Conference Schedule

Building Community and Connections

Time	Session
8-8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast Regnier Center (RC) Atrium
8:30-8:50 a.m.	Welcome RC 101 Mickey McCloud, JCCC Provost Gurbhushan Singh, JCCC Chief Academic Officer Opening Remarks by Miguel Morales, Lambda Literary Fellow
9-10 a.m.	Session I Session 1A (RC 101A) Literacy and Literature of Kansas City From the Archives to Action: Writing Based on Our Community Session 1B (RC 101B) Empowering Community College Students Through Service-learning: Insights from JCCC's Philosophy Department, Honors Program, and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Department Session 1C (RC 157) Building a Legacy of Sustainability in Community Session 1D (RC 183) Developing Strong Communities Through Service-learning Initiatives Writing for Local Environmental Nonprofit Organizations Session 1E (RC 145) Zines, Pronounced "Zeens" – Crafting Community and Participatory Culture in the Classroom Student Perceptions of Community in an Open-ended, Text-centered Literature Seminar
10:10-11:10 a.m.	Session II Session 2A (RC 101A) Creating Inclusive Classroom Communities Through Un-grading Session 2B (RC 101B) Building Language Communities in Composition, English, and Spanish Classrooms Session 2C (RC 157) "Fiction That Looks Different:" Empowering Autistic Writers in the Classroom Community Diaspora, Inafa'maolek, and Composition: CHamoru Culture and Community-building in First-year Writing (FYW) Session 2D (RC 183) Flexible Groupings in Chile and Tracking Students in the USA: Two Different Perspectives in Education Illuminating Hidden Architects: The Role of Paratext in Online Community Building Session 2E (RC 145) Belonging Through Celebration of Uniqueness: Building Community in the Writing Classroom
11:10-11:30 a.m.	Coffee Break RC Atrium
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Session III Session 3A (RC 101A) Finding Balance With AI Somewhere Between All or Nothing Session 3B (RC 101B) Gen Z Teaching Gen Z: Achieving Connection and Community in a Technological World Session 3C (RC 157) In My Swift Lit Era: Connecting Past & Present Literature to a 21st Century Audience Session 3D (RC 183) From Seducer to Groomer: Contrasting the Form, Content and Reception of Two Coming-of-Age Comics by Queer Cartoonists The First Five Days Session 3E (RC 145) Awareness of Difference: Diversity Trainings in Tutoring Spaces Outreach: Connecting Communities or Copping Out? Session 3F (RC 144) "Can You See Me? Can You Hear Me?" Classroom Culture and Virtual Learning Teaching Texts That Inspire Community
12:40-2:10 p.m.	Lunch and Keynote with Stacey Waite Remarks by Brian Shawver, Dean, English and Journalism Division, Johnson County Community College Hare & Bell Award Recognition by Kara Kynion, Writing Center Director, Johnson County Community College Keynote Introduction by Marianne Kunkel, Assistant Professor, English, Johnson County Community College Keynote — Getting Disorganized: Queer Perspectives on Writing and Teaching Stacey Waite, University of Nebraska—Lincoln Part pedagogical praxis, part narrative, part poetry, this keynote will both explore and demonstrate queer perspectives on what it means to teach writing and what it means to compose writing in the first place. Positioning queer as both identities and methodologies, the keynote will invite listeners to ask: “What would it mean to teach and write in queerer ways? What might classroom spaces and writing communities learn from engaging such practices?” Challenging some normative and traditional classroom practices is an exciting place to begin!
2:10-2:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks

9th Annual Conference

Building Community and Connections

Friday, April 12, 2024
8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Location:
Johnson County Community College
12345 College Blvd.
Overland Park, KS 66210
Regnier Center
Map and parking

Contact:
Andrea Broomfield,
Chair, English Department
Email

2024 Conference Program (PDF)

Conference Schedule

Building Community and Connections

Continental Breakfast

Welcome

Session I

Session II

Coffee Break

Session III

Lunch and Keynote with Stacey Waite

Keynote — Getting Disorganized: Queer Perspectives on Writing and Teaching

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