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Rocky Mountain College English Association (RMCEA), including Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada, provides a forum for teachers of college English, and related topics, to explore challenges and opportunities faced by our students and colleagues. The organization strives to connect teachers in the English academic community throughout the Rocky Mountain Region and beyond. 

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>>> Our next RMCEA Popup Conference (online) is 14 June 2025 <<<

Call for Papers

7th Annual RMCEA Popup Conference

June 14, 2025

11am EDT

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Composition Classroom

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AI has the potential to enhance, redefine, or hijack the writing process.  That reality has captured the attention of modern rhetoricians. This conference is seeking 500-word essays about the role of writing teachers in defining AI in the composition process. As educators, we can define a vision for integrating AI in the composition classroom.  Or do we allow other interests to determine the role of AI in academic writing for us? What should we do? Here are some questions to guide your avenue of approach into this exciting topic.

How do we navigate this new and expanding AI terrain as teachers and academic writers? 

What is AI's role or function in the classroom?

How do we define and acknowledge rhetorical situations (context, audience, and purpose)

when AI is part of the writing process? 

How do writers, rhetoricians, and composition teachers incorporate AI constructively into the

writing process?

What are some pitfalls we should avoid when using AI?  

How do we (or should we) fold AI into traditional or legacy writing processes? 

How is AI situated in our own and our students' academic research? 

How do we preserve students' critical thinking and engagement in an AI-enabled world?

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SUBMISSION TIMELINE

Participant count--16 May

Interest (participant/presenter) and (draft) topic ideas due NLT 16 May.

Send to Meredithjh602@gmail.com AND Gary Mills at rockymtncea@gmail.com

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Organization meeting for participants--19 May

19 May 2025 @ 7 pm EDT.

Zoom link will be emailed out to all interested participants. Again, express interest NLT 16 May so you can be part of the fun.

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Submit Essays (500 words max.)--11 June

Essays are due 11 June by 11pm EDT

Send to Meredithjh602@gmail.com AND Gary Mills at rockymtncea@gmail.com

We will form panel groups as soon as all submissions are received. 

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Popup Conference--14 June @ 11am EDT

Link provided via email to all participants and presenters​

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