Two-Year College English Association of the Pacific Northwest

Call For Proposals

The editors of a new professional development book under contract with Fountainhead Press are soliciting essay submissions. Addressing
Diversity Issues within the Writing Classroom will consist of 15-20
essays that showcase effective pedagogical ideas on bringing diversity
into and addressing issues of diversity within the writing classroom.
The intended audience consists of graduate students and first time
instructors, as well as experienced university, community college, and
high school instructors who want to find a place (contact zone) where
they can meet their diverse students and then help them make the
journey through a composition class.

Each essay should be focused around a specific type of diversity issue
or theme and provide examples of how new and experienced teachers can use diversity issues to invigorate their teaching of writing. Essays
should be pedagogical in nature; however, a familiarity with how
addressing and/or using diversity fits in with current composition
models is expected. Essays that include examples of student writing and sample writing assignments are particularly encouraged. We hope to have at least half the essays focused on the experience of new teachers (graduate assistants, high school teachers, or professors new to this pedagogy).
Submissions should not exceed 5000 words and should adhere to MLA format.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to, incorporating/ integrating the following in the writing classroom or focusing on the following as writing subject matter:

Queries can be submitted to Gwendolyn Hale (halg@savstate.edu). For
full consideration, essays should be submitted in digital form by May
30, 2008, to one of the following:

Please refer to fountainheadpress for general questions about the series and to view the series style guide.