The Emerging Scholar-Practitioners Conference provides GCU doctoral learners a forum for professional exchange and dissemination of scholarly work.  Each residency session includes a conference poster session and oral presentations during the Monday evening Welcome Dinner and Reception offering an opportunity for doctoral learners who have recently completed their disssertation the opportunity to present and publish in an academic setting. 

The goals of the Emerging Scholar-Practitioner Conference are:

1. To encourage exchange of empirical and theoretical research among GCU doctoral learners and faculty.
2. To provide GCU doctoral learners professional experience in the dissemination and presentation of their work.
3. To increase awareness of the range and diversity of research being conducted by GCU doctoral learners.