Ann Dobie will be one of our guests on Teachers Teaching Teachers on Wednesday, July 21
Ann Brewster Dobie taught at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for thirty-eight years, where she is now professor emerita of English. She directed graduate studies in rhetoric and the university’s writing-across-the-curriculum program. She is the author or coauthor of six college writing textbooks and author of numerous articles on literature and composition. She is the editor of Something in Common: Contemporary Louisiana Stories, Uncommonplace: An Anthology of Contemporary Louisiana Poets, and Wide Awake in the Pelican State: Stories by Contemporary Louisiana Writers. … Ann received her doctorate in the teaching of writing from Columbia University.
Fifty-Eight Days in the Cajundome Shelter
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed thousands of homes, schools, and businesses across the Gulf Coast and changed the face of southeast Louisiana forever. However, nearly a hundred miles northwest of New Orleans, in Lafayette, Louisiana, a different story was unfolding. As men, women, and children waited on their roofs for rescue, executive director Greg Davis hurried to prepare the Cajundome in Lafayette as an emergency shelter.
The workers and volunteers in the Cajundome provided food, showers, and medical care to more than eighteen thousand evacuees that came to Lafayette. From the first busloads of newly homeless to the disasters caused by Hurricane Rita, “Fifty-Eight Days in the Cajundome Shelter” shares personal accounts of heartache and joy, tragedy and triumph. For the first time, here is a collection of the stories of the volunteers and evacuees. Their heroism, courage, and despair are etched into these stories as they endured the first few weeks in a hurricane-ravaged world.
Retold here is the bravery and leadership of Donald Williams as he took charge and led a convoy of handicapped and elderly to safety. Readers will also be captivated by the unforgettable story of the Prevost family as they climbed their way to the roof of their home and their heartbreaking journey to dry land on I-10. The author includes her own personal accounts of what really happened in the aftermath of Katrina and the bravery and selflessness of countless people who struggled to make a difference.
Here’s a list of writing that Ann Dobie has published with the National Writing Project:
Author’s Page on the National Writing Project’s siteMany others will be joining us as well. Connect with these teachers at http://EdTechTalk.com/live at 9:00pm Eastern / 6:00pm Pacific USA Wednesday, July 21 / World TimesAnn Dobie
National Writing Project of Acadiana
Ann B. Dobie is the director of the Louisiana Writing Project State Network and former director of the National Writing Project of Acadiana. She is professor emeritus in the Department of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
By Ann Dobie:
- What to Do After Your Summer Vacation: Guides to Starting Your Own Writing Group
2008- One Idea—Many Audiences
2007- Teacher Inquiry Communities Network Resources Bibliography
2007- Gulf Coast Sites Steadily Rebuilding
The Voice, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2006- Tips for Publishing: Bringing Classroom Practices, Reflections, and Research to Print
2004- Publishing and Research Resources: Journals
2003- Who, What, When, and Where of Writing Rituals
The Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 4, 2002- Writing, in French: A Little Background
The Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2001- Book Review: The Art of Workplace English: A Curriculum for All Students, by C. Boiarsky
The Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 3, 1998- Teachers, Scholars from 16 Countries Drawn to Global Conversations
The Voice, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1996- The View from a Rural Site
The Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1993
