Rocky Mountain Peer Tutoring Conference
                       March 2-3, 2007

 Conference               
               theme & keynote

                                        

This Year’s Conference Theme
is drawn from the work of 1970’s Wisconsin geographer Yi-Fu
Tuan, whose visits to the southwestern United States sparked
his imagination and generated new philosophical thinking about
human’s relationships with and effects on physical and emotional
space.  Tuan posits that humans develop a sense of identity, history,
and community through the landscapes we live in and that we
create a sense of home and belonging in relationship with our
surroundings.

The Rocky Mountain region is home to the rich landscape and rich
sense of place that inspired Tuan’s creativity and continues to foster
our own.  We invite you to explore this theme in relation to your
writing center as a community of growth, identity, and connection.

Keynote Speaker:  Michele Eodice
is IWCA Vice President and recipient of
the NCPTW 2006 Ron Maxwell Award for
Distinguished Leadership in Promoting the
Collaborative Learning Practices of Peer Tutors
in Writing and currently directs the writing
center and WAC programs at the
University of Oklahoma.

Since founding the Kansas University Writing Center (1998-2006),
Michele has directed the IWCA summer institute at Clark University,
Kansas University, and Stanford, guiding and inspiring writing center
directors from across the country. 

Her numerous publications include her most recent co-authored book
The Everyday Writing Center: A Community of Practice, available in January 2007, which argues that "writing centers occupy a unique space in the academy that might encourage authentic communities of learners, writers, peer tutors, faculty, and staff" (Elisabeth Piedmont-Marton).

We are delighted to feature Michele Eodice, and we enthusiastically
welcome her as our keynote speaker at this year's conference.