March 25–27, 2010, San Antonio, Texas
Call for Papers
ATTW and the College English Association invite proposals for presentations on technical communication at CEA’s 41st annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas. This will be the fifth year in ATTW has sponsored sessions at CEA. As affiliate organizations, ATTW and CEA work together to promote technical communication and English studies more broadly. All proposals must be submitted online at the submission system linked from the CEA website, http://www2.widener.edu/~cea.
Submissions
Deadline: November 1, 2009
Notifications: ~ December 5, 2009
Presentation language: Papers must be presented in English.
CEA does not sponsor or fund travel or underwrite participant costs.
Theme: Voices
We welcome proposals on any topic related to technical communication, but proposals that address the general conference theme, ”Voices,” will be especially appreciated. Topics might include the following:
Voice in technical communication
Voice and intercultural communication
Voice and ethos
Voices from the center, voices from the periphery
Voice(lessness) and power
Voice and technology (spoken commentary in grading, speech recognition, multimedia texts, podcasting)
Voices in Material Culture
Voices of Protest
Voice in Curricula, Courses, and Programs
For the complete CFP and a more complete list for CEA, go to http://www2.widener.edu/~cea/conference2010.htm
Important Information for Presenters
- Submission: http://www2.widener.edu/~cea
- Choose "technical communication" as one of your topic areas
- To preserve time for discussion, CEA limits all presentations to 15 minutes.
- No person may make more than one presentation at the conference.
- All presenters must join CEA by January 2010 to appear on the program.
- Each presenter must make his or her own presentation; no proxies are allowed.
- If you need audio-visual equipment, please specify your needs as clearly as possible. CEA can provide overhead projectors, DVD players, audio tape/CD players, and computer data projectors (presenters must bring their own laptop computers to run data projectors). CEA cannot provide internet access.>
Conference Contacts
http://www2.widener.edu/~cea
Miles Kimball, CEA President and ATTW member: miles.kimball@ttu.edu
CEA 2010 program questions: Karen Madison, CEA First Vice President: cea.english@gmail.com (use subject line "Program Chair”)
Membership questions: Joseph Pestino, CEA Treasurer—Membership Center, Department of English, Nazareth College of Rochester, 4245 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618; phone (585-389-2645). Or email cea.english@gmail.com (use subject line “Treasurer”)
General conference questions: Charles A. S. Ernst, Executive Director—CEA Headquarters, Department of Arts and Sciences, Hilbert College, 5200 South Park Avenue, Hamburg, NY 14075 (716-649-7900, ext. 315), cernst@hilbert.edu
Technical questions: Miles Kimball, CEA President, cea.english@gmail.com (use subject line "Technical)
CEA Awards
Conference presenters (including graduate students) may be eligible for awards; go to http://www2.widener.edu/~cea/awards.htm for more information.
