Addressing Diversity Issues within the Writing Classroom

The editors of a new professional development book under contract with Fountainhead Press are soliciting essay submissions. Addressing Diversity Issues within the Writing Classroom will consist of 15-20 essays that showcase effective pedagogical ideas on bringing diversity into and addressing issues of diversity within the writing classroom. The intended audience consists of graduate students and first time instructors, as well as experienced university, community
college, and high school instructors who want to find a place (contact zone) where they can meet their diverse students and then help them make the journey through a composition class.

Each essay should be focused around a specific type of diversity issue or theme and provide examples of how new and experienced teachers can use diversity issues to invigorate their teaching of writing. Essays should be pedagogical in nature; however, a familiarity with how addressing and/or using diversity fits in with current composition models is expected. Essays that include examples of student writing and sample writing assignments are particularly
encouraged. We hope to have at least half the essays focused on the experience of new teachers (graduate assistants, high school teachers, or professors new to this pedagogy).

Submissions should not exceed 5000 words and should adhere to the
series style guide, which can be viewed at http:// www.fountainheadpress.com/xseries.htm.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to, incorporating/ integrating the following in the writing classroom or focusing on the following as writing subject matter:

Race
Global Issues
Class
Mental abilities
Gender/ gender
roles
Physical abilities
Sexuality
Age
Economics
Religion
Ethnicity
Nationality
Multiculturalism
Physical appearance
Culture
Political affiliation
Language
Dialects
Illness
Regionalism

Queries can be submitted to Gwendolyn Hale (Haleg@savstate.edu). For full consideration, essays should be submitted in either digital or print form by May 30, 2008 to:

Gwen Hale, English Department, Savannah State University, 265 Whiting
Hall, PO Box 20428, Savannah, GA 31405, haleg@savstate.edu