[Vwoolf] Graduate students and the IVWS

[Beja, Morris]

Hi,
May I just provide a historical context? When the Society was started back in the 1970s, graduate students were central to our success. Most—though not all—of the active people were so-called “junior professors”; there were non-academics as well, of course. But so were there graduate students, working on their dissertations on Woolf. Without them there would have been much less excitement.
Best,
Murray
On Oct 24, 2014, at 12:22 PM, Neverow, Vara S. <neverowv1 at southernct.edu<mailto:neverowv1 at southernct.edu>> wrote:

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<mailto: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<http://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





Julie Vandivere, Ph.D.
Professor of English
119 Bakeless
Bloomsburg University
Bloomsburg, PA 17815

jvandive at bloomu.edu



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