The course culminates in the production of a spatially-invested academic conference paper of approximately 3,000 words (or 10 pages) in MLA format. Throughout the course, the class will review examples of such published critical work and explore methods used to produce them.

To complete this endeavor, students will survey the academic landscape by reviewing CFPs and identify a conference that would be appropriate for their work. Students then will generate the requisite abstract before composing their final conference papers through a process of drafting and revision.¹ Students will deliver their work through a corresponding presentation of approximately 10 minutes. Presenters should not simply read their completed papers, but rather communicate the material effectively within the rhetorical situation. Students will have access to the classroom projector for their presentations. Because papers will be spatially invested, they should lend themselves to visual representation.

The following CFP clearinghouses may be of utility:

• The CFP List
• U Penn CFP list
• Tengrrl CFP list

¹ Final conference papers should incorporate no fewer than four external sources, although this criterion is admittedly somewhat arbitrary; it serves to underscore that scholarly work, even if largely data driven, should orient itself within a conversation through reference to other material.