Calls for Abstracts
Call for Abstracts
End-of-Life Special Interest Group of SSWR
Deadline: April 20, 2012
The End-of-Life Special Interest Group of the Society for Social Work Research (SSWR) is proposing a symposium session for the upcoming SSWR Annual Conference (January 2013). Research abstracts addressing a range of end-of-life issues will be considered that address the conference theme: Social Work for a Just Society: Making Visible the Stakes and Stakeholders. For example, identifying and addressing disparities in end-of-life care across the lifespan and in different settings; communication issues; treatment decisions; palliative care; and disease-specific care at the end of life would be appropriate. Address questions to and submit abstracts to symposium coordinator: Ellen L. Csikai at ecsikai@sw.ua.edu no later than April 20, 2011. The coordinator will then organize the abstracts and submit to SSWR for the SIG symposium. Abstracts should be formatted according to the instructions given on the SSWR website.
Call for Submissions
Presidential Poster Session on Interdisciplinary Science, Inter-professional Practice, and Obesity
Deadline: May 15, 2012
American Psychological Association (APA) President Dr. Suzanne Bennett Johnson invites you to submit posters featuring your latest work and take part in an exciting, new Presidential Poster session at the 2012 APA convention in Orlando, FL on Saturday August 5, 2012 from 4-6 p.m. in the Orlando Convention Center. APA divisions and governance groups worked with Dr. Johnson to create three collaborative and innovative program tracks of 20 hours each for the 2012 APA convention in Orlando, FL. The program tracks focus on interdisciplinary science, inter-professional practice, and obesity. We invite you to participate in a special poster session on Saturday showcasing up to 60 posters on each track topic, for a total of 180 posters. There will be guided tours by experts in the field through the posters and light refreshments will be served. Click here for more information.
Call for Abstracts
National Research Conference on Child and Family Programs and Policy
*Deadline: March 16, 2012 (Extended)*
The National Research Conference on Child and Family Programs and Policy are held at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. This is a small, but growing national conference that is among the first of research conferences to exclusively focus on policy issues pertaining to child and family well-being. The conference draws in researchers from many disciplines including family studies, psychology, sociology, social work, public policy, political science, economics, criminal justice, child development, and many others; practitioners from social and human services; and policy/decision-makers who are concerned about programming and policy to support child and family well-being. We hope that you will consider attending this growing conference with pre-conference workshops, where attendees have an opportunity to learn from one another, meet people outside of their disciplines, and network with others in an intimate academic setting. Our 5th conference will take place July 24-26, 2012. We invite research abstracts for both papers and posters that focus on child and family programs, interventions, preventions, rules/regulations, and policies. Research that has strong implications for child and family programs and policies are also invited. Click here for more information.
Call for Abstracts
Social Marketing Conference
Deadline: March 31, 2012
(From the ASPH Friday Letter)
The conference planning committee invites abstract submissions to be considered for oral and poster presentation at the 22nd Annual Social Marketing Conference, which will be held June 13-16 in Clearwater Beach, FL. Abstracts should demonstrate the application of social marketing strategies to behavior change, service marketing or improvement of social change practice. They may describe social marketing programs, innovative research methods or theoretical advances. Conference reviewers favor abstracts that clearly illustrate key elements of the social marketing approach (e.g., how formative research is used to make marketing decisions; description of audience segmentation methods and results, evaluations of comprehensive marketing programs). Of particular interest are applications of social marketing strategies to pressing social issues, promoting social marketing within an organization, demonstrating the sustainability and/or self-sufficiency of social marketing programs, or using innovative methods to understand consumer needs and wants. Other suggested topics include, but are not limited to: the use of social marketing to ameliorate health problems and social issues concerning special populations; evaluation of social marketing programs and strategies; social marketing approaches to defining social problems; examining solutions to health problems, changing health practices in school and community settings, and training and education in social marketing. Click here for more information.
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International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision
*Deadline: March 15, 2012 (Extended)*
The Executive Committee of the Eighth Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision at Adelphi University is pleased to invite submissions for presentations which examine clinical supervision theory, research and practice within and across professional disciplines. The goals of the conference reflect the importance of facilitating interdisciplinary dialogue in the transmission of new knowledge, research, and best practices in the field of clinical supervision. Please submit abstracts with empirical, theoretical and applied significance for current issues in clinical supervision. Presentation formats include: Papers, Workshops, Poster Presentation, or Round Table Discussions. Click here for more information.
Call for Proposals
24th Annual Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conference
Deadline: March 20, 2012
We invite research projects among a broad spectrum of topics. Employment of traditional ethnographic and qualitative research projects provides the common thread for conference papers. Proposals will be peer-reviewed among three strands: Results of qualitative and ethnographic research studies, qualitative research methods, and pedagogical issues in qualitative research. Click here for more information.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
NATIONAL MULTICULTURAL CONFERENCE AND SUMMIT
Deadline: May 4, 2012
Transforming Multicultural Psychology: Engagement, Renewal, and Action across Generations
The 2013 National Multicultural Conference and Summit (NMCS) will convene students, practitioners, and scholars in psychology and related fields to inform and inspire multicultural theory, research, and practice. Multiculturalism is envisioned as inclusive of experiences related to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, indigenous heritage, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, social class and socioeconomic status, and other social identities. We are accepting proposals for symposia, workshops, conversations, difficult dialogues, and posters. Acceptable proposals may address theory, research, practice, education, training, and advocacy/policy issues. All proposals will be peer-reviewed with attention given to a balance of topics, diversity dimensions, emphasis areas, and applied aspects (e.g., psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions). Proposals will be rated in part by how they relate to the conference theme and include the intersection of identities or multiple identities. Proposals for individual papers will not be accepted. Click here for more information.
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ARNOVA Annual Meeting
Deadline: March 30, 2012
RE-EXAMINING PHILANTHROPY: EXPLORING ROOT CONCEPTS FOR OUR FIELD(S)
The Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)’s meeting site this year at the home of the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy provides an ideal setting to explore afresh the larger question of what is philanthropy, and how do we encourage a broad and diverse approach to understanding philanthropy in theory and in practice? Some would argue that “philanthropy” is both a core and an overarching concept for the fields of study ARNOVA embraces. Robert Payton’s definition of philanthropy as “voluntary action for the common good” is contested, but has long been cited to describe such a view. Others would argue the concept of philanthropy is archaic. In recent years it has often been reduced to a synonym for giving, especially organized or institutional giving. Nevertheless, some vision of or connection to philanthropy underpins all that we study in examining nonprofit organizations and voluntary action. Click here for more information.