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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/
Submission linkhttps://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=std2020
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 January 21, 2020.    

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.

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.

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

If you have suggestions for Symposia or Themed Sessions, please send them (title, short description, list of potential contributors) 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. Award Eligibility (First author student status)
  7. 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.
  8. 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

The Society recognizes excellence in research with two annual awards based on papers submitted to the Annual Meeting. Recipients of each award receive a certificate and a $150 award check.

The Outstanding Student Paper Award: The Outstanding Student Paper Award (OSPA) recognizes quality in work that is predominantly that of a graduate student. Accordingly, the student must be first author on the paper. The student's major advisor will be asked to confirm that this work has been done primarily by the student.

The 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. The student's dissertation advisor must send an email certifying that the work is based on the nominee's doctoral dissertation, and recommending the candidate for the award. Proposals eligible for the Jason Albrecht Outstanding Young Scientist Award and the Outstanding Student Paper Award will undergo two reviews: one by the regular Program Review Committee and a second by the Awards Committee. Only proposals that are accepted for presentation as spoken papers on the program will be considered for the awards. Finalists may be asked for additional information regarding the submission for the final award review process.

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.

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, 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

  • Hotel information will be forthcoming.

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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