Tools

Each tool asks a different question of the same programs. The first, on the home page, is the one the reader leads with.

Who convenes the field?

Who is listed, from where, and how that has changed.

Census by year People listed, newcomers, institution types, concentration and more, year by year.
Institutions Every institution a printed affiliation matched, ranked, with its listings by year.
Atlas and host-city draw A map of where listed people come from each year, and how much of each program came from near the host city.
Area by institution type Which areas two-year colleges, public and private four-year colleges and international institutions are listed under.

Topics, as CCCC named them and as titles show them.

Proposal areas CCCC’s own areas by year, in families that follow a topic across renamings.
Terms over time How often a word or phrase appears in session and paper titles.
Conventions, themes and chairs Each convention’s dates, site, theme and program chair, with how far the theme reached into titles.

Formats, groups and the shape of the program.

Call and program Each year’s call for proposals set beside the program: the call’s distinctive words, and how often they turn up in that year’s titles.
Program anatomy Sessions by format over time, and how many people a session lists.
Groups Special interest groups, caucuses, standing groups and consortia, and the years each met.

Shared sessions, within the ethics thresholds.

Panel network, teams and bridges People linked by sharing sessions, pairs who return together, and how often a session mixes institution types.

Take the data with you.

Build a corpus Choose a slice of the listings and download it, with a citation.
Search Names, titles and institutions.
How to read these numbers What is counted, where the series break, and how each measure was made.