October 12, 2022
NCA Salutes Its 2022
National Award Winners
NCA is very pleased to announce the 2022 national award winners, honoring the best achievements in outstanding teaching, scholarship, and professional service. This year, more than 30 Communication scholars will receive awards at the 108th Annual Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana for achievements in more than 25 categories, including distinguished service, excellent publishing scholarship, and outstanding teaching.
For a complete list of 2022 award winners, please click on the button below:
Applications are now being accepted for NCA’s Research Cultivation Grants, Advancing the Discipline Grants, and grants funded by the Dale Leathers Fund to Promote Communication Studies in Emerging Democracies. The application deadline for all grants is October 1, 2022. Grant recipients will be notified in mid-November, and projects are expected to...
In a new “NCA Concepts and Praxis in Communication” video, Aisha Durham, Associate Professor in the USF Department of Communication, explains Critical Race Theory and how it has been applied in Communication research. According to Durham, “As a framework, Critical Race Theory (CRT) sees race not as biologically determined… We...
The Consortium of Social Science Associations’ (COSSA) Social Science Advocacy Day was held virtually on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. This annual event is designed to encourage members of Congress to support federal funding of the social and behavioral sciences. This year, Dr. Kami Silk participated in this advocacy work...
In support of its commitment to promoting diversity within the Communication discipline, NCA’s IDEA Council offers travel grants for student members of NCA’s caucuses (Asian/Pacific American Caucus, Black Caucus, Disability Issues Caucus, Caucus on LGBTQ Concerns, Indigenous Caucus, La Raza Caucus, and Women’s Caucus) who attend the Annual Convention. NCA offers...
Student members of NCA’s caucuses (Asian/Pacific American Caucus, Black Caucus, Disability Issues Caucus, Caucus on LGBTQ Concerns, Indigenous Caucus, La Raza Caucus, or Women’s Caucus) may apply for a travel grant to help defray the costs associated with attending the 2021 NCA Annual Convention in Seattle. Students can receive up...
Members are invited to submit nominations for the awards to be presented at the 2022 NCA Annual Convention. Unless otherwise specified, nominations must be submitted through the NCA website. Please review each award call for more information. The deadline for all nominations is May 15, 2022. Award descriptions, nomination criteria,...
Members are invited to submit nominations for the awards to be given at the 2021 NCA Annual Convention. Unless otherwise specified, nominations must be submitted through the NCA website. Please review each award call for more information. The deadline for all nominations is May 15, 2021. Award descriptions, nomination criteria,...
NCA members are invited to submit new resolution proposals to the Resolutions Committee for review, or to submit proposals to revise existing resolutions. All proposals are due no later than June 30, 2021. Read the full descriptions of the three types of resolutions on the NCA website. Visit the NCA...
NCA’s robust grants program includes the Advancing the Discipline grants, grants funded by the Dale Leathers Fund to Promote Communication Studies in Emerging Democracies, and the new Research Cultivation grants. Advancing the Discipline grants support projects and events that seek to advance the Communication discipline. The Leathers Fund is named...