Please note that the deadline for submitting panel proposals is Monday,
Oct. 9th.  I apologize for the earlier miscommunication.

Camilla


>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:00:25 -0400
>To: [log in to unmask]
>From: Camilla Gant <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Call for 2007 Panel Proposals
>
>Call for Panel Proposals
>AEJMC 2007 Convention in Washington, D.C. (Aug. 9-12)
>
>Colleagues,
>
>It was great seeing many of you in San Francisco, and I hope to see many
>more of you next year.  As vice head/programming chair, I invite you to
>submit a panel proposal for the 2007 AEJMC Convention in Washington,
>D.C.  Your participation will help ensure that MAC continues its track
>record of offering thought-provoking, empowering, and progressive programming.
>
>To maximize opportunities for co-sponsorships, I must receive your panel
>proposal via e-mail by Monday, October 9.  Please e-mail your panel
>proposal to me at <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask], and title the
>subject line Panel Proposal. Upon receiving all panel proposals, I will in
>turn collaborate with the appropriate chairs (professional freedom and
>responsibility, research, teaching) to finalize MAC submissions to AEJMC,
>giving particular attention to consolidating proposals as needed to ensure
>that each one makes a strong and unique pitch.
>
>Please be sure to format your panel proposal as indicated below.  Panel
>proposals should focus on professional freedom and responsibility,
>research, or teaching.  PF&R panels should focus on issues such as free
>expression, ethics, media criticism and accountability, racial, gender and
>cultural inclusiveness, and public service.  Research panels should focus
>on issues such as methodologies/approaches, theoretical frameworks,
>trends, and new developments.  Teaching panels should focus on issues such
>as curriculum (philosophy, design, and examination of issues, developments
>and trends in the journalism; leadership (administrative and
>organizational efforts to manage and improve the evolution of journalism
>and mass communication), course content and methods (examining teaching
>techniques and strategies), assessment (weighing the effectiveness of
>journalism education); and standards of appointment, tenure, promotion,
>compensation, research, retirement, equipment and facilities for
>instruction and research.
>
>Panel Proposal Format
>
>1.  Panel Type (PF& R, Research, or Teaching)
>
>2.  Potential Co-Sponsors (strongly encouraged to maximize number of
>panels; sole sponsorships cost one full chip whereas co-sponsorships cost
>one half chip).
>
>3.  Panel Title
>
>4.  Panel Description/Summary (limit to one or two paragraphs).
>
>5.  Possible Panelists (If you don't have specific names, please list
>general information, e.g., institution/organization and title/area. Don't
>confirm panelists. If proposal is selected, panelists must be negotiated
>with co-sponsor.).
>
>6.  Moderator/Presiding
>
>7.  Audio/Visual Needs
>
>8.  Panel Contact (name, institution, department, title, mailing address,
>work phone, alternative phone, and e-mail).
>
>  If you have questions, please e-mail
> (<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]) or phone me
> (678.839.4933).  Many thanks, and I look forward to a successful
> programming year!
>
>Camilla Gant
>MAC Vice Head/Programming Chair
>
>Camilla Gant, Ph.D.
>Faculty Assistant to the President
>Associate Professor
>Department of Mass Communications & Theatre Arts
>University of West Georgia

Camilla Gant, Ph.D.
Faculty Assistant to the President
Associate Professor
Department of Mass Communications & Theatre Arts
University of West Georgia