Schedule

Visiting Author Reading

Buki Papillon, Maya Angelou Prize winning author, reads from her work.

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.; Second Floor Landing of Siceluff Hall

Book Sale Fundraiser for Books 2 Keep

3:00 -  5:00 p.m;  Ozarks Room, Meyer Library 302

Panel, Book Launch, and Tour of the Archives

"On Robert Wallace, Orbit of Meter, and the Wallace Collection," featuring Christine Wallace, James Baldwin, and Tracie Gieselman France. Reception to follow.

9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.; Glass Hall, Room 486 

Workplace Writing Faculty Workshop

9:30 a.m.: Sign-in and Continental Breakfast

9:45 a.m.: Welcome

10:00 a.m., Session One. Bring your laptop!

"Leveraging Skills-Based Microcredentialling to Enhance Student Learning," Tim Ponce, Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington.

11:30 a.m.: Lunch 

1:00 p.m.:  Session Two. Bring your laptop!

"Am I Going to be Replaced by AI?: Natural Language Processing Models in the Technical Communication Classroom," Amy Hodges, Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington

8:30 a.m. - 3:30p.m.; Glass Hall, Room 486

Workplace Writing Student Conference

8:30 a.m.: Check-in and Continental Breakfast

9:15 a.m.: Dr. Rhonda Stanton, "What TPW Is, Getting the Job, and Negotiating Salary."

10:25 a.m.: Alumni Panel, alumni present about their current jobs, experiences gaining employment, how the TPW program prepared them, and a day-in-the-life on the job.

11:30 a.m.: Nick Altrup, 417 Marketing, "Future-Proofing Your Career: Adapting Skills for Success in an AI-Driven World."

12:30 p.m. Lunch on your own

1:30 p.m.: Dr. Sam Dragga (via Zoom), Dr. Amy Hodges, and Dr. Leslie Seawright, "Is that Ethical? How Things Have Changed and How They Are Still the Same." 

2:45 p.m.: Sam Mathews, Deloitte, Manager, Data Information Architecture (Information Architect), "Demystifying DITA."

Undergraduate Literature Conference

9:30 - 10:45 a.m.: Gender Issues and Sexuality in Popular Culture

Four undergraduate student panelists will present.

11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.: Snack and Chat

Join us for informal discussion of English Department programs and organizations!

12:30 - 1:45 p.m.: Race in American Literary and Intellectual History

Three undergraduate student panelists will present.

2:00 - 3:15 p.m.: Gender and Sexuality in American Literature

Three undergraduate student panelists will present.

3:30 - 4:45 p.m.: Medieval and Early Modern British Literature

Three undergraduate student panelists will present

Undergraduate Literature Conference

9:05 - 9:55 a.m.: Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Fictions

Three undergraduate student panelists will present.

10:10 - 11:00p.m.: Gender, Sexuality, and History

Four undergraduate student panelists will present.

11:15 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.: Snack and Chat

Join us for informal discussion of English Department programs and organizations!

12:20 - 1:10 p.m.: Representing Young Adults

Three undergraduate student panelists will present.

1:25 - 2:15 p.m.: Graphic Narrative

Three undergraduate student panelists will present.

English Faculty Reading

Marcus Cafagna reads selections from his work, All the Rage in the Afterlife This Season