Possible workshops

 

Poetry where we work: Using Fast-Food Sonnets (Kansas Notable Award Winner), Dennis discusses how we can use our experiences with work--if it’s the teenage years of mowing lawns or babysitting to the work we’ve done as adults—to create our own poems and flash memoirs.

 

·        Poetry writing as inquiry

·        Documentary poetics

·        Psychology of poetics

·        Advice for publishing, from an editor and writer

·        Kansas poetry and workshop

·        At the movies writing, film therapy meets writing 

·        Contemporary mythology how we can rewrite ourselves through mythology 

·        Ecopoetry: How we our home as environment, reconnect through nature as well as through writing

 

2023 Cavalier Conference

 

Schedule

Continental Breakfast: 8:00-8:30 a.m.

Welcome: 8:30-8:50 a.m.

Mickey McCloud, JCCC Provost

Miguel Morales, Poet

 

Session I: 9:00-10:00 a.m.

 

RC 175

Nicolas Ceballos Guzman

 

My Verse & My Identity: Overcoming The Effects of Identity Imposition with Two YA Verse Novels

 

Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle and The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo are two pieces of literary justice that English teachers should implement. Both books provide a critical interpretation of the initiation, maturation, and education of young adults. This presentation reviews the books’ lessons and suggests a method to teach both pieces.

 

Chani Perret

 

Getting your students to do Independent Reading without a fight

 

Want to implement Independent Reading in your classroom? This session will come with tricks and tips for making independent reading successful and showing students that they are all readers.

Huascar Medina

Acknowledging the Presence of Kansas Poetry

 

The power of Kansas poets writing today has been undermined by only teaching about poets outside of Kansas. In doing so, we have alienated students and undercut the immediacy of Poetry that easily prevails in authentic spaces. Representation matters for all Kansans.

 

Session II: 10:10-11:10 a.m.

 

  RC 101B Session 2D

Session Chair: Marianne Kunkel, 

Johnson County Community College

Accessing Culturally Responsible Rhetorical Education

Adam Banks, Stanford University 

Learn planning and implementation for an undergraduate “Notation 

in Cultural Rhetorics” including notes on the design of the notation’s 

gateway course.

How Transferable Are Writing Skills Between Disciplines?: 

A Writing Audit of UMKC’s Required Undergraduate 

Classes

Molly Doroba, University of Missouri-Kansas City

This presentation will discuss the results of a writing audit used 

to rhetorically analyze writing assignment prompts in required 

undergraduate courses across different disciplines at the University 

of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) to determine the similarities and 

differences in rhetorical skills needed, genres required and

 

Coffee Break

 

Session III: 11:30-12:30 p.m.

 

 

RC 181

Muffy Walter

Whose Freedom of Speech?

This presentation shares how a First-Year Writing class focused on freedom of speech and linguistic justice transformed students' concepts of language and human rights through assignments and class discussions, which encouraged students to question who has the right to free speech if only Standard American English is "right."

 

Claire Smith

A Little Machiavellian": Rhetorical Strategies that Allow Women Access into Conversations in the Classroom

What does it say that we teach Machiavellian rhetorical strategies in the classroom, but vilify women, like Taylor Swift, when they use them in the public sphere?

 

Lunch and Keynote: 12:40-2:10 p.m.

Hare and Bell Awards Kara Kynion

Welcome by Larry Reynolds

Keynote April Baker Bell

 

Closing Remarks: 2:10-2:30 p.m.

 

Plans

 

  The deadline for Major and Small Research Grant proposals is March 24, 2023 and the deadline for Faculty Development Grant proposals is March 31, 2023.

 CTEL Grant Applications Due April 7

AWP Monster Panels

 I am so missing AWP this year! I am planning for next year's in KC, but thought I would take note of what looks like amazing panels!

T225.

Reclaiming the Asian Femme Body in Speculative Fiction

( Elaine Hsieh Chou, K-Ming Chang, Isabel Yap, Silvia Park, Ploi Pirapokin)

For centuries, the Asian femme body has been a fraught site of violence, colonization and objectification. How does speculative fiction allow us to reclaim and rewrite harmful and false narratives we never consented to? How can bodily transformation (into monsters, robots, mythological creatures and more) desexualize, reimagine and liberate the Asian femme body? The panelists will explore how writing speculative elements in their work creates space for subversive and transformative narratives.

 

Mutant, Monster, Misfit, Myself: Writing the Disabled / Chronically Ill Body, Sponsored by AWP

(Sandra Beasley, Paul Guest, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Jenn Givhan, Jeannine Hall Gailey)

Five disabled and/or chronically ill writers of poetry and memoir talk about how their body influences the way they write, their subject matter, even how they impact their genres and efforts towards publicity. How do we claim / activate our disability or illness? What do we disclose? We’ll discuss how our work has changed over time, how our relationships with disability have changed, how we accommodate or resist the gaze of abled readers, and how disability / illness manifests in genre, line, metaphor. This event will be livestreamed. ASL interpretation and live captioning will be provided.

 

Writing the Monster

(Rebecca Lehmann, Oliver de la Paz, aureleo sans, A. Rafael Johnson, K.C. Mead-Brewer)

Five authors discuss writing monsters across multiple genres, considering ways monsters can be used to explore queerness and transness, disability, domestic abuse, cultural traditions, patriarchy, colonialism, white supremacy, and other concerns. Looking at monstrous figures like La Llorona, the minotaur, witches, ghouls, internet demons, and sea hags, panelists will discuss ways monsters can subvert narrative expectations, reveal socio-historical concerns and moral panics, and ensorcell readers.

 

 

 

Future conferences

 

for 2025-26

NCTE Denver Nov 19-23 

 

for 2026-27

 in August, apply

non-presenter money 

Maybe MLA? 

2027 Los Angeles, 7–10 January

https://www.mla.org/Events/Planning-a-Convention-Session/Future-Conventions

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 present at religion and film conference

November 2026--the next will be in Omaha May 2027 

December application for

https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/

International Conference on Religion & Film

 

 

 

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WORKSHEET

 

 

Film and religion 

https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/

every november is a call for the May conference

put money reservation in

I WANT TO GO TO THIS AGAIN 

November 2026--the next will be in Omaha May 2027

 

December application for

https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/

International Conference on Religion & Film

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MLA

2025 New Orleans, 9–12 January

2026 Toronto, 8–11 January

2027 Los Angeles, 7–10 January

https://www.mla.org/Events/Planning-a-Convention-Session/Future-Conventions

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Midwest pop culture

https://mpcaaca.org/so/dcP8L86Ci?languageTag=en&cid=c0167420-6e01-4a1d-8b16-a9993d113d33

oct 2024

https://www.mpcaaca.org/ Iowa City IA Oct 2025 *pass*

 

 

https://mapaca.net/

Midatlantic popular culture

July 31 deadline

November conference 

Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

The PCA/ACA is proud to promote regional organizations that promote the study of popular culture by scholars in their respective regions (and beyond!)

https://pcaaca.org/page/Regionalconferences 

2025 Conference Schedule:

• Oceanic PCA:TBD

• Southwest PCA: Albuquerque, New Mexico | February 19-22, 2025

• Northeast PCA: TBD
  
  
• PCA South: Huntsville, AL | October 9-11, 2025
  
  
• Far West PCA: TBD

• Mid-Atlantic PCA: TBD

• Midwest PCA: University of Iowa | October 3-5, 2025

 

 

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Pop Culture

https://pcaaca.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1872443

Submissions for paper proposals opened on September 1, 2024 and closed on December 15, 2024. We encourage you to start gathering your thoughts and ideas for the 2026 conferenc

 

https://pcaaca.org/members/group_select.asp?type=30976

 

Future National Conferences Meeting Times and Places:

• April 16-19, 2025 - New Orleans, LA
• April 8-11, 2026 - Atlanta, GA
• March 24-27, 2027 - Boston, MA
• April 12-15, 2028 - Chicago, IL
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AWP

Kansas City

February 7–10, 2024

LA 2025

https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/overview

 https://www.visitkc.com/your-guide-awp

 Baltimore march3, 2026

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national humanities conference

November 13, 2024 — November 17, 2024

The Federation of State Humanities Councils and the National Humanities Alliance are excited to announce the 2024 National Humanities Conference, which will be held in Providence, Rhode Island.

 

 

https://nhalliance.org/nhc24/

 

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MMLA

May deadlines

November 13-17, 2024
Hilton Chicago Suites 
Chicago, IL

 

https://www.luc.edu/mmla/convention/

 

2025

Dates: To be Determined
Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

 

 

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NCTE

Boston November 2024

Proposal deadline January
9:00 a.m. ET, Wednesday, January 31, 2024

https://convention.ncte.org/cfp-instructions/

9:00 a.m. ET, Wednesday, January 29, 2025.

Denver

I AM GOING IN 2025-26 academic year

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CCCC

https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/conv

Deadline early May for the next year

 

Spokane April 2024 

Baltimore April 2025

https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/conv/futureconventions

strict start of  june deadline

 

2026 -- missed deadline

March 4–7, 2026, Cleveland, OH

2027 -- do we really want to go?

April 14–17, 2027, Milwaukee, WI

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future

https://pcaaca.org/conference/2023

NCORE

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THIS IS ONE I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND

 Cinema and media studies

https://www.cmstudies.org/page/hotel_info

https://www.cmstudies.org/page/conference

 Submission due in July

every spring the new location is mentioned 

2026 Chicago--no, going to Denver for NCTE

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End of may

Film therapy

https://scsmi-online.org/conference

In Hungary! Yikes 

SCSMI 2025 in Edmonton, Canada

June 4–7

 

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Psychology

https://spsp.org/events/past-and-future-conventions

Denver in February 2025

Austin February 2026

 

Apa

https://convention.apa.org/attend/future-conventions

Seattle August 2024

Denver August 2025

DC

San fran

chicago

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trauma informed college pedagogy

https://traumainstitutehighered.org/trauma-resilience-in-higher-education-conference/

https://www.ohsu.edu/education/trauma-informed-educational-practices

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community engaged conferences : grant up to $2000 through CTEL

https://communityengagement.uncg.edu/conferences-with-a-focus-on-community-engagement/

 Oct 12 - 14 2023

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Assessment

https://www.ou.edu/assessment/faculty-resources/assessment-conferences

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June conference https://www.aalhe.org/

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pedagogy in higher education

https://chep.teaching.vt.edu/

February

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2023 CCCC

 

Thursday, 10:30–11:45 a.m.

 Approaches to Teaching and Learning
A.05 Trauma, Peace, and Mindfulness in the Writing
Classroom
Panelists offer pedagogies and methods for peace and mindfulness as a
response to our field’s increased awareness of trauma and trauma-informed
pedagogy.
Salon A-3 (lower level)

Speakers: Melissa Ames, Eastern Illinois University, “Social Emotional
Learning in the College Composition Classroom: Moving Forward
with Trauma Informed Teaching Practices and Lessons Learned from
Pandemic Pedagogy”
Sara Kelm, Auburn University at Montgomery, “In Pursuit of the
Peaceable Classroom: Reimagining a Nonviolent Composition
Classroom within Violent Public Discourse”
Jessica Melilli-Hand, College of Coastal Georgia, “Rest and Reset Instead
of Perpetually Running from the Lion: Mindfulness-Based Biofeedback
as Preparation for Doing Hope in the Composition Classroom”

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take a lunch

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 12:15-1:30

 Thursday

Approaches to Teaching and Learning
B.02 Strategies for Teaching Empathic Relations
This roundtable explores strategies, accounts, and rationales for teaching
empathy in rhetoric and writing courses. Each panelist shares a distinct
approach and experience of teaching for, with, and about empathy, and
they reflect upon the possibilities and limitations of teaching empathic
relations in the ongoing work of doing hope.
International Ballroom South (2nd floor)
Chair: Eric Leake, Texas State University
Roundtable Leaders: Kelly Blewett, Indiana University East, “Empathy in
Teacher/Student Relationships”
Lauren Esposito, Marywood University, “Cultivating Empathy-Centered
Classrooms through Applied Improvisation”
Teresa Grettano, The University of Scranton, “Fostering Empathy through
Story Exchange”
Ashley Holmes, “Building Empathy and Doing Hope: Teaching Civic
Writing through Embodied, Place-Based Learning”
June Johnson, Seattle University, “Teaching ‘Slow Listening’ as Doing
Hope and Cultivating Empathy”
Eric Leake, Texas State University
Kate Ryan, Montana State University, “Teaching Relationality”

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Friday 8-9:15am

Approaches to Teaching and Learning
F.36 Writing with Monsters: College Composition Topic
Approaches to Cultural Perceptions
In this session, the use of monster theory in college composition courses
is discussed as a method of directing students as to how they have learned
their concepts of social identity. Students are encouraged to use popular
culture to explore how aspects of the monstrous and the heroic are
ingrained in them. These concepts of monster theory cultivate students’
awareness of identity formation.
Room 4Q (4th floor)
Speakers: Rebecca Borah, University of Cincinnati
Beverly Brannan, University of Cincinnati
Ronald Hundemer, University of Cincinnati
Mary Leech, University of Cincinnati
Cheli Reutter, University of Cincinnati

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Friday 9:30-10:45a

Approaches to Teaching and Learning
G.27 Feminist Pedagogies: Care, Resilience, and
Vulnerabilities in the Writing Classroom
Speakers engage with feminist rhetorical concepts (care, resilience, and
vulnerability) to imagine new responses to the pressures facing writing
students and teachers.
Lake Erie (8th floor)
Speakers: June Manuel, University of Oregon, “Dwelling in Silence: A
Writing Pedagogy toward Unknowing”
David Riche, University of Denver, “Pedagogy, Vulnerability, and
Rhetorical Self-Care”
Karen Tellez-Trujillo, Cal Poly Pomona, “Let’s Unknow What We Think
We Know About Student Resilience in the Writing Classroom”

11am Lunch with Melanie

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Saturday \

9:30-10:45

K 21 or k 27

 

 one last pizza

 12:30-1:45 

M.12 Handle with Care: Trauma-Informed Approaches to the First-Year Writing Classroom Trauma-informed approaches have become more common across the university, including in writing classrooms. In Spring 2022, researchers across three universities implemented trauma-informed policies in their writing courses. They learned valuable lessons about trauma-informed strategies and student responses to such approaches; they also saw implications for writing programs, centers, and research. Blvd. B (2nd floor) Speakers: Lauren Brentnell, University of Northern Colorado Elise Dixon, University of North Carolina at Pembroke Rachel Robinson, Georgia Tech University

 

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John Doyle Klier Residency

I am so honored and still in shock about this! I was awarded the John Doyle Klier Residency for the Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Faculty from universties are selected without an application process based on their commitment to community-based work and writing. Previous award winners include faculty from Notre Dame, University College London, and the University of Illinois. John Doyle Klier was a scholar and writer who passed away from cancer at the age of 62. The Residency is named in his honor.