Call for Papers

115th Annual ECA Convention

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The regular submission deadline has passed.

Student submission deadline has passed.

2024’s convention 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. I encourage you to explore the currents of communication through questions such as:

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 anew?
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 2024 Convention also features the Connect Conference. The Community College Interest Group will be meeting at the 2023 Convention to begin planning this important event.

Please note the earlier submission deadline of September 18; this is to ensure a smooth timeline for planning a March 2024 convention.

I am looking forward to working with the 2024 Interest Group planners, my conference planning, team, and ECA leadership to creating an ECA Convention that explores the currents of the communication discipline!

Jeanne M. Persuit, Ph.D.,
University of North Carolina Wilmington
persuitj@uncw.edu

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2024 Interest Group Planners
American Society for the History of Rhetoric (ASHR) (Affiliate Organization) David Hoffman Baruch College - CUNY david.hoffman@baruch.cuny.edu	Interpersonal Communication Jennifer Owlett William Paterson University owlettj@wpunj.edu
Applied Communication Erin Craw Chapman University craw@chapman.edu	Interpretation and Performance Christi Saindon Queensborough Community College CSaindon@qcc.cuny.edu
Argumentation & Forensics Tim Michaels Penn State University timmichaels95@gmail.com	Kenneth Burke Cem Zeytinoglu East Stroudsburg University czeytinoglu@esu.edu
Communication Administration Janie Harden Fritz Duquesne University harden@duq.edu	Media Communication Roseann Pluretti Queens University of Charlotte plurettiR@queens.edu
Communication Law & Ethics Noura Hajjaj SUNY New Paltz nourahajjaj80@gmail.com	Media Ecology (Affiliate Organization) Robert Foschia Penn State York ruf280@psu.edu
Communication and Technology Brian R. Patterson West Virginia University bpatters@mail.wvu.edu	Nonverbal Communication Madison Neurohr University at Buffalo mneurohr@buffalo.edu
Communication Traits Lynda McCroskey California State University, Long Beach lynda.mccroskey@csulb.edu	Organizational Communication Rachel Purtell West Virginia University repurtell@gmail.com
Community College Kerry Byrnes-Loinette Collin County Community College Kloinette@collin.edu	Philosophy of Communication Inci Sayrak Duquesne University sayraki@duq.edu
GIFTS Jenny Warren Collin County Community College Jwarren@collin.edu	Political Communication Christina Knopf SUNY Cortland christina.knopf@cortland.edu
Health Communication Satarupa Dasgupta Ramapo College sdasgupt@ramapo.edu	Rhetoric and Public Address Valerie Schrader Penn State Schuylkill vls146@psu.edu
Institute of General Semantics (Affiliate Organization) Thom Gencarelli Manhattan College thom.gencarelli@manhattan.edu	Theory and Methodology Kimberly Meltzer Marymount University kweisman@marymount.edu
Instructional Communication Sara Pitts Alice Lloyd College sara.pitts243@gmail.com	Voices of Diversity Dan Strasser Rowan University strasser@rowan.edu
Intercultural Communication Angela Putman Penn State Brandywine Abp5335@psu.edu

ECA 2024 CONVENTION PLANNERS CONTACT INFORMATION

Thank you to the individuals listed here for their service to ECA and to our discipline.

First Vice President & Primary Convention Planner
Jeanne Persuit
University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW)
persuitECA2024@gmail.com
910-962-2616

Second Vice President Tammy Bulger UNCW bulgert@uncw.edu	Second Vice President Dawn Pfeifer Reitz Penn State Berks Dpr15@psu.edu
Second Vice President (Local Arrangements) Celeste C. Wells Boston College Celeste.wells@bc.edulbell@stevenson.edu	Short Course Director Christina L. McDowell Cornell University Clm354@cornell.edu
Director of Sponsorship Angie Corbo Widener University amcorbo@widener.edu	Connect Conference Jessica Papajcik Stark State College jpapajcik@starkstate.edu
James C. McCroskey & Virginia P. Richmond Undergraduate Scholars Conference Kati Sudnick UNCW sudnickk@uncw.edu and Basak Guven Duquesne University guvenb@duq.edu	Graduate Poster Session William Burgess Gallaudet University william.burgess@gallaudet.edu
Social Media Director Colin Kearney Christopher Newport University colin.kearney@cnu.edu

Call for Papers

115th Annual ECA Convention

2024 Interest Group Planners

ECA 2024 CONVENTION PLANNERS CONTACT INFORMATION