All persons attending the convention must register. To be eligible for the pre-registration fee reduction, your registration form must arrive by mail BEFORE October 21, 2005 (this does not include forms postmarked on this date). ASA members and program participants who pre-register will receive a complete program book prior to the start of the fall semester (September). Others who pre-register for the convention will receive a copy with their badges and tickets at the convention registration desk. Additional copies of the book may be purchased at the registration desk for $5.00.
Please Note: Membership and registration fees are neither refundable nor transferable.
Purchase conference registration, tour, and special events tickets at http://www17.serrahost.com/servlet/theasanet/StoreFront or by mailing the printable form with a check or money order payment. Mail your registration form, with your check or money order, payable to the American Studies Association:
Please note that this is not a correspondence address. Use it only to remit payments. Please do not send hotel registration forms or room payments to this post office box.
The pre-registration form must be received by October 21, 2005 if arriving by mail. Forms arriving late risk remaining unprocessed, and you will be required to pay again on-site at the convention. If there is a duplicate payment, the larger amount will be refunded after the convention. If you are unable to mail your form by October 21, 2005, bring it with you to the convention, where you may register at the on-site rate.
The registration desk will be on the Ballroom Level of the Renaissance Washington. The desk will be open the following hours:
| Wednesday, November 2 | 1:00 PM - 5.00 PM |
| Thursday, November 3 | 7:00 AM - 5.00 PM |
| Friday, November 4 | 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Saturday, November 5 | 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Sunday, November 6 | 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Sessions chairs and participants arriving on the day of their scheduled session must check in at the registration desk thirty (30) minutes prior to the session in order to receive registration materials, including the Pocket Program, which will list the session's room assignment.
Badges must be presented for admission to all sessions, receptions, and the book exhibit. Badges are obtained through the payment of registration fees and should be picked up on site at the conference registration desk.
The Program Committee has organized several special sessions on issues and themes that will be of interest to large numbers of ASA members. The Program Committee's hope is that these sessions will generate extensive conversation among meeting participants about common interests and concerns. Some are also meant to forge a common ground between the ASA and the larger Washington, DC, public. Most have been scheduled in the late afternoon and evening on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, where they will not compete with regular its sessions.
In light of recent events, we will be holding two special sessions concerning Hurricane Katrina and its effects/affects on the Gulf Coast region and population.
Friday, November 4, 2005
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Special Roundtable: The Geographies of Hurricane Katrina
with Ann Fabian, Danille Taylor, Farrah J. Griffin, Ari Kelman, Joe W. Trotter, Jr., Yi-Fu Tuan, & Keith Wailoo
Saturday, November 5, 2005
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Poetry Reading: Brenda Marie Osbey, Poet-Laureate of Louisiana
Under the theme of "Groundwork: Space and Place in American Cultures," this year's Annual Meeting will explore the creative opportunities of K16 collaboration-the partnership of K12 teachers with college and university teacher-scholars-that are offered within the ever-renewing field of American Studies. K16 collaboration is an educational initiative that has been growing dramatically over the past ten years, and expanding into broadening areas of public humanistic practice in museums, libraries, theaters, and other community centers. The centerpiece of the 2005 ASA initiative is a K16 conference-within-the-conference, consisting of workshops and panels, located variously at the hotel and sites around Washington, D.C., scheduled mostly on Saturday, and highlighted in the Program Book. Both K12 and college/university teachers are invited to participate in these sessions, several of which are being led by American Studies scholars in partnership with K12 teachers. At the National Museum of the American Indian, Ford's Theatre, and the Frederick Douglass Historic Site, workshop participants will focus on curricular materials and strategies concerning Native American history and cultures, the assassination of Lincoln, and the making of African-American identity. At the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring (a short metro ride from the hotel), a Friday afternoon session on "Teaching History and Literature through the Lens" will be offered.
This workshop, held at the Frederick Douglass Historic Site, will introduce K16 teachers to a "toolbox" of primary sources-including documents and letters, paintings, poetry, and fiction-concerning the making of African-American identity from the end of the Civil War through World War I. Using such sources as the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, short stories by Charles W. Chesnutt, the writings of Frederick Douglass, and a range of visual images, workshop participants will discuss ways of teaching the challenges faced by African-Americans in the half-century following emancipation, and their responses to those challenges in such areas as education, religion, business, family, and political action. In addition to K16 teachers, historic preservationists may find this workshop of interest because the Douglass house is currently undergoing restoration. Classroom-ready curricular materials will be provided to registered participants. Bus will depart from the Renaissance Hotel (K Street side) at 8:30 AM and return to the Renaissance Hotel at 12:30. To register, please contact Kathleen Steeves at ksteeves@gwu.edu.
This workshop, held at Ford's Theatre and the Petersen House, will examine the assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, the national mourning that followed, and the broader implications of Lincoln's violent death for the post-Civil War period. Using press coverage, works of literature, visual images, and material artifacts, workshop participants will explore pedagogical strategies for integrating the Lincoln assassination into history and literature classrooms from middle school through high school and college/university. Classroom-ready curricular materials will be provided to registered participants. Bus will depart from the Renaissance Hotel (K Street side) at 8:30 AM and return to the Renaissance Hotel at 11:30.To register, please contact Kathleen Steeves at ksteeves@gwu.edu.
Curated by individuals and collectives of American Indian people, the new National Museum of the American Indian offers unique opportunities to consider the story of Native Americans within the context of U.S. and world history. This workshop will focus on the pedagogical possibilities raised by the museum, including the use of individual objects, collections of objects in storage and on display, and the curatorial interpretations offered by Indian people. At this workshop, K16 teachers will work together to discuss these pedagogical possibilities. Classroom-ready curricular materials will be provided to registered participants. The National Museum of the American Indian is within walking distance. To register, please contact Kathleen Steeves at ksteeves@gwu.edu.
NOTE: THESE WORKSHOPS ARE SCHEDULED FOR SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS-THOUGH ALL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY MORNING.
In addition, K16 sessions at the conference site include workshops and panels on teaching through dance, popular youth culture in the classroom, teaching the urban, teacher-certification in American Studies, and teaching ethnic studies, to name a few. Other panels address broader activities and collaborations beyond the academy, such as the arts and activism, the role of public intellectuals, guerilla poetry, and American Studies and the making of public policy. Once again, we want to stress that all who attend the Annual Meeting are encouraged to attend these collaborative sessions. It is the hope of the 2005 Program Committee that Association members not merely discuss but actively engage in the groundwork of collaboration with fellow practitioners of American Studies both in K12 education and in the larger communities around us.
Richard Yarborough will speak on the subject entitled, "Multiculturalism in the Academy: Hard-Won Victories, Ongoing Struggles, and New Challenges." Please note that the Secondary Education Luncheon, 12:00 - 1:30 PM, November 4, 2004, requires a ticket. Early reservations are advised because tickets are available in limited quantities. NO tickets will be sold after 5:00 PM, November 3, 2004. Cost of tickets is $15 for regular members, $8 for students, $5 for international scholars. REGISTER AT ASA STOREFRONT
Please note that the Networking Breakfast for American Studies/Ethnic Studies Program Directors, 7:30 - 8:00 AM, November 3, 2005 requires a ticket. Early reservations are advised because tickets are available in limited quantities. NO tickets will be sold after 5:00 PM, November 2, 2005. Cost of tickets is $15 for regular members and $5 for international members.
The ASA International Initiative and ASA's International Committee is pleased to introduce to ASA meetings an event format based broadly on a well-established EAAS format aimed at sustained discussion, and drawing as well on the successful international roundtable discussion session following the program director's breakfast at ASA Atlanta last year.
Each talkshop will focus on a broad topic or issue in American Studies practice, whether pedagogy, scholarship, program organization, or public practice. It will begin with very brief frame-setting presentations by international panelists, each of whom will then facilitate parallel discussions, for the bulk of the session, among participants gathered at small round tables. Towards the end of the session, participants will come together as one group for discussion preceded by summary comments on each table's dialogue by the facilitator or a selected rapporteur. For those interested, names and e-mails of table participants can be contributed, collated, and distributed electronically shortly after the meeting, providing a way to extend the networks and dialogue initiated in the talkshop.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Talkshop I: Teaching the Cold War, coordinated by R. J. Ellis, Nottingham Trent University, UK
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Talkshop II: Topic TBA, coordinator TBA
We welcome all representatives of US and non-US American Studies programs interested in exploring possible international partnerships as well as existing partnerships. Please note that the International Partnership Luncheon, 12:00 - 2:00 PM, November 3, 2005, requires a ticket. Early reservations are advised because tickets are available in limited quantities. NO Tickets will be sold after 5:00 PM, November 2, 2005. Cost of tickets is $5.
Please note that the International Committee Reception, 6:00 - 7:30 PM, November 3, 2005, requires a ticket. Early reservations are advised because tickets are available in limited quantities. NO tickets will be sold after 5:00 PM, November 3, 2005. Cost of tickets is $15 for regular members, $8 for students and $5 for international scholars.
Please note that the Breakfast for Women in American Studies, 7:00 - 9:00 AM, November 5, 2005, requires a ticket. Early reservations are advised because tickets are available in limited quantities. NO tickets will be sold after 5:00 PM, November 4, 2005. Cost of tickets is $15 for regular members, $8 for Students, $5 for international scholars.
You may register for any of these events at our online store. You may get there by typing into your browser: http://www17.serrahost.com/servlet/theasanet/StoreFront.
The American Studies Association Students' Committee is pleased to announce the third year of our popular Breakfast with Champions. These breakfasts provides an opportunity for students to meet with outstanding scholars who champion the integration of junior scholars into American Studies.
These scholars have pursued fields of inquiry that expand, renew and challenge American Studies, and they are committed to doing the same within the professional community. These informal mentoring breakfasts offer students the opportunity to discuss different topics and the challenges they pose to American Studies past, present and future. Please join us for Breakfast with Champions in the Graduate Student Hospitality Lounge. The breakfasts will be take place in the student's hospitality lounge which will be open from 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM on Friday and Saturday at the Renaissance Marriott. A buffet breakfast will be available to students gratis. All events are first come, first admitted. We hope to accommodate all interested students.
Friday, November 4, 2005
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM, African American/Diaspora Studies, Kevin Gaines (University of Michigan), Rafia Zafar (Washington University)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM, The Place of Visual Studies in American Studies, Margaretta Lovell (University of California, Berkeley), Elizabeth Hutchinson (Barnard College, Columbia University)
Saturday, November 5, 2005
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM, Transnational Studies, Theresa Delgadillo (Notre Dame University), John Carlos Rowe (University of California, Irvine)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Surviving the Job Market, Sarah Schrank (California State University, Long Beach), Tiffany Lopez (University of California, Riverside), Allison McCracken (Depaul University), Peniel Joseph (Stony Brook University)
The Site Resources Committee has assembled a list of tours of interest. You should assembly for the tour near the hotel's lobby or main entrance 30 minutes before published start time. The tour guide or the designated representative of the tour will meet you in the Hotel's lobby, unless otherwise stipulated by the tour's contact person. Members of the Site Resources Committee will also be available at or near the registration desk to assist you with making other plans, or you may contact the hotel's concierge for additional resources. You may pay registration for any of these tours at our online store. You may get there by typing into your browser: http://www17.serrahost.com/servlet/theasanet/StoreFront and selecting "Convention Special Events" "Page 2."
Washington's First Synagogue and a Visit to the National Building Museum: 10:00 AM, Friday November 4, 2005 (25 Max.). NO tickets will be sold after 5:00 PM November 3, 2005. Laura Schiavo, Director of Museum Programs at the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, will lead a tour of the 1876 synagogue, the first building built as a synagogue in Washington, DC. It is situated in the Seventh Street neighborhood, one of the city's 19th-Century Jewish neighborhoods, which has also been home to Greek, Italian, and later Chinese Americans. The tour will then walk two blocks to the National Building Museum for a brief introduction to the exhibition, "Jewish Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community," the first exhibition to tell the stories of the Washington in 1795 to the present. This tour, which will be limited to 25 participants, will begin at 10:00 AM and last 2 hours. The museum is located at 701 3rd Street (3rd & G), a perfectly lovely 7 block walk in nice weather, or an easy Metro ride, if it is freezing. Contact: Laura Schiavo, Director of Museum Programs, Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington, 600 I Street, NW; 202-789-9000 or 202-789-0485; or email: lschiavo@jhsgw.org.
Photography Collections at the National Portrait Gallery: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Friday, November 4, 2005 (15 Max.). NO tickets will be sold after 5:00 PM November 3, 2005. Frank Goodyear, Assistant Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, will lead a behind-the-scenes tour in the Collection Storage Room. The Museum itself is under construction and will not reopen to the public until July 2006. So this is an unusual opportunity to catch a glimpse of the National Portrait Gallery's photography collection. The tour will be limited to 15 participants. Frank Goodyear or museum administrative assistant, Amy Baskette, will meet the group at 2:00 PM in the first floor lobby of the Victor Building (750 Ninth Street-on the SW corner of Ninth and H Streets). Everyone will be required to show a picture ID to the guard on duty. Frank and Amy will share a selection of highlights from the Portrait Gallery's photography collection. "There are many issues/topics we can discuss," Frank writes, "so I will plan to pull out objects that will facilitate a larger conversation. I suspect the visit will last about an hour and a half, but it should not be a problem if some wish to stay little longer." Contact: Frank Goodyear, Assistant Curator of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Victor Building, Suite 8300-MRC 973, Washington, DC 20013-7012; 202-275-1860.
The Back Alleys of Capitol Hill: 8:15 AM, Saturday, November 5, 2005, $10.00 per person (20 Max.). NO tickets will be sold after 5:00 PM November 4, 2005. John Vlach, professor of American Studies and anthropology at George Washington University, will lead a walking tour of the Back Alleys of Capitol Hill. A bus will leave the hotel at 8:15 AM. The tour will last about 2 hours and will be limited to 20 participants. The tour will start at a site just behind the Supreme Court. Given the changing security routines around the Capitol, the group will have to improvise our precise drop-off point at the end of the tour. Ninety minutes of walking and talking will take the tour a grand total of no more than six blocks and the tour guide will direct participants on a metro train back to the hotel. Contact: John Michael Vlach, jmv@gwu.edu. You may pay registration for this tour at our online store. You may get there by typing into your browser: http://www17.serrahost.com/servlet/theasanet/StoreFront and selecting "Convention Special Events" "Page 2."
Historic Black Washington: 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM, Saturday, November 5, 2005, $10.00 per person (25 Max.). NO tickets will be sold after 5:00 PM November 4, 2005. Bernard Demczuk, Washingtonian and PhD candidate at George Washington University, will lead a bus tour of Black History in the city. The bus will leave the hotel at 11:00 AM and return at about 1:30 PM. The tour starts at Duke Ellington's birthplace, includes the homes of Langston Hughes and other famous Washington African Americans, and then the 14th street jazz clubs. The tour ends with lunch (cost of lunch is not included in tour price) and conversation at Ben's Chili Bowl. "There's nothing like a discourse in Ben's back room," says Bernard. "It is a virtual museum." Contact: Bernard Demczuk, bdemczuk@gwu.edu. You may pay registration for this tour at our online store. You may get there by typing into your browser: http://www17.serrahost.com/servlet/theasanet/StoreFront and selecting "Convention Special Events" "Page 2."
Remembering War: Walking Tour of the WWII, Korean and Vietnam Memorials: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Saturday, November 5, 2005 $10.00 per person (25 MAX). NO tickets will be sold after 5:00 PM November 4, 2005. On Saturday afternoon, Marita Sturken, Associate Professor of Culture and Communication at New York University and author of Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, The AIDS Epidemic, and The Politics of Remembering, and Erika Doss, Professor of Art History at the University of Colorado and author of Spirit Poles and Flying Pigs: Public Art and Cultural Democracy in American Communities, will lead a walking tour and discussion of recent War memorials on the Mall, including the recently completed 7.5 acre National World War II Memorial. A Bus will leave the hotel at 2:30 PM. Participants will meet at the west end of the Vietnam Memorial, near Constitution Avenue and 22nd Street, NW. The tour, which is limited to 25 people, will begin about 3:00 PM and last two hours. Contact: Marita Sturken (Sturken@usc.edu) or Erika Doss (Erika.doss@colorado.edu). You may pay registration for this tour at our online store. You may get there by typing into your browser: http://www17.serrahost.com/servlet/theasanet/StoreFront and selecting "Convention Special Events" "Page 2."
The Pocket Program, which lists the locations of all sessions and functions, along with any emendations to the program, will be available upon checking-in at ASA registration at the Renaissance Washington Hotel. Only one Pocket Program will be distributed to each registered attendee. Safeguard your Pocket Program-lost or missing ones cannot be replaced.
Pre-registration is nontransferable and materials can only be picked up by the person for whom the materials were prepared.
The program will be available online in August, at www.theasa.net under "Annual Meeting Information."
The Convention Book Exhibit will be in the Renaissance Washington. Admission will be by registration badge only. Hours of the book exhibit are:
| Friday, November 4 | 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Saturday, November 5 | 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Sunday, November 6 | 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
The 2005 Convention Headquarters is the Renaissance Washington Hotel. Please send your hotel reservation request and first night's room deposit, directly to the hotel:
Or call either 1-801-832-4532 to make your reservation. You may also call 1-800-266-9432 or visit: https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=19411.
Rates
| Room Single Occupancy | $177.00 |
| Room Double Occupancy | $187.00 |
| Room Triple Occupancy | $219.00 |
| Room Quad Occupancy | $249.00 |
SPECIAL STUDENT RATE: SOLD OUT
Room Single/Double Occupancy $132.75 per night
This rate is for Students only. There are 40 student rooms available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The hotel front desk will require you to show student identification upon check-in. If you cannot provide student identification upon check- in the student discount rate will not be honored; no exceptions will be made. All rates are subject to taxes equaling 14.50%.
Please make your room reservation PRIOR to October 4, 2005. After October 4th, all sleeping rooms will be sold on a space available basis and will NOT be subject to the group or student discount. Please mention you are attending the ASA annual meeting in Washington, DC, to receive the discounted room rate. Be sure to obtain a confirmation number from the Renaissance Washington. Bring your confirmation number with you to Washington, DC, in case you are asked for it at the front desk upon check-in. Persons without reservation confirmation numbers may not be able to get a room at the host hotel
OVERFLOW HOTEL
Henley Park Hotel, 926 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC 20001; telephone (202) 414-0506. Individuals must call directly to the hotel and indicate they are with the American Studies Association. Room rate is $185. Reservations should be made as soon as possible as availability may be limited. The hotel is approximately 2.5 blocks from the Renaissance.
Graduate students and part-time faculty interested in alternative accommodations or the roommate connection service should consult the Student's Committee web site at: http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/interests/student.
The Renaissance Washington complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, its regulations, and guidelines. So that the Renaissance Washington can better assist persons with special needs, individuals should indicate their specific needs on the hotel reservation form or in an attached letter and include a telephone number where they can be reached. In addition, they should make their reservations as early as possible, and no later than October 21, 2005. For additional assistance, contact the American Studies Association at annualmeeting@theasa.net.
Individuals requesting bonded and licensed childcare during the ASA Conference can make arrangements by emailing the ASA at annualmeeting@theasa.net, or call 202-467-4783.
Airport Transportation:
The Reagan Washington National Airport is 4 mi/6 km and 15 minutes from downtown. Dulles International Airport is 28 mi/45 km and 45 minutes from downtown; Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) is 35 mi/56 km and 45 minutes. (All times presume normal traffic conditions.)
Taxis:
Outside baggage claims at all three airports. Fares to downtown: US$8.50-$10 from National, US$40-$45 from Dulles or BWI.
Rental Cars: Alamo, Avis, Budget, Hertz and National.
SuperShuttle links National, Dulles and BWI with the Downtown Airport Terminal; from there, visitors go by vans to major hotels. US$12 one way, US$22 round trip from National; US$25 one way, US$50 round trip from Dulles; US$31 one way, US$60 round trip from BWI. Call 703-685-1400. Call 800-259-3826 to reserve a nonscheduled trip to the airport from anywhere in the metropolitan area. (http://www.supershuttle.com/was.htm).
A Washington Flyer Express Bus connects Dulles with the West Falls Church Metrorail station (Orange Line): US$8 one way, US$14 round trip. Phone 703-661-6655.
Metro:
Reagan Washington National Airport is on Metro's Blue Line and Yellow Line. Covered walkways to the Metro station are on the concourse (middle) level of the new terminal. Fare: US$1.35 (US$1.35 and higher during rush hour). (http://www.wmata.com/)
Driving from the Airports:
Washington, DC/National - DCA (7 mi E) Follow the signs to Washington D.C. (George Washington Parkway). Take the I-395/Route 1 north exit (which is the 14th St. bridge). Stay to the right and exit onto 12th St. Follow 12th St. to New York Ave and turn right. Turn right off of New York Ave onto 9th St. *** From the North: Take I-95 S to I-295 S. Towards 50 West, will turn into New York Avenue. Continue on New York Avenue and make a left onto 9th Street NW. The hotel is 2 blocks down on your left. (http://www.metwashairports.com/)
Washington, DC/Dulles - IAD (30 mi E) Follow the signs to Interstate 66 east to Washington. Follow I-66 to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge (US Route 50). Once you cross the bridge, I-66 becomes Constitution Ave. Turn left onto 15th St. Turn right onto New York Ave. Turn right onto 9th St. The hotel is on the left. *** From I-95 S to I-295 S. Towards 50 West, will turn into New York Avenue. Continue on New York Avenue and make a left onto 9th Street NW. The hotel is 2 blocks down on your left. (http://www.metwashairports.com/)
Baltimore-Washington Intl - BWI (40 mi E) Take the Baltimore-Washington Parkway South (MD 295) to US50 west (New York Ave.). Take New York Ave. at 5th St. Stay to the right and the street will become L St. Turn onto 9th St. The hotel is on the left. *** From I-95 S to I-295 S. Towards 50 West, will turn into New York Avenue. Continue on New York Avenue and make a left onto 9th Street NW. The hotel is 2 blocks down on your left. (http://www.bwiairport.com/index0.html)
Other driving instructions may be obtained from the Renaissance Hotel's website at:
http://www.renaissancehotels.com/dpp/PropertyPage.asp?MarshaCode=WASRB.
Union Station is the main train station within the DC metro area. Here you may get an Amtrak (http://www.amtrak.com), Maryland Rail Commuter (MARC) (http://www.mtamaryland.com/service/marc/, or Virginia Railway Express (VRE) (http://www.vre.org/).
The ASA is committed to making arrangements that allow all association members to participate in the conference. Therefore, we request that all session organizers and presenters review the information below and take the necessary steps to make their sessions accessible to attendees with permanent or temporary disabilities. These guidelines are designed to provide access to attendees with disabilities, but will benefit all convention participants.
Room Set-Up
There is space for two wheelchairs in each meeting room. Please keep this
area, the door, and the aisles clear for persons using wheelchairs, canes, crutches,
or motorized vehicles. People who are deaf or hard of hearing and who use sign
language interpreters or read lips should sit where they can see both the speakers
and the interpreter. The interpreter may stand close to the speaker within a
direct line of sight that allows the audience to view both the speaker and the
interpreter. Speakers should be aware of the location of interpreters and attempt
to keep this line of vision clear.
Papers, Handouts, and Audiovisuals
Speakers should bring five copies of their papers, even in draft form, for the
use of members who wish, or need, to follow a written text. Speakers who use
handouts should prepare some copies in large-print format (14- or 16-point font
size) and briefly describe all handouts to the audience. Avoid colored papers.
Speakers should indicate where to return their papers and handouts.
Allow ample time when referring to a visual aid or handout or when pointing
out the location of materials. When not using an overhead projector, turn it
off. This reduces background noise and helps focus attention on the speaker.
Communication/Presentation Style
Speak clearly and distinctly, but do not shout. Use regular speed unless asked
to slow down. Because microphones often fail to pick up voices in the audience,
speakers should always repeat questions or statements made by members of the
audience. In dialogues or discussions, only one person should speak at a time,
and speakers should identify themselves so that audience members know who is
speaking.
Avoid speaking from a darkened area of the room. Some people read lips, so the
audience should have a direct and clear view of the speaker's mouth and face.
If you have questions, concerns, or comments, please write or call: