2024 Keynote Speakers
Thomas Newkirk
July 19, 2024
Location: Hamilton Smith Hall, room 205, 95 Main Street, Durham, NH.
Title: Reading as Wedding Crashers
Tom Newkirk is a Professor of English, Emeritus, at the University of New Hampshire. In his career there he founded the New Hampshire Literacy Institute, the Learning Through Teaching Program, and the Writers Academy—in addition to directing the First-Year writing Program. He is the author of numerous books, articles, and the editor of collections on literacy teaching at all grade levels. His most recent book is Writing Unbound: How Fiction Transforms Student Writers (Heinemann, 2021). In his “retirement” he works as an editor for Heinemann, and for the past 10 years has served on the local school board.
Tomasen Carey
July 23, 2024
Location: Hamilton Smith Hall, room 205, 95 Main Street, Durham, NH.
Title: Writing from the Heart
Tomasen Carey is a Senior Lecturer in the English Department at The University of New Hampshire where she serves as the Director of the UNH Writers Academy and Field Coordinator for the Learning Through Teaching Program. Her articles have appeared in the New England Reading Journal and she is the voice behind the blog, “Conversation Education”. She’ll join us to speak about writing’s truest inspiration - the heart.
All keynotes are available to all participants in that year's Summer Literacy Institutes.
