Michelle N. Grue of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has won a 2017 CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award. The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) is a constituent organization within the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Grue is one of 10 recipients of this award.
CCCC sponsors the Scholars for the Dream Awards to encourage scholarship by historically underrepresented groups. These groups include African Americans, Asian Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans and other Latino and Latina Americans, and American Indians—persons whose presence and whose contributions are central to the full realization of our professional goals.
CCCC offers to emerging scholars up to ten travel awards, sponsors a reception for all award winners, and offers a one-year membership in NCTE and CCCC. The Awards Selection Committee considers originality of research, significance of pedagogical or theoretical contributions to the field, and potential for larger, subsequent projects. The Selection Committee noted that Grue’s project addresses a timely and needed issue—the need for young folks to have models to look at and learn from. They also said Grue’s project has a potentially big impact on race and rhetoric pertaining to navigating academia.
Grue is in her second year as a Ph.D. student in the Department of Education, studying with Dr. Karen Lunsford as her advisor.
Grue will be announced as a recipient of the CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award on Thursday, March 16, during the 2017 CCCC Annual Convention in Portland, Oregon.