Composition Studies
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An academic journal dedicated to the range of professional practices associated with rhetoric and composition.
Taken together, these choices treat virtual conferencing not as a compromise, but as a way to live out our commitments to access, equity, and global dialogue.
Read the full article in Composition Studies 53.1
🔗 bit.ly/wwa-living
Read the full article in Composition Studies 53.1
🔗 bit.ly/wwa-living
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Taken together, these choices treat virtual conferencing not as a compromise, but as a way to live out our commitments to access, equity, and global dialogue.
Read the full article in Composition Studies 53.1
🔗 bit.ly/wwa-living
Read the full article in Composition Studies 53.1
🔗 bit.ly/wwa-living
Accessibility isn’t an add-on here.
The conference builds in a living accessibility guide for presenters, auto-captioned sessions, time-zone-aware scheduling, and volunteer committees that mentor presenters and moderate sessions.
The conference builds in a living accessibility guide for presenters, auto-captioned sessions, time-zone-aware scheduling, and volunteer committees that mentor presenters and moderate sessions.
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Accessibility isn’t an add-on here.
The conference builds in a living accessibility guide for presenters, auto-captioned sessions, time-zone-aware scheduling, and volunteer committees that mentor presenters and moderate sessions.
The conference builds in a living accessibility guide for presenters, auto-captioned sessions, time-zone-aware scheduling, and volunteer committees that mentor presenters and moderate sessions.
Their case study: the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE).
GSOLE’s all-virtual conference uses low-cost registration, IDEA-supported funding, and global scheduling to bring more online literacy educators into the conversation.
GSOLE’s all-virtual conference uses low-cost registration, IDEA-supported funding, and global scheduling to bring more online literacy educators into the conversation.
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Their case study: the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE).
GSOLE’s all-virtual conference uses low-cost registration, IDEA-supported funding, and global scheduling to bring more online literacy educators into the conversation.
GSOLE’s all-virtual conference uses low-cost registration, IDEA-supported funding, and global scheduling to bring more online literacy educators into the conversation.
The authors point out that virtual conferences are often treated as “less than.”
But when travel costs, caregiving, disability, and contingent pay keep people out, virtual formats can widen the room—who speaks, who listens, and who can afford to be there.
But when travel costs, caregiving, disability, and contingent pay keep people out, virtual formats can widen the room—who speaks, who listens, and who can afford to be there.
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The authors point out that virtual conferences are often treated as “less than.”
But when travel costs, caregiving, disability, and contingent pay keep people out, virtual formats can widen the room—who speaks, who listens, and who can afford to be there.
But when travel costs, caregiving, disability, and contingent pay keep people out, virtual formats can widen the room—who speaks, who listens, and who can afford to be there.
In “Living Our Principles: Designing an Accessible and Inclusive Virtual Conference,” Theresa Evans, Kevin E. DePew, Amy Cicchino, and Cat Mahaffey share how GSOLE builds an all-virtual conference around equity and participation.
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In “Living Our Principles: Designing an Accessible and Inclusive Virtual Conference,” Theresa Evans, Kevin E. DePew, Amy Cicchino, and Cat Mahaffey share how GSOLE builds an all-virtual conference around equity and participation.
The Why:TYCA National isn’t just a conference.
It’s a blueprint for more equitable, more humane professional development—one that centers belonging across institutional lines.
Read the full article in Composition Studies 53.1
🔗 bit.ly/WWA_TYCA
It’s a blueprint for more equitable, more humane professional development—one that centers belonging across institutional lines.
Read the full article in Composition Studies 53.1
🔗 bit.ly/WWA_TYCA
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Why:TYCA National isn’t just a conference.
It’s a blueprint for more equitable, more humane professional development—one that centers belonging across institutional lines.
Read the full article in Composition Studies 53.1
🔗 bit.ly/WWA_TYCA
It’s a blueprint for more equitable, more humane professional development—one that centers belonging across institutional lines.
Read the full article in Composition Studies 53.1
🔗 bit.ly/WWA_TYCA
The Challenge: The “great divide” between community-college and four-year institutions still shapes our field.
TYCA National models what it looks like to bridge that divide through care, coalition-building, and advocacy.
TYCA National models what it looks like to bridge that divide through care, coalition-building, and advocacy.
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Challenge: The “great divide” between community-college and four-year institutions still shapes our field.
TYCA National models what it looks like to bridge that divide through care, coalition-building, and advocacy.
TYCA National models what it looks like to bridge that divide through care, coalition-building, and advocacy.
The Shift: Then the pandemic hit.
TYCA went digital—and access widened: lower cost, fewer travel hurdles, more space for contingent, caregiving, disabled, and rural colleagues.
TYCA went digital—and access widened: lower cost, fewer travel hurdles, more space for contingent, caregiving, disabled, and rural colleagues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Shift: Then the pandemic hit.
TYCA went digital—and access widened: lower cost, fewer travel hurdles, more space for contingent, caregiving, disabled, and rural colleagues.
TYCA went digital—and access widened: lower cost, fewer travel hurdles, more space for contingent, caregiving, disabled, and rural colleagues.
The Origin: TYCA National didn’t start as a national conference.
It grew from regional meetups into a 2019 launch designed by and for open-access literacy educators—community first, titles second.
It grew from regional meetups into a 2019 launch designed by and for open-access literacy educators—community first, titles second.
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Origin: TYCA National didn’t start as a national conference.
It grew from regional meetups into a 2019 launch designed by and for open-access literacy educators—community first, titles second.
It grew from regional meetups into a 2019 launch designed by and for open-access literacy educators—community first, titles second.
Conferences build our field, but they don’t have to build barriers.
Read Adisa & Condon in Composition Studies 53.1: bit.ly/www-future
💬 What’s one thing you love about conferences—and one thing you’d change to make them more equitable?
Read Adisa & Condon in Composition Studies 53.1: bit.ly/www-future
💬 What’s one thing you love about conferences—and one thing you’d change to make them more equitable?
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October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Conferences build our field, but they don’t have to build barriers.
Read Adisa & Condon in Composition Studies 53.1: bit.ly/www-future
💬 What’s one thing you love about conferences—and one thing you’d change to make them more equitable?
Read Adisa & Condon in Composition Studies 53.1: bit.ly/www-future
💬 What’s one thing you love about conferences—and one thing you’d change to make them more equitable?
Freestanding conferencing could happen right where we already gather:
YouTube, Substack, Bluesky.
It’s time to meet audiences where they are and keep ideas circulating beyond the convention hall.
YouTube, Substack, Bluesky.
It’s time to meet audiences where they are and keep ideas circulating beyond the convention hall.
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Freestanding conferencing could happen right where we already gather:
YouTube, Substack, Bluesky.
It’s time to meet audiences where they are and keep ideas circulating beyond the convention hall.
YouTube, Substack, Bluesky.
It’s time to meet audiences where they are and keep ideas circulating beyond the convention hall.
Or regional and pop-up conferences expand reach while lowering barriers.
They’re quick, nimble, and grounded in community needs—a return to conferencing as conversation, not competition.
They’re quick, nimble, and grounded in community needs—a return to conferencing as conversation, not competition.
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Or regional and pop-up conferences expand reach while lowering barriers.
They’re quick, nimble, and grounded in community needs—a return to conferencing as conversation, not competition.
They’re quick, nimble, and grounded in community needs—a return to conferencing as conversation, not competition.
Imagine a one-day, co-sponsored conference between nearby colleges—recorded talks, shared workshops, open access to ideas.
That’s professional validation without the price tag.
That’s professional validation without the price tag.
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Imagine a one-day, co-sponsored conference between nearby colleges—recorded talks, shared workshops, open access to ideas.
That’s professional validation without the price tag.
That’s professional validation without the price tag.
They propose four ways to rethink conferencing:
1️⃣ Sponsor local, campus-based gatherings.
2️⃣ Go regional to go further.
3️⃣ Think small, move fast with pop-ups.
4️⃣ Meet where we already are—on digital platforms.
1️⃣ Sponsor local, campus-based gatherings.
2️⃣ Go regional to go further.
3️⃣ Think small, move fast with pop-ups.
4️⃣ Meet where we already are—on digital platforms.
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
They propose four ways to rethink conferencing:
1️⃣ Sponsor local, campus-based gatherings.
2️⃣ Go regional to go further.
3️⃣ Think small, move fast with pop-ups.
4️⃣ Meet where we already are—on digital platforms.
1️⃣ Sponsor local, campus-based gatherings.
2️⃣ Go regional to go further.
3️⃣ Think small, move fast with pop-ups.
4️⃣ Meet where we already are—on digital platforms.
Right now, national conferences too often privilege who can afford to travel, take time off, or navigate inaccessible spaces.
Adisa and Condon ask: what if professional validation didn’t depend on boarding a plane?
Adisa and Condon ask: what if professional validation didn’t depend on boarding a plane?
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Right now, national conferences too often privilege who can afford to travel, take time off, or navigate inaccessible spaces.
Adisa and Condon ask: what if professional validation didn’t depend on boarding a plane?
Adisa and Condon ask: what if professional validation didn’t depend on boarding a plane?
If we want equitable writing classrooms, we must rethink how and why we regulate behavior — not just what we grade.
🔗 Read Gomes’s full piece: bit.ly/CS53-1
💬 What expectations—spoken or unspoken—shape how students show up in your classroom?
🔗 Read Gomes’s full piece: bit.ly/CS53-1
💬 What expectations—spoken or unspoken—shape how students show up in your classroom?
October 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If we want equitable writing classrooms, we must rethink how and why we regulate behavior — not just what we grade.
🔗 Read Gomes’s full piece: bit.ly/CS53-1
💬 What expectations—spoken or unspoken—shape how students show up in your classroom?
🔗 Read Gomes’s full piece: bit.ly/CS53-1
💬 What expectations—spoken or unspoken—shape how students show up in your classroom?
He invites us to imagine culturally sustaining pedagogies that:
✨ Center plural literacies
✨ Value diverse linguistic practices
✨ Challenge how schools define ‘good behavior’
✨ Center plural literacies
✨ Value diverse linguistic practices
✨ Challenge how schools define ‘good behavior’
October 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
He invites us to imagine culturally sustaining pedagogies that:
✨ Center plural literacies
✨ Value diverse linguistic practices
✨ Challenge how schools define ‘good behavior’
✨ Center plural literacies
✨ Value diverse linguistic practices
✨ Challenge how schools define ‘good behavior’
Gomes argues that these “behavioral” expectations aren’t neutral. They often reflect White, able-bodied, middle-class norms that don’t align with all students’ realities.
October 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Gomes argues that these “behavioral” expectations aren’t neutral. They often reflect White, able-bodied, middle-class norms that don’t align with all students’ realities.
Contract grading doesn’t just assess writing. It regulates behavior—how students act, participate, and even think about writing.”
October 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Contract grading doesn’t just assess writing. It regulates behavior—how students act, participate, and even think about writing.”