Florida Regional WC Conference (4/17-18, 2009)
Jan 25th, 2009 | By IWCA Web Editor | Category: ArchivesFlorida Regional Writing Center Conference: Re-Visioning the Writing Center
April 17-18, 2009
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Registration Fee: Administrators $50, Students $30
As most writing centers insist, and many first year composition students recite in their sleep, all writing is rewriting. At the beginning of 2009, as we hope for the best in the face of budget cuts and confront questions of how to quantify the value of humanities – how can we rewrite our place within Academia? The 2009 International Writing Center Association Conference examined the paths that writing centers of various shapes and sizes have taken, but where have we ended up? What do we as directors, tutors, and instructors have in our sights for the upcoming year? In an effort to better understand the place of writing centers within the Florida education system, please take a moment to re-vision your writing center. Consider the specific issues that Florida writing centers must confront, the way we are seen in our various institutions, the way we would like to be viewed, and strategies for gaining greater visibility. Some possible presentations might consider the following:
· the perspective offered by “invisibility” in the academy
· facets of academic experience that writing centers are often blind to
· suggestions to help writing center directors and consultants see their clients more effectively
· the blurry positioning of writing centers within English departments, WAC/WID programs, etc.
· relationships between tutors and tutees: re-visioning authority in the writing center
· refocusing the problem of stereotypes, or “a-stigma-tism”
We hope that this metaphor proves generative. Please contact the University of South Florida Writing Center Coordinator, Kate Pantelides (phone # 813 974 9720, kpanteli@mail.usf.edu), if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you in April!
Additional conference information will be posted shortly at: www.usf.edu/writing <http://www.usf.edu/writing> .
