Editor’s Introduction: The Rocky Mountain CEA’s Pop-Up Conference

Abstract

[...]the affiliate moved to a Zoom-delivered "pop-up conference” for its June annual event. Rather than fully realized arguments, these call-them kernels would be a chance to try out with a live audience (other than oneself or one's dog) a notion one thinks worthy of exploration. Because in the pop-up conference there would be ample time for conversation after each three-paper panel, presenters would have the opportunity to hear from their colleagues about the viability of their ideas, to discover other resources, or to begin to imagine the next best steps towards developing their idea into longer, more typical conference papers or even articles. [...]what are the effects of class size, course scheduling, advising, or other institutional practices? [...]are there current pedagogical practices working to form obstacles to student success as well?