111th Annual Convention: Call for Submissions and Reviewers | | |
The National Communication Association invites you to participate in the 111th Annual Convention, themed Communicate to Elevate. Whether submitting your research or volunteering as a reviewer, your contributions are essential to this year’s success!
Call for Submissions
Showcase your work and engage with the communication discipline. Resources are available to guide you through the process, including submission guidelines and FAQs.
Pro Tips:
- Review submission requirements early.
- Prepare all materials in advance.
- Submit ahead of the deadline to avoid technical issues.
Submit Your Proposal
Call for Reviewers
Support the convention by serving as a reviewer, session chair, or respondent. Volunteering allows you to engage with emerging scholarship, enhance your CV, and connect with peers.
Volunteer Now
Key Deadlines:
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Submissions and Volunteer Applications: March 31, 2025, 11:59 PM PT
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Convention Dates: November 20–23, 2025
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Location: Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, Aurora, CO
Don’t miss your chance to contribute to this year’s convention!
| | 110th Annual Convention Recap Webpage Now Live | | |
The recap of the 110th Annual Convention is now live on our website! If you missed the 110th Annual Convention, or want to re-live it, you can do so now on our new recap page. Explore the main sessions, see testimonials from members, and even find your headshot if you got one taken!
Click the link below to view the page.
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Nominations Open for NCA Awards!
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Nominations are now open for the NCA National and Interest Group Awards! This is your chance to recognize outstanding contributions in communication research, teaching, and service. Self-nominations are welcome!
Deadline: May 15, 2025
Awards Presented: 111th NCA Convention in Denver, CO
Submit your nominations today via the nomination portal below.
| | Register Now: Upcoming Public Program on Family and Care! | | |
Caring and Communicating: The Role of Family in Times of Need
Join the National Communication Association (NCA) on Thursday, April 17 at 3 p.m. EST for a transformative virtual event that delves into the crucial role of family communication in effective caregiving. Drawing on insights from Affection Exchange Theory, Relational Maintenance, and broader family communication scholarship, it offers research-based approaches, practical tools, and strategies to help families strengthen bonds, navigate caregiving, and thrive together.
Join us with top and emerging family and interpersonal communication scholars as we arm broad audiences with key insights from communication scholarship. Family communication plays a vital role in providing care, support, and resilience during times of need. This program will offer attendees practical insights on how to navigate difficult conversations, strengthen family relationships, and foster meaningful connections that promote well-being. Join us to explore how effective communication can help families support one another through life’s challenges.
For questions about this event, please email Rachael E. Purtell, NCA Research Associate, at: academic@natcom.org.
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NCA’s Research Associate Takes Home the Top Interpersonal Communication Paper at Upcoming 116th Annual Eastern Communication Association Convention
| | 2025 Doctoral Honors Seminar (DHS) | |
The 2025 NCA Doctoral Honors Seminar (DHS) will be held at the University of Tennessee from June 17 to June 20. The DHS brings together promising doctoral students and distinguished faculty members from across the discipline and around the nation to discuss current topics in Communication. The theme for this year’s DHS is “Hills, Hollers, and Rising Scholars: The Future of Communication Research.”
Up to 30 students will be chosen to participate based on a brief application narrative and a recommendation from their advisor. Participants will arrive the afternoon of Tuesday, June 17, participate in two full seminar days on the 18th and 19th and then depart mid-day on Friday, June 20. Doctoral students participating in the seminar will be provided hotel lodging and most meals. Applications are due Friday, April 11 and can be completed online.
This year doctoral students are invited to apply with any interests across the discipline to one of three specialty seminar areas, focused on broad theoretical and methodological approaches. These areas in which students apply will be media theory and research, rhetorical and performance theory and research, and communication theory and research.
Questions regarding the DHS can be directed to the Knoxville planning committee chair, Dr. Jenny Crowley (jcrowle3@utk.edu).
| | 2023-2024 Academic Job Listings Report | | |
The National Communication Association conducts an annual analysis of college and university searches to fill academic and industry positions in Communiation. This report provides a descriptive account of the job market in Communication over the past 14 years, as well as a comparative analysis that includes other humanities and social science disciplines. We also provide an assessment of jobs posted during the period of Sep. 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024, with respect to areas of research and teaching specialty as well as rank and type of position.
Read the full report below.
| | 2023 Profile of the Doctorate | | |
Each year, NCA produces “A Profile of the Communication Doctorate,” based on data contained in the National Science Foundation’s Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED). The 2023 SED was released in October 2024 and this report serves as a supplement to the previously released profiles of the Communication Doctorate.
Read previous years’:
Click the button below to read the 2023 report.
| | Communication Currents, Vol. 2; No. 6 |
The latest Communication Currents is out: “Countdown to the apocalypse: The legitimation of white Christian violence in religious programming on the History Channel“ Click the button below to read and learn more.
| | | Write to Congress TODAY about the Need to Protect Government Data! | |
The Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) has provided NCA members with access to their Action Page in lieu of governmental data sources disappearing from federal agency websites.
Write to your Members of Congress TODAY to express your concern about the recent removal of important federal data sources from government websites and urge them to take action to restore it.
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