ECWCA Conference 1997
Schedule of Sessions

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Friday, April 18Saturday, April 19
Friday 2:00 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m.
Friday 3:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m.
Friday 4:00 p.m. Saturday 11:00 a.m.
Friday 5:00 p.m.
Friday 6:00 p.m.


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Friday, April 18, 1997

FRIDAY 2:00
Room 1
(Fri 2:00)
How Informed Communication Can Enhance Collaborations Between Consultants and ESL Clients in the Writing Center
Laurel Reinking, Indiana University-Purdue Univ Fort Wayne
Tutoring ESL Students with Poor English Skills
Phoebe A. Wiley, Frostburg State University
Room 2
(Fri 2:00)
Free Writing, Free Speech, and the Social Basis For Effective Writing Center Tutoring in a Democracy
Michael T. Williamson, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Theory, Practice, and the Small Writing Center
Lisa Broush, Jill Henry, Tonya Kaiser, Stephen Murabito, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Room 3
(Fri 2:00)
Problem Child: Examining Behavioral Conflicts in the Student-friendly Writing Center
Nick Plunkey, Scott Russell, University of Michigan - Flint
The Writing Center's Role in Educating Faculty & Students: Practical Strategies for Moving the Writing's Center's Image Beyond "Remedial"
Susan K. Hahn, DePauw University
Room 4
(Fri 2:00)
Can You Spell Technology?
John T. Ikeda Franklin, Rachelle Jordon, Dale A. Warkentien, Pittsburg State University
Voices From the Writing Center
Mick Kennedy, University of Toledo
Room 5
(Fri 2:00)
Co-Theorizing in the Writing Center: Openness as Demanded by Writing Center Theory
John R. Pendell, Jr., DePaul University
The Tutor Mentor Program
Shannon Byrne, Micheil Carlyon, Melissa Misekow, University of Michigan - Flint
Room 6
(Fri 2:00)
Writing Centers and Distance Learning
Gail Cummins, University of Kentucky
Building an On-line & On Site Writing and Learning Center for a Self-Contained, Accelerated Adult Education Degree Program
Ruth Newberry, Duquesne University
Room 7
(Fri 2:00)
Featured Speaker--
What We Know, What We Believe, What We Care About: A Model for Creating Intersections in Your Writing Center
Lea Masiello, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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FRIDAY 3:00
Room 1
(Fri 3:00)
Writing Culture Shock
Raja Abu-Jabr, Krista Erceg, Matt Fleckenstein, Nuray Luk-Yilmaz, Ben Rafoth, Sue Zwayer, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Room 2
(Fri 3:00)
Working on Sentences
Lynn Shelly, Susan Demo, Marianne Davis, University of Pittsburgh
Room 3
(Fri 3:00)
Satellite Writing Centers Are Out of This World!
Angelique Grays, Beau Kilmer, Jenna Ravani, Colleen Tremonte, James Madison College of Michigan State University
Room 4
(Fri 3:00)
Focus on Community: Relationships Between Faculty, Tutors, and Students
Lindsey Dunn, Brian Kern, Ball State University
Room 5
(Fri 3:00)
Tutoring Reports: Mirrors on How We Address Writing in the Disciplines
Michael Alderson, Amy Stanton, Kathleen Edwards, Cynthia Smith, Jennifer Wagner, Kathleen A. Welsch, Xavier University
Room 6
(Fri 3:00)
Connections: Writing Classrooms, Computer Lab, Students, and Faculty
Judith Merrell, Peggy Roche, Community College of Allegheny County/Boyce
Room 7
(Fri 3:00)
Writing Centers: How to Get Started
Harry Winslow, Doreen Varuolo, Karen Marur, Fran Czmerda, Gateway High School
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FRIDAY 4:00
Room 1
(Fri 4:00)
Learning to Write, Learning to Teach: The Writing Center, Writing Exchanges, and Interdisciplinary Faculty Collaboration
Margaret Stewart, Washburn University
The Challenge of Tutoring the Visually Impaired
Tom Aspell, University of Pittsburgh
Room 2
(Fri 4:00)
Philosophy, Ethics, Community and the Writing Center Tutor
Melissa Dunbar, Paul Miller, The Ohio State University
Room 3
(Fri 4:00)		 (no presentation)
Room 4
(Fri 4:00)
The Practice of Writing at Cleveland State University: Discovering and Challenging Student and Faculty Worldviews
Julie Candella, Todd Lundberg, Alynn Makey, Stephanie Nank, Cleveland State University
Room 5
(Fri 4:00)
The Evolution of a Tutor Training Program
Aubrey Mitchell, Cliff Racz, Monica Stumpff Purdue University
Room 6
(Fri 4:00)
The Computer-Literate Tutor and Re-imagining the Writing Lab
Rex Easley, Gary Vaughn, University of Cincinnati
Room 7
(Fri 4:00)
Featured Speaker--
Lifting a Leaf from Muriel's Pages: The Benefits of Publishing a High School Writing Center Newsletter
Mary Broglie, Bethel Park Senior High School
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FRIDAY 5:00
Room 1
(Fri 5:00)		 (no presentation)
Room 2
(Fri 5:00)
Reimagining Writing Processes
Pat Brison, Joan Huber, Clarion University - Venango Campus
Room 3
(Fri 5:00)
Imagining Ourselves as Professionals: Graduate Student Writing Groups Across the Disciplines
Kim Kessler, Sharon Thomas, Michigan State University
Room 4
(Fri 5:00)
Evaluating a Writing Center: How Do We Know If We're Doing What We Say We're Doing?
Bob Barnett, University of Michigan-Flint
Timothy Dillon, Dawn Roberts, Monroe County Community College
Dennis Thompson, Macomb Community College
Room 5
(Fri 5:00)
New Consultants Working with Basic Writers: Understanding and Negotiating Authority and Responsibility
Carol Roberts, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne (IPFW)
Room 6
(Fri 5:00)
The Role of the World Wide Web in the Writing Center: Recent Programs and Projects of the MSU Writing Center
Danielle DeVoss, Mark Hara, Brad Kik, Michigan State University
Room 7
(Fri 5:00)
Directive or Non-Directive: Outside the Binary Opposition
Rollie Barnes, Caroline McKenzie, University of Toledo
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FRIDAY 6:00
Room 1
(Fri 6:00)
Responding to Bilingual/Bicultural Issues in the Teaching of Writing
Johel Brown, Jeffrey Buchanan, Clare Trimbur, University of Pittsburgh
Room 2
(Fri 6:00)
Building Solutions v. Solving Problems: A Social-Work Model for Tutoring
Coray Ames, Matt Forsythe, Rodney Haveman, Jodi Huizinga, Joe Moore, Joel Schickel, Dean Ward, Becky Watkins, Calvin College
Room 3
(Fri 6:00)
A Fly on the Wall: Evaluating Tutors
Les Beecher, Jeff Nardecchia, Michael Pavich, Jennifer Williams, Macomb Community College
Room 4
(Fri 6:00)
Getting Educated?: Who's Learning What about Writing at Cleveland State
Mike Danko, Kate Francis, Wendy Mauzy, Cleveland State University
Room 5
(Fri 6:00)
What Do We Really Mean by "Writing" and "Consulting"? Defining Our Work Through Performance of Collaborative Narratives
Julie Bevins, Jill Johnson, Michigan State University
Room 6
(Fri 6:00)
The Dialogic Tutorial-Online
Jason Kuzma, Patricia N. McLaughlin, Lori Rogers, Central Michigan University
Room 7
(Fri 6:00)
Sex in the Center: Gender Differences in Tutorial Interactions
Ben Rafoth, Beth Baran, Kristin Stoltenberg, Steve Housenick, Bill Macauley, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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Saturday, April 19, 1997


SATURDAY 9:00
Room 1
(Sat 9:00)
Tutor Selection/Training/Utilization/Evaluation in a High School Setting
Cherie Beckman, Barbara Eiserman, Naperville North High School
Room 2
(Sat 9:00)
Writing Center as Writing "Cells"
Beth Seetch, Deborah Elliott, Tara Feehan, Shannon Gregg, Joanna Scholl, Lafayette College
Room 3
(Sat 9:00)
Making Connections: The University and the High School Collaborate to Institute Peer Consulting
Jaye Bausser, Paul Miller, Ohio State University
Room 4
(Sat 9:00)
Tutoring the Two Sided Mind
Joshua L. Sauvie, University of Michigan-Flint
Broadening What We See in Tutorials: Using the MBIT To Look at Student Papers and Respond More Effectively
Becky Bolander, University of Toledo
Room 5
(Sat 9:00)
Explaining What We Do--Again: The Multiple Uses of Video Documentation
Rosemary Kurek, Joan Mullin, University of Toledo
Room 6
(Sat 9:00)
Addressing ESL Issues: A Panel Discussion on Developing Balanced Tutorial Sessions
Katie Enders, Pam Rice, Karin Sneider, University of Toledo
Room 7
(Sat 9:00)
Featured Speaker--
Reflective Writing in a Professional Pharmacy Program
Gary Stoehr, University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy
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SATURDAY 10:00
Room 1
(Sat 10:00)
Building Confidence Through Writing Games
Mary Bement, Denise Stephenson, Sharon Umlor, Robin Ward, Grand Valley State University
Room 2
(Sat 10:00)
Coordinating Tutorials with Course Concerns: An "Unofficial " Version of Pitt's GWI
Mary Hall, Univ of Pittsburgh at Titusville
Experiments with Institutional Reform
Jean Grace, Geeta Kothari, Anne Stafford, University of Pittsburgh
Room 3
(Sat 10:00)
A Tutors Guide to Contrastive Rhetoric
Erika Daniels, Troy Hicks, Dave Mosher, Jeremy Walts, Michigan State University
Room 4
(Sat 10:00)
Training in Transition
Sharon Barnes, Harriet Hancock, University of Toledo
Room 5
(Sat 10:00)
A Place of One's Own: Re-Imagining The Connection between Writing Centers and Metaphors of Location
Nels P. Highberg, Ohio State University
Baseball, Hotdogs, Apple-Pie, and . . . Collaboration?
Karen Kopelson, DePaul University
Room 6
(Sat 10:00)
Students with Learning Disabilities: Effective Tutoring at the Postsecondary Level
Kevin C. Chaney, University of Michigan-Flint
The Writing Center and Students With Special Needs: We're Not Who You Think We Are
Lou Ann Sears, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Room 7
(Sat 10:00)
Tutors Linked to Classes: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Doug Enders, Caroline McKenzie, University of Toledo
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SATURDAY 11:00
Room 1
(Sat 11:00)
In Defense of the Rules
Jackie Barton, Christine Bruger, Jennifer Donaldson, Andrea Harvey, Sherri D. Zander, Youngstown State University
Room 2
(Sat 11:00)
"Pulling Teeth": A Bakhtinian Re-imaging of Group Consulting
Callie Bair, Aimee Brazil, Dawn Hillberg, Keri Hungerford, Angie Lamerato, Michigan State University
Room 3
(Sat 11:00)
Borrowing, Adapting, and Developing Handouts for Students
Phoebe A. Wiley, Frostburg State University
A Comparison of Turoring Math, Chemistry, and English Writing in a Cross-Disciplinary Writing Center
Philip T. Greenfield, Jill Lang, University of Michigan - Flint
Room 4
(Sat 11:00)
Social and Cultural Considerations Regarding the Role of the Tutor as Interpreter
Theresa Torisky, Bowling Green State University
Room 5
(Sat 11:00)
Mythunderstandings: Ways to Clarify Miscommunications among Tutors, Students, and Faculty
Sue V. Lape, Beckey Stamm Columbus State Community College
Room 6
(Sat 11:00)
Just a Front or the Real Center? Re-contextualizing Epistemological Debates in Writing Center Theory, Practice and Research
Christopher Crull, Cindy Johanek, Ball State University
Room 7
(Sat 11:00)
Getting Published: Academic Articles, Scholarly Books, and Textbooks
Joseph Harris, University of Pittsburgh; CCC Editor
Jean Carr, University of Pittsburgh; Series Editor, Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture
Jane Betts, Bedford Books/ St. Martin's Publishing
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