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The
1997 ACA Culpeper-funded "Communicating in the 21st Century: Writing Across
the Curriculum at Private Colleges of the Mountains" began with the belief
that writing and technology are integral to all disciplines. Since
1997, we have been actively involved with private colleges in the Appalachian
region. One of our goals has been to recognize accomplishments within
the ACA institutions and to encourage more colleagues to become professionally
active. The following information highlights our ongoing projects,
goals, and achievements.
Sohn, Katherine Kelleher. Whistlin’ and Crowin’ Women of Appalachia:
Literacy Development Since College. Dissertation. Indiana University
of Pennsylvania, 1999. Pikeville College. (James Berlin Outstanding
Dissertation Award. National Council of Teachers of English. 2001.)
Publications
Vandebrake, Katherine. How They Shine. Melungeon Characters
in the Fiction of Appalachia. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press,
2001.
Jaber, William E., and David M. Moore. "A Survey of Factors Which
Influence Teachers' Use of Computer-Based Technology. International
Journal of Instructional Media 26.3 (Summer 1999), 253. Online.
Expanded Academic Index.
Kiser, Charlene. "You Want Me to Do What? Designing Effective
Writing Assignments." Virginia English Bulletin (forthcoming).
Millsaps, Ellen, ed. Writing at Carson-Newman College. Second Edition,
Jefferson City: Carson-Newman College, 1998.
Mitchell, Felicia. "Balancing Individual Projects and Collaborative
Learning in the Advanced Writing Class." Landmark Essays on Advanced
Composition. Ed. Gary A. Olson and Julie Drew. Davis, CA: Hermagoras
Press, 1996. 91-98.
Mitchell, Felicia. "Is There a Text in this Grade? The Implicit
Messages of Comments on Student Writing." Issues in Writing 6.2
(1994): 187-195.
Mitchell, Felicia, comp. "Writing-to-Learn Terminology. A Sourcebook
for Instructors in the Content Areas." Washington, D. C.: Government Printing
Office, 1989. ERIC Document ED301882.
Conference Presentations
Kiser, Charlene; Kim McMurtry; Ellen Millsaps; Katherine VandeBrake.
"Tutor.edu: An Online Tutor Training Manual." Fifth National Writing Across
the Curriculum Conference, "Writing, Teaching, and Learning in New Contexts,"
Bloomington, IN, May 31-June 2, 2001.
Kiser, Charlene, and Kim McMurtry. "Tutor.edu: A Manual for Writing
Center Tutors." 2001 Conference of the Southeastern Writing Center Association
, Auburn, AL, February 15-17, 2001.
Maharaj, Sati, and Larry Banta. "Experiments with Writing in the Engineering
Classroom." ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA,
Thursday, November 6, 1997.
Maharaj, Sati; Charlene Kiser, Ellen Millsaps, and Felicia Mitchell.
"Communicating in the 21st Century." Knight Institute for Writing
in the Disciplines, Ithaca, NY, June 20, 2001.
McMurtry, Kim, and Tom McMurtry. "From Paper to Pixels: Transforming
the Method of Information Dissemination." Council for Christian Colleges
and Universities 1999 Technology Conference. Seattle Pacific U, Seattle,
June 23-27, 1999.
Workshops
Sohn, Kathy. CCCC 2001
Professional Activities
Participants in the 2001 Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines:
Ongoing Projects
Awards
Sati Maharaj and Felicia Mitchell at the Knight Institute.
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Katie Vande Brake of King College at Computers in Writing Intensive Classrooms, Michigan Tech, 1998.
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