Live Web Conversations

Each month, Williams Higher Ed sponsors a live web conversation. These are complimentary events where postsecondary literacy professionals gather to discuss issues that are critical to the field. Here you will find information and registration for upcoming events, as well as an archive of past events.


UPCOMING EVENTS

Please stay tuned for information on our next events!

In the meantime, please check out the links and videos below to experience our past events.


PAST EVENTS

Live Web Conversation

Critical Language Awareness and Linguistic Dexterity

Thursday, 4/15/21 @ 1:00pm EST

This event featured a conversation where we discussed critical language awareness and linguistic dexterity and their practicality for equitable and just literacy instruction.


Live Web Conversation

Reflexivity and Nonviolent Literacy Instruction

Thursday, 3/18/21 @ 1:00pm EST

This event featured a conversation where we discussed a framework for nonviolent literacy instruction and the important role of reflexivity in our work towards equity and justice.


Live Web Conversation

Breaking the Cycle of Curriculum Violence

Thursday, 2/25/2021 @ 1:00pm EST

This event featured a conversation where we discussed the concept of curriculum violence, what this violence looks like in postsecondary literacy, and the steps that we can take to break the cycle of curriculum violence in our work with students.

Session #1–2/25/21
Encore presentation (3/4/21)

Live Web Conversation

Where Do We Go From Here?: Post Election/End of Semester Check-in

Thursday, 11/19 @ 1:00pm EST

This event featured a conversation where we reflected on the fall semester, reviewed the Biden-Harris plan for higher education, and discussed our plans for spring 2021. Download a copy of the slide deck below:


Live Web Conversation

Equity and Justice in Postsecondary Literacy and Learning: What does it look like? How do we do it?

Thursday, 10/15 @ 1:00pm EST

This event was a conversation on equity and justice in education, where we discussed the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) statement on linguistic justice and the Rutgers University Department of English antiracism action plan. Download a copy of the slide deck below:


Live Web Conversation

Back To School: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Opportunities

Thursday, 9/17@ 1:00-2:30 pm EST

This event featured a panel of postsecondary literacy professionals for a critical conversation about returning “back to school” in the midst of a global pandemic and escalating civil unrest. Below is a recording of the event.