Student Caucus

The purpose of the SCIAFA is to foster and promote growth, scholarship, and fellowship among the student members of the IAFA and to address the needs of students working in the field of the Fantastic, by establishing mentoring and other programs, through coordinating efforts with the main body of the IAFA.

Contact
For questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact the Student Caucus Representative to the Executive Board of the IAFA, Taryne Taylor, at tarynetaylor AT gmail.com

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IAFA/SCIAFA Mentoring Program

Since 2001, the IAFA Student Caucus (SCIAFA) and the Internatial Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) have sponsored a Mentoring Program aimed at helping student scholars to find their way around ICFA, discover the natural friendliness of the conference as quickly as possible, use ICFA as an entrance into existing scholarly communities concerned with the fantastic, and leave with both fond memories of the supporting organization and plans to return.

The success of this program depends upon its volunteer participants, and this is your chance to sign up as either a mentor or mentee. IAFA and SCIAFA will be co-sponsoring a designated space where mentors and mentees can meet just before the opening Conference Reception on March 21, 2012 from 8-8:30 PM (designated the “Newcomer Meet-up” in the program). Attendance at this meeting is the primary task to be undertaken by both mentor and mentee. The mentor-mentee pairs will be matched up by the current SCIAFA representative. New conference attendees who have not signed up for the mentoring program are also welcome to attend the “Newcomer Meet-up” to be informally mentored by the two SCIAFA representatives, Taryne Taylor, Chair, and Jude Wright, Deputy Chair.

Applying for the program:

Apply now for ICFA 2012!

Please send the following information to the SCIAFA representative, Taryne Taylor, at tarynetaylor AT gmail.com by February 16, 2012.

Please title the e-mail with the position you are signing up for (e.g. mentor or mentee):

Name:________________________________________

E-mail address: ________________________________________

Institutional affiliation (if any): ________________________________________

Main interests in the field of the fantastic: ________________________________________

Projected arrival at ICFA 2012: ________________________________________

Projected departure: ________________________________________

Will you be available for the Wednesday evening meet-up? Yes or No

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