[Vwoolf] Graduate students and Woolf conference

Neverow, Vara S. neverowv1 at southernct.edu
Fri Oct 24 12:22:52 EDT 2014


Hi there,

I entirely agree--graduate students should be included with other academic
and independent scholars. Inclusive is the norm for the ACVW. :)

Best,

Vara

On 10/23/14 6:54 AM, "Vandivere, Julie" <jvandive at bloomu.edu> wrote:

>
>I would like the input of the Woolf community on a few things about the
>Woolf conference.  The website and structure of the conference is
>beginning to come together, and I've purposely left a few things blank
>because I don't know how to proceed.
>
>Take a look at
> 
>woolf.bloomu.edu
>
>You'll notice I have a separate section for high school and
>undergraduates.  I took the organizational handbook at its word and used
>the conference as an opportunity to pull university and community
>together. The deans put in money for this because they (and I)  want to
>make a statement about the importance of the humanities at our
>institution and in the community.
>
>The high school students, community members, and undergraduates will
>attend events like the theater performance, art opening, and plenaries,
>but will have sessions and discussion groups in a separate building from
>the academic conference on Saturday afternoon.
>
>The piece I can't figure out is graduate students.  Do you feel the
>conference would be weakened or strengthened if I made a push for faculty
>to encourage and bring their graduate students?  As I see it, the only
>disadvantage would be that the papers might not be the quality we want
>(some conferences have been taken over by graduate students).
>
>However, there are tremendous advantages. As I talk to faculty about
>conferences, many of them are under pressure to professionalize their
>graduate students and would like to include them. From listening to
>people, I believe we wold attract more professors if we let people know
>they could also bring their graduate students and have them present. But
>I don't want to put them in a separate session or area (as the
>undergraduates are).
>
>How do you think I should handle this?
>
>Thanks (I have another question), but I'll save that one for next week).
>
>Julie
>
>
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>Julie Vandivere, Ph.D.
>Professor of English
>119 Bakeless
>Bloomsburg University
>Bloomsburg, PA 17815
>
>jvandive at bloomu.edu
>
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