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2009 · San Francisco

Riding the Textbook Wave: How the Textbook Publishing Industry Affects Writing

Session M.20

Area: Institutional and Professional · family: Institutions, labor and the profession

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Chair J.S. Dunn, Jr. Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti → Eastern Michigan University
Speakers Heidi Stevenson Northern Michigan University, Marquette → Northern Michigan University Chasing a Different Wave: Paddling Away from Textbooks
Speakers Christine Stephenson University of Wisconsin–Madison → University of Wisconsin–Madison Sinking below the Surface: When Comp/Rhet Textbooks Capsize Pedagogical Ethos and Undermine Emergent Professional Identity
Speakers Kelli Custer University of Denver, CO → University of Denver Rocking the Boat: Strategies for Teaching with Required Texts
Speakers J.S. Dunn, Jr. Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti → Eastern Michigan University Challenging Textual Power with ‘Powerful Texts’: Some Observations on Using Self-published Composition Texts to Alter Established Authority in a Large Writing Program

Source

NCTE's program, near page 280 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. “Riding the Textbook Wave: How the Textbook Publishing Industry Affects Writing.” 2009 Convention Program, San Francisco, session M.20. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.