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Is a regular session a good thing?

March 10, 2010 by John

I recently received notice that my ASA submission has been accepted for one of the regular sessions in Atlanta.  As a young scholar striking out on my own I know that I should consider this a good thing.  Instead of presenting at a roundtable in front of three other people I will be presenting in front of a crowd that could reach the double digits.  Even though I should be happy for the chance to have my research heard by two to three times as many people, I have to admit that I was a tiny bit disappointed to receive the news.  Obviously, I stand in front of crowds in the double digits nearly everyday, so I am not worried about my presentation skills, but a regular session likely means that I will have to prepare a PowerPoint presentation and approach the whole affair a bit more seriously when my main reason for going is still to catch up with friends from grad school.  I guess there’s always next year…

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Posted in Conference Attendance, Grad School, The Ivory Tower | Tagged American Sociological Association, ASA Conference, Conference Presentation, Regular Session, Roundtable Presentation | 1 Comment

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  1. on August 5, 2013 at 7:41 pm Finding the ropes at my first conference | Memoirs of a SLACer

    […] conference would have been less intimidating. We were accepted to a roundtable session, which lowered the stakes a bit, and prepared for our presentation over the […]



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