Call for Papers and Posters

                                    Faculty, staff, graduate students, undergraduate students, and community members from all fields of study are
                                    invited to submit papers, projects, posters, artistic works, or works-in-progress that highlight research by
                                    women, and/or about women and gender. Submissions may be related to the conference theme, but it is not a
                                    requirement for participation. Submissions unrelated to the theme are equally invited for consideration. It is
                                    expected that a document, detailing the work, will be submitted with all paper and poster submissions including
                                    artwork or other projects.  All presenters are expected to register for the conference. Specific information about
                                    registration will be distributed to all participants when they are notified of acceptance of their proposal.

Conference Submission Procedures

1.  In a single electronic document (use Word or PDF format) include the following information:

·         Cover Page, include in this order:

      (a) The proposal title

      (b) Name, affiliation, and contact information (address, phone, and email) for all author(s)

      (c) Session type preferred (i.e. paper or poster session)

·         Proposal, include in this order:

      (a) Abstract of 100 words or less (Abstracts exceeding the word limit will NOT be reviewed)

      (b) Summary of 1,000 words or less (excluding references)          

o        The summary will be used to judge the merits of the proposal, and should offer a description of the work to be presented including pertinent information necessary for evaluating the quality of the proposal

2.   Send the submission document as an attachment in an email to all.university.conference@ttu.edu with the

      subject line “WS Submission”.

3.   Submission Deadline: Monday, January 14^th, 2008

                         Author(s) of submissions accepted for conference presentation will be notified by email on or before January 25^th,
                         2008. Final versions of all accepted paper presentations must be emailed in Word or Power Point format by February
                         25^th, 2008 to all.university.conference@ttu.edu . Conference organizers will upload the emailed presentations onto
                         TTU laptops prior to the conference. This is to resolve any problems with technology or software compatibility and
                         ensure presenters have full use of the allotted presentation time during the conference sessions. Authors will only be
                         allowed to access the version of their presentation that is uploaded on the TTU laptops for their conference
                         presentations. 

Call for Student Academic Paper/Poster/Project Awards

                               This year the conference will again recognize two outstanding student presentations (one graduate, one
                               undergraduate) from those accepted to the conference. To be considered for this award all candidates must have a
                               presentation accepted to the conference and submit a completed paper/project to all.university.conference@ttu.edu by
                               Monday, January 14^th, 2008.

                              The student award submission should include a title page that provides the author(s) name, status, affiliation, and
                              contact information (address, phone, email). The remainder of the document/project should be free of reference to the
                              identity of the author(s) so that blind review may occur. The completed paper should be written using the standard
                              style guide for the candidate’s field of study (e.g., APA, Chicago, and MLA). All papers must be double spaced,
                              written in a 12-pt standard font (i.e., Times New Roman or Arial), and limited to 30 pages of text (references, tables,
                              figures and appendices are not included in this page count).

                                        For further information about submissions to the conference or the submission process, contact Yen To at yen.to@ttu.edu
                                       or Women’s Studies at (806) 742-4335.