College Composition and Communication Dec 2025

2025 CCCC Chair’s Address: Timely, (Un)Disciplinary, and Solutions-Oriented: On the Affective Politics of Writing Technologies and Where We Might Go from Here

Jennifer Sano-Franchini

Abstract

This piece was originally delivered as the CCCC Chair’s Address at the 2025 CCCC Annual Convention in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 10, 2025. It has been lightly revised for a print format.

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College Composition and Communication
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2025-12-01
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10.58680/ccc2025772348
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