Hi everyone, AoIR research interests often intersect with those of Writing Studies (e.g., human-computer interaction, online communities' writing, distributed work practices, etc.), so I thought many of you might like to see this call. Very best wishes, Karen Lunsford, UCSB ----- Forwarded message from bazerman@education.ucsb.edu ----- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:41:30 -0700 From: Chuck Bazerman <bazerman@education.ucsb.edu> Please distribute widely Open Call for Proposals: Writing Research Across Borders February 22-24, 2008 University of California Santa Barbara Conference website; http://education.ucsb.edu/netshare/wrconf08/ Proposal Deadline: May 1, 2007 Email: writing@education.ucsb.edu 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. As a first step to building this important conversation we have invited some of the leading writing researchers, and those listed at the bottom of this call have already committed to participating. We are now issuing an open call for proposals for panels, roundtables, individual presentations, and poster presentations addressing * current research on writing, * methodological issues * reflections on ongoing research programs * considerations of national or disciplinary trajectories of research * agendas for further research We anticipate a program of up to two hundred and fifty presentations. Proposals to present current research should specify research questions, methods, data corpus, and findings, as well as the scope and duration of the research project. Proposals to provide overviews of and reflections on research traditions and agendas should identify clearly the relevant literatures to be considered. Proposals for individual and poster presentations should be from 250 to 500 words in length and panel and roundtable proposals, 500 to 1000 words. Please indicate your preferred format. Proposals should be sent by May 1, 2007 via email to writing@education.ucsb.edu .Please include complete contact information. For further information please visit our conference website: http://education.ucsb.edu/netshare/wrconf08/ If you have any questions contact us at writing@education.ucsb.edu INVITED SPEAKERS already committed to participating: Paula Carlino, Argentina, University of Buenos Aires Caroline Channock, Australia, Latrobe Rosemary Clerehan, Australia, Monash University Luuk van Waes, Belgium, University of Antwerp Angela Dionisio, Brazil, UFP, Recife Angela Kleiman, Brazil, Unicamp-Sao Paulo Marilyn Chapman, Canada , University of British Columbia Graham Smart, Canada, Carleton University Denis Alamargot, France, University of Poitiers Michel Fayol, France, University Blaise Pascal Frederic Francoise, France, Université de Paris V Annie Piolat, France, University de Provence Sylvie Plane, France, IUF de Paris Yves Reuter, France, Université Lille Joachim Grabowski, Germany, University of Education, Heidelberg, Germany Pietro Boscolo, Italy, University of Padua Emilia Ferreiro, Mexico, National Polytechnic Institute Gert Rijlarsdam, Netherlands, University of Amsterdam Lisa Emerson, New Zealand, Massey University Olga Dysthe, Norway, University of Bergen Rochelle Kapp, South Africa, University of Cape Town Liliana Tolchinsky, Spain, University of Barcelona Linda Allal, Switzerland, Universite de Geneve Otto Kruse, Switzerland, University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, Switzerland David Galbraith, UK, University of Staffordshire Ken Hyland, UK, University of London Roz Ivanic, UK, Lancaster University Theresa Lillis, UK, Open University Brian Street, UK, Kings College- London Mark Torrance, UK, University of Staffordshire Arnetha Ball, USA, Stanford University Charles Bazerman, USA, University of California Santa Barbara Anne Beaufort, USA, SUNY Stony Brook Carol Berkenkotter, USA, University of Minnesota Virginia Berninger, USA, University of Washington Sheridan Blau, USA, University of California Santa Barbara Ulla Connor, USA, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Christiane Donahue, USA, University of Maine, Farmington Ann Dyson, USA, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Jill Fitzgerald, USA, University North Carolina Chapel Hill Steve Graham, USA, Vanderbilt Kris Gutierrez, USA, University of California Los Angeles Christina Haas, USA, Kent State University Richard Haswell, USA, TAMU Corpus Christi John R. Hayes, USA, Carnegie Mellon University George Hillocks, USA, University of Chicago Tom Huckin, USA, University of Utah Susan Jarratt, USA, University of California Irvine Ilona Leki, USA, University of Tennessee Paul LeMahieu, USA, University of California Berkeley Andrea Lunsford, USA, Stanford University Karen Lunsford, USA, University of California Santa Barbara Charles MacArthur, USA, University of Delaware Paul Matsuda, USA, University of New Hampshire Debra McCutcheon, USA, University of Washington Heidi McKee, USA, Miami University Sandy Murphy, USA, UC Davis Bill Nagy, USA, Seattle Pacific University Sondra Perl, USA, CUNY Graduate Center Jim Porter, USA, Michigan State University Paul Prior, USA, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign David Russell, USA, State University Rebecca Rickly, USA, Texas Technological University Tony Silva, USA, Purdue University Peter Smagorinsky, USA, University of Georgia Melanie Sperling, USA, University of California Riverside Clay Spinuzzi, USA, University of Texas Austin John Swales, USA, University of Michigan Chris Thaiss, USA, University of California Davis Gary Troia, USA, Michigan State University Kathleen Blake Yancey, USA, Florida State University -- Professor Charles Bazerman Department of Education Gevirtz Graduate School of Education University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106 phone: 805-893-7543 bazerman@education.ucsb.edu http://www.education.ucsb.edu/bazerman ----- End forwarded message -----