FIRST-TIMERS’ WELCOME BREAKFAST SHORT NORTH B (GCCC, UPPER LEVEL)
Never been to an NCTE Annual Convention before? Don’t miss this event we’re holding just for you! Join fellow first-time attendees for an informative session over breakfast to kick off your NCTE Annual Convention experience. You’ll have the opportunity to hear from NCTE President-Elect SHELLEY RODRIGO and NCTE Executive Director EMILY KIRKPATRICK, and you'll meet NCTE leaders and repeat attendees who can walk you through tips and strategies that will enhance your Convention experience, expand your knowledge of NCTE’s resources, and build your professional network.
SHELLEY RODRIGO is the senior director of the writing program; associate professor in rhetoric, composition, and the teaching of English; and associate writing specialist (continuing status) in the Department of English at the University of Arizona. Shelley teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in writing, rhetoric, and film studies, and has coauthored three editions of The Wadsworth/ Cengage Guide to Research and coedited Rhetorically Rethinking Usability (Hampton Press). Currently NCTE President-Elect, Shelley also has served on the NCTE Executive Committee (EC) as the Chair of the College Section Steering Committee; the CCCC Executive Committee, both as an elected member and as Parliamentarian; TYCA-West’s EC as elected Chair and Treasurer; and on TYCA’s EC.