New Collection: WPA Outcomes Statement — A Decade Later
Check out this new collection from Parlor Press, featuring some of our PWPA colleagues.
Advocating best WPA practices for the region's postsecondary institutions. 
Year: 2012
PWPA Fall 2012 Conference CFP
Philadelphia Council for Writing Program Administrators (PWPA) Fall Meeting/Conference Call for Proposals September 21, 2012 Holy Family University Philadelphia, PA 19114 Conference Theme: Metacognition: Learning to Read/Write and Reading/Writing to Learn Given recent research in neuroscience, metacognition, or thinking about thinking, has sparked renewed interest among literacy theorists, scholars, and …
PWPA’s Spring Conference: “Disability and the Teaching of Writing”
On Thursday and Friday, April 19 and 20, Temple University’s Institute on Disabilities and PWPA hosted the Spring conference, “Disability and the Teaching of Writing.” Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Cabrini College, the event began the evening of the 19th at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, where several folks …
William Fitzgerald’s New Publication: Spiritual Modalities
We are proud to announce William Fitzgerald’s (Rutgers University) newest publication through Penn State University Press, Spiritual Modalities: Rhetoric, Prayer, and Performance.
Eli Goldblatt’s new book – Writing Home: A Literacy Autobiography
PWPA is happy to announce the publication of Eli Goldblatt’s newest book, Writing Home: A Literacy Autobiography (Southern Illinois University, 2012). Here is a description of the text from the publisher’s Web site: In this engrossing memoir, poet and literacy scholar Eli Goldblatt shares the intimate ways reading and writing influenced the …
PWPA Spring Conference, April 19 and 20: “Disability and the Teaching of Writing”
Please join us for a free, one day regional conference on Disability and the Teaching of Writing on Friday, April 20th at the Howard Gittis Student Center, Temple University. Keynote speakers include Brenda Brueggemann and Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson, editors of Disability and the Teaching of Writing. Lunch is provided and will feature poetry …
2012 Winter Social
Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, marked the PWPA’s second annual PWPA social. Held at Tir Na Nog in Philadelphia, the event gathered many folks from institutions in the greater Philly area for an evening of good conversation (not all “talking shop”) and tasty apps. It was a perfect kind of low-key Friday …
PWPA Winter Social — Friday, February 17, 5pm
PWPA’s annual social event will be held on Friday, February 17, 5-7pm. The event will take place at Tir Na Nog, at 1600 Arch Street in Center City, Philadelphia. Please join us for some spirits, appetizers, and warm conversation and networking. We hope to see you all there!