The Amaz!ng Meeting 7
Call for
Papers:
Once
again JREF is issuing a call for papers to those who would like to share their
work or accomplishments at the seventh annual Amazing Meeting, July 9-12, 2009
in
Anyone may submit a request to present a paper. If your proposal is accepted you will be allotted 20 minutes for your presentation and an additional 5 minutes for questions and comments from the audience. Invitations to present will be giving to about six proposals. If your proposal is selected for further consideration, a written article and draft of your presentation slides will be required for final consideration. Please see the selection schedule below for further details.
Please email your completed proposal form to:
Prof. Ray Hall at rhall@csufresno.edu
or regular mail:
Department of
2345 E. San Ramon Ave. M/S MH 037
or
Fax: 559 278 7747
Invitations will be made according to the following schedule:
Deadline for proposal submission: May 1, 2009
Initial selection completed: request for further
documentation: May 15
Deadline for written
article and draft presentation: May 29
Final selection completed: Invitations sent out: June 5
If your proposal
makes it through the initial selection, we will request from you a written
paper and a draft of your power point slides (if any). The submitted paper
should be at the level of a magazine article (like that of Skeptic Magazine or
Skeptical Inquirer) or a journal article appropriate for your professional
discipline.
Get your proposal form here: TAM7 Proposal [MS Word format][PDF format]
Note: all invited Sunday Paper presenters are responsible to pay for their own attendance including registration. JREF greatly appreciates your volunteer participation, but unfortunately cannot fund any part of your travel, lodging, or conference registration.
Relevant topics for papers include (but are not limited to): analysis of questionable claims, rational examination of claimed paranormal phenomena, ideas in critical thinking education, psychology of belief, or any of the usual topics found in Mr. Randi’s commentaries or that concern the JREF mission. Check out the following selection of papers presented at the previous Amazing Meetings to get an idea of the kinds of topics that have been granted invitations.
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TAM 6: Niche
Pseudoscience: Hidden Bastions of Thriving, Unchallenged Irrationality Steve Cuno RESPONSE Prospecting & Loyalty Strategies, Inc The
Most Popular Science Video in the World – How
to Make Your Message Famous Tracy King Managing Director- February Marketing Artificial
Creatures, Real Evolution Lee Graham 3D Virtual Creature Evolution: www.stellaralchemy.com The
Psychology of Anomalous Experiences Christopher C. French Head of the Anomalistic
Psychology Research Unit and Perrott-Warrick
Researcher, Department of Psychology, Building
Internet Tools for Skeptics: Weapons for the War on Woo Tim Farley Creator: whatstheharm.net The
Making of “The Skeptologists” Brian Dunning Executive Producer, The Skeptologists, Host/Producer, Skeptoid TAM 5:
A
Teaching Pigs to Sing? A
Skeptic Tries to Introduce Critical Thinking to the Public! Associate Editor of The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine. Columnist for Skeptic Magazine Cracking
the Language Code – Uncovering Secret Messages You Didn’t Know You Were
Sending Ginger Switzer Nurse Practitioner, Owner EHPEC Employee Health Patenting
Perpetual Motion – A Field Guide for the Average Skeptic David Green Senior Patent Examiner, Canadian Intellectual Property Office Digital
Darwinian Evolution Produces Irreducible Complexity PhD candidate, Evolutionary Computing, Carleton University How
to Be a C-List Internet Celebrity in Just 30 Days: Finding an Audience Online Rebecca Watson Founder and Director of Skepchicks Ltd. The
West Australian Skeptics Awards for Young Critical Writers English teacher,
Methodist Ladies’ College, It’s
Only Natural – Exposing the Naturalistic Fallacy Host of The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, President of the New England Skeptical Society, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine Decoding
the Media Mythmakers Author, Investigator, and Managing Editor of the Skeptical Inquirer Magazine TAM 4:
A Plague of Skepticism: Start Your Own Investigations Group! James Underdown Executive Director, Center for Inquiry/ Founder, Independent Investigations Group
Science, Race and Politics Ann M Palkovich Associate
Prof. of Anthropology,
The Supernatural and the Movies David Richards Skeptical Investigator, Independent Investigations Group, CFI West
The Sexy Skeptic: Marketing Critical Thinking for a New Generation Larisa Beckwith Clinical Psychologist and Master's in Public Health (Candidate)
A Skeptical View of Cholesterol Phobia Clinical Chemist, Inventor
The 1994 Dietary Supplements Health Education Act (DSHEA) Darren McBride
Stopping Kaz – One Skeptic’s Experience Using the Internet to Debunk a Religious Con-artist Robert Lancaster Skeptical Investigator, StopKaz.com
The Bible Code: Data Mining for God David E. Thomas Physicist, President of New Mexicans for Science and Reason
In Close Encounters, We Mostly See Ourselves
The Stupendous, Spectacular Failure of Psychic Detectives Investigator, Skeptical Inquirer columnist
Tuning Your Technological BS Detector Daniel Samber Staff Scientist, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
The Failure of Paranormal Methods to Predict Natural Disasters Ray Beiersdorfer Professor of Geology, Youngstown State University of Ohio
TAM 3:
Teaching
Critical Thinking in the Physical Sciences Sacramento City College Department of Psychology, UC
Riverside Department of
Philosophy, Sherri Andrews and Brian Hart Independent Investigations Group, CFI–West Hasbro
Children’s Hospital TAM 2:
The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics: Exposing Misconceptions Spread by Creationists
Demarcation: Is there a Sharp Line between Science and Pseudoscience? Prof. Raymond Hall Dept. of Physics, California State University, Fresno
Skepticism and the Media: Making Your Voice Heard David Ewalt
TAM 1:
The Age of the Earth Prof. Ray Hall Dept. of Physics, California State University, Fresno
Educating College Students about Skepticism Prof. Charles Wynn Dept. of Physical Science, Eastern Connecticut State University
The JREF Forum
They See Dead People— Or Do They? Mr. Jim Underdown Executive Director, Center for Inquiry/ Founder, Independent Investigations Group
The Watson Card Problem President,
An Empirical Investigation of the Effects of Penta Water. Mr. Greg Winslow Specialty Sensor Technologies Inc
Astronomy – The Ultimate Magic Show Prof. John Brown
Skeptics and Religion Dept.
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