NCA Doctoral Honors Seminars (DHS) bring together the best doctoral students and faculty members from across the discipline and around the nation to discuss current topics in communication. The seminars are held annually at a selected host institution. Approximately 30 doctoral students are chosen to participate based on submitted papers and recommendations from their advisors.
In 2013, the NCA Doctoral Honors Seminar will be hosted by the University of Maine's Department of Communication & Journalism from July 18-21, 2013, at the Schoodic Education & Research Center in Acadia National Park on the Atlantic coast. "Research Collaboration on Disciplinary Frontiers: Spanning Methodological Boundaries--Communication & the Environment, Rhetoric & Materiality, and Digital Media Convergence" is the theme.
The doctoral students selected to attend the 2013 Doctoral Honors Seminar were chosen from a highly competitive pool of applications/nominations and represent nineteen doctoral programs from around the country. They are:
Cynthia Bateman, University of South Carolina
Bryan Behrenshausen, University of North Carolina
Sarah Bell, University of Utah
Maria Blevins, University of Utah
Tovar Cerulli, University of Massachusetts
Roberta Cheverette, Arizona State University
David DeIuliis, Duquesne University
Mary Domenico, University of North Carolina
Emily Winderman Hallsby, University of Georgia
Brook Irving, University of Iowa
Eunice Kim, University of Texas
Bridie McGreavy, University of Maine
Lindsey Meeks, University of Washington
Ben Morton, University of Iowa
Renu Pariyadath, University of Iowa
Marie-Louise Paulesc, Arizona State University
Renee Powers, University of Illinois-Chicago
Aaron Philips, University of Utah
Pamela Pietrucci, University of Washington
Jessica Rich, University of North Carolina
Jessica Rudy, Indiana University
Elizabeth Schwarz, University of California-Riverside
Yvonne Slosarski, University of Maryland
Scott Tulloch, Georgia State University
Yuanxin Wang, Temple University
Justine Wells, University of South Carolina
Julie Wight, University of Minnesota
Please visit the 2013 DHS site here for more information.
Contact Trevor Parry-Giles with questions about participating in DHS.
Learn how your institution can become a DHS host. (pdf)
Past NCA Doctoral Honors Seminar Host Institutions
1970 (Fall)—Michigan State University
1971 (Spring)—University of Iowa; University of Texas
1971 (Fall)—The Pennsylvania State University; Florida State University
1972 (Spring)—University of Denver; University of Wisconsin
1973—Northwestern University; Purdue University
1974—University of Massachusetts
1975—Michigan State University
1976—University of Massachusetts
1978—University of Michigan
1979—The Pennsylvania State University
1981—Bowling Green State University
1982 (Spring)—Ohio University
1982 (Fall)—Louisiana State University
1983—Kent State University
1984—Ohio University
1987—University of Georgia
1988—University of Massachusetts
1989—University of Georgia
1992—Indiana University
1998—Northwestern University
1999—University of Illinois
2000—Northwestern University
2001—University of Texas
2002—No DHS
2003—Bowling Green State University
2004—University of New Mexico
2005—University of Oklahoma
2006—Purdue University
2007—University of Colorado
2008—University of Alabama
2009—West Virginia University
2010—University of Utah
2011—North Dakota State University
2012—University of Southern California