TAA 2007 Conference * Buffalo, NY * June 22-23

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Join us for the 2007 TAA Conference at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo in downtown Buffalo, NY, June 22-23

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Book Raffle
IIL Publishing, New York will raffle four books at the 2007 TAA Conference
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Coming to Buffalo? Put these two books on your reading list
City of Light by Lauren Belfer
Trip to Niagara Falls by Geronimo Stilton (Scholastic)
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Mentoring Sessions
Several veteran authors have agreed to serve as mentors at the conference. Attendees will be able to sign up at the conference registration desk for 15-minute sessions with a mentor. A list of mentors will be available soon.

Roundtable Discussions Luncheon
Saturday, June 23
12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Choose from 10 different moderated roundtable discussions related to textbook and academic authoring.
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Dinner at The Anchor Bar
Thursday, June 21, 6 p.m.
The restaurant where Buffalo-style wings were invented
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Buffalo, NY Waterfront Tour
Friday, June 22, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Take a guided tour of the Buffalo waterfront
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Karpeles Manuscript Musuem and Library Tour
Friday, June 22, 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
View Walt Disney illustrations and documents, among others
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Social Networking Event: A Chartered 3-hour Dinner Cruise Aboard the Grand Lady
Friday, June 22, 6:45 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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Four-hour Guided Tour to Niagara Falls (American side)
Saturday, June 23, 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tour full.
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Free one-on-one sessions with an authoring attorney or literary agent
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Sessions

Dr. James Delaney

Publish Your Dissertation as a Book
Presenter: Dr. James J. Delaney, Asst. Professor, Chair, Department of Philosophy, Niagara University

Saturday, June 23
10:45 - 11:45 a.m.
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Academic publishing can be difficult for many reasons. When one attempts to publish a doctoral dissertation as a book, several of these difficulties can be even more challenging. One of the major tasks that an author has is to balance the goal of writing a suitable piece for his or her degree requirements with the production of a work that will be of interest to publishers. With a focus on that challenge, this session will discuss several strategies that newly minted PhDs can use to take their dissertations through the various stages of book proposals and revisions that can help increase chances for publication.

About the Presenter:

Dr. James Delaney joined the philosophy department in 2004. He received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo that same year. Dr. Delaney specializes in ethics, with a focus on the history of philosophy as well as topics in biomedical ethics. He has published articles in the American Catholic Philosophical Association's Annual Proceedings, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and Inquiry. He has also written a book, Rousseau and the Ethics of Virtue, published by Thoemmes-Continuum Press in 2006. He regularly teaches Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics, Biomedical Ethics, and Philosophy of Law.

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