Resources

Societies

International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature (IGEL)
Contact Gerald Cupchik, University of Toronto at Scarsborough, 1265 Military Trail, Scarsborough, ON. Canada, MIC 1A4 or phone (416) 287 - 7467, cupchik@banks.scar.utoronto.edu

Society for the Scientific Study of Reading
Information regarding the society and how to join can be found on the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading website.

Cognitive Science Society
The Cognitive Science Society, Inc. brings together researchers from many fields who mind. The Society promotes scientific interchange among researchers in disciplines comprising the field of Cognitive Science, including Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Education. Information regarding the society and how to join can be found on the Cognitive Science Society website.

International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society
The overall aim of the International Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) Society is to advance knowledge and promote researchand development in the field of AI in Education. It aims to help members keep up-to-date in the field through supporting Conferences, a Journal, and other activities of interest to members. Information regarding the society and how to join can be found of the society's website.

Poetics and Linguistics Association
PALA is for those who work in stylistics, poetics, and associated fields of language and linguistics. Specific interests of PALA members include: narratology; literariness; the analysis of literary and non-literary texts; the relationship between literature and language teaching; language, ideology and critical practice; critical linguistics; translation studies; gender and writing; and semiotics; discourse-stylistics; literary and non-literary pragmatics. Information regarding the society and how to join can be found of the society's website

Special Interest Group for Discourse and Dialogue (SIGdial)
SIGdial is the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue and is a Special Interest Group of the Association for Computational Linguistics. Information regarding the society and how to join can be found of the society's website.

SIGs (Special Interest Groups of the AERA)

Text, Technology, and Learning Strategies
Purpose: To focus on issues related to learning with and from text and technology. Contact: Angela O'Donnell, GSE, Rutgers University, 10 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1183.

Basic Research in Reading and Literacy
Purpose: To facilitate communication among individuals interested in basic research relevant to reading and literacy from the several disciplines conducting such research. Contact Rosalind Horowitz, Reading and Literacy Education Program, College of Education and Human Development, The University of Texas, San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 78249-0654. Phone: 210-458-2672 or 210-860-1305
and e-mail:  Rosalind.Horowitz@utsa.edu

Russian Contributions to Literacy, Psychology, and Learning
Purpose: To facilitate the communication of the contributions of the Russian scientific community to the understanding of literacy, comprehension and learning. Contact Rosalind Horowitz, Reading and Literacy Education Program, College of Education and Human Development, The University of Texas, San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 78249-0654. Phone: 210-458-2672 or 210-860-1305
and e-mail:  Rosalind.Horowitz@utsa.edu