Call for Papers: Current Issues in College Writing
Writing Conference 2025
Quincy College, a public college serving over 4000 students from diverse backgrounds, is looking to advance the teaching of college writing in relation to the social and cultural pressures of our time. Quincy College invites scholars and educators to address current issues in college writing at our writing conference on April 11, 2025.
Proposals on the state of college writing are being sought in three areas: the post-pandemic college writing experience, the changing purpose of writing in the 21st century, and challenges in teaching writing skills and creativity in the age of generative AI.
Authors, please submit abstracts (up to 250 words) to WritingConference@quincycollege.edu with your name, affiliation, work address, and phone number.
We encourage submissions that will explore the following themes:
The Post-Pandemic Skills Gap
- How colleges are responding to the post-pandemic students’ skills gap
- The death of the five-paragraph essay
- The importance of English composition skills for developing critical thinking
- Developing the full experience of college writing in online courses
- The relevance of English composition for career-based college curricula
Writing, Curiosity, and Creativity in the 21st Century
- Using expressive writing to cultivate a student’s voice
- Discipline-based writing to develop intellectual curiosity
- Revisiting writing across the curriculum in 2025
- Teaching writing skills in neurodiverse classrooms
- Professional writing for today’s students: understanding the demands of professional fields
- English composition and public speaking classes as foundations for content creation
Writing in the Age of Generative AI
- Policy development for AI use in college classrooms
- How large language models work
- Recognizing AI when you see it
- How to create AI-proof writing assignments
- How to ethically include AI in your classroom
- Using AI recursively to improve writing
- AI and neurodiversity in learning
- Intelligent use of artificial intelligence
Timeline
- February 23, 2025: Deadline to send abstracts to writingconference@quincycollege.edu
- March 03, 2025: Authors will be notified
- April 11, 2025: Day of the Writing Conference
Conference Details
Date: Friday, April 11, 2025
Location: Quincy College, 1250 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA. 02169
Free to attend
Program Schedule
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8 a.m. – 9 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. | Opening Plenary |
| 9:50 a.m. – 10 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. | Session I (multiple presentations) |
| 10:50 a.m. – 11 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. | Session II (multiple presentations) |
| 11:50 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Break |
| 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | Panel and brown bag lunch |
