The Currere Exchange

Hello Friends,

We are looking forward to hosting our annual Currere Exchange meeting online on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Register for the conference and submit a proposal to present by June 1. Go to our website homepage at...

www.currereexchange.com

..and use the navigation tabs at our website which will take you to "Registration" and to "Submit a Proposal." It's easy to submit a short proposal and our cost this year again is only $40, which helps us pay for editing costs for the journal. Your participation helps keep our journal, now in its 9th volume, going...

We had a good turnout for our meeting last year and hope to surpass it this year. This year, our great friend Dr. Dorothy Heard of Montclair St. University will be our keynote speaker and discussant. More on her appearance to come. Also, Claire Metzger will be with us again this year for an afternoon writing workshop representing Miami's well-known Howe Center for Writing Excellence.

We are looking forward to seeing your proposals soon, and you at our meeting! information.

Best Regards,

Tom Poetter, CEJ Editor and Conference Host
Tahreem Fatima, CEJ Assistant Editor and Conference Host
Prince Oduro, CEJ Student Editor and Conference Host

Dear Colleagues,

We are extending the deadline for manuscript submissions for Volume 9 of the Currere Exchange Journal to January 24, 2025. This extension gives you additional time to share your insights, research, and creative contributions with our community of educators, scholars, and practitioners. If you’ve been considering submitting a manuscript, this is your chance to make your voice heard.

Beginning today through the new deadline of January 24, 2025, we will be accepting manuscripts for review. Please find our submission guidelines below and consider sending us a manuscript to review.

Best Regards,
Tom Poetter, Denise Baszile, & Kelly Waldrop, Editors
Tahreem Fatima, Assistant Editor

Submission Guidelines

We are looking for manuscripts that explore the Currere process through the use of autobiographical and narrative approaches. To learn more about the Currere process, visit our website and peruse the "resources" at: www.currereexchange.com
Also, read our past issues of the journal at the “Currere Journal” link at: https://www.currereexchange.com/currere-exchange-journal.html
We encourage manuscripts for review at a maximum of 5,000 words (or fewer words; shorter pieces are welcome for review). We welcome shorter pieces, exploratory pieces, experimental pieces, poetry, etc....
Please double-space the manuscript; use APA citation format; submit a Word Document with pages numbered in the bottom right corner. In your submission email, please include author names as they should appear in print and the institutional affiliations of each author.
Please submit your manuscript for consideration for Volume 9, 2025, through the Currere Exchange Journal Open Journal System (link below) by January 24, 2025: https://cej.lib.miamioh.edu/index.php/CEJ/about/submissions

NOTE: Authors will need to register with the Currere Exchange Journal Open Journal System in order to submit a manuscript. Register here:
https://cej.lib.miamioh.edu/index.php/CEJ/user/register

If you have questions or concerns please refer them to [email protected]

Register | The Currere Exchange Journal

Dear Colleagues,

Beginning today through January 17, 2025, we will be accepting manuscripts for review for Volume 9 of the Currere Exchange Journal. Submissions will close on January 17, 2025. Please find our submission guidelines below and consider sending us a manuscript to review.

Best Regards,
Tom Poetter, Denise Baszile, & Kelly Waldrop, Editors
Tahreem Fatima, Assistant Editor

Submission Guidelines

1- We are looking for manuscripts that explore the Currere process through the use of autobiographical and narrative approaches. To learn more about the Currere process, visit our website and peruse the "resources" at: www.currereexchange.com
2- Also, read our past issues of the journal at the “Currere Journal” link at: https://www.currereexchange.com/currere-exchange-journal.html
3- We encourage manuscripts for review at a maximum of 5,000 words (or fewer words; shorter pieces are welcome for review). We welcome shorter pieces, exploratory pieces, experimental pieces, poetry, etc....
4- Please double-space the manuscript; use APA citation format; submit a Word Document with pages numbered in the bottom right corner. In your submission email, please include author names as they should appear in print and the institutional affiliations of each author.

Please submit your manuscript for consideration for Volume 9, 2025, through the Currere Exchange Journal Open Journal System (link below) by January 17, 2025: https://cej.lib.miamioh.edu/index.php/CEJ/about/submissions

NOTE: Authors will need to register with the Currere Exchange Journal Open Journal System in order to submit a manuscript. Register here:
https://cej.lib.miamioh.edu/index.php/CEJ/user/register

If you have questions or concerns please refer them to [email protected]

Thanks to everyone who has taken an interest in my new book, Curriculum Fragments: A Currere Journey through Life Processes (Routledge, 2024) and to everybody who came out for my book talk in St. Marys, Ohio, my hometown, on September 18. That event was the start of a series of book talks by local authors in the St. Marys area around the time of the St. Marys Memorial Alumni Foundation Hall of Fame Weekend each Autumn in the coming years.

For the first edition of St. Marys Celebrates: Education, Writing, and the Power of Stories, Doug Spencer hosted, introduced the program, and I gave a talk followed by a panel discussion with Laura Yelton, John Grindrod, and Doug, all of whom had read the book and prepared questions and comments for discussion with me and the audience. If you scroll the video, Doug's introduction is the first 10 minutes, followed by my talk lasting until the 50 minute mark, and the panel discussion runs the remainder of the tape. I want to extend my deepest thanks to Laura and John and Doug who read Curriculum Fragments ahead of the event, had great questions and insights, and shared the stage with such skill and grace. Rich Spencer ran the video and Dean Axe was on sound. Ann Vogel provided music for the audience on the Richard Hudson piano ahead of the talk and, of course, Doug ran the show with great expertise, as always. Mary Jo Hudson, lifelong friend and event sponsor, was on hand along with many other friends and family in the audience.

Thanks to all for welcoming me home. What a great night. If you take a look, let me know what you think of the program.

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/KL_luPjGRek?si=DSuDf1yIw47IVilV

I wanted to take just a few lines to thank everyone who came out last night to the St. Marys Theater for the first iteration of what we are calling “St. Marys Celebrates: Education, Writing and Stories.” The wider community and friends have been so supportive of this effort and so receptive to my new book, Curriculum Fragment: A Currere Journey through Life Processes. Doug and the great staff at the theater were terrific hosts, the venue is beautiful and functions great, and the panelists Laura Yelton and John Grindrod were just stellar, insightful, kind. Many thanks again to the sponsors and friends and Doug in particular for making it one of the most memorable and best events and experiences in my life and career. It was just great to see and connect with so many friends last night! Best to all, Tommy

Please join friends and colleagues to launch my new book just out with Routledge. Thanks to Kieran Forde and Bill Pinar for hosting the event and to Denise Baszile and Morna McDermott McNulty for joining in as panelists. Hope to see you in the room Thursday. Tp

Dear Friends,

We are looking forward to seeing your proposals to participate in the Currere Exchange Meeting on Tuesday, June 18, from 9 am to 3 pm (zoom only). We have great opportunities for interaction and learning built into the program again this year including an opening plenary; extended time to present your currere project in a small group and also to reconnect with your small group by the end of the day (per your feedback last year!); a presentation by our keynote speaker, Dr. Kevin Smith from Cardiff University in Wales; and a writing seminar with Claire Metzger from Miami's renowned Howe Center for Writing Excellence. It should be a great day. Please see the directions on our website for submitting a proposal by May 13: www.currereexchange.com

Looking forward to seeing you again at our meeting this year.

Best regards,
Tom Poetter, Co-Editor, The Currere Exchange Journal
Tahreem Fatima, Conference Coordinator and Program Chair

Dear Esteemed Colleagues,

We are delighted to extend you an official invitation to the 8th Annual Currere Exchange Conference and Retreat. We are pleased to announce that the conference registration portal is now open and ready to accept registrations.

We encourage you to register as soon as possible to secure your participation. Please note that the registration deadline is June 1. The registration fee for this event is $40. You may complete your registration through the following link: https://miamiuniversity.cventevents.com/CurrereExchangeConference2024

We want everyone to participate. Please follow the directions on the attached flyer to submit a proposal by May 13 to participate in the meeting. The specifications for proposals are also on our website, www.currereexchange.com. We look forward to your participation and contribution to making this event a success. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or require further information.

Best Regards,

Tom Poetter, Host
Tahreem Fatima, Conference Coordinator and Program Chair