Snippet from ie Volume 37 Number 1, Spring 2011
From Adam Bessie’s (Diablo Valley College) “The Metaphors We Write By” “Slowly, students can see that these metaphors differ based on experience, that the “marathon runner” and the “root canal patient”...
View ArticleConference Quick Links
Submit a Proposal Three-step registration process: Register for Conference Pay for Conference Reserve a Hotel Room
View ArticleJeannie Barroga ECCTYC Luncheon Speaker
Jeannie Barroga was born in Milwaukee in 1949. She graduated with a B.A. in fine arts from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee in 1972. After graduation, she moved to northern California and felt...
View ArticleKatie Hern ECCTYC Keynote Speaker
Katie Hern, writer, community college educator, and director of the California Acceleration Project will give the keynote address at this October's ECCTYC Conference in Burlingame. Hern, Ed.D., an...
View ArticleAimee Suzara ECCTYC Brunch Speaker
Oakland-based Filipino-American writer/performer, cultural worker, educator Suzara has been writing and performing spoken word, poetry and theatre incorporating movement since 1999. Her first play,...
View ArticleResolution: English Education in Times of Budget Cuts
WHEREAS, Budget cuts to the California Community Colleges have the potential to compromise the system’s ability to meet the educational mission, deny state residents access to education, and/or...
View ArticleAndrew Lam ECCTYC Special Guest
Andrew Lam, who was born in Vietnam and came to the US in 1975 when he was 11 years old, has a Master in Fine Arts from San Francisco State University in creative writing, and a BA degree in...
View ArticleYoung Rhetoricians’ Conference 2012
The next YRC is June 21-23, 2012. ECCTYC has been a strong supporter of the Young Rhetoricians’ Conference since its inception, with many ECCTYC board members attending and presenting sessions. This...
View ArticleECCTYC Conference 2013 – 24-26 October
The ECCTYC 2013 date, city, and theme are announced.
View ArticleSnippet from ie Volume 39, Spring 2013
From Nicelle Davis and Charles Hood’s (Antelope Valley College) “Keats, Derrida, and Expanding the Definitions of Student Success” The questions that matter to students are fundamental and eternal:...
View ArticleSnippet from ie Volume 39, Spring 2013
From David Fulton's "Elevating the Discourse in Developmental Writing Classrooms." In developmental writing classrooms the “what” of reading and writing often takes a backseat to the “how.” During one...
View ArticleSnippet from ie Volume 39, Spring 2013
From Santi Tafarella's (Antelope Valley College) "Reweaving the Rainbow: Using Literature to Teach Critical Thinking." Critical thinking—the attempt to arrive, as nearly and objectively as possible, at...
View ArticleSnippet from ie Volume 39, Spring 2013
From Emily K. Anderson's (Cerritos, Harbor, and Pierce Colleges) "From Classroom to Laboratory: Teaching English with Experiments and Props." As I walk past the biology building on my way to teach...
View ArticleSnippet from ie Volume 39, Spring 2013
From Eric Odegaard's (Citrus College) poem, "The Personal Narrative." "I pace the classroom, scooping up handfuls / of papers. I glance, make eye contact, say thank you. / One young woman keeps her...
View ArticleYRC Conference – 27-29 JUNE 2013
THE YOUNG RHETORICIANS’ CONFERENCE on college rhetoric and composition, part conference and part retreat, invites reflection and welcomes your ideas for encouraging and enabling students’ skills and...
View Article
