CALL FOR PAPERS THE 2011 TEACHER-SCHOLAR SYMPOSIUM

Critical Perspectives on Teacher-Scholarship

Sponsored by Composition & TESOL & Frederick
Douglass Institute

 

Friday, June 17, 2011

8:00am -5:00pm

The IUP English Department and the Frederick
Douglass Institute
proudly announce our second annual Teacher
Scholar Symposium
designed to stimulate
an academic conference atmosphere and to foster collegiality among students and
faculty in interdisciplinary approaches to teacher-scholarship work.  Both undergraduate and graduate students as
well as their faculty doing work related to critical perspectives on teacher
scholarship. You are encouraged to submit proposals in one of the following
formats:

 

·        
Single/Co-author Paper Presentation (20 minutes);

·        
 Panel Presentation (60 minutes);   

·        
Theory to Practice (Praxis) (Interactive) Workshop (60 minutes); or

·        
Poster Presentation

 

When all the submissions have been received, we
will go through the review process and place papers with common themes into a
single session (Morning and Afternoon Concurrent Sessions).

 

Highlights of the Second Teacher Scholar Symposium

·        
Opening Plenary: 
Katherine Sohn, the author of

Whistlin’ and Crowin’
Women of Appalachia: Literacy Practices since College

·        
Luncheon Plenary: Veronica Watson, Brian Jones,
Crystal Machado, & Mary Lou Metz, board members of the Frederick Douglass
Institute

Submissions should include:

 

         
Contact information (name,
e-mail address, phone number)

         
Presentation Title

         
Type of submission (Individual,
Panel, Workshop)

         
Technology Equipment (i.e. LCD projectors,
Internet, audio/video )

         
Abstract (100 Words)

         
Proposal 250-300 Words (excluding the
references) which should include sections (i.e. background, methods, results)
appropriate to your field.

*Please
limit one proposal per presenter

Submit proposals to:

 

            g.park.od@gmail.com

 

attach as .doc or .rtf files only

Due: March 20th 2011

For more
information, please contact
:

Dana Poole, Symposium
Event Chair

Gloria Park,
Symposium Organizer

              g.park.od@gmail.com

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