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2008 · New Orleans

Institutional Myopia: An Exploration of Writing Conventions and Assessment

Session N.19

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

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Chair Jaime Armin Mejía Texas State University, San Marcos → Texas State University
Speakers Paul Camden Texas State University, San Marcos → Texas State University Considering New Perspectives: Embracing the Evolution of Writing Conventions
Speakers Yazmin Lazcano Texas State University → Texas State University Writing Assessment in ‘The Borderlands of Culture’: Negotiating Cultural Bias and Rhetorical Flexibility
Speakers Gina Guzman Texas State University, San Marcos → Texas State University Minority Students on the Periphery: Domesticating Canagarajah’s Geopolitics
Speakers Paul Velázquez Texas State University, San Marcos → Texas State University Educational Imperialism in U.S. Academic Contexts: The Maintenance of Literacy as White Property

Source

NCTE's program, near page 270 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. “Institutional Myopia: An Exploration of Writing Conventions and Assessment.” 2008 Convention Program, New Orleans, session N.19. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 3, 2026.