2025 Conference:
New York, NY
October 2-3, 2025
Baruch College, The City University of New York (CUNY)
The William and Anita Newman Vertical Campus and Conference Center
55 Lexington Avenue
(East 24th Street/Lexington Avenue)
This year's conference of the Two-year College English Association (TYCA) Northeast region will be held Thursday Oct 2 & Friday Oct 3, 2025 in New York City. Join colleagues from across our region, from Maine to Maryland, in sessions covering this year's theme: Celebrating 60 Years of TYCA NE: Drawing from the Past to Design the Future of Two Year College English
Join us for the Thursday Night Poetry Reading! Space is limited so sign up here: Thursday night social and poetry reading sign up
Registration includes lunch on Thursday, breakfast and lunch on Friday, poetry cafe, and an annual membership to TYCA Northeast and its online publication, The Nor'easter.
Accommodations
Hyatt Grand Central New York
109 East 42nd Street at Grand Central Terminal
New York, New York 10017 United States
Phone: (212) 883-1234
Use this link for the discounted TYCA NE group rate: Hyatt Grand Central TYCA Northeast Room Block
Conference at a Glance
Thursday, October 2
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM - Registration
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM - State Rep. Meeting
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Lunch and Opening Remarks
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM - Interactive Flash Presentation Session
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM - Concurrent Session A
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM - Concurrent Session B
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM - Concurrent Session C
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM - TYCA Meet-Up + Poetry Hour
Friday, October 3
7:30 AM - 3:00 PM - Registration & Publisher Exhibits
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM - Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Concurrent Session D
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM Concurrent Session E
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM - Conference Keynote & Lunch
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Concurrent Session F
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Concurrent Session G
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Concurrent Session H & Closing Remarks
Saturday, October 4
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
TYCA-NE Board Meeting
TYCA Regional Executive Committee, Local Arrangements Committee, & State Representatives
Meet the 2025 Keynote Speaker
Dr. Cheryl Hogue Smith
Cheryl Hogue Smith is a Professor of English and the Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum Certification Coordinator at Kingsborough Community College, CUNY. She is a Past Chair of the Two-Year College English Association (TYCA) and a Fellow of the National Writing Project. Her work about teaching appears in TETYC, JBW, JAAL, English Journal, JTW, and Pedagogy and in several edited collections.
Interactive Flash Presentation Session
Melding the personalized quality of a poster session with the digital quality of a presentation session, we invite presenters to speak about their work through quick 5-minute presentations in a one-on-one setting. You can engage in conversation with your TYCA Northeast colleagues about your work and build meaningful connections. Also, if you experience stress while presenting alone in front of a room, this might be a preferable format for you.
The format:
- Each presenter will have a table in the main salon to set up their laptop with their presentation materials.
- Presenters will remain with their laptops and over the course of 45 minutes, attendees of the conference will move from presentation to presentation interacting with the presenters about their work.
Topics that are ideal for this format:
- Classroom Activities
- Ongoing Research
- Demonstration of digital tools in English education
If you have any questions, please reach out to us at tycanortheast01@gmail.com!