6pm – 9pm

Pre-conference:  “Walk about / Write about” in the Marais

Our guides for the evening:

Katrin Girgenshohn, EWCA Board (European University Viadrina, Germany)

girgensohn@euv-frankfurt-o.de

Franziska Liebetanz (European University Viadrina, Germany)

liebetanz@euv-frankfurt-o.de

9:00 – 3:00

Registration, Grenelle lobby

147 rue de Grenelle, 7ème

3:30 – 6:00

Opening Session, the American Church in Paris

65 Quai d'Orsay, 7ème (facing the Seine)

Welcome from the EWCA Board

"Centered Writing: Sharing and Collaborating across Borders"

Muriel Harris, Keynote

Professor Emerita of English
Writing Lab Director (retired), Purdue University
Writing Lab Newsletter, Editor

"Reading, Writing and Magical Thinking"

Anne-Marie Picard-Drillien, Keynote

Professor of Comparative Literature, French, and French Studies, The American University of Paris

6:00 – 8:00

Champagne Reception, Grand Salon, Bosquet

31 ave Bosquet, 7ème

 9:30 – 10:30 (6 sessions)

60 min panel

Session Chair: Gerd Brauer (University of Education, Freiburg Germany, EWCA Board)

Researching the role of the Writing Centre in promoting “Writing in the Disciplines” in UK Higher Education

Peter O'Neill (London Metropolitan University, UK)

Kathy Harrington (London Metropolitan University, UK)

Roger Gossett (London Metropolitan University, UK)

Debbie Holley (London Metropolitan University, UK)

Rosemary Stott (London Metropolitan University, UK)

60 min workshop

Session Chair: Filitsa Sofianou-Mullen (American University in Bulgaria, EWCA Board)

Innovative Writing Instruction at the University – Focusing Writing and Bodily Experience in an Interdisciplinary Context

Alexandra Lavinia Zepter (University of Cologne, Germany)

Kirsten Schindler (University of Cologne, Germany)

60 min workshop

Session Chair: Mary Deane, Coventry University, UK

Because We’ve All Come Together, We Can Separate: Collaborative Tutoring Across the Curriculum

Tyler Bailey (Western Michigan University, USA)

Ashley Hartfik (Western Michigan University, USA)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Dilek Tokay (Sabanci University, Turkey, EWCA Board)

Adding meaning to trivia: A touch of variation at the Academic Writing Center of the Middle East Technical University (METU).

Aysem Karadag Otkur (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)

Tijen Atasoy (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)

The International Writing Center: Addressing the needs of a wider Korean community

Shane Ellis Coates (Kyungbook National University, Korea)

Sung-Dong Hwang (Kyungbook National University, Korea)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Katrin Girgenshohn (European University Viadrina, Germany, EWCA Board

The Writing Center as International Portal:  Connecting Swedish and US Student Writers

Alyssa J. O'Brien (Stanford University, USA)

Developing a community outreach program at College of the North Atlantic-Qatar

Paula Hayden (College of the North Atlantic-Qatar, Qatar)

60 min panel

Session Chair: Franziska Liebetanz (European University Viadrina, Germany)

The ethos of a writing centre at a university of technology

Carl Johan Carlsson (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)

Laleh Pirzadeh (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)

Claes Andersson (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)

10: 30 – 11:00 – Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00 (6 sessions)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Anja Poloubotko (European University Viadrina, Germany)

The writing center in Flemish higher education:  a critical review

Jeroen Lievens (University College Limburg, Belgium)

Writing Center Work at Göttingen University

Melanie Brinkschulte (Göttingen University, Germany)

Ella Grieshammer (Göttingen University, Germany)

David Kreitz (Göttingen University, Germany)

Annett Mudoh (Göttingen University, Germany)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Filitsa Sofianou-Mullen (American University in Bulgaria, EWCA Board)

Non-native Students at an American Writing Center: What do Tutors Say?

Deniz Kucuk (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)

Investigating needs and requirements to establish a writing center at the University of Tartu, Estonia

Djuddah A.J. Leijen (University of Tartu, Estonia)

Laura Ojava (University of Tartu, Estonia)

60 min panel

Session Chair: Katrin Girgenshohn (European University Viadrina, Germany, EWCA Board) 

The Beat Goes On: Three Generations of Tutor Trainers Examine Writing Center Trust Strategies and Legacies

Kim Ballard (Western Michigan University, USA)

Muriel Harris (Purdue University, USA)

Meghan Dykema (Western Michigan University, USA)

60 min panel

Session Chair: Dilek Tokay (Sabanci University, Turkey, EWCA Board)

ESP, ELI, EFL, EAP: Implications of Global English Practices for Tutor Preparation

Carol Peterson Haviland (California State University, San Bernardino, USA; American University of Beirut, Lebanon)

Joan Mullin (Illinois State University, USA)

Linda Bergmann (Purdue University, USA)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Irene Clark (California State University, Northridge, USA)

Hellenic American University Student Attitudes Towards Online/Onsite Tutoring

Vasiliki Kourbani (Hellenic American University, Greece)

Designing a constructive response to students’ writing: the case of WAC Program at Hellenic American University

Ioannis Petropoulos (Hellenic American University, Greece)

LUNCH 12:00 – 1:30 – Off campus

1:30 – 2:30 (6 sessions)

60 min workshop

Session Chair: Dimitar Angelov (Coventry University, UK)

Helping Students with Thesis and Dissertation Proposals: Insights from Rhetorical Genre Theory

Irene Clark (California State University Northridge, USA)

William Clark (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)

60 min panel

Session Chair: Gerd Brauer (University of Education, Freiburg Germany, EWCA Board)

“Writing” Centers and International Collaboration: A France-U.S. Dialogue

Stephanie Boone (Dartmouth College, USA)

Denis Alamargot (Université de Poitiers, France)

Tiane Donahue (Dartmouth College, USA)

2 – 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Lisa Ganobcsik-Williams (Coventry University, UK, EWCA Board)

Blogging to Learn: using blogs to develop academic writing

Halina Harvey (University of Huddersfield, UK)

Gillian Byrne (University of Huddersfield, UK)

The Cyborg in the Writing Center: Online Tutoring, Kenneth Burke, and Donna Haraway

Doug Dangler (The Ohio State University, USA)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Filitsa Sofianou-Mullen (American University in Bulgaria, EWCA Board)

The Council of Writing Program Administrators and EWCA: what we can learn from each other

Darsie Bowden (DePaul University, USA)

Writing Programme Design Consultancy: Collaborations between departmental staff and the writing centre

Wendy Smeets (Liverpool Hope University, UK)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Kim Ballard (Western Michigan University)

Cultures of Writing: Disciplinary Identities and Individual Values

Angela Mary Ardington (University of Sydney, Australia)

The Writing Center and Ecocomposition

Bonnie Devet (College of Charleston, USA)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Joan Mullin (Illinois State University, USA)

Talking about writing: What teachers and supervisors can learn from the writing centres' approach

Joy de Jong (Radboud University, Netherlands)

Writing Groups for Junior Scholars and University Teachers: Ukrainian Experience

Halyna Kaluzhna (Ivan Franko National University, Ukraine)

Tetiana Fityo (Ivan Franko National University, Ukraine)

Ihor Devlysh (Ivan Franko National University, Ukraine)

Oksana Andrushchak (Ivan Franko National University, Ukraine)

60 min panel

Session Chair: Franziska Liebetanz (European University Viadrina, Germany)

Collaborative Efforts to Encourage Faculty Ownership of WAC

Shanti Bruce (Nova Southeastern University, USA)

Kevin Dvorak (St. Thomas University, USA)

2:30 – 3:00 – Coffee break

3:00 – 4:00

Open mic sessions:  informal, unscripted sessions in which participants can speak to issues of interest and/or concern, many stemming from responses from the EWCA survey

Session Chairs:

Dilek Tokay, EWCA Board

Gerd Brauer. EWCA Board

Katrin Girgenshohn, EWCA Board

Lisa Ganobcsik-Williams, EWCA Board

Filitsa  Mullen, EWCA Board

Chris Anson, Keynote

Mickey Harris, Keynote

4:15 – 5:15 (6 sessions)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Ann Borel (Director ARC, The American University of Paris)

Extending college writing center work toward the community: Facilitating local schools in developing writing/reading projects

Gerd Bräuer, (University of Education, Freiburg Germany, EWCA Board)

Library and Writing Center Collaboration for Student Information Literacy

Barbara Rau Kyle (University of Central Florida, USA)

60 min panel

Session Chair: Tijen Atasoy (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)

Planted in Business:  A Writing Center Grafted to a Discipline

Kate Ronald (Miami University, Ohio, USA)

Abby Dubisar (Miami University, Ohio, USA)

Lisa Blankenship (Miami University, Ohio, USA)

Ann Updike (Miami University, Ohio, USA)

Caroline Dadas (Miami University, Ohio, USA)

60 min panel

Session Chair: Simone Tschirpke (European University Viadrina, Germany)

Writer Development and Feedback Groups: Procedures and Benefits

Sarah Haas (Leuven, Belgium)

Rikke von Müllen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

60 min workshop

Session Chair: Muriel Harris, Keynote

Legacies in Learning: Utilizing Writing Center Histories to Build Connections and Strengthen Writing Center Foundations

Allison Denman Holland (University of Arkansas-Little Rock, USA)

60 min workshop

Session Chair: Dilek Tokay (Sabanci University, Turkey, EWCA Board)

WAC/WID and the Writing Center: Collaborating Internationally to Address Concerns

Leigh Ryan (University of Maryland, USA)

Lawrence Cleary (University of Limerick, Ireland)

Ide O'Sullivan (University of Limerick, Ireland)

Mary Deane (Coventry University, US)

Pamela B. Childers (The McCallie School, USA)

Sharifa Daniels (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

Pamela Nichols (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

60 min presentation

Session Chair: Tugrul Atasoy (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)

"WCOnline: The Customized, Online Scheduling, Record-keeping, and Reporting System for Writing Centers"

Richard Hay, The Rich Company, CEO, Wisconsin, USA

5:15 – 6:30 – Relaxation

6:30 – Meet in front of the Bosquet building

7:00 – 8:00 Bateaux Mouches

9:30 – 10:30 (5 sessions)

60 min workshop

Session Chair: Dilek Tokay (Sabanci University, Turkey, EWCA Board)

Merde in Other Words: Cultural Miscues and Humor in a WAC-Based Writing Center

Steven Sherwood (Texas Christian University, USA)

Pamela Childers (The McCallie School, USA)

60 min panel

Session Chair: Lisa Ganobcsik-Williams (Coventry University, UK, EWCA Board)

Writing center work across generations

Franziska Liebetanz (European University Viadrina, Germany)

Gerd Brauer (University of Education, Freiburg Germany, EWCA Board)

Katrin Girgenshohn (European University Viadrina, Germany, EWCA Board)

Mandy Pydde (European University Viadrina, Germany)

Simone Tschirpke (European University Viadrina, Germany)

2 – 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Tiane Donahue (Dartmouth College, USA)

Grimm's Conceptual Frameworks at a Twenty-First-Century Writing/Learning Center

Amanda L. Granrud (University of Nebraska Kearney, USA)

Developing Students’ Academic Writing Skills:  A Model for a More Coherent Approach

Lawrence Smith (Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education, Prague, Czech Republic)

2 – 20 min presentations       

Session Chair: Ann Mott (The American University of Paris, EWCA Chair)

Communication Across Curricula: Creating Collaborative Spaces for Teaching Multimodal Critical Thinking

Alissa Ehrenkranz (Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada)

By Writers for Writers: A collaboratively constructed model of the writing process

Sarah Haas (Leuven, Belgium)

2 – 20 min presentations       

Writing, Writing Centers, and the Politics of Education

Filitsa Sofianou-Mullen (American University in Bulgaria, EWCA Board)

The Good, the Bad and the Writer

Ingrid Stassen (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)

10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00 (6 sessions)

60 min workshop

Session Chair: Yiannis Petropoulos (Hellenic American University, Athens, Greece)

Paving the Path to Transformation: Developing a Strategy to Launch WAC at Your Institution

Catherine Savini (Westfield State College, USA)

60 min workshop

Session Chair: Laura Citino (Western Michigan University, USA)

Encouraging intercultural academic writing skills in binational writing partnerships

Melanie Brinkschulte (Göttingen University, Germany)

Ella Grieshammer (Göttingen University, Germany)

Annett Mudoh (Göttingen University, Germany)

60 min workshop

Session Chair: Gerd Brauer (University of Education, Freiburg Germany, EWCA Board)

Using Wikis in Training and to Support Reflective Practice in the Writing Centre

Lynn Reynolds (London Metropolitan University, UK)

Kathy Harrington (London Metropolitan University, UK)

Peter O’Neill (London Metropolitan University, UK)

Savita Bakhshi (London Metropolitan University, UK)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Chris Anson, Keynote

“ ‘And, lovely, learn by going where to go’: Mapping the Faculty Tutor Journey at Vancouver Island University”

Dale Wik (Vancouver Island University, Canada)

 “Shaking Up and Waking Up:  Reanimating the Writing Center-WAC Connection Through Tutor Training”

Kathy Evertz (Carleton College, USA)

 60 min workshop

Session Chair: Katrin Girgenshohn (European University Viadrina, Germany, EWCA Board)

Roses are red, violets are blue! Commonalities and Differences between European and US Writing Centers

Dilek Tokay (Sabanci University, Turkey, EWCA Board)

60 min panel

Session Chair: Bonnie Devet (College of Charleston, USA)

Student/Faculty Views of Creativity:  Implications for Writing Centers and WAC Programs

Julie Neff-Lippman (University of Puget Sound, USA)

Irene Clark (California State University Northridge, USA)

Cathy Hale ((University of Puget Sound, USA)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Anne-Marie Picard-Drillien, Keynote

What can students’ literacy practices teach us about writing development?

Weronika Gorska (King's College London, UK)

A student-run writing centre (work in progress)

David F Dalton (Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE)

12:00 – 1:30 – Lunch off campus

1:30 – 2:30 (6 sessions)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Ariane Hoyer (European University, Viadrina, Germany)

Broadening the scope of student writing: Implementing new text types with a content-based approach

Mujde Sener Nordling (Sabanci University, Turkey)

Are conventions of academic writing teachable and transferable: the case of Turkish higher education?

Elif Demirel (Blacksea Technical University, Turkey)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Pamela Childers (The McCallie School, USA)

Developing Post-graduate Research Writers: Writing Retreats and Writers' Groups for PhD students
Sarah Haas (Leuven, Belgium)

Preparing Students for Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Writing: A Case Study in Criminology
Jane Creaton (University of Portsmouth, UK)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Ann Mott (The American University of Paris, EWCA Chair)

An Assessment of Middle-Eastern Writing Center Tutorials

Maria Eleftheriou (American University of Sharjah, UAE)

Writing Centre Data: a means towards curriculum-based writing solutions

Wendy Smeets (Liverpool Hope University, UK)

Julian Brasington (Liverpool Hope University, UK)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Lisa Ganobcsik-Williams (Coventry University, UK, EWCA Board)

Academic literacies versus rhetoric and composition: Creating and developing a writing tradition for an Irish higher education

Ide O'Sullivan (University of Limerick, Ireland)

Lawrence Cleary (University of Limerick, Ireland)

How to convince my professor of the importance of a writing center? The challenge of communication in a hierarchical context

Patrick Kowal (European University Viadrina, Germany)

Ariane Hoyer (European University Viadrina, Germany

Sebastian Schönbeck (European University Viadrina, Germany

60 min workshop

Session Chair: Lauren Kopec (St.John's University, NY, USA)

“(Re)Thinking Collaboration, Autonomy, and Control While (Re) Addressing Issues of ‘Marginalization’”

Crystal Bickford (Nichols College, USA)

60 min panel

Session Chair: Vasiliki Kourbani (Hellenic American University, Athens Greece)

Online Tutor Training: A Critical Reflection

Heather Lunsford (University of Phoenix, USA)

Ellen Wolterbeek Yarborough (University of Advancing Technology, USA)

2:30 – 3:00 Coffee break

3:00 – 4:00 (6 sessions)

60 min workshop

Session Chair: Filitsa Sofianou-Mullen (American University in Bulgaria, EWCA Board)

The Power of Body Language in Written Communication

Tugrul Atasoy (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)

60 min workshop

Session Chair: Anja Poloubotko (European University Viadrina, Germany)

Writing and tutoring in English: How do European writing centers cope with the consequences of Bologna?

Elke van Cassel (Tilburg University, Netherlands)

60 min panel

Session Chair: Lisa Ganobcsik-Williams (Coventry University, UK, EWCA Board)

Transforming the American Model:  Rethinking the Teaching of Writing for the 21st Century

Diane Martinez (Kaplan University, USA)

Kara Vandam (Kaplan University, USA)

Susan Carlson (Kaplan University, USA)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Tiane Donahue (Dartmouth College, USA)

Structural Modification of First Semester University Programme in Regard to Academic Writing Criteria: Collaboration with the Language Workshop

Lisa Bjernhager (Malmo University, Sweden)

Evaluating Students’ Needs and Expectations

Nadine Scholz (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany)

Lisa Hertweck (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany)
Benjamin Knopp (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Dimitar Angelov (Coventry University, UK)

Critical Race Theory: Delgado and Crenshaw in the American Writing Center

Lauren Kopec (St.John's University, NY, USA)

Writing in the Disciplines at Queen Mary – reflections on institutional culture and change

Alan Evison (Queen Mary, University of London, UK)

4:15 – 5:15 (5 sessions)

60 min workshop

Session Chair: Kim Ballard (Western Michigan University)

Flexible consistency:  Ethical Issues in Writing Centers

Laura Citino (Western Michigan University, USA)

Jason Elkins (Western Michigan University, USA)

Meghan Dykema (Western Michigan University, USA)

Patrick Love (Western Michigan University, USA)

60 min panel

Session Chair: Mary Deane (Coventry University, UK)

From Tutoring to Teaching and Back Again

Chloe de la Reyes (California State University San Bernadino, USA)

Gina Hanson (California State University San Bernadino, USA)

Deanna Hernandez (California State University San Bernadino, USA)

Erika Macias (California State University San Bernadino, USA)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Anne-Marie Picard-Drillien, Keynote

Bridging Cultural Gaps in Teaching AW to Future Diplomats

Olha Ivashchyshyn (Ivan Franko National University, Ukraine)

Nataliya Kashchyshyn (Ivan Franko National University, Ukraine)

Oleksandra Ostrovska (Ivan Franko National University, Ukraine)

Educating Undergraduate Tutors: Integrating Theory and Practice

Jasna Shannon (Coker College, USA)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Dimitar Angelov (Coventry University, UK)

Writing in English as an International Language and the vexed issue of proofreading

Joan Turner (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)

The Copy Paste Reflex: Re-thinking plagiarism

Hulya Gorur-Atabas (Sabanci University, Turkey)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Dilek Tokay (Sabanci University, Turkey, EWCA Board)

How do we generate ideas?

Mike Gould (Michael Gould Associates, Netherlands)

Investigating the Development of the Student as Scholar: A Writing Center/ Writing Program Research Collaboration

Kirsten F. Benson (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA)

5:00 – 6:30 – Relaxation

6:30 – 8:30 – Paris by Dusk bus ride; meet in front of Bosquet building

9:30 – 10:30 (5 sessions)

60 min panel

Session Chair: Laura Citino (Western Michigan University, USA)

Positionality and the 21st Century Writing Center: Interdisciplinary, Transdisciplinary, and Cultural Border Crossing

Kathleen Shine Cain (Merrimack College, USA)

Heidi Wroblicky (Merrimack College, USA)

60-min panel

Session Chair: Anja Poloubotko (European University Viadrina, Germany)

From teacher-centered instruction to student-focused coaching: a writing curriculum and writing center in Germany

Shawn Kemp (University of Tübingen, Germany)

Linda Carlson (University of Tübingen, Germany)

Katharina Wiedmann (University of Tübingen, Germany)

2 - 20 min presentations

Session Chair: Dilek Tokay (Sabanci University, Turkey, EWCA Board)

A Study of L2 Error Patterns of Faculty/Staff at Poznan University of Technology in Poland

Lilianna Aniola-Jedrzejek (Poznan University of Technology, Poland)

Diane Boehm (Saginaw Valley State University, USA)

Does the task matter in the process?

Lukasz Salski (University of Lodz, Poland)

60 min panel

Session Chair: Kim Ballard (Western Michigan University, USA)

Beyond the Paper Review: Exploring the Possibilities of Media-Rich Feedback in an Online Writing Center

Diane Martinez (Kaplan University, USA)

Kara Vandam (Kaplan University, USA)

Susan Carlson (Kaplan University, USA)

11:00 – 12:30 Closing Session; the American Church in Paris

"Looking Out: Writing Centers and the Role of Course Instructors"

Chris Anson, Keynote

University Distinguished Professor, Professor of English

Director, Campus Writing and Speaking Program

North Carolina State University

12:30 – 2:00 Wine and cheese reception, Grand Salon, Bosquet Building