Bridging Inquiries:
UNC Charlotte | September 12, 2014
Research, Process, and Literacy
From High School to Higher Ed
8:30-9:00
Breakfast and Registration, Second Floor Atrium
9:00-9:15
Opening and Welcome, Lecture Hall
Dr. Joan Mullin, University Writing Program Executive Director, UNC Charlotte
9:15-10:15
Keynote Address, Lecture Hall
Dr. Lil Brannon, UNC Charlotte Writing Project Director, Professor of English and Education
“Bridging Inquiries: Research, Process, and Literacy”
10:30-11:45 Breakout Session I
“Partners in Inquiry: What Happens When 5th Graders and College Freshmen Write
Together?” (Room 805)
Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh, UNC Charlotte; Shannon Young, UNC Charlotte; Zach Yeager, UNC
Charlotte
“Building Bridges in Life, Personal and Academic Identities, and Writing” (Room 806)
Mary Ellen Muesing, UNC Charlotte; Lynn Raymond, UNC Charlotte
“In Response to Responding to College Student Writing: An Inquiry” (Room 904)
Mary-Elizabeth Greene, UNC Charlotte; Suzanne Ingram, UNC Charlotte
Panel Presentations (Room 804)
“Understanding Students’ Perceptions of Teachers and Teaching”
Meaghan Rand, UNC Charlotte
“Grading Contracts: My Next Step in a Grade-less Writing Course”
Jan Rieman, UNC Charlotte
*This conference was made possible through the generous sponsorship of the publishing companies listed on the back of this program.
Please make some time during the conference to visit the book fair and browse their collections.
Bridging Inquiries:
UNC Charlotte | September 12, 2014
Research, Process, and Literacy
From High School to Higher Ed
12:00-1:00
Lunch, Discussion, and Book Vendors, Second Floor Atrium*
1:00-2:15
Breakout Session II
“Writer’s Club Workshop” (Room 804)
Angela Craig, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library; Holly Summers, Charlotte Mecklenburg
Library
“I Live for the Applause: Using Pop Culture in the Writing Classroom” (Room 805)
Emilia Grant, UNC Charlotte
“On the Road with Students and Inquiry” (Room 806)
Linda Hofmann, UNC Charlotte; Stephanie Otis, UNC Charlotte
“Preserving Prose: Approaches to Balancing Multimodal Elements in Assignments” (Room
904)
Cat Mahaffey, UNC Charlotte; Beth Caruso, UNC Charlotte; Diane Gromelski, UNC Charlotte
2:15-2:30
Break: Coffee, Sweets, and Conversation
2:30-3:45
Roundtable Session, Lecture Hall
“Building Bridges through Inquiry and Discussion”
Moderator, Dr. Joan Mullin, UNC Charlotte
Roundtable: Current Questions and Continuing Conversations
Leaders: Justin Cary, UNC Charlotte; Cat Mahaffey, UNC Charlotte; Meaghan Rand, UNC
Charlotte
3:45-4:00
Certificates, Second Floor Atrium
For more information and ideas on inquiry, please visit the UNC Charlotte University Writing Program Website: http://writing.uncc.edu