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Call for Papers:
2006 SCT Graduate Student Competitive Research Forum

The Mass Media & Communication Program announces the eighth annual School of Communication and Theater Graduate Student Research Forum. Although this event is sponsored by the MMC doctoral program, it is open to graduate students in any SCT program.

WHEN: Friday, February 24, 2006, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

WHERE: Tuttleman Learning Center Rm. 300 AB
(Forum will be followed by a free luncheon for participants at the Diamond Club)

All SCT graduate students are encouraged to submit a paper on completed or current scholarly work. Examples of appropriate types of submissions include:

  • research proposals (including condensed dissertation proposals)
  • papers involving original research or critical literature reviews that were written for a class
  • completed research papers not yet presented at a conference

Submissions will be blind-reviewed by MMC faculty and invited outside reviewers. Criteria for judging will include:

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

All MMC students are expected to attend the forum. Please save the date.

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

 

Submission guidelines

Please submit 4 copies of your paper by Monday, January 16, 2006 to Denise Lannon in the SCT Graduate Office, 3rd floor, Annenberg Hall and send an electronic version of the paper as an email attachment to Dr. Jan Fernback at fernback@temple.edu. Each student may submit no more than one paper. Submissions must include a 100-word abstract and a cover sheet with the submitter's name, phone number email address, and mailing address. The author's name must not appear anywhere else on the paper.