Event Recordings (and Materials)
From 2026
September 26th: Conversation w/ Hilary Janks (Ed) & authors re: their new book, A Research Agenda for Critical Literacies
August 10th: “Beyond Error Correction” (Salon w/ Lynn Goldstein and Robert Kohls
re: their article in the Response to Writing. [journal])
June 26th: Oral Academic Communication (w/ Megan Siczek, author of new UMich book)
June 19th (Juneteenth!): English Lang Teaching & Social Justice in the Global South (Salon w/ editors of bilingual special issue)
April 17th #1: Workshop on AI & Reading Support (and slides) from our Writing Centers Group (hosted by Analeigh Horton & Angie Sommers, w/ panelists Maggie Boyd, Grace Freeman, Sara Osenton, & Mark Shea)
Oct 3rd: Salon facilitated by the Scholarly Support LG (recording)
Sept 15th: CLAC Leadership Groups (LGs) Share-Out (recording)
August 22nd: Syllabus Workshop, led by Pedagogy LG (recording; materials)
August 18th: Showcase Salon on GenAI
(Members shared examples/resources from teaching, faculty development, & WC work)
Notes (w/links)
July 28th: CLA in Europe (!) (w/ Erika Darics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
July 21st: CLA & Community Engagement (Notes– no recording- sorry!)
(w/ Candace Combs, founder of KLIP: Kalamazoo Language and Intercultural Partners)
July 14th: CLA Share-Out (w/ The Collective ;-D )
July 7th: CLAcking Our Daily Lives (w/ Shawna–and The Collective)
No recording (sorry- tech issues!) but chat HERE and “CLA-ifying Our Assignments” handout HERE
June 24th: CLA and Critical AI Literacy (CAIL)-
(w/ Whitney Gegg-Harrison at U of Rochester)
Also see the chapter from Wang & Tian’s edited collection and/or the
AI-generated podcast shared with registrants in advance.
From 2024
Sept 16th: CLA in Curriculum Reform and Faculty Development
(w/ Meghan Moran & Seth Muller at Northern Arizona U and Anston Bosman & Emily Merriman at Amherst College)
Sept 9th: Gen AI and Linguistic Justice in Higher Education
w/ Kimberly Bain (Palm Beach Atlantic U)
August 9th: Discussion of Shawna’s 4As Framework for Linguistic/Cultural Inclusion
Notes (Google doc); Zoom Recording
June 5th: Celebratory Salon #1 / June 17th: Celebratory Salon #2
participants shared how they are applying CLA in their courses and faculty development work
January 29th: CLA and Rhetorical Grammar
w/ Johanna Amos, Alyssa Foerstner, and Lydia Skulstad (Queens University)
(Also check out their Google Folder)
January 22nd: CLA and STEM/Technical Writing
w/ Sarah Perrault (Oregon State U) and Sarah Read (Portland State U)
January 15th (MLK Jr. Day): CLA and DEI/Antiracism
and Zoom chat
From 2023
November 3rd: CLA Q&A
In this wide-ranging conversation, we touched on a range of topics,
starting with drawing on resources of multilingual writers.
October 6th: CLA and Auto-Ethnography
w/ Sidury Christiansen (UT San Antonio) and Zhongfeng Tian (Rutgers)
September 22nd: Points of Entry for CLA in Writing Centers
w/ Susanne Treiber (Madison College).
Here is the Google drive folder with Susanne’s materials– you can add to it, too!
September 15th: Trends in CLA Research
w/ Jessie Curtis and Qianqian Zhang-Wu, co-editors of a JLIE special issue
August 16th: CLA and Writing Center work (cont’d from last summer)
facilitated by Susanne Treiber (Madison College) and Joanna Johnson (UC Davis)
August 9th: CLA Assignment Workshop
(see Google doc for links to assignments and other resources that were shared)
July 26th: CLA and English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
w/ Sheila Batacharya (U of Toronto) and Megan Siczek (GWU)
July 12th: CLA and Curriculum/Program Revision,
w/ Michaud & Madsen Hardy (Boston U) and di Gennaro & Brewer (Pace U)
June 23rd: CLA and Creative Writing
w/ Joseph Salvatore (The New School)
June 14th: Chat about new JSLW Special Issue (see titles/abstracts HERE)
w/ Rebecca Lorimer Leonard (UMass Amherst)
May 24th: CLA and Feedback/Grading (open conversation)
February 3rd: CLA and AI-generated text/ChatGPT
w/ Joanna Johnson (Miami University)
January 24th: CLA and Scholarly Writing/Publication
w/ Kimberly Bain (Florida Atlantic) and Mary Jane Curry (U of Rochester)
From 2022
December 9th: CLA-ifying Our Assignments
(facilitated by Shawna Shapiro)
October 7th: CLA and Translingualism,
w/ Qianqian Zhang-Wu (Northeastern) and Zhaozhe Wang (U of Toronto)
Summer 2022 (original Salon series)
| Date | Topic | Guest(s) |
| June 15th | CLA, faculty development, and upper-level writing courses | Ming Feng and Ruilan Zhao (Florida International University) |
| June 22nd | CLA and WAC/WID | Sarah Tinker Perrault and Olivia Rowland (Oregon State University) |
| June 29th | CLA and Writing Center work | DaMonique Ballou (Barnard College) Jessica Bannon (University of Indianapolis) |
| July 6th | CLA-oriented Writing Course Design | Lisa Del Torto (Northwestern University) Whitney Gegg-Harrison (University of Rochester) |
| July 13th | CLA and Institutional Change | Jeffrey Galin (Florida Atlantic University) |
| July 20th | CLA Responses to Frequently Asked Questions about Language in Writing | Laura Aull (University of Michigan) |
| July 27th | CLA and Spanish Language Instruction | Claudia Holguín Mendoza (U of California, Riverside) Leah Metzger (Phillips Academy) Noelia Sanchez Walker (Yale University) |
| August 3rd | Brainstorm for future events and collaborations (notes from this conversation.) | Conversation among attendees (recording unavailable due to technical issues) |
