Abstract Submission Instructions
After preparing your abstract following the submission guidelines (see Submission Rating Criteria), you should now be ready to submit your abstract for review. However, make sure you have created a Digital Commons account if you do not have one yet. If you already have a Digital Commons account, you can proceed with submission by clicking on this LINK. You can sign up when you click on the submission link. Here are the steps:
- Click on the sign-up link on the login screen.
- Enter the requested information, including your preferred email address, first and last name, and password.
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Call for Submission
Good day, members of the Adventist Human-Subject Researchers Association,
The AHSRA 2023 International Conference will be held in Nairobi, Kenya. There will be a Pre-Conference Research Ethics and Grant Writing Seminar on May 23, 2023.
A Virtual and in Person Conference (Hybrid)--May 24–27—To keep our organization’s momentum going, AHSRA officers and planning committee decided to hold a hybrid conference in 2023, hosted at Adventist University of Africa (AUA) Nairobi, Kenya. We will hold the conference from May 24-27. This is a Wednesday through Sabbath. We will work to schedule events and individual presentations to be feasible as far as possible to our different time zones.
Conference Theme--Future of Adventism, Education, Social Issues, and Spirituality—The focus will be on the role of faith in healing and thriving.
This theme is broad and is intended to cover a wide variety of Human-Subject research in educational research, social issues, and spirituality. Other topics outside of the theme are encouraged as well.
Submissions--All submissions should be made to Andrews University Digital Commons at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/ahsra/2023/
Proposal submissions must include the following information:
The AHSRA 2023 International Conference will be held in Nairobi, Kenya. There will be a Pre-Conference Research Ethics and Grant Writing Seminar on May 23, 2023.
A Virtual and in Person Conference (Hybrid)--May 24–27—To keep our organization’s momentum going, AHSRA officers and planning committee decided to hold a hybrid conference in 2023, hosted at Adventist University of Africa (AUA) Nairobi, Kenya. We will hold the conference from May 24-27. This is a Wednesday through Sabbath. We will work to schedule events and individual presentations to be feasible as far as possible to our different time zones.
Conference Theme--Future of Adventism, Education, Social Issues, and Spirituality—The focus will be on the role of faith in healing and thriving.
This theme is broad and is intended to cover a wide variety of Human-Subject research in educational research, social issues, and spirituality. Other topics outside of the theme are encouraged as well.
Submissions--All submissions should be made to Andrews University Digital Commons at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/ahsra/2023/
- Abstract submission by January 17, 2023
- Notification of acceptance/rejection: February 16, 2023
- Recorded Presentation (for online presenters): May 9, 2023
- Early Bird Registration ends April 10, 2023.
Proposal submissions must include the following information:
- Name and contact information for the person(s) making this submission.
- A title and one-page presentation summary (250-500 words not including title and names).
- A 50-word abstract suitable for printing in the final program.
- A list of references/bibliography, which includes some sources published within the past 5 years.
- The proposal offers a rationale that the presentation will add to the body of knowledge currently available on the topic addressed.
- The proposal includes a practical component that participants can readily apply in practice, ministry, or service.
- The proposal is clearly informed by the current literature.
- The concepts in the proposal are clear and the proposal is understandable and well organized.
- The proposal includes high-quality data that was appropriately collected and analyzed (or the analysis plan is appropriate and reasonable).
