From the CCCC Newcomers’ Welcoming Committee:
With pleasure, the CCCC Newcomers’ Welcoming Committee welcomes all of you to the 2026 CCCC Annual Convention, but especially new members and first-time attendees. We have planned several events that we hope will help you get the most out of this Convention. (These events and their locations are listed in the Special Events schedules in the program.)
On Wednesday, our committee will host an Orientation Session (5:15–6:15 p.m., Room 205 A, Floor 2, Atrium, Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland), where we will discuss how to navigate the Convention, how to use the program effectively, how to participate in the Convention’s many events, and how to meet others. We also look forward to meeting you at the Newcomers’ Coffee Hour on Thursday (7:30–8:15 a.m., 26 B, Ballroom Level, Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland), a congenial start to the first full day of activities, where you can begin the kinds of professional conversations that have made this Convention one of the high points of the year for each of us.
We also hope that you will attend the Think-Tank (Thursday, 4:45–6:00 p.m., Room 26 C, Ballroom Level, Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland) for proposing presentations and panels for the 2027 CCCC Annual Convention. At this session, you will have the opportunity to brainstorm initial ideas regarding papers and sessions, meet with other newcomers interested in similar topics, and also meet with established scholars in our field with expertise in the various program clusters in rhetoric, composition, and communication studies. These scholars will serve as facilitators, helping you conceptualize and frame your proposals.
Throughout the Convention, the Newcomers’ Welcoming Committee members will wear specially marked badges. Please say hello; we are happy to listen to your concerns or answer any questions you have.
With warm good wishes,
The CCCC Newcomers’ Welcoming Committee
Megan Busch, Chair
Jessica Jorgenson Borchert
Kate Comer
Alex Evans
Michael Harker
Wytinsea Jones
Travis Margoni
Dylan Maroney
Ben McCorkle
Eliot Parker
Ellen Payne
Lynn Reid
Michael Rifenburg
Matt Rome
Katie Silvester
Christine Tulley
