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ECA 2024 - Community College Interest Group Call for Submissions
Call for Papers: Currents
Eastern Communication Association 114th Annual Convention
March 20-24
Cambridge, MA
Community College Interest Group
Submission Deadline: September 18, 2023, 11:59 PM PDT
Submission link for Community College Interest Group
The Community College Interest Group invites completed papers, panels, and round table discussions that focus on the convention theme: Currents. Jeanne M. Pursuit, First Vice President & Primary Convention Planner, notes that “Originally the site of the 2021 Convention, we are excited to be in this beautiful, newly renovated hotel on the banks of the Charles River, with spectacular views of the Boston skyline. The theme is Currents, which represents our convention location the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge while serving as a metaphor for how ideas are the currents that shape our discipline in this contemporary moment.”
In keeping with the theme of Currents, we invite you to consider submissions that address our continuing opportunities to contribute to a post-pandemic future. Specifically, this could include:
- How do historical currents shape our current the terrain of the study of communication?
- How can the communication discipline move ideas and theories into a wider body of knowledge?
- How do theories currently shape the practice of communication?
- What communication ideas, topics, or concepts have currents worn down or created a new?
- How do we support our current students – undergraduate and graduate – in navigating their academic experiences?
- What kinds of impacts do current technologies have on communication pedagogy?
- What current trends and movements are changing the direction of teaching, learning, practicing, and theorizing communication?
The Community College Interest Group at ECA utilizes Attendee Interactive for all submissions and blind-reviews. The link for submissions is: https://ww4.aievolution.com/eca2401/
Submission Guidelines for Completed Papers
Papers should be a maximum of 25 double-spaced pages, not including references and appendices, and typed in 12-point font with 1-inch margins. Times New Roman font is preferred. Papers should be written in accordance with the University of Chicago Manual of Style or APA 7th edition. The main document must be blind; that is, DO NOT include any identifying author/s, institution/s, or contact information. Be sure to inspect the document and remove ALL personal information from the document properties -including file names.
When submitting, the following Attendee Interactive fields must be completed:
- Title
- Author/s
- Abstract
- Student and/or Debut Paper, if applicable
- Audio Visual Equipment and/or Special Requests (please note that A/V equipment is limited and only available if absolutely necessary)
- Upload Main Document (Must be BLIND. Accepted file types are Word and PDF.)
Submission Guidelines for Panel Proposals
Panel proposals should be written in accordance with the University of Chicago Manual of Style or APA 7th edition. The document/s must be blind; that is, DO NOT include any identifying author/s, institution/s, or contact information. Be sure to inspect the document and remove ALL personal information from the document properties -including files names.
When submitting, the following Attendee Interactive fields must be completed:
- Title
- Chair and Respondent
- Participants, Individual Paper Titles and Abstracts
- Panel Description
- Rationale
- Audio Visual Equipment and/or Special Request (please note that A/V equipment is limited and only available if absolutely necessary)
- Uploading Proposal Document/s (Must be BLIND. Accepted file types are Word and PDF.)
Submission Guidelines for Round Table Discussions
Round table discussion proposals should be written in accordance with the University of Chicago Manual of Style or APA 7th edition. Upload supporting documents that include the purpose of the Round Table, an agenda for the Round Table, and an invitation for audience participation in the Round Table. The request for audience participation should be included in the 100-word description. The document/s must be blind; that is, DO NOT include any identifying author/s, institution/s, or contact information. Be sure to inspect the document and remove ALL personal information from the document properties -including files names.
When submitting, the following Attendee Interactive fields must be completed:
- Title
- Chair and Participants
- Round Table Description (100 word or less)
- Rationale
- Audio Visual Equipment and/or Special Request, and Target Audiences (please note that A/V equipment is limited and only available if absolutely necessary)
- Uploading Proposal Document/s (Must be BLIND. Accepted file types are Word and PDF.)
All submissions must include the Statement of Professional Responsibility:
In submitting the attached paper or proposal, I/We recognize that an accepted paper, panel, or poster is considered a professional responsibility. If this submission is accepted and programmed, I/We agree to register for the ECA convention, pay fees, and present the work. I/We understand that presenters with last minute emergencies should take all possible measures to arrange an alternate presenter and communicate their plans to both the Interest Group Planner and ECA VP.
Anticipated Convention Acceptance Notifications: January 2024
Kerry Byrnes-Loinette (she/her)
Community College Interest Group Planner, ECA 2024
Collin College
