Partners
We are members of, or partner with, a number of organizations that provide collaborative opportunities for enhancing and increasing our public engagement.
Affiliates
We are members of, or partner with, a number of organizations that provide collaborative opportunities for enhancing and increasing our public engagement.
Affiliate organizations are separate, autonomous organizations that partner with NCA. Typically the affiliate will have a shared mission related to Communication pedagogy or scholarship.
Affiliation generates mutual benefits, including shared knowledge, expanded networks, greater promotion of the shared mission, and expanded opportunities for dialogue and collaboration. Overall, the spirit of affiliation involves pursuing and celebrating knowledge, study, praxis, professionalism, creativity, and service related to the larger Communication discipline.
Criteria for an Affiliate Organization
The following are criteria to qualify to be an affiliate of NCA:
- The organization must have a scholarly and professional interest in the Communication discipline.
- The organization must be an independent, legally incorporated nonprofit organization with a formal organizational structure, identifiable membership, and a commitment to maintaining connections among Communication scholars, teachers, and/or researchers. Any organization seeking affiliation must have existed for a minimum of three years before the application.
- There must be clear evidence that the organization monitors, protects, and ensures high quality in both the means and the products of its communications with its members.
- Evidence must be given that affiliation will benefit both the affiliated society and NCA by establishing a partnership.
- NCA will not consider for affiliation any organization that discriminates based on sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, ideology, political affiliation, age, disability, or marital status.