Supporting a New Home for the Writing Studies Community

Supporter

As a longtime active CCCC member, I am shocked that NCTE cut us off. I believe in collaboration with teachers at all levels, but we need the power of our own organization to foster that.

Shawna Shapiro

We need real and sustained conversation about the future of CCCC, and the pros and cons of an independent organization, including its relationship to other orgs.

Sarah Perrault

Writing Studies is a discipline and, as such, needs a disciplinary home that we control.

Lisa J McClure

I do not believe that "NCTE is a good steward for the future of writing studies." I must say I have not thought so for some time. The word that comes to mind is duplicitous.

Christie Toth

I will work toward making this new home a place where two-year college contributions are supported and valued.

Supporter

We can't let the bastards grind us down.

Austin Bailey

It is time to leave them behind.

Steph West-Puckett

Our field needs its own space to revision and re-build with accessibility as a core commitment. Independence is necessary, but I do support strengthening our collaboration with K12 and two-year college teachers as well as informal educators working is after school, library, and museum contexts.

Joseph Robertshaw

Professionals need a centralized core made up of their own peers in order to govern and promote their efforts.

Supporter

I signed because I am hoping for a better governance model and an atmosphere of respect and trust that we can no longer find in NCTE given the actions of the leadership. .

Veronica Garrison-Joyner

I’m signing to maintain community with colleagues in the fields of technical writing and rhetoric.

Lisa Harris

Writing studies is where students learn to write. Writing is thinking. Our students need these skills not only in the job market but also in communities, in evaluating arguments and making informed decisions.

Eric Crump

There is no reason for composition and rhetoric scholars ever to trust NCTE again. It looks to me like NCTE is pulling a Bari Weiss. Reporters covered the exodus of experience and talent from CBS as a sign Weiss was not up to the task. Actually, she performed the task her bosses assigned. Clear out the difficult-to-manage professionals in order to install more malleable replacements. An old trick. CCCC members can build something new and exciting instead.

Malea Powell

Former Chair, CCCC; Former Editor, CCC; co-founder of the NCTE American Indian Caucus

Claire Lamonica

It seems clear that NCTE no longer values the specific expertise amassed by composition scholars. Too often, “language arts” and “English” teachers at every level are unprepared to undertake the rigorous work of writing instruction in more than just the most formulaic ways. NCTE’s willingness to cast off expertise in this area suggests not only a disinclination to learn, but, worse, a disinclination to recognize that the problem exists. We need an organization steeped in understanding and expe

Marguerite Regan

CCCC has nurtured my teaching practice for 25 years. I can’t see professional life without it.

Stephen Fox

The time is right for this declaration of independence.

Supporter

Because I care about literacy.

James Romesburg

This move is long overdue. We have a strong, independent scholarly record to stand on--full of work that was never recognized by literature and modern languages to begin with. "So let us melt, and make no noise...."

Lee Bauknight

I've been teaching college writing for 25 years and am the WPA at Lehigh University. We need an organization by us and for us.