Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference 2019 Program
Land Acknowledgement
Below is a land acknowledgement conference participants may wish to include at the beginning of their presentations. The language offered is a suggestion, and participants are welcome to adapt the land acknowledgement to their individual contexts.
We acknowledge and honor, with respect, the indigenous Nations on whose traditional territories the University now stands and whose historical relationships with the land continues to this day. While a land acknowledgment is not enough, it is an important social justice and decolonial practice that promotes indigenous visibility and a reminder that we are on settled indigenous land. We ask the spiritual ancestors to forgive our intrusion and humbly ask for their guidance.
Friday October 25, 2019
8:00-8:45 am Registration
Student Union Building (SUB) 2nd Floor
9:00-10:30 am Welcome and Keynotes
Procrastinator Theater (SUB)
Welcome and Introductions
Kate Ryan, Montana State University
Keynote Poetry Reading
Amy Ratto Parks, University of Montana, “The Long Hallway of the Self: Contemplative Poetry”
Keynote Address
Christy Wenger, Shepherd University, “‘Going on Being:’ Mindful Leadership in Higher Education for Teachers, Scholars and Administrators”
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Session 1
1A New Directions for Contemplation
SUB 232
Aneil Rallin, Soka University of America, “Livid: A Rhetoric of the Living”
Robyn M. Tierney, New Mexico State University, “Habits of Mind: Image Making and Our Disciplinary Selves”
Kimberly Hoover, University of Pittsburgh, “Rhetorical Studies in the Age of Panpsychism”
Chair: Kate Ryan, Montana State University
1B Ways of Practicing Compassion
SUB 235
Destiny Brugman, Western Washington University, “Participatory Hospitality and Compassion”
Michelle Miley, Montana State University, “The Nurturing of the American Mind: Reclaiming the Feminine in the Writing Center”
Chair: Stacey Cochran, University of Arizona
1C The Late Work of Foucault and Rhetorical Possibilities
SUB 233
Andreas Mechsner, University of Nevada, Reno
Eric Lehman, University of Nevada, Reno
Alison Moore, University of Nevada, Reno
Chair: Eric Lehman
1D Mindfulness, Empathy Writing, and “Unlimited Development”
SUB 236
Joseph Jones, University of Memphis, “A Brief History of Mindfulness in English Studies”
Janice Cools Stephens, Missouri Western University, “Empathy Writing: A Pedagogy for Employability”
Gavin Hurley, University of Providence, “‘Unlimited Development’ as Rhetorical Strategy: The Reasonableness of Contemplative Journeying”
Chair: Michael Pfister, Arizona State University
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30 - 2:45 pm Session 2
2A Metacognition
SUB 232
Kate Chaterdon, Marist College, “Mindful Practice and Metacognitive Awareness in the Writing Class: Reflections on a Pilot Research Study”
Jourdyn Riley, Northern Arizona University, “Bringing Reflection to the Fore: Mindfulness, Student Agency, and Critical Thinking”
Amy Ratto Parks, University of Montana, “Bird Box Writing: Building Meta-Cognitive and Meta-Somatic Awareness in the Composition Classroom”
Chair: Maureen Mathison, University of Utah
2B Teaching in the 21st Century
SUB 236
Beth Shirley, Montana State University, “‘Hey, Alexa, play me some bird sounds’: Reexamining Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring for a 21st Century Rhetorical Context”
Patricia Flores Hutson, University of Texas at El Paso, “Mind Full or Mindful? An Analysis of Mental Health and Mindfulness-Based Interventions for College Students”
Evelyn Harry Saru, New Mexico State University, “Making Disability Visible in the Literacy Classroom”
Chair: Lonni Pearce, University of Colorado, Boulder
2C Mobilizing Mindfulness: New Frameworks for Thinking about Writing Knowledge Transfer
233 SUB
Yee-Lum Mak, University of Kansas
Faith Scheidemantle, University of Kansas
Emma Kostopolus, University of Kansas
Dana Comi, University of Kansas
Mandy Macklin, Antioch University Seattle
Dylan Medina, Seattle University
Christopher Peace, University of Kansas
Respondents:
Anis Bawarshi, University of Washington
Mary Jo Reiff, University of Kansas
Chair: Anis Bawarshi, University of Washington
2D Ethics of Contemplative Rhetorics and Literacies: A Critical Engagement
SUB 235
Jonathan Isaac, Madison, WI
John Koban, Madison, WI
Amanda Pratt, Madison, WI
Chair: Amanda Pratt, Madison, WI
3:00 - 4:15 pm Session 3
3A Community Engagement as a Means for Attunement:Contemplating Lived Spaces in First Year Composition Classes
SUB 235
Rubén Casas, University of Washington, Tacoma
Phillip Goodwin, University of Nevada, Reno
Jason Ludden, University of Nevada, Reno
Chair: Phillip Goodwin, University of Nevada, Reno
3B Literacy Practices
SUB 236
Haley Stammen, Northern Arizona University, “Teaching Basic Writers: Literacy Narratives, Audience, and Contemplative Practices”
Shawn Fullmer, Fort Lewis College, “Moving Towards Mindfulness: Teaching Rhetoric, Literacy and Mindfulness at a Diverse Liberal Arts Campus”
Chair: Jennifer Stone, University of Alaska Anchorage
3C An Interactive Symposium on Writing to Flourish: A Positive Approach to College Writing
SUB 233
Stacey Cochran, University of Arizona
Susan Miller-Cochran, University of Arizona
Saturday October 26, 2019
8:00 – 8:30 am Morning Meditation
Wilson Hall 1-154
Sarah Moseley, University of Virginia
8:15 - 9:00 am Coffee
Wilson Hall 2-288
9:15 -10:30 am Session 4
4A “Writing to Flourish: Positive Approaches to College Writing”
Wilson 1-121
Stacey Cochran, University of Arizona
Jeremy Frey, University of Arizona
Elaine MacDougall, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Dorian Rolston, University of Arizona
Chair: Stacey Cochran, University of Arizona
4B “Collaborative Mindfulness: Strategies for Assessment”
Wilson 1-122
Karen Gocsik, UC San Diego
Holly Bauer, UC San Diego
Paulina Gonzales, UC San Diego
Jane Coulter, UC San Diego
Chair: Karen Gocsik, UC San Diego
4C Identities and Identifications
Wilson 1-124
James Warwood, Madison, WI, “Curated Embodiment: Mindful Composition of Visible Gender Identities on Instagram”
Michael Pfister, Arizona State University, “Mind Playing Tricks on Me: Mindfulness, Race, and Class in America”
Nathan Wood, Brigham Young University, “Contemplative Listening at the Site of Nonidentification: Listening to Cross-Cultural Difference and Disagreeing,”
Chair: Michelle Miley, Montana State University
4D Community and Contemplation
Wilson 1-123
Sarah Hart Micke, University of Denver, “Between Contemplative and Community-Engaged Pedagogies: Cultivating Rhetorical Sensibility in a First Year Writing Course”
Rik Hunter, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, “A Sense of Place: Contemplating Campus and Community Boundaries and Meeting Places”
Sarah Moseley, University of Virginia, “Contemplative Methods for Community Partnerships”
Chair: Gavin Hurley, University of Providence
10:45 - 12:00 Session 5
5A Contemplating Rhetorical Futures in a Post-Desktop Computing World
Wilson 1-121
Jacob Greene, Arizona State University
Madison Jones, University of Florida
David Rieder, North Carolina State University
Shannon Butts, University of Florida
Jason Crider, University of Florida
Brenta Blevins, University of Mary Washington
Chair: Jacob Greene, Arizona State University
5B Yoga
Wilson 1-122
Shannon Chmelar, Independent Scholar, and Martha S. Cheng, Rollins College, “The Rhetorical Construction of ‘Authentic’ Yoga: B.K.S. Iyengar’s Recasting of Patanjali’s Sutras”
Mark Schlenz and Steven Kirchhoff, Montana State University, “The ‘Tao’ of Rhetoric and the ‘Rhetoric’ of the Tao: Producing and Embodying Meaning Through Textual Contemplation”
Chair: Kirk Branch, Montana State University
5C Sonic Rhetorics
Wilson 1-124
Heather Palmer, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, "Contemplative Sonic Rhetorics: Deep Listening with Pauline Oliveros"
Sawyer Edmister, Montana State University, "Peaceful Distortion: A Contemporary Look of Mindfulness at Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music"
Chair: Rebecca Jones, Montana State University
5D Mindfulness as a Pedagogical Strategy to Resist Institutional Racism
Wilson 1-123
Jacquelyne Kibler, University of Arizona and Arizona State University
Breyant Marshall, University of Arizona
Marisa Pesa, University of Arizona
Chair: Marisa Pesa, University of Arizona
12:00 -1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:45 - 3:00 pm Session 6
6A Negotiating Change in the Context of Care
Wilson 1-124
Alanna Frost, University of Alabama Huntsville, “Administration and Care: Mobility Studies from the Perspective of a Feminist Chair”
Gerri McNenny, Chapman University, “Kairos Meets the Climate Kids and Extinction Rebellion”
Rebecca Jones, Montana State University, “Designing Fast and Slow: Can We Have Contemplative Problem Solving in a Fast World?”
Chair: Robyn Tierney, New Mexico State University
6B “Remixing to Fly: Experimenting with Sonic Empathy and Recording Technology”
Wilson 1-122
Ben Harley, Northern State University
6C On Wellbeing
Wilson 1-123
Jennifer Stone, University of Alaska, Anchorage, “Supporting Indigenous Well-being through Video Games: A Case Study of Kisima Inŋitchuŋa (Never Alone)”
Lonni Pearce, University of Colorado, Boulder, “Wellbeing in First Year Writing: Teaching the Whole Student”
Rachel Bryson, Utah State University, “The X Project: Connecting Learning to Life in the Composition Classroom”
Chair: Sonja Benton, Montana State University
6D Mindfulness Across Contexts: Connecting Contemplative and Academic Literacies
Wilson 1-121
Angela Jones, Western Kentucky University
Amy Devitt, University of Kansas
Anis Bawarshi, University of Washington
Mary Jo Reiff, University of Kansas
Chair: Angela Jones, Western Kentucky University
5:30-8:00 pm Saturday Reception (BYOB)
Linda Karell’s home, 609 S. Black Street, a fifteen-minute walk north of Wilson Hall
Conference Sponsors
Montana State University, College of Letters and Sciences, Dean Nicol C. Rae
Department of English, Chair Kirk Branch