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Between the Lines: <\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Critical Reading and Thinking in the Writing Classroom<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Fourth Annual University Writing Program Conference<\/span>
\nUniversity of North Carolina-Charlotte<\/span>
\nCenter City Campus<\/span>
\nOctober 20, 2017<\/span>
\nKeynote Speaker:\u00a0 Ellen C. Carillo<\/span><\/p>\n

Call for Proposals<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

In calling for a reinvigorated discussion of reading in composition, Ellen Carillo asserts:<\/p>\n

Reading is a deliberate intellectual practice that helps us make sense of\u2014interpret\u2014that which surrounds us. And, that which surrounds us includes so much more than published texts. We also read our own writing, our own and others\u2019 belief systems, as well as everything from ideological and social structures to political and advertising campaigns to each other\u2019s expressions and our personal interactions. The range of activities that falls under what might be called \u201creading\u201d demands a more complex practice than a one-size-fits-all mechanical process of decoding.<\/em><\/p>\n

Given how closely these ideas echo the assertions we make about writing as a situated and rhetorically contextualized practice, why doesn\u2019t critical reading figure more prominently in writing pedagogy? Can one be an effective writer without being a critical reader? How do critical reading practices inform writing practices and vice versa? And how do these practices, in tandem, prepare students for broader social engagement beyond the classroom?<\/p>\n

The 4th<\/sup> Annual UWP Conference at UNCC invites proposals for individual presentations, panels, workshops, roundtable discussions, and posters that address these questions, or various others such as:<\/p>\n