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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Apologies for cross-posting. Attached and pasted below please find the CFP for
Corridors: The Great Lakes Writing and Rhetoric Conference 2019, which will be
held at Oakland University on September 28, 2019. This is a small regional
conference for writing teachers/scholars in the state of Michigan and surrounding Great
Lakes states. If you teach in or near Michigan in the Great Lakes region, please consider submitting a
proposal and/or planning to attend.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Megan
Schoen<span></span></span></p>
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Professor of Writing and Rhetoric <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Director
of First-Year Writing<span></span></span></p>
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University<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Call for Proposals</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Corridors 2019</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">:<b>
The Great Lakes Writing and Rhetoric Conference @ Oakland University</b></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 14pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Proposal deadline: Friday, August 16</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:14pt 0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The
Department of Writing and Rhetoric at Oakland University invites you to propose
ideas for the third annual <b>Corridors: The Great Lakes Writing and Rhetoric
Conference</b> on <b>September 28, 2019</b> in Rochester, Michigan. The
Corridors Conference emerged from and reimagines the WIDE-EMU (un)conference
co-sponsored by the Eastern Michigan University Written Communication program
and the Michigan State University Center for Research on Writing, Information,
and Digital Experience from 2012-2016. An (un)conference is like most other
conferences, only this one is FREE (!) to attend. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 14pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">While we welcome all proposals, we encourage
proposals that respond to this year's conference theme:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 14pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">How Does Writing “Engage”?</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 14pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This year’s conference theme emphasizes
engagement, broadly conceived. Some possible questions your presentation might
address include: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How does our own writing help
to engage the world and our surrounding communities (through research,
scholarship, or creative work)?<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How do we engage students in
and out of the writing classroom?<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How can we use technology to
engage students in F2F, online, and hybrid class formats?<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How do we engage with the many
challenges to the teaching and learning of writing?<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How do we engage with
colleagues to collaborate on innovative writing curricula?<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How do we engage with publics
to connect our academic work with the wider world?<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How can we incorporate civic
and community engagement into writing classes we teach?<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How do we engage in writing
with our students?<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How can we engage with primary
school and secondary school writing teachers to promote student success?<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How do we engage with the
inequities of contingent labor to enact advocacy?<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How can writing program
administrators support civic engagement for instructors and students?<span></span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 14pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 14pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Session Formats</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 14pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We invite proposals configured to fit the
following session formats.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Talk</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">—Talk sessions feature up to four 12-minute segments
for speakers giving traditional conference presentations.<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Make/Do</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">—Make/Do sessions feature demonstrations or guided acts
of creation as the outcomes, like a workshop. Propose a session in which
participants will "make" something such as a web site, a lesson
plan, a manifesto, syllabus, etc. Or propose a session focused on the
"how to" related to a software application or pedagogical
approach. One speaker or group leads the full session.<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 14pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Collaborate</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">—Collaborate
sessions feature roundtable discussions focused on the conference
theme of “engagement,” broadly conceived. Discussion will spark from
five-minute, evocative conversation starters presented by up to 8-10
speakers per session. <span></span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 14pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Each session runs 75 minutes. Space will also be
available for <i>ad hoc</i>, on-the-fly, spontaneous discussion, action, and
collaboration.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 14pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Click on the link below<span style="background:yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%"></span>
to view the conference website and submit your proposal:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 14pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://sites.google.com/oakland.edu/corridors-greatlakes-2019" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/oakland.edu/corridors-greatlakes-2019</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 14pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
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