Since the inception of higher education, college students have engaged in activism to bring
about change on their campuses. In this chapter, we review identity-based student activism …

In‐person academic conferences are important to disseminate research and provide
networking opportunities. Whether academics attend in‐person conferences is based on the …

This study investigates the extent to which international academic conferences changes
format to virtual when faced by sudden Covid-19 related immobility. Data on 587 …

Conferences are spaces to meet and network within and across academic and technical
fields, learn about new advances, and share our work. They can help define career paths …

Many accounts of conferences research begin with a lamentation that conferences are a
neglected phenomenon. The lamentation goes that conferences are under-researched …

This paper aims at answering the “how” questions about organizing and hosting an online
conference during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 3rd International Pan-Pacific Technology …

Research shows that despite improved access of women to higher education, there remains
many educational inequities for women as faculty, for example, most are concentrated at …

Social interactions abound in everyday life. Face-to-face interactions, in particular, catalyze
the social connection necessary for psychological well-being. What happens, then, when a …

This study presents an overview of the literature on virtual academic conferences, which
have gained prominence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted a scoping review …

A relevant learning space for academics, especially junior researchers, is the academic
conference. While conference participation has long been associated with personal …