Writing Realities and the Realities of Writing Instruction

Session J.25

Area: Composition/Writing Programs · family: Writing programs and administration

Role	Name as printed	Affiliation as printed	Paper
Chair	Brian Cope	Indiana University of Pennsylvania → Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Speakers	Joannah Portman Daley	University of Rhode Island, Kingston → University of Rhode Island	Writing Realities of the 21st Century: Harnessing Creativity in the Composition Classroom through Media Literacy and Popular Culture
Speakers	Mary French	University of Texas at Arlington → The University of Texas at Arlington	Assessing Realities: Using Responsive-Constructivist Assessment to Contextualize the Teaching and Learning of Writing
Speakers	Beth Hedengren	Brigham Young University, Provo, UT → Brigham Young University	Changing the Reality of Poor Writing Prompts through Genre Theory
Speakers	Kristy Hodson	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona → California State Polytechnic University	When Realities Collide: Encouraging Fundamentalist Christian Students to Represent Their Realities while Engaging the Realities of Others
Speakers	John Levine	University of California, Berkeley → University of California, Berkeley	‘Your Reality or Mine?’: Teaching Reading and Writing with Facebook

Source

NCTE's program, near page 214 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 Realities and the Realities of Writing Instruction.” 2008 Convention Program, New Orleans, session J.25. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 3, 2026.