Past Conferences

Below is information on past conferences of the Carolinas Writing Program Administrators.

Fall conferences

Unless otherwise noted, all of the following fall conferences took place at the Wildacres Retreat Center in Little Switzerland, NC.

• 2023. “Homecoming: Finding a place for renewal in the profession,” September 11-13, 2013: CFP
• 2020, 2021, and 2022. No fall conference was held these years, owing to the lingering impact of the Covid pandemic.
• 2019. “Holding space: Trauma, community, and care in writing programs” (15th Annual Fall Conference), September 16-18, 2019: CFP
• 2018. No fall conference was held this year, owing to the dangers posed by Hurricane Florence.
• 2017. “Communities and Contact Zones: Doing Justice” (14th Annual Fall Conference), September 18-20, 2017: CFP and schedule
  • Emma Howes and Christian Smith (Coastal Carolina University), lectio divina and contemplative reading exercises
• 2016. “Taking Action in the Carolinas” (13th Annual Fall Conference), September 12-14, 2016: CFP and schedule
• 2015. “Labor and Working Conditions” (12th Annual Fall Conference), September 14-16, 2015: CFP and schedule
• 2014. “Publishing What We Do: The WPA as Researcher” (11th Annual Fall Conference), September 15-17, 2014: CFP and schedule
  • David Blakesley (Clemson University), “WPAs: Tell your stories!“
• 2013. “Making Connections: The WPA as Worker, Writer, and Scholar” (10th Annual Fall Conference), September 16-18, 2013: CFP and schedule
  • Doug Hesse (University of Denver), “The WPA as writer: A workshop for North [sic] Carolina WPAs“
• 2012. “Tapping Institutional Priorities” (9th Annual Fall Conference), September 17-19, 2012: schedule
  • Shelley Rodrigo (then Old Dominion University), “Writing on the go: The what, why, and how“
• 2011. “Grants: Finding and Applying for Funding Opportunities” (8th Annual Fall Conference), September 19-21, 2011: CFP and schedule
• 2010. “Writing Program Assessment: Accountability and Enrichment” (7th Annual Fall Conference), September 2010: CFP and schedule
  • Chris Anson (NC State University), “Some thoughts about program assessment“
• 2009. “Writing Research and Program Preservation in Tight Financial Times” (6th Annual Fall Conference), September 21-23, 2009: CFP and schedule
• 2008. “The Future of Writing Programs: The Next 10 Years” (5th Annual Fall Conference), September 22-24, 2008: CFP and schedule
  • Denise Comer (Duke University), “Looking forward: The next ten years; increasing competition and increasing access“
  • Wendy Sharer (East Carolina University), “The future of writing at research intensive universities“
• 2007. “Writing Research: Sharing What We Know” (4th Annual Fall Conference), September 24-26, 2007: CFP
• 2006. “Writing Beyond the First Year” (3rd Annual Fall Conference), September 25-27, 2006: CFP
• 2005. (Note: the 2005 Fall Conference was held at the NC Baptist Assembly in Oak Island, NC.) “The Missions of Composition” (2nd Annual Fall Conference), September 19-21, 2005: CFP
  • Joe Harris (then Duke University), “The possible missions of writing programs“
• 2004. “Constructing a Professional/Community Life” (1st Annual Fall Conference), September 27-29, 2004: CFP

Spring conferences (“Meeting in the Middle”)

Unless otherwise noted, all of the following one-day spring conferences took place at the UNC-Charlotte Center City Building in Charlotte, NC.

• 2024. “Then & Now,” February 9, 2024: CFP and schedule
• 2023. “Beyond Resilience: Moving from Reactive to Sustainable Spaces,” March 3, 2023: CFP and full schedule to be added soon
• 2022. “Staying the Course: Where to Find Motivation and Keep It,” March 4, 2022 (virtual meeting)
  • Keynote: Courtney Adams Wooten, Jacob Babb, Kristi Murray Costello, and Kate Navickas, “The Things We’re Carrying (Two Years Later)”
• 2021. “Teaching, Writing, and Administrating in the time of Corona: Building and Maintaining Community in Remote Spaces,” February 19, 2021 (virtual meeting)
• 2020. “Language, Translingualism, and Multilingualism,” February 14, 2020: CFP and schedule
  • Keynote: Jennifer Eidum (Elon University), “Language, Translingualism, Multilingualism“
• 2019. “Reflection and Celebration: Looking Back, Moving Forward,” February 8, 2019: CFP and schedule
• 2018. “2020 Vision: Building Connections and Coalitions across Campuses,” February 16, 2018: CFP and schedule
• 2017. “Advocacy in Classrooms, Programs, Research and Beyond,” February 17, 2017: CFP and schedule
• 2016. “Working out of Bounds: Successes and Failures in WPA Work,” February 12, 2016: CFP
• 2015. “WPAs as Responders,” February 15, 2015: CFP and schedule
• 2014. “Working Conditions and Writing Instruction,” May 23, 2014 (rescheduled from the original date, February 14, 2014, due to inclement weather): CFP and schedule
• 2013. “Advocacy in Composition Studies,” February 22, 2013: CFP and schedule
• 2012. “Professional Development in First-Year Writing Instruction,” February 24, 2012: schedule
• 2011. “The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning,” February 18, 2011: CFP and schedule
• 2010. “Supporting ESL Writers and Showcasing Writing Programs,” February 19, 2010: CFP and schedule
• 2008. (Note: at its inception, this gathering was called the “Meeting in Between”; this meeting was held at the UNC Charlotte Uptown Center.) “The New Processes of Composing: Technology, Multimodality, and Social Networking,” February 22, 2008: CFP