Special
Convention Update
June
1, 2005
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Changes Made
to Convention Schedule
Writing for the
First Time has been moved to Saturday from 2:00-3:00. This will give
that session and Karen Morris' session on Preparing for the Next Edition
more time. Michael Sullivan's panel on textbook pricing has been given
an extra half hour -- it will now start at 9 a.m. rather than 9:30 a.m.
The title has been changed to Industry Positions on Textbook Pricing
Issues. Check out the updated schedule here.
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There's Still
Time to Register for the TAA Convention
If you've just found
out that you can attend the TAA Convention in Las Vegas, you can still
register! TAA's 18th Annual Convention will be held at the Imperial
Palace Hotel, located right on the Las Vegas strip. To register for
the convention, contact TAA at (727) 563-0020 or TEXT@tampabay.rr.com
or download registration forms here.
Registration is $75 for members before May 15, $125 after. Registration
for non-members is $125 before May 15, $175 after. Non-member registration
includes a one year membership to TAA. A pre-convention workshop, "Publish
and Flourish: Become a Prolific Scholar," will be held Thursday, June
23, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, June 24 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Cost
is $175 for TAA members before May 1, $225 after; non-members $225 before
May 1, $275 after. Call the Imperial Palace to reserve your room: (800)
634-6441.
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Step
Ten to Becoming a More Prolific Scholar
Much is known about
the steps scholars can take to become more prolific, said Tara Gray,
who will present her popular writing workshop, "Publish and Flourish:
Become More Prolific," as a 10-hour pre-conference workshop at the TAA
convention in Las Vegas Thursday, June 23, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday,
June 24 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Cost is $175 for TAA members
before May 1, $225 after; non-members $225 before May 1, $275 after.)
Gray shares the tenth step in becoming a more prolific scholar (She
will be sharing a step in each News Alert leading up to the convention):
Respond to each
specific criticism. It is tempting to conclude that when they reviewers
don't make the same suggestions, they disagree. When researchers examined
scholarly reviews, they found that reviewers gave good [specific] advice
and did not contradict each other (Fiske and Fogg 1990:591-597). Don't
expect reviewers-or other readers-to make exactly the same comments.
Know that one reader will criticize the literature review, while another
will find fault with the methods, and yet another will take umbrage
with the findings. Know that if you make changes in response to each
of these readers, you will improve the paper and reduce the chance that
other readers will find fault with the manuscript. Think of each specific
concern as a hole in your rhetorical "dam:" the more holes you plug
the better your argument will "hold water."
Gray shares 12
steps to becoming a more prolific scholar in a special article. Click
here to view the article.
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flier for more info.
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register.
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TAA Website Updated
The TAA website
has been updated and reorganized. The new design will make it easier
for visitors to navigate the site. Members will see that some sections
previously on the home page, including the current TAA News Alert and
the News Alert archives, have been removed. The current TAA News Alert,
News Alert archives and PDFs of the current issue and past issues of
The Academic Author, have been moved to the Members-Only section. Please
note the new access codes to the Members-Only section: username: member;
password: author Other changes: A new Media Center has been added as
a place to post press releases of interest to the media; a new TAA Member
Center has been created to attract new members through the website.
If you have any questions or comments about the site, please contact
Kim Pawlak, TAA Editor, kmpawlak@centurytel.net
or (608) 687-3106
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