2026 Conference Schedule

Fostering Connections August 8th , 2026 Schedule

• 9:00am - Welcome, Check in, & Light Breakfast

• 9:30am-10:30am - Morning Workshops (Workshops Descriptions)

  • • Room 1206: "Adapting Multimedia, Rhetoric and the Arts to Our Courses" (Patrick McDonnell, Megan Nicely)

    • Room 1204: "Navigating the Digital Commons: Academic Literacy and Social Justice in the 21st Century" (Angela Birts ) 

    • Room 1203: "Teaching Secondary Students the Cognitive and Critical Thinking Structures for Engaging AI" (Lanette Jimerson, Sherene Randle)

    • Room 1208: "Paper, Pencil, Poem: Give Every Writer a Formula for Success" (Charmaine Phipps)

    • Room 1217: "Cultivating Critical Consciousness Across Digital, GenAI, and Information Literacies (Joy Ok)

• 10:30am - Break

• 10:45am- 12:00pm - Panel Discussions (Morning Panel Descriptions)

  • • Room 1104: Human Connection: Student Voice and Personal Conferences

      • • • "Connecting Futures: Student Voice and AI in EFL Writing Classrooms" (Olga Yashenkova)

          • "Creating Space For Writing Conferences: Reflections On A Student-Centered Instructional Model" (Casey Manogue)

• • • Room 1203: AI Voice and Contract Grading

      • • • "When Writing Moves Forward: AI, Voice, and Innovative Writing Pedagogy Across Secondary and College Classrooms" (Seth Tendler)

          • "Beyond the Grade: Contract Grading, Critical Language Awareness, and Generative AI in Multilingual Writing Instruction" (Andrea Hernandez)

          • "Navigating Generative AI in Graduate Education: Agency, Ethics, and Language Development among International EAL Students" (Kara Mac Donald)

• • • Room 1217: Connecting Writing to Specific Contexts (Roundtable)

      • • •  "What Makes a Major Pedagogical Intervention Worth it? Encouraging Short-term Buy in, Long-term Learning, and Continual Adaptation" (Jessica McCaughey, Shyam Patel)

• • • Room 1102: Innovation, Games, and Podcasting

      • • • "Writing and Rolling: D&D meets FYC " (Hailey Murphy, Haleigh Payne)

          • "Innovative strategy for strengthening learning through educational podcasting" (Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite, Alesya Petty)

• • • Room 1208: Teacher Learning and Collaboration (Roundtable)

      • • • "Centering Multilingual Students as Writers: How Teacher Learning and Collaboration is Making a Difference" (Hannah Hohle, Brianna Dupper, Malcolm Williams)

• 12:00pm - Lunch 

• 12:45pm -  Room 1102 - Keynote Speaker: 

  • Dr. Kristen Hawley Turner, "The Future of Writing Instruction: (Re) Claiming Writing Agency in the Age of AI" 

• 1:45pm - Break

• 2:00pm-3:00pm - Afternoon Workshops (Workshops Descriptions)

  • • • Room 1208: "Developmentally Nourishing Writing Assignments: An Invitation to Innovate" (John Creger, Daniel Davis)

      • Room 1204: "Leveling Up the Writing Classroom: Failure, Feedback, and the Rogue-Like Model" (Nicholas Stillman)

      • Room 1206: "Cultural Storytelling as an Innovative Classroom Writing Approach" (Coumba Diouf)

      • Room 1203: "AI as a Thinking Mirror: Fostering Metacognitive Awareness in the Writing Process" (Jisoo Lee, Juhyun Kim)

      • Room 1217: "From Procrastination to Productivity: Coaching Strategies that Strengthen Student Writing Habits" (Khulan Zagd)

• 3:00pm - Break

• 3:15pm- 4:30pm - Panel Discussions (Afternoon Panel Descriptions)

• Room 1104: Critical Literacy, Revision, and Saving America in the Age of AI

  • "Critical Literacy as Resistance: A Chicana Framework for Centering Student Knowledge " (Sasha Osorio)

  • "Fixing the Robot’s Homework: Reclaiming Revision in the Age of AI" (Christene d'Anca)

  • "Across the Divide: A Course to Save America" (Maximilian DeLaure)

• Room 1203: Student Innovations Across Contexts (Roundtable)

  • "Small Interventions, Big Shifts: Student-Centered Innovations in Writing Instruction Across Contexts" (Clare Taylor , Carmen D’Angelo, Will Gisselquist)

• Room 1217: Self Expression and Deep Reading

  • "Literary Self-Expression: Proverbs, Song Lyrics, and Fables" (Andrew Yim)

  • "Writing through Deep Reading" (Jackie Pak)

• Room 1102: Diverse Learners Panel

  • "Using AI Tools to support Adult English language learners" (Apolonio Valdovinos)

  • "From Classroom Practice to Publication: Supporting Multilingual Higher Education Faculty in Academic Writing" (Kara Mac Donald, Jamil Al-Thawharih)

• Room 1204: Networking Lounge

  • A dedicated space to connect with colleagues, continue conversations, and build new professional relationships

• 4:30pm- Wrap-Up, Cookies, and Feedback