SIG for The Teaching and Mentoring of TAs and Instructors in Composition

Session FSIG.20

Group: The Teaching and Mentoring of TAs and Instructors in Composition (special interest group)

Role	Name as printed	Affiliation as printed	Paper
Chair	E. Shelley Reid	George Mason University, Fairfax, VA → George Mason University
Speakers	Claire Lamonica	Illinois State University, Normal → Illinois State University	Literacy Maps: A Bridge to Understanding Instructor Assumptions about Writing Instruction
Speakers	Brad Peters	Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL → Northern Illinois University	Encouraging Cross-Disciplinary TAs to Incorporate WAC
Speakers	Colin Keeney	University of Wyoming, Laramie → University of Wyoming	Adapting to Change: MFA Students Create New Chapter in GTA Program
Speakers	Michael Knievel	University of Wyoming, Laramie → University of Wyoming	Adapting to Change: MFA Students Create New Chapter in GTA Program
Speakers	Trixie G. Smith	Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro → Middle Tennessee State University	Bravery in the Writing Center: Experimenting with New GSA Positions
Speakers	Rachel Robinson	Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro → Middle Tennessee State University	Bravery in the Writing Center: Experimenting with New GSA Positions
Speakers	Laurel Taylor	Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro → Middle Tennessee State University	Bravery in the Writing Center: Experimenting with New GSA Positions
Speakers	Tarez Samra Graban	Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN → Purdue University West Lafayette	Pow-Wows, Focus Groups and Meet-Ups: Promoting a ‘Culture of Teaching’ From the Ground Up
Speakers	Keith Dorwick	University of Louisiana at Lafayette → University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Founding a Community of Borrowers and Contributors: The University of Lafayette at Louisiana Digitized Teaching Resource Center
Speakers	Rachel Pere	University of Louisiana at Lafayette” Founding a Community of Borrowers and Contributors: The University of Lafayette at Louisiana Digitized Teaching Resource” → University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Speakers	E. Samuel Geisler	University of Louisiana at Lafayette → University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Founding a Community of Borrowers and Contributors: The University of Lafayette at Louisiana Digitized Teaching Resource
Speakers	David Yost	University of Louisiana at Lafayette → University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Founding a Community of Borrowers and Contributors: The University of Lafayette at Louisiana Digitized Teaching Resource
Speakers	David Beach	George Mason University, Fairfax, VA → George Mason University	Virtual Support for Instructors
Speakers	Mary Wright	Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA → Christopher Newport University	The Times, They Are a Changin’ But the People, They Are Not
Speakers	Catherine Gabor	California State University, Sacramento, CA → California State University, Sacramento	Mentoring a Program: Helping a Small TA Program Grow from Infancy
Speakers	Roxann Grant	Schmidt California State University, Sacramento → California State University, Sacramento	Mentoring a Program: Helping a Small TA Program Grow from Infancy
Speakers	Kevin Ball	Youngstown State University, OH → Youngstown State University	Welcome to the Discipline: The Role of Mentoring Relationships in TA ‘Training’
Speakers	Amy Flick	Indiana University of Pennsylvania → Indiana University of Pennsylvania	Welcome to the Discipline: The Role of Mentoring Relationships in TA ‘Training’
Speakers	Bonnie Kyburz	Utah Valley State College, Provo → Utah Valley University	Professional Shadows: ‘Unofficial’ Mentors in the Development Scene
Speakers	Lynee Lewis	Gaillet Georgia State University, Atlanta → Georgia State University	A Model of Collaboration: Mentoring Writing Instructors in a Metropolitan Institution
Speakers	Michelle Eble	East Carolina University, Greenville, NC → East Carolina University	A Model of Collaboration: Mentoring Writing Instructors in a Metropolitan Institution
Speakers	Adina Sanchez-Garcia	University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL → University of Miami	Teaching the Teachers, Teaching Ourselves
Speakers	Greg Giberson	Salisbury University, MD → Salisbury University	Teaching TAs to See beyond Their Classrooms: Impacts of Institutional and Professional Structures on the Teaching of Composition
Speakers	Joanna Johnson	University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL → University of Miami	Teaching the Teachers, Teaching Ourselves
Speakers	Mary Lamb	Georgia State University, Atlanta → Georgia State University	Collaborative Faculty Leadership in Professional Development Communities at Georgia State University
Speakers	Marc Pietrzykowski	Georgia State University, Atlanta → Georgia State University	Collaborative Faculty Leadership in Professional Development Communities at Georgia State University
Speakers	Pamela Ward	Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. → Catholic University of America	AFTER the Pedagogy Course: Shaping the Ongoing Teaching of

Source

NCTE's program, near page 92 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. “SIG for The Teaching and Mentoring of TAs and Instructors in Composition.” 2006 Convention Program, Chicago, session FSIG.20. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.