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IMPORTANT: DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION EXTENDED TO DECEMBER THE 7th
by news＠iccss2015.eu 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

***APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTINGS*** CALL FOR ABSTRACTS International Conference on Computational Social Science Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland, 8-11 June 2015 WEBSITE http://www.iccss2015.eu/ IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for abstract submission: 7 December 2014 Opening of registration: 15 January 2015 Conference dates: 8-11 June 2015 EVENT OVERVIEW The conference will bring together scientists from different areas to meet and discuss problems on social systems and dynamics, as well as research questions motivated by large datasets, either extracted from real applications (e.g. social media, communication systems), or created via controlled experiments.. PROGRAM CHAIRS Karen Cook (Stanford) Santo Fortunato (Aalto University) Michael Macy (Cornell) KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Opening talk by Michael Macy (Cornell) Lada Adamic (Facebook) Sinan Aral (MIT) Albert-Laszlo Barabasi (Northeastern University and CEU) Nicholas Christakis (Yale) Robin Dunbar (Oxford) Andreas Flache (University of Groeningen) Dirk Helbing (ETH Zurich) Matthew Jackson (Stanford) Jure Leskovec (Stanford) Alex Pentland (MIT) Alessandro Vespignani (Northeastern University) Duncan Watts (Microsoft) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Santo Fortunato (Aalto University), Aristides Gionis (Aalto), Heikki Hämmäinen (Aalto), Kimmo Kaski (Aalto), Walter Quattrociocchi (IMT Lucca), Jari Saramäki (Aalto), Juuso Valimäki (Aalto) TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE (but are not limited to) Social networks Social contagion Communication dynamics Information diffusion and other spreading phenomena Social influence Crowd-sourcing Popularity dynamics Smart cities Attention economics Social design and user behavior Group formation, evolution and group behavior analysis Human mobility Mobility and context-awareness Economics of trust SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Contributions to the conference have to be submitted via Easychair (www.easychair.org) the name of the event there is IC2S2. Each submission consists of an extended abstract of max 2 pages (A4). Please give a sufficiently detailed description of your work, put at least one figure, otherwise it will be difficult for the PC to assess its relevance. Short, paper-like abstracts will not be considered. Abstracts do not need to refer to unpublished work. If the work is published or under submission elsewhere it is fine. We want to give to everyone the opportunity to present the most relevant work to the topics of the conference. There will be no proceedings, but we are exploring the possibility of having a special journal issue, where selected contributions will be published. Authors of those contributions would be invited to submit full papers after the conference. Each extended abstract will be reviewed by two PC members. Abstracts can be submitted from September the 15th till November 15th, 2014. We will do our best to have mostly oral presentations of the selected contributions, both plenary and in parallel sessions. However, there will be a poster session as well. During the submission process, you will be asked to specify whether your contribution is intended for a) Plenary session presentation, b) Parallel session presentation or c) Poster session presentation. The final allocation of each contribution will be decided by the Program Committee. CONTACT For any question you might have please contact Prof. Santo Fortunato (santo.fortunato(a)aalto.fi)

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FW: Tenure-Track Position in Digital Media and Society, Queen's University
by Guillaume Latzko-Toth 08 Nov '14

08 Nov '14

>> Tenure-Track Position in Digital Media and Society, Department of Sociology >> >> >> >> The Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen's >> University invites applications for a Tenure-track faculty position at the >> rank of Assistant Professor with specialization in Digital Media and Society, >> with a preferred starting date of July 1, 2015. >> >> >> >> >> Candidates should have a PhD completed or near completion at the start date >> of the appointment. The main criterion for selection is academic and teaching >> excellence. The successful candidate will provide evidence of high quality >> scholarly output that demonstrates potential for independent research leading >> to peer assessed publications and the securing of external research funding, >> as well as strong potential for outstanding teaching contributions at both >> the undergraduate and graduate levels, and an ongoing commitment to academic >> and pedagogical excellence in support of the department's programs. >> Transnational expertise is particularly sought after. Candidates must also >> provide evidence of an ability to work in an interdisciplinary, collaborative >> environment. The successful candidate will also be expected to make >> substantive contributions through service to the department, to the Faculty, >> to the University, and/or the broader community. Salary is commensurate with >> qualifications and experience. >> >> >> >> >> The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Queen's >> is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes >> applications from women, visible minorities, Aboriginal people, persons with >> disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity. All >> candidates are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian >> Immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada >> will be given priority. >> >> >> >> >> To comply with Federal laws, the University is obliged to gather statistical >> information about how many applicants for each job vacancy are Canadian >> citizens / permanent residents of Canada. Applicants need not identify their >> country of origin or citizenship, however, all applications must include one >> of the following statements: "I am a Canadian citizen/permanent resident of >> Canada"; OR, "I am not a Canadian citizen/permanent resident of Canada". >> Applications that do not include this information will be deemed incomplete. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> A complete application consists of: a cover letter (including one of the two >> statements regarding Canadian citizenship / permanent resident status >> specified in the previous paragraph), a current Curriculum Vitae (including a >> list of publications), a writing sample, a statement of research interests, a >> statement of teaching interests and experience (including teaching outlines >> and evaluations if available), and three letters of reference. >> >> >> >> >> Applicants are encouraged to send all documents in their application package >> electronically (either as PDFs or MS Word files) to schulerw(a)queensu.ca, >> although hard copy applications may be submitted to: Dr. Rob Beamish, >> Department Head, Department of Sociology, Queen's University, Kingston, >> Ontario, CANADA K7L 3N6. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> The University will provide support in its recruitment processes to >> applicants with disabilities, including accommodation that takes in to >> account an applicant's accessibility needs. If you require accommodation >> during the interview process, please contact Wendy Schuler in the Department >> of Sociology, at schulerw(a)queensu.ca. >> >> >> >> >> Academic staff at Queen's University are governed by a Collective Agreement >> between Queen's University Faculty Association (QUFA) and the University, >> which is posted at:Academic staff at Queen¹s University are governed by a >> Collective Agreement between Queen¹s University Faculty Association (QUFA) >> and the University, which is posted at: >> >> >> >> >> http://www.queensu.ca/provost/faculty/facultyrelations/qufa/collectiveagree… >> nt.html >> >> >> >> >> The deadline for applications is December 15, 2014. >> >> >> >> >> >> [To unsubscribe from the CCA list, please contact us at >> acc.cca.ca(a)gmail.com]

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DEGREE> New hybrid Masters of Data Science @ Indiana University
by Rosenbaum, Howard S. 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

IU adds data science master's degree to keep pace with growing big data job demands Hybrid program allows for combination of online, on-campus course work Oct. 30, 2014 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing has announced a new master’s degree in the rapidly expanding field of data science. The inaugural class of students will begin the program in January. The new degree program capitalizes on the existing breadth of research and study at the school, with courses coming from computer science, informatics, information science, library science and statistics. There are two paths through the degree -- a technical path and a decision-maker path -- allowing students to easily customize the program to meet their professional goals. “The pace of data generation continues to escalate at unprecedented levels, and IU’s breadth and depth of faculty expertise in data science distinguishes our school and university,” Dean Bobby Schnabel said. “This program will produce well-prepared graduates who will provide a competitive advantage to companies and organizations across Indiana and throughout the nation.” The demand for big data jobs is a major driver behind the creation of the program. A 2011 McKinsey Global Institute report predicted huge demand in data science positions, projecting up to 1.8 million jobs in the United States in the next five years across all industries. “A high percentage of the school’s more than $18 million in annual research funding centers around big data, and our diverse faculty expertise in big data has shaped this degree,” said Geoffrey Fox, senior associate dean for research. The 30-credit program is available on campus, online or in a blended version with online and in-residence components. The online option provides an affordable, flexible opportunity for working professionals, while the residential program provides physical access to the school’s world-class faculty, opportunities to participate in cutting-edge research, and immersion in the vibrant Bloomington campus. The hybrid option allows students to take the first year of courses online and complete the second year on campus. “The hybrid option provides maximum flexibility for students,” said Howard Rosenbaum, associate dean for graduate studies. “This will be particularly appealing for students outside Indiana, especially international students.” Additional sequences will be available for those interested in specific domains, such as health, cybersecurity, life sciences and more. Courses will be offered in four broad areas: • Data analysis and statistics, which gives students skills to develop and extend algorithms, statistical approaches, and visualization techniques. • Data lifecycle, which helps students understand the data lifecycle, from digital birth to long-term preservation. • Data management and infrastructure, which teaches students to manage and support big data projects. • Big data application domains, which provides students with data analysis and decision-making experience in high-impact domain areas like health and security. The master’s degree deepens the school’s reach in this area, building on the affordable online data science certificate program, which will enter its second year in January. Visit the school’s Data Science degree site for more information and application details for both programs. http://www.soic.indiana.edu/graduate/degrees/data-science/index.html Related Links IU: Data science in demand http://www.soic.indiana.edu/graduate/degrees/data-science/ IU School of Informatics and Computing, Bloomington http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/ IU School of Informatics and Computing, IUPUI http://soic.iupui.edu/

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Call for papers. 2nd ISKO Spain-Portugal Conference
by José Antonio Frías 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

Dear Colleagues, The XII Conference of the ISKO Spanish Chapter and II ISKO Spain-Portugal Conference will be held at the University of Murcia on November 19-20, 2015. Special Focus for 2015: Knowledge organization: open information systems. Themes: - Models of knowledge organization. System and information life cycle modeling. - Environments and systems for knowledge organization. Design, standardization and interoperability of open information systems. - Instruments for the access and transparency of the information: management of documents, digital platforms and archives. - Users and uses of the information. Patterns related to transparency and open government. - Information governance and audit in knowledge organization. - Knowledge representation: processes and tools in open and multilingual systems. - Epistemology in knowledge organization. - Equality, gender and diversity in knowledge organization. On the website of Iskoibérico have all the information about the event: http://www.iskoiberico.org [1] IMPORTANT DATES: January 31, 2015 - Deadline for abstracts submission. March 15, 2015 - Notification to author/s of abstracts acceptance. May 31, 2015 - Deadline for submission of full texts. June 28, 2015 - Notification to author/s of acceptance or request revisions. July 19, 2015 - Deadline for final texts. NOTE: On November 16-17 will be held the VII Iberian Meeting EDICIC 2015 at the Complutense University of Madrid. -- ********************************************* José Antonio Frías Universidad de Salamanca Departamento de Biblioteconomía y Documentación Francisco Vitoria, 6-16 E-37008 Salamanca Tlf. 34-923-294-580 Fax 34-923-294-582 C.e. frias(a)usal.es ********************************************* Links: ------ [1] http://www.iskoiberico.org/

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Interdisciplinary Position in Media Technology Development at University of Georgia
by shira chess 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

Apologies for cross-posting... ------ The Telecommunications Department and the New Media Institute (in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication) and the College of Engineering, University of Georgia seek to jointly hire an Assistant Professor with an expertise in interactive media for an interdisciplinary position in media technology development. This is a tenure track appointment with shared teaching responsibilities in both Colleges. The ideal candidate will have competencies in hardware/software as they relate to interactive media and a research/creative interest in the application of these technologies. A record (or potential for) of seeking externally funded grants are of special interest to the committee. The successful candidate will build and sustain partnerships with the media development community as well as leading development and design for real-world media projects. Experience with and the ability to teach courses within several of the following areas is desirable: - · Video games - · Virtual environments - · Mobile technologies - · Internet of things - · Social media applications - · New media storytelling, writing A Ph.D. in related fields is required. Consideration of applications will begin on November 15th and continue until the position has been filled. Applications should include a letter of interest, vita, and the contact information for three references should be sent to Scott A. Shamp NMI / Journalism University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602

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Nov 14 | Illness Narratives, Networked Subjects, and Intimate Publics | NYU event
by Tamara Kneese 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

*Illness Narratives, Networked Subjects, and Intimate Publics* /// *Friday, November 14, 2014, New York University, 1-5 PM* *Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, 239 Greene Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10003* Register Here <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/illness-narratives-networked-subjects-and-inti…> Through the relational production and circulation of personal narratives about experiences with pain and loss, new publics are created while networked subjects are negotiated. This colloquium addresses the productive capacities of illness, disability, death, and dying, asking how individuals use online platforms or other forms of new technology to both reproduce and contest popular discourses surrounding these everyday phenomena. *Participants: * Tom Boellstorff (Anthropology, UC-Irvine) Whitney Erin Boesel (Berkman Center for Internet & Society and MIT Center for Civic Media) Marisa Brandt (Communication and Science Studies, UC-San Diego) Jed Brubaker (Informatics, UC-Irvine) Faye Ginsburg (Anthropology, NYU) Danya Glabau (Science and Technology Studies, Cornell) Melissa Gregg (Principal Engineer, Intel) Tamara Kneese (Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU) Beza Merid (Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU) Jonathan Metzl (Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society, Vanderbilt) Erica Robles-Anderson (Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU) Rayna Rapp (Anthropology, NYU) David Serlin (Communication and Science Studies, UC-San Diego Hosted by the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication and the Intel Science & Technology Center for Social Computing -- Tamara Kneese Doctoral Candidate Department of Media, Culture, and Communication New York University Intel Science & Technology Center for Social Computing tek234(a)nyu.edu or kneeset(a)gmail.com

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recruiting students for new practice-based research PhD
by Lori Emerson 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

Dear all, Applications are now being accepted for the University of Colorado at Boulder's brand new practice-based PhD in Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance. The Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance (IAWP) unit is an interdisciplinary digital arts and humanities research unit with a practice-based PhD. Located in the University of Colorado's recently approved College of Media, Communication and Information, IAWP's core faculty collaboratively investigate past and present forms of digital art, writing, and performance and offer graduate students a hands-on, experiential-based learning environment in which to explore emerging forms of creativity triggered by practice-based research methodologies. The research conducted in the program reflects the rapidly transforming knowledge systems and digital media economies emerging from the substantial technological shifts currently taking place in our society. Digital creative work and critical media literacy play a defining role in our information society and are transforming all aspects of contemporary life, including the way many professional visual artists, multimedia performers, writers, publishers, digital humanists and archivists pursue their practice. Traditional scholarly and creative work outputs such as the single-authored print book or conventional gallery exhibitions have already been challenged by the emergence of multi-authored and/or hybridized forms of transmission such as Internet art sites, electronic literature, live audio/visual performance, multi-platform storytelling or transmedia narratives, software art, interactive installations for public spaces, augmented reality, game art, networked media activism, and innovative art applications for mobile devices and tablets. IAWP’s internationally-renowned and affiliated faculty network collaborate with graduate students probing the significance of a digitally-expanded, process-based research environment located in a cluster of interdisciplinary research labs. The program provides a flexible pedagogical structure that will lead to the creation of new and hybridized forms of art, writing, performance, scholarship, theory, design, curation, exhibition, and publication appropriate for our current cultural moment. The program concentrates its curriculum on digital forms of creativity so as to cultivate cutting-edge investigations into the practice, theory, history, and philosophy of media and its relationships to creativity, communication, technology, and information. Application deadlines: International: December 1, 2014 Domestic: January 1, 2015 To find out more about IAWP as well as application guidelines and program requirements, please visit: http://www.colorado.edu/cmci/academics/phd-intermedia-art-writing-and-perfo… For more on the IAWP faculty, please visit: http://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/intermedia-art-writing-and-performance I would be grateful if you'd encourage your students to apply! best, Lori Emerson -- Lori Emerson Assistant Professor | Director, Media Archaeology Lab Department of English, University of Colorado at Boulder Hellems 101, 226 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0226 loriemerson.net | mediaarchaeologylab.com

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Computer usage in the workplace survey – request for participation – prize draw to win an iPad
by John Blythe 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

Hi all, I am currently recruiting for an online survey as part of my PhD. The project is exploring employees’ attitudes towards using computers in the workplace by aiming to understand what motivates individuals to use technology at work and their behaviour when using devices. If you are employed (or unemployed for less than 3 months) and use a computer as part of your job role you are eligible to participate. Participation is anonymous and simply involves completing an online questionnaire which will take approximately 20 minutes. Upon completion, you will be entered into a prize draw to win an iPad! Please visit http://bit.ly/worksurvey1 to take part *Please feel free to share this survey to any one you feel may be interested. * I would greatly appreciate your participation. If you have any questions please email the principle researcher, John Blythe at john.blythe(a)northumbria.ac.uk *This study has received full ethical approval from the Faculty of Health & Life Sciences Ethics Committee at Northumbria University* Many thanks *John Blythe* *Postgraduate Researcher* PaCT Lab (NB153) Northumberland Building Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST Tel: +44 (0)191 227 3716 john.blythe(a)northumbria.ac.uk

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Data Power conference, Sheffield, UK, June 2015
by Ben Light 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

Forwarding this on behalf of Helen Kennedy at Sheffield. Please direct all enquiries as detailed below. Cheers, Ben. DATA POWER: a two-day, international conference Date: Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd JUNE 2015 Venue: University of Sheffield, UK Data make many promises. Through data, we can access opinions, feelings, behaviours, people, in real time, at great volume and at great speed. Tracking data is the holy grail. Data have the potential to transform all aspects of society, making all of its operations more efficient. Big data represent opportunities for social researchers to enhance understanding of human behaviour. The numbers speak for themselves. But what is the cost of the data delirium (van Zoonen)? What kind of power is enacted when data are employed by governments and security agencies to monitor populations or by private corporations to accumulate knowledge about consumers in an increasingly ‘knowing capitalism’ (Thrift)? Because contemporary forms of data mining and analytics open up the potential for new, unaccountable and opaque forms of population management in a growing range of social realms, questions urgently need to be asked not only about who gets access to data and whose privacy is invaded, but also about control, discrimination, and social sorting – about data power. We also need to ask about the possibility of agency in the face of data power, of social groups sidestepping the dominating interests of big business and big government in our increasingly big-data-driven world. This conference creates a space to reflect on these and other critical issues relating to data’s ever more ubiquitous power. Keynote speakers include these fantastic commentators on data power: · Mark Andrejevic, Center for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland, author of AOIR book award winner Infoglut (2013); · Nick Couldry, London School of Economics, author and editor of 11 books & numerous articles, including ‘Big data from the bottom up’ (Big Data and Society); · Kate Crawford, Microsoft Social Media Research Collective, author of numerous articles on big data and Understanding the Internet: Language, Technology, Media, Power (forthcoming) (participation to be confirmed); · José van Dijck, Comparative Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, author of The Culture of Connectivity (2013); · Alison Hearn, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, author of numerous articles on data, labour and subjectivity; · Richard Rogers, Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, author of ICA book award winner Digital Methods (2013); · Evelyn Ruppert, Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, author (with Engin Isin) of Being Digital Citizens (forthcoming) & editor of Big Data and Society; · Joseph Turow, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennslyvania, author of The Daily You (2012), amongst many other publications. Papers are invited on the following – and other relevant – topics: * The political economy of data * Data cultures (data and the cultural industries, data journalism) * Data and the production of subjectivity and identity * Theorising data * The politics of data visualisation * Data labour * Emotional data * The social life of data and data-driven methods * The politics of open and linked data * Data-driven governance, surveillance and control * Data and discrimination * The regulation of data mining * Data citizens * Resistance, agency, appropriation. Information/details · Whilst we welcome papers of all kinds, please note that this conference focuses on critical questions about data’s power. Papers which do not address critical, social questions will not be accepted. · Submit 250 word paper proposals to data-power-conference(a)sheffield.ac.uk<mailto:data-power-conference@sheffield.ac.uk>by 16th January 2015. Decisions will be communicated by 30th January 2015. · The conference fee is £120 waged (approx. $190 / 150 euro, £80 unwaged/student (approx. $130 / 100 euro). · The conference will launch the special issue of The European Journal of Cultural Studies edited by Mark Andrejevic, Alison Hearn and Helen Kennedy, entitled ‘Data Mining and Analytics’. · DATA POWER is hosted by the University of Sheffield’s Digital Society Network, and the Department of Sociological Studies, both in the Faculty of Social Sciences. · The Steel City of Sheffield is one of the UK’s largest cities, close to the Peak District National Park in the heart of England, and with a fantastic cultural and creative life. -- Professor Helen Kennedy Department of Sociological Studies / Faculty of Social Sciences Elmfield, Northumberland Road Sheffield S10 2TU T: 0114 2226488 E: h.kennedy(a)sheffield.ac.uk<mailto:h.kennedy@sheffield.ac.uk>

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CFP: CSCW 2015 Workshop on Feminism and Feminist Approaches in Social Media
by Ingrid Erickson 05 Nov '14

05 Nov '14

--------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: CSCW 2015 workshop on FEMINISM AND FEMINIST APPROACHES IN SOCIAL COMPUTING Sunday, March 15, 2015 --------------------------------------------- Submission Deadline: November 21, 2015 @ 5PM EDT Workshop website: http://www.stephaniesteinhardt.com/feministcscw/ --------------------------------------------- We invite participants interested in feminist perspectives in social computing and technology to join us for a pre-conference workshop at CSCW 2015. We will explore literature and empirical studies to build a set of creative dialogues around the topics of diversity, sexual orientation, cultural attitudes, sociopolitical affiliations, and other emergent themes. Conversations will be directed toward the challenges of using a feminist approach in CSCW scholarship, fueled in particular by the following generative questions: * How do the concerns of feminism and queer studies align with the central concerns of CSCW? * How can we pragmatically employ feminist reflexivity to understand current CSCW interests in mobile development, big data, and social media, or distributed practices? * How might we better represent our technological innovations and mediated collaborations through feminist and queer studies approaches? * What are the gaps that feminist perspectives can fill for CSCW scholarship? * How can we employ feminist perspectives to consider the nature of both work and leisure life? * How can feminist approaches be used to identify and legitimize different forms of work central to CSCW concern? We hope to unpack the unifying threads connecting the many epistemological approaches across disciplines, field sites, theoretical contributions, and methodologies that employ the term "feminism" for studies of technology and collaboration. Application Procedure If you are interested in joining us, please submit a position paper (1000-word limit) that includes: 1. A vignette or anecdote from your work or from existing literature that illustrates your opinion on the purchase or challenge of a feminist approach. 2. Three (3) or more relevant references annotated to generate discussion on feminist approaches in CSCW. 3. Author biography including current research or potential goals of research. All proposals must be submitted in English. Papers will be selected via blind review based both on quality as well as breadth of perspective in order to ensure a broad conversation on gender. Accepted position papers will be circulated within the participant group prior to the workshop and made available post hoc on the workshop website (with permission). SUBMISSIONS and questions may be emailed to feministcscw-l(a)cornell.edu <mailto:feministcscw-l@cornell.edu> Important Dates Submissions due: Nov 21 5pm EDT Acceptances announced: Dec 15, 2014 Workshop date: March 15, 2015 Thank you! Stephanie B. Steinhardt, Cornell University Amanda Menking, University of Washington Ingrid Erickson, Rutgers University Andrea Marshall, Drexel University Asta Zelenkauskaite, Drexel University Jennifer Rode, Drexel University

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