2020 East Central Writing Center Association Conference March 5-7 Critical Literacies, Humanizing Connections Hosted by Marian University

Program Table of Contents

General Schedule: p. 1

Session Program: p. 3

Thursday, March 5: p. 3

Friday, March 6: p. 3

Saturday, March 7: p. 13

Conference Site Maps & Addresses: p. 17

Local Attractions & Restaurants: p. 19

General Schedule

Thursday, March 5 Registration & Reception 5:30-9:00pm | Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library | 543 Ave. Performance "There’s no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you:" Stories from the Community Writing Center Helen Raica-Klotz, Chris Giroux | Saginaw Valley State University

Performance The History of : Black Wildstyle Paschall, The Learning Tree

Performance Poetry from Alyssa Gaines, 2019 Indianapolis Youth Poet Laureate

Activities Join us for hors d’oeuvre, tour the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, and generate humanizing connections through Words With Friends. Create your own ECWCA zine at our zine-making station.

Friday, March 6 Concurrent Sessions, Keynote, Awards, and Special Interest Group Meetings All Sessions Take Place At Marian University | 3200 Cold Spring Road

Registration & Check In 8:00 am-2:00pm Norman Center Lobby Session A 9-9:50am Norman Center Session B 10-10:50am Norman Center Session C 11-11:50am Norman Center Lunch, Awards, & Keynote 12-1:50pm Alumni Hall Session D 2-2:50pm Norman Center Session E 3-3:50pm Norman Center Tour of Marian University 4-4:45pm Meet @ Norman Center Writing Center Lobby Special Interest Groups 5:30-7pm Various Locations

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Saturday, March 7 Concurrent Sessions & Lunch Saturday Sessions Take Place at Riverside High School, Flanner Community Writing Center, and Marian University—See Session Program for Specific Locations

Registration & Check-in 8-10am Riverside High School Session F 9-9:50am Riverside High School, Flanner Community Writing Center, Marian University Ecolab Session G 10-10:50am Riverside High School & Flanner Community Writing Center Session H 11-11:50am Riverside High School & Flanner Community Writing Center Lunch & ECWCA Board 12:15-1:45pm Riverside High School Presentation

Featured Workshops

The following workshops require additional (free) registration and are limited to a specific headcount. To attend, RSVP at www.marian.edu/ecwca2020

Workshop Time Location Trauma-informed and Healing 2-4pm Norman Center, NC 103 Centered Practices Friday, March 6

Naloxone (Narcan) Training 11-11:50am Flanner Community Writing Saturday, march 7 Center, Library Room

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Session Program Thursday, March 5, 2020 | Registration & Reception 5:30-9:00pm | Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library | 543 Indiana Ave. Performance "There’s no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you:" Stories from the Community Writing Center Helen Raica-Klotz, Chris Giroux | Saginaw Valley State University

Performance The Avenue: Black Indianapolis Wildstyle Paschall, The Learning Tree

Performance Poetry from Alyssa Gaines, 2019 Indianapolis Youth Poet Laureate

Activities Join us for hors d’oeuvre, tour the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, and generate humanizing connections through Words With Friends. Create your own ECWCA zine at our zine-making station.

Friday, March 6, 2020 | All Friday Sessions Take Place at Marian University | 3200 Cold Spring Road. Registration 8:00am-2:00 pm Norman Center and Check-in

Session A | 9:00-9:50 | Norman Center A1 Individual Approaching Accessibility Through Webinars Presentations I will be exploring my own process of making insiders knowledge NC 101 accessible to individuals outside of the writing center field through creating webinars with associated resource guides that break down and describe complex linguistic issues. Anna Kane, Emily Segrest | Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis

NC 101 Growing the Social Media Presence of the Writing Center Social media can help connect Writing Centers to students. In this presentation, I will share strategies the IU Southeast Writing Center used in the past year to grow its social media presence. Examples include memes, grammar quizzes, and contests. Peyton Rhodes | Indiana University Southeast

NC 101 Making Connections in a Virtual Writing Center World Von Allmen and Fallon seek to humanize the connections writing consultants have with clients who use online resources. The audience will be asked to participate; the result should be a brainstorm of ideas developed from the presenters and professionals. Rebecca Von Allmen, Kristen Fallon | Indiana University Southeast

A2 Individual Expressive, Personal, and Positive Writing Groups Presentations This session will operate as a discussion about how to operate writing NC 103 groups focused on supporting writers by developing a community that

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benefits members through expressive, personal, and positive writing that acknowledges the difficulties faced in academic writing. Brandilyn Worrell | Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis

NC 103 Radical Listening as an Ethical Means for Fostering Social Change in the Writing Center Writing centers that promote social justice risk becoming dogmatic. A simple but powerful way to promote justice without pushing an agenda is to radically listen. This presentation will explore radical listening as an inclusive way to foster change. Clayton Chiarelott | Bowling Green State University

NC 103 Humanizing the Writing Center Through Location and Atmosphere In this presentation, the presenters will focus on how writing centers can and should utilize location and atmosphere to create the best possible experience for their campus's community. Alexandra Warner, Tera Sigafoos | Indiana University Southeast

A3 Workshop Welcoming ALL - Inclusion in the Writing Center NC 104 For this project, our research interest was welcomeness in writing centers, especially as it pertains to those whom institutions make little effort to include. Institutions often make efforts to build diversity, but they only initiate programs, workshops, and other inclusionary work for specific groups, such as the LGBTQ+ community and non-white people. But what about people who are economically vulnerable, those within the Deaf community, or those who are mixed-race? These groups rarely fit into the categories outlined by institutions’ inclusion agenda. As consultants, we wanted to research about how we can make writing centers a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming space for all. This workshop will lead participants through activities including defining “welcomeness” and discussing complicated writing center scenarios together. Chloe Coy, Savannah McKnight, Lauren Welter | Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis

A4 Workshop An Interdisciplinary Transfer of Teaching Strategies from Speech NC 107 Language Pathology to a Multilingual Writing Center This presentation is a comparative analysis of the teaching strategies implemented by Speech language pathologists for individuals with language impairments and writing consultants at an English language learner writing center. Julia Mordarski, Cosette Zupan | Miami University of Ohio

A5 Workshop Did We Just Become Best Friends?: Forming Relationships Within the NC 108 Writing Center The goal of this panel is to discuss the formation of relationships in the writing center. We hope to have a good conversation on why this is important and what it might mean for consultants and the writers themselves. Jacob Riley | Wabash College

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Mind Mapping: Unleashing the hidden potential of a graphic A6 Workshop organizer for all writers NC 102 Discover the potential of a web graphic organizer. We will discuss what a mind map is, why it is a critical tool for tutors, instructors, professors, and teachers, how to use one with all levels of academic work, and how to use it in one’s own writing. Demarise Abbett | Marian University Session B | 10:00-10:50 | Norman Center B1 Individual Bridging the Gap: How the Service Learning-Based Butler Writers Presentations Studio at Connects Students from Diverse NC 101 Backgrounds and Contributes to an IB-For-All Culture Leaders of this innovative partnership between college and high school will share anecdotes and data that points to the importance of mentorship in developing the confidence and craft of young writers. Chris Speckman, Mel Coryell | Butler University, Shortridge High School, Indianapolis Public Schools

NC 101 We Are Readers. That's What We Do. Three experienced Readers from Northwestern College will discuss why the Writing Center staff call themselves "Readers" rather than tutors, mentors, or consultants, etc., and what the various titles might mean to students. Diane Bair, Liam Strong, Carrie Dunklow | Northwestern Michigan College

NC 101 The Student Bridge: The Role of Tutor Coordinators within the Writing Center A student shares her experience as being one of the people hired solely to manage those who work the front desk of the writing center (Tutor Coordinators -- TC). This presentation will expand on the role of Tutor Coordinators within the writing center as a bridge to both the community and the student body. Olivia Thomas | Marian University

B2 Workshop Stories of Plagiarism: A Communal Exploration of Textual Borrowing NC 103 Practices The word "plagiarism" carries a multitude of complex definitions and experiences. This conversational workshop aims to create a space where we can explore these definitions through collective storying. Nathan Marquam, Emily Rasmussen | Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis

B3 Workshop Athletics and Literacy Development: An Examination of Student- NC 107 Athlete Identity This workshop will provide insight on how to effectively collect data in relation to student-athlete success and how to interpret such data in order to foster a collaborative community dedicated to academic success. Red Douglas, Jennifer Scroka, Ashley Muller, Ashley Cerku | Oakland University 5

B4 Workshop See Us: #blacklivesmatter & Resistance Writing at the Crossroads of NC 102 America See Us: #blacklivesmatter & Resistance Writing at the Crossroads of America will showcase prompts and youth writing in response to resistance writing. Participants will write to the prompts and discuss how we can use resistance writing to action. Darolyn "Lyn" Jones | Ball State University

B5 Individual Advocacy Presentation "Homeless by Design" advocate Maurice Young discusses his work in NC 104 advocating for and supporting the literacy of those who are experiencing homelessness. Since voluntarily committing to living alongside those experiencing homeless, Young has organized drop-in resource centers, fought government evictions of homeless camps, and has emerged as an internationally recognized voice for the marginalized. Maurice Young Session C | 11:00-11:50 | Norman Center C1 Individual "The Things I Call Myself" Presentations This presentation will initiate a conversation about the language we NC 104 use to talk about The work we do in writing centers. WC’s are often described by their members as families, communities, and homes. A look at the work of bell hooks will start our conversation about why these descriptors are often used of right spaces. Following a brief introduction about the ways that WC scholars such as Jackie Grutsch McKinney, Michelle Miley, and Melissa Nicholas have approached WC descriptors, we will discuss the words used to describe our own centers, what the implications of those words are, what this tells us about how we view our work, and how it might be helping or harming the type of centers we hope to curate. KC Chan-Brose | Marian University

NC 104 Writing in the Presence of Others: Proximal Writing and Writing Centers Why do some writers write in the presence of other writers? This presentation reports findings from a survey of proximal writers to understand how writers work near other humans to shape their writing environments and why this matters to writing centers. Jackie Grutsch McKinney | Ball State University

NC 104 Writing Centers as Therapeutic Spaces: Implications for Emotional Health of Students and Tutors This presentation will be on the nature of collaborative tutorials as emotional labor. Tutors often are called to fill an "Armchair Therapist" role, but there are implications for the emotional health of tutors and writers in this dynamic. Katja Barnes | Marian University

C2 Workshop “By Students, for Students”: Peer Consultants Teach Media Design NC 102 and Editing

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This workshop details the construction process of video resources to assist students with ever-evolving media projects. A faculty director and peer consultant will help participants conceptualize similar projects in their own centers. Chloë Holt, Dr. Danielle Cordaro | University of Mount Union

C3 Workshop Language Is Power: How Conversation Circles Help Instill Confidence NC 101 in International Students To help our large international student population gain confidence, the UIndy Writing Lab started Conversation Circles (weekly small group casual conversations in English). Our panel will discuss the program's evolution, challenges, and successes. Participants will discuss similar programs they may have or want to begin. Dawn Hershberger, Jessica Koons, Erin Dawson | University of Indianapolis

C4 Workshop Meeting People Where They Are: Making Meaningful Connections NC 103 When Appointments Are Mandatory “I’m only here because I have to be.” Often students arrive, slap down a paper, and immediately disengage. Required appointments can result in unproductive appointments. This workshop explores how to engage reluctant students. Amelia Lasbury, Kylie Sabol, Liz Whiteacre | University of Indianapolis,

C5 Workshop The Storytelling of Dungeons, Dragons, and Writing Centers NC 107 "Storytelling in Dungeons, Dragons, and Writing Centers” seeks to produce a dynamic workshop that provides an avenue for professional growth and argues for the essential similarity between Dungeons and Dragons and Writing Center work as storytelling." Michael Botta | Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis

C6 Workshop Relating, Storying, Connecting: Research as a Site of Relationality NC 108 A Director and Consultant research team share and invite stories of collaborative research that cultivate relationships among researchers, seeing our stories and our research as a site of humanizing inquiry. Marilee Brooks-Gillies, Grace Rosenbarger | Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis

Lunch, Awards, & Keynote w/ Dr. Vershawn Ashanti Young | 12:00-1:50 | Alumni Hall

Session D | 2:00-2:50 | Norman Center D1 Individual Performative Masculinity in an All-Male Writing Center Presentations Masculinity is an identity that students at Wabash College are uniquely NC 104 aware of. As an all-male college, there is a full range of performative masculinities coming through the Writing Center, both in the form of the writers and the consultants. Matthew M Mosak | Wabash College

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NC 104 Accommodating ENL Needs in the Writing Center This presentation will explore some aspects to keep in mind when working with ENL students, as well as some techniques and tools that can be used to help centers meet the needs of these students and recognize the value of their cultural identities. Madison Alvey | Indiana University Southeast

D2 Individual O Words Where Art Thou: Understanding the Writing Process Presentations Better NC 101 Everyone has their own way of traversing the writing process. For some, figuring out what their own process is difficult though. This presentation will talk about how to help writers explore their own writing processes. Jacob Riley | Wabash College

NC 101 "Storied Past, Bright Future:" Examining the Storying of Writing Centers As the Writing Center @MSU approaches its 30th anniversary, we’re gathering our institutional memories and storying our writing center. At ECWCA we’ll share our process and invite others to interrogate the stories we tell and how we tell them. Nick Buonanni, Colton Wansitler, Grace Pregent | Michigan State University

NC 101 The Graduate Writers' Retreat: How Peer-Developed Writing Workshops Support Writers in Multiple Disciplines This presentation highlights how peer workshops are developed, sustained, and function in order to support graduate writers in multiple stages throughout their writing processes. This focus includes support with navigating master’s and doctoral programs. Logan K. Grannis | Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis

D3 Workshop Writing by Design: Build-your-own Writing Center Systems NC 102 (For WC Administrators) One wc administrator set out with the goal to build a better administrative/scheduling system with tools freely available through their university. Follow them on that journey and learn tips and tricks to build your own! Aaron Wilder | Marian University

D4 Workshop Practical Empathy: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Trauma in the NC 107 Writing Center Implementing a community and praxis of empathy is challenging. Participants will learn about trauma-informed practices from writing studies and creative writing and how/why they might implement these strategies in their own writing centers and tutoring. Bethany Meadows, Lucas Denzler | Ball State University

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D5 Workshop Meeting Students Where They Are: Engaging with Pedagogical Praxis NC 108 Workshop coordinators explore writing centers as places where we model and become “worthy witnesses” by illustrating the benefits and challenges tutors face as they meet writers where they are, in the moment. Elizabeth Geib, Victoria Ruiz, Natalie Ciresi, Sravya Ambadipudi | Purdue University

D6 Workshop Trauma-informed and Healing Centered Practices NC103 Poverty. Racism. Sexual Assault. Violence. Car wrecks. These are just a few of the traumas experienced by millions of people each day, including students. Gaining a greater awareness of how trauma may impact student performance is essential when creating humanizing and sustaining centers. This workshop will provide an introduction to approaching classroom instruction and student feedback through the lens of trauma-informed practice. Join us in exploring how writing support grounded within trauma-informed principles and strategies can support individuals and communities coping with trauma. Artist, activist, and community builder LaShawnda Crowe Storm will lead this important workshop.

NOTE: This session will run for two hours (2-4pm) and is limited to 20 participants. RSVP at www.marian.edu/ecwca2020 LaShawnda Crowe Storm Session E | 3:00-3:50 | Norman Center E1 Individual The Development of L2 Speaking and Writing: Reformulation, Presentations Language Anxiety, and Our Social Nature NC 101 To gain insight into the observed discrepancy between L2 learners’ verbal and written skills and develop possible strategies to promote writing skills, I analyze "awkward" written phrases and subsequent reformulations, both verbal and written, during writing consultations at Miami University’s English Language Learner Writing Center. The results showed that participants’ verbal expressions tended to have less grammatical errors and present information more clearly than their original written expressions. One possible explanation for this is that speaking is a more social activity than writing. I then discuss implications for writing instruction and tutoring. Yolanda Randrianantoanina | Miami University of Ohio

NC 101 A Recipe for an Ethical Tutor: Equal Parts Empathy and Flexibility with a Dash of Indifference The touchstone of Writing Center work is flexibility. This is most true when our clients inflame our sensibilities. At times like these, how do we bridge the gap between ourselves and our clients? Holly Blakely | Cedarville University

NC 101 The Writing Center as a Two-Way Street: What I've Learned from My Writing Lab Students Writing Center sessions enlarge understanding of issues such as race, gender, and cultural expectations, and reveal common difficulties that

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students experience as they navigate their Canvas courses to find assignments, see instructor feedback, submit work, participate in online discussion, and keep track of upcoming tasks. Ways to help students accomplish Canvas tasks and suggestions for instructors to improve the Canvas course setup will be discussed. Karen Bayne | Marian University

E2 Individual Writing Fellows Building Bridges Across Campus Presentations Building bridges and connections across campus is critical for all NC 107 writing centers, but it presents special challenges at small liberal arts colleges. Often the small size creates the assumption that everyone on campus is well connected and that there is less of a need to actively build bridges. Our Writing Center started a Writing Fellows Program in the Fall of 2019 with the express purpose of building strong connections across campus. Starting for the writing fellow model established by Brad Hughes, we have specifically looked for partnerships outside of English courses and other more common courses.

The purpose of this presentation is to describe our model, explain how we modified Brad Hughes’ model to fit our needs, and discuss some of our lessons and insights. Reflection and self-analysis are critical for healthy writing centers and writing fellows programs and opening up our conversation to a wider audience benefits the entire community. Zachery Koppelmann | Wabash College

NC 107 From "identity is" to "identities as:" Evolving academic and professional identities with college students This presentation examines how students' writer identities evolve with the assistance of writing labs. As they evolve from a fixed "identity is" to a dynamic "identities as" mindset, their essays become more professional than if focused only on language. Xu (Ally) Zhang | Marian University

NC 107 Reality Check: Recalibrating the Self-Efficacy Beliefs of First Year University Students to Encourage Implementation of Self- Determined Success Strategies in Written and Oral Communication In this exploratory study, two short interventions were given to 200 conditionally admitted students, exposing them to research on calibrated self-efficacy in the hope of helping them recalibrate their self-efficacy to complex writing and speaking tasks. Danielle Cordaro, Cassie Mead | Mount Union University

E3 Workshop Becoming Worthier and Friendlier: Are these Possible; Practical; NC 108 Professional? The planners of this conference have called all of us and each of us to become worthy witnesses or a “worthy witness” and friends who understand or a “friend who understands” (Paris & Winn). We/I propose an open discussion in either an individual presentation or a workshop to explore this call. In this session, we/I want to address this challenge directly. Writing Center administrators and 10

tutors/consultants usually pride themselves on being objective mediators between students and their courses/instructors. In our Writing Centers, what should happen as we move from theory to practice regarding this event’s clarion call? Can we be worthier? Can we be witnesses? We must assess ourselves as individuals and as collective, cohesive corps. Rick Williams | Youngstown State University

E4 Workshop The Story at the Center: Websites as Storytelling Sites NC 102 This workshop examines websites as storytelling. It explore two websites, the MSU Writing Center and ECWCA, best practices for web design and centering accessibility/usability, and will ask audiences to consider their own sites and the stories they tell. Teresa Williams, Andrew Appleton Pine | Michigan State University

E5 Workshop Activist Allies: What, Why, How? NC 104 This workshop is designed to interrogate what it means to be an activist ally in the writing center. We'll talk about why this orientation is important as well as how we can enact it through our missions, programs, and spaces. Trixie G. Smith, Dianna Baldwin | Michigan State University, Longwood University

E6 Workshop Trauma-informed and Healing Centered Practices NC 103 Poverty. Racism. Sexual Assault. Violence. Car wrecks. These are just a few of the traumas experienced by millions of people each day, including students. Gaining a greater awareness of how trauma may impact student performance is essential when creating humanizing and sustaining centers. This workshop will provide an introduction to approaching classroom instruction and student feedback through the lens of trauma-informed practice. Join us in exploring how writing support grounded within trauma-informed principles and strategies can support individuals and communities coping with trauma. Artist, activist, and community builder LaShawnda Crowe Storm will lead this important workshop.

NOTE: This session will run for two hours (2-4pm) and is limited to 20 participants. RSVP at www.marian.edu/ecwca2020 LaShawnda Crowe Storm

Tour the Marian University Writing Center | 4-4:45pm | Meet in Norman Center Lobby

Special Interest Groups | 5:30-7:00pm | Location Varies by Group Special Interest Groups (SIGs) invite registrants to engage in informal discussions on a range of topics. RSVP by contacting the SIG facilitator using the provided email address. SIG1 TBD Dismantling Academic Ableism in the Writing Center Catkin O'Grady and Alexa Quezada | Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis | [email protected]

SIG2 Shoefly Public House Emotional Labor and Self-Care in Writing Centers

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112 E. 22nd St. Kelin Hull | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis | [email protected]

SIG3 Flanner Community Food Justice and Literacy Practices Writing Center Aaron Wilder | Marian University | [email protected] 2424 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street

SIG4 Marian University, Life After the Writing Center Alumni Hall Rachel Carroll, Gabbie Fales, Claire Thompson | Marian University Alumnae | [email protected]

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Saturday, March 7

Check-in & Breakfast Snacks | 8:30-9:30am | Riverside High School | 3010 N White River Pkwy E Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46208

Session F | 9-9:50 | Riverside High School, Marian University, Flanner Community Writing Center F1 Featured Session Time Out(side) for Adults (We're All Busy and Need a Break EcoLab, Marian Sometimes) University Conference workshops provide many opportunities for making connections and exploring new ideas. With so much information, how do you make sense of it all? Is it possible to stop time by just sitting and giving your mind a rest? In this session, we'll do just that. As a group, we'll explore the Marian University EcoLab then walk to the outdoor classroom for a "sit-spot" experience and explore a practice that you can apply any time you need a break from information overload. (Be sure to dress for the weather.)

Participants should meet at on Marian University’s campus (check map). Angela Herrmann | Marian University

F2 Panel Starting a Community Writing Center, Part 1 Flanner Community This "how-to" panel will provide practical discussion about different Writing Center, ways of starting community writing centers. Library Mark Latta, Helen Raica-Klotz, Chris Giroux, KC Chan-Brose | Marian University, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw Valley State University, Marian University

F3 Panel "You Want Us To Do What?" A Panel Discussion with Riverside Riverside High High School Students on Creating a High School Writing Center School, Room 1 Members of the first cohort of the Riverside High School Writing Center discuss their thoughts on peer tutoring and the process of creating a high school writing center. Ellery Feay, Lissania Perez, John Banks, Elizabeth Messer | Riverside High School, Riverside High School, Riverside High School, Marian University

F4 Workshop Sharing Our Story: How We Humanize the Center through Social Riverside High Media School, Room 2 Social media is about more than pageviews. Our center’s goal is to connect with writers on a social and cultural level to create interactive discussions. Our round-robin explores methods of humanizing our centers through storytelling on social media. Rachel Cox, Ijada Jackson-Macon, Emily Rasmussen | Indiana

University- Purdue University Indianapolis

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F5 Workshop Where do we go from here? Exploring the ADHD Research Gap Riverside High and its Implications for Undergraduate Tutors School, Room 3 An undergraduate researcher shares how his experience as a writer

with ADHD and tutor working with writers who are neuro atypical has

led him to explore how we view ADHD and why we feel this way. Patrick Moorman | Kent State University

Session G | 10-10:50 | Riverside High School G1-R Panel Starting a High School Center Panelists will discuss the logistics, challenges, and strategies for Riverside High developing partnerships and creating a high school writing center. School, Room 1

G2-R Workshop Writing Centers and the Geospatial Revolution: Fostering Community and Collaboration Through Interactive Mapping Riverside High This presentation will discuss the step-by-step process employed by School, Room 2 the Oakland University Writing Center staff to create an interactive digital map for the Midwest Writing Center Association. This replicable system can be expanded to include ECWCA. Red Douglas, Ashley Cerku | Oakland University

G3-R Workshop Identifying Stakeholders’ Needs and Developing Diverse Resources in Writing Centers Riverside High Administrators will share experiences developing initiatives to School, Room 3 support students and faculty at a Belizean and a Midwestern writing center. Participants can learn how other centers develop creative ways to meet people where they are at.

Liz Whiteacre, Sarita Edwards-Lewis | University of Indianapolis, University of Belize

G4-R Workshop Challenging Sessions: Shifting Our Perspective on Conflict in the Writing Center Riverside High Three consultants from the IUPUI University Writing Center will School, Room 4 discuss various challenging scenarios that Writing Center employees may experience as well as the current policies in place for those situations at IUPUI. The presentation will also discuss the shift in perspective regarding the causes and methods to improve these challenging sessions. This conversation opens up the door for self- examination and growth, allowing Writing Center employees to rethink what causes a situation to be challenging and whether it is problematic. In addition, this reflection encourages communication between Writing Center employees, as they consider their own biases and processes to overcome them. This communication and introspection increases awareness of the impact consultants can have on the culture and atmosphere of Writing Centers and,

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therefore, the overall campus. Zoe Hanquier, Hannah Warfel, and Brandilyn Worrell | Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis

Session G | 10-10:50 | Flanner Community Writing Center G1-F Individual Writing for Justice-Involved Individuals The Indiana Prison Writers Workshop serves four Indiana Pioneer Room Department of Correction facilities, providing the incarcerated an oasis of dignity as it promotes humanity, hope, and redemption through the power of the written word. With facilitation from the Marian University Writing Center, IPWW has recently furthered its reach to promote honesty and healing in partnership with the Mothers Against Violence Healing Ministry, using creative writing as a method to express grief, explore forgiveness, and discover empathy. Explore the development and impact of IPWW with its founder. Debra Des Vignes | Indiana Prison Writers Workshop

G2-F Workshop Double-Edged: The Unspoken Affair of Multicultural & Neocolonial Narratives in WC Spaces Training Room This workshop will look at the narratives of multiculturalism that we find in our centers, and address how they enable neo-colonialism. We will explore our post-colonial identities and develop relevant, decolonial methodologies. Varshini Balaji, JJ Gramlich | Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis, Ball State University

G3-F Panel Starting a Community Writing Center, Part 2 Part 2 of a discussion on creating a community writing center. Library Participants in Part 2 of this discussion will be guided through a process of developing a concept draft, one of the first steps in opening a community writing center. Mark Latta, Helen Raica-Klotz, Chris Giroux, KC Chan-Brose | Marian University, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw Valley State University, Marian University

Session H | 11-11:50 | Riverside High School H1-R Workshop Creating a Culture of Access: Prison Writing Programs & Going Beyond the Bars Riverside High School, In this workshop, presenters will share their experience working on Room 1 accessibility in a prison writing program & then support attendees in creating a draft of accessibility statements for their own writing spaces or programs. Karen Moroski, Stacia Rigney | Michigan State University

H2-R Workshop Humanizing Technology: Developing Critical Approaches to Bringing Tech into the Center Riverside High School, This workshop will challenge attendees to identify the critical Room 2 15

literacies needed to navigate and productively utilize technologies in their centers and to recognize how integrating these technologies may both support and work against efforts for access. Jenelle Dembsey, Lori Rogers | Northcentral University, Central Michigan University

H3-R Workshop Embracing Language Differences & Breaking Down Institutional Barriers: A Recognition of Cultural Influence Riverside High School, The speakers discuss the cultural impacts of multilingual writers' Room 3 primary language being at odds with the writing standards of their

second language(s) and how language affects writers' self- perceptions. Jianfen Chen, Austin Steinman, Angela Agnew | Purdue University

H4-R Workshop Stories of Disclosure: How Writing Centers Meet Disabled Writers Where They Are Riverside High School, How do writing centers put theories regarding disability to practice? Room 4 This workshop will give participants the opportunity to share the stories of their writing center praxes and learn new strategies to become more accessible to all writers. Alexa Quezada, Catkin O'Grady, Lindsey Taylor | Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis

Session H | 11-11:50 | Flanner Community Writing Center H1-F Featured Session Naloxone (Narcan) Training Library This workshop provides training for administering naloxone, an over- the-counter medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. Participants will learn how to recognize the symptoms of opioid overdose, administer life-saving naloxone, and engage in the recommended practices for handling an overdose event. Limited to 25 participants. RSVP at www.marian.edu/ecwca2020 David Harrington, Ben Gonzales | Overdose Lifeline

H2-F Workshop Cultivating The Community Writing Center: Reciprocity in Pioneer Room Developing Community Partnerships This presentation considers the role reciprocity plays in piloting a community writing center. We describe how reciprocity shaped our training of tutors-in-training who worked in the community writing

center.

Nick Sanders, Leah Bauer, Grace Pregent | Michigan State

University

H3-F Workshop Messy, Uncomfortable, and Essential Emotion Work: Stories of Training Room Collaboration and Equity in Writing Center Administration The emotional labor we engage in as Writing Center Administrators (WCAs) challenges notions of how collaboration and egalitarianism operate in writing centers. In this roundtable discussion, we share

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stories that demonstrate this conflict through the perspectives of a director and assistant director. After sharing our own stories and experiences, we invite roundtable participants to share their own experiences. Kelin Hull and Marilee Brooks-Gillies | Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis

Lunch, ECWCA Board Reception | 12:15-1:45 | Riverside High School Cafeteria

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2020 ECWCA Conference Sites

Marian University (A) Riverside High School (B) 3200 Cold Spring Road 3010 N White River Pkwy E Dr Indianapolis, IN 46222 Indianapolis, IN 46208

Flanner Community Writing Center (C) 2424 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street Indianapolis, IN 46208

Distance from Marian University: Riverside High School: 4 min. drive / 2 min. bus ride or 10-15 minute walk from Marian University. Flanner Community Writing Center is a 6 min. drive / 5 min. bus ride or 30 minute walk from Marian University.

Distance from Conference Hotel: Marian University: 8 minute drive / 15-20 min bus ride. 18

Marian University

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1. Allen Whitehall Clowes Amphitheatre 2. Allen Whitehall Clowes Tea Gardens 3. Allison Mansion at Riverdale 4. Alumni Hall 5. Arena and Convention Center 6. Blessed Mother Mary Shrine and Rosary Walk 7. Campus Apartments 8. Caretaker’s Cottage 9. Clare Hall 10. DeHaan Family Forum 11. Dining Commons 12. Doyle Hall 13. Drew Family Health and Fitness Center 14. Drew Hall 15. Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab 16. Franciscan Heritage Foundation 17. Indy Cycloplex 18. Iron Skillet 19. Maintenance Building 20. Marian Hall 21. Michael A. Evans Center for Health Sciences 22. Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library Marian University Writing Center location 23. Paul J. Norman Center Friday Conference Location 24. Peyton Manning Childrens Hospital Hall of Champions 25. Physical Education Center 26. St. Joseph Hall 27. Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg Hall 28. Sommers Mansion 29. Steffen Music Center 30. St. Francis Colonnade 31. St. Vincent Field 32. The Overlook at Riverdale Apartments 33. University Hall 34. Wheeler-Stokeley Mansion 35. 30th Street Lot

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Featured Locations

Featured Restaurants & Coffee Shops

Cleo’s Bodega Coffee Shop, select food items and On 15 Bus Route $5-10 2424 Dr. MLK Jr. Avenue small community Grocer ***vegan options*** Indianapolis, IN 46208 BBQ Heaven Walk-in BBQ, right across from Flanner On 15 Bus Route $5-20 2515 Dr. MLK Jr. Avenue House/Cleo’s Bodega Indianapolis, IN 46208 Guggman Haus Brewery Microbrewery and Restaurant in the .9 Miles West of 15 $10-20 1701 Gent Ave, South end of the NNW Neighborhood *byo food items* Indianapolis, IN 46202 The Iron Skillet Family Style dining since 1956, right On 15 Route $20-30 2489 W 30th Street across from Marian University Indianapolis, IN 46222 Hank’s Smoked Briskets Texas-style mesquite wood BBQ On 34 Route: In $15-20 3736 N, Dr. MLK Jr St, NNW Indianapolis, IN 46208

Featured Attractions Nina Mason Pulliam Eco- Natural marsh, pond, meadow & North end of FREE 3200 Cold Spring Road Lab walking trails Campus Indianapolis, IN 46222 .4 miles off 15 Route Newfields: Indianapolis Traditional and Contemporary Art On 38 Route $18 4000 Michigan Road, Museum of Art Museum with accompanying “100 Indianapolis, IN 46208 Acres” Natural Space Madame Walker Historic March 5th 8 p.m.: Elohm— Group On 15 Route Cost 617 Indiana Ave, Theater Therapy Tour w/ Bahari and Mehro varies Indianapolis, IN 46202 March 6th 8 p.m.: Ron White by March 7th 9:30 p.m.: Iliza Schlesinger event Eiteljorg Museum Classic Indianapolis sites bordering the .5 miles off 15 route $15 500 Washington St., Indiana State Museum Indianapolis Canal Walk *Advanced ticket $16 Indianapolis, IN 46204 NCAA Museum price listed for $5 Indianapolis Zoo* FREE Indianapolis Zoo $7-11

Signature Indianapolis Restaurants

Chef Oya's The #DeliciouslyDopeSeafood and Soul; a On 2 Route; Northeast Side $15-40 3355 N Keystone Ave, TRAP walk-up local favorite Indianapolis, IN 46218 Saigon Vietnamese Restaurant founded by On 38 Route $6-$14 4760 W 38th St emigres during Vietnam War Indianapolis, IN 46254 City Market 25 locally-owned businesses and 2 blocks north of Julia M. Varies 222 E Market St, restaurants in a large indoor marketplace Carson Transit Center Indianapolis, IN 46204 Forty-Five Degrees Upscale small plates food option, 38 Route from Julia M $20-50 201 E. Washington St., international cuisine and cocktails Carson Transit Center Indianapolis, IN 46204 El Ray Internacional Authentic Salvadoran restaurant .4 Miles north of 15 Route $10-30 3107 Lafayette Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46222 Duo’s Kitchen Breakfast and lunch On 30 Route and RedLine; In $5-15 2960 N. Meridian St. NNW Indianapolis, IN 46208 King Wok Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese On 37 and 38 Routes from $7-15 4159 Lafayette Rd. cuisine Transit Center or MU Indianapolis, IN 46254 La Guanaquita Salvadoran pupusas, soups, and tacos On 38 Route from Transit $10-20 5435 W. 38th St., Restaurante Center or MU Indianapolis, IN 46254 Love Handle Unique and unusual brunch/lunch fare On RedLine Route $5-15 877 Mass Ave., ***Menu changes often*** Indianapolis, IN 46204 Mama Ines Mexican Authentic and home-made Mexican cakes, On 8 Route from Julia M $5-15 2001 W. Washington St. Bakery pastries and foods— no preservatives Carson Transit Center Indianapolis, IN 46222 Mass Ave Wine Wine, cocktails and craft beers. Pizzas, On 10 Route from Julia M $10-20 878 Massachusetts Ave. salads, sandwiches and charcuterie Carson Transit Center Indianapolis, IN 46204

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Signature Indianapolis Attractions

Museums and Monuments

Soldiers and Sailors Tall obelisk-like memorial 2 blocks West of Julia M. FREE 1 Monument Cir, Monument in heart of Indy, often Carson Transit Center Indianapolis, IN 46204 called “Monument Circle” Indiana World War A row of monuments, On 15 Route; On 34 FREE 55 E Michigan St., Memorial & Museum fountains, statues and Route; Indianapolis, IN 46204 and other Monuments parks just north of 4 blocks north of Julia M. downtown Indy Carson Transit Center Medal of Honor A curated canal/memorial 3 blocks south of 15 route FREE 650 W. Washington St. Memorial, Military Park walk through , IN 46204 and Canal Walk Indy into White River State Park Indianapolis Childrens Engaging and interactive On 37 and 38 Route $15-26 3000 N. Meridian St. Museum museum experience Indianapolis, IN 46208 ½ hour tours of the 23rd On 2 Route $12 1230 N. Delaware St. Presidential House President’s residence Indianapolis, IN 46202 Indianapolis Motor A look at the sport of No Public Transit Routes $10 4790 W 16th St. Speedway Museum racing through the years Indianapolis, IN 46222 Eugene and Marilyn Three-dimensional On 10 Route $13 450 W. Ohio St. Glick Indiana History reconstructions of historic Indianapolis, IN 46202 Center moments and photos

Off-Beat Indy Indiana Medical History “A medical facility that has .5 Miles north of 8 Route; $10 3045 W Vermont St, Museum been frozen in time” West Side Indianapolis, IN 46222 Indiana Teeny Statue of Museum of art featuring On 10 route from Julia M 50 Cents E. 10th St., Liberty Museum Lady Liberty Carson Transit Center Indianapolis, IN 46201 Catacombs Tours of long-hidden ruins 1 Block north of Julia M $12 222 E. Market St., below city center Carson Transit Center Indianapolis, IN 46204 Famous cemetery On 38 or 30 Route FREE— Tour Prices Vary 700 38th St., featuring famous figures Indianapolis, IN 46208 Duck Pin Bowling Old-school owling with On 14 Route from Julia M $35/hour 1105 Prospect St., small-sized pins and balls Carson Transit Center Indianapolis, IN 46203 Holcomb Observatory Planetarium and .5 Miles East of 34 Route $5-7 4600 Sunset Ave., and Planetarium observatory at Butler University Indianapolis, IN 46208 Easley Winery Tours Local winery serving a .8 miles East of Julia M $5 Tastings 205 N. College Ave., selection of sweet wines Carson Transit Center Tours FREE Indianapolis, IN 46202 Museum of Museum dedicated to On RedLine Route Prices Not Available 1043 Virginia Ave., Psychophonics Afro-Futuristic art Indianapolis, IN 46203 16 Bit 80’s themed bar featuring 1 Block North of 15 Route $15-20 110 E. New York St., arcade games Indianapolis, IN 46204 Kingmakers Board Game Parlour On 38 Route $10-15 881 Massachusetts Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46204

Indianapolis Green Spaces Eagle Creek Municipal A top ten largest No Public Transit Routes $5-6 7840 W. 56th St., Park municipal parks in U.S. Available Indianapolis, IN 46254 Canal Walk Scenic concrete walking 2 Blocks from 15 Route FREE Canal Walk, path featuring public art. Indianapolis, IN 46202 Indianapolis Zoo White A top ten largest On 8 Route FREE 1202 W. Washington St., River Gardens municipal parks in U.S. Indianapolis, IN 46202 Fairbanks Art & Nature A top ten largest On 38 Route FREE 1850 W. 38th St., Park at Newfields municipal parks in U.S. Indianapolis, IN 46228 State Park with available On 4 Route from Julia M $7-9 6000 N. Post Rd., State Park trails, shelters and paths Carson Transit Center Indianapolis, IN 46212 Garfield Park and Tropical conservatory & On RedLine Route $2 2505 Conservatory Dr. Conservatory sunken garden Indianapolis IN 46203 21