Assessment as Social Action: Setting a Progressive Political Agenda for the Future of Writing Assessment

Session B.15

Role	Name as printed	Affiliation as printed	Paper
Chair	Pat Belanoff	SUNY-Stony Brook
Presenters	Pat Belanoff	SUNY-Stony Brook
Presenters	Brian Huot	University of Louisville, KY → University of Louisville	Hegemony and Social Action: Implications and Consequences for Writing Assessment
Presenters	Ellen Schendel	University of Louisville, KY → University of Louisville	Defining Assessment as Social Action
Presenters	Michael Williamson	Indiana University of Pennsylvania → Indiana University of Pennsylvania	Institutional Policy and Writing Assessment: Enforcement of Social Action by Stakeholders in Writing Programs
Presenters	Peggy O’Neill	Georgia Southern University, Statesboro → Georgia Southern University	The Current State of Writing Assessment: Opportunities for Social Change
Respondent	Peter Elbow	University of Massachusetts, Amherst → University of Massachusetts Amherst

Source

99__program__b.pdf. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conventions.

Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “Assessment as Social Action: Setting a Progressive Political Agenda for the Future of Writing Assessment.” 1999 Convention Program, Atlanta, session B.15. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.