Registration
Registration form. If you have a disability that needs accommodation, contact Robin Burgess, or 215-881-7400, to make appropriate arrangements.
All presenters must register by March 1. Note - a $10 surcharge for all registrations after March 14, 2008. Registration questions - contact Robin, or 215-881-7400.
Driving to conference - hotel accommodations
Directions to the campus - easily accessible from Pennsylvania Turnpike, 4 miles from the Willow Grove exit #343.
- Conference Hotel - Hampton Inn web site in Willow Grove
- MAWSA rate $94/night (plus tax) for up to four people in a room, also including a hot breakfast; how to book your Willow Grove Hampton Inn room for MAWSA rate
Flying to conference - hotel accommodations
Fly to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL). Downtown hotels are easily accessed by Philadelphia’s Regional Rail Service (SEPTA) on the R1 line - runs every 30 minutes from the airport to Center City. Complete R1 schedule.
- Conference Hotel in Center City is Loews Hotel - Market Street, two blocks from Market East SEPTA train station
- MAWSA rate $149/night (plus tax) single or double, more information
- Book Loews reservations by Jan 31 by calling 215-627-1200 and requesting the Mid-Atlantic Women's Studies rate; problems contact Karen Weekes
- Loews Hotel to campus travel - take the SEPTA train from Market East station to Jenkintown station - 3 miles from campus
- Shuttle will take you to campus for conference and return you to the station at program’s end on both Friday night and Saturday; to make shuttle arrangements, fill out shuttle form, return it with registration.
Proposed Schedule
Updated schedule; check back for updates and a more detailed program as the conference date nears. Contact Alia Tahvildaran with any schedule questions or concerns.
Dr. Karen Weekes
Associate Prof, English & Women’s Studies
Penn State University, Abington College
1600 Woodland Rd.
Abington, PA 19001