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• About the Convention, General Information
• Special Events
• Award Winners
• Sessions Presented by Two-Year College Faculty
• Committee Meetings
• Index of Concurrent Sessions
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Exhibits and Maps
• Index of Participants
• Advertisements

 

   

The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) has a number of Member Groups that hold meetings, sponsor panels and workshops at the Annual Convention, publish newsletters, and carry on other activities within the framework of the organization. CCCC is pleased to recognize such groups, encourages their existence and growth, and provides time, space, and appropriate publicity to foster their effective operation.

Member Groups vary considerably in their size, connection with CCCC, and range of activities. Some are relatively permanent groups governed by leaders and members of CCCC; others are substantially identified with other organizations and choose to meet at the CCCC Convention as a convenience to their members; still others are relatively casual groupings of persons drawn together by interests in common but having little or no governing structure.

CCCC provides the following framework to enable its members to form groups that best meet their specific needs:

Special Interest Groups (SIGs): CCCC continues to support interest groups within existing policies that allow individuals/organizations to request space “as available” at the CCCC Convention to discuss issues related to the profession.

Standing Groups: Standing Groups are membership-driven groups focused around a common interest that supports directly CCCC’s mission and bedrock beliefs. Standing Groups may start as SIGs and apply for Standing Group status. Chairs or co-chairs are elected from the membership rather than appointed. They have organizational status as an ongoing group, provide necessary annual updates to the CCCC leadership and abide by their bylaws. NOTE: The following caucuses, which meet at the CCCC convention, are exempt from the application, reporting, and review parameters required for Standing Groups: Black Caucus, Latinx Caucus, American Indian Caucus, Asian/Asian American Caucus, Queer Caucus, Jewish Caucus, and Arab/Muslim Caucus.

There is no requirement for current SIGs to apply for “Standing Group” status if they do not wish to formalize their relationship to CCCC in this way. They will retain their designation as SIGs.

Current CCCC Standing Groups

1. American Indian Caucus
2. Appalachian Rhetorics and Literacies Standing Group
3. Arab/Muslim Caucus
4. Asian/Asian American Caucus
5. Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning (AEPL)
6. Black Caucus
7. Caucus on Intellectual Property and Composition/Communication Studies
8. Cognition and Writing Standing Group
9. Consortium of Doctoral Programs in Rhetoric and Composition
10. Council for Play and Games Studies
11. Council on Basic Writing
12. Creative Nonfiction Standing Group
13. Creative Writing Standing Group
14. Dual Enrollment Collective
15. Environmental Rhetoric and Advocacy Standing Group
16. Feminist Caucus
17. Global & Non-Western Rhetorics (GNWR) Standing Group
18. Graduate Student Standing Group
19. Independent Writing Departments and Programs Association (IWDPA)
20. International Researchers’ Consortium
21. International Writing Centers Association (IWCA)
22. Jewish Caucus
23. Labor Caucus
24. Latinx Caucus
25. Legal Writing and Rhetoric Standing Group
26. Linguistics, Language, and Writing Group
27. Master’s Degree Consortium of Writing Studies Specialists
28. Medical Rhetoric Standing Group
29. Non-Native English-Speaking Writing Instructors (NNESWIs) Standing Group
30. Online Writing Instruction Standing Group
31. Prison Writing & Pedagogy Collective
32. Queer Caucus
33. Rhetoric and Religious Traditions
34. Second Language Writing Standing Group
35. Senior, Late-Career, and Retired Professionals in Rhet-Comp/Writing Studies Standing Group
36. Sound Studies and Writing Collective
37. Standing Group for Disability Studies
38. Teaching for Transfer Standing Group
39. Transnational Composition Standing Group
40. Undergraduate Research Standing Group
41. Untenured and Alternative-Academic WPA Standing Group
42. Working-Class Culture and Pedagogy Standing Group
43. Writing About Writing Development Group
44. Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Standing Group
45. Writing and STEM Standing Group
46. Writing through the Lifespan Standing Group
47. Writing with Current, Former, and Future Members of the Military

Guidelines for Forming a Member Group

These guidelines are designed to encourage a diversity of member groups present at the CCCC Convention and to avoid creating new groups that duplicate existing efforts. To form a member organization, you must complete the following steps:

Forming Special Interest Groups

1. Check the current listing of organizations (in absence of a currently online listing, please refer to the most recent past CCCC Annual Convention program). If none exists on the topic of your interest, you may propose a new Special Interest Group. You may also wish to review “CCCC Guidelines for Leaders of Membership Groups.”
2. To propose a new Special Interest Group, you must submit a program proposal form for the next CCCC Convention by the published deadline. An official invitation to appear on the CCCC Convention Program is your confirmation that your Special Interest Group proposal was accepted.
3. If your proposal is accepted, please conduct your Special Interest Group in accordance with “CCCC Guidelines for Leaders of Membership Groups.”

Applying for Standing Group Status: Processes and Guidelines

Background

At its November, 2012 meeting, the CCCC Executive Committee approved recommendations

from the Task Force to Review Special Interest Group Guidelines for the creation of Standing

Groups, a new category of membership constituency. Standing Groups are formed from existing groups, typically but not exclusively SIGs,¹ that can demonstrate sustained organizational activity within CCCC for a period of at least five consecutive years, and want to solidify their relationship to the organization. Standing Groups are allotted one designated panel in addition to a business meeting at the Annual Convention, subject to the Program Chair’s approval. Standing Group business meetings are held during the regular slots that the Program Chair designates for those meetings. Standing Group panels are listed in the program and include the names of panelists. Taking part in a Standing Group–sponsored panel or workshop does not count as a speaking role.

It is important to realize that Standing Group status may change the nature of an existing member group:

• It significantly formalizes the group through the provision of a set of bylaws, a membership structure, and a process for the rotation of its leadership.
• It requires the submission of an annual report to the Executive Committee detailing the Standing Group’s activities.
• What are often informal, grass-roots meetings of the SIG or other group will become somewhat more formal business meetings with Standing Group status.

Before considering applying for Standing Group status, existing SIG or other group leaders or coordinators should consult widely across the group’s current membership to discuss whether these will be helpful changes in light of the group’s current purposes and goals.

The following guidelines are designed to help existing groups to develop a successful plan to request Standing Group status. Proposals are read and discussed by the CCCC Officers. Proposals may be rejected for several reasons, including too little documentation of sustained activity, significant overlap with existing groups, or not enough detail in the bylaws or membership structure; or they may be returned for further elaboration or revision. Existing Standing Groups may also be dissolved if there is insufficient evidence of activity documented in the annual reports, or if the group is no longer supporting the mission of the organization or following its bylaws and leadership rotations. In addition to the guidelines, we also provide a sample Standing Group proposal that was judged to be highly successful.

[¹At its meeting in March of 2013, the Executive Committee further clarified eligibility for Standing Group status, from SIGs only to any member group that can demonstrate at least five years of consecutive, organized activity (and meetings at CCCC conferences) involving an appropriate cohort of CCCC members.]

Guidelines for Standing Group Application

1. Criteria: to be eligible to apply for Standing Group status, an existing SIG or other member group must:

• have been organized and regularly meeting at the CCCC convention (and preferably corresponding, meeting, or otherwise engaged between conferences) for at least five consecutive years;
• be able to document activity among a reasonable number of members, which includes activities open to all CCCC members.
• fill a clear need for CCCC members and the organization and explain how it is  aligned with CCCC’s stated mission and bedrock beliefs

If a group has been recently formed and cannot meet the eligibility criteria, it can continue to organize itself (particularly as a SIG), document its activity, and, if desired, apply for Standing Group status when it has achieved sufficient longevity and activity to be eligible.

To this end, a SG application should include:

• a description of the organization
• an explanation of how it fills a clear need for CCCC members and the CCCC as an organization is aligned with CCCC’s stated mission and bedrock beliefs
• a set of bylaws indicating how officers are elected
• a list of members, who must also be members of CCCC (more detailed guidelines and criteria appear below).

In recognition for this level of responsibility to CCCC, each Standing Group will be allotted one designated panel in addition to a business meeting at the CCCC Annual Convention, subject to the Program Chair’s approval. Standing Group panels will be vetted in consultation with the Program Chair. Standing Group business meetings will be held during the regular slots made available for such meetings by the Program Chair.

2. Application requirements: Applications should be carefully conceptualized, detailed, and documented, and include all the required components:

• the name of the proposed Standing Group;
• a description of the current SIG or member group and its purpose(s), and a history of its activities over at least the previous five years (inclusive of five consecutive CCCC conferences);
• a set of explicit bylaws that can serve as a governing document;
• a set of policies related to the election of officers and their rotation; and
• a list of current members (all Standing Group members must be members of CCCC). Sample Successful Standing Group Application (PDF)

3. Application submission: Please submit all applications to cccc@ncte.org with the subject heading “CCCC Standing Group Application.” For a current timeline relative to the deadline for CCCC convention proposals, please visit /cccc/sigs. Currently, we are accepting applications at any time and these will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Standing Groups approved between now and April 2025 will be eligible for a sponsored panel for the 2026 Convention. The deadline to submit an application to be considered for the 2026 CCCC Convention is Wednesday, April 16, 2025 (you will be notified whether or not you have received Standing Group status in time to submit your program proposal).

Guidelines for Leaders of Member Groups

Guidelines for Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

1. If your SIG wishes to reserve a meeting time and room at the CCCC Convention, please notify the CCCC Program Chair about your particular needs at the Convention by completing the Convention Call for Proposals Form available online, identifying yourself as a Special Interest Group.
2. If given meeting space, please mention the Conference on College Composition and Communication in any promotional materials you send out announcing your meeting at the CCCC Convention.
3. SIGs are not allowed to use “CCCC” in the title of any award, policy statement, publication, or grant application sponsored by their membership. When printing any such material, please include a disclaimer, which might read something like this: “The opinions expressed are those of the writers [editors] and do not necessarily reflect the view of CCCC, its officers, or its Executive Committee.
4. If you wish official CCCC sanction of a report/paper/guidelines, etc., intended for publication, please send a copy of the manuscript to the CCCC Chair and to Headquarters at least six weeks before one of the Executive Committee’s scheduled meetings (mid-November and mid-March). Shortly after the meeting, we will notify the Chair of the Executive Committee’s decision.
5. Please consult the CCCC Officers before seeking grants outside CCCC for the work of your group. Grants often create legal obligations in which CCCC and NCTE have an understandable interest.
6. Seek approval-in-principle from the CCCC Officers for any surveys of the CCCC membership or the profession at large if the survey carries the name of CCCC. In responding, the Officers may advise on availability of funds to help in the survey, on technical improvements that might be made, and on access to Headquarters.
7. If your group is interested in publishing a book or monograph, please contact the NCTE Senior Developer or the SWR Editor for preliminary review of the project/idea.

Guidelines for Standing Groups

1. Standing Groups are guaranteed a business meeting slot in the program as well as one sponsored panel (subject to the Program Chair’s approval) at the Convention each year. The Standing Group is asked to submit both a proposal for a business meeting as well as a sponsored panel, if it wishes to hold these, through the regular proposal system (in the “Type of Session/Proposal” section on the proposal form, please check “Special Interest Group/Business Meeting” when submitting a business meeting proposal and “Standing Group Sponsored Panel” when submitting a sponsored panel proposal–in both cases, please indicate the name of the Standing Group somewhere in the submission). In addition, Standing Groups may request to host a sponsored workshop rather than a sponsored panel at the discretion of the Program Chair and as space permits. Standing Groups may request this exception with the understanding that proposers would need to both make the case and provide the proof of a likely audience at the sponsored workshop. Any Standing Group that requests and is granted a workshop must then document sufficient attendance to sustain that request in future years. Please mention the Conference on College Composition and Communication in any promotional materials you send out announcing your meeting at the CCCC Convention.
2. Members of Standing Groups must be members of CCCC. Standing Groups are expected to submit a copy of their bylaws and a brief annual report of their activities (with recommendations for future action) no later than 30 days after the conclusion of the CCCC Convention. The report should be addressed to the CCCC Officers and include a brief status report, including attendance and any other important information concerning (1) their business meeting, (2) other CCCC sponsored activities, such as a sponsored panel, and (3) recommendations/proposals for future action.
3. Recognizing the integral relationship between the contributions of Standing Groups and the mission of CCCC, each Standing Group is allotted one panel in addition to a regular business meeting at each Convention, subject to the Program Chair’s approval.
4. CCCC retains the right to review and approve the use of its name on any award, newsletter, publication, and grant application generated by Standing Groups. Standing Groups can apply to the CCCC Officers to use “CCCC” in their organizational materials. When a Standing Group creates materials that have not been reviewed by CCCC, those materials should include the disclaimer, “The opinions expressed are those of the writers [editors] and do not necessarily reflect the view of CCCC, its officers, or its Executive Committee.”
5. If you wish official CCCC sanction of a report/paper/guidelines, etc., intended for publication, please send a copy of the manuscript to the CCCC Chair and to Headquarters at least six weeks before one of the Executive Committee’s scheduled meetings (mid-November and mid-March). Shortly after the meeting, we will notify the Chair of the Executive Committee’s decision.
6. Please consult the CCCC Officers before seeking grants outside CCCC for the work of your group. Grants often create legal obligations in which CCCC and NCTE have an understandable interest.
7. Seek approval-in-principle from the Officers for any surveys of the CCCC membership or the profession at large if the survey carries the name of CCCC. In responding, the Officers may advise on availability of funds to help in the survey, on technical improvements that might be made, and on access to Headquarters.
8. If your group is interested in publishing a book or monograph, please contact the NCTE Senior Developer or the SWR Editor for preliminary review of the project/idea.

Proposal Deadline: Wednesday, September 28, 2022

CCCC Summer Conferences are intended to foster and support the developing and sharing of innovative activities related to literacy learning. We invite proposals to host one of these conferences between May and August 2023. Up to two summer conference proposals will be funded for 2023. We encourage proposals for virtual conferences or for conferences that include a virtual participation option to accompany an in-person meeting.

Conference themes should align the CCCC Mission Statement and themes associated with the CCCC 2022 Strategic Vision.

Within these broad areas of focus, conference proposers are free to define the types of sessions they think will attract participants to their gatherings: traditional panels, roundtables, think tanks, working-/workshop-oriented sessions, ignite-oriented gatherings, flash/TED Talk–inspired presentations, or anything else.

CCCC Summer Conferences should be designed with an eye toward inviting new voices and a diverse range of scholars and scholarship and should share opportunities for community-building and research-based resources.

Conferences are intended to bring existing CCCC members together with potential new audiences who may not be able to who may not be able to attend the national CCCC Annual Convention (e.g., adjunct and contingent faculty, two-year faculty, high school teachers, etc.). Successful proposals should discuss how organizers will reach out to new populations. The conferences are intended, in part, to help attendees learn more about how CCCC can provide resources for them to grow as professionals. Conferences may be held over one or two days, depending on the financial resources of the sponsors.

Attendance at CCCC Summer Conferences is limited to CCCC members. Those who are not current CCCC members are welcome to attend, but they are expected to join the organization or renew their membership as part of their conference registration. Registration costs for the summer conferences should be free or nearly free: a primary purpose of these conferences is to make CCCC and its benefits more accessible to new and existing members.

In order to support the summer conferences, CCCC will provide:

• Up to $6,000 apiece to support planning and organizational costs associated with mounting up to two summer conferences in different regions of North America. This dollar amount should be used to cover costs associated with organizing and staging the conference. These costs may include stipends of up to $500/ea for up to two conference organizers. Organizers must also be CCCC members. Stipends may also be used for A/V,  room rental or food, promotion, and so on. Proposers are encouraged to work with their home institutions to generate additional funding and/or minimize costs.
• Up to an additional $1,000 in travel and lodging expenses is allowed for a featured/keynote speaker who is a CCCC member.
• Resources for conference planning and periodic consultation with CCCC staff. Examples include hosting registration through the NCTE site, creating and implementing a conference communications plan, producing promotional materials, etc. Note that while consultation and hosting registration are available to conference organizers without charge, other items have costs associated with them that would need to be included in the conference’s $6,000 budget (e.g., creating and/or mailing promotional materials).
• Periodic and timely promotion of regional conferences via the CCCC website, general CCCC mass emails, and social media. This promotion will supplement, but should not be the major factor in, an overall communications plan for a conference.
• Organizers may submit a proposal for a session for the 2024 CCCC Annual Convention that grows out of the experience of the summer conference, whether a description of the event, a discussion of one or more issues extending from an experience, or another talk to help Convention attendees understand the experience of hosting the CCCC Summer Conference. These sessions will not count as “speaking roles” at the Convention, so summer conference organizers are free to also propose their own sessions to the Annual Convention. If such a session proposal is submitted and accepted to the program, registration costs for the following year’s CCCC Annual Convention for up to two conference organizers are available upon request.

Events are not intended to generate a profit. However, should there be a surplus with income exceeding expenses, surplus funds should be remitted to CCCC/NCTE after the conference.

Note for organizers: While organizers and presenters will own copyright to all materials associated with the conference (e.g., presentations, audio), CCCC would like to be the exclusive distributor of those videos, pictures, audio, etc., through its channels.

Proposals should include:

1. A completed application addressing all questions outlined below.
2. A communication plan describing how organizers will promote the conference in their region (see below).
3. A detailed budget explaining how funds will be used.

Application Information

Proposals for CCCC Summer Conferences should include the following information in a document of no more than 6 double-spaced (11- or 12-point font) pages. Conference organizers must be members of CCCC at the time of proposal and when the Summer Conference takes place. Please submit final proposals as a single document in PDF format to cccc@ncte.org by 5:00 p.m. EDT Wednesday, September 28, 2022.

A sample application can be requested from cccc@ncte.org.

Downloadable Word version of application form.

Section 1: Conference logistics and focus

Name/affiliation of conference organizer(s):

Location of proposed conference:

Proposed theme or foci, if any:

Proposed structure for presentations (e.g., panels/roundtables; think tanks; flash/TED-style talks; mix; etc.):

How will you use locally available infrastructure (e.g., institutionally located conference services, department/college/university colleagues or staff, on-campus registration services, etc.) for your conference?

Will your institution provide financial or other assistance for your conference? Y/N

If yes, please describe:

Who will constitute the local arrangements committee? If more than one institution and/or committee is involved, please explain the distribution of responsibilities:*

Please provide a description of the accommodations and proposed meeting spaces, either virtual or face to face. In your description, address how you will:

• secure suitable meeting locations/rooms for presentations (including size and capacity of available rooms) or hosting capacity online
• arrange for technology (e.g., computers, projectors, internet connections) and on-site technical support or technology support for the online platform
• secure housing options for all participants for face-to-face proposals
• provide a guide to local eateries, attractions, and transportation for face-to-face proposals
• provide a website with details about the conference
• staff the registration table or manage the online platform

How do you anticipate handling conference registration?

___My institution will process conference registration
___I will need CCCC/NCTE to process conference registration

Please also address whether you will provide food and, if so, what meals or breaks and how you will accommodate dietary requests:

Please describe accommodations currently available or that you can make available to ensure that the venue and event will be accessible to those with sensory, mobility, or communication impairments:

Are there state, local, or campus policies in place that may inhibit the expression or limit participation of constituencies, including members of the LGBTQ+ community? Y/N

If yes, please describe how you will ensure that these constituencies will not be inhibited by these policies:

Note that all proposals should be attentive to the CCCC Convention Siting Guiding Principles:

In principle, CCCC will work to change state or local policies in host convention cities that diverge from established CCCC positions or otherwise threaten the safety or well-being of our membership. We will do so by consulting closely with local groups who share our principles and arranging activities and opportunities for members to support those who are disadvantaged by offensive policies or otherwise to use their presence in the offending state as a vehicle for nonviolent protest. We will vigorously communicate the methods of support and/or protest to the media, convention and tourist bureaus, and local and state government officials, with the avowed purpose of provoking policy change or supporting current policies threatened by hostile change. In general, we will follow this strategy of engagement rather than abrogating or canceling contracts for future conventions as a method of protesting existing or future legislation.

*Note that regional organizers are responsible for coordinating housing registration if your conference is using on-site housing.

Section 2: Communications Plan

In your region, who is likely to be interested in presenting at/attending your conference, and why?

In what ways will the conference attract a diverse group of participants?

What kind of outreach activities will you use to attract a diverse group of participants?

Where will the webpage for your conference be hosted?

CCCC can provide a limited number of services to support your meeting. Please indicate which, if any, of the following you are likely to need:

___Regional mailing labels
___Emails to regional members. Please indicate the number of emails anticipated (1–3, 4–6, 7–9, 10 or more)
___Flier produced and mailed by CCCC/NCTE. Note that this will incur additional cost and will be deducted from the $6,000 support provided to the local site.
___Other (please describe)

What assistance do you most anticipate needing to mount a successful conference?

Entire Convention Program

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• Calendar
• Contents
• CCCC Officers
• Greetings from the Program Chair
• Information for Newcomers
• Local Arrangements, About the Convention
• General Information, Special Events
• Award Winners, Sessions Presented by Two Year College Faculty, Committee Meetings
• Index of Concurrent Sessions
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday

Program Additions/Corrections (Word document)

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• Contents 
• CCCC Officers, Greetings from the Program Chair, Information for Newcomers, About the CCCC Convention, Technology Center Presentations 
• Special Events, Award Winners 
• General Information, Committee Meetings, Topic Index to Sessions 
• Preconvention Activities 
• Wednesday 
• Thursday 
• Friday 
• Saturday 
• Local Arrangements Committee, Maps 
• Index

Please follow the links below to browse reviews from the 2005 Conference on College Composition and Communication’s Convention in San Francisco.

Reviews

http://wac.colostate.edu/atd/reviews/cccc2005/

Pictures and Reviews

http://culturecat.net/node/741
http://culturecat.net/node/745
http://culturecat.net/node/739
http://culturecat.net/node/734
http://culturecat.net/node/736
http://culturecat.net/node/738
http://culturecat.net/node/740
http://culturecat.net/node/742
http://culturecat.net/node/743
http://culturecat.net/node/747
http://culturecat.net/node/750
http://culturecat.net/node/751
http://culturecat.net/node/752
http://culturecat.net/node/753

Audio and Pictures

https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jlsolber/www/lessig/

Additional Reviews

http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/03/23/4cs-the-teacher-as-cultural-broker/
http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/03/22/4cs-reading-and-writing/
http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/03/20/4cs-political-pedagogies-public-citizens/
http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/03/19/4cs-evaluating-academic-weblogs/
http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/03/18/4cs-weblogs-as-social-action/
http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/03/19/4cs-keynote-who-owns-writing-part-1/
http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/03/19/4cs-keynote-who-owns-writing-part-2/

Entire Convention Program

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Program by section

• Calendar 
• Individual CCCC Program 
• Contents 
• CCCC Officers 
• Greetings from the Program Chair 
• Information for Newcomers 
• Local Arrangements 
• General Information, Special Events, Award Winners, Sessions Presented by Two Year College Faculty Committee Meetings, Topic Index to Sessions 
• Preconvention Activities 
• Wednesday 
• Thursday 
• Friday 
• Saturday 
• Past Chairs, Exhibitors, Maps 
• Index

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• Friday 
• Saturday 
• Index of Participants 
• Maps, Exhibitor

The following resolutions and sense of the house motions were passed at the CCCC Annual Business Meeting held on Saturday, March 24, 2012 in St. Louis.

Resolution 1

Whereas Chris Anson has worked as program chair to ensure the varied voices of the profession are provided a platform to share their stories, including innovative opportunities for international scholars to participate at a distance, a renewed focus on basic writing, a celebration of undergraduate research, and a focus on improving the accessibility of the conference for all attendees;

Whereas he has organized our time together not only to foster dialogue among ourselves, but also with individuals and organizations whose work and insights can inform our classroom and disciplinary practices;

Whereas his extensive scholarship on composition theory and research, teaching and learning, writing across the curriculum, and faculty development has been an invaluable service to scholars and teachers in our profession and his international work has contributed to a global understanding of composition theory and research; and

Whereas he has done all this work in a spirit of generosity, good will, and collaboration;

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the 2012 Conference on College Composition and Communication thank Chris Anson for his many contributions to us and to the profession. (MOTION CARRIED)

Resolution 2

Whereas Vincent Casaregola and the Local Arrangements Committee have assembled a rich list of St. Louis’s historical, cultural, and entertainment attractions and has worked with the Committee on Disability Issues to provide extensive and detailed accessibility information for conference attendees;

Whereas Vincent Casaregola and the Local Arrangements Committee have helped to foster a collegial environment in which to engage in discussions of the professional, disciplinary, and social aspects of our work; and

Whereas Vincent Casaregola and the Local Arrangements Committee have demonstrated a personal commitment to ensuring every conference attendee leaves St. Louis with a rich cultural and intellectual experience;

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the 2012 Conference on College Composition and Communication applaud Vincent Casaregola and the Local Arrangements Committee for their hard work and generous hospitality. (MOTION CARRIED)

Resolution 3

Whereas the NCTE and CCCC have historically advocated for contingent faculty (that is, faculty on one-year or shorter contracts);

Whereas the NCTE and CCCC strive to be inclusive to as broad a constituency of writing/composition/literacy teachers and scholars as possible;

Whereas participation in the yearly CCCC conference is an important dimension of the professional development and sense of community among those constituencies; and

Whereas the CCCC Professional Equity Project recognizes the financial difficulties of contingent faculty regarding conference attendance but cannot fully address it;

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that CCCC establish and administer a Contingent Faculty Travel Fund, funded by voluntary member contributions, and that they do so in consultation with the Labor Caucus and the Committee on Part-Time, Adjunct, or Contingent Labor. (MOTION CARRIED)

Resolution 4

Whereas the use of American Indian representations in sports perpetuates stereotypes that are harmful to Native people, and, according to a recent study by psychologist Chu Kim-Prieto, also encourages stereotyping of other minority groups by the dominant culture;

Whereas the National Collegiate Athletic Association has deemed the use of American Indian sports team names, mascots, and symbols as “hostile” and “abusive,” and has forbidden schools whose teams use American Indian names or imagery from hosting championship games;

Whereas numerous American Indian intellectuals, including Devon Mihesuah, Dennis Banks, Russell Means, C. Richard King, and the late Vine Deloria, Jr. oppose the use of American Indian team names and mascots;

Whereas the American Psychological Association, the American Sociological Association, the National Education Association, the American Anthropological Association, the National Indian Education Association, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Association of American Indian Affairs, the National Congress of American Indians, the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and the Modem Language Association have all passed resolutions condemning the use of images of American Indian peoples or traditions as mascots and other sports symbols; and

Whereas the National Council of Teachers of English and the Conference on College Composition and Communication advocate for the valuing of diversity and cross-cultural understanding;

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Conference on College Composition and Communication join the Modern Language Association and other professional organizations in condemning the use of representations of American Indians and other racial and ethnic groups or their names, cultures, and traditions as sports symbols, mascots, and team names. (MOTION CARRIED)

Resolution 5

Whereas CCCC is committed to the production of new knowledge in college composition and communication;

Whereas CCCC publishes several important journals in the field;

Whereas most of the larger publishers (i.e. Taylor and Francis, Sage, Oxford, Cambridge, Elsevier) of scholarly articles now allow authors to do the following to some degree without additional permission:

1) make copies of their own articles for their students;
2) provide electronic copies to colleagues for personal use only;
3) post the pre-print (un-refereed) version of an article to their university’s online repository or one of the government mandated repositories (PMC or BioMed Central) with proper acknowledgment;
4) post the official final version of the article (post-print) in an online repository (upon publication or up to twelve months later) as long it is not part of a commercial venture and has proper acknowledgment; and
5) publish the work in an edited volume or book written by the original author with proper acknowledgment;

Whereas SPARC, the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Harvard, and others have developed author addenda to standard publishing contracts that enable authors to retain commensurate versions of the five rights identified above;

Whereas consortiums of universities including Harvard, MIT, Columbia, Kansas State University and many others are now requiring faculty to post their scholarly articles in university repositories unless exceptions are requested; and

Whereas humanities publishers lag substantially behind publishers in the sciences that have implemented the majority of these open access options;

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that CCCC-sponsored journals will provide authors a non-exclusive right to place pre- and/or post-publication drafts of their published scholarly articles on the Internet; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the CCCC will advocate for open-access publishing opportunities for other publishing venues–including other NCTE-sponsored journals–and educate scholars in the discipline to understand their rights, incentives, and responsibilities to their scholarly works. (MOTION: To refer discussion of the motion to Executive Committee for further discussion. CARRIED)

Sense of the House Motions

S1. The Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, supporting women’s right to participate in public policy and policy discourse about their reproductive self-determination.

S2. BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that CCCC, the Council on Basic Writing, and the entire Basic Writing community recognize and laud Chris Anson’s and Howard Tinberg’s vision, leadership, and pursuit of social justice in higher Education.

The following resolutions and sense of the house motions were passed at the CCCC Annual Business Meeting held on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Las Vegas.

Resolution 1

Whereas Howard Tinberg has tirelessly and consistently worked as an advocate for students and teachers in the “border” spaces of two-year colleges; explored and promoted practices of classroom research, and encouraged the scholarship of teaching;

Whereas his scholarship that systematically examines what we mean by college writing and the role of the teacher/scholar has been an invaluable resource to teachers and scholars in the profession;

Whereas he has organized this conference to create space for a true interchange of ideas and collaboration among the membership; and

Whereas he has performed with a spirit of good will, with energy and dedication;

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the 2013 Conference on College Composition and Communication thank Howard Tinberg for his many contributions to our teaching and to our profession.

Resolution 2

Whereas Robyn Rohde and the Local Arrangements Committee have provided an inclusive, comprehensive Hospitality Guide to inform participants of the cultural and entertainment opportunities in Las Vegas and have served as ready resources for travel to and around the city and the conference;

Whereas Robyn Rohde and the Local Arrangements Committee have helped create a climate of hospitality and collegiality for conference participants to engage in the professional and social aspects of our work; and

Whereas Robyn Rohde and the Local Arrangements Committee have demonstrated energy and commitment to achieving for every participant a satisfying, lively experience at the conference and with the city of Las Vegas;

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the 2013 Conference on College Composition and Communication applaud Robyn Rohde and the Local Arrangements Committee for their generosity and their hard work.

Resolution 3

Whereas CCCC does not endorse PDSs;

Whereas plagiarism detection services can compromise academic integrity by potentially undermining students’ agency as writers, treating all students as always already plagiarists, creating a hostile learning environment, shifting the responsibility of identifying and interpreting source misuse from teachers to technology, and compelling students to agree to licensing agreements that threaten their privacy and rights to their own intellectual property;

Whereas plagiarism detection services potentially negatively change the role of the writing teacher; construct ill-conceived notions of originality and writing; disavow the complexities of writing in and with networked, digital technologies; and treat students as non-writers; and

Whereas composition teacher-scholars can intervene and combat the potential negative influences of PDSs by educating colleagues about the realities of plagiarism and the troubling outcomes of using PDSs; advocating actively against the adoption of such services; modeling and sharing ideas for productive writing pedagogy; and conducting research into alternative pedagogical strategies to address plagiarism, including honor codes and process pedagogy;

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Conference on College Composition and Communication commends institutions who offer sound pedagogical alternatives to the use of PDSs and encourages institutions who use PDSs to implement practices that are in the best interest of their students, including notifying students at the beginning of the term that the service will be used; providing students a non-coercive and convenient opt-out process; and inviting students to submit drafts to the service before turning in final text.

Sense of the House Motions

S1. Given documented problems and limitations with automated essay scoring in high-stakes testing, BE IT RESOLVED that CCCC appoint a task force to develop a position statement strongly opposing the practice and a white paper to educate the public on the consequences of automated essay scoring in testing.