Writing for Conferences: A Handbook for Graduate Students and Faculty

by Leo A. Mallette, Clare Berger

Overview

This book answers every question a doctoral graduate new to publishing could have about writing for a conference, from "Why would I want to publish at a conference?" to "What do I wear?"

Conferences are often a researcher's first foray into publishing. Each year, about 50,000 new doctoral graduates arrive to the publishing landscape, most with little or no understanding of how the conference publication process works. Yet until now, there have been no publications devoted to this specific subject.

Writing for Conferences: A Handbook for Graduate Students and Faculty serves as an essential guide for graduate students who want to publish the results of the research projects of their graduate program to maximum effect. It explains the conference publication process step-by-step and answers all of the questions asked by students inexperienced in publishing. The book is also a valuable reference manual for previously published authors, providing insightful sections on ethics in publishing, dress and grooming, presentation tips, and networking techniques to develop further research and career opportunities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313394065
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/26/2011
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Leo Mallette, EdD, is adjunct faculty at Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, where he received his doctorate degree.

Clare Berger is finishing her doctoral dissertation in organizational leadership at Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA.

Table of Contents

Foreword,
Robert A. Day
Acknowledgments,
Introduction,

Chapter 1
Advantages of Conference Publishing,
Chapter 2
Conferences versus Other Forms of Publishing,
Chapter 3
Expected Costs of Conference Publishing,
Chapter 4
Publishing Rates,

Chapter 5
Finding Conferences,
Chapter 6
Dissecting the Call for Papers,
Chapter 7
The Conference Paper Submittal Timeline,

Chapter 8
The Solo-Authoring or Co-Authoring Decision,
Chapter 9
Starting the Writing: The Abstract,
Chapter 10
Genesis of Some Papers,

Chapter 11
Writing Your Paper (in a Scholarly Way),
Chapter 12
Preparing for the Presentation,
Chapter 13
Giving the Presentation,
Chapter 14
Networking at the Conference,
Chapter 15
How to Be the Best Session Chair,
Chapter 16
Reflections,
Glossary,
Index,