Harness the winds of change and chart a new course to success.

In today’s shifting economic and educational environments, English instructors and departments are facing new challenges in the classroom, in the discipline, and within the higher education community. The Headwinds in English Online Conference has been developed to help you harness the winds of change and chart new courses to success.

Featured Speakers

Bruce Ballenger

Boise State University

Barclay Barrios

Florida Atlantic University

David Damrosch

Harvard University

Dana Gioia

Poet, Former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts

Muriel Harris

Purdue University

Deborah Holdstein

Columbia College Chicago

Christine Hult

Utah State University

Melissa Ianetta

University of Delaware

Maria Jerskey

LaGuardia Community College

Richard Johnson-Sheehan

Purdue University

Martha Kolln

Pennsylvania State University

Charles Paine

University of New Mexico

Shelley Reid

George Mason University

Conference Agenda

Join the speakers of Headwinds to gain inspirational insights and learn practical ideas that can help you advance professionally and discover new directions for your teaching – all from the comfort of your home or office.

Please note: All session times are EASTERN Standard Time

3/3/2010

09:50 - 10:00

Opening Announcement

10:00 - 10:50

The Tools of Rhetorical Grammar

Martha Kolln
Pennsylvania State University

11:00 - 11:50

Teaching Writing in Real Time: Building Relevance through Genres

Richard Johnson-Sheehan
Purdue University

Charles Paine
University of New Mexico

Globalization in World Literature: the New Post-Post Colonialism