Faculty and grads,

We are currently in the process of organizing the 2006 EGAD conference and

my hope is that you might send this CFP to potentially interested parties at

other universities and in other departments, as well as spreading the word

amongst your own students. We need more submissions and would appreciated

any help you might offer.

If you have questions you can contact me at the e-mail listed in the CFP

below or at Andi_Miller@hotmail.com.

Thanks!

Andi

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DaVinci to Derrida: Breaking Codes Across Disciplines ***Open to faculty, graduates, and undergraduates

Texas A&M University - Commerce will hold the 15th Annual English Graduates for Academic Development (EGAD) conference on October 20, 2006. Submissions

should be made by September 22, 2006. Registration materials will be sent

upon acceptance to the conference.

This year's keynote speaker is George Getschow, Mayborn Writer-in-Residence at the University of North Texas. He is also former bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal for Dallas and Houston. In 1983, he was runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize in the national reporting category for a series of stories about labor camps of the Southwest.

Now accepting proposals for papers and panels dealing with contemporary issues in academia. We welcome submissions from all areas of academic discourse including, but not limited to: English, History, Journalism,

Political Science, Education, Psychology, and Sociology.

Suggested areas of interest:

Panels will be organized by topic.

Critical Theory

Academia/Professional Issues

Pedagogy

Graduate Student Issues

Technology in the Classroom

Foreign Language Studies

Composition & Rhetoric

Pop Culture

Creative Writing

Film Studies

Science Fiction

Linguistics/ESL

Writing Center Theory & Practice

Literary Studies

To apply, send an abstract of 250-500 words. Electronic submissions

encouraged. Panel proposals and workshops are welcome. Notification of

acceptance and conference registration materials will be mailed

electronically upon acceptance. Conference registration is $20. If you wish

to attend the conference luncheon, the cost is an additional $15.

Please send inquiries and abstracts to:

EGAD

c/o Andrea Miller

Department of Literature and Languages

PO Box 3011

Texas A&M University-Commerce

Commerce, TX 75429-3011

egad06@yahoo.com