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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 19/09/2026

CCCC Leadership Response to NCTE’s De-Chartering of CCCC. (Ex)CCCC and writing studies folks, please read and sign: theorganizationformerlyknownascccc.com

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Stacy Wittstock @curiousmagpie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We're also hiring for a TT Assistant Professor of English specializing in Early Modern Literature: careers.marist.edu/cw/en-us/job...

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Stacy Wittstock @curiousmagpie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We are also fortunate to be hiring for TT Assistant Professor of English specializing in Technical and Professional Writing. @caramartamessina.com is chairing the committee, but I'm serving on it too and can answer any questions: careers.marist.edu/cw/en-us/job...

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Stacy Wittstock @curiousmagpie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hi all, The Marist University English Department is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Creative Writing specializing in Fiction. I am chairing the committee and am happy to answer any questions. Please share widely! careers.marist.edu/cw/en-us/job...

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 25/08/2026

Same that was the best night! RIP dolly 💔💔💔

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 25/08/2026

We are also hiring TWO other positions! Assistant Professor of English, Early Modern Literature: careers.marist.edu/cw/en-us/job... Assistant Professor of English, Creative Writing (Fiction): careers.marist.edu/cw/en-us/job...

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 25/08/2026

Highlights: - Salary: $75,000 - $80,000 - Teaching load: 3/4 with possible research course releases - Students: undergraduates, both core and English majors/minors - Location: Poughkeepsie, NY (2-hour train ride from NYC) - Materials: CV, cover letter, references

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 25/08/2026

Marist is hiring an Assistant Prof of English, Technical and Professional Writing. I'm chairing the committee, so please feel free to reach out with any questions! Submit by Oct 31 for highest consideration (deadline not on ad). careers.marist.edu/en-us/job/49...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Almost every single student who has found me this week wants to talk about AI. A couple reflections. One student has taken three AI courses in philosophy, health sciences and comm. They’re basically the same class. As it turns out, it doesn’t take a lot of classes to “learn” ai.

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Wil Flores, PhD @wilflores.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“Dear colleagues, as our field falls apart—partly because of political machinations as a large literacy orgs cows to GenAI adoption, takes Big Tech money, and makes your job even more precarious—please consider submitting to another GenAI and writing project.”

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 19/08/2026

omg I'm honored!!!! Fingers crossed, I think something will come out of all of this.

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 19/08/2026

I wanted to submit the for the book award, but I left NCTE so...oh well! I hope Lavender Rhetorics is able to find a new home (and CCCC)

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 06/08/2026

There was a similar trend happening in rhetoric/composition where big tech and uncritical adoption seemed to take over, but a lot of folks began organizing, pushing back, and refusing. I think it has allowed for a lot more diverse perspectives and approaches. I hope that happens in DH.

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Wil Flores, PhD @wilflores.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

NCTE with the Google Grant. Anna Mills working as a consultant for OpenAI and then going on to usher in the GenAI adoption of writing studies. The list goes on in higher education 🫩

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Megan McIntyre @rcmeg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Imagine the conversation we could have about this travesty if NCTE didn’t require Cs officers and executive committee members to sign confidentiality agreements. Folks should also ask NCTE about how and whether their lucrative grant/partnership with Google was part of what Cs “culture” threatened.

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NCTE Dissolves 77-Year-Old Composition Association

The National Council of Teachers of English’s decision was met with swift backlash from Conference on College Composition and Communication members, who say their organization is vital to advancing co...

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Megan McIntyre @rcmeg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

So, I’ve created a form where current and former CCCC Caucus/SIG/SG-affiliated leaders/folks can sign up if they want to be part of an ongoing conversation about how to respond (and how we might preserve and/or continue the work of our Caucus/SIG/SG after the loss of Cs).

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CCCC Cross-Caucus/SIG/SG Conversation about the Future

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Dr. Mag 🌿👾 @nobugsnous.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Regional networks and support are SO important, but following CCCC‘s dechartering, I believe we need national and international organizing to maintain our discipline and combat the intensifying authoritarianism that brought down our org in the first place.

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Dr. Mag 🌿👾 @nobugsnous.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I wish the reporter had expiunded on the differences between the organizations’ AI stances. NCTE, for example, has partnered with Google, while CCCC has started recognizing a range of student and teacher responses, including refusal.

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Megan McIntyre @rcmeg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The CCCC Exec Committee released a brief statement on the NCTE’s intention to dissolve CCCC. "CCCC is the professional home for thousands of scholars, teachers, and researchers...with a decades-long record of shaping how writing is taught, studied, and understood."

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CCCC EC Quick Response July 23

Public Facing Statement To be Shared With the General CCCC Membership We, members of the CCCC Executive Committee, were alarmed to learn of the NCTE Presidential Team’s plans to dissolve CCCC, which ...

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Phil Choong @philchoong.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It often feels like institutions of higher ed are slow to make progressive change but very quick to go forward with bad & harmful changes. Anyway, here’s the sticker I was buying at an art fair when the news dropped that NCTE voted to de-charter CCCC

Black and white sticker with black text that reads “May we all continue a practice of refusal as a necessary form of resistance survival and refuge”

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Veronica Joyner✨🦖🫶🏾 @doctahroni.blacksky.app · 25/07/2026

Middle level educators should know that NCTE is willing to decharter the 77 year old organization that supports writing when those 8th graders go to college because they’re preemptively obeying a political regime.

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Le Ca-ghoul @lecagle.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I will never choose to affiliate with @ncte.org, given the absolutely disgraceful way they have chosen to dissolve CCCC, a 70+ year organization central to the discipline of writing and literacy studies. I am so disappointed in the NCTE leadership. May they come to view their actions with horror.

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Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhet & Comp @cfshrc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Statement from the CFSHRC's Executive Board #SaveCCCC 💔

The Executive Board of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition has been watching the social media posts regarding NCTE’s intention to dissolve the Conference on College Composition and Communication into their College Section. We too have found this news incredibly disheartening. We urge NCTE to take the time to hear from Cs leadership and our larger scholarly community before they make any decisions regarding the future of Cs.

While we await official statements and clarity from leadership of both NCTE and Cs, we wanted to express our appreciation for the immense impact Cs has had on the formation, growth, and sustainability of our field for over three quarters of a century.

During this painful time, we see the deep care we have for our work and the endless generosity of time, talent, and expertise that so many in our community have donated to Cs and to us all over the years. We deeply appreciate the executive board and Cs leadership for their work during this difficult time. Any organization is made up of people, and we will persist and thrive.
It is our hope that the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition can be a place to gather, process, and support our colleagues.

In solidarity,
Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition
Cristy Beemer, President
Rebecca Richards, Immediate Past President
Jess Enoch, Former President
Jen Almjeld, Vice President
Risa Applegarth, Secretary
David Gold, Treasurer
Kate Pantelides, Member-at-Large
Leslie Beegle, Graduate Student Representative

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 24/07/2026

I should’ve cancelled my membership as soon as they announced their Google partnership.

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Olivia Wood @oliviawood.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Remember when this happened lol

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 24/07/2026

I bet they’re hoping most people will not care, which really goes to show they do not understand CCCC.

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 24/07/2026

This is because NCTE complied with fascists and has a partnership with Google, while CCCC continued to advocate for anti-racism and caution against AI. I just emailed customerservice@ncte.org to request a refund and you should, too. Absolutely devastating.

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Dustin Edwards @dustinedwards.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

the audacity for the NCTE EC to say they're excited about the future. i just --

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Leigh Gruwell @leighthinks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

@ncte.org I’ll be calling first thing Monday morning to cancel my membership. I’ll spend the weekend encouraging all my CCCC colleagues to do the same.

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Megan McIntyre @rcmeg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

NCTE has just summarily killed a 77-year-old organization that has shaped how writing is understood, taught, and learned, in higher education in particular. No member involvement. No transparency. No process to speak of. With friends and fellow educators like these, I guess who needs enemies.

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 24/07/2026

Wishing them nothing but never-ending debt ❤️

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 02/07/2026

I was responding because, again, my interpretation (even if it wasn’t your intention) was generalizing something and millions of people do.

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 02/07/2026

Oh oops I totally missed this! Yes, the community is massive and heterogenous. That’s what I was saying, so I’m glad we’re in agreement!

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 02/07/2026

My problem is the framing that it’s obvious of course fanfic and romantasy authors will use genAI, like AI generated work is similar to writing/reading fanfiction. Which is what you’re agreeing with. And I think it’s important to understand fanfic outside of this generalization.

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 02/07/2026

Yes, you’re right that it’s not always obvious, especially with fanfic. There is some research that has been done where it is pretty obvious though (not this article but others).

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 02/07/2026

I am also a scholar and do scholarship, which I’m pretty sure you know. I have seen way too many times other scholars making arguments about fandoms and fanfiction without 1) fully engaging with fan studies, 2) even being part of the community. So yes. I find it deeply frustrating.

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 02/07/2026

Whether or not you meant to make a value judgement, reposting “yes!” to something (both the repost and the article) that does make a value judgment reads a particular way.

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 02/07/2026

I conducted a survey where more than 1,000 fanfic authors and readers report valuing the human elements of writing and reading fic; they perceived AI as the antithesis of ff. The conclusion of my book argues refusing genAI in fanfic is a liberatory practice. uipress.uiowa.edu/books/critic...

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 02/07/2026

There are millions upon millions of people who write and read fanfic. Yeah, there are ff folks who use AI, but most DO NOT. There is a huge community pushback to AI-generated fics or using AI to help with editing/revising.

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 02/07/2026

I know scholars are always so excited excited to “prove” how readers, especially queer and women readers, have no taste (yes, that’s the implication here). The framing of this article and your framing make sweeping generalizations about fanfic writers and readers that are not accurate.

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Claire Jackson @claire.northsky.social · 01/07/2026

I find it very embarrassing for our field that we've been having to repeat this about "AI" and writing instruction since I was one-year old (from an article by Fred Kemp in a 1987 issue of Writing Center Journal)

You may marvel, and many do, that computers can discover and describe in minute detail these characteristics of a student's paper, but I have a different reaction. Taking my cue from Artificial Intelligence research, Iook for truths about human discourse from what the computer can't do. The fact that a computer can perform the above analyses in ready fashion while being completely locked out of the content of a paper suggests that computer editing, while no doubt useful commercially and in discourse analysis, is not very useful pedagogically. Style-checkers promote a band-aid approach to writing instruction and direct time and attention away from the larger issue: the quality of the student's ideas and the relationship between those ideas and the form of expression she employs."

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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Unregulated AI deployment risks significant job losses, increasing poverty while boosting corporate profits. It may also enable criminal activity through security breaches and scams, as its unchecked advancement overlooks serious societal consequences.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 23/06/2026

“In each section, the document includes background information on the activist, their contact information if available, their social media handles and follower count, then quotes each have previously said about MSG’s facial recognition program.”

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 22/06/2026

there is no such thing as "responsible use of generative ai" in research

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Megan McIntyre @rcmeg.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We (@caramartamessina.com, @nobugsnous.bsky.social, and I) invite you to participate in a research project on writing studies, rhetoric, and composition instructors’ and administrators’ experiences with, perspectives on, and feelings about generative AI: bit.ly/WS_AI.

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 22/06/2026

If you choose to participate in this project, you will first complete this 20-minute survey: bit.ly/WS_AI. At the end of the survey, there is an option to include your name and email for a follow-up 30-60 minute interview. Please reach out to us if you have any questions!

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 22/06/2026

We ( @nobugsnous.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social, and I) invite you to participate in a research project on writing studies, rhetoric, and composition instructors’ and administrators’ experiences with, perspectives on, and feelings about generative AI: bit.ly/WS_AI.

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