Conference-Session Moderation Guidelines for Supporting a Culture of Access

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Published: Nov 22, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2688-9595.2022.3.1.24-27
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conference moderator access accessibility culture of access conference moderation virtual conference

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Caitlin Burns Allen
Stephanie Kerschbaum

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In this essay, we consider the role con­ference-session moderators can play in supporting conference accessibility, drawing on our experiences with con­ference moderation at the 2021 Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition. Rather than offering a checklist of access moves, we offer guidelines and recommendations confer­ence-session moderators can adapt and implement in their individual contexts, recognizing access is always situated in specific places, times, and spaces that lead to particular enactments of confer­ence-session moderation. Our goal is for this piece to serve as a starting point for other conference organizers working to cultivate intersectional forms of access and accessibility.

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