Dear colleagues,
I’m writing to share information about an upcoming event hosted by the Council of Writing Program Administrators which continues to unpack the "Five Knowledge Domains of First-Year Composition (4.0)."
This event, the second in our series, explores the second knowledge domain, conventions and language. It is co-led by members of the CWPA Executive Board and the Task Force who authored the Domains Statement. Here’s a closer look:
Whose Rules? Conventions, Language, and Power in the Writing Classroom
This session unpacks Domain 2 of the WPA Statement on the Five Knowledge Domains, examining how conventions and language are negotiated rather than fixed, and why instruction that privileges Standard English risks overlooking students’ full linguistic assets. Presenters will ground participants in the field’s current thinking on linguistic justice before turning to practical, program-level work: examining how existing SLOs do or don’t attend to multimodality and disability, grounding language choices in institutional mission statements, and exploring how primary and secondary outcomes can carry different kinds of risk and possibility depending on local constraints. Throughout, presenters will highlight how Genre and Accessibility and Disability intersect with conventions work, and participants will leave with concrete strategies — and a draft outcome — suited to their own institutional context. Free for CWPA members; $25 for non-members.
Presenters:
- Talisha Haltiwanger Morrison
- Al Harahap
- Bernice Olivas
- Amanda Presswood
This event will take place on Zoom on September 22 from 3-4:15pm ET. The event is free for members and available for $25 for non-members. We hope to see you there as we continue to think together about this important work. Here’s a link to register and learn more: CWPA | Upcoming Events
Cheers,
Erin Lehman
Professor of English
IvyOnline Faculty Lead for ASE
Past President for CWPA
Ivy Tech Community College – Systems Office
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