Call for Elections 2007

Call for Elections 2007

Elections for the 2007-2008 positions will take place at The Graduate Student Forum Business Meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 28th at 7:30 p.m. in room 25A. We are currently accepting nominations for the elected positions of Vice Chair and Secretary of the CUFA Graduate Student Forum and the appointed position of Program Chair. 



The Chair is a one-year position (after being Vice-Chair ’07-‘08). Jillian Ford (Emory University) is currently serving as Vice-Chair and will become Chair at the Conference. She will continue to serve in that role until November 2008. The Chair submits the spring and fall newsletters to the CUFA Newsletter, coordinates all communication between officers and the Board Liaison, maintains an annual calendar in order to meet deadlines, and serves as the primary contact and coordinator of the blind review process for grant applications.

The Vice Chair is a two-year position (becoming chair ‘08-’09). It best suited for someone who will graduate in ‘09 or later. The Vice Chair assists the program chair to meet deadlines and assists the chair when needed. The Vice Chair prepares the upcoming annual calendar of events and documents for the next year’s meeting and elections. The Vice Chair also serves as a blind reviewer on the Executive Committee for grant applications.

The Secretary position is responsible for submitting new information to the webmaster of the CUFA webpage, monitoring the Forum listserv and blog. The secretary is also the contact person for membership questions and assists with matching roommates for conferences. Additionally, the Secretary assists the other three leadership positions and maintains records for the Forum. Technology experience would be helpful. Ken Carano (University of South Florida) is the current Secretary.

The Program Chair is responsible for receiving paper proposals, sending them for blind review, creating Forum session themed titles, locating appropriate discussants for Forum sessions, and working with the CUFA or AERA social studies program chair. The Program Chair will be selected by the Graduate Student Forum officers at the business meeting. Experience presenting or attending past CUFA/NCSS conferences is desirable. The current Program Chair is Sandra Schmidt (Michigan State University). If you are interested in serving as the Program Chair for the 2008 Meeting (which will be held in Houston, TX), please contact Todd S. Hawley at toddshawley@gmail.com.

Please feel free to nominate yourself or someone else for these positions by contacting Todd S. Hawley at toddshawley@gmail.com. Please send a brief bio no later than November 3rd. Nominations will be posted online on the CUFA Graduate Forum Blog for review prior to the Grad Student SIG Business Meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m. We will also accept nominations at the meeting.