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Bedford’s WPA/Writing Director Workshop: Well-being in First-Year Composition

Welcome to Bedford’s 6th Annual WPA/Writing Director Workshop: Well-being in First-Year Composition. We'll be presenting a week of professional development where you’ll learn best practices for incorporating wellness strategies into your course. Our event will feature a mix of interactive presentations, stress relief activities, and breakout sessions.

Please see details below on each session. You can choose to attend one or more of the following sessions. Please note, you only need to register for the day to attend any session occurring on that date. All times are in Eastern Standard.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24TH
10:00 - 10:45AM ET
Title: Stress Resilience: How To Care For Yourself and Your Students Using Achieve and Other Tools
Presenter: Denise Cady Arbeau

11:00 - 11:45AM ET
Title: Creating Co-Curricular Activist Writing Projects for Students in Writing Programs: The Case of the Neurodiversity Celebration Collaborative (NCC)
Presenter: Cathryn Molloy

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25TH
10:00 - 10:45AM ET
Title: Building Support for Compassionate Teaching
Presenter: Michelle Day

11:00 - 11:45AM ET
Title: Using Antiracist Genre Systems to Create Safe Writing Classroom Spaces
Presenters: Mya Poe & Tieanna Graphenreed

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26TH
12:00 - 12:45PM ET
Title: Aligning Writing Outcomes and Well-being in Writing Programs
Presenters: Susan Miller-Cochran & Stacey Cochran

1:00 - 1:45PM ET
Title: Well-being through Debunking Writing Myths
Presenters: Elizabeth Wardle & Doug Downs

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27TH
12:00 - 12:45PM ET
Title: Mindfulness and Motivation in Post-Quarantined HBCU Writing Centers and Programs
Presenters: Kendra Mitchell & Robert Randolph, Jr.