Workshops

AWAC Summer Reads: Zoom Discussion of “Adapting the Past to Reimagine Possible Futures”

AWAC's Mentoring Committee is excited to announce the date for the AWAC Summer Reads book discussion! AWAC Summer Reads is an extension of our AWAC Reads reading group, which aims to create a space for collegial conversation about WAC and writing scholarship. Both AWAC members and non-members are welcome to participate! (Not yet an AWAC member? Learn more!) What was our AWAC Summer Reads text? For Summer 2026's AWAC Summer Reads, we selected Adapting the Past to Reimagine Possible Futures: Celebrating and Critiquing WAC at 50, edited by Megan J. Kelly, Heather M. Falconer, Caleb L. González, and Jill Dahlman. This edited collection is available as an open-source e-text through WAC Clearinghouse: https://wacclearinghouse.org/books/perspectives/iwac2020/ When is the discussion? Our synchronous conversation on Zoom will take place on Friday, September 25, at 1pm ET (12pm CT, 11am MT, 10am PT, 6pm BST, 7pm CET). If you are interested in participating in the live talk about our book, please sign up: https://forms.gle/CFUXfAbj3xS3qcpY8 What will we be chatting about? Whether you have time to read the whole collection deeply or simply give it a skim, please join us regardless! We welcome…