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CEA's affiltates and partners have always been central to who we are as an organization. Many of our Board Members first came to know CEA through their local affiliate or one of our partner organizations.
Our affiliates and partners host regional conferences and produce stellar journals. Find a local CEA near you.
For more than 40 years CEA-CC, based primarily in Puerto Rico, has promoted study and research on themes related to literature and cultural studies. CEA-CC conferenced bring together academics from the Caribbean and throughout the world and provide a forum discussion of topics of interest and relevant to its members and to the region.
The CEA is expanding to welcome a new regional affiliate in the Middle South, including Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. We seek to increase collaboration among English scholars throughout the region and to build a vibrant new community.
The Florida College English Association is a dynamic and inclusive community of scholars, educators, and humanities enthusiasts dedicated to the exploration and celebration of language and culture. FCEA offers a vibrant platform for intellectual exchange and collaboration. The FCEA supports the literary journal Orange Blossom Review and publishes the Florida Scholarly Review.
ICEA is a professional organization equally dedicated to scholarship and teaching. ICEA welcomes faculty, students, independent scholars and creative writers who are interested in contributing to scholarship, teaching, and literary culture.
The Michigan College English Association encourages the humane as well as the immediate practical study of language and literature and is committed to maintaining and developing the functions of English studies as a major element in American higher education.
The College English Association, Mid-Atlantic Group is an association of teachers and scholars of English and related disciplines in the humanities whose mission is to promote professional growth through dialogue on literature, language, culture, technology, rhetoric, and composition.
The New Jersey CEA is an organization of college Enlgish instructors and graduate students. NJCEA is committed to antiracist and antibiased teaching and research. and to listen to historically marginalized voices.
CEAO is a only statewide professional organization for college-level English departments. It addresses current issues in composition and literature as well as political, economic, and professional development issues that affect both theory and practice in the English profession.
PCEA provides a forum for the debate and discussion of ideas surrounding literature and literacy studies. It strives, moreover, to promote and foster inquiry into our world as it is presented in literature of all genres. Equally important with promoting literary inquiry, the PCEA actively strives to give voice to those who endeavor to create new kinds of literacies.
The RMCEA strives to connect teachers in the English academic community throughout the Rocky Mountain region and beyond, while establishing a more robust network of connections between other CEA associations throughout the country, including the Florida CEA.
TCEA is a proud scholarly and equally friendly affiliate of the CEA. TCEA meets annually with the Texas-based Conference of College Teachers of English and organizes several sessions of scholarly papers and creative writing works by and/or about Texas scholars and writers.
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CONFERENCE DATES
Thomas Merton and the Spirit of Place
June 19-22, 2025 Regis University, Denver, Colorado
In his journeys in California, New Mexico, and Alaska, and in Asia, gazing on Kanchenjunga, Thomas Merton found himself increasingly “on the edge of great realization.” What is the essence of that realization, and what messages might be divined in the spiritual landscapes of Merton’s final year of life? Who are the “ancestors” – human, animal, mineral, cosmic – whose stories provide a word of hope in this moment of reckoning for the human community and the suffering planet? Such questions are especially fitting as we gather at Regis University at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.
Session formats include: Scholarly Papers, Workshops, Creative/Dramatic Presentations, and Guided Meditation/Prayer Sessions.
Proposals of no more than 250 words and a short biographical statement (one to two sentences) should be submitted by May 20, 2024, by e-mail attachment to itms2025@merton.org or by mail to: ITMS 2025, Thomas Merton Center, Bellarmine University, 2001 Newburg Road, Louisville, Kentucky 40205 USA.
Indiana English is a competitive, peer-reviewed academic journal where faculty-scholars and graduate students alike can publish literary criticism, creative works, pedagogical scholarship, or other work in their fields. The open-access journal is supported by the INDIANA CEA (ICEA) and is published online.
AI In the Composition Classroom
AI has the potential to enhance, redefine, or hijack the writing process. That reality has captured the attention of modern rhetoricians. As a pop-up conference we seek 500-word essays about the role of writing teachers in defining AI in the composition process. Do we allow other interests to determine the role of AI in academic writing for us, or should we define a vision for integrating AI in the composition classroom?
Here are some questions to guide your avenue of approach into this exciting topic.
The RMCEA Pop-Up Conference is a space for “flash essays” of 500 words. Less formal than conference papers, these presentations look to open conversations by sharing perspectives, experiences, or percolating ideas. It’s all good fun! Submit to the organizers: Gary Mills at rockymtncea@gmail.com or James Meredith at Meredithjh602@gmail.com.
SURVIVAL & HEALING
Our world has been torn by recent political upheavals, environmental damage, prejudice against people who are different in any way, and wars. How can we survive and heal from these conflicts? How can we discuss these issues in our classrooms? What kind of writing assignments can help students process and understand our turbulent era? Which works of literature illuminate these themes? The conference program chairs welcome papers from a pedagogical perspective, creative responses to the themes of Survival and Healing, and literary analyses of works with these themes.
The Michigan College English Association accepts proposals from experienced academics, young scholars, and graduate students. We encourage a variety of papers, including pedagogical work, scholarly essays, creative writing, as well as workshops, creative writing circles, and other activity-directed sessions. All proposals will be peer-reviewed. Participants do not have to live in Michigan or the United States, though we often feature in-state work.
Conference proposals are due by September 18, 2025. Early submissions are welcome. Please send your name, university affiliation, e-mail address, phone number, time preference, and a 200-word abstract or sample of creative writing to Program Chairs Janet Heller and David Settle via e-mail at janetheller@charter.netand mceatreasurer1@gmail.com . To submit a panel proposal, please include the information for all members (5 maximum participants) in the same proposal.
HARMONY & DISCORD
October 17, 2025 / University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN
“Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.”
-Heraclitus, 6th century BCE
In our current moment, which is characterized by consistent, fast-paced change, the idea of “discord” seems more relevant than ever. Not only are we grappling with heightened polarization and ideological divides, but we are also navigating technological shifts and developments, like those surrounding generative artificial intelligence (AI). It might seem difficult to locate moments of “harmony” in this ever-evolving environment, but there is hope and goodness in the work we do as teachers, writers, scholars, and collaborators. Additionally, the contention generated by the coexistence of “harmony” and “discord” can influence transformation by bringing various viewpoints and perspectives into conversation.
The 2025 ICEA Conference invites proposals that explore the theme of “Harmony and Discord” (or related topics) through the lens of postsecondary English studies. Potential subject areas include:
Send a 200-word proposal along with your name, position, and affiliation to indianaCEA@gmail.com by August 15, 2025. If proposing a full panel, send a single proposal with individual presentation titles and information for all speakers. Graduate students are welcome to submit, and undergraduate students with faculty sponsors/support will be considered. If your proposal is accepted, you will be required to join ICEA to present. We are an affiliate of the College English Association (CEA), and successful ICEA proposals can also be submitted for the 2026 CEA Conference in Charlotte, NC.
ICEA also offers two awards:
SALA promotes knowledge of, and scholarly interest in, the languages, cultures, and literatures of South Asia and the South Asian diaspora. SALA'publishes the journal South Asian Review
The ITMS seeks to advance knowledge of the life and writings of Thomas Merton, one of the most influential religious figures of our time. The society promotes recognition of Thomas Merton as a spiritual theologian, a social critic, a catalyst for inter-religious dialogue, and as an important American literary figure.
ATTW is an organization of teachers, researchers, and teacher-practitioners of technical communication across a range of academic and professional institutions. Members work in graduate and undergraduate programs in technical communication, media, engineering, rhetoric, writing studies, and English, among other complementary research programs.
From the Latin omnis, for “all,” the mission of OMNI is to educate, empower, and connect people to build a non-violent, sustainable, and just world. We work – and play – for peace, social and economic justice, equality, and a healthy environment.
Founded in 1883, the Modern Language Association of America provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy.
College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity through programs and services in college readiness and college success—including the Advanced Placement Program. The organization also serves the education community through research and advocacy on behalf of students, educators, and schools.
The Byron Society of America (BSA) is a non-profit literary organization founded in 1973 to study the life and works of the English Romantic poet, George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824.), whose immense cultural impact extends from the nineteenth century to the present day.
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