Creating Connections 2019

The Creating Connections symposium is an annual event that brings together UCLA instructors (graduate students, faculty, and all others interested in undergraduate education) from around campus for a day of conversation around teaching generally, and writing pedagogy specifically. All are welcome!

Coffee and Welcome	9:30 – 10:00
Panels: Scholarly-Teaching Connections	10:00 – 12:00
Assessing Teaching and TA Training through Teaching-as-Research Moderators: Dr. Leigh Harris, Director of Writing Programs Dr. Rachel Kennison, Associate Director of CEILS Panelists: Katie Dixie, Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology Naomi Louie, Fielding School of Public Health Gwyneth Talley, Anthropology	10:00 – 11:00
Building Writing Communities Moderator: Mark Gallagher, English Panelists: Dr. Muriel McClendon, History Dr. Susannah Rodríguez Drissi, Writing Programs Dr. Reed Wilson, English and Writing Programs	11:00 – 12:00
Lunch	12:00 – 1:00
Roundtable: Inclusive Writing Pedagogy Moderator: Kim Johnston, Philosophy Panelists: Ana Maria Guay, Classics Dr. Linzi Juliano, Writing Programs Dr. Andrew Martínez, Writing Programs Dr. Miriam Posner, Information Studies and Digital Humanities	1:00 – 2:00
Workshops: Teaching Writing in/across Disciplines Round 1 (2:15 – 3:00)* Writing to Learn, led by Jacob Lang, English Mapping to Write/Writing to Map, led by KT Bender, Geography Round 2 (3:15 – 4:00)* Writing about Data, led by Thomas Sherrer, Political Science Writing Pedagogy and Creative Practice, led by Robyn Price, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology * Note: The two workshops in each round will run concurrently	2:15 – 4:00
Reception	4:00 – 5:00

Full program

This symposium was organized by students in the Graduate Certificate in Writing Pedagogy in consultation with faculty and staff in UCLA Writing Programs.