[Njcea] Reminder for NJCEA Annual Conference March 27, 2010

[Nira Gupta-Casale]

Dear Members,

Greetings of the holiday season!  I know this is a pretty hectic time of the
semester for everyone, but as you scramble to finish up courses, grade
papers and administer finals, please keep in mind the upcoming deadline for
the NJCEA conference submissions - *Jan, 11, 2010 *-  and consider
submitting abstracts and/or panel proposals.  Details to be found in the CFP
below. I look forward to seeing many of you at the conference.  Also, please
feel free to encourage your colleagues and graduate students to participate
as well.  We welcome new members!

Sincerely,
Nira Gupta-Casale
Convener
33rd Annual NJCEA Conference




2nd CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS

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33rd Annual NJCEA Conference

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079

Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth Nunez

Distinguished Professor, City University of New York and acclaimed author of
several award winning novels.

Winner of the 2006 Novel of the Year Award for Prospero’s Daughter.

The New Jersey College English Association is soliciting panels and papers
considering a broad range of literary and composition topics for its annual
conference.  Paper proposals are now being accepted for the following panels
(contact session convener listed below), but other panel suggestions are
welcome:

.      New Directions in American Literature. Convener: Mary Balkun,
mary.balkun at shu.edu

.      Vampires and Zombies, Convener: Nira Gupta-Casale, ncasale at kean.edu

.      Medieval Literature. Convener: Susannah Chewning, chewning at ucc.edu

.      World Literature. Convener: Dan Gover, dgover at kean.edu

.      The Electronic Word: Auditory, Visual, Kinetic. Convener: Burt
Kimmelman, kimmelman at njit.edu

.      Directions in American Poetry since The New American Poetry Anthology
of 1960. Convener: Burt Kimmelman, kimmelman at njit.edu

.      Sexual Contexts of Victorian Literature. Convener: Crystal Coble,
cacoble at andromeda.rutgers.edu

.      New Approaches to Teaching Freshman Composition. Convener: Crystal
Coble, cacoble at andromeda.rutgers.edu

.      Ethics and Literature. Convener: Dean Casale, dcasale at kean.edu

.      Caribbean Literature. Convener: Rachael K. Warmington,
Rachael.warmington at shu.edu <Rachel.warmington at shu.edu>

.      Gender Differences in Shakespeare. Convener. Rachael K.Warmington,
Rachael.warmington at shu.edu

.      Micro-Fiction/Flash Fiction, Convener: Nathan Oates, noates at shu.edu

.      Teaching Generation 1.5 and ESL Students. Convener: Gitanjali
DasBender, gitanjali.dasbender at shu.edu

.      Teaching with Technology. Convener: Kelly Shea, Kelly.shea at shu.edu

.      Teaching Reading and Writing About Literature. Convener: Sarah
Ducksworth, sducksworth at kean.edu

.      Trauma, Memory, and Language in War Narratives. Convener: Maria C.
Zamora, mzamora at kean.edu

.      Creative Writing – Poetry.  Convener: John Wargacki, wargacjo at shu.edu

.      Creative Writing – Fiction.  Convener: John Wargacki,
wargacjo at shu.edu

      Full and part-time college instructors, graduate students, and other
professionals within the field of English are invited to send panel
proposals and 250 word abstracts for papers on any topic related to college
English to: Nira Gupta-Casale, NJCEA Conference Organizer, Department of
English, Kean University, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083; or
electronically as an attachment to ncasale at kean.edu.

GRADUATE STUDENTS: You are cordially invited to submit papers for the NJCEA
annual Graduate Student Award.  The winner of this award will receive a
$50.00 Barnes and Nobel gift certificate and have her or his paper published
in College English Notes, the official publication of the NJCEA.  Send
complete paper and paper abstract to the conference organizer in ELECTRONIC
FORM ONLY by January 11, 2010.   Papers should be 8-10 pages in length.

N.B.: In order to be eligible to win the graduate student award, students
must present their paper at the conference.

DEADLINE: January 11, 2010

For submission guidelines, membership information, registration forms for
conference, and updates, visit our website http://www.njcea.org.


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