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Melissa Goldthwaite

Listed at 20 conventions, 2004–2026, 42 listings. Printed as: Melissa Goldthwaite (36), Melissa A. Goldthwaite (6).

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2000200520102015202020251998 2004: speaker (2)2005: chair (1)2005: speaker (1)2006: chair (1)2006: respondent (1)2006: speaker (1)2008: chair (2)2009: chair (1)2009: speaker (1)2010: chair (1)2010: speaker (2)2011: chair (2)2011: speaker (1)2012: chair (1)2012: speaker (1)2013: chair (2)2013: speaker (1)2014: chair (1)2014: speaker (1)2015: chair (3)2015: speaker (1)2016: chair (1)2016: speaker (2)2017: speaker (2)2018: speaker (1)2019: speaker (1)2020: speaker (1)2021: speaker (1)2023: facilitator (1)2023: speaker (1)2025: speaker (1)2026: speaker (2)

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

Listings

YearSessionRoleAffiliation as printed
2004Writing and Teaching the Literatures of Food: Processes, Contexts, and Products
“On Consumption and Creation: Food Writing in the Classroom”
Presenters Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2004On Teaching Creative Nonfiction: Special Interest Group In Creative Nonfiction
“Form: Methods of Organizing and Shaping Experience Artfully and with a Purpose”
Presenters Saint Joseph’s University, Springfield, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2005Creative Nonfiction Assignments: Special Interest Group in Creative NonfictionChair St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → St. Joseph's University New York
2005Creative Nonfiction Assignments: Special Interest Group in Creative Nonfiction
“Revision”
Presenters St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → St. Joseph's University New York
2006Creative Nonfiction Special Interest Group: Pedagogical FramesChairs St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → St. Joseph's University New York
2006Creative Nonfiction Special Interest Group: Pedagogical Frames
“Nature Writing”
Speakers St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → St. Joseph's University New York
2006The Emotional Work of CompositionRespondent St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → St. Joseph's University New York
2008Ethical Challenges in Reading, Writing, Teaching CreativeChair Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2008Teaching Creative Nonfiction Special Interest GroupCo-Chairs St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → St. Joseph's University New York
2009Cooking, Culture, and Composition: How Reading and Writing Transform our Appetites
“Local Practice, Global Concerns: Food Writing in the Service-learning Classroom”
Speakers St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → St. Joseph's University New York
2009Live Wires: Creative Nonfiction and Technology–Cre-ative Nonfiction SIGCo-Chair Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2010Revising the Rhetoric: Silence, Obedience, and Skepticism
“Rhetorics of Silence: Communication and Contemplative Practices in the Writing Classroom”
Speakers Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2010Style Pedagogy Renewed, Revised, Remixed: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century
“Style and an Analysis of Professions: Using Style to Discover Career Paths”
Speakers St. Joseph’s University, Springfield, PA → St. Joseph's University New York
2010The Right Mix: Assignment Sequences in CNF Workshops and Composition Classrooms—Creative Nonfiction SIGChairs St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → St. Joseph's University New York
2011Food for Thought and Action: Creating Community through Literary Cookbooks, KitchenChair Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2011Food for Thought and Action: Creating Community through Literary Cookbooks, Kitchen
“(Un)Common Ground: Food Writing in the Classroom and Local Community”
Speakers Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2011The Lyric Essay: Reading, Writing, and Teaching the “Beautiful Wild Child” of Creative NonfictionCo-Chairs Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2012Favorite Passages: Go-To Creative NonfictionCo-Chairs Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2012Gateways to Self and Others: Examining Contemplative
“Opening Silences: Reflective Practices for the Writing Classroom”
Speakers St. Joseph University, Philadelphia, PA
2013Negotiation, Sharing, and the Rhetoric of CorrespondenceChair Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2013Negotiation, Sharing, and the Rhetoric of Correspondence
“The Art and Rhetorical Craft of Correspondence”
Speakers Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2013In Their Words: Student Writing in the CreativeChair Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2014Multimodal and Multigenre Writing in Classrooms: Critical Engagements
“Remix, Rewrite, Re-Cite: Responsible Practices for Teaching Multimodal and Multi-Genre Writing”
Speakers Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2014Creative Nonfiction Special Interest Group: Opening to Each Other: Mentoring and Creative NonfictionCo-Chairs Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2015Creative Nonfiction Special Interest Group/StandingCo-Chairs Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2015Food and Feminism at Rhetoric’s Big Round TableChair Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2015Food and Feminism at Rhetoric’s Big Round Table
“Sacramental Breast Milk and Ritual Avocados: One Mother’s Mission against Toxic Food”
Speakers Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2015Writing and Teaching Creative Nonfiction: Risks and Rewards (Sponsored by the Creative Nonfiction StandingCo-Chairs Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2016Stories in Shale: Reconstructing the Fractured WorldChair Saint Joseph’s University → Saint Joseph's University
2016Creative Nonfiction: Exploring the History and Imagining the Future of an Active Genre
“The Literary, Feminist, and Pedagogical Roots of Creative Nonfiction in Composition Studies”
Speakers Saint Joseph’s University → Saint Joseph's University
2016Writing Teachers Writing: Words in/as ActionSpeakers Saint Joseph’s University → Saint Joseph's University
2017Creative Nonfiction and Composition: Cultivating Creative, Academic, and Socially Conscious Connections
“Creative Nonfiction as a Foundational Academic Literacy”
Speakers Saint Joseph’s University → Saint Joseph's University
2017Cultivating Our Creative Capacities: Writing TeachersSpeakers Saint Joseph’s University, Merion Station, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2018Writing Teachers Writing: Transforming through CreativeSpeakers Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2019Performing Our Lives: Creative Nonfiction and (the ArtSpeakers Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA → Saint Joseph's University
2020Writing Creative Nonfiction: Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
“Hide and Seek”
Speakers Saint Joseph’s University → Saint Joseph's University
2021Writing Creative Nonfiction: Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
“Hide and Seek”
Speakers Saint Joseph’s University → Saint Joseph's University
2023Ethical Eating: Conflicts, Collaborations, and Commitments
“Farm Fresh: Harm and Healing”
Speakers Saint Joseph’s University → Saint Joseph's University
2023Writing Creative Nonfiction: A Day of Writing and Ideas
“‘Crazy Hard Questions’: Going Deeper through Self Interviews”
Workshop Facilitators Saint Joseph’s University → Saint Joseph's University
2025Shared Dancing at the Silent Disco: A Creative Nonfiction Writing WorkshopSpeaker(s) Saint Joseph's University → Saint Joseph's University
2026Food for Thoughts (and Essays): Creative Nonfiction Standing Group Annual Business MeetingPresenter Saint Joseph's University → Saint Joseph's University
2026Feminist Workshop: Food as Intersectional Feminist Work, Resistance, Hope, and CommunityPresenter Saint Joseph's University → Saint Joseph's University

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