Description: Our current “fake news” era complicates writing studies’ long-standing commitment to teaching research and critical thinking. Speakers draw on media studies, quantitative literacy research, journalistic practice, the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy, and digital rhetoric to present theoretical and pedagogical approaches to locating, evaluating, using, and reflecting on information in the writing classroom.

Speakers

Lee Bauknight, Penn State U, Berks C

Julia Bninski, Loyola U Chicago

Leah Corinne Jones, U of Central Florida

Angela Laflen, California State U, Sacramento

Kristina Reardon, U of Connecticut, Storrs