<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div><br></div><div>As a " common reader" or as the conference organizers sympathetically call it " independent scholar" ' ll second all the above.</div><div>Keep up the good work!</div><div>Best</div><div>AnneMarie Bantzinger</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:75%;color:#575757">Verzonden vanaf Samsung Mobile</div></div><br><br><br>-------- Oorspronkelijk bericht --------<br>Van: "Neverow, Vara S." <neverowv1@southernct.edu> <br>Datum: 24-10-2014 18:23 (GMT+01:00) <br>Aan: "Vandivere, Julie" <jvandive@bloomu.edu>,vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu <br>Onderwerp: Re: [Vwoolf] Graduate students and Woolf conference <br> <br><br>Hi there,<br><br>I entirely agree--graduate students should be included with other academic<br>and independent scholars. Inclusive is the norm for the ACVW. :)<br><br>Best,<br><br>Vara<br><br>On 10/23/14 6:54 AM, "Vandivere, Julie" <jvandive@bloomu.edu> wrote:<br><br>><br>>I would like the input of the Woolf community on a few things about the<br>>Woolf conference. The website and structure of the conference is<br>>beginning to come together, and I've purposely left a few things blank<br>>because I don't know how to proceed.<br>><br>>Take a look at<br>> <br>>woolf.bloomu.edu<br>><br>>You'll notice I have a separate section for high school and<br>>undergraduates. I took the organizational handbook at its word and used<br>>the conference as an opportunity to pull university and community<br>>together. The deans put in money for this because they (and I) want to<br>>make a statement about the importance of the humanities at our<br>>institution and in the community.<br>><br>>The high school students, community members, and undergraduates will<br>>attend events like the theater performance, art opening, and plenaries,<br>>but will have sessions and discussion groups in a separate building from<br>>the academic conference on Saturday afternoon.<br>><br>>The piece I can't figure out is graduate students. Do you feel the<br>>conference would be weakened or strengthened if I made a push for faculty<br>>to encourage and bring their graduate students? As I see it, the only<br>>disadvantage would be that the papers might not be the quality we want<br>>(some conferences have been taken over by graduate students).<br>><br>>However, there are tremendous advantages. As I talk to faculty about<br>>conferences, many of them are under pressure to professionalize their<br>>graduate students and would like to include them. From listening to<br>>people, I believe we wold attract more professors if we let people know<br>>they could also bring their graduate students and have them present. But<br>>I don't want to put them in a separate session or area (as the<br>>undergraduates are).<br>><br>>How do you think I should handle this?<br>><br>>Thanks (I have another question), but I'll save that one for next week).<br>><br>>Julie<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>>Julie Vandivere, Ph.D.<br>>Professor of English<br>>119 Bakeless<br>>Bloomsburg University<br>>Bloomsburg, PA 17815<br>><br>>jvandive@bloomu.edu<br>><br>><br>><br>>_______________________________________________<br>>Vwoolf mailing list<br>>Vwoolf@lists.osu.edu<br>>https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Vwoolf mailing list<br>Vwoolf@lists.osu.edu<br>https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf<br></body>