CGC Summer Institute 2018

Emerging Identities in Graduate Communication Support

June 10-12, 2018 (Evening reception June 10)

Hosted by The University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI, USA

We are happy to announce the 2018 Consortium on Graduate Communication, where we will provide opportunities to discuss our growing professional field of Graduate Communication and share strategies for providing graduate support.

This year’s Institute, which meets in the lovely Ann, Arbor, MI, focuses on Emerging Identities in Graduate Communication Support. As with the 2017 Summer Institute, we will accept proposals for Works-in-Progress presentations, short presentations on graduate communication pedagogical strategies, programmatic initiatives, and scholarship followed by rich discussion. However, we will also be adding graduate communication workshops to this year’s agenda, which will allow participants to share nuts-and-bolts approaches to written and oral communication support.

We look forward to many rich, fruitful discussions with all of you in a beautiful college town!

PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE!

Click here for the full conference program:

2018 CGC Institute Full Program Final

Click here for the short program:

2018 Institute Program Draft SHORT Final

Local Hosts

Read more about our friends and hosts at Michigan:

The English Language Institute

MICHIGAN ELT

 

Travel and Lodging

Book a room at the conference hotel: Graduate Ann Arbor

Book transportation from the Detroit Metro Airport to Ann Arbor: Michigan Flyer

Find additional information about travel, parking, lodging, and recreation provided by our local hosts here.

Read about our Sunday evening reception at the Arbor Brewing Company (ABC) Brewpub here.

 

Keynote Speakers

Responding to an Expanded Repertoire of Graduate Communicative Tasks

John Swales, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, University of Michigan; Director, English Language Institute 1985-2001

Christine Feak, Lecturer (English Language Institute), University of Michigan

 

“Maybe I’m Just Not Cut Out for This”: The Consequences of Institutional Discourses about Writing for Doctoral Researcher Identities

Doreen Starke-Meyerring, Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University

 

Pathways to Inclusion: Identity, Difference, and Institutional Innovation

Shannon Madden, Assistant Professor of Writing & Rhetoric, University of Rhode Island

Read abstracts for the keynote sessions here.

Workshops and Roundtables

Read workshop and roundtable descriptions here.

Workshop 1. Why do Advanced-High/Superior Speakers Seek Language Support and How Can We Respond?

Peggy Wagner, Emory University

Mackenzie Bristow, Emory University

Workshop 2. Designing a Course on Publishing for Multilingual Graduate Students

Joel Bloch, The Ohio State University

Workshop 3. Tell Us What You Struggle With: How to Understand and Respond to the Concerns of Graduate Students in Writing Consultations

Elena Kallestinova, Yale University

Linda Macri, University of Maryland

Workshop 4. Teaching Students How to Increase Conceptual Clarity Through Diagramming

Jane Freeman, University of Toronto

Workshop 5. Using Linguistic Needs Analysis to Inform Discipline-Specific EAP Course Design

Natalia Dolgova, George Washington University, Washington, DC

Workshop 6. Strategies for Teaching a One-Size-Fits-All Graduate Writing Course

Shyam Sharma, Stony Brook University

Roundtable Discussion 1. An Open Discussion on Reviewing and Publishing Work in your Field

Led by Christine Feak and friends

Roundtable Discussion 2. Graduate Course Content: Where Do We Go from Here?

Led by Kelly Sippell and friends

 

Day	Start Time	End Time	Event
Thursday, June 13	8:00 am	9:00 am	Continental Breakfast (provided) and registration
	9:00 am	9:30 am	Welcome and Opening remarks
	9:30 am	10:30 am	Keynote 1: Terry Myers Zawacki
	10:40 am	12:10 am	Works-in-Progress Strands A
	12:15 pm	1:15 pm	Lunch (provided)
	1:30 pm	3:00 pm	Works-in-Progress Strands B
	3:00 pm	3:25 pm	Coffee Break (provided)
	3:30 pm	5:00 pm	Workshops (4) & Roundtables
	5:30 pm	7:00 pm	Reception (Holiday Inn Arlington ballroom)
Friday, June 14	8:30 am	9:00 am	Continental Breakfast (provided)
	9:00 am	10:15 am	Keynote: Neal Lerner
	10:30 am	12:00 pm	Works-in-Progress Strands C
	12:10 pm	1:30 pm	Lunch (provided) Annual business meeting (12:45)
	1:40 pm	3:10 pm	Works-in-Progress Strands D
	3:10 pm	3:25 pm	Coffee Break (provided)
	3:30 pm	5:00 pm	Workshops (3) & Roundtables
	5:15 pm	5:45 pm	Pecha kucha presentations
Saturday, June 15	8:30 am	9:00 am	Continental Breakfast (Provided)
	9:00 am	10:30 am	Works-in-Progress Strands E
	10:45 am	11:45 am	Keynote: Rachael Cayley
	12:00 pm	1:30 pm	Lunch (provided) and Discussion

See our Call for Participation for more information about Works-in-Progress presentations.