I support the creation of this forum.

I am adding my name in support of this group and forum: Chuck Rybak

I support the creation of this forum.

I support the establishment of this forum.

I support the creation of the Creative Writing forum.

Ruben Quesada

Eastern Illinois University

I support the formation of this forum and I volunteer to be on the committee.

I support formation of the forum.  Stuart Moulthrop, UW-Milwaukee.

I support the formation of the forum.  Marshall Toman, UW-River Falls.

I support this group. JJH

I am writing to support this petition.

I support the creation of this forum.

Reed Wilson, UCLA

I sign to affirm that the Creative Writing group should be started at MLA this year.

I support this petition.

Trent Hergenrader
Rochester Institute of Technology

I endorse this petition.

Robert Machado

I support this petition, and I volunteer to be on the committee.

The sociolinguists have produced a good amount of work on this subject.  I recommend Anne H. Charity Hudley and Christine Mallinson’s Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools (2011) as a good reference and a good start.  As a grad student and a tutor, I have come across similar situations with ESL and African American students w…[Read more]

I support the creation of this forum.

Tana Jean Welch, Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature and Medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine

I’m writing to support the creation of the Creative Writing forum, and to volunteer for the executive committee.

Hello Pedro,

My university is right on the Texas/Mexican border so the overwhelming majority of our students learned Spanish first and English is their second language. We also have a large number of Mexican nationals who attend along with students from other foreign countries. My experience is that our weakest students are the ones who have come…[Read more]

I support this petition. Hania