words or less along with a
one page CV by
March 5, 2010 to:
spring2010 at englishceao.org.
All proposals submitted by the deadline will be considered.
For further details,
registration form,
driving directions, and
hotel
information:
http://www.englishceao.org