Category: Presentations, Conference
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The Asymptotic Relationship Between C&W and DH at MLA
This is the prose poem I presented at MLA 2015 in the early session on Writing Studies at the MLA. Some folks had asked for a copy, so here it is. Enjoy ;) MLA2015-asymptote
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"Making multimodal projects"
(2010, October 23). Making multimodal projects: Integrating digital rhetorics and literacies across the curriculum. Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference, Las Cruces, NM. description (from proposal) A collaborative session with two of my textbook co-authors (Kristin Arola and Jennifer Sheppard). I will discuss the practicalities of writing a collaborative textbook project with authors who share…
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"Teaching undergraduates to compose and assess scholarly multimedia"
(2010, September 4). Teaching undergraduates to compose and assess scholarly multimedia. Colloque Littéracies Universitaires/Academic Literacies Conference, Lille3, Lille, France. description I discuss an undergraduate writing class where students learn to read, peer review, and write their own digital scholarship that draws on multiple media and modes of production (audio, video, graphics, written text, HTML, etc.)…
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"Designing Digital Scholarship (And Having it Count)"
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, October 17). Designing digital scholarship (and having it count): A case built on three perspectives. Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. abstract In this panel session, three presenters spoke to digital projects they had undertaken (a digital archive, a wiktionary, and a scholarly…
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"Digital Scholarship Roundtable"
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, October 16). Digital scholarship roundtable. Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. abstract In this session, five presenters — all editors of online journals or presses — speak to the state of digital scholarship, including issues regarding submission, tenure & promotion, professional development, and…
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"Bridging the Comp/Lit Split with New Media"
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2007, October 20). Bridging the comp/lit split with new media. The Purpose(s) of English: A Conference on the Future of English Studies, University of Illinois, Springfield, IL. abstract In “English Studies, Aestheticism, and the Art-Culture System,” Hardin (JAC: 1999) claimed that the split between composition and literature mimicked an unhealthy art-culture…
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"Preparing for Graduate School"
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2007, October 6). Preparing for graduate school. MUSE Undergraduate Literary Studies Conference. Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. abstract This roundtable provided undergraduate students the opportunity to ask questions about how and why to apply to graduate school, what the expectations are for different kinds of schools, and how to choose which…
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"How to Get Published in an Online Journal"
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2007, May 18). How to get published in an online journal: An editors’ roundtable. Computers and Writing, Detroit, MI. abstract This roundtable/mentoring session offered audience members a chance to hear from online journal editors what distinguishes each of their publications from the other as well as basic principles for querying and…
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"Report on Multimodal Composition Practices: Where are the Two-Year Schools?"
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2006, October 21). Report on a CCCC-sponsored survey of multimodal composition practices (But where are the two-year schools?). TYCA-West, Park City, UT. abstract A presentation on the results from the national CCCC Research Initiative grant survey about multimodal composition practices, with a particular focus on why there are so few community…
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"The Role of New Media in Student Narratives"
citation Ball, Cheryl E. (2006, October 13). The role of new media in student narratives. Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. abstract In this presentation, I discuss some student-produced new media texts from a class I taught called Perspective on Writing and Rhetoric: Multimodal Composition, in which the…