Gateways, Thresholds, and Portals: Dialogues about In-ternational Higher Education Writing Research

Session W.5

Role	Name as printed	Affiliation as printed	Paper
Chairs	Cinthia Gannett	Fairfield University, CT → Fairfield University
Chairs	Christiane Donahue	Dartmouth/Théodile, Hanover, NH
Chairs	Yuehai (Mike) Xiao	New York University, New York → New York University
Speakers	Erdem Akbas	University of York, England → University of York	A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Linguistic Study: Metadiscourse in MA Dissertation Abstracts
Speakers	Neval Avci	Northeastern University, Boston, MA → Northeastern University	Nationalism 101: Writing Instruction in the Turkish Higher Educational System
Speakers	Melanie Brinkschulte	University of Goettingen International Writing Center, Goettingen, Germany → University of Göttingen	Looking Inside and Outside:Bicultural Academic Writing Partnerships
Speakers	Yasemin Bayyurt	Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey → Boğaziçi University	Metadiscoursal Features in Learner Corpora
Speakers	Isabelle Delcambre	Université de Lille-Nord de France, Lille, France → Université de Lille	University Literacies: A Research Field for Describing Students and Faculty Perceptions about Writing
Speakers	Heather Graves	University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada → University of Alberta	‘Inorganic Chemists won’t remember the Physics!’: Claims, Evidence, and Argument in Nanotechnology and Its Contributing Disciplines
Speakers	Kathy Harrington	London Metropolitan University, England	Investigating the Value of Collaborative Peer Writing Tutorials: Learning from Experiences in the UK
Speakers	Rich Rice	Texas Tech University, Lubbock → Texas Tech University	Research Reading, Writing, and Teaching in India Using ‘Glocalized’ New Media Approaches
Speakers	Noreen Lape	Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA → Dickinson College	Going Global: The Development of a Multilingual Writing Center
Speakers	Anne McCabe	St. Louis University, Madrid, Spain	European ‘Can Do’ Statements: Reflection and Self-Assessment in the First-Year Writing Classroom
Speakers	Brian Paltridge	University of Sydney, Australia → The University of Sydney	Researching Doctoral Writing in the Visual and Performing Arts: What Textography Affords
Speakers	Boba Samuels	Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada → Wilfrid Laurier University	Writing and Reading Texts in a Cnadian Anthropology Department: Students’ Tentative Movement between the Boundaries

Source

NCTE's program, near page 62 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. “Gateways, Thresholds, and Portals: Dialogues about In-ternational Higher Education Writing Research.” 2012 Convention Program, St. Louis, session W.5. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.