From teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com Mon Aug 13 04:05:38 2007 From: teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com (Glenn Blalock) Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:05:38 -0500 Subject: [Teaching_Composition] CompPile News: new/recent books, reviews, and more Message-ID: <000b01c7dd56$d450cea0$6401a8c0@GlennBlalock> Colleagues, Exciting new features @ CompPile: 1--Follow the new link from the front page--"New / Recent Books"--leading to a list of new and recent scholarly books (listed by publisher or by author). To see the possibilities, click on the first title in the Erlbaum list, Bazerman's _Handbook of writing research_. You'll see a link to the book's website, the publisher's brief description of the book, a "list" of current "CompReviews" for the book (1, for now), and a form that invites you to submit your own review, summary, synopsis, or commentary, about the book or about parts of it. 2--Reviews? Yes. For each new / recent book, you can submit a review and read reviews submitted by colleagues. You can access this review feature from CompPile's home page, too, following the "Reviews @ CompPile" link. The "Reviews" space is our response to the July conversation on WPA-L about reviews / reviewing. We invite you to wander through the new spaces: offer suggestions, submit a CompReview. You can learn more about these two new features at the CompPile Blog ("What's New @ CompPile"), by following another new link from the CompPile home page. 3--Another new link? Yes, the home page has been revised. Thanks for noticing. In addition to a bit cleaner design, we've added the new links described above and the link to the blog, where we hope to provide regular updates on CompPile's growth. As always, we welcome feedback. Volunteers, too. Plenty enough work for all of us. Glenn / Rich From teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com Tue Aug 14 00:44:38 2007 From: teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com (Chris Anson) Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:44:38 -0400 Subject: [Teaching_Composition] Forwarded: Position Message-ID: <10E597B6-6521-4658-B293-6D913ACE9F2D@ncsu.edu> --Apple-Mail-39-435564471 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Tenured or Tenure-Track Position, Composition and Rhetoric, WAC Director Department of English and Film Studies, Faculty of Arts The Department of English and Film Studies at the University of =20 Alberta invites applications from outstanding candidates in the field =20= of Composition and Rhetoric, specializing in writing-in-the-=20 disciplines and writing-across-the-curriculum. Ideally, depending on =20 credentials and level of experience, the successful candidate will be =20= hired with tenure at the rank of senior Associate or Full Professor. =20 Commencing 1 July 2008, the position will involve teaching at all =20 levels of the curriculum, from first-year to graduate-level courses, =20 but on a reduced teaching load in order to develop and direct a new =20 WAC program. The WAC director would collaborate with departments and =20= faculties across campus interested in writing-to-learn and writing-in-=20= the-disciplines and would play a significant role in the development =20 of writing studies at the university. Applicants should have an excellent record of research, publication, =20 and teaching. Salary is commensurate with experience and rank. =20 Candidates should send a letter of application, a complete curriculum =20= vitae (with full contact information, including phone numbers and e-=20 mail address), a writing sample (20-page maximum), the names and =20 contact information of at least three referees, and a teaching =20 dossier, including evaluations of teaching performance. Candidates =20 are responsible for ensuring that letters of reference from the three =20= named referees are sent directly to the Department. Applications =20 received by 8 October 2007, will be guaranteed consideration. All =20 application materials should be sent directly to: Garrett PJ Epp, Chair Department of English and Film Studies 3-5 Humanities Centre, University of Alberta Edmonton AB Canada T6G 2E5 For further information about the position, or the Department, please =20= contact the Chair by email at garrett.epp@ualberta.ca. With more than 36,000 students and 12,000 staff, the University of =20 Alberta (www.ualberta.ca) grants almost 7,500 degrees annually to =20 graduates of 200 undergraduate and 170 graduate programs. A research-=20 intensive, medical-doctoral, multi-campus institution, the University =20= of Alberta offers a full range of academic and professional programs =20 and has designated 26 areas of established and emerging research =20 excellence. The Faculty of Arts (www.arts.ualberta.ca) is its largest =20= Faculty with 340 faculty members in 14 departments in Fine Arts, =20 Humanities, and Social Sciences in addition to the Women=92s Studies =20 Program and the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies. The Faculty of =20 Arts has approximately 6000 undergraduate and 900 graduate students. =20 The Faculty provides a variety of opportunities for research funding, =20= including the newly established $1.5 million Killam Research Fund =20 which supports research, scholarship, and creative activities in the =20 humanities, social sciences, and fine arts. Within the Faculty the =20 Humanities has particular strengths in humanities computing and in =20 creative writing. The Faculty has also recently helped establish =20 interdisciplinary units such as the China Institute, the Canadian =20 Literature Centre/Centre de litt=E9rature canadienne, the Institute for =20= United States Policy Studies, and the Prince Takamado Japan Centre =20 for Teaching and Research. The Department of English and Film Studies =20= itself (www.humanities.ualberta.ca/english) is a large, vibrant, and =20 collegial unit with a superlative record for teaching, research, and =20 service. Greater Edmonton (www.edmonton.ca), with nearly one million residents =20= in the city and surrounding communities, offers a beautiful, park-=20 like setting on a spectacular river valley. The city is the capital =20 of Alberta, with the lowest provincial tax regime in the country, and =20= has led the nation in economic growth in the past five years. =20 Edmonton is known as Canada=92s Festival City, with more than thirty =20 major annual festivals celebrating its rich cultural diversity and =20 community spirit. It has all the attractions of a big city, yet it is =20= clean, safe, and livable, with excellent schools and health care. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply for this position; =20 however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. =20 The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are =20 committed to the principle of equity in employment. We welcome =20 diversity and encourage applications from all qualified women and =20 men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible =20 minorities, and Aboriginal persons. --=20 --Apple-Mail-39-435564471 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252
Tenured or = Tenure-Track Position, Composition and Rhetoric, WAC = Director
Department of = English and Film Studies, Faculty of = Arts
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The Department of English and Film = Studies at the University of Alberta invites applications from = outstanding candidates in the field of Composition and Rhetoric, = specializing in writing-in-the-disciplines and = writing-across-the-curriculum. Ideally, depending on credentials and = level of experience, the successful candidate will be hired with tenure = at the rank of senior Associate or Full Professor. Commencing 1 July = 2008, the position will involve teaching at all levels of the = curriculum, from first-year to graduate-level courses, but on a reduced = teaching load in order to develop and direct a new WAC = program.=A0 The WAC director = would collaborate with departments and faculties across campus = interested in writing-to-learn and writing-in-the-disciplines and would = play a significant role in the development of writing studies at the = university.
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Applicants should have an excellent = record of research, publication, and teaching. Salary is commensurate = with experience and rank. Candidates should send a letter of = application, a complete curriculum vitae (with full contact information, = including phone numbers and e-mail address), a writing sample (20-page = maximum), the names and contact information of at least three referees, = and a teaching dossier, including evaluations of teaching performance. = Candidates = are responsible for ensuring that letters of reference from the three = named referees are sent directly to the Department. = Applications received by 8 October = 2007, will be = guaranteed consideration. All application materials should be sent = directly to:
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Garrett PJ Epp, Chair
Department of English and Film = Studies
3-5 Humanities Centre, University of Alberta
Edmonton = AB
Canada T6G = 2E5

For further = information about the position, or the Department, please contact the = Chair by email at garrett.epp@ualberta.ca.

With more = than 36,000 students and 12,000 staff, the University of Alberta = (www.ualberta.ca) grants = almost 7,500 degrees annually to graduates of 200 undergraduate and 170 = graduate programs. A research-intensive, medical-doctoral, multi-campus = institution, the University of Alberta offers a full range of academic = and professional programs and has designated 26 areas of established and = emerging research excellence. The Faculty of Arts (www.arts.ualberta.ca) is its = largest Faculty with 340 faculty members in 14 departments in Fine Arts, = Humanities, and Social Sciences in addition to the Women=92s Studies = Program and the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies. The Faculty of Arts = has approximately 6000 undergraduate and 900 graduate students. The = Faculty provides a variety of opportunities for research funding, = including the newly established $1.5 million Killam Research Fund which = supports research, scholarship, and creative activities in the = humanities, social sciences, and fine arts. Within the Faculty the = Humanities has particular strengths in humanities computing and in = creative writing. The Faculty has also recently helped establish = interdisciplinary units such as the China Institute, the = Canadian = Literature Centre/Centre de litt=E9rature canadienne, the Institute for United States Policy Studies, and the = Prince Takamado Japan Centre for Teaching and Research. The Department = of English and Film Studies itself (www.humanities.ualberta.ca/english) is a large, = vibrant, and collegial unit with a superlative record for teaching, = research, and service.

Greater = Edmonton (www.edmonton.ca), with = nearly one million residents in the city and surrounding communities, = offers a beautiful, park-like setting on a spectacular river valley. The = city is the capital of Alberta, with the lowest provincial tax regime in = the country, and has led the nation in economic growth in the past five = years. Edmonton is known as Canada=92s Festival City, with more than = thirty major annual festivals celebrating its rich cultural diversity = and community spirit. It has all the attractions of a big city, yet it = is clean, safe, and livable, with excellent schools and health = care.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply for this = position; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given = priority. The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are = committed to the principle of equity in employment. We welcome diversity = and encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including = persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal = persons.=A0

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= --Apple-Mail-39-435564471-- From teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com Thu Aug 16 01:51:38 2007 From: teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com (Mike Garcia) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:51:38 -0400 Subject: [Teaching_Composition] UNH Conference info: Literacies =?windows-1252?Q?=96_Personal=2C?= =?windows-1252?Q?_Professional=2C_Academic_=2810/12-13=29?= Message-ID: <46C39F9A.1040606@unh.edu> Apologies for cross-posting. Please share this conference info with anyone who might be interested – and attend if you can. More info and a registration form here (PDF): http://www.unh.edu/composition/conference/Literacies%20-%20PPA%20Conf07%20Reg.pdf \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ LITERACIES – PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL, ACADEMIC The University of New Hampshire Durham, New Hampshire October 12 - 13, 2007 Keynote Speakers PAUL KEI MATSUDA, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Voice in Personal, Professional and Academic Writing ELLEN CUSHMAN, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Cherokees Making Meaning: Digital Technologies for Cultural Preservation and Identity Formation GWENDOLYN D. POUGH, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Reading, Writing, Rapping: Black Women's Popular Literacies from Hip-Hop to Book Clubs STUART SELBER, PENN STATE UNIVERSITY Digital Literacy Futures The University of New Hampshire is pleased to sponsor the 11th in a series of conferences on Composition Studies. Reading and writing are commonly considered stable, easily defined (and measured) “skills” that are transportable to any occasion. By contrast, research on the uses of reading and writing demonstrate that literacy is best viewed as a range of diverse, contestable, evolving, situated practices. This conference will throw out a wide net to explore literacy as it is learned in both inside and outside of schools, and as it is used for multiple purposes. It will also explore the various claims made about “literacy” – for example, the widespread belief that literacy is essential for analytic thought, self advancement, job success, and the economic vitality of the nation. A distinguished group of keynote speakers will address these issues with us. In addition several strands of concurrent sessions will provide rich opportunities for demonstrations and discussions. The conference is designed for secondary and college teaching levels. We hope you can be there. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Mike Garcia Composition Studies Coordinator, Writing Assessment Research Projects University Writing Program University of New Hampshire Hamilton Smith 305 mike.garcia@unh.edu