WRaCS DE students and faculty gather two to three times per quarter to discuss issues related to writing and rhetoric. Given the construction to Voorhies Hall, all roundtables in 2025-26 will be held in Zoom. Contact Professor Carl Whithaus was Zoom room infomration. The roundtables for 2025-26 will focus on:
Fall Quarter
Friday 11/21/25 11am-12pm Overview of Conferences in Writing Studies
Discussion of the different conferences in the field and how to submit presentation and poster session proposals.
Wednesday 12/10/25 2-3pm Overview of Journals in Writing Studies
Discussion of the major (and minor) journals in writing, rhetoric, and composition studies as well as related fields and advice about how and when to submit.
Winter Quarter
Week of 1/19/26 Academic Labor - Teaching Professors
Week of 2/16/26 Workshop on Presentations for the Conference on College Composition and Communication (4Cs) 2026 [March 4-7, 2026 in Cleveland, OH]
Week of 3/16/26 Discussion of the Impacts of AI on Writing
Spring Quarter
Week of 4/6/26 Workshop on the Job Market and Search in writing, rhetoric, and composition studies and related disciplines
Week of 4/27/26 Discussion of multilingual writers and translingualism in writing studies
Week of 5/18/26 Workshop on IRB and human subjects research in writing, rhetoric, and composition studies, including a discussion of the categories of (1) not human subjects research, (2) exempt, (3) expedited, and (4) full reviews.