Conference for Education and Applied Disciplines, 2027
Reimaging Impact: Interdisciplinary Solutions for a Changing World
WHEN?
Thursday - Saturday, March 4-6, 2027
WHERE?
Governors State University, University Park, IL, USA
WHO?
This inaugural Conference for Education and Applied Disciplines (CEAD) will bring together researchers, scholars, educators, practitioners, and students from a wide variety of education and applied disciplines.
WHY?
If you are considering attending CEAD 2027, here are a few benefits.
Global Connections
Meet educators, researchers, scholars, practitioners, and students from across the world.
Publication
Submit your paper for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Applied Disciplines (JAD). Your paper will undergo a rigorous peer-review process with no author fees for publication. All submissions may undergo a plagiarism check.
Attendance Options
Attend in person or join from home with our virtual option.
Service Opportunity
If you volunteer to review conference abstracts or papers for the special issue publication, you will receive a virtual certificate of appreciation demonstrating your service to the discipline.
HOW?
Link for conference registration is coming soon, see below for registration fees. See below for submission guidelines for papers, poster sessions, and professional development and workshop sessions.
QUESTIONS?
Email CEAD@govst.edu
Key Dates
January 2, 2027 - Conference Submission Deadline
January 19, 2027 - Early Bird Registration Deadline
February 4, 2027 - Registration Deadline
March 4-6, 2027 - Conference Dates
March 20, 2027 - Paper Submission Deadline
All graduate students submitting their own work or first-authored work must indicate Graduate Student Research on their submission. Graduate students may submit their own work (i.e., thesis, dissertation) as Research-in-Progress in the poster, paper, or workshop category. Completed work can be submitted in any category. Graduate students may submit empirical or theoretical work. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are acceptable, but simple literature reviews or annotated bibliographies are not accepted. All presented work should be grounded in research. Graduate students may serve as the first author for appropriate professional development sessions. Faculty, post-docs, and professional scholars must indicate professional scholars on their submissions if they serve as the first author.
All undergraduate students submitting their own work or first-authored work must indicate Student Research on their submission. Students may submit empirical or theoretical work. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are acceptable, but simple literature reviews or annotated bibliographies are not accepted. All presented work should be grounded in research. Students may submit poster, paper, or workshop presentations. Students may participate in professional development sessions but cannot serve as first authors.
Category: Indicate whether this is a paper or poster presentation
Class: Indicate undergraduate student, graduate student, or professional scholar. This classification is based on the first author’s status.
Duration: If you are presenting a paper, indicate your presentation duration of 50 minutes or a lightning session of 15 minutes.
Title: Your title should be 10 words or fewer in length
400-word Abstract for Review. The name(s) and institution(s) of the author(s) must NOT appear on the abstract since these are reviewed blind. Please use the following format, including the headings:
- Problem or Purpose: This section should provide context for the work, including in-text citations.
- Procedure: State the rationale, design, controls, sample sizes, characteristics of the sample you collected. If this is a theoretical work, provide adequate rationale for theoretical rather than empirical design. Include as much detail as possible about the work to help reviewers assess merit.
- Results: Include any statistical tests that have been employed and the results found as you would include in a paper. Qualitative studies and meta-analyses are accepted. Be sure to provide adequate detail for reviewers.
- Conclusions and implications
In-text citations (do not include full references for abstract submission) are necessary to help reviewers evaluate the merit of the proposed presentation.
If your poster is not complete at the time of submission, please indicate this and provide a timeline for study completion. You will be evaluated on the theoretical merit and method design, as well as whether you appear likely to finish the submission in time. As such, it is important to be detailed in your responses.
50-word Abstract for Program. A short abstract not to exceed 50 words is also required. If your work is accepted for presentation, this abstract and all of your contact information will be inserted directly into the program. Proofread carefully.
Please email your submission to CAED@govst.edu
Category: Indicate whether this is a paper or poster presentation
Class: Indicate undergraduate student, graduate student, or professional scholar. This classification is based on the first author’s status.
Title: Your title should be 10 words or fewer in length
400-word Abstract for Review. The name(s) and institution(s) of the author(s) must NOT appear on the abstract since these are reviewed blind. In this abstract, you should discuss the goal of the session, topics to be covered, and a description of the format. What will the audience learn in the session? Your intended audience must be clear. For professional development sessions, you should include your professional background to demonstrate your expertise on the topic.
50-word Abstract for Program. A short abstract not to exceed 50 words is also required. If your work is accepted for presentation, this abstract and all of your contact information will be inserted directly into the program. Proofread carefully.
These sessions will run for 45 minutes.
Please email your submission to CAED@govst.edu
Registration link will be provided soon.
Early Bird Registration Deadline: January 19, 2026
Registration Deadline: February 4, 2027
Registration Fees:
- Attendees and Presenters: $325 ($250 Early Bird Registration)
- Virtual Presenters, Friday March 5 only: $150 ($100 Early Bird Registration)
- Virtual Attendees, Friday March 5 only: $50 (no Early Bird option)
- Students: $100 ($75 Early Bird Registration)
- Student Volunteers: no cost to attend if volunteer for half a day during the conference
The Conference on Education and Applied Disciplines is hosted by the College of Education and Human Development at Governors State University.