Beyond Celebrity Authors and Pedagogies of Genius: Transforming Teacher-Writer Identities in Creative Writing

Session O.16

Area: Creating Writing and Publishing · family: Creative writing and publishing

Role	Name as printed	Affiliation as printed	Paper
Speakers	Janelle Adsit	Humboldt State University → Cal Poly Humboldt	Writing about (Creative) Writing: The Humbling Act of Naming What We Think We ‘Know’—And Developing an Antiracist Lens for Our Lenses
Speakers	Micah McCrary	Syracuse University → Syracuse University	Authority and Generalized Representation in Nonfiction’s Pedagogical Practice(s)
Speakers	Susan Meyers	Seattle University → Seattle University	Writers Who Teach and Teaching ‘Non-Writers’: Creative Writing across Institutional and Disciplinary Lines
Speakers	James Ryan	University of Wisconsin-Madison → University of Wisconsin–Madison	Teacher, Writer, Scholar: What Counts as Knowledge in Creative Writing

Source

NCTE's program, near page 116 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. “Beyond Celebrity Authors and Pedagogies of Genius: Transforming Teacher-Writer Identities in Creative Writing.” 2021 Convention Program, Virtual, session O.16. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.