Archive of Conference Themes/Speakers

43rd Annual Conference (2022) Radical + Practical: How the Pandemic Has Fostered Better Teaching Practices, April Baker-Bell, Keynote Speaker

42nd Annual Conference (2021) Surviving Thriving in the New Normal, Christina Cedillo, Margaret E. Harris-Shoates, Cheri Lemieux Spiegel, and Paul Fitzgerald, featured speakers

41st Annual Conference (2020) Equity, Access, and Justice for All: Advancing Inclusive Teaching Practices in the Composition Classroom, Asao B. Inoue, Keynote Speaker

40th Annual Conference (2019) Difficult Conversations: Making Space for Diverse Ideas in the Writing Classroom, Heather Lindenman, Keynote Speaker

39th Annual Conference (2018) – Writing-to-Learn: Inventive Genres and Writing for the Real World, Remica Bingham-Risher, Keynote Speaker

38th Annual Conference (2017) – High School, College, and Beyond, Ann David, Keynote Speaker

37th Annual Conference (2016). – Empowering Writers: Building Upon Literacies, Languages, and Lives in the Writing Classroom, Michelle Fowler-Amato, Keynote Speaker

36th Annual Conference (2015) – Fun and Games: Composition in the 21st Century, Kevin Moberly, Keynote Speaker

35th Annual Conference (2014) – KaaVonia Hinton, Keynote Speaker

34th Annual Conference (2013) – Multicultural and Multilingual Writers, Christina Ortmeier-Hooper, Keynote Speaker

33rd Annual Conference (2012) – Highlighting Habits of Mind in Writing Instruction, Louise Wetherbee Phelps, Keynote Speaker

32nd Annual Conference (2011) – Hot Genres: Nonfiction That People Love to Read, Write, and Teach, Lynn Z. Bloom, Keynote Speaker

31st Annual Conference (2010) – Language, Identity, and Power: Writing to Change Something, David Kirkland, Keynote Speaker

30th Annual Conference (2009) –

29th Annual Conference (2008) – Writing as Empowerment: Connecting Students with the Written Word, Elizabeth Chiseri-Strater, Keynote Speaker

28th Annual Conference (2007) – beyond words (on a page): (re-)composing writing and multimodality, bonnie lenore kyburz, Keynote Speaker

27th Annual Conference (2006) – The Struggle for Respect: At-Risk Students, the Concept of Participation, and the Role of Civic Literacy, Tom Fox, Keynote Speaker

26th Annual Conference (2005) – Writing on Demand: Teaching with Best Practices in an Era of High-Stakes Tests, Anne Ruggles Gere, Keynote Speaker

25th Annual Conference (2004) – Writing to See/Seeing as Writing: Working with Visuals in the Writing Classroom, Anne Wysocki, Keynote Speaker