About ALES.

Our purpose

To stimulate theoretically informed and methodologically sustained writing research and writing teaching initiatives in higher education and professional contexts through the creation of a specific disciplinary space and a collaborative, critical mass of researchers and professors from various disciplines.

Established in 2016

ALES began its activities in Santiago, Chile, on October 17th, 2016, on the occasion of the First International Symposium of Teaching of Writing in Higher Education: The role of reading and writing in inclusion, equity, and educational quality, organized by the Universidad de Chile.

Steering committee

Dr. Federico Navarro
Chair - Founding member

Universidad de Buenos Aires; CONICET; Universidad de Chile
Argentina - Chile

Dr. Alma Carrasco-Altamirano
Founding member

Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
​
​México

Dr. Mónica Tapia-Ladino
Vice Chair - Founding member

Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
Chile

Dr. René Venegas
Founding member

​Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Chile
​

Dr. María Ester W. Moritz
Founding member

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
​Brasil

MA. Soledad Montes
​​Secretary- Founding member

Universidad de Chile

​Chile

Dr. Estela Moyano
Founding member

​Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento; Universidad de Flores
Argentina 
​

​MA. Violeta Molina Natera
Founding member

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Cali)
​​Colombia

Network of institutions of higher education

Constitution ALES

Constitution ALES
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Founding Act ALES 

Founding act ALES
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Former steering committee

Dr. Natalia Ávila Reyes
Founding member- Steering committee member (2016-2018)-Organizer of the II Symposium 

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

​Chile