“But You Can’t Talk to Believers”: Dialogue and Dissent in Three Graduate Classrooms
| Role | Name as printed | Affiliation as printed | Paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chair | Anne Ellen Geller | St. John’s University, Queens, NY → St. John's University | |
| Speakers | Anne Ellen Geller | St. John’s University, Queens, NY → St. John's University | ‘Don’t Make Me Check a Damn Box’: Beginning a Professional Dialogue with the Discipline of English Studies |
| Speakers | Donna Dunbar-Odom | Texas A&M University-Commerce → Texas A&M University | I Was Blind but now I Read: Salvation Tropes in Students’ Literacy Memoirs |
| Speakers | Shannon Carter | Texas A&M-Commerce → East Texas A&M University | Manufactured Dissent: Notes from/on the Left-Right Divide |
| Speakers | Melinda Bobbitt | Texas A&M University-Commerce → Texas A&M University | Speaking Out: Teaching Argument through Arguable Texts |
Source
NCTE's program, near page 115 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. ““But You Can’t Talk to Believers”: Dialogue and Dissent in Three Graduate Classrooms.” 2009 Convention Program, San Francisco, session C.31. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.