Individual Papers
(40-minute session, including 10 minutes for audience discussion)
Individual paper sessions offer the opportunity to present findings from a completed single study. The proposal should include a description of the conceptual or theoretical perspective, the research question(s) and design, data collection techniques and analyses, and a summary of findings.
Poster Session
(1 hour and 15-minute session)
Poster sessions are designed to encourage the exchange of ideas. They combine the visual display of materials with the opportunity for informal discussion. The available space for posting is 4’ x 6’. Poster sessions reporting on research in progress with some preliminary findings are particularly encouraged. Presenters need to be present with their posters at the time listed in the program.
Research Symposium
(90-minute session, including 30 minutes for audience discussion)
Research symposiums can be presented in two different formats:
- Several presentations focusing on the same issue from different perspectives or research orientations. Speakers should be chosen to reflect conflicting or complementary points of view. Each speaker should provide information on how their research “sub-communities” currently are thinking about or addressing the issue.
- One substantive presentation on a major theme (an accompanying prepared paper would be appropriate) with two or three prepared critiques/responses. The primary presentation should report on a program of research or a particular view of a research issue, but not a single research study.
The presenters should exchange outlines of their papers in advance so that differences and similarities in the presentations can be stressed. A symposium is to be more than a collection of loosely related papers that deal with similar topics.
To increase audience participation and interactivity of the conference, for each proposal, the submission must include a set of five central questions that will be used to focus the audience participation portion of the session.
Work Session
(90-minute session, including 30 minutes for audience discussion)
Work sessions are designed to allow for sustained interactions around a research topic for both attendees and organizers. This may involve, for example, engaging the audience in discussions of theoretical and conceptual efforts; analyzing project data; or, soliciting reactions to methods or findings of an ongoing project. Regardless of the nature of the work being discussed, there should be a clear focus on some component of research.
To increase audience participation and interactivity, for each proposal, the submission must include a set of five central questions that will be used to focus the audience participation portion of the session.
