Computers and Writing 2000 Conference Graduate Research Network
9:00 am-4:30 pm
Pecos Room
Coordinator: Janice Walker
A forum for graduate students to present research projects in progress and discuss their work with experienced researchers, editors, and peers who can help develop ideas and strategies for conducting, writing, and publishing research. More information about the Graduate Research Network.

 Presentations and Presenters:

Morning Session

9:00 am-9:30 am
Introductions and thanks

9:30 am-9:45 am
Meet and greet; find your tables

9:45 am - 10:15 am
Present abstracts (15 minutes each)

10:15 am - 10:30 am
Break

10:30 am - 11:30 am
Table discussions
 

Table 1
Discussion Leaders:  Joe Moxley, Michael Pemberton

  • William Stafford's Practice of Writing and Teaching Writing: A Model to Align with Peter Elbow's Writing with Power"

    • Stephen Bonin, Texas Woman's University"
     
  • "Electing the Electronic: Blackboard, E-Zines, and Our Fight for Control in the Technology-Based, Student-Centered Classroom with Feminist Leanings"

    • Shannon Carter, Texas Woman's University
    Sandi Reynolds, Texas Woman's University
     
  • "The Impact of Computers on the Academic Writing Class"

    • Chris Johnston, University of California--Santa Barbara
Table 2
Discussion Leaders:  Ollie Oviedo, Janice Walker
  • "'What are we teaching/learning here, anyway?': How Freshman Composition Students and Teachers Negotiate the Space between the Rhetorical Demands of the Academy and the New Conventions of Electronic Writing Environments"

    • Diane Masiello, New York University
     
  • "First Year Composition Peer Critiquing: Exploring Teaching Methods in Classroom and Electronic Environments"

    • Ida L. Rodgers, Texas Tech University
     
  • "The Whitman Project"

    • Billie Hara, Texas Wesleyan University
Table 3
Discussion Leaders:  Byron Hawk, James Inman, Janet Cross
  • "A Rhetoric for Virtual Signs: Semiotics, Hypermedia, and Cyberspace"

    • Sue Crowson, Texas Woman's University
     
  • "CyberSpace and CyberWriting: Notes on Baudrillard's America and the Hypertext Essay"

    • Byron Hawk, University of Texas, Arlington
     
  • "Bakhtin and Vygotsky: Exploring the Theoretical Basis of Technology and Writing"

    • Phillip P. Marzluf, University of Oklahoma
Table 4
Discussion Leaders:  Cynthia L. Selfe, Paul Taylor, John Barber
  • "Walking and Talking: Aristotle and the Peripatetic Nature of Virtual Space"

    • Katherine J. Robinson, Texas Woman's University
     
  • "(Dis)Embodied Exigencies and the Question of Listserv Ethos"

    • Emmanuel Savopoulos, SUNY/Albany
     
  • "The Rhetoric of Mystery: Comparative Analyses of Hypertexts and Multi-User Dungeons"

    • Jill Walker, University of Bergen, Norway
Table 5
Discussion Leaders: Doug Eyman, Barry Maid
  • "Working Collaboratively Online to Produce Electronic Theses and Dissertations: An Ethnography of Computer Assisted Graduate Research, Mentoring and Publication"

    • Jude Edminster, University of South Florida
     
  • "Educational Technology and Institutional Identity: Ethos, Pathos, Logos"

    • H. Brooke Hessler, Texas Christian University
     
  • "The Computers and Writing Work Group at the University of Florida"

    • Jeff Rice, University of Florida
Table 6
Discussion Leaders: Mike Palmquist, Hugh Burns
  • "Practical Feminism: Searching for Assessment Tools in the Computer-based Composition Classroom"

    • Laura Gray, Texas Woman's University
     
  • "Think Differently: Shifting the Criteria for Evaluating Student Writing in Computer-mediated Writing Instruction [1960-2000]"

    • Carl Whithaus, Graduate Center, CUNY
     
  • "The Problems and Potential of Computer-aided Writing for International Students"

    • Woosung Kim, Texas Woman's University


Lunch 11:30 am - 1pm

Afternoon Session

1:00 pm - 1:15 pm
What a wonderful morning!

1:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Meet and greet; find your tables

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Present abstracts (10-15 minutes each)

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Table discussions
 

Table 1 
Discussion Leaders: Ollie Oviedo, Doug Eyman

  • "A Rhetoric for Virtual Signs: Semiotics, Hypermedia, and Cyberspace"

    • Sue Crowson, Texas Woman's University
     
  • "William Stafford's Practice of Writing and Teaching Writing: A Model to Align with Peter Elbow's Writing with Power"

    • Stephen Bonin, Texas Woman's University
     
  • "Think Differently: Shifting the Criteria for Evaluating Student Writing in Computer-mediated Writing Instruction [1960-2000]"

    • Carl Whithaus, Graduate Center, CUNY
Table 2
Discussion Leaders: Byron Hawk, Joe Moxley, John Barber
  • "Educational Technology and Institutional Identity: Ethos, Pathos, Logos"

    • H. Brooke Hessler, Texas Christian University
     
  • "The Whitman Project"

    • Billie Hara, Texas Wesleyan University
     
  • "CyberSpace and CyberWriting: Notes on Baudrillard's America and the Hypertext Essay"

    • Byron Hawk, University of Texas, Arlington
Table 3
Discussion Leaders: Cynthia Selfe, Michael Pemberton
  • "Bakhtin and Vygotsky: Exploring the Theoretical Basis of Technology and Writing"

    • Phillip P. Marzluf, University of Oklahoma
     
  • "Practical Feminism: Searching for Assessment Tools in the Computer-based Composition Classroom"

    • Laura Gray, Texas Woman's University
     
  • "'What are we teaching/learning here, anyway?': How Freshman Composition Students and Teachers Negotiate the Space between the Rhetorical Demands of the Academy and the New Conventions of Electronic Writing Environments"

    • Diane Masiello, New York University
Table 4
Discussion Leaders: Barry Maid, Janet Cross
  • "Electing the Electronic: Blackboard, E-Zines, and Our Fight for Control in the Technology-Based, Student-Centered Classroom with Feminist Leanings"

    • Shannon Carter, Texas Woman's University
    Sandi Reynolds, Texas Woman's University
     
  • "The Problems and Potential of Computer-aided Writing for International Students"

    • Woosung Kim, Texas Woman's University
     
  • "First Year Composition Peer Critiquing: Exploring Teaching Methods in Classroom and Electronic Environments"

    • Ida L. Rodgers, Texas Tech University
Table 5
Discussion Leaders: Hugh Burns, Janice Walker
  • "The Impact of Computers on the Academic Writing Class"

    • Chris Johnston, University of California--Santa Barbara
     
  • "Working Collaboratively Online to Produce Electronic Theses and Dissertations: An Ethnography of Computer Assisted Graduate Research, Mentoring and Publication"

    • Jude Edminster, University of South Florida
     
  • "(Dis)Embodied Exigencies and the Question of Listserv Ethos"

    • Emmanuel Savopoulos, SUNY/Albany
    Table 6
    Discussion Leaders: Michael Palmquist, James Inman
    • "The Rhetoric of Mystery: Comparative Analyses of Hypertexts and Multi-User Dungeons"

      • Jill Walker, University of Bergen, Norway
       
    • "Walking and Talking: Aristotle and the Peripatetic Nature of Virtual Space" 

      • Katherine J. Robinson, Texas Woman's University
       
    • "The Computers and Writing Work Group at the University of Florida"

      • Jeff Rice, University of Florida


    3:00 pm - 3:15pm
    Break

    3:15 pm-4:15 pm
    Whole-group discussion

    4:15 pm-4:30 pm
    Wrap up and more thanks
     

    Thanks to our discussion leaders:

    • John F. Barber, Texas Woman's University
    • Hugh Burns, Texas Woman's University
    • Janet Cross, DaMOO
    • Doug Eyman, Editor, Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments
    • Byron Hawk, Enculturation: A Journal for Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture
    • James Inman, Editor, Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments
    • Barry Maid, Writing in the Workplace
    • Joseph M. Moxley, University of South Florida
    • Ollie Oviedo, Editor, Readerly/Writerly Texts
    • Michael Palmquist, academic.writing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Communication Across the Curriculum
    • Michael Pemberton, Editor, Language and Learning across the Disciplines
    • Cynthia L. Selfe, Computers and Composition
    • Paul Taylor, Daedalus Group
    • Janice Walker, Studies in Writing and Rhetoric Editorial Board

    A special thanks to our presenters, whose hard work and dedication, perseverance and creativity lead the way to the future for Computers and Writing and for the academy.


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