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Kelly Ritter

Listed at 19 conventions, 1999–2026, 40 listings.

changes of institution This name appears at several institutions in sequence and is read as one person changing jobs.

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speakerchairrespondentfacilitatorother Grey band: 2000–2003, not in the corpus.

Listings

YearSessionRoleAffiliation as printed
1999Graduate Student IssuesChair University of Michigan, Ann Arbor → University of Michigan
1999Graduate Student Issues
“Train ing for What? Graduate Students Teaching (Creative) Writing”
Presenters University of Michigan, Ann Arbor → University of Michigan
2004This Is (Not) Just to Say: Public “Lore” and the Future of Creative WritingChair Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven → Southern Connecticut State University
2004At the Crossroads: The Wpa as Bridge BuilderChair Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven → Southern Connecticut State University
2004At the Crossroads: The Wpa as Bridge Builder
“Taking the Show on the Road: Making WPA Work Matter through Institutional Outreach”
Presenters Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven → Southern Connecticut State University
2006Plagiarism and CommunityChair Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven → Southern Connecticut State University
2006Ethics Matters in Composition: School Sucks, Rate My Professors, and the Ethics of Caring—Less
“RateMyProfessors.com and the Ethics of Public Evaluation in the First-Year Writing Classroom”
Speakers Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven → Southern Connecticut State University
2007Emerging from the Comp/Rhet Shadows: Public IdentitiesChair Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven → Southern Connecticut State University
2007Changing Ideologies and Practices in Composition
“The Rhetorical Identity of ‘Under-Prepared’ in Ivy League Basic Writing Programs”
Speakers Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven → Southern Connecticut State University
2008Shaping WPA Work I: Diachronic and Synchronic Percep-tions of Writing Program Administration
“The Changing Realities of Writing Program Administration: The More I Change, the More You Stay the Same”
Speakers Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven → Southern Connecticut State University
2008WPA Work II: Ambiguity and Agentic EffortsChair Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven → Southern Connecticut State University
2009Learning Communities in Context Collaboration and Across the DisciplinesChair University of North Carolina, Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2009CCCC Studies in Writing and Rhetoric: The Next 25 Years
“Before Shaughnessy: Relocating Basic Writing in Context, 1920–1960”
Speakers University of North Carolina-Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2010Re/considering Composition Studies’ Lingering HesitationsChair University of North Carolina-Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2010Local Archival Histories and the Work of CompositionChair University of North Carolina-Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2010Local Archival Histories and the Work of Composition
“She Who Knows Her History: The WPA as Program Historian”
Speakers University of North Carolina-Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2011Rhetorics of Labor and Protest
“‘Ladies Who Don’t Know Us Correct Our Papers’: The Lay Reader Program of 1959-1961 and the Origins of Contingent Labor in First-Year Composition”
Speakers University of North Carolina-Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2011We Are Not Alone: Strategic Coalition Building Across (Contested) Spaces Serving Basic Writers
“Defining ‘Basic’ in Local Contexts”
Speakers University of North Carolina-Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2012Literacy Instruction from World War II to the Cold War: Boundaries, Gateways, and LegaciesChair University of North Carolina-Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2012Literacy Instruction from World War II to the Cold War: Boundaries, Gateways, and Legacies
“English Journal in Wartime: Literary Humanism versus Civic Engagement in Secondary School Pedagogies”
Speakers University of North Carolina-Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2012Everything You Always Wanted to Know About PublishingChair University of North Carolina at Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2012Everything You Always Wanted to Know About PublishingSpeakers University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Editor, College English → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2012Gateways to the Past: Conducting Archival ResearchSpeakers University of North Carolina, Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2013“Bowing to the Elders”?: New Understandings of Expanded Canons
“Not Just an Abolitionist: The Lasting Influences of Sharon Crowley”
Speakers University of North Carolina at Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2013The Private and Public Work of Archival Research: Considering Physical and Digital Archival SpacesSpeakers University of North Carolina at Greensboro → University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2014Higher Learning and Historical Class Bifurcations
“Mass Literacies, Mass Inculcation: From Mental Hygiene Films to MOOCs”
Speakers University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2014The Persistence of Memory: Remapping the Future of Composition Studies by Charting Writing Histories at One Rural Texas UniversityRespondents University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2015The Risks and Rewards of Journal Editing: A RoundtableChair University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2015The Risks and Rewards of Journal Editing: A RoundtableSpeakers University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2016Histories of Action: Revisiting Composition’s Past to Understand Composition’s Present
“With ‘Increased Dignity and Importance’: Re-Historicizing Charles Roberts and the Illinois Decision of 1956”
Speakers University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign → University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2016New Thoughts on Writing and First-Language TeachingRespondent University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign → University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2017Cultivating Leadership on and off Campus: A Roundtable with Senior Administrators
“Whose Side Are You On?”
Facilitators University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2017Qualitative Studies of Writing about Writing: Classrooms, Programs, and TrendsFacilitators University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2017Implementing Long-Term Changes to Basic WritingSpeakers University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign → University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2020Rethinking Our Commonplaces: Learning from First-Generation Students in Writing ProgramsChair University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2023Postdoc Positions and Future Possibilities for New PhDsRespondent Georgia Institute of Technology → Georgia Institute of Technology
2024Council on Basic Writing WorkshopSpeaker(s) Georgia Institute of Technology → Georgia Institute of Technology
2025Much to Love and Much to Loathe in Our Leave-Takings: Navigating Professional and Personal Transitions in a Digital EnvironmentSpeaker(s) Georgia Institute of Technology → Georgia Institute of Technology
2025Writing Programmatic Self-Studies: Gathering Data and Advocating for ChangeSpeaker(s) Georgia Institute of Technology → Georgia Institute of Technology
2026The Fierce Urgency of Now: An Appeal to Strategically Reimagine Our Discipline’s Initiatives and Responsibilities (Featured)Presenter Georgia Tech → Georgia Institute of Technology

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