The location for of Oral Presentations and Poster Presentations will be announced shortly. If you are using electronic media (i.e., PowerPoint) please send a copy of your presentation via email to psych-conference@virginia.edu no later than April 8. If your document is too large to email please send by regular mail to the address below. We will provide a computer and projector and have your presentation preloaded but also please bring a backup copy on CD or USB flash drive. Each Presenter should be prepared to speak for 12-15 minutes and allow 5 minutes for questions.
Sign stanchions will be provided and poster presentations should be no larger then 3.5 feet high by 5.5 feet wide.
All papers based on posters and oral presentations will be published in the Proceedings of the L. Starling Reid Undergraduate Conference. In many cases, the paper in the Proceedings will be a condensed version of an original paper you may have done for senior, honors, distinguished major, or other research. We expect to have copies for attendees at the conference. Please send a copy of your paper in Word format by April 8 to psych-confernce@virginia.edu. Follow American Psychological Association style guidelines closely and pay special attention to the following:
1. Name of your advisor.
2. Abstracts are not to exceed 120 words.
3.In your email message please include the word count of your document. Your total word count includes everything (excluding figures and tables) from the title to the appendices, if any.
4. Your total word count is not to exceed 6,000 words. Your original paper may likely be longer; you will have to edit to the essentials. The Introduction and Discussion sections are the most likely sections that can be reduced. If you did multiple studies, then concentrate on no more than two.
5. For each table or figure subtract 150 words from the maximum 6,000-word count. You may have no more than a total of 4 figures and/or tables. In other words if you have 2 figures and 2 tables, your maximum word count for your text is 5,400 words.
6. Do not simply try to get your paper just under the maximum word limit. Please make your paper as short as possible—5,000 words is ideal. We reserve the right to edit or reduce for space considerations.
Please see this PDF for more specific information: Instructions for Conference Papers
Stacy Sties
Department of Psychology
P.O. Box 400400
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4400
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