The Young Rhetoricians' Conference Program ~~ 1999
Thursday, June 24
8:00-10:30 (Points Lobby)
REGISTRATION / WELCOME / Coffee Coordinator: Jane Zunkel
Coffee Compliments of Allyn and Bacon Publishers
BOOK FAIR (Captain's Table Room)
Publishers include: Allyn & Bacon, Harcourt Brace, HarperCollins,
Mayfield, Prentice Hall, McGraw-Hill, Houghton-Mifflin,
The Rosenberg Group, Simon & Schuster
10:30-12:00 OPENING GENERAL SESSION #1: Voices Near, Far, Old, and New
(Pt Cabrillo Room)
Chair: Sterling Warner (Evergreen Valley College)
• "Who Speaks for Wolf?: The Past as Prologue"
Kathleen Hudson (Scriebner College, Texas)
• "Reconsidering Racism and Multi-Culturalism"
Victor Villanueva (Washington State University)
12:00-1:20 (On the Beach) BEACH BARBECUE!
(costs covered by conference fees)
1:30-3:00 THURSDAY P.M. WORKSHOPS--First Series
(Pt Pinos Room) WORKSHOP 1: A Tribute to Edward P.J. Corbett:
The Forever-Young Rhetorician of the Year
• Chair & Presenter: Kelly McClain (CA State University, Bakersfield)
• Paul Bator (Stanford University, CA)
• Steve Wright (California State University, San Bernardino)
• Heather Morgan (California State University, Bakersfield)
• Diana Rolof (California State University, San Bernardino)
(Pt Alones Room) WORKSHOP 2: Popular Culture Regenerating Discourse
Among Icons and Images
• Chair: Paul Lukes (San Jose City College)
• "Reading the Hidden Message in Mass Media"
Heloise Rusking (Bergen College, NJ)
• "From Genes to Jeans: Memes, Popular Culture, and Written Communication"
Bill Swanson (South Puget Sound College, WA)
• "Writing the Blues: Interviewing 'Blues Singers'"
Kathleen Hudson (Scriebner College, TX)
(Pt Cabrillo Room) WORKSHOP 3: Learning the Natural Way:
Mother/Daughter Interactions
Gabrielle Rico (San Jose State University)
Simone Rico (Mayfield Publishing Company)
3:00-3:30 COFFEE BREAK (Points Lobby)
Compliments of McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
3:30-5:00 THURSDAY P.M. WORKSHOPS--Second Series
(Pt Alones Room) WORKSHOP 4: Alternative Rhetorics: Challenges to
the Rhetorical Tradition
• "'Deep' Assessment"
Jill Daley (Modesto Community College, CA)
• "'That is Not What I Meant At All': The Challenges of Communicating
Effectively in Composition Classrooms"
Lisa Wallace (North Park University, Chicago, IL)
• "Getting Our Heads on Straight: Realpolitik and Critical Thinking"
Bruce Henderson (Fullerton College)
(Pt Pinos Room) WORKSHOP 5: Massaging the "Basic" in
Developmental Writing
• Chair: Lynda Swanson (South Puget Sound, WA)
• "The Intensive Learning Experience and Developmental Writers"
Judy Hilliard (San Jose State University, CA)
• "The 'Common Place' Book: An Aid to Basic Writers Facing Timed Essays"
Mary Ellen Braun (Bakersfield College, CA)
• "Mentoring: Making a Difference in the Information"
Jane Zunkel (Portland Community College, OR)
(Pt. Cabrillo Room) WORKSHOP 6: Getting On with the Process of Writing:
Writing Centers as "Places to Go"
• "Exciting Writing: Bringing New Energy and Enthusiasm to Writing Centers
& Classes"
Allison Holland (University of Arkansas, Little Rock)
• "Imposing Upon Writers' Agency"
Cassundra Flemister-White (California State Univ., San Bernadino)
• Respondent: Leigh Ann Golden (University of Arkansas, Little Rock)
• Respondent: Cortney Taylor (University of Arkansas, Little Rock)
5:15-6:30 A COCKTAIL FORUM: Adjunct Instructors, Non-Tenure Track
Fireside Lounge Faculty, and Future Prospects Amid
Unsituated Paradigms
• Facilitator/Host: Kim Flachmann (California State Univ., Bakersfield)
Friday, June 25
7:30-9:00 Facing New Life Forms in a Liquid Job Market
A Graduate Student Breakfast
(Sign-up in the Points Lobby: Thursday)
8:00-9:30 REGISTRATION/Coffee (Points Lobby)
Coordinator: Jane Zunkel
Coffee Compliments of McGraw-Hill
BOOK FAIR (Captain's Table)
Publishers: Allyn & Bacon, Harcourt Brace, HarperCollins,
Mayfield, Prentice Hall, McGraw-Hill, Houghton-Mifflin,
The Rosenberg Group, Simon & Schuster
9:30-11:00 FRIDAY GENERAL SESSION #2: Continuing Dialogues
(Point Cabrillo Room)
• Chair: John Lovas (De Anza College)
• "Content, Character, and Composition: A Conversation with Shelby Steele"
Shelby Steele (San Jose State University / Stanford University)
11:15-12:00 RHETORICIAN OF THE YEAR 1999:
Victor Villanueva
(Washington State University)
Introduction: Martha L. Henning
(Portland Community College)
12:30-2:00 FRIDAY LUNCHEON SPEAKER: Diem Jones (St. Marys College;
poetry collections include Sufi Warrior)
Chair: Reginald Lockett (San Jose City College)
(costs covered by conference fees)
2:15-3:45 FRIDAY P.M. WORKSHOPS--First Series
(Pt Pinos Room) WORKSHOP 7: Making Contributions: Writing & Publishing
in College Composition Journals
• Jeanne Gunner, Editor: College English (Santa Clara University, CA)
• Kevin Parker, Editor: Inside English (Orange Coast College)
(Pt Alones Room) WORKSHOP 8: "Conflicts of Interest" or "Partnerships":
College/Business Liaisons
• Chair: Martha L. Henning (Portland Community College, Portland, OR)
• "How to Do Our Jobs (Politically) While Keeping Them"
Victor Villanueva (Washington State University)
• "Academic Excellence or Corporate Efficiency: Who's Calling the Shots?"
• Respondent: Jean Anderson Embree (Evergreen Valley College, CA)
• Respondent: Peggy Messerschmidt (Mission College)
(Pt Cabrillo Room) WORKSHOP 9: TYCA Roundtable: The Un-Situated Images
of Two-Year College: Perspectives
• Chair: Janice Albert (Los Positas College, CA)
• "Reviewing the Situations: An Administrator's Perspective of Two-Year
College and Popular Culture"
Mildred White (Ohlone College, CA)
• "Looking at Community Colleges: One Instructor's Perspective"
Carolyn Zerboni (Mission College, CA)
• "Both Sides Now: Insights of a Two-Year and Four-Year College Student"
Jain Koepke (Santa Clara University)
Respondent: Margarita Quizada (Evergreen Valley College, CA)
3:45-4:00 Coffee Break (Points Lobby)
Coffee Compliments of McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
4:00-5:30 FRIDAY P.M. WORKSHOPS--Second Series
(Pt Pinos Room) WORKSHOP 10: Where the Rubber Meets the Road:
Contact Between Publishers
& Authors
• Chair: Joe Hanson (Mayfield)
• Sue Brekka (Prentice-Hall)
• Kylie Johnson (Harcourt Brace)
• Nathan Malone (Allyn & Bacon)
• Simone Rico (Mayfield)
• Dawn Skorczewski (St. Martin/Bedford)
(Pt Alones Room) WORKSHOP 11: Chumming the Internet: Invention Gone
Cybernetic
• Chair: Doug Sweet (Santa Clara University, CA)
• Perri Gallager (Chabot College, CA)
• Ruth Elowitz (Santa Rosa Community College, CA)
"Bulding Learning Communities Online: What Works?"
(Pt Cabrillo Room) WORKSHOP 12: Service Learning: Offering
the Missing Link
• "From Campus To Community: Using Service Learning in
Composition and Critical Thinking Classes"
Luce Rosenberg (Pasadena City College, CA)
• "Good Medicine for Writing: Service Learning"
Thomas D. Zlatic (St. Louis College of Pharmacy, MO)
• Respondent: Cheryl Smith (CSU Bakersfield)
LIVE MUSIC ~~ COCKTAILS & DANCE
8:30-11:00 (Le Grande Banquet Room)
Sponsored by Mayfield Publishing Company
Saturday, June 26
8:00-9:00 REGISTRATION/Coffee (Points Lobby) Coordinator: Jane Zunkel
Coffee Compliments of Harcourt Brace College Publishers
9:15-10:45 SATURDAY CUTTING EDGE SESSION: Indian Rhetorics
(Le Grande Banquet Room)
• "Composition Theories and American Indian Literatures"
Julie La May (Chaffey College)
• "The Four Directions Institute: A Case Study of Cultural Immersion"
Larry Sunderland (Four Directions Institute)
• "Classroom Experience Vs. Tribal Sensilities: A Student's Perspective
on Survival"
Susan Dominguez (Riverside College, Juaneno)
• "Native Americans and Traditional Methods of Education: An Instructor's
Perspective"
Andy Delao (Los Angeles School District)
• "Students, Teachers, Administrators, and Academic Multiculturalism"
John Orendorff (Director, American Indian Education Commission)
11:00-12:30 CLOSING SESSION: Chaos Among the Clusters: Writing the
Natural Way in Unnatural Sites
• Facilitator: Hans Guth (Santa Clara University)
• Presenter: Gabriele Rico (San Jose State University)
RHETORICIANS OF THE YEAR, EMERITI AND EMERITAE: 1988-1999
Victor Villanueva 1999
Nell Ann Pickett 1998
Winifred Bryan Horner 1997
Anne Ruggles Gere 1996
Sondra Perl 1995
Donald McQuade 1994
Lynn Troyka 1993
Peter Elbow 1992
Maxine Harrrison 1991
Shirley Brice Heath 1990
Edward P. J. Corbett 1989
Bob Gorrell 1988
YRC Co-Chairs/Directors: Martha L. Henning and Sterling Warner
(Visit the YRC website for next year's developments)
https://members.tripod.com/~YoungRhetoricians/index.html
A Special Thanks to Allyn & Bacon, Harcourt Brace College Publishers,
HarperCollins, Mayfield Publishing Company, McGraw-Hill, NTCE, The
Rosenberg Group, Houghton-Mifflin, and Simon and Schuster for sponsoring
special activities at the 1999 Young Rhetoricians' Conference.
Year 2000 Young Rhetoricians' Conference:
Where Edges Meet:
Whither Goes 21st-Century Composition and Rhetoric?
Thursday, June 22 through Saturday, June 24
Where? The Monterey Beach Hotel
2600 San Dunes Drive
Monterey, CA 93940
Call for papers: June 2, 1999 to February 1, 2000
Until February 1, 2000, we are accepting proposals for the YRC-2000 concurrent
and general sessions. In keeping with the sense of the conference, please try
to show an interplay between theory and practice--not privileging one above the
other. You may submit a proposal for either a whole 1 1/2 hour session (of more
than one persons) or for the place in such a session. The sooner you can
send us your proposal the better.
Please focus you idea(s) and supporting material to read no more than 250
words. In addition, please submit a one sentence description of your
presentation. Please send a ONE copy to each chair, addresses below. Be sure
to include your various means of contact: address(es), affiliation, phone
numbers, FAX numbers, and email information. We look forward learning of your
ideas.
Sterling Warner, English Department, Evergreen Valley College
2095 Yerba Buena Road, San Jose, CA 95135
FAX: (408) 223-9291 EMAIL: jsterlingw@aol.com
Martha Henning, Division of English & Modern Languages,
Portland Community College, P.O. Box 19000, Portland, OR 97280-0990
FAX: (503) 977-4874 EMAIL: mhenning@pcc.edu
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