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Editor
Kimberly A. Bain, Palm Beach Atlantic University
Kimberly_Bain@pba.edu
Kimberly A. Bain served as chair of the Task Force to Revise the CCCC Statement of Professional Guidance for New Faculty Members. She has also served as an editorial intern for the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction with the University of North Texas Press. Her research focuses on multimodal pedagogies of composition as well as access and linguistic considerations in writing center work. Her work has been published in Composition Studies and Praxis: A Writing Center Journal. Her editorial vision for Forum centers on considerations for part-time and contingent faculty that are otherwise overlooked in higher education. In particular, the impact on part-time and contingent faculty must be addressed in issues including new technology integration, record-low enrollment rates, reduced job vacancies, and increasing institutional closures in higher education. Moreover, part-time and contingent faculty are often at the heart of writing instruction in higher learning, and identifying the issues they face can shed light on the evolution of postsecondary education in modern contexts.

Editorial Board
Michaela Alderman, Palm Beach Atlantic University
Anicca Cox, University of New Mexico–Valencia Campus
Jacqueline D. Mullen, Florida Atlantic University
Liliana M. Naydan, Penn State Abington

Production Editor
Tom Tiller, NCTE

Permissions
permissions@ncte.org

Director of Publications
Dyan Urquhart, NCTE

Forum Homepage

Trace Daniels-Lerberg, editor of FORUM, welcomes you to submit essays related to the teaching, working conditions, professional life, activism, and perspectives of non-tenure-track faculty. Faculty and scholars from all academic positions are welcome to contribute. Of special interest are research, analyses, and strategies grounded in local contexts, given that labor conditions and the needs of contingent faculty vary greatly with geography, institutional settings, and personal circumstances.

Essays should address theoretical and/or disciplinary debates. They will go through the standard peer review and revision process. For further information please contact Trace Daniels-Lerberg at trace.daniels@utah.edu.

Submit your work electronically to trace.daniels@utah.edu. Put the words “FORUM article” in your subject line. Submissions should include the following information:

• your name
• your title(s)
• your institution(s)
• home address and phone number; institutional address(es) and phone number(s)
• if applicable, venue(s) where submission was first published or presented previously

Responsibilities

• Serve on the nominating committee for one year, beginning officially upon
  election (in October) and completing the roster of candidates by the following
  May 1. One Chair will be determined by incoming members and reported to the Chair of CCCC within two weeks of election results.
• Work with the Nominating Committee Chair to solicit nominations from CCCC members.
• Initiate suggestions for nominations, individually and as a group.
• Attend the open meeting and the closed meeting of the nominating committee at the CCCC Annual Convention (usually on Friday afternoon). CCCC does not provide funds for committee members to attend the meeting.
• Work within standard policies of NCTE and CCCC on multiple roles, involvement of people of color, and related matters.
• Advise the following years nominating committee.

 

Candidates agree not to campaign during the election process.

NCTE Policy on Campaigning

 

Past CCCC Nominating Committee Members

 

Click here to go back to the main CCCC Election page.

Forum: Issues about Part-Time and Full-Time Contingent Faculty is a peer-reviewed publication concerning working conditions, professional life, activism, and perspectives of non-tenure-track faculty in college composition and communication. It is published twice annually (alternately in CCC and TETYC) and is sponsored by the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Faculty and scholars from all academic positions are welcome to contribute.

Editor
The new Forum editor, Kimberly A. Bain, has begun reading submissions, and the journal will resume publication in fall 2025. Submissions can be sent directly to the editor at Kimberly_Bain@pba.edu.

 

Getting to Portland…

Save up to 10% on your travel by using NCTE’s discount code with Delta!

Reservations and ticketing are available via Delta’s Website. Select “Book a Trip” and then enter meeting code NMNKJ in the box provided.

Reservations may also be made by calling Delta Meeting reservations at 800-328-1111, Monday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. CDT.

 

Getting around Portland…

Use the Tri-Met MAX Light Rail System.

The MAX Light Rail System is Portland’s public transportation system that consists of buses, street cars, and light rail trains. It’s inexpensive and very convenient. If you are staying in a hotel reserved through the NCTE/CCCC housing block, you will receive two complimentary passes per room.

 

 

1. To take action!

As writing professionals, the subject of our work — writing — is at often the center of discussions about teaching, students, and learning. Share your successes and learn new strategies from others!

You can:

• Participate in the Taking Action Workshops!
• Visit the Action Hub!

 

2. To develop new approaches to teaching and research!

You’ll help others develop their ideas and bring home new ones for your own work!

You can:

• Choose from  the 406 concurrent sessions, 53 poster sessions, 31 roundtable discussions, and more taking place at the convention.
• View handouts and contribute your own via the Online Searchable Program.
• Attend a full- or half-day preconvention workshop (morning or afternoon) to dive deeply into a topic.

 

3.  To make connections!

CCCC’s Special Interest Groups, caucuses, and informal talking times offer great opportunities to make connections with others and around issues important to you!

You can:

• Explore the online program for meetings of special interest groups and caucuses.
• Connect with those offering the latest resources in the CCCC Exhibit Hall.
• Network with other attendees during social events in the area. See the local website for more information on these opportunities.
• Strike up valuable conversations simply standing in line for coffee!

  

Why do others attend?

Each year, educators and researchers from around the world attend the CCCC Annual Convention for a multitude of different reasons. These include:

• Topical range of convention sessions
• Exposure to new concepts/cutting edge ideas
• Access to information for teaching and scholarship
• Chance to make professional contacts/renew connections
• Meeting new colleagues and networking
• Visiting the exhibit hall of professional materials

Are you attending CCCC 2016?  Share YOUR reasons for attending on social media using the hashtag #4C16!

  

2026

RAsheda Young, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Chair
Estee Beck, University of California Merced
Christina M. LaVecchia, University of Cincinnati
Todd Ruecker, Colorado State University
Ja’La J. Wourman, Howard University

2025

Marcela Hebbard, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Chair
G. Edzordzi Agbozo, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Laura L. Allen, York University
Jacob Babb, Appalachian State University
Marilee Brooks-Gillies, Alma College

2024

Esther Milu, University of Central Florida, Chair
Nancy Bou Ayash, University of Washington, Seattle
Jessica Edwards, University of Delaware
Gabriel I. Green, Xavier University of Louisiana
Teresa Grettano, The University of Scranton

2023

Eunjeong Lee, Assistant Professor of English, University of Houston, Texas, Chair
Forster Kudjo Agama, Professor of English, Tallahassee Community College, Florida
Quanisha Charles, Associate Professor of English, North Central College, IL
Jada Patchigondla, Lecturer, UCLA Writing Programs, CA
Shane Wood, Assistant Professor of English, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg

2022

RAsheda Young, Rutgers University and New York University, Chair
Adam Hubrig, Sam Houston State University, Texas
Gavin P. Johnson, Christian Brothers University
Lisa King, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Federico Navarro, Universidad de O’Higgins, Chile

2021

Cristina Sanchez-Martin, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Chair
Trent M. Kays, Hampden-Sydney College, VA
Ashanka Kumari, Texas A&M University, Commerce
Hannah J. Rule, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Erin McLaughlin, University of Notre Dame, IN

2020

Jaquetta Shade-Johnson, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK, Chair
Jacob Babb, Indiana University Southeast, Albany
Genevieve Garcia de Mueller, Syracuse University, NY
Mara Lee Grayson, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson
Brooke R. Schreiber, Baruch College (CUNY), New York, NY

2019

James Chase Sanchez, Middlebury College, Vermont, Chair
Jeffrey Klausman, Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, Washington
Rebecca Lorimer Leonard, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Santos Ramos, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan
Rachel Riedner, George Washington University, Washington, DC

2018

Jennifer Wingard, University of Houston, Texas, Chair
Franny Howes, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls
Andrea Malouf, Salt Lake Community College, Utah
Steve Parks, Syracuse University, New York
Andrea Riley Mukavetz, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan

2017

Christie Toth, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Chair
Isabel Baca, University of Texas at El Paso
M. Melissa Elston, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville
Candace Epps-Robertson, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
Lori Ostergaard, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan

2016

Staci M. Perryman-Clark, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Chair
Timothy R. Amidon, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins
Christina V. Cedillo, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Mike Edwards, Washington State University, Pullman
Erika Lindemann, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

2015

Lauren Fitzgerald, Yeshiva University, New York, New York, Chair
Jennifer Richardson Burg, Southern Vermont College, Bennington
Cheryl Glenn, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Clancy Ratliff, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Jim Webber, University of Nevada, Reno

2014

Shirley K. Rose, Arizona State University, Tempe, Chair
Will Banks, Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Derek Mueller, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti
Michelle Bachelor Robinson, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Cheri Lemieux Spiegel, North Virginia Community College, Sterling

2013

Linda Bergmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Chair
Amy Kimme Hea, University of Arizona, Tucson
Seth Kahn, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Elaine Richardson, Ohio State University, Columbus
Rochelle (Shelley) Rodrigo, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

2012

Kelly Ritter, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Chair
Michael Day, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
Zandra L. Jordan, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
Carlos Salinas, University of Texas-El Paso
Blake Scott, University of Central Florida, Orlando

2011

Martine Courant Rife, Lansing Community College, Michigan, Chair
Kay Halasek, Ohio State University, Columbus
Anne Herrington, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Les Perelman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Mya Poe, Penn State University, University Park

2010

William Condon, Washington State University, Pullman, Chair
Damián Baca, University of Arizona, Tucson
Susan K. Miller-Cochran, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Mary P. Sheridan-Rabideau, University of Wyoming, Laramie
Katherine Kelleher Sohn, Pikeville College, Kentucky

2009

Cristina Kirklighter, Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi, Chair
Jennifer Clary-Lemon, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Tom Deans, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Jenn Fishman, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Shirley Wilson Logan, University of Maryland, College Park

2008

William DeGenaro, University of Michigan, Chair
Karen Lunsford, University of California Santa Barbara
Cecilia Rodriguez Milanes, University of Central Florida
Annette Harris Powell, University of Louisville
Howard Tinberg, Bristol Community College

2007

Rebecca Moore Howard, Syracuse University, Chair
Sandie McGill Barnhouse, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
Julie Lindquist, Michigan State University
William J. Macauley, Jr., College of Wooster
Raul Sanchez, University of Florida

2006

Gwendolyn D. Pough, Syracuse University, Chair
Jennifer Beech, University of Tennessee
Paul Heilker, Virginia Tech
Jody Millward, Santa Barbara City College
Charles Schuster, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

2005

Paul M. Puccio, Bloomfield College, Chair
Krita Ratcliffe, Marquette University
Jess Enoch, University of New Hampshire
Irwin Weiser, Purdue University
Jeanne Gunner, Chapman University

2004

Joyce Irene Middleton, St. John Fisher College, Chair
Paula Gillespie, Marquette University
Paul Kei Matsuda, University of New Hampshire
Gail Y. Okawa, Youngstown State University
Ben R. Wiley, St. Petersburg College

2003

Lynn Quitman Troyka, Chair
Lisa Albrecht, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
William Condon, Washington State University, Pullman
James Inman, University of South Florida, Tampa
Morris Young, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

2002

Sidney Dobrin, Chair
Charles Coleman
Donna Reiss
Patricia A. Stephens
Rebecca Taylor

2001

Diana Hacker, Chair
Linda Adler-Kassner
Kay Halasek
Chet Pryor
Peter Vandenberg

2000

Christine R. Farris, Chair
Janice Albert
Susanmarie Harrington
Joseph Janangelo
Rosentene Bennett Purnell

1999

Chris Anson, Chair
Kristine Hansen
Pearl Saunders
Keith Walters
Art Young

1998

Kathleen Blake Yancey, Chair
Akua Duku Anokye
Deboran Brandt
Scott DeWitt
Kay Halasek

1997

Xin Liu Gale, Chair
Gayle Duskin (was elected but didn’t serve)
Diana George
David Jolliffe
Kim Lynch
Nancy Shapiro

1996

Freddy Thomas, Chair
Mara Holt
Linda Johnson
Sarah-Hope Parmeter
Elizabeth Rankin

1995

Susan C. Jarratt, Chair
John Clifford
Donald Cunningham
Christine A. Hult
Shirley Wilson Logan
Teresa M. Purvis

1994

James Reither, Chair
Beth Daniell
Joyce Neff Magnotto
Susan McLeod
Jerrie Cobb Scott

Keynote Speaker:  Jose Antonio Vargas
9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Jose Antonio Vargas  is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and filmmaker whose work centers on the changing American identity. He is the founder of Define American, a nonprofit media and culture organization that seeks to elevate the conversation around immigration and citizenship in America. In 2015, MTV aired White People, a television special he directed on what it means to be young and white in America, as part of its “Look Different” campaign. In February 2016, Vargas launched #EmergingUS, a multimedia news platform he conceived focusing on race, immigration, and the complexities of multiculturalism.

In June 2011, the New York Times Magazine published a groundbreaking essay Vargas wrote in which he revealed and chronicled his life in America as an undocumented immigrant. A year later, he appeared on the cover of TIME magazine worldwide with fellow undocumented immigrants as part of a follow-up cover story he wrote. He then wrote, produced, and directed Documented, a documentary feature film on his undocumented experience. Its world premiere was at the AFI Docs film festival in Washington, DC, in 2013; it was released in theaters and broadcast on CNN in 2014, and it received a 2015 NAACP Image Award nomination for outstanding documentary. Documented is now available on various digital platforms.

Among other accolades Vargas has received are a Public Service Award from the National Council of La Raza, the country’s largest Latino advocacy organization; the Salem Award from the Salem Award Foundation, which draws upon the lessons of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692; and the Freedom to Write Award from PEN Center USA.

A very proud graduate of San Francisco State University ( ‘04), where he was named Alumnus of the Year in 2012, and Mountain View High School (‘00), he loves jazz, hip hop, and anything by Gershwin, and worships at the altars of Altman, Almodóvar, Didion, Baldwin, and Orwell.

  

The following information will be needed to submit your program proposal for CCCC 2026. All proposals must be submitted through the online proposal system by 9:00 a.m. ET on Monday, June 2, 2025.

Type of Session (select one)

• Concurrent Panel (75 minutes, must include 3 or more presenters submitted by the proposer)
• Roundtable Session (75 minutes, must include 3 or more presenters submitted by the proposer
• Engaged Learning Experience (75 minutes)
• Individual 30-Minute Presentation (1 or 2 presenters only, will not be combined)
• Poster
• Half Day Workshop (Wednesday or Saturday)
• Full Day Workshop (Wednesday)
• Standing Group-Sponsored Workshop
• Standing Group-Sponsored Panel
• Special Interest Group/Business Meeting (60 minutes, Thursday or Friday)
• Committee Meeting

Proposal Level (select one)

• Two-year
• Four-year
• Graduate level

Title of Session (no more than 160 characters and spaces)

Abstracted Description (no more than 400 characters and spaces)

Description (no more than 4,000 characters and spaces)

• Briefly describe the goals of the proposed session and the means by which those goals will be pursued. What should the audiences/participants take away from the session, and how will you help them accomplish that goal?
• Do not refer to speakers/performers by name. If more than one presenter is included, identify separate presentations by “Speaker 1” and “Speaker 2.”
• For SIGs, Standing Group, and Workshop proposals, please also specify meeting day and space needs.

Clusters

Please select the most appropriate cluster for your proposal from the list below. Your proposal will be reviewed according to the cluster.

1. First-Year Writing
2. College Writing and Reading
3. Institutions: Labor Issues, Professional Lives, and Survival
4. Writing Programs
5. Writing Centers (including Writing and Speaking Centers)
6. Community, Civic, and Public Contexts of Writing
7. Approaches to Teaching and Learning
8. Inclusion and Access
9. Histories of Rhetoric
10. Creative Writing and Publishing
11. Information Literacy and Technology
12. Language, Literacy, and Culture
13. Professional and Technical Writing
14. Theory, Research Methodologies, and Praxis
15. Antiracism and Social Justice

Sponsored By

If the session will be sponsored by a Standing Group or Special Interest Group, please enter the group name in this field.

Proposal Form Queries
Note: These are for panel, workshop, roundtable, and engaged learning experience sessions – not for individual paper proposals.

Submitters will be asked to note if the following are applicable to the proposal:

• Our proposal includes a multinational slate of presenters or facilitators.
• Our proposal includes presenters and facilitators with diverse career trajectories (e.g., undergraduate and/or graduate students; staff, tenured, tenure-line, and adjunct faculty).
• Our proposal includes presenters or facilitators representing a diversity of identities (Black, Chicanx, Indigenous, Asian, 2SLGBTQIA+, multilingual, transnational, for example).
• Panelists or facilitators in our proposal represent multiple institutions and institutional types.

Participant Information

The following information is needed for each participant:

• Full Name
• Email Address
• Affiliation
• Role
  • Chair
  • Speaker
  • Respondent
  • Roundtable Leader
  • Workshop Facilitator
  • Chair and Speaker
  • Chair and Roundtable Leader
  • Chair and Respondent
  • Workshop Facilitator and Speaker
  • Standing Group or Caucus Chair
  • Special Interest Group Chair
  • Group Leader
• Session or Presentation Title
• Willing to Serve as Documentarian?

Special Note for Proposal Submitters:

• Please note that when you submit a proposal draft, a confirmation email will be sent to the 1st person listed on the proposal submission. Please make sure you, the submitter, is listed first so you receive the email as it will include information on re-entering the proposal system so you can edit the proposal, if needed.