CW2001 Program - Computers and Writing

11:45 — 1:15 Lunch
Gail Hawisher and Cynthia Selfe:
“Complicating Access —
Case Studies of Technological Literacy”
“The Retreat” in Noyer Complex
Gail Hawisher and Cynthia Selfe are phenomenal individuals and an
absurdly incredible team. Gail (www.english.uiuc.edu/facpages/hawisher.htm)
is professor of English and director of the Center for Writing Studies at
the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She currently serves on the
National Council of Teachers of English Executive Committee and is also a
member of the Modern Language Association’s Committee on Computers
and Emerging Technologies. Cynthia (www.hu.mtu.edu/~cyselfe) is
professor of composition and communications at Michigan Technological
University. She also serves on NCTE’s Executive Committee, including
Conference on College Composition and Communication Chair, 1997–1998.
Any attempt to begin to share the significance of their individual and
shared work can not do it justice. Their varied teaching, research, and
leadership roles have radically shaped not only the computers and writing
community but the practice of teaching English in elementary, secondary,
and post-secondary institutions across the world. From founding and
co-editing journals and presses such as Computers and Composition,
to serving as editorial reviewers for numerous high-quality journals, to
publishing such canonical collections as those in the New Directions in
Computers and Composition Studies series, their contribution to education
is unparalleled.
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