Welcome to the program for the 2021 Modern Language Association Annual Convention, taking place online from 7 to 10 January 2021! Here you can browse MLA sessions curated for Community Colleges. Refer to the MLA Virtual Convention FAQs for additional information.

 Visit the online program here:  2021 MLA Community College Curated Session List

Thursday, January 7, 2021

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• 11 Critical Pedagogies: Mentoring, Training, and Placing PhD Students in People-of-Color Fields
  
  Join Critical Pedagogies: Mentoring, Training, and Placing PhD Students in People-of-Color Fields on 7 January 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• 21 Antiracist Practices for Working with Students
  
  Join Antiracist Practices for Working with Students on 7 January 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

• 44 “But Students Could Never Do My Kind of Research”: Models of Undergraduate Research in College English
  
  Join “But Students Could Never Do My Kind of Research”: Models of Undergraduate Research in College English on 7 January 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

• 68 Reading and Writing the Rust Belt
  
  Join Reading and Writing the Rust Belt on 7 January 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

• Just in Time: Pedagogy Jam: How to Be a Distance-Teaching Dynamo
  
  Join Just in Time: Pedagogy Jam: How to Be a Distance-Teaching Dynamo on 7 January 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

• 83 Linguistic Diversity: Pedagogical Implications
  
  Join Linguistic Diversity: Pedagogical Implications on 7 January 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

• 102 High Anxiety: Serving At-Risk Students during a Pandemic
  
  Join High Anxiety: Serving At-Risk Students during a Pandemic on 7 January 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

• 106 Literary Intelligence, Artificial Learning: Language, Media, and Machines
  
  Join Literary Intelligence, Artificial Learning: Language, Media, and Machines on 7 January 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

• 107 The Practice of Persistence at Community Colleges
  
  Join The Practice of Persistence at Community Colleges on 7 January 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

5:15 PM – 6:30 PM

• 155 The Humanities Responds to COVID-19
  
  Join The Humanities Responds to COVID-19 on 7 January 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM

• 161 Teaching Games and Game Studies in English Courses: A Curricular Walkthrough
  
  Join Teaching Games and Game Studies in English Courses: A Curricular Walkthrough on 7 January 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM

• 168 The Promises and Pitfalls of Inclusivity in Language Teaching
  
  Join The Promises and Pitfalls of Inclusivity in Language Teaching on 7 January 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM

• 197 Reimagining the MLA of Tomorrow: Needs and New Directions
  
  Join Reimagining the MLA of Tomorrow: Needs and New Directions on 7 January 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Friday, January 8, 2021

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• 218 Instituting Access: Persistence, Pandemic, and Precarity
  
  Join Instituting Access: Persistence, Pandemic, and Precarity on 8 January 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• 229 Changing Departmental and Institutional Cultures for Equity: Diversifying University Leadership
  
  Join Changing Departmental and Institutional Cultures for Equity: Diversifying University Leadership on 8 January 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• Just in Time: Different in Person: New Teachers Navigating a New World
  
  Join Just in Time: Different in Person: New Teachers Navigating a New World on 8 January 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

• 248 Second-Language Research and Practice: Past Accomplishments, Future Directions
  
  Join Second-Language Research and Practice: Past Accomplishments, Future Directions on 8 January 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

• 262 Borrowed Tools for Digital Scholarship and Pedagogy
  
  Join Borrowed Tools for Digital Scholarship and Pedagogy on 8 January 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

• Just in Time: Teaching for Deep Learning with Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
  
  Join Just in Time: Teaching for Deep Learning with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) on 8 January 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

• 285 Thinking Forward: The Future of 20/21 Studies
  
  Join Thinking Forward: The Future of 20/21 Studies on 8 January 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

• 300 Online Learning in the Humanities: Lessons Learned
  
  Join Online Learning in the Humanities: Lessons Learned on 8 January 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

• 319 Changing Departmental and Institutional Culture for Equity: Best Practices for Allyship and Mentoring
  
  Join Changing Departmental and Institutional Culture for Equity: Best Practices for Allyship and Mentoring on 8 January 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

5:15 PM – 6:30 PM

• 350 So You Have Tenure: How to Make the Most of New Opportunities and Obligations
  
  Join So You Have Tenure: How to Make the Most of New Opportunities and Obligations on 8 January 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM

• 361 Centering Student Expertise in the Classroom and Curriculum
  
  Join Centering Student Expertise in the Classroom and Curriculum on 8 January 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM

• 367 Gender and Aging in Academic Workplaces
  
  Join Gender and Aging in Academic Workplaces on 8 January 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

• 371 The Presidential Address
  
  Join The Presidential Address on 8 January 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• 388 English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes
  
  Join English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes on 9 January 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• 406 Sustaining Persistence at a Two-Year College in a Time of Viral Chaos
  
  Join Sustaining Persistence at a Two-Year College in a Time of Viral Chaos on 9 January 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• 410 New Approaches to Reading and Teaching D. H. Lawrence
  
  Join New Approaches to Reading and Teaching D. H. Lawrence on 9 January 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• 411 Solitude and the Community: Teaching and Learning during a Pandemic
  
  Join Solitude and the Community: Teaching and Learning during a Pandemic on 9 January 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• 412 Transnational Italian Studies: Research, Methodologies, Pedagogies II
  
  Join Transnational Italian Studies: Research, Methodologies, Pedagogies II on 9 January 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

• 415 Digital and Print-Based Literacies for Language Learning and Teaching
  
  Join Digital and Print-Based Literacies for Language Learning and Teaching on 9 January 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

• 417 Questioning the Canon: Rethinking the Golden Age of Children’s Literature
  
  Join Questioning the Canon: Rethinking the Golden Age of Children’s Literature on 9 January 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

• 422 Global Renderings in the Queer Digital Humanities
  
  Join Global Renderings in the Queer Digital Humanities on 9 January 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

• 442 Rethinking Literacy by Breaking Down Restraining Ideologies: Pedagogies from (Anti)Incarceration to Hip-Hop
  
  Join Rethinking Literacy by Breaking Down Restraining Ideologies: Pedagogies from (Anti)Incarceration to Hip-Hop on 9 January 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

• 454 Public Humanities and World Languages
  
  Join Public Humanities and World Languages on 9 January 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

• 471 Digital Humanities in/and Crisis
  
  Join Digital Humanities in/and Crisis on 9 January 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

• Just in Time: Compassionate Pedagogy: Listening to the Introverted Student in the Writing Classroom
  
  Join Just in Time: Compassionate Pedagogy: Listening to the Introverted Student in the Writing Classroom on 9 January 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

• 509 Community College Teaching as Public Humanities Practice
  
  Join Community College Teaching as Public Humanities Practice on 9 January 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

• 512 Teaching German and Germanic Languages in the Age of White Supremacy
  
  Join Teaching German and Germanic Languages in the Age of White Supremacy on 9 January 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

5:15 PM – 6:30 PM

• Just in Time: Do What We Say, Not What We Do: Academic Statements on Black Lives Matter
  
  Join Just in Time: Do What We Say, Not What We Do: Academic Statements on Black Lives Matter on 9 January 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM

• Just in Time: Maintaining Student Writing and Creativity During Pandemic Learning
  
  Join Just in Time: Maintaining Student Writing and Creativity During Pandemic Learning on 9 January 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM

Sunday, January 10, 2021

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• 568 What We Still Need to Know about Student Writing and How We Can Know It
  
  Join What We Still Need to Know about Student Writing and How We Can Know It on 10 January 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• 573 Inequities of Contingency: Microaggressions, Intellectual Respect, Diversity, and Inclusion
  
  Join Inequities of Contingency: Microaggressions, Intellectual Respect, Diversity, and Inclusion on 10 January 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• 580 There’s No Such Thing as a Free Library: Access to Research Resources and Academic Freedom
  
  Join There’s No Such Thing as a Free Library: Access to Research Resources and Academic Freedom on 10 January 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

• 602 First-Generation PhDs in the Academy
  
  Join First-Generation PhDs in the Academy on 10 January 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

• 603 The Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in the Two-Year Foreign Language Classroom
  
  Join The Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in the Two-Year Foreign Language Classroom on 10 January 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

• 606 Decolonizing the Curriculum in English and World Literatures
  
  Join Decolonizing the Curriculum in English and World Literatures on 10 January 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

• 609 The Need for Persistence: How to Navigate Targeted Harassment against Academics
  
  Join The Need for Persistence: How to Navigate Targeted Harassment against Academics on 10 January 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

• 616 Careers in Community Colleges and the Job Search
  
  Join Careers in Community Colleges and the Job Search on 10 January 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

• 631 Publishing While Precarious: Problems and Practices
  
  Join Publishing While Precarious: Problems and Practices on 10 January 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

• 647 Relations between Two-Year and Four-Year Institutions
  
  Join Relations between Two-Year and Four-Year Institutions on 10 January 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

• 657 Different and Worse: The Pedagogy of Adaptation
  
  Join Different and Worse: The Pedagogy of Adaptation on 10 January 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

• 670 Digital Methodology in the Linguistic Study of Literature: Language and Culture
  
  Join Digital Methodology in the Linguistic Study of Literature: Language and Culture on 10 January 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

• 673 Where Are the Archivists (and Librarians) in ‘The Archive’?
  
  Join Where Are the Archivists (and Librarians) in ‘The Archive’? on 10 January 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM

3:30 PM – 5:15 PM

• 677 Teaching Reading in the Writing Classroom
  
  Join Teaching Reading in the Writing Classroom on 10 January 3:30 PM – 5:15 PM

5:15 PM – 6:30 PM

• 685 Class and Academe
  
  Join Class and Academe on 10 January 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM

• 689 Toward Sustainability for Digital Archives and Projects
  
  Join Toward Sustainability for Digital Archives and Projects on 10 January 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM

• 710 Gender and Labor in the Academy: Structures of Care and Power
  
  Join Gender and Labor in the Academy: Structures of Care and Power on 10 January 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM