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Join us for the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s (CCCC/NCTE) 2023 Annual Convention: The “Navigating Writing, Navigating History” panel examines the historical, material, and ideological forces that buffet the creation of centers for research and teaching of writing, focusing on the creation of a new center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and comparing the …
Racial Justice Grants – Nathan Cummings Foundation The foundation’s vision for racial justice is the removal of structural barriers and hierarchies based on race, and to reimagine political, economic, and social systems in ways that allow all people to thrive. The foundation supports organizations that address civic engagement, racial wealth gap, and racism + oppression. …
Dr. Michael Bernard-Donals, the Executive Director of the CTRW, was recently interviewed by Diego Alegría, a PhD Candidate in Literary Studies at UW-Madison and Mellon-Public Humanities Fellow, about Bernard-Donals’ recent book The Vulnerability of Higher Education (2023). Bernard-Donals and Alegría discuss the ongoing precarity in higher education that has become more common in recent years. “We’re talking …
Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) For its next research grants deadline, RSF will accept letters of inquiry under any of its core programs and special initiatives: Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context; Future of Work; Immigration and Immigrant Integration; Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration; and Social, Political, and Economic Inequality. RSF will also accept LOIs relevant …
Seeking Wisconsin Idea Conference Proposals The WI Idea Conference Planning Committee is seeking proposals for breakout sessions for the second annual Wisconsin Idea Conference coming up on April 9, 2024. The theme for this year’s conference – Community University Partnerships for Stronger Communities. This theme seeks to emphasize the importance of bringing together community and …
Muir Elementary School Classroom Support Muir Elementary School, an MMSD public school on Madison’s West Side, is seeking volunteers to make a difference in the lives of our students. Specific needs include literacy and classroom support, lunch/recess supervision, mentoring, gardening, shelving library books, or anything you might have in mind. Their school day begins at 7:40am, and …
Community-Engaged Scholarship Graduate Project Assistant Farm 2 Facts is seeking a marketing specialist project assistant joins the Kaufman Lab for the Study and Design of Food Systems and Marketplaces in managing marketing, customer service, and communications of the Farm 2 Facts (F2F) toolkit. This position will primarily serve marketing needs to support research for a …
Elva Knight Research Grant International Literacy Association (ILA) This grant provides up to $5,000 for promising research that addresses significant questions for the discipline of reading/literacy research and practice. To be eligible, all applicants (including co-applicants) must be ILA members in good standing and maintain active ILA membership through June 30, 2025. Deadline: March 15, …