Composition Studies
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An academic journal dedicated to the range of professional practices associated with rhetoric and composition.
The Why:TYCA National isn’t just a conference.
It’s a blueprint for more equitable, more humane professional development—one that centers belonging across institutional lines.
Read the full article in Composition Studies 53.1
🔗 bit.ly/WWA_TYCA
It’s a blueprint for more equitable, more humane professional development—one that centers belonging across institutional lines.
Read the full article in Composition Studies 53.1
🔗 bit.ly/WWA_TYCA
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Why:TYCA National isn’t just a conference.
It’s a blueprint for more equitable, more humane professional development—one that centers belonging across institutional lines.
Read the full article in Composition Studies 53.1
🔗 bit.ly/WWA_TYCA
It’s a blueprint for more equitable, more humane professional development—one that centers belonging across institutional lines.
Read the full article in Composition Studies 53.1
🔗 bit.ly/WWA_TYCA
The Challenge: The “great divide” between community-college and four-year institutions still shapes our field.
TYCA National models what it looks like to bridge that divide through care, coalition-building, and advocacy.
TYCA National models what it looks like to bridge that divide through care, coalition-building, and advocacy.
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Challenge: The “great divide” between community-college and four-year institutions still shapes our field.
TYCA National models what it looks like to bridge that divide through care, coalition-building, and advocacy.
TYCA National models what it looks like to bridge that divide through care, coalition-building, and advocacy.
The Shift: Then the pandemic hit.
TYCA went digital—and access widened: lower cost, fewer travel hurdles, more space for contingent, caregiving, disabled, and rural colleagues.
TYCA went digital—and access widened: lower cost, fewer travel hurdles, more space for contingent, caregiving, disabled, and rural colleagues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Shift: Then the pandemic hit.
TYCA went digital—and access widened: lower cost, fewer travel hurdles, more space for contingent, caregiving, disabled, and rural colleagues.
TYCA went digital—and access widened: lower cost, fewer travel hurdles, more space for contingent, caregiving, disabled, and rural colleagues.
The Origin: TYCA National didn’t start as a national conference.
It grew from regional meetups into a 2019 launch designed by and for open-access literacy educators—community first, titles second.
It grew from regional meetups into a 2019 launch designed by and for open-access literacy educators—community first, titles second.
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Origin: TYCA National didn’t start as a national conference.
It grew from regional meetups into a 2019 launch designed by and for open-access literacy educators—community first, titles second.
It grew from regional meetups into a 2019 launch designed by and for open-access literacy educators—community first, titles second.
Conferences build our field, but they don’t have to build barriers.
Read Adisa & Condon in Composition Studies 53.1: bit.ly/www-future
💬 What’s one thing you love about conferences—and one thing you’d change to make them more equitable?
Read Adisa & Condon in Composition Studies 53.1: bit.ly/www-future
💬 What’s one thing you love about conferences—and one thing you’d change to make them more equitable?
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October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Conferences build our field, but they don’t have to build barriers.
Read Adisa & Condon in Composition Studies 53.1: bit.ly/www-future
💬 What’s one thing you love about conferences—and one thing you’d change to make them more equitable?
Read Adisa & Condon in Composition Studies 53.1: bit.ly/www-future
💬 What’s one thing you love about conferences—and one thing you’d change to make them more equitable?
Freestanding conferencing could happen right where we already gather:
YouTube, Substack, Bluesky.
It’s time to meet audiences where they are and keep ideas circulating beyond the convention hall.
YouTube, Substack, Bluesky.
It’s time to meet audiences where they are and keep ideas circulating beyond the convention hall.
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Freestanding conferencing could happen right where we already gather:
YouTube, Substack, Bluesky.
It’s time to meet audiences where they are and keep ideas circulating beyond the convention hall.
YouTube, Substack, Bluesky.
It’s time to meet audiences where they are and keep ideas circulating beyond the convention hall.
Or regional and pop-up conferences expand reach while lowering barriers.
They’re quick, nimble, and grounded in community needs—a return to conferencing as conversation, not competition.
They’re quick, nimble, and grounded in community needs—a return to conferencing as conversation, not competition.
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Or regional and pop-up conferences expand reach while lowering barriers.
They’re quick, nimble, and grounded in community needs—a return to conferencing as conversation, not competition.
They’re quick, nimble, and grounded in community needs—a return to conferencing as conversation, not competition.
Imagine a one-day, co-sponsored conference between nearby colleges—recorded talks, shared workshops, open access to ideas.
That’s professional validation without the price tag.
That’s professional validation without the price tag.
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Imagine a one-day, co-sponsored conference between nearby colleges—recorded talks, shared workshops, open access to ideas.
That’s professional validation without the price tag.
That’s professional validation without the price tag.
They propose four ways to rethink conferencing:
1️⃣ Sponsor local, campus-based gatherings.
2️⃣ Go regional to go further.
3️⃣ Think small, move fast with pop-ups.
4️⃣ Meet where we already are—on digital platforms.
1️⃣ Sponsor local, campus-based gatherings.
2️⃣ Go regional to go further.
3️⃣ Think small, move fast with pop-ups.
4️⃣ Meet where we already are—on digital platforms.
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
They propose four ways to rethink conferencing:
1️⃣ Sponsor local, campus-based gatherings.
2️⃣ Go regional to go further.
3️⃣ Think small, move fast with pop-ups.
4️⃣ Meet where we already are—on digital platforms.
1️⃣ Sponsor local, campus-based gatherings.
2️⃣ Go regional to go further.
3️⃣ Think small, move fast with pop-ups.
4️⃣ Meet where we already are—on digital platforms.
Right now, national conferences too often privilege who can afford to travel, take time off, or navigate inaccessible spaces.
Adisa and Condon ask: what if professional validation didn’t depend on boarding a plane?
Adisa and Condon ask: what if professional validation didn’t depend on boarding a plane?
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Right now, national conferences too often privilege who can afford to travel, take time off, or navigate inaccessible spaces.
Adisa and Condon ask: what if professional validation didn’t depend on boarding a plane?
Adisa and Condon ask: what if professional validation didn’t depend on boarding a plane?
If we want equitable writing classrooms, we must rethink how and why we regulate behavior — not just what we grade.
🔗 Read Gomes’s full piece: bit.ly/CS53-1
💬 What expectations—spoken or unspoken—shape how students show up in your classroom?
🔗 Read Gomes’s full piece: bit.ly/CS53-1
💬 What expectations—spoken or unspoken—shape how students show up in your classroom?
October 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If we want equitable writing classrooms, we must rethink how and why we regulate behavior — not just what we grade.
🔗 Read Gomes’s full piece: bit.ly/CS53-1
💬 What expectations—spoken or unspoken—shape how students show up in your classroom?
🔗 Read Gomes’s full piece: bit.ly/CS53-1
💬 What expectations—spoken or unspoken—shape how students show up in your classroom?
He invites us to imagine culturally sustaining pedagogies that:
✨ Center plural literacies
✨ Value diverse linguistic practices
✨ Challenge how schools define ‘good behavior’
✨ Center plural literacies
✨ Value diverse linguistic practices
✨ Challenge how schools define ‘good behavior’
October 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
He invites us to imagine culturally sustaining pedagogies that:
✨ Center plural literacies
✨ Value diverse linguistic practices
✨ Challenge how schools define ‘good behavior’
✨ Center plural literacies
✨ Value diverse linguistic practices
✨ Challenge how schools define ‘good behavior’
Gomes argues that these “behavioral” expectations aren’t neutral. They often reflect White, able-bodied, middle-class norms that don’t align with all students’ realities.
October 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Gomes argues that these “behavioral” expectations aren’t neutral. They often reflect White, able-bodied, middle-class norms that don’t align with all students’ realities.
Contract grading doesn’t just assess writing. It regulates behavior—how students act, participate, and even think about writing.”
October 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Contract grading doesn’t just assess writing. It regulates behavior—how students act, participate, and even think about writing.”
Kinkead closes by reflecting on what these preferences mean for teaching and for how we think about writing itself.
So—where do you stand: #TeamPilotG2 or #TeamInkJoy?
🔗 Read the full post here: bit.ly/Zen-Pen-Blog
So—where do you stand: #TeamPilotG2 or #TeamInkJoy?
🔗 Read the full post here: bit.ly/Zen-Pen-Blog
October 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Kinkead closes by reflecting on what these preferences mean for teaching and for how we think about writing itself.
So—where do you stand: #TeamPilotG2 or #TeamInkJoy?
🔗 Read the full post here: bit.ly/Zen-Pen-Blog
So—where do you stand: #TeamPilotG2 or #TeamInkJoy?
🔗 Read the full post here: bit.ly/Zen-Pen-Blog
Kinkead’s students overwhelmingly favored analog implements for reasons tied to aesthetics, creativity, nostalgia, and pleasure.
From the Pilot G2’s perfect point to PaperMate InkJoy’s smear-proof flair, students described tools as central to their writerly identity.
From the Pilot G2’s perfect point to PaperMate InkJoy’s smear-proof flair, students described tools as central to their writerly identity.
October 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Kinkead’s students overwhelmingly favored analog implements for reasons tied to aesthetics, creativity, nostalgia, and pleasure.
From the Pilot G2’s perfect point to PaperMate InkJoy’s smear-proof flair, students described tools as central to their writerly identity.
From the Pilot G2’s perfect point to PaperMate InkJoy’s smear-proof flair, students described tools as central to their writerly identity.
“Pilot G2 or nothing—a hill I’m willing to die on.”
Turns out, even so-called digital natives have strong feelings about analog writing tools.
Turns out, even so-called digital natives have strong feelings about analog writing tools.
October 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“Pilot G2 or nothing—a hill I’m willing to die on.”
Turns out, even so-called digital natives have strong feelings about analog writing tools.
Turns out, even so-called digital natives have strong feelings about analog writing tools.
In a moment when “fast” feels like the only tempo higher ed allows, ACT reminds us that slowing down is radical.
🔗 Read the full Course Design: bit.ly/ACT-FYW
💬 How have you built small pauses into your teaching?
🔗 Read the full Course Design: bit.ly/ACT-FYW
💬 How have you built small pauses into your teaching?
The ACT Model in First-Year Writing
by Casie Fedukovich and Brooke Mulhollem
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September 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
In a moment when “fast” feels like the only tempo higher ed allows, ACT reminds us that slowing down is radical.
🔗 Read the full Course Design: bit.ly/ACT-FYW
💬 How have you built small pauses into your teaching?
🔗 Read the full Course Design: bit.ly/ACT-FYW
💬 How have you built small pauses into your teaching?
The model draws on neuroscience—slowing down helps cultivate relaxed alertness, an “optimal state for learning.”
“Create a decision point… eliminate decision fatigue… use momentum to fight procrastination.”
“Create a decision point… eliminate decision fatigue… use momentum to fight procrastination.”
September 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The model draws on neuroscience—slowing down helps cultivate relaxed alertness, an “optimal state for learning.”
“Create a decision point… eliminate decision fatigue… use momentum to fight procrastination.”
“Create a decision point… eliminate decision fatigue… use momentum to fight procrastination.”