UPDATE: Professing English (12/29; 3/24/01)

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    CALL for PAPERS
         
    New Jersey College English Association Spring Conference
         
    March 24, 2001
         
    Seton Hall University
         
    Conference Title: Professing English
         
    Paper Topics:
         
    In recent years, the status, condition, and future of post-secondary
    English Studies has changed dramatically. With the crisis of the job
    market, the decline of secondary schools, the influx of students of a
    variety of backgrounds and disciplines, the impact of technology in and
    out of the classroom, and the changing nature of the academic world in
    general, Universities, and particularly English Departments, have had to
    face difficult and challenging decisions. In short, the Profession of
    English, whether that profession reflects a choice of career or lifestyle,
    has, clearly, changed. The topic of the conference is intended to address
    any aspect of the profession itself and the nature of what we, within that
    profession, profess, declare, confirm, and even proclaim, within and
    beyond it.
         
    Papers and panels addressing any aspect of college English will be
    considered, especially those addressing issues associated with the
    Profession, such as English education; composition programs; canon
    formation; the general state of the profession; "creative" vs. academic
    writing; the position of adjuncts and graduate students; the state of the
    English major; ESL, Developmental, and bi-lingual programs; the status of
    critical theory (and its impact in the twenty-first century); particular
    periods and areas of study and their continued relevance; teaching
    pedagogy and methodology; the impact of technology in and out of the
    classroom; the changing faces of faculty in English Departments; and
    issues of gender, race, and culture as they affect us as scholars,
    teachers, and colleagues.
         
    The NJCEA brings together those interested in language, literature,
    pedagogy, and other aspects of the teaching and study of English-anyone
    with an interest in any of these topics, or indeed others, is encouraged
    to propose a paper or a panel.
         
    Submission of Proposals:
         
    Graduate students, faculty, adjuncts, and other professionals within the
    field of English are invited to send panel proposals and paper abstracts
    to Dr. Susannah M. Chewning
                            Department of English
                            Kean University
                            1000 Morris Avenue
                            Union, NJ 07083
         
    Fax proposals to (973) 443-4606. E-mail submissions may be sent to
    chewn@worldnet.att.net.
         
    Please include name, paper/session title, and complete contact information
    with your proposal. Deadline for submission of proposals is December 29,
    2000
         
         
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