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2008 · New Orleans

Student Diversity and the Contact Zone of the Classroom

Session H.28

Area: Practices of Teaching Writing · family: Teaching and pedagogy

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Chair Amanda Espinosa-Aguilar Pasco, WA
Speakers Mary Reda CUNY/ College of Staten Island, NY → College of Staten Island ‘It’s a totally different society’: Finding a Place for Silence in the Classroom
Speakers Vandana Gavaskar The Ohio State University, Columbus → The Ohio State University Rewriting Our City in the Contac Zone: Immigrant Realities, and Shifting Perspectives about Diversity
Speakers Amanda Espinosa-Aguilar Crossing Boundaries in First-Year Composition

Source

NCTE's program, near page 193 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. “Student Diversity and the Contact Zone of the Classroom.” 2008 Convention Program, New Orleans, session H.28. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.