Rebecca S. Blair - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

for Learning Across the Curriculum, American Association of Colleges and
Universities, 2005.
“Portfolios and All That Jazz: Writing Assessment as Institutional Palimpsest.” National
Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 2004.
“Transformative Assessment: A Language-Relation Paradigm of Principled Practice.”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York City, NY, 2003.
“Priming the Pump: Exposing Hidden Assumptions and Identifying Explicit Perceptions
in Beginning Composition.” Windows and Mirrors: Connecting Reading, Writing
and Reflection, 21 st Annual Conference of the Indiana Teachers of Writing, 2001.
“Writing Across the Disciplines for Learning Excellence.” Windows and Mirrors:
Connecting Reading, Writing and Reflection, 21 st Annual Conference of the Indiana
Teachers of Writing, 2001.
“Portfolio Assessment Programs and Faculty Values: An Administrative Perspective.”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee, WI, 1995.
“Truths Shared Are Truths Multiplied: Using Portfolio Assessment to Transcend
Institutional Boundaries.” Conference on College Composition and Communication,
Milwaukee, WI, 1995.
“Portfolio Literacies: Responding to a Changing Environment.” Conference on College
Composition and Communication, Washington, D.C., 1994.
“Academic Writing: Past Attitudes, Current Approaches, and New Directions for
Research.” Missouri Philological Association Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, 1992.
“The Not-So-Basic Writer: Research to Respond to a Changing Student Population.”
Missouri Philological Association Annual Conference, Branson, MO, 1990.
“William Wordsworth and the Age of Romanticism.” Keynote Address. Wordsworth
and the Age of Romanticism Symposium, Churchill Memorial at Westminster
College, 1990.
Institutional Service
University of Iowa:
Accreditation Planning Committee (Office of the Provost)
Student Success Pilot (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
Chair, Lecturer Search Committee (Department of Rhetoric)
Wartburg College:
Faith Task Force, Commission on Mission Strategic Planning Initiative
Editor, Institutional Accreditation Self-Study for the Higher Learning Commission of
the North Central Association