Authors who present at the conference will have the option of submitting a 15-page paper for peer-review consideration for publication in the RUME Conference Proceedings.

All long papers must follow the proposal guidelines and will be reviewed according to the proposal review criteria.

Long-papers will be:

1. •reviewed by at least 3 reviewers
   

2. •considered for best paper
   

3. •considered for pre-journal review, unless otherwise requested.
   

Submission of a long paper is not required of participants but is strongly encouraged. Acceptance to the RUME Conference Proceedings is dependent upon reviewers’ recommendations. All long papers are due Friday, March 25, 2011.  All files should be sent as an attachment (pdf) by e-mail to Stacy_Brown@pitzer.edu, the Chair of the Program Committee, with the subject line: RUME 2011 Proceedings.

PAPER’S TITLE  (WITH STYLE “HEADING 1”)

Author (these three lines are in Style “Author”, centered & single spaced)

Affiliation

Email address

The abstract goes here, and should not exceed 150 words. The style is called “Abstract”. It is not indented, it is preceded and followed by a 12 point space, and it is in italics. Please make sure the abstract accurately describes your paper.

Key words: [list 3-5 key words here, Times New Roman 12-point, no italics]

Begin your paper here. All text is to be in Times New Roman 12-point, 1-inch margins, and single spacing. You should use the ruler tool or the style sheet to indent the first line of each paragraph one-fourth of an inch. DO NOT use the space bar or tab key to indent.

To begin your second paragraph, do not leave a blank line. Be sure to indent again. Indenting should happen automatically if you are using the style sheet or the ruler bar correctly.

You may work directly from this file.

First Level Heading. This is Style “Heading 2”; Use it With Title Case

Here is some more text that follows a heading. Notice that no lines were skipped. This is again the “Normal” style.

Additional Instructions & Check list

1. •All proceedings papers should be submitted as “.doc” or “.docx” documents.
   

1. •The MAXIMUM page length is 15 pages. The limit includes: references, tables, endnotes, diagrams, and appendices. Papers that are over 15 pages will not be reviewed and will be returned to the author.
   

1. •All proceedings papers will be considered for the best paper and pre-journal awards.
   

1. •Please use the formatting tools of your word processing program to set margins and indentations, avoiding any extraneous spaces or tabs.
   

1. •It is also preferred that you avoid inserting manual page breaks or line breaks.
   

1. •All margins should be one inch.
   

1. •Text should be in Times 12-point font. The title, abstract, headings, body text, endnotes, figure captions, and references should all be in 12-point Times font.
   

1. •Paragraphs should be indented 1/4 inch.  Please use the word processing program settings to set margins and paragraph indentations; do not use spaces or tabs to align text or make indentations. If you do not know how to use the ruler bar, just grab the top triangle at the left-most edge of the ruler and move it to the 1/4 inch mark. To use the style sheet, pull the drop-down style menu to “Normal” and begin typing.
   

1. •All text should be single spaced with no extra lines between paragraphs. 
   

1. •Do not use footnotes. Rather, place all notes at the end of the text but before the references as endnotes (1).
   

1. •Also do not use headers, footers, or page numbers.
   

1. •All tables, figures, and graphics should be placed in the document as appropriate. As necessary, resize large tables or graphics so your document, when printed, does not exceed the maximum number of pages allowed for your paper. Use style “Figure table” for captions of Figures, Graphics, and Tables.
   

1. •Citations and references must follow the guidelines of APA.
   

1. •If other levels of heading are needed, please follow the APA guidelines.
   

A link to an electronic copy of the proceedings guidelines can be found here.