AEPL 2024 Summer Symposium
Enacting Empathy in the Classroom and Beyond
Thurs, June 13 – Fri, June 14
10:30am – 4:30pm Eastern
on Zoom
The Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning invites teachers of writing and literature at the secondary and college levels to come together on Zoom this summer for a two-day symposium dedicated to the practice of empathy in the classroom and beyond.
The symposium will be keynoted by Lisa Blankenship and Eric Leake, authors of Changing the Subject: A Theory of Rhetorical Empathy and Difficult Empathy and Rhetorical Encounters, respectively. Lisa and Eric also are editing two collections in progress on empathy, difference, and the teaching of writing.
There will be a wonderful range of panels, 30-minute workshops, and hour-long plenary sessions both days. Please join us by registering as soon as possible through the form linked here. Attendees must be current members of AEPL to register. Tiered memberships are available for full-time faculty, part-time faculty, faculty emerita, and students. AEPL provides full-scholarship/no-cost memberships to anyone for whom the fees present a barrier to participation. We value your ideas and are committed to providing access to our programs to everyone interested in exploring expanded perspectives on learning.
All registrants will receive Zoom details in the days before the symposium. Please share this announcement and registration link with your colleagues. Non-presenting attendees are very welcome!
The full schedule is linked here and will be updated with biographies of our presenters in the next few weeks.