Call for Participants

A Decade of War:
Institutional and Civic Responsibilities to “Warrior Writers” in the Writing Classroom

· Are you a college writing instructor?

· Are you a writing program administrator?

· Are you a writing center consultant?

· Is your institution actively recruiting veterans of the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?

· Do you have students in your classes/programs/tutoring sessions who are veterans?

· Are you aware of any policies or procedures within your department or institution that specifically address veteran writers?

· Are you aware of any sites of writing for veterans outside of writing classrooms that writing faculty participate in or lead?

If you answered “yes” to more than one of these questions, if you have found ways to respond to veteran issues in the writing classroom, or if you are aware of any institutional commitment to veterans on your campus, please contact us.

This study, funded by a CCCC Research Initiative Grant, aims to provide guidance to writing program administrators and instructors about how to address the growing population of veterans of the "War on Terror" in college writing classrooms in order to fulfill, in the words of past CCCC President Marilyn Valentino, our "ethical obligation to react responsibly" to this expanding student demographic. While we have contacted a preliminary group of research participants, we are aware that many initiatives or activities that aim to address the needs of veterans are not yet visible outside individual institutions or communities, so we would like to hear from you.

We thank you in advance for your contributions to this research.

Please contact us via the email addresses listed below.

Research Investigators:

Alexis Hart hartda@vmi.edu

Roger Thompson thompsonrc@vmi.edu