[Njcea] Reminder - Deadline for Spring Conference Submissions - Jan 11, 2010

[Nira Gupta-Casale]

Dear Members,

Just a quick reminder that the deadline for submitting abstracts for the
NJCEA Spring Conference is fast approaching - *Jan.11, 2010.  We will be
accepting abstracts up until midnight of Jan.11. *  Please see below the
Call for Papers.

Conference registration is now open, and the registration form can be
downloaded from the NJCEA website  - http://njcea.org/conference/.

Graduate students are cordially invited to submit papers for the NJCEA
annual *Graduate Student Award*.  More details in CFP.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Nira Gupta-Casale
-- 
Assoc. Prof./Dept.of English
Kean University
Coordinator, NJCEA Spring Conference 2010

Tel. (908) 790-1422 (h)
     (908)737-0389 (w)

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*                **CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS*

*33rd *Annual NJCEA Conference

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079



*Keynote Speaker**: Elizabeth Nunez*

CUNY Distinguished Professor, Hunter College 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: Simone Alexander,
   Simone.alexander at shu.edu
   - *Gender Differences in Shakespeare.* Convener. Rachael K.Warmington,
   Rachael.warmington at shu.edu
   - *Micro-Fiction/Flash Fiction,* Convener: Nathan Oates,
   nathan.oates at shu.edu <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
   - *Literature of and by the Disabled*. Convener: Michael Basile,
   mbasile at njcu.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 toncasale 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*

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

-- 
Assoc. Prof./Dept.of English
Kean University
Coordinator, NJCEA Spring Conference 2010

Tel. (908) 790-1422 (h)
     (908)737-0389 (w)
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