Call for Proposals: 2025 CCCC Undergraduate Researcher Poster Session
- Peer feedback and coaching available via Eli Review, November 11-15, 2024
- Proposals due via online submission by December 6, 2024
Baltimore, MD | Conference on College Composition and Communication | April 9-12, 2025
We invite proposals for the Undergraduate Researcher Poster Session on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) in Baltimore, Maryland. The poster session showcases undergraduate research in writing studies, rhetoric and composition, professional writing, and related areas of study.
CCCC is an annual convention for teachers, researchers, and students interested in all aspects of teaching and researching writing. It routinely attracts 3,000 attendees, ranging from professors to undergraduate students. This year’s conference theme is “‘Computer Love’: Extended Play, B-sides, Remix, Collaboration, and Creativity.” Undergraduate researcher posters are not restricted to that theme, but may respond to it.
The Undergraduate Researcher Poster Session provides an opportunity for students to share research about writing and rhetoric from your unique perspectives as you learn more about the discipline.
The annual poster session was initiated at the 2012 CCCC to encourage undergraduate participation in the conference; to attract new members who are contemplating further education and careers in rhetoric and composition; to extend the organization’s diversity; and to examine, support, and represent the growing presence of undergraduate research in rhetoric, composition, and communication. In the context of these ongoing discussions, this poster session showcases the field’s premier undergraduate researchers and their projects.
To be considered for this poster session, submit a PDF file with your Poster Presentation Title and a 400-word proposal that:
- Explains your research project: What is your research question and how are you investigating it (e.g., what research methods are you using)? Why is your research topic significant to you and to the field of writing studies?
- Indicates the anticipated status of the project by April 2025. Projects may just be beginning, or still in-progress, when you submit this proposal, but we’d like to know about your anticipated timeline for your project if your research is still in-progress.
- Discusses your interest in sharing your research with CCCC attendees.
- Indicates if you have (or plan to apply for) IRB-approval for your research (if your research involves human participants and your school has an institutional review board or ethics review process for research).
To facilitate a double-blind review process, do NOT include your name or your mentor’s name in this file; we will use your Poster Presentation Title to match your proposal with your contact information after the review process is complete.
The proposal form also will ask you to:
- Identify your mentor or supervising faculty member (name, professional title, and email) for your research project.
- Discuss your role in the research project if you are collaborating with a team.
Undergraduate researchers may submit proposal drafts for peer feedback and coaching via Eli Review. This opportunity will be available November 11-15, 2024. Proposal authors who submit a draft for feedback must be willing to provide peer feedback on at least one other draft by November 18, 2024. More information will be posted on the poster session website when the peer feedback and coaching site opens.
Submit proposals via the online submission form by 11:59 PM EST on December 6, 2024. Proposals will be reviewed by the Poster Session Planning Team, and applicants will be notified about the status of their proposals in late-November.
To help accepted presenters prepare for the poster session, in early January, the Planning Team will share strategies for designing posters. Accepted presenters also will be invited to participate in an online peer review of poster drafts throughout February and March.
The Undergraduate Researcher Poster Session is organized by members of the Committee on Undergraduate Research.
Learn more about the previous poster sessions and past presenters on the jmoore28. We look forward to learning about your undergraduate research projects!