One of the topics of special interest to
the CEA’s 2012 Conference is “Service Learning in English Courses:
Composition and Literature.” Specific information about this topic can be found
at the bottom of this call for proposals.
College English
Association (CEA) 2012 | BORDERS
43rd Annual Conference | March 29 - 31, 2012 | Richmond, VA
Submission deadline: November 1, 2011
Conference Website:
43rd Annual Conference | March 29 - 31, 2012 | Richmond, VA
Submission deadline: November 1, 2011
Conference Website:
“Life is a petty thing unless it is
moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.”
— Jose Ortega y Gasset
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— Jose Ortega y Gasset
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Borders, boundaries, margins—what lines
provide the perimeters to our profession? What demarcations continue to
separate and define English studies in the second decade of the new millennium?
When is “crossing a line” a desirable professional/pedagogical stance? How have
scholarly fields evolved, dissolved, merged or consolidated in areas that we
have traditionally viewed as distinct? Exactly where and how is English
expanding and extending its borders?
Featured Speakers
The conference's plenary session will
feature noted essayist Scott Russell Sanders, while the All-Conference Luncheon
will be addressed by former United States Poet Laureate Rita Dove.
Call for
Proposals
For our 2012 meeting, CEA invites papers
and panels that explore the pedagogical and professional implications of
borders.
We welcome presentations by experienced
academics and graduate students on all areas of literature, languages, film,
composition, pedagogy, creative writing, and professional writing. Proposals
may interpret the CEA theme broadly, including – but not limited to – the
following areas:
· Borders as demarcations: literature as
reflective of cultures, regions, tribes, groups
· Borders and disciplines: cross-disciplinary studies; writing across the curriculum, etc.
· Borders as textual identifiers: genre divisions, breaches
· Borders of the page: design, paratexts, marginalia, illumination
· Borders in rhetoric: constructs of discourse, rhetorical models, collaboration
· Borders of the major: curriculum design; requirements v. electives; outcomes; assessments
· Borders in the academy: full-time/part-time; tenured/non-tenured; state/private
· Borders in the classroom: teacher and student; innovation and tradition; service-learning
· Borders and centers: canons, themes, models, templates
· Borders of the new and old: script to print; paper to digital
· Borders as change: activism, advocacy, healing, mentoring
· Borders and identity: class, gender, culture
· Borders, edges, and peripheries: inside/outside, edges/centers, transitions
· Borders: local, regional, international; migration and refugees; peace
· Borders and frontiers: borderlands, border culture, la frontera, transnational
· Borders of communication: intercultural communication, translation, mediation
· Borders as exclusionary; borders as inclusionary
· Borders and disciplines: cross-disciplinary studies; writing across the curriculum, etc.
· Borders as textual identifiers: genre divisions, breaches
· Borders of the page: design, paratexts, marginalia, illumination
· Borders in rhetoric: constructs of discourse, rhetorical models, collaboration
· Borders of the major: curriculum design; requirements v. electives; outcomes; assessments
· Borders in the academy: full-time/part-time; tenured/non-tenured; state/private
· Borders in the classroom: teacher and student; innovation and tradition; service-learning
· Borders and centers: canons, themes, models, templates
· Borders of the new and old: script to print; paper to digital
· Borders as change: activism, advocacy, healing, mentoring
· Borders and identity: class, gender, culture
· Borders, edges, and peripheries: inside/outside, edges/centers, transitions
· Borders: local, regional, international; migration and refugees; peace
· Borders and frontiers: borderlands, border culture, la frontera, transnational
· Borders of communication: intercultural communication, translation, mediation
· Borders as exclusionary; borders as inclusionary
General Program
In addition to our conference theme, we
also encourage a variety of proposals in any of the areas English and writing
departments encompass, including:
book history and textual criticism |
composition and rhetoric | comparative literature | computers and writing |
creative writing | critical pedagogy | cultural studies |
film studies | developmental education | English as a second language | linguistics |
literary studies | literary theory | multicultural literature | online courses and the virtual university | pedagogy | popular culture | race, class, and gender studies | reading and writing across the curriculum | student placement | study skills | teacher education | technical communication.
film studies | developmental education | English as a second language | linguistics |
literary studies | literary theory | multicultural literature | online courses and the virtual university | pedagogy | popular culture | race, class, and gender studies | reading and writing across the curriculum | student placement | study skills | teacher education | technical communication.
We also welcome papers on those areas that influence our lives as academics: student demographics; student/instructor accountability and assessment; student advising; chairing the department; the place of the English department in the university overall; etc.
Special Topics Include:
Service Learning in English Courses: Composition and Literature
500-word proposals for 15-minute papers/presentations on the use
of service learning in composition or literature courses. Papers should address
issues like the following: Determining whether service learning projects—and
what kinds—are appropriate to course material; matching key components of one’s
course with appropriate service learning projects; establishing relations with
off-campus service learning entities; framing project assignments that enhance
service learning while maintaining course content integrity; developing an
assessment model to measure outcomes. How many different service learning
projects within a course? How long should such projects be? Level of
difficulty? Challenges, risks, rewards? The presentation should be integrated
with relevant service learning research to support experimental models and
conclusions.
Metacognition, Active Learning, & Supportive Technology in
the Literature or Composition Classroom
500-word proposals for 15-minute papers/presentations on the use
of metacognition strategies in the context of active learning & appropriate
technological support in teaching literature or composition in classroom
settings. Metacognition encompasses “learning how we learn” activities and
techniques. Active learning presumes learner-based instruction, and may include
problem-based learning, inquiry-based learning, collaborative learning, or
other forms of active learning, including the use of technology—PowerPoint,
SmartBoards, clickers, the Internet (e.g., YouTube, Facebook, other learning
sites/styles).
The form(s) discussed can be new in themselves or a novel use of
an older modality, particularly regarding the effectiveness of such a scheme as
tested with success in the classroom, perhaps accompanied by cautionary tales
of what worked less well. Close attention to how to frame such metacognitive,
active learning &/or IT models for effective use to ensure student
participation is welcomed. Finally, attention to the literature on the subject
to show the relation of what you are doing to what has been done, including
theoretical concerns, remains an important consideration.
Submitters should contact Scott Borders, the Program Chair and 1st
VP of CEA <sbborders@anderson.edu>
with any questions.
Proposals should be submitted by November 1, 2011.
Notification of acceptance to submitters would be made after Dec. 5, 2011.
Please note: only one proposal per
conference participant may be submitted.
To submit a proposal, please log in to http://www.conftool.pro/cea2012/
Ellen Oman
Service Learning Coordinator
Hilbert College
5200 South Park Ave.
Hamburg, NY 14075
(716) 649-7900 x 356
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