Information regarding the Roundtable session (these are the instructions that were provided to the student with their acceptance letter):

A Roundtable is a chance for a graduate student to present their work (in the form of a paper) in a small intimate format – around a small roundtable in fact. A prepared response by an assigned Discussant will follow, and then a chance to engage in a conversation on the topics raised in the hope that it will aid in the student's further development of their paper/topic/research.

It is recommended to the student that they be prepared to present for 15-20 minutes – this is equivalent to 5 double-spaced typed pages – this means they will NOT be presenting their entire paper – but more a short synopsis.

The Discussant will then read a short prepared response to the student's entire paper (which they will receive from the student by April 15th) and then they lead a discussion for about 15 minutes.

Here is what a normal CCGSE Roundtable looks like:

Table 1 – the two papers to be presented are thematically linked, which means everyone around the table will have a common interest

Session Paper A (35 min)

Presenter A (15 min – 5 double-spaced pages)
Discussant A and group discussion (~15 min – 4 double-spaced pages)

Session Paper B (35 min)

Presenter B (15 min – 5 double-spaced pages)
Discussant B and group discussion (~15 min – 4 double-spaced pages)

Please note that NO TECHNOLOGY WILL BE PROVIDED AND/OR SUPPORTED during the Roundtables. It is strongly suggested to both students and discussants that they not use technology during their session.