Cultivating Creative Nonfiction for Imaginative Habits of Mind

Session L.34

Area: Creative Writing · family: Creative writing and publishing

Role	Name as printed	Affiliation as printed	Paper
Speakers	Sharon Marshall	St. John’s University → St. John's University	Rendering Race: How Creative Nonfiction in First-Year Writing Classes Can Combat Racism, Encourage Empathy, and Enhance University Belonging
Speakers	Irene Papoulis	Trinity College, Hartford, CT → Hartford Financial Services (United States)	The Anxiety of Academic Self-Exposure: Creative Nonfiction, Elbow’s ‘Responding Guidelines,’ and Millennial Sensibilities
Speakers	Wendy Ryden	Long Island University Post → Long Island University	Cultivating Convergence: An Alternative to Paradigms of Transfer

Source

NCTE's program, near page 359 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. “Cultivating Creative Nonfiction for Imaginative Habits of Mind.” 2017 Convention Program, Portland, OR, session L.34. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 3, 2026.