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2004 · San Antonio

Writing in “Nonstandard” or Nonmainstream Varieties of English

Session C.9

Area: Language · family: Language and literacy

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Chair Eleanor Kutz University of Massachusetts, Boston → University of Massachusetts Boston
Presenters Peter Elbow University of Massachusetts, Amherst → University of Massachusetts Amherst Should Students Write in Nonmainstream Varieties of English? Using Orality to Reframe the Question
Presenters Robert Eddy Washington State University, Pullman → Washington State University Writing about Malcolm X in ‘Nonstandard’ Dialects: Alternative Discourses and Alternative Futures
Presenters Janet Bean University of Akron, OH → University of Akron Investigating Voices of the Self: What African American Students Can Teach Us about the Languages of Home, Community, and School
Respondent Rhonda Grego Benedict College, Columbia, SC → Benedict College

Source

NCTE's program, near page 103 of the file. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conventions.

Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “Writing in “Nonstandard” or Nonmainstream Varieties of English.” 2004 Convention Program, San Antonio, session C.9. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.