New England Philosophy of Education Society (NEPES)

President
Kelly Ann Kolodny 
Framingham State
College
  kkolodny@frc.mass.edu
Vice-President
Ana M. Martinez Aleman 
Boston College
  alemanan@bc.edu
Past President
D.G. Mulcahy
Central Conn
State University
Mulcahy@ccsu.edu
Secretary-Treasurer
Richard Lyons
UMass Lowell
State University
rgeraldlyons@verizon.net

Executive Committee Members at Large:

Lorraine Dagostino, University of Massachussetts at Lowell (lorraine_dagostino@verizon.net)
Wendy Kohli,, Fairfield University (wendykohli@comcast.net
)

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

                The New England Philosophy of Education Society (NEPES) will hold its 2008 Annual Meeting at Boston College in Massachusetts on Saturday, October 4. The keynote speaker for the conference is Dr. Wendy Kohli. Dr. Kohli currently holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions (GSEAP) at Fairfield University, where she teaches the required philosophical and social foundations courses. Prior to coming to Fairfield in 2002, Kohli directed the Master’s in Teaching Program at The New School in NYC, taught in the Curriculum Theory doctoral program at LSU in Baton Rouge, and was first tenured and promoted at SUNY Binghamton.  She earned her Ph.D. at Syracuse University in the Cultural Foundations of Education, with a dissertation on Toward Critical Hermeneutic Competence: Empowerment for Teachers.

                Dr. Kohli’s scholarship has continued to focus on critical theory, feminism, and critical pedagogy.  She has published widely in a range of journals and books, including a volume she edited for Routledge, Critical Conversations in the Philosophy of Education.  She is currently finishing a book for Rowman and Littlefield, Feminisms and Educational Research, for their series on Philosophy, Theory and Educational Research. Active in several professional associations, Kohli is a past president of the American Educational Studies Association, currently serves on the Board of Directors of the John Dewey Society, and on the editorial boards of Educational Theory, Educational Studies, Studies in Philosophy and Education, and the National Women’s Studies Journal.

                 Following the precedent of previous years, Concurrent Paper Sessions will be a feature of the program. The Program Committee invites proposals on all topics relevant to philosophy of education interpreted broadly to include the recognized foundational disciplines of philosophy, history, social foundations and comparative and international education. Proposal format may include individual papers, panels and symposia. All proposals should be sent in electronic form as email attachments, preferably in the form of MS Word documents and adhere to the guidelines that follow. Please send proposals as early as possible, but no later than May 16, 2008, to the program chair, Ana Martinez Aleman at alemanan@bc.edu.

 Guidelines for Proposals

        Each proposal should be submitted as a single Word document, which should include the following separated from each other by a page break:

  • A one-page cover sheet that lists the title of the paper. It should include the name, affiliation and information of the proposal organizer and for each of the participants. Include email address, mailing address, telephone number and fax number.
  • An abstract of the proposed paper should be included. It should outline the paper’s focus and rationale. Limit the abstract to 75 words.
  • A two page proposal (single spaced) which describes the topic, theoretical sources, data sources, findings and significance of the paper.

 

Conference participants are required to pay the $30 registration fee for the conference which includes lunch. Audio visual equipment must be provided by the presenter. Please email Ana Martinez Aleman at alemanan@bc.edu with questions.

 

 
 

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