Conference Schedule
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Thursday, April 16, 2026
8 a.m.
Arrival and Check-in
Breakfast and Registration
Grand Gallery
(Registration continues throughout day)
9-10:30 a.m.
Session A
Brainstorming Breakthroughs
Tara Rosenzweig
Butternut
Where Does One (Even) Go from Here? Seeking Guiding Lights and Principles on AI Assimilation in a College Writing Classroom
Olabisi Adenekan
Oak
Teaching Statements: Taboo Language in 2026 for Educators
Karina Diaz and Angela Marcelino
Pine
10:10-10:40 a.m.
Chair's Welcome
Michael Day and Jack Haines
Library
(Refreshments follow in the Solarium)
10:50-11:50 a.m.
Session B
From Page to Publication: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Magazine Publishing in the Classroom
Julie Bates, Jessa Wilcoxen and Anna Quick
Library
From Opp to Aura: Building A Sense of Community with Gen Z Students
Heather Nadess
Pine
What Remains Human: Writing as Thinking
Patrick Dunn
Butternut
12:30-1 p.m.
Lunch
Dining Room
1-2 p.m.
Session C
Notes From the Trenches: Severance or Authenticity in the Language Arts Classroom?
Michael Day and Daniel Warlop
Library
Grappling with the Ethics of AI Usage as an Accommodation for Students with Disabilities
Jennifer Wilson
Pine
From Product to Process: Rethinking Composition I in the Age of AI
Jennifer Giangrego
Butternut
Learning to Read Time: Language, Temporality, and Narrative Rewriting in Arrival
Tasnova Zaman Meem
Oak
1-2 p.m.
Session D
Developmental Writing Roundtable
Ellen Franklin, Jenny Giangrego, Susan Grace, Kerry Lane, Ashley Palmer, Tatiana Uhoch, Danita White
Library
Burning Questions
Maggie Scanlan
Pine
Scaffolding the Messy Middle: AI and the Writing Process
Tim Twohill
Butternut
Reassembling Responsibility: Frankenstein Across Text, Film and Contemporary
Adaptation Sirajum Munir
Oak
3:15-5 p.m.
Refreshments
Solarium
Walking, haiku station, scavenger hunt, etc.
5-6 p.m.
Social Gathering
Solarium
Cash bar: wine, beer and mixed drinks
6-7 p.m.
Dinner
Dining Room
7 p.m.
Networking
Music, fire, game, nature photo slides, etc.
Friday, April 17, 2026
8-8:50 a.m.
Breakfast
Dining Room
9-10 a.m.
Session E
“To Hell with Words, See Something!”: An Expressivist Manifesto toward Teaching the Art of Authentic Voice Amid the Echoes of Robo-Colonial Capitalism
Dani Rose Fitch
Library
Intention -- Please! Strengthening Our Intent and Creating Joy
Jack Haines and Sarah Quirk
Pine
Stop Fixing the Glitch: AI, Matters of Concern, and the Work of Community
Hilary Sarat-St. Peter
Butternut
The Pedagogy of Letting Go: Making Space for Student Choice in the English Classroom
Tony Magagna
Oak
10:15-11:15 a.m.
Session F
Stats for English Majors: Visualizing the Success and Limits of Corequisite Support
David Leitner
Library
Why Health-Care about AI? An Interdisciplinary Ethical Discussion of AI
Caitlin Gamble and Casey Olsen
Pine
More than an Empty Counterargument: Simulating Stakeholders in a Whole Class Debate
Marcia Buell, Jerome Cusson and Destiny Huerta
Butternut
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Session G
“Where Peeta’s Child Could Be Safe”: Reproductive Justice in The Hunger Games Trilogy
Kate Fortner
Library
Human First: Teaching Ethical AI Literacy in the Classroom
Danita White
Pine
Keeping the “D” in Equity and Inclusion–It’s Not Dead!
Cara Swafford
Butternut
The Strange Narrative of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Transgressive Doubles, Homosexuality, and Monster
Barbara Kuznetsova
Oak
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Lunch
Dining Room
1:30 p.m.
Committee of the Whole Session
Library