CALL FOR PAPERS
A Conference: Urban Girls: Entering the New Millennium
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April 14 - 15, 2000
The Adams Mark Hotel, Buffalo, New York
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Featured Keynote Speaker:
Lani Guinier
Professor of Law, Harvard University
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>The Graduate School of Education in conjunction with the Institute for Research
and Education on Women and Gender (IREWG), both of the State
>University of New York at Buffalo, is hosting a major national
>conference on Urban Girls. This conference is aimed at scholars, teachers,
social workers, health care professionals, counselors,
>administrators, interested parents and urban girls themselves. The
>conference focuses on the strengths of these young women across racial and
ethnic groups as well as ways in which their lives can be improved.
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We are seeking exciting paper presentations and projects in the following areas:
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Health and Addictions (section chairs: Professor LeAdelle Phelps and Professor
Brenda Miller -
>phelps@acsu.buffalo.edu;
>bmiller@acsu.buffalo.edu)
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Sexuality and Reproduction (section chairs: Professor Mattie Rhodes and
Professor Ann Seidl -
>mrhodes@nurse.buffalo.edu;
>aseidl@nurse.buffalo.edu)
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Violence and Abuse (section chair: Professor Susan Mangold -
>svm@acsu.buffalo.edu)
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Schooling (section chair: Professor Catherine Emihovich -
>cemihovi@acsu.buffalo.edu)
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Technology (section chairs: Professor Hank Bromley and Professor Mary Flanagan
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hbromley@acsu.buffalo.edu;
marydot@IBM.net)
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Sport and Physical Activity (section chair, Professor Don Sabo
>- sabo@acsu.buffalo.edu)
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Opportunities Outside and Beyond High School
>(section chairs: Professor Maxine Seller and Dr. Sherryl Weems -
>mseller@acsu.buffalo.edu; weems@acsu.buffalo.edu)
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PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSALS
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Submit four stapled copies of a proposal. The top of the first page should
indicate the section for which you are applying (Sexuality and Reproduction,
e.g.) The first page should also include the name, address and phone number of
all participants. Proposals may be for a poster session as well as papers.
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If an individual paper or poster proposal, it should be no longer than two
pages. If a panel proposal, it should be no longer than three pages and the
panel organizer should be clearly marked on the first page.
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The proposal needs to include: a brief overview of the research paper; a summary
of the findings; and a discussion of their linkage to policy and/or practice.
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If a panel proposal, all papers must be briefly summarized along the lines noted
above.
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>MAIL PROPOSALS TO: Urban Girls Conference
> Graduate School of Education
> University at Buffalo
> Buffalo, NY 14260
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Indicate on the proposal the section head(s) noted under the topic for which you
are applying If questions, please contact the section head(s) directly.
Proposals must be postmarked no later than September
>15, 1999. Potential participants will be notified by November 1, 1999
>as to their inclusion in the program. It is our intention to publish the
>Proceedings. Tentative registration cost is $120.00. We anticipate a
>reduced rate for graduate students.
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