Call for Proposals

Call for Proposals for the March 5-7, 2020 Conference
in Birmingham, Alabama

Graduate Education Leading the Way with Courage and Inclusivity

In 2020, Graduate Education faces unprecedented challenges that acutely impact recruiting and retaining graduate students and faculty, building new programs, and supporting students and their success. Facing these challenges will require bold vision and courageous action. What better place than Birmingham, the Magic City, to face these challenges—a city whose citizens courageously and boldly took action that instigated change for civil rights. This year’s CSGS theme draws inspiration from the spirit of Birmingham and from the Civil Rights Institute, one of our venues.

With this conference theme and the meeting location of Birmingham, Alabama guiding our efforts, the CSGS Executive Board and the 2020 Conference Program Committee welcome proposals for concurrent sessions. We especially encourage concurrent sessions connected to the following broad topical areas:

1. Overcoming Barriers - Promoting Access and Inclusivity in Graduate Education;
2. Feeling the Power of an Idea - Building Resiliency in Graduate Education;
3. Setting the Welcome Table - International Students and International Experiences in Graduate Education;
4. Keeping the Movement Moving - Best Practices in Graduate Education;
5. Other emerging topics of importance will also be considered.

Please complete and submit the below information by Sunday, September 15, 2019 for full consideration. The form is designed to be completed in one pass, so please prepare your answers ahead of time.

A separate call for posters will follow.

Name:

Affiliation:

Email Address:

Telephone number:

Select one topic that best describes your proposal:Overcoming BarriersFeeling the Power of an IdeaSetting the Welcome TableKeeping the Movement MovingOther (please describe) If Other, please describe the topic of your proposal:

Select the type that best describes your session:Panel - A panel consists of a moderator and 2-3 panelists. Session should allow for at least 30 minutes of Q&A.Facilitated Discussion - A facilitated discussion consists of an introduction lasting no longer than 15 minutes, followed by at least 45 minutes of some sort of hands-on activity such as a table top exercise.Case Study/Studies - A case study consists of a brief introduction of the case study, followed by a review, discussion, and report-back of the findings.Other Session Type
Note: All sessions are 60 minutes in length. If Other, please describe the format (1-2 sentences):

Session Title:

Session Abstract (approximately 50-100 words):

Learning Objectives (2-3):

Targeted audience (such as all conference attendees, master's programs, doctoral programs, new deans/associate deans, senior deans/associate deans, and staff):

How does this topic fit within the conference theme? (1-2 sentences)

If you selected Panel as the type of your session, please provide your moderator and panelist information. Moderator information (name, affiliation, email address):Panelist information (name, affiliation, email address for each panelist):

If you selected Facilitated Discussion as the type of your session, please provide your activity type and discussion leader information. Type of hands-on activity:

Facilitated discussion leader information (name, affiliation, email address for each facilitated discussion leader):

If you selected Case Study/Studies as the type of your session, please provide your session leader information. Case study leader information (name, affiliation, email address, for each case study leader):

If you selected Other as the type of your session, please provide your participant information. Participant information (name, affiliation, email address, for each participant):

Name:
Affiliation:
Email Address:
Telephone number:
Select one topic that best describes your proposal:Overcoming BarriersFeeling the Power of an IdeaSetting the Welcome TableKeeping the Movement MovingOther (please describe)	If Other, please describe the topic of your proposal:

Select the type that best describes your session:Panel - A panel consists of a moderator and 2-3 panelists. Session should allow for at least 30 minutes of Q&A.Facilitated Discussion - A facilitated discussion consists of an introduction lasting no longer than 15 minutes, followed by at least 45 minutes of some sort of hands-on activity such as a table top exercise.Case Study/Studies - A case study consists of a brief introduction of the case study, followed by a review, discussion, and report-back of the findings.Other Session Type Note: All sessions are 60 minutes in length.	If Other, please describe the format (1-2 sentences):

Session Title:
Session Abstract (approximately 50-100 words):
Learning Objectives (2-3):
Targeted audience (such as all conference attendees, master's programs, doctoral programs, new deans/associate deans, senior deans/associate deans, and staff):
How does this topic fit within the conference theme? (1-2 sentences)

If you selected Panel as the type of your session, please provide your moderator and panelist information.	Moderator information (name, affiliation, email address):Panelist information (name, affiliation, email address for each panelist):

If you selected Facilitated Discussion as the type of your session, please provide your activity type and discussion leader information.	Type of hands-on activity: Facilitated discussion leader information (name, affiliation, email address for each facilitated discussion leader):

If you selected Case Study/Studies as the type of your session, please provide your session leader information.	Case study leader information (name, affiliation, email address, for each case study leader):

If you selected Other as the type of your session, please provide your participant information.	Participant information (name, affiliation, email address, for each participant):

Call for Proposals for the March 5-7, 2020 Conference in Birmingham, Alabama

Graduate Education Leading the Way with Courage and Inclusivity

Call for Proposals for the March 5-7, 2020 Conference
in Birmingham, Alabama