Conference Chair’s Invited Sessions

Writing for the Research in the Teaching of English (RTE)
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
10:15AM – 11:45AM
Tangerine A
Mark Dressman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sarah McCarthey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Writing for the Reading Research Quarterly (RRQ)
Thursday, December 4, 2008
1:15PM – 2:45PM
Salon I
David Bloome, The Ohio State University
Ian A. G. Wilkinson, The Ohio State University

The Carnegie Adolescent Literacy Predoctoral Fellowship Program
Friday, December 5, 2008
8:30AM – 10:00AM
Tangerine A
Mark W. Conley, University of Memphis
Susan Goldman, University of Illinois at Chicago
Elizabeth Moje, University of Michigan
Catherine Snow, Harvard University

Distinguished Scholar Lifetime Achievement 2008 Award Winner Session
Friday, December 5, 2008
10:15AM – 11:45AM
Salon I
Literacies in Theory and Practice
I will describe some programmes that attempt to take account of the new theoretical perspectives concerning multiple literacies, multimodality etc and that apply them to educational practice, focusing on approaches to 'academic literacies' in Higher Education and the use of ethnographic approaches to inform adult literacy programmes.
Professor Brian V. Street, King’s College London

Writing for NRC Publications
Friday, December 5, 2008
12:15pm – 1:00pm
Orange

Funding Opportunities at the Institute of Education Sciences
Friday, December 5, 2008
1:15PM – 2:45PM
Tangerine B
Elizabeth R. Albro, Institute of Education Sciences
David Reinking, Clemson University
Bridget Dalton, Vanderbilt University

A Tribute to NRC’s Past Presidents
Video Premier
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
7:30PM
Salons E-I
Additional Showing
Thursday, December 4, 2008
3:00PM
Orange
Prepared by: Patricia A. Edwards, Michigan State University, the Graduate Students at Michigan State University with the assistance of Graduate Students from around the United States