Dear Colleagues in Composition,
We are inviting proposals for our 2027 Sponsored Panel for the Cognition and Writing Special Interest Group. This year we will focus on how cognition and writing studies help us to imagine and design writing futures. What possible, plausible, probable, and preferable futures for writing do we see through the lens of cognition?
Though cognitivism and social constructivism were once a defining debate in the field, current scholarship draws on integrated frameworks (i.e., social neuroscience, interpersonal neurobiology, psychology, bilingual brain studies) to understand the relationship between cognition and writing.
Potential proposals might address the following areas:
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Pedagogy & Social Neuroscience
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Evaluation of AI Use (assistive & generative) & Learning/Brain Sciences
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Literacy studies & Neural Networks
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Wellbeing studies & Integrated Brains
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Second language composition & Bilingual Brain Studies
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Neurodiversity & Assessment Practices
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Transfer & Memory Storage
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Reflection & Psychological Health
Submission Deadlines:
Sunday, May 18th at noon (EST) – Deadline for submitting a proposal to the Cognition and Writing SIG
Monday, May 19th – Proposal decision meeting
Wednesday, May 27th – CCCC Submission deadline
Submit your proposal for our SIG using this google form.
See also CCCC 2027 General Call for Proposals
We are quite happy to receive panel ideas from all who are interested: graduate students, tenure- and non-tenure track faculty, independent scholars, administrators of writing programs/writing centers. We look forward to reviewing your proposals. As chair this year, please reach out to me directly at bonnie.vidrine-isbell with questions.
Best,
Bonnie
Bonnie Vidrine-Isbell, Ph.D.
Director, English Language Program
Associate Professor, Department of English
Biola University, 13800 Biola Ave
La Mirada, CA 90639