The NCA Doctoral Honors Seminars (DHS) bring together promising doctoral students and distinguished 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. Selected students will receive a travel voucher to put toward their travel to the DHS; all accommodations and other expenses are also provided.
The annual Doctoral Honors Seminar (DHS) will be hosted by the University of South Florida, July 21-24, 2019.
The theme of the 2019 DHS will be "Communication, Engagement, and Social Justice."
Stay tuned for more information about this year’s faculty leaders.
- Communication Studies
- Erin Donovan, University of Texas
- James Olufowote, University of Oklahoma
- Heather Zoller, University of Cincinnati
- Media and Society
- Rachel Griffin, University of Utah
- Jan Van den Bulck, University of Michigan
- Matt McAllister, The Pennsylvania State University
- Rhetoric and/or Performance Studies
- Belinda Stillion Southard, University of Georgia
- Tracy Stephenson Shaffer, Louisiana State University
- Mark McPhail, Indiana University-Northeast
The annual Doctoral Honors Seminar (DHS) was hosted by the Department of Communication Studies at Vanderbilt University, July 23-26, 2018. The theme of the 2018 DHS is “Communicating Intersections” and faculty leaders included Carlos Alemán (James Madison University), Jiyeon Kang (University of Iowa), Claire Sisco King (Vanderbilt), Kate Magsamen-Conrad (University of Iowa), Roopali Mukherjee (Queens College), Cindy Koenig Richards (Willamette University), Paul Stob (Vanderbilt), Dave Tell (University of Kansas), and Steven Wilson (University of South Florida).
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
July 23-26, 2018
- 2018—Vanderbilt University
- 2017—Bowling Green State University
- 2016—Ohio University
- 2015—University of Missouri
- 2014—University of Maryland
- 2013—University of Maine
- 2012—University of Southern California
- 2011—North Dakota State University
- 2010—University of Utah
- 2009—West Virginia University
- 2008—University of Alabama
- 2007—University of Colorado
- 2006—Purdue University
- 2005—University of Oklahoma
- 2004—University of New Mexico
- 2003—Bowling Green State University
- 2002—No DHS
- 2001—University of Texas
- 2000—Northwestern University
- 1999—University of Illinois
- 1998—Northwestern University
- 1992—Indiana University
- 1989—University of Georgia
- 1988—University of Massachusetts
- 1987—University of Georgia
- 1984—Ohio University
- 1983—Kent State University
- 1982 (Spring)—Ohio University
- 1982 (Fall)—Louisiana State University
- 1981—Bowling Green State University
- 1979—The Pennsylvania State University
- 1978—University of Michigan
- 1976—University of Massachusetts
- 1975—Michigan State University
- 1974—University of Massachusetts
- 1973—Northwestern University; Purdue University
- 1972 (Spring)—University of Denver; University of Wisconsin
- 1971 (Spring)—University of Iowa; University of Texas
- 1971 (Fall)—The Pennsylvania State University; Florida State University
- 1970 (Fall)—Michigan State University