NAAPE 2020 & 2021 Update

The NAAPE Executive Committee has been closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation since February, hoping that it might show signs of improvement so that the NAAPE 2020 conference could be held in October. Although there is certainly reason to be hopeful, the Executive Committee came to the unanimous decision to cancel NAAPE 2020. We came to this decision in the interest of ensuring the greatest possible safety of our members and also given the uncertainties about international travel in the Fall.

NAAPE strives to create a space for meaningful community and dialogue at its annual conference, and we are all saddened by this cancellation. The collegiality the NAAPE conference provides is important for us all, but it is of special significance for graduate students and early career scholars, who rely on the conference setting to gather feedback on their work, forge new relationships with scholars in the field and develop ideas for future projects.

For these reasons, NAAPE will be offering opportunities for online paper sessions via Zoom for anyone who would like to get feedback on a current paper or work-in-progress. NAAPE plans to pair two papers per session with two reviewers for each paper so that each session has a robust and interactive exchange of ideas. Each submitter has the option to choose whether NAAPE posts the link to the meeting on a secured webpage so that other interested NAAPE members can attend, or to keep the session limited to the other authors and reviewers.

The sessions will take place between August and November, at the convenience of the authors and reviewers. To submit a paper for consideration in the online paper submissions, please visit our normal submissions page. The deadline for submissions is August 1st, 2020.

The NAAPE 2020 keynotes have all agreed to stay on for 2021. The names of our keynotes and profiles can be found by clicking the button below. The dates of the 2021 conference are October 29-31, 2021.