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ST&D 2020: 2020 Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA, United States, July 21-23, 2020
Conference websitehttp://www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/conferences/std2020/
Submission linkhttps://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=std2020
ST&D Conferences Webpagehttp://www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/conferences/
Topics: reading conversation discourse analysis learning

30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse: Call for Proposals

The 30th Annual Meeting of the Sciety for Text & Discourse will be held at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; July 21 – July 23, 2020.  

The Society for Text & Discourse is an international society of researchers who investigate all aspects of text and discourse including processing and analysis. The purpose of the Society is to foster and promote excellence in research, to enhance communication among researchers in different disciplines, and to contribute to the education and professional development of those in the field or entering the field.

The submission page for the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse is now open and will close on February 17,  2020 at 1:00 PM EST.   

We invite students and scholars from various disciplines (e.g., psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, learning sciences, education, computer science, communication sciences, health literacy) to attend and participate in the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Text & Discourse, to be held July 21 - 23, 2020 at Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia, USA. We welcome the submission of individual papers and posters that present original research on text and discourse processing, representation, and analysis.

Due to GSU’s focus on diverse contexts and populations we encourage submissions that focus on topics and samples that may have been less represented in previous conferences. For example, we encourage submissions on topics such as: oral and written discourse in health, family, and multi-lingual/dialect settings and with populations such as struggling adult readers and those who are deaf and hard of hearing.  Click here to submit your proposal.

Symposia or Themed Session Proposals

The deadline for symposia submissions has passed. If you have suggestions for Symposia or Themed Sessions, please send them (title, short description of entire symposia, 75-word abstract for each presentation with corresponding authors and their affiliations) to the Program Chairs (Daphne Greenberg and Elizabeth Tighe) by January 6, 2020. Symposia length is limited to 90 minutes and includes up to 5 presentations (or up to 4 presentations and a discussant).  

Submission Format and Instructions

The following information must be entered into the EasyChair submission form:

  1. Author information (Name, Affiliation, Country, Email Address for all authors; Indicate corresponding author and conference presenter)
    • To streamline program creation, please ensure the same preferred name for publications and professional email address is used for authors and coauthors across submissions.
    • For example: Johnathon A. Smith, smith123@R1university.edu
    • PLEASE DO NOT USE: Jon Smith, jsmith@yahoo.com
  2. Title
    • All proper words should be capitalizatized in project titles, for example: An Analysis of Text Processing and Products
    • PLEASE DO NOT USE: An analysis of text processing and products
  3. A 75-word abstract
  4. At least three relevant keywords.
  5. Appropriate topic areas for reviewing (see List of Topics below).
  6. Submission preference (Spoken Only, Poster Only, Spoken or Poster)
    • Please note, that due to venue limitations, the organizers are only able to accept a limited number of spoken presentations.
  7. Award Eligibility
  8. Submission type (Symposia Presentation or Other Special Talk)
  9. A 1200-word summary of the presentation (including biblography) must be uploaded as a PDF.
    • The summary file should have a title but no author information. It should contain basic sections including a short theoretical introduction/framework, methodological overview (including quantitative or qualitative approach), key findings, and a brief discussion. The summary will be submitted as a .pdf file and should be saved using a generic name (e.g. summary.pdf) Proposals that exceed the length specified will not be reviewed.

Submission-based Awards

Each year, the Society for Text & Discourse recognizes excellence in research for projects primarily conducted by recent doctorates, doctoral candidates, and graduate students, or projects conducted by or significatly supported by undergraduate students. To be eligible for consideration for one of these awards, submitters must indicate the award eligibility during submission. Projects may only be considered for a single award category. Eligible proposals will first be evaluated for quality by the Program Review Committee, and the highest reviewed proposals will then be sent to the ST&D Awards Committee for final consideration. Award finalists may be asked to submit additional information regarding their submission. As a final step, dissertation advisors and/or research supervisors will be contacted by the Awards Committee to ensure that finalists have met all qualitications for the award. Recipients of each award receive a certificate and a $150 award check.

  • Jason Albrecht Outstanding Young Scientist Award: The Jason Albrecht Outstanding Young Scientist Award (JAOYSA) honors the memory of Jason Albrecht, a promising young text and discourse researcher who passed away in 1997. The award recognizes an outstanding paper based on a doctoral dissertation. The doctoral candidate or recent doctorate must be first author on the paper.
  • Graduate Student Research Award: The Graduate Student Research Award recognizes quality in predissertation work that is predominantly that of a graduate student. Accordingly, the graduate student must be first author on the paper. 
  • Undergraduate Student Research Award: The Society for Text & Discourse is extremely pleased to offer this new award for 2020. The Undergraduate Student Research award recognizes quality in work that is predominately that of an undergraduate student, or research to which the undergraduate student contributed a significant amount of effort and support.

Student Travel Awards

The Society for Text & Discourse is again pleased to offer Student Travel Awards to assist student members of ST&D to attend the 2020 annual meeting. Undergraduate and graduate students, as well as recent doctorate students are encouraged to apply. Approximately 10 travel awards will be available, in amounts ranging from $200-500 USD.  A link to the Student Travel Award application will be posted here and distributed to submitters through the Easychair system in early April, 2020. To be eligible for consideration, applicants must be current members of ST&D at the time of award application, and have a paper or poster accepted to the 2020 meeting. To become a member of ST&D, please click here.

Mentorship Program Application

The Society for Text and Discourse is proud to announce the second year of our Mentorship Program for advanced graduate students (within 1-2 years of graduation), postdoctoral researchers (in their first 3 years post-graduation) and junior faculty (in their first 3 years as a faculty member). This program will support career development and provide networking opportunities. Mentees will be paired with a mid-career or senior scholar and have the opportunity to discuss scholarship, handling new roles as a faculty member, finding an academic position and/or navigating tenure, funding, teaching, and more.

Individuals who wish to apply for Mentee status in the Mentorship Program should prepare the following documents and complete the application linked below:

  1. A brief statement of your professional goals and how they would be supported by
    mentorship (1 page or less)
  2. At least one but no more than three samples of writing (e.g., publications, pre-prints, proposals).
  3. Complete the ST&D Mentorship Application and upload the requested files.

Questions regarding the ST&D Mentorship Program or this application should be directed to Dr. Mike Wolfe (Mentorship Committee Chair).

Program Review Committee and Author Notification Date

The Program Review Committee, under the supervision of the Program Chair, will review the proposals and make decisions regarding acceptance, presentation format, and arrangement into sessions. 

Authors will be notified of submission decisions no later than mid-March 2020.

Conference Venue & Travel Information

The conference will be held on the Georgia State University campus in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Additional information regarding domestic and international travel to Georgia State University will be forthcoming.

Conference Hotels

The Westin Peachtree (rate ends June 29, 2020)

Rate: $149.00 + tax (currently 16.9% + $5.00/night State of Georgia Hotel Motel Fee).
Type of Rooms: Run of House
210 Peachtree Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
1-888-627-7087

Link for booking: https://book.passkey.com/go/soctextdiscourse
 
 
Hotel Indigo (rate ends July 3, 2020)

Rate: $129.00 + tax (currently 16.9% + $5.00/night State of Georgia Hotel Motel Fee).
Type of Rooms: Primarily single rooms, limited supply of Double rooms (note: this is a “boutique” hotel with relatively simple rooms)
230 Peachtree Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
1-877-846-3446

Link for booking: Click here to book a room at Hotel Indigo
 
 
Ellis Hotel

Rate: $158.00 + tax (currently 16.9% + $5.00/night State of Georgia Hotel Motel Fee).
Type of Rooms: Any (note: Ellis is providing a reduced rate, but not a room block, so rooms may not be guaranteed)
176 Peachtree Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
 

To book: Please call 1-404-523-5155 and state that you are attending an event at GSU and ask for the Georgia State University rate.

Conference Registration Rates

Early registration rates are shown below and will last until June, at which time they will increase by $50. The conference registration system will open in late April. To become a member of ST&D, please click here.

  • ST&D Faculty Members
    • $300
  • ST&D Student Members
    • $125
  • Faculty Non-members
    • $600
  • Student Non-members
    • $250

Contact

Questions about ST&D 2020, this call for papers, submissions, or the submission process should be emailed to std2020 at easychair.org.

ST&D 2020 Conference Chairs

ST&D 2020 Program Committee

  • Sarah Carlson
  • Scott Crossley
  • Iris Feinberg
  • Scott Hinze
  • Joe Magliano
  • Kathryn McCarthy
  • Jessica Scott
  • Amani Talwar

ST&D 2020 Officers

  • Mike Mensink (Conference Webmaster)
  • Kate Bohn-Gettler (Conference Treasurer)
  • Emily Smith (Conference Treasurer-elect)

Topic Areas

  • Adult Literacy

  • Adult Readers

  • Assessment

  • Brain Imaging & Neurophysiological Measures

  • Cohesion & Referential Devices

  • Computational Linguistics

  • Computer Mediated/Online Communication

  • Conversational/Discourse Analysis

  • Corpus Analysis

  • Deaf Studies

  • Development

  • Dialect Speakers

  • Early Readers

  • Electronic/Online/Hypertext

  • Embodiment

  • Emotion

  • Expository Text Processing

  • Family Literacy

  • Gesture & Paralinguistic Communication

  • Graphics & Visual Communication

  • Health Literacy

  • Human-Computer Interaction

  • Individual Differences

  • Inferences

  • Learning & Instruction

  • Misinformation & Inconsistencies

  • Metaphor & Figurative Language

  • Multilingual Speakers

  • Multiple Text Comprehension

  • Narrative Processes

  • Natural Language Processing

  • Qualitative Methodology

  • Quantitative Methodology (Advances & HLM/SEM)

  • Rhetorical Structure & Processing

  • Sentence Processing

  • Sourcing

  • Struggling Readers

  • Strategic Reading

  • Text Comprehension & Representation

  • Think-aloud Methods

  • Web & Knowledge Technologies

  • Writing

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