A Preview

Greetings from sunny Madison! We're finalizing the last details of the institute schedule, and we'll publish the full schedule, with descriptions of all sessions, on the institute website soon. Here's a teaser, a listing of the titles and leaders for **the plenary sessions**. Lisa will share a list of the concurrent breakout sessions soon.

In case you're wondering, this photo is of the terrace behind the main student union at the University of Wisconsin--a favorite gathering spot in the summer, where much institute learning will take place after sessions are over for the day. The Pyle Conference Center, where we'll be meeting, is in the middle of the photo, on Lake Mendota.

Plenary Sessions, IWCA Summer Institute 2008, UW-Madison


Sunday, July 20

• "Writing Centers 101: An Introduction to Writing Centers' Key Terms, Issues, and Questions" (an optional pre-institute workshop for participants new to the profession and/or new to directing a writing center) (Lisa Ede, Paula Gillespie, Brad Hughes, Neal Lerner)
• Optional Tour of the UW-Madison Writing Center (repeated on Thursday) (Melissa Tedrowe)
• Opening Reception and Dinner

Monday, July 21

• "Establishing Common Ground, Recognizing Differences: A Conversation Begins" (Sharifa Daniels, Jenny Jordan, Beverly Moss, Jill Pennington)
• "On the Uses of Theory" (Lisa Ede, Nancy Grimm, Elisabeth Piedmont-Marton)
• "When Your Ass-essment Is on the Line" (Neal Lerner, Jason Mayland, Jill Pennington)
• "Writing As Hard Labor" (Monday and throughout the week) (Paula Gillespie)

Tuesday, July 22

• "Writing Centers: A Home for All?" (Sharifa Daniels, Nancy Grimm, Beverly Moss)
• "Training Is for Dogs, Seals, and Two-Year Olds: Re-envisioning Tutor Training as Tutor Education" (Paula Gillespie, Jenny Jordan, Jill Pennington)
• "Trading Spaces: A Poster Session" (all of the institute participants)
• "Making Sense of Video and Audio Data Using Transana" (David Woods)

Wednesday, July 23

• "Preparing Tutors to Work with Multilingual Writers" (Sharifa Daniels, Nancy Grimm)
• "How Did We Get Here? Finding and Mapping Writing Center Literature" (Neal Lerner, Elisabeth Piedmont-Marton) (**this session will be webcast from the institute**)
• Featured Research Presentation: "Writing Over Reading" (Deborah Brandt)

Thursday, July 24

• "An Argument for Convergence: A New View of Online Writing Centers" (Brad Hughes, Annette Vee)
• "Learning with and from Our Tutors and Student Writers" (a panel of tutors and student-writers, Lisa Ede)
• "Remarkable Research: Undergraduate Writing Fellows Present Their Original Work" (Emily Hall, Anna Moreland, Claire O'Leary, Kyle Oliver, Marcelle Richards, Erica Van Steen)
• Open Mic (performances by institute participants and leaders)
  

Friday, July 25

• "Positive Partnerships: Building Alliances for Multiple Purposes" (Jenny Jordan, Beverly Moss, Elisabeth Piedmont-Marton)
• "Writing: Labor and Delivery" (participants share their writing and podcast projects)
• "Looking for Closure"

More later . . .

Brad