JoLLE@UGA 2020: JoLLE@UGA Winter Conference The University of Georgia Athens, GA, United States, February 1-2, 2020 |
Conference website | http://jolle.coe.uga.edu/conference/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jolleuga2020 |
Submission deadline | October 25, 2019 |
Doing the Work: Moving Past What We Already Know to Enact Change in Language and Literacy Education
JoLLE@UGA 2020 Winter Conference
Conferences are opportunities for students, scholars, and teachers to join together to become aware of the challenges in Pre-K-16 education, radically imagine alternatives, and celebrate what works in particular spaces or relationships. But educators cannot stop with celebration. Justice work builds on the theories and successes of the past to push boundaries and reshape what is possible for the present and future. A critical part of moving forward is doing the difficult, engaging, and generative work alongside students and community members.
At the JoLLE@UGA Winter 2020 Conference, we invite teachers, researchers, and students to create and share different pathways for justice in an unjust world through language and literacy education. We welcome proposals that explore what has been, what is now, and what is next as they describe how to do this important work in diverse contexts and education systems. The JoLLE conference is designed to make space for collaborating, planning, and sharing between attendees and presenters, thus creating an imperative for highly interactive sessions.
We look forward to learning with you in Athens from February 1st – February 2nd, 2019 to discuss and explore justice in language and literacy education. Together, presenters and audience members can inquire into what invigorates and revisions the trajectory of education.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full papers (individual and group)--50 minutes in length and could be either a research report or a theoretical paper report that showcases completed work
- Panels--bring together research focused on a strong and unifying theme. Panel sessions are 50 minutes in length, and the maximum of five presenters (including the chair) could be included
- Roundtable Sessions (for works in progress)--15 minutes in length; for each roundtable session, presenters will be presenting with two other presenters and the total session timeframe is 45-50 minutes
- Posters or other visual displays of research (less formal sharing of ideas and work)--presenters' conceptual belief or research is displayed on a poster; these sessions last for 60 minutes and may provide opportunities for individualized and informal discussions
In order to be considered, all proposals must adhere to the following guidelines:
- Title - 12 words or less
- Abstract - 75 words or less (used for the conference program if accepted)
- Keywords - 5 words/phrases or less
- Proposal - 500 words or less (the reference list does not necessarily have to be included in the word count)
- Please use this template for the proposal. A PDF or Word document of the full proposal must be attached to the submission.
- The proposal MUST have the following rubric components: participant engagement and innovation and relevancy
Here is an example of a proposal, accepted for the JoLLE Winter Conference 2017.
Conference Proposal Rubric
(*) denotes doubling of weight for that category
Met (2 points) |
Almost Met (1 point) |
Does Not Meet (0 points) |
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*Participant Engagement | The proposal clearly describes how the audience will engage through interactive participation beyond question/answer at the end. |
The proposal mentions but does not clearly describe how the audience will engage through interactive participation. | The proposal lacksinteractive audience participation beyond question/answer at the end. |
*Innovation and Relevancy | The proposal represents a topic that is relevant, research- or practice-based, provides the audience with innovative information, tools or practices, and contributes to the field of language and literacy education. |
The proposal represents a topic that is research- or practice-based and relevant to the field of language and literacy education. The topic is not current, innovative, and/or contributive to the field. | The proposal does not show relevancy to the field of language and literacy education, is not research- or practice-based, and does not contribute to the field. |
Topic | The proposal contains an overall purpose/theme that matches with the conference call for proposals. | The proposal contains an overall purpose/theme, but loosely matches with the conference call for proposals. | The proposal contains an overall purpose/theme, but does not match with the conference call for proposals. |
Title | The title is interesting and inviting. It clearly references the information that will be discussed in the presentation. | The title provides general information regarding the topic of the conference; the title is not engaging or inviting. | The title is general and does not provide adequate information about the topic of the presentation; it is unclear or not engaging. |
Description/ Purpose |
The proposal is well-written, in an appropriate tone for a scholarly journal. It has clear and easily identifiable purpose, organized and easy to follow, evidence of a consistent and strong command of conventions. |
The proposal is written in an appropriate tone for a scholarly journal. It is somewhat organized, and has evidence of adequate command of conventions. |
The proposal is in an inappropriate tone for a scholarly journal, and has limited or no command of conventions. |
Submission Guidelines | The submission guidelines have been followed: the proposal is limited to 500 words. The submission includes an abstract limited to 75 words. No identifiers are present. |
The submission guidelines have not been followed BUT no identifiers are present. | The submission guidelines have not been followed. Identifiers have been included. The proposal cannot be accepted. |
List of Topics
Presentation Content
- Content Area Literacy
- Digital Literacy
- Family & Community Literacy
- Sports Literacy
- Innovative teaching
- Language and Applied Linguistics
- Reading
- Culture, Identity, and Agency
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- K16 Education
- Innovative Research Methods
- Interdisciplinary Research and Practice
- Language and Literacy Education (General)
- Social Justice
- Critical Disability Studies
Proposal Type
- Empirical
- Literature Review
- Theoretical/Conceptual
- Professional Development
- Critical Content Analysis
- Panel
- Visual or performance
Suggested Interest
- Early childhood
- Elementary
- Middle Grades
- High School
- College/Adult Education
2020 Conference Co-Chairs: Tamara Moten and Stacia L. Long
Keynote Speakers
Dr. April Baker-Bell is an Assistant Professor of Language, Literacy, and English Education in the Department of English and African American and African Studies department at Michigan State University. An emerging national and international leader in conversations on Black Language, her research interrogates the intersections of sociolinguistics, anti-black racism, and anti-racist pedagogies. As a transdisciplinary teacher-scholar-activist, Baker-Bell’s research draws from and makes contributions to the fields of English Education, Composition-Literacies studies, and Raciolinguistics. The root of her research stems from her experience being ill-prepared to address her Black students’ language and literacy needs when she worked as a high school English teacher in Detroit. As a result, she carved out a research and teaching agenda that creates a pathway to cultural, linguistic, and racial justice for Black students across educational spaces.
Baker-Bell is the recipient of many prestigious awards and fellowships, including Michigan State University’s Innovation & Leadership in Teaching and Learning Award; the 2018 AERA Language and Social Processes Early Career Scholar Award, the Literacy Research Association’s STAR fellowship, and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color (CNV) fellowship. Her award winning-research and 16+ years teaching has led to additional honors such as her role as incoming Vice-President elect of the Michigan Council of Teachers of English (MCTE) and summer faculty at the Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont.
Dr. Baker-Bell’s research has recently been published in the English Education journal, the Journal of Literacy Research (JLR), and the Journal of International Review of Qualitative Research. Her first book, Linguistic Justice: Black Language, Literacies, Identity, and Pedagogy, will be published with NCTE-Routledge in February 2020. In addition to her language research, Baker-Bell’s scholarly interests include: anti-racist writing pedagogies, critical media literacies, Black feminist-womanist storytelling, and the health & wellness needs of women of color in academia, with an emphasis on early career Black women.
David Stovall, Ph.D. is Professor of African-American Studies and Criminology, Law & Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). His scholarship investigates three areas 1) Critical Race Theory, 2) the relationship between housing and education, and 3) the intersection of race, place and school. In the attempt to bring theory to action, he works with community organizations and schools to develop curriculum that address issues of equity and justice. His work led him to become a member of the design team for the Greater Lawndale/Little Village School for Social Justice (SOJO), which opened in the Fall of 2005. Furthering his work with communities, students, and teachers, his work manifests itself in his involvement with the Peoples Education Movement, a collection of classroom teachers, community members, students and university professors in Chicago, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area who engage in collaborative community projects centered in creating relevant curriculum. In addition to his duties and responsibilities as a professor at UIC, he also served as a volunteer social studies teacher at the Greater Lawndale/Little Village School for Social Justice from 2005-2018.
Venue
The conference will be held at The University of Georgia on February 1st and 2nd, 2020. A free, pre-conference workshop will be held at Aderhold Hall on Friday, January 31st, 2020.
Contact
For all questions or more information, please contact the Conference Co-Chairs Tamara Moten and Stacia L. Long at JoLLE.Conference@gmail.com.