Racism in Writing Assessments and the Construction of “Minority” Literacies

Session J.5

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

Role	Name as printed	Affiliation as printed	Paper
Chair	Paul Kei Matsuda	Arizona State University, Tempe → Arizona State University
Speakers	Mya Poe	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge → Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Theorizing Racism in Writing Assessment
Speakers	Asao B. Inoue	California State University, Fresno → California State University, Fresno	Racial Validity as a New Inquiry in Writing Assessment
Speakers	Anne Herrington	University of Massachusetts Amherst → University of Massachusetts Amherst	Automated Assessment of Writing, Privileged Dialect, and Discourses of Access
Speakers	Valerie Balester	Texas A&M University, College Station → Texas A&M University	Racism in Rubrics: Considering Language Variety in Education
Respondents	William Condon	Washington State University, Pullman → Washington State University
Respondents	Keith Gilyard	The Pennsylvania State University, University Park → Pennsylvania State University

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. “Racism in Writing Assessments and the Construction of “Minority” Literacies.” 2009 Convention Program, San Francisco, session J.5. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.