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2004 · San Antonio

Making Composition Matter: One Independent Writing Program’s Journey to Independence and Respect

Session H.14

Area: Institutional and Professional · family: Institutions, labor and the profession

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Chair Kenneth Wright James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA → James Madison University
Presenters Kurt Schick James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA → James Madison University Historical Perspectives on Independent Writing Programs
Presenters Kenneth Wright James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA → James Madison University Exploring Institutional Resistance to Equal Academic Status for Writing Programs and for the First-Year Course
Presenters Shelley Aley James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA → James Madison University Exploring the Future of First-Year and Advanced Composition in the Independent Writing Program: Reconnecting Composition Curricula after the Split from English at James Madison University

Source

NCTE's program, near page 181 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. “Making Composition Matter: One Independent Writing Program’s Journey to Independence and Respect.” 2004 Convention Program, San Antonio, session H.14. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.