February 17-20, 2011
George Mason University | Washington D.C./Northern Virginia
• We aim to deepen cross-disciplinary dialogues across
the many different domains of writing research and to provide
a dynamic forum for sharing the many perspectives that contribute
to the knowledge of all those interested in writing.
• This conference continues the successful work of the
international, interdisciplinary Santa Barbara Conferences on
Writing Research in 2002, 2005, and 2008.
• As in past years, this conference will focus on writing
development across the lifespan, including the early acquisition
of writing, writing across grade levels (K-20), in the disciplines,
as well as in the workplace and other community and institutional
settings.
• Contact the organizing committee at writing@education.ucsb.edu.
Conference Co-chairs
Charles Bazerman
Paul Rogers
Conference Steering Committee
Christopher Dean
Karen Lunsford
Suzie Null
Amanda Stansell
2008 Conference Program: PDF | DOC | HTML
Abstracts of all presentations (click on a session letter to open
a PDF):
Session A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N
Writing Research Across Borders Conference Overview:
Recent decades have seen the growth of writing
studies in many nations, focused on all levels of education, and
all uses of writing in society, using the resources of many different
disciplines. This increased research attention to writing reflects
an increased recognition of the importance of writing in modern
societies. Yet to a large extent the many emerging traditions of
writing research have neither connected fully nor shared their
work.
This conference brings together the many writing
researchers from around the world, drawing on all disciplines,
and focused on all aspects of writing at all levels of development
and in all segments of society. This will be an opportunity to
learn from different research traditions, share our findings, seek
common agendas, and lay the groundwork for future communication
and alliances.
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