Keynote: Muriel Harris

Dr. Harris is Professor Emeritus of English and past Director of the Writing Lab at Purdue University (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/). Among her many publications is Teaching One-to-One: The Writing Conference, winner of the Outstanding Publication Award from the National Writing Centers Association.

Conference Theme: Working with the Struggling Writer
Do you have a successful teaching technique or an assignment that you’re willing to share with colleagues? We are seeking interactive workshops that illustrate best practices in our classrooms for teaching writers who are struggling to succeed in their first-year writing classes. These workshops may focus on any aspect of first-year writing, including, but not limited to

Curriculum-design focus: researched writing collaborative writing grammar and mechanics rhetorical or literary analysis writing in the disciplines reflective writing multimedia writing the reading-writing connection summary writing effective use of technology imbedding organizational skills into assignment design

Student focus: effective feedback working with the writing center learning disabilities the basic writer English language learners first generation college student writer’s block learning styles time-management adult learners high school-college transition