The Program Committee invites submissions for the sixteenth annual meeting of the Society for Research on Identity Formation (SRIF). The conference will be held at the Asilomar Conference Center (http://www.visitasilomar.com/)  Monterey, California from 6:00 p.m., Thursday, February 26 to 1:00 p.m., Sunday, March 1, 2009. Membership in SRIF is not required to submit a presentation for consideration.

Instructions for Preparing Submissions

If you are interested in submitting a proposal, it is important that you read this document carefully and pay close attention to the instructions while you are preparing your proposal(s). If you have questions, please contact the program committee (listed below).  Improperly prepared proposals will NOT be reviewed.

Proposals should address key issues of concern to identity researchers and theorists. SRIF is an interdisciplinary organization and strongly encourages submissions from a diversity of fields such as psychology, sociology, family studies, and anthropology. Preference will be given to interactive sessions and to empirical paper symposia that aim at integrating a particular topic area; theoretical and pedagogical presentations are also welcome. All methodologies appropriate to the discipline, the data and the issue under study are acceptable (including small sample, single subject and qualitative designs). Empirical submissions should summarize data already collected and must include sufficient report of data analysis for reviewers to evaluate it. Research proposals (i.e., those without completed data analyses) will be considered for poster sessions only. 

Formatting for submission:

·         All submissions must be e-mailed by Friday, October 31, 2008.

·         Submissions for papers and symposia may be accepted as poster presentations if time/space in the program so requires.

·         Abstracts for all accepted submissions will be included in the conference program. To facilitate compilation of the program, abstracts must be in the format described on page 5.

·         Each submission must be sent as an attachment in Microsoft Word or text format. Do not send the proposal in the body of an e-mail message.

·         Save the cover page and abstract in one document. The file name should be yourlastname_abs.doc (or .txt for text files). Save the proposal (titles included, author names not included) in another document. The file name should be yourlastname_pro.doc (or .txt for text files). Include BOTH documents as attachments in ONE e-mail. Do NOT send multiple e-mails for one proposal.

·         If submitting more than one proposal, each proposal must be sent in a separate e-mail. Use “last name2” for the second submission, etc. 

Send e-mail submissions to Andrea White at:

srif@kenyon.edu

The “subject” line must read “SRIF submission”

Symposia

            A symposium should include presentations oriented to a specific topic within the field of identity, and include 3 or more presenters and a discussant. It is the chair’s responsibility to include presenters whose work fits into the overarching theme of the symposium, and a discussant that will tie these presentations together. The chair will also be responsible for holding presenters to their allotted time within the symposium. Symposia will be scheduled for 1 hour and 50 minutes. At least 15 minutes should be allowed for discussion.  

Include in your submission:

·             A cover page with:

1. Symposium title

2. The name, institutional affiliation, mailing address and e-mail address of the Chair.

3. The name and institutional affiliation of each presenter.

4. The name and institutional affiliation of the Discussant.

·         The abstracts in the format on page 5. Include the 200 word (maximum) integrative statement/abstract that describes the overarching theme, with the chair and discussant listed (in the format below), along with a 100 word (maximum) abstract of each presentation (in the format below). These should be included in one document, with the presenters listed in the order they will speak.

·         A 500-word (maximum) integrative statement describing the overall nature of the symposium. Include the title of the symposium, but no chair, discussant or presenter names.

·         A 500-word (maximum) summary of each presentation in the symposium. Include the title of the symposium and the title of the presentation, but no author names. 

·         The symposium chair should compile all of the above information and submit it in one mailing. The file name for the cover page and abstracts should be chairlastname_abs.doc (or .txt). The file name for the integrative statements and summaries of each presentation should be chairlastname_pro.doc (or .txt).

Interactive Sessions

            Interactive sessions are designed to encourage exchange of ideas, methods and/or experiences focused on a particular topic within the field of identity. The purpose is to encourage contact among people who may benefit from shared ideas. To that end, the focus should NOT be on presentation of results from a research program (i.e., this is not designed to be another type of symposium). While some mention of research results and conclusions may be necessary, the primary focus should be on getting people involved in discussion of ongoing issues, controversies, projects, etc.  For example, interactive sessions could include roundtable discussions, conversation hours, small group works, etc.  Submissions focusing primarily on someone’s research agenda and data analysis should be submitted as one of the other three formats. Interactive sessions will be scheduled for either 50 minutes or 1 hour and 20 minutes. 

Include in your submission:

·         A cover page with:

1. Session title

2. The name, institutional affiliation, mailing address and e-mail address of the organizing presenter.

3. The name and institutional affiliation of all co-presenters.

4. Notation of preferred time – 50 min. or 1hr, 20min.  

·         A 100-word abstract in the format on page 5.

A 500-word (maximum) summary of the session including the title, the names of presenters, with information about their expertise relative to the topic

Papers

            Papers will be presented by an individual speaker (multiple authors are of course acceptable) and should present a single study or series of related studies on a specific topic in the field of identity. Each speaker will have 20 minutes for his/her presentation (the 20 minutes includes time for questions). 

Include in your submission:

·         A cover page with:

1. Paper title

2. The name, institutional affiliation, mailing address and e-mail address of the first author.

3. The name and institutional affiliation of all co-authors.

·         A 100-word abstract in the format on page 5.

·         A 500-word (maximum) summary of the presentation including the title, but no authors. Up to 2 figures or tables and key references may also be included. 

Posters

            So long as they are topical and related to some aspect of identity and in the required format, all poster submissions will be accepted. Posters should present the results of a single study or series of related studies. We will also consider poster submissions that are research proposals. 

Include in your submission:

·         A cover page with:

1. Poster title

2. The name, institutional affiliation, mailing address and e-mail address of the first author.

3. The name and institutional affiliation of all co-authors.

·         A 100-word abstract in the format below.

·         A 500-word (maximum) summary of the presentation including the title, but no authors. Up to 2 figures or tables and key references may also be included. 

 Abstracts for the Conference Program

Abstracts will be included in the conference program and must be no longer than 100 words. As noted above in the submission guidelines, they must be in either Microsoft Word or text format. 

 Format for Abstracts:

TITLE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. 

First Author, Second Author, etc.

A brief – maximum of 100 words – description of the presentation. 

 In the case of symposia:

SYMPOSIUM TITLE IN CAPITAL LETTERS.

Chair:               Chair’s name

Discussant:      Discussant’s name

OVERVIEW

A 200-word maximum integrative statement describing the overall nature of the symposium.

 TITLE OF PRESENTATION 1. 

Authors.

100 word abstract

TITLE OF PRESENTATION 2. 

Authors.

100-word abstract

 Etc.

 We look forward to receiving your submissions. 

 The 2009 SRIF Program Committee

Andrea White (Chair)         whiteas@kenyon.edu

Karin Bartoszuk                  bartoszu@mail.etsu.edu

Steven Berman                    sberman@ucf.edu

Laura Ferrer-Wreder           lwreder@mail.barry.edu

Durell Johnson                     hdj2@psu.edu

Cuiting Li                              lic@oneonta.edu

Kazumi Sugimura               kazumi.sugimura@nifty.ne.jp

 Important Contacts

                         Submission questions:

                        Andrea White   whiteas@kenyon.edu   740-427-5727

Conference Registration:

 http://w3.fiu.edu/srif/

Rachel Ritchie  rachelAnn71979@aol.com

Room registration:

Form from SRIF website to be faxed to Asilomar Conference Center at 831-642-4262

            Local Information about Santa Cruz and Monterey, CA area:

Moin Syed   msyed@ucsc.edu 831-345-9190

For Conference Registration information, click here