College English Association of Ohio
Past Conferences

CEAO 2008 Spring Conference 

Friday, April 25, 2008,  Jessing Center, The Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, Ohio
Theme: Interpretations: Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship in English Studies
Keynote Speaker: James Phelan, Humanities Distinguished Professor, Department of English, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
"Narratives in Contest"
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CEAO 2007 Fall Conference
Friday, October 19, 2007, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Theme:  Connections and Conversations: High School and College English Teachers Working Together
Keynote Speaker: Russel Durst, Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati
“James Moffett and the Politics of High School English in the 1970s: Lessons for the Present Day”
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CEAO 2007 Spring Conference
Friday, April 20, 2007, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio
Theme:  New Boundaries, New Views
Keynote Speaker: Wendell Mayo, Bowling Green State University    
"My Composition for English B-"
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CEAO 2006 Fall Conference
Friday, October 27, 2006, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
Theme:  (Re)Inventing English Studies
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Dickie Selfe, Senior Instructional Technology Consultant, The Ohio State University
"English Studies and the University Experience as Intellectual Property:  Commodification and the Spellings Report"
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CEAO 2006 Spring Conference
April 28, 2006, Spangler Library, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio
Theme: Strategies for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship in Literature and Composition
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Pamela Takayoshi, Associate Professor, Department of English,
Kent State University
"Writing Matters in a Digital Age"
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CEAO 2005 Fall Conference
October 28, 2005, Student Center, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Theme: Virtual Administration: Issues Affecting the Administration of English Programs and Courses that Integrate Technology
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sherrie Gradin, Director of the Center for Writing Excellence & Writing Across the Curriculum
"Clandestine MOOves: Technology in a Luddite Department"
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CEAO 2005 Spring Conference
April 8, 2005, Jessing Center, The Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, Ohio
Theme: Partnerships in the Profession
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kay Halasek, Associate Professor of English and Coordinator of the University Writing Center, Ohio State University
"'That's not writing, that's typing!' and Other Condemnations: A Professor's Guide to Students, Their Writing, and Successful Teaching"
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CEAO 2004 Spring Conference
April 16, 2004, Spangler Library, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio
Theme: What should we teach, how should we teach it, how do we know we're doing it well?
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