CUFA 2019 Conference

We're less than a month away! Remember to submit your paper for the conference by Monday, October 28 in order to give discussants ample time to review your work. You can upload the paper to the Open Conference system and/or emailed to your discussant by October 28. To upload your paper, visit  cufa2019.socialstudies.org/ openconf.php , scroll down to the bottom of the page, and under authors select "upload file." This will replace your proposal with your actual paper. If you are presenting at a roundtable, you do not need to email the paper, simply upload it to the system as described above. If you are unable to locate your discussant's email address, contact  cufa19conference@gmail.com . Finally, don't forget to register for NCSS & CUFA. You can register at  www.socialstudies.org/ conference/...   Advance rates end on November 15. Plan your visit by reviewing  our program  and  food and activity guide .  We look forward to seeing you in Austin very

View the full CUFA 2019 program at  https://cufa2019.socialstudies.org . Please note that the conference begins on Wednesday morning, 11/20, with a full day of programming on Thursday, 11/21. The Graduate Forum and Research-into-Practice sessions will take place on Friday, 11/22.  Our original CUFA Thursday keynote, Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, has announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate, running against seated Senator John Cornyn, and will no longer be able to appear at CUFA. Our new closing keynote panel will consist of three vibrant individuals who will speak to the theme of Intersectionality and Latinx Advocacy and Activism : State Representatives Mary González (El Paso) and Celia Israel (Austin) and Executive Interim Director of Jolt , Antonio Arellano.

Have you changed your affiliation, name, and/or address since you submitted your CUFA proposal? Please visit the OpenConf system to update your information before we begin drafting the program so your information is current. The program will be released by early September so you can being planning accordingly. Remember, the conference starts with Bavu Blakes ' keynote on Wednesday morning with the first general session starting mid-morning. Thursday is a full day of programming with receptions on both Wednesday and Thursday, and the Grad Forum has been moved to Friday morning at the Hilton connected via skybridge to the Austin Convention Center. If you have not yet made your hotel reservations, please do so soon if you want to utilize the NCSS discount - rooms are running out fast!

Decisions for CUFA 2019 proposals were sent yesterday through our OpenConf system. If you did not receive a decision email, please check your spam then email cufa19conferenceATgmail.com and we will let you know if your proposal was accepted. If your proposal was not accepted and you are a graduate student, we strongly encourage you to consider revising your proposal per reviewers' comments and resubmitting it to the Graduate Forum Roundtables, which will take place the morning of Friday, November 22. The Grad Forum will share the Grad Forum Call for Proposals in May through the CUFA listserv, and on the Grad Forum Facebook and Twitter accounts. The deadline for Grad Forum submissions is 11:59 pm PST June 14, 2019. Don't forget to register for both NCSS and CUFA at socialstudies.org. Please note that this year's conference will begin on Wednesday morning, November 20 and the Graduate Forum and Research-into-Practice sessions will take place on Friday, November 22. Breakfast

The submission window for CUFA 2019 proposals is officially closed! We had a record 257 proposals submitted across a range of session formats and topics. Narrowing those down will be a daunting task that requires all hands on deck! Please sign up to be a reviewer at the bottom of  https://cufa2019.socialstudies.org . A diverse, responsible reviewer pool is the key to our conference! For those of you who are new to reviewing and/or CUFA, we are developing a reviewer guide to support you. If you have any questions, please contact the 2019 Program Chair, Dr. Noreen Naseem Rodríguez, at cufa19conference@gmail.com.

The call for proposal submissions for CUFA 2019 in Austin, Texas was released on Tuesday, January 8th and can be found in its entirety here as well as on t he official conference website . Submissions are due on Friday, March 8th at 11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time at cufa2019.socialstudies.org .  For detailed descriptions of the types of sessions available and required proposal formatting,  click here .  If you have any questions, please email cufa2019conference (at) gmail (dot) com.