My Flier for 4C 2015 in Tampa, FL

'Cruz Medina to Speak at National Conference'

It'll be hard to beat last year's conference where I spoke at a featured session, got a picture with Angela Davis, and had a great conversation about a book idea. But I'm sure going to try. It might very well appear that I'm over-committed to speak at this #4C15, but I'm really looking forward to all of these sessions, especially the panel below where I will be presenting alongside a couple mentors of mine Drs. Cristina Kirklighter and Octavio Pimentel. I will be presenting on my book Reclaiming Poch@ Pop: Examining the Rhetoric of Cultural Deficiency.

And you can't attend a conference without volunteering a bit of service to the national convention, especially because I really enjoy chairing panels. All the pressure is off me as presenter, and I get to ask questions to get the Q&A portion going.

 Lastly, one of my absolute favorite parts of NCTE/CCCC that I am the most excited about is the NCTE/CCCC Latina/o Caucus workshop, where new and seasoned scholars get together to talk about their work and engage with a local community organization.

Highlights from #4C14

 (Angela Davis and I)

 (NCTE/CCCC Latina/o Caucus)

(From my featured panel with Natasha Jones and Octavio Pimentel)

My Small Scope Narrative in College Composition and Communication Journal

The Family Profession

College Composition and Communication is not just my favorite conference of the academic year, but it's also an important top tier journal in the field, so I am super excited to have a vignette of mine featured in this month's special issue on the profession. A few months back, I actually also posted a digital story that actually accompanies this piece because it inspired the "story" I was able to tell.

Here's the digital story I composed, inspired by my CCC vignette. If you're not a CCC subscriber, my 3 minute digital story, or digital testimonio, will provide a good idea of what the vignette addresses.

on the profession edit with video 0001 from Cruz Medina on Vimeo.