We’re accepting proposals for a scholarly anthology on the impact of generative AI on all aspects of WPA work. The capsule description is below and the full CFP is here.
Please direct questions to me or my colleague George Cusack (gcusack) off-list. Have a great weekend!
Best,
Julie
Julie Nelson Christoph, Ph.D. | Professor of English and Director of the Center for Writing and Learning
Secretary and 2024 Conference Chair, National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing
UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND
1500 N. Warner St. #1045
Tacoma, WA 98416-1045
Artificial Intelligence and Writing Program Administration: Sustainable Approaches to a Rapidly Changing Future
Editors:
Julie Christoph, Professor of English, University of Puget Sound
George Cusack, Director of Writing Across the Curriculum, Carleton College
Kara Wittman, Associate Professor of Teaching, University of California Berkeley
Overview:
We are soliciting 500-word chapter proposals for a first-of-its-kind anthology exploring the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) on WPA work.
This anthology will explore the ways that WPAs in a variety of positions and at a variety of institutions have redefined their roles in response to GAI. Though the individual essays will be rooted in discussions, policies, and pedagogical approaches the authors have already developed, the focus of the anthology will be forward-looking. In particular, we will explore ways that the skills and values at the heart of higher education and composition studies can lead WPAs and their institutions to coherent, sustainable, and equitable responses to GAI. We therefore particularly seek essays that engage the broader issues that generative GAI technology raises, such as educational equity, content bias, and questions of originality and authorship, and that look past the present moment to imagine long-term practices or strategies.
To include as many voices as possible, we encourage co-authored pieces, especially pieces that represent similar WPA roles (WAC, writing centers, FYS/FYC programs) at different types of institutions (R1s, SLACs, 2-year colleges, tribal colleges, HBCUs, etc.). Potential contributors might seek interested counterparts via the WPA-L listserv or similar channels.
Deadline: October 21, 2024