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Penn Child Research Center

Cross-University Collaborative Mentoring Conference 2015

Date: June 4 – 5, 2015

Time: 4:30 p.m. June 4th to 5:00 p.m. June 5th

Location: The ARCH, 3601 LOCUST WALK, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104

Call for Proposals

The Cross-University Collaborative Mentoring Conference (CUCMC) is a student-led conference committed to developing child-centered research which is useful to the academic community, policymakers, and practitioners. By fostering supportive relationships between doctoral students and mentors, CUCMC creates an environment for future researchers to present their work and receive feedback from fellow students and distinguished faculty. CUCMC presents a unique opportunity for budding researchers to make connections across academic jurisdictions and participate in a nurturing learning community in which all participants have similar research foci.

Presentations should be tailored to encourage discussion of specific research process issues. Discussion topics may include:

  • Developing a research proposal and design
  • Research in collaboration and partnership
  • Issues with recruitment and attrition
  • Interpreting data
  • Issues that arise during data collection
  • Distributing/publishing study results 

CUCMC conference will take place on Friday, June 5th 2015 with a keynote address and reception the night before on Thursday, June 4th 2015.

Submissions

Doctoral students in all stages of research are encouraged to submit proposals. Students submitting paper presentation proposals must include:

  • Presentation title
  • Abstract (250 word maximum) describing the presentation
  • Guiding questions and topic of interest on which you wish to solicit feedback from the audience

Student proposals are to be submitted via the submissions website. No other forms of submission will be permitted.   Faculty can register via the registration website

Additional Information

  • Paper presentation sessions are approximately 60 minutes in length, each featuring 2 – 3 presenters.
  • Individual presentations may include multiple presenters, but the allotted time will remain the same at approximately 20 minutes per presentation, regardless of the number of presenters.
  • Presenters typically choose to use PowerPoint to present the research.