2026 Allerton English Articulation Conference Theme

Encouraging Voices: Cultivating Community and Renewal through Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing

This year's conference theme, Encouraging Voices: Cultivating Community and Renewal through Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing, invites us to share ideas and perspectives on the following issues:

As we continue our work to equip our students with the skills they need in college and beyond, we also foster their growth in their own voices, senses of meaning and understandings of community advocacy. How can we do that in an age of divisions?

How can we cultivate safety, community and an understanding in our classrooms and on our campuses?

In this politicized age of anti-intellectualism and mistrust of education that threatens the very core of our institutions and values, how do we sustain enduring principles, resist forces that would undo decades of progress in higher education and renew practices for this era?

How do we reconcile our advocacy work in our minds, hearts and souls to take action in our schools, communities and legislative bodies locally and nationally?

In supporting students and each other and advocating for our informed and experienced best practices, we cultivate community, demonstrating how critical thinking, reading and writing, foster constructive dialogue, resistance and renewal by encouraging informed positive voices and we renew our commitment to each other and our field by sharing and examining our pedagogy and practices.