ESU professors speak at composition convention
Emporia State University
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Two English department professors at Emporia State University, Max McCoy and Rachelle Smith, will give presentations at the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s 60th annual convention next week in San Francisco.
The conference is a professional organization for college professors who teach anything from writing to new media. During the convention, which runs March 11-14, college faculty members from around the world will listen to speakers and attend presentations offered by colleagues.
McCoy and Smith will present during the session titled, “Making Waves, Making Trouble: Teaching Writing in a Post 9/11 World.”
Both McCoy and Smith were selected after submitting proposals earlier this year. Smith has prepared a presentation titled “Rhetoric, Writing, and the War on Terror: Promoting a Pedagogy of Civic Engagement.” Smith will also serve as chair of the panel.
In his journalism classes, McCoy teaches the importance of narrative, which is a key concept in his presentation, “Zero Minutes to Midnight: Narratives of the Damned.” McCoy’s presentation is based on his own personal experiences in Japan talking to a group known as the hibakusha, or survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
spuds4all (anonymous) says...
Maybe Smith & McCoy should talk about how Islam can support terrorism( remember it's a jihad) and her collage while still smelling like a rose and yet send 100+ rockets into Israel over the last 65 days while under a cease-fire. I'm very upset that we kicked God out of our schools then let Islam put a banner on our school marque (ESU's head stone). If that was a sport complex it would mean it was owned by the name on the banner. This really makes me question what Smith & McCoy really teach, also why did not Emporia question this as well. Beware of the great deception.
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