Call for Proposals

Call for Proposals

#UCEA24

Convention Theme

Renewing Our Engagement: Leading Schools and Communities with Justice and Joy


The 38th annual UCEA Convention will be held November 20–23, 2024 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in Los Angeles, California. The purpose of the 2024 UCEA Convention is to engage participants in discussions about research, policy, practice, and preparation in the field of education with a focus on the need for and promise of leading schools and communities with justice and joy. The 2024 Convention Planning Committee includes Karen Stansberry Beard (Ohio State University), Rebecca Cheung (University of California, Berkeley), Matthew Militello (East Carolina University), Nathaniel Stewart (University of Minnesota Twin Cities), and Karl Gildner (UCEA Events Manager).

Call for Proposals

All Academic is closed for proposal submissions for the UCEA Annual Convention.

Call for Proposals

Session types include paper sessions, Ignite presentations, roundtables, symposium (two different options for 2024), international community-building sessions, critical conversations, innovative sessions/mini-workshops, and pre-convention workshops. 

Session Types

Submission Guidelines

For submission guidelines, participation limits, proposal reviewer information, and other details

Submission Guidelines

Graduate Student Summit

More info here

GSS Call for Proposals



Instructions to Access All Academic


Instructions to access All Academic if you are at a Member Institution

You will need to have a username and password to access the website. If you registered for the Convention last year, you have login credentials.

If you have login credentials:

  • Click the Member Login button on the top right of this page to sign in (If you cannot remember your password, use the Forgot Password link).
  • After you sign in, click the yellow All Academic button. All Academic will open in a separate tab in your browser.
  • Follow directions to submit your proposal.

If you do not have login credentials:

  • Email us at info@ucea.org
  • Include your full name, email address, institution, and whether you are faculty, graduate student or other.
  • We will create your profile for the UCEA website and send you an email with your login credentials. That email may go to your spam/junk folder.
  • Once you have created a username and password and signed in, click the yellow All Academic button and follow directions to submit your proposal.

Instructions to access All Academic if you are at a NON-Member Institution

You will need to have a username and password to access the website. If you registered for the Convention last year, you have login credentials.

If you have login credentials:

  • Click the Member Login button on the top right of this page to sign in (If you cannot remember your password, use the Forgot Password link).
  • After you sign in, click the yellow All Academic button. All Academic will open in a separate tab in your browser.
  • Follow directions to submit your proposal.

If you do not have login credentials:

  • Click the UCEA Non-Member Login below.
  • Complete a profile form.
  • At the bottom of the form create a username and password. Use your email address as your username.
  • Click on the continue button to access the portal.
  • Click on the yellow All-Academic Login button and follow directions to submit your proposal.
Non-Member Login