Theme: Vulnerability
All Sessions Online via Zoom
**ALL SESSIONS HELD IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME**
Opening remarks, plenary sessions, and sessions 1A, 2A, 3A: Hosted by Ilse Schweitzer
Session 4A: Hosted by Joyce Meier Session 5: Hosted by Joyce Meier
All “B” sessions: Hosted by Cheryl Caesar
9:00am—9:15am
Welcome and Opening Remarks — MCEA Board Members
9:15am—10:45am
Session 1A Climates, Crises, and Colonization in Literature — Literature
Moderator: Ilse Schweitzer
Colonization, Vulnerability, and Hope in Tommy Orange’s There There–Lori Burlingame, Eastern Michigan University
Current Climate Emergency and Shakespeare–Uma Ray Srinivasan, University of Calcutta
Reading Maud Martha in 2022–Renee Bryzik, St. Clair Community College
What is Midwestern about the Poetry of Lisel Mueller?–Janet Heller, Michigan College English Association
Session 1B Multilingual Learners Panel — Pedagogy/Panel
Moderator: TBD
Discussion: Making Vulnerabilities Visible: Challenges Faced by Multilingual Learners, and Some Proposed Solutions–Joyce Meier, Cheryl Caesar, and First-Year Writing Students, Michigan State University
10:45am—12:15pm
Session 2A Rethinking Teaching and Evaluation — Pedagogy
Moderator: Lori Burlingame
The Survival of Speech and Debate Education–Sean Lee, Independent Scholar
Hierarchies of Growth vs Hierarchies of Domination–Carlos Toledo, Iowa State University
Analyzing the Impact on KPIs of Templates and Worksheets Used to Support Student Success in the Online Composition Classroom–Beth L Virtanen, American InterContinental University Online
Traditional Grading: A Reconsideration–Janelle Wiess, University of Michigan, Flint
Session 2B Stories and Lyrics of Identity — Creative Writing and Literature
Moderator: Cheryl Caesar
The Role of Storytelling in Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys–Selina Hakim, University of Detroit, Mercy
Choose Your Own Adventure: Assignments Lead to Greater Cultural Awareness–Mackenzie Krzmarzick, University of Wisconsin
Poetry reading–Rosalie Petrouske, Lansing Community College
Poetry reading and commentary–Susan Serafin-Jess, Lansing Community College
LUNCH BREAK–12:15-12:30 p.m.
12:30pm—1:30pm
Plenary Session: “Go Outside, But Don’t Just Go Outside”
Alison Swan, Faculty Specialist, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Western Michigan University, 2008-2022
1:30pm—3:00pm
Session 3A Teaching and Learning in Times of Trauma Pedagogy
Moderator: Lori Burlingame
Vulnerability as Identity: Using Identity Texts to Support Students in Uncertain and Challenging Times–Mikayla Peters, Independent Scholar
Theory and Praxis of Trauma-Informed Pedagogy–Lorelei Blackburn, Michigan State University
Meditation in First-Year Writing–Tracie Swiecki, Parisse Paige, and Claire Reinhardt, Michigan State University
Session 3B Memoir in Times of Trauma — Creative Writing – Memoir
Moderator: Cheryl Caesar
Embracing Vulnerability, Embracing Life: Facing Terminal Illness by Calling the Shots–Deidre Fagan, Ferris State University
A Vulnerable Soul in Mid-Michigan in the Mid-Twentieth Century–Ed Demerly, Henry Ford College
Fidgeting and Forgetting: Reflections on Neurodivergence and Self-Disclosure–Grace Walter, Wayne State University
from Teacher–Michael Copperman, Michigan State University
3:00pm—4:30pm
Session 4A Language, Ideology, and Technologies — Pedagogy
Moderator: Joyce Meier
Twitter: An Interactive and Engaging Tool for Educational Contexts–Jule Thomas, Wayne State University
Using General Semantics to Defuse the Classroom–Matt Nikkari, Ferris State University
White Supremacist Lang Ideologies in FYC–Andrew Moos, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Can Grace and Care be Measured?–Mike Ristich, Kirk Astle, and Dave Medei, Michigan State University
Session 4B College Writing in Vulnerable Times: Some Reports from One Campus — Pedagogy / Panel
Moderator: Lori Burlingame
Adventures in Quarantine 2020 – 2022: EMU Freshman Write about the Pandemic and Social Justice– Cheryl M. Cassidy, Eastern Michigan University
Professional Writing and UX Design: Shifting Views of Emotion, Vulnerability–Steve Benninghoff, Eastern Michigan University
Argument in the Face of Vulnerability: Advanced Composition Students Encounter Rogerian Argument and Its Implications–John Dunn, Eastern Michigan University
4:30pm—6:00pm
Session 5 Creativity in Times of Vulnerability — Creative Writing – mixed genres
Moderator: Joyce Meier
From Songs of Cardinal–Maryam Qureshi, Independent Scholar
From Evangelina Everyday–Dawn Burns, Michigan State University
From “Remember Arturo?”–Matt Rossi, Michigan State University
Selected poems–Melissa Lewis, Davenport University