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06/11/2008

Community College IG - 2009 Call for Papers

  CALL FOR PAPERS

Community College Interest Group

Eastern Communication Association -- 100th Annual Meeting

April 22-April 26, 2009 -- Sheraton Society Hill, Philadelphia, PA

The Community College Interest Group is requesting paper and panel submissions for the 100th annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association. The theme of the convention is Defining Moments: A Century of Communication. For additional information about the convention, please refer to the ECA website at http://www.ecasite.org/.

I encourage you to submit your papers, panels and roundtables to me as early as possible (but no later than October 15, 2008). In making your submission, you must use the format described in the guidelines below.

At the interest group business meeting in Pittsburgh, we discussed the following panel ideas:

  • History of community adult education program, the evolution of the community college and how our mission was impacted then and now (contact Gary Eckles, EcklesG@tncc.edu 757.825.3659)
  • Debate about public speaking online and its effectiveness, the compromises that we have to make to deliver the course.
  • Showcase of online courses (contact Tom Jewell, TJewell@bergen.edu)
  • Assessment of online courses
  • Unique course offerings and delivery, i.e. paired courses (contact Tom Jewell, TJewell@bergen.edu)
  • Changes to community college students. How the nature of the student has changed the way we teach. (contact Anne Sears, asears@northshore.edu)
  • Civility in the classroom
  • High/low and hidden costs of textbooks, understanding the publishing world.
  • Student learning outcomes/assessment
  • How political contexts support the community college. Where do we get our money? (contact Becky Townsend, RTownsend@mcc.commnet.edu )
  • Spotlight on teaching-activities, expectations
  • Finding new faculty and keeping them
  • Dual enrollment-practices and problems (contact Gary Eckles, EcklesG@tncc.edu 757.825.3659 or Becky Townsend, RTownsend@mcc.commnet.edu )

If you are interested in any of these topics, please contact the person indicated above, if there is no name, email me at tmackler@mc3.edu and I connect you with others interested in the topic/panel.

The G.I.F.T.S. (Great Ideas for Teaching Speech) program will be organized by Tom Jewell this year.  If you are interested in presenting as part of G.I.F.T.S., please contact Tom at tjewell@bergen.edu

Thank you for your interest in the Community College Interest Group.  I look forward to hearing from you soon.

 Papers and Panels should be submitted to:

Dr. Tobi Mackler
Speech Communication
Montgomery County Community College
340 DeKalb Pike
Blue Bell, PA 19422
tmackler@mc3.edu  
(215) 641-6372

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES -- Program/Panel Proposals Must Include:

1.   A thematic title for the program

2.  Names of chair and respondents, if any   

3.  Names, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and institutional affiliations for all participants

4.  Title page and abstracts for each paper/presentation

5.  A program copy (NO MORE than a 75-word description) as it should appear in the final program

6.   A detailed rationale for the program/panel

7.    A statement of professional responsibility (see below)

When submitting a paper or panel for review, the following statement of responsibility MUST be included (any paper or panel that does not include this statement will not be considered):

In submitting the attached paper or proposal, I/We recognize that this submission is considered a professional responsibility. I/We agree to present this panel or paper if it is accepted and programmed. I/We further recognize that all who attend and present at ECA's annual meeting must register and pay required fees.

Equipment Requests: Equipment rental at conventions is VERY expensive, and ECA has a limited budget. Please try to structure your presentation in such a way that equipment is not needed. If equipment is absolutely required, you should try to arrange to provide your own equipment. You may request technology needs at the time of the paper/panel submission (describe the specific equipment on the title page and reiterate in your e-mail); however, there is no guarantee that ECA will be able to provide the technology requested.


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