SERR 2026 - Call for Presentations!
We invite your participation in the 48th Annual Southeastern Recreation Research (SERR) Conference, scheduled for March 29-31, 2026 at Lake Guntersville State Park in north Alabama. Graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, agency planners, land managers, and researchers are all encouraged to attend the conference and submit a proposal for an oral or poster presentation.
Presentation Proposals
Abstracts (consisting of a completed form* and a 500-word abstract) for oral and poster presentations at the 2026 SERR Conference are now being sought. Presentations should be of an empirical, conceptual, or theoretical nature related to recreation or the environment, and one or more of the following topics:
Authors are encouraged to give presentations focusing on completed empirical research, as well as conceptual papers on innovative models or theories, perspectives, or methods. Presentations detailing innovative recreation programs or other applied practices within the field are also encouraged.
Submissions should include a component addressing policy, planning, or management implications. As always, graduate student research will be an important part of the conference. Graduate student attendance and submissions are strongly encouraged!
Oral presentations will be given in a conference room setting. Audiovisual support will be available in the form of a laptop (with a USB port) and a projection unit. Each oral presenter
will be given 15 minutes for presenting their work and 5 minutes for discussion. Authors presenting planned or uncompleted research may be asked to make their presentations in the form of a poster.
Abstract Submission
Please submit your proposal using this link:
Abstract Deadline - January 9th, 2026
*For your submission, be prepared to provide the following information:
Presentation title,
Author(s) name(s), position title(s), and affiliation
Your (or the corresponding author’s) email address.
Your preferred session type: oral presentation or poster presentation
Your general topic area (see first bulleted list above)
Your presentation abstract: Limited to 500 words.
Your abstract should be sufficiently detailed to permit judgment of the paper's quality. Abstracts of empirical papers should include a problem statement, methods (including analysis), results, and address policy, planning, or management implications. Abstracts of conceptual and theoretical papers should include a problem statement and discussion with a system of organization like that of the empirical papers. A list of references is not required.
Selection
Selection of abstracts for presentation will be based upon review by two peers of the SERR community. Authors with accepted abstracts are expected to present their papers at the conference. In case of multiple authorships, at least one author must be present. Abstracts submitted are expected to meet professional standards.
Deadline
All proposals must be submitted by Friday, January 9, 2026. Authors will receive notification of acceptance or rejection by January 30, 2026. A list of presenters with session titles will be available on the SERR Conference website (
http://serrconference.org) by the end of February 2026.
Student Scholarships
We will be offering a limited number of student scholarships for undergraduate and/or graduate students to attend this year's SERR conference. The scholarship amounts will vary but will only cover a portion of the costs of attending the conference (registration, travel, etc.). Interested students need to email a one‐page letter (as an attached MS Word or PDF file) to the conference co‐chairs (see below) describing how they believe their academic and professional interests will be enhanced by their attendance.
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More information, along with the abstract submission link, can be found on our website,
www.serrconference.org. Registration and lodging information will be posted soon.
We look forward to seeing you in Alabama!
The SERR Planning Committee
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