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Call for Papers:
2003 SCT Graduate Student Competitive Research Forum

The Mass Media & Communication Program announces the fifth annual

SCAT GRADUATE STUDENT COMPETITIVE RESEARCH FORUM

WHEN : Friday, February 7, 2003, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The goals of the Forum are to:

  • make students and faculty aware of students' research interests
  • provide discussion and critique of student work
  • prepare students for making presentations during job searches and conferences
  • provide recognition for outstanding student work

All SCAT graduate students are encouraged to submit a paper on completed or ongoing work.

Submissions of any sort of academic writing are acceptable.

Types of papers that may be submitted include:

  • research proposals (including condensed dissertation proposals)
  • papers written for class assignments
  • submissions to conferences or journals

All submissions will be blind-reviewed by SCAT faculty and invited outside reviewers.

Cash prizes will be awarded to the authors of the top papers.

Criteria for judging will include:

 

  • originality of research/contribution to field
  • theoretical and methodological soundness
  • clarity and organization

Deadline for submissions: Friday, December 13, 2002

Submission guidelines

 

Submission format: 4 printed copies to Diane Johnson in the SCAT Graduate Office, plus an e-mail attachment in Word to priscilla.murphy@temple.edu.

Submissions must include a 100-word abstract of the paper and a cover sheet with the submitter's name, phone number, mailing address, and e-mail address. Submitter's name should not appear anywhere else on the paper.