Participants by Thematic Strand

Reconstructing English Education for the 21st Century:
A CEE Leadership and Policy Summit

Suzanne Miller, CEE Chair
Dana L. Fox, CEE Leadership and Policy Summit Chair

What consensus values and beliefs can the Conference on English Education (CEE) support that serve as a framework for the field of English education, and how can we best communicate these consensus values and beliefs to those within the field and to others (e.g., policymakers, administrators, and community members)?

Participants by Thematic Strand

1. What is English education? (14 online participants, 13 attending, 1 liaison) 
   
             Co-Conveners: Robert Yagelski and Janet Alsup
   
   Janet Alsup, Purdue University
   Lynne Alvine, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
   Sheridan Blau, University of California at Santa Barbara
   Gina DeBlase, Wayne State University
   ¥Todd DeStigter, University of Illinois at Chicago
   Janet Emig, Emerita, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
   Ken Kantor, National-Louis University
   Michael Moore, Georgia Southern University
   Ben Nelms, Emeritus, Universities of Florida and Missouri
   Robert Petrone, Michigan State University
   Gordon Pradl, New York University
   Mary Sawyer, State University of New York, New Paltz
   Robert Tremmel, Iowa State University
   Robert Yagelski, University at Albany, State University of New York 
   
   Rebecca Calder, Liaison, Georgia State University
     
2. What do we know and believe about the roles of methods courses and field experiences in English education? (13 online participants, 13 attending, 1 liaison)
   
             Co-Conveners: Peg Graham and Ruth Vinz
   
   Jonathan Bush, Western Michigan University
   Leila Christenbury, Virginia Commonwealth University
   Bobby Cummings, Central Washington University
   Randi Dickson, Queens College, City University of New York
   Marshall George, Fordham University
   Peg Graham, University of Georgia
   Pamela Hartman, Ball State University
   Carmen Kynard, New York University
   Hephzibah Roskelly, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
   Peter Smagorinsky, University of Georgia
   Susan Steffel, Central Michigan University
   Ruth Vinz, Teachers College, Columbia University
   Sue Weinstein, Louisiana State University
   
   Donna Lester Taylor, Liaison, Georgia State University 
     
3. What do we know and believe about supporting linguistically and culturally diverse learners in English education? (11 online participants, 11 attending, 1 liaison)
   
             Co-Conveners: Bob Fecho and Fenice Boyd
   
   Mary Ariail, Georgia State University
   Fenice Boyd, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
   Bob Fecho, University of Georgia
   Maisha Fisher, Emory University
   Mary K. Healy, University of California Office of the President (Retired)
   Korina Jocson, Stanford University
   Kezia McNeal, Georgia State University
   Ernest Morrell, Michigan State University
   Tom Meyer, State University of New York, New Paltz
   Gertrude Tinker Sachs, Georgia State University
   Robert Williams, Radford University
   
   Charnita West, Liaison, Georgia State University 
     
4. What do we know and believe about multi-modal literacies and digital technologies in English education? (11 online participants, 5 attending)
   
             Co-Conveners: Janet Swenson and Ewa McGrail
   
   ¥Richard Beach, University of Minnesota
   ¥Suzanne Borowicz, Canisius College
   ¥Troy Hicks, Michigan State University
   ¥Sara Kajder, University of Virginia
   Ewa McGrail, Georgia State University
   ¥Jamie Myers, Pennsylvania State University
   ¥Carol Pope, North Carolina State University
   Robert Rozema, Grand Valley State University
   Janet Swenson, Michigan State University
   Phyllis Whitin, Wayne State University
   Carl Young, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
     
5. How might we more meaningfully assess the effectiveness of English education programs? (8 online participants, 8 attending, 1 liaison)
   
             Co-Conveners: B. Joyce Stallworth and Steve Koziol
   
   Steven Bickmore, University of Georgia
   Leola Harden-Luster,  University of Alabama
   Jean Ketter, Grinnell College
   Steve Koziol, University of Maryland
   Jim Marshall, University of Georgia
   Tom Philion, Roosevelt University
   B. Joyce Stallworth, University of Alabama
    Renarta H. Tompkins, Mississippi State University
   
   Sue McClure, Liaison, Georgia State University
     
6. How can CEE help its constituencies, the broader public, and policymakers understand the relationship between research and teaching? (10 online participants, 10 attending, 1 liaison)
   
             Co-Conveners: Don Zancanella and John Mayher
   
   Anne DiPardo, University of Iowa
   Cathy Fleischer, Eastern Michigan University
   John Mayher, New York University
   Nancy McCracken, Kent State University
   Janet Miller, Teachers College, Columbia University
   Patricia Lambert Stock, Michigan State University
   Tara Star Johnson, University of Georgia
   Anne Elrod Whitney, University of California at Santa Barbara
   Don Zancanella, University of New Mexico
    Leah Zuidema, Michigan State University
   
   Anne Blanchard, Liaison, Georgia State University
     
7. How might we nurture and grow the membership of CEE? (8 online participants, 8 attending, 1 liaison)
   
             Co-Conveners: Dawn Abt-Perkins and Jill VanAntwerp
   
   Dawn Abt-Perkins, Lake Forest College
   Edmund Farrell, Emeritus, University of Texas
   Jeanne Smith Muzzillo, Purdue University
   Tonya Perry, University of Alabama at Birmingham
   Kia Jane Richmond, Northern Michigan University
   David Schaafsma, University of Illinois at Chicago
   Jill VanAntwerp, Grand Valley State University
   Allen Webb, Western Michigan University
   
   Kim Coady, Liaison, Georgia State University

Conference on English Education History Panel

          Convener: Janet Swenson

Leila Christenbury, Council Historian, Virginia Commonwealth University
Janet Emig, Emerita, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Edmund Farrell, Emeritus, University of Texas
Ben Nelms, Emeritus, Universities of Florida and Missouri
Gordon Pradl, New York University
Janet Swenson, Michigan State University

Other Participants:

Dana L. Fox, CEE Leadership and Policy Summit Chair, Georgia State University
Kristen McGowan, CEE Assistant, National Council of Teachers of English
Suzanne Miller, CEE Chair, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Kent Williamson, Executive Director, National Council of Teachers of English

Note:  Individuals were invited to participate in the CEE Leadership and Policy Summit because they met one or more of the following criteria:  current or past CEE Chair; current CEE Executive Committee member; current or former editor of English Education; current editor of Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education; active CEE Commission Chair; recent CEE Award Winner; current CEE Nominating Committee Chair; CEE State Affiliate representative; CEE Graduate Student Affiliate representative; Veal Seminar leader; at-large member--CEE leader and at-large member--local, with emphasis on scholars of color and on those with thematic strand expertise.  In addition, ten outstanding doctoral students/recent graduates were nominated and funded by Summit participants.

Total:  79 online participants, with 72 attending.
Additionally, 7 Georgia State University graduate students served as local liaisons in strands.

¥These participants did not attend the CEE Summit but participated electronically in the thematic strand group.

Updated:  June 1, 2005