This June, academics, writers, publishers, and lovers of language will converge as colleagues to explore the balance between the traditional and the contemporary in teaching, bringing the skills and joys of language to others. The Young Rhetoricians’ Conference (“young” being a state of mind open to new possibilities) looks to issues and ideas that enable us to foster our students’ skills and passions relative to all aspects of discourse—cognitive, pragmatic, and artistic. Bring your concerns — ideological and/or intuitive — to the beach as we gather to rejuvenate ourselves and ponder what we are about —where the Monterey Bay warmly greets general sessions, workshops, panels, and luncheons. Please join us!
2016 Conference Program 
A MERE SAMPLING OF 2016 PANELS, ROUNDTABLES, & GENERAL SESSIONS
- “Lazarus”: WAC / WID—Yesterday and Today
- “Diamond Dogs”: Critical Thinking, Analytical Gems
- “Changes”: Academic Sustainability—Student Success
- “Stardust”: Cultivating Creativity, Honoring Imagination
- “Black Tie White Noise”: Global Circuits—Online Classrooms
- “Golden Years”: Literature on the ‘Iron Throne’ of College Curriculum
- “Rebel, Rebel”: Innovation Facing Measurable Outcomes
- “Ashes To Ashes”: Textbooks, Technology, & Affordable Student Learning
- “Heroes”: Champions of College Composition and Rhetoric
- “Just for One Day”: The YRC [Evening] Poetry Café 2016
- “Space Oddity”: Adjunct Instructor & Graduate Student Cocktail Forum
- “Blackstar”: Writing Centers, Learning Communities, Stretch Programs—Basic Skills 2016
BOOK FAIR
No basement, this fair. Publishers vie with the view of the Monterey Bay to intrigue you with their best and latest wares. Meet casually with acquisition editors to voice your ideas for new texts as you inform them of your classroom and curricular needs.
College Credit (Post-Baccalaureate)
Earn up to five (5) quarter units of California State University credit while you enjoy the YRC. For more information, please click here for the PDF file.
These units are offered through California State University, Bakersfield at $60 per unit. For Extended University application forms and details pertaining to the courses offered, see Rebecca Hewett at the YRC Registration Table during the conference.
You may also contact Sterling Warner, Conference Chair for more information: jsterlingw@comcast.net