Dear Colleagues,
Lisa Blankenship and I co-chair the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning (AEPL) standing group. We are planning a sponsored panel on spirituality in the writing classroom for CCCC 2025 (in preparation for AEPL’s planned summer 2025 conference on Spiritual Traditions in the Classroom). The panel will address questions such as:
-How might diverse spiritual traditions, including secular forms of spirituality, work with and remix collaboration and creativity in the writing classroom?
-How does spirituality serve as a B-side to teaching and writing?
-What are the benefits, limitations, and strategies for engaging spirituality in the writing classroom, and how do these vary depending on world events and institutional contexts?
-How might writing pedagogy incorporate spiritual traditions to address issues of social justice and diversity? How might we reclaim spirituality as a pedagogical practice?
-What genres of spiritual writing are most appropriate and effective for inclusion in the writing classroom?
-How does spirituality intersect with established forms of academic writing, such as research-based arguments, rhetorical analysis, literacy narratives, and reflective writing?
-How might spiritual traditions work with pedagogies focused on the environment and community collaborations?
-What are the connections between spirituality and the lives of writing teachers?
If you are interested in being a part of this panel, please send a short description of your intended presentation (100 – 200 words) to eleake by May 22. Feel free to email me with any questions.
Thank you,
Eric Leake
Eric Leake, Ph.D.
MARC Director, Associate Professor
Department of English
Texas State University