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2025 ECA Convention Intercultural Communication Interest Group Call for Submissions
2025 Eastern Communication Association Convention
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION INTEREST GROUP CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
116th Annual Eastern Communication Association (ECA) Convention
“Contemporary Problems, Creative Solutions”
Hyatt Regency, Buffalo, NY
March 26-March 30, 2025
Submission Deadline: October 16, 2024, 11:59 PM PST
The Intercultural Communication Interest Group is requesting paper and panel submissions for the 116th Annual ECA Convention. The 2025 convention theme is Contemporary Problems, Creative Solutions, encouraging “submissions that interrogate the following:
- How can Communication Studies scholarship, teaching, and practice provide creative solutions to contemporary societal, environmental, geopolitical, technological, and economic problems?
- How can we best prepare undergraduate and graduate students to address these contemporary problems with creative solutions?
- How can we extend Communication Studies scholarship, teaching, and practice to settings and situations outside our traditional contexts?”
The Intercultural Communication Interest Group is devoted to the study and practice of representing, performing, and negotiating cultural identities in face-to-face interaction and mediated communication in cross-cultural and international contexts. The interest group welcomes submissions from scholars at all stages in their academic careers, especially those interested in integrating theory and practice in intercultural communication research.
As much of our work intersects with diverse voices and methodologies, we especially encourage proposals that can be co-sponsored by our colleagues in Voices of Diversity and Interpretation & Performance Studies. Some ideas for consideration include critical/cultural considerations, autoethnographic engagement, narrative methodological work, and performance pieces.
Papers and panel/program proposals must be submitted electronically by Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 11:59 PM PST.
ECA uses Attendee Interactive to manage submissions and reviews. This is the same system used by the National Communication Association so you may be familiar with it. You will be prompted to create a new User ID and Password to submit your work through this link: Sign In - Eastern Communication Association (aievolution.com). The link can also be found on ECA’s website at Attendee Interactive.
The Intercultural Communication Interest Group invites two types of submissions with the following specific requirements for each type:
Submission Guidelines for Completed Papers
Papers should be written in accordance with the University of Chicago Manual of Style or APA 6th edition (whichever is appropriate). The following fields will be completed for individual submissions:
- Title
- Description (aka. Abstract) including the Professional Responsibility Statement.
- Student Paper
- Debut Submission
- Special requests
- Audio Visual Form
Upload final paper or additional documents (file types accepted: Word or PDF).
Submission Guidelines for Panel/Program Proposals
Please submit panel/program proposals in one MS Word file (.doc or .docx). Proposals should be written according to the University of Chicago Manual of Style or APA 7th edition (whichever is appropriate). Include the following items in all panel/program submissions:
- Thematic Title
- Participants (Names & Affiliations) including chair and respondent.
- Estimated Attendance
- Special requests
- Rationale
- Audio Visual Form
- Upload supporting documents that include titles and abstracts for each paper or
presentation, program copy (no more than a 75-word description) as it should appear in the final program, and Statement of Professionalism (see below).
Please include the following statement with submissions:
In submitting the attached paper/panel, I/We recognize that this submission is considered a professional responsibility. I/We agree to present this paper/panel if it is accepted and programmed. I/We further recognize that all who attend and present at ECA’s annual meeting must register and pay required fees.
Please send your inquiries to the 2025 Intercultural Communication Interest Group Planner Dr. Rukhsana Ahmed, at ecaintcultcom2025@gmail.com. For additional information about the upcoming convention, please visit ECA’s website http://www.ecasite.org/.
Thank you so much and I look forward to receiving your proposals!
Sincerely,
Rukhsana Ahmed, Ph.D.
2025 Program Planner
Intercultural Communication Interest Group
Eastern Communication Association
