Issue #18, September 2025 | | |
Convention News:
– Get Ready for the 111th Annual NCA Convention
– Save on Airfare
– Reserve Exhibitor and Sponsorship Opportunities
NCA News:
– Register Now for the September VLO: “Publishing Your Book with a University Press”
– Register for the October VLO: “Fall Virtual Healing Space”
– Register for the October Public Program on “Futures for Rhetoric and Democracy”
– Recap of September Public Program
– Announcing the NCA National & Interest Group Award Winners
– NCA Leadership Positions Nominations: Deadline Approaching
– NCA Journals: Call for Editors
– Open Access to NCA Resource on Addressing Authoritarianism and Fascism
– NCA National Office Wants Your Superb Syllabi
– Celebrating a Decade of Learning Outcomes in Communication
NCA Publications:
– Communication Currents, Vol. 2; No. 18
| | Get Ready for the 111th Annual NCA Convention | | |
“Communicate to Elevate” at the 111th Annual NCA Convention, Nov. 20–23, 2025 with pre-conference and Day of Service activities on Nov. 19, 2025 at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in the Denver Metro Area. This premier event offers innovative opportunities for learning, networking, and inspiration. Check out the Online Program and plan your convention experience.
Register now to attend. To receive member rates, your membership must be active through Dec. 1, 2025, or later.
Save on Housing:
Enjoy the best rates by booking within NCA’s room block. Rooms are selling quickly—reserve now to secure your preferred room type and location. Don’t delay, as the room block reservation deadline is Oct. 15, 2025.
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| | Reserve Exhibitor and Sponsorship Opportunities | | |
Connect with thousands of communication professionals, educators, and students through strategic sponsorship opportunities. Stand out with high-impact and targeted sponsorship. Maximize your presence with exhibit booths on the convention floor or targeted advertising opportunities. Reserve sponsorship and exhibit spaces now for ideal selection and positioning. View our complete sponsorship menu and pricing. All sponsorships include recognition in printed materials, mobile app visibility, and website acknowledgment—ensuring your brand reaches our engaged academic community.
Ready to Partner? Reach out to NCA at sales@natcom.org to discuss custom partnership opportunities.
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Register Now for the September VLO: “Publishing Your Book with a University Press“
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We’re excited to announce the incredible lineup of speakers for our upcoming Virtual Learning Opportunity (VLO) on Friday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. EDT! This VLO will feature expert insights from panelists on the academic book publication process:
- Tara Cyphers, Acquisitions Editor, Ohio State University Press
- Aurora Bell, Acquisitions Editor, University of South Carolina Press
- Kristen Hop, Acquisitions Editor, University of Alabama Press
- Archna Patel, Acquisitions Editor, Pennsylvania State University Press
- Judith Lakamper, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Michigan State University Press
- Moderator: John M. Sloop, NCA Publications Council Chair, Professor of Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University
By the end of this VLO, participants will understand the basics of preparing a proposal for a press, how to compile research into book manuscript form, how to respond to and work with reviews, and the value of titles and key words.
Register today to secure your spot and be part of this important conversation.
For questions about this event, please email Rachael E. Purtell, National Communication Association Research Associate, at academic@natcom.org.
| | Register for the October VLO: “Fall Virtual Healing Space” | | |
Join NCA on Thursday, Oct. 9, at noon EDT for a 60-90 minute interactive workshop designed to enhance healing, encouragement, and emotional support. You’ll enjoy this space to learn strategies for keeping ourselves sane, tips for coping, and vehicles of community critical to our well-being. Plus, you can anticipate time for Q&A.
Presenters:
- Tina M. Harris, NCA First Vice President, Louisiana State University
- Jeanetta D. Sims, NCA President, University of Central Oklahoma
For questions about this event, please email communications@natcom.org.
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Register for the October Public Program: “Futures for Rhetoric and Democracy”
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Join NCA on Friday, Oct. 17, 2-4 p.m. EDT for our Public Program on “Futures for Rhetoric and Democracy.”
Across the globe, in different national cultures and contexts, authoritarianism is on the rise. Prominent authoritarian movements and politicians have threatened the communicative basis of democracy, casting dissent and disagreement as disloyalty and treason. Connecting theory and practice, rhetorical scholarship must address the implications of authoritarianism on the status of democracy as a concept, model, principle, and context for rhetorical practice. Panelists will consider futures of rhetoric and democracy in an era of democratic uncertainty and threat. Panelists will address such questions as: How do rhetoric and democracy operate in the world we live in now, whether at local, regional, national, and global levels, in governmental and non-governmental contexts, within and across diverse communities? How, if at all, may concepts and practices of rhetoric and democracy reduce violence and strife? What may rhetorical scholarship teach us about democracy?
For questions about this event, Dane S. Claussen, NCA Director of Research, Publications and Professional Advancement, at dclaussen@natcom.org.
| | Recap of September Public Program | | |
“Caring and Communicating: The Role of Family in Times of Need”
If you missed our Sept. Public Program, “Caring and Communicating: The Role of Family in Times of Need”, you can watch it now on our website. Thank you to the panelists, moderators, and our NCA staff for putting together this wonderful event.
| | Announcing the NCA National & Interest Group Award Winners | | |
The National Communication Association (NCA) is pleased to announce the 2025 National & Interest Group award winners, honoring the best achievements in outstanding teaching, scholarship, and professional service.
National Awards
This year, more than 30 Communication Scholars will receive National Awards at the 111th Annual Convention in the Denver Metro Area for achievements in over 20 categories, including distinguished service, IDEA engagement, and global communication. Recipients will be honored during the Presidential Address and Awards Presentation.
For a complete list of the 2025 National Award winners, please click the button below:
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Interest Group Awards
This year, more than 200 Communication Scholars received awards across over 50 Interest Groups. Winners will be recognized by their respective Interest Groups during the 111th Annual Convention.
For a complete list of the 2025 Interest Group award winners, please click the button below:
| | Congratulations to all the award winners! We hope you can join us in celebration at the 111th Annual Convention in the Denver Metro Area. | | NCA Leadership Positions Nominations: Deadline Approaching | | |
The 2025 Call for Nominations for NCA leadership for Councils, Award Selection Committees, and other Governance Positions are open through Oct. 1, 2025. This is your opportunity to help shape the future of the Association and advance the discipline of communication.
If you have any questions, please email nomination@natcom.org.
| | NCA Summer Programs: Call for Proposals | | |
The National Communication Association invites applications from U.S. colleges and universities to host the NCA’s 2026 Doctoral Honors Seminar, 2026 Institute for Faculty Development, and 2026 Midcareer Scholars Writing Retreat, all to be held during June and July 2026. Full information about submitting an application, due December 5, is available here. In 2025, the Doctoral Honors Seminar was hosted by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the Institute for Faculty Development was hosted virtually by Duquesne University. The Midcareer Scholars Writing Retreat was last held in 2024 at Auburn University.
Questions may be addressed to Dane S. Claussen, NCA Director of Research, Publications and Professional Advancement, at dclaussen@natcom.org.
| | NCA Journals: Call for Editors | The National Communication Association is seeking applications for the editorships of Communication and Cultural/Critical Studies, Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, and Text and Performance Quarterly, published by NCA and Taylor & Francis. Applications are due Jan. 31, 2026. The Publications Council’s nominees will be voted on by the Executive Committee and, if approved, will be voted on by the Legislative Assembly in Spring 2026. New Editors-Elect will begin working with manuscripts in 2027 and serve as Editor during 2028-2030. Editors receive a semi-annual stipend and may choose to have an associate editor or other editorial assistance. | | Open Access to NCA Resource on Addressing Authoritarianism and Fascism | |
Check out NCA’s new online resource, “Addressing Authoritarianism: A Resource Library,” an active scholarship repository addressing the global rise of authoritarianism and fascism.
This archive, created as a grass-roots volunteer project led by Marina Levina, PhD., Editor of NCA’s Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies and chair of the Critical and Cultural Studies Division, will be a living document evolving over time through contributions from others in NCA and beyond.
“Addressing Authoritarianism” provides resources to enable successful pedagogical, research, creative, and administrative interventions into authoritarianism and fascism. Available to all, this public resource features theoretical, historical, and pedagogical resources on authoritarianism and fascism for scholars and educators to use in their teaching and writing.
The library contains theoretical and historical texts in communication and beyond, as well as college-level and K-12 lesson plans, and extensive media databases aimed at promoting critical interventions into authoritarianism and fascism. The library addresses authoritarianism and fascism as a global phenomenon with an emphasis on different regions worldwide. Taylor & Francis has now provided open access to 18 journal articles on this topic listed in the resource library.
| | NCA National Office Wants Your Superb Syllabi | |
As part of the NCA’s project of building out its new website, the NCA staff is asking that you consider sending to us your excellent syllabi!
Do you have a fantastic one for the foundational course? An interesting one for interpersonal communication? A super one for small group communication? An outstanding one for organizational communication? A dedicated one for death and dying communication? A scintillating one for science communication?
Please email them (PDF or Word only) to: academic@natcom.org.
We can’t guarantee that every one of them will be posted on our website, but we promise to carefully review each one and to keep adding to a syllabi library on an ongoing basis!
| | Celebrating a Decade of Learning Outcomes in Communication | | This year marks the tenth anniversary of NCA’s Learning Outcomes in Communication (LOC). This Lumina Foundation-funded project was a multi-year, faculty-driven initiative designed to articulate the core of the Communication discipline through a set of learning outcomes. The LOCs are meant to stimulate meaningful conversations among faculty members about enhancing curricular development in the interest of improving student learning. They are a starting point for conversations; they are not exhaustive or prescriptive. They are designed to be adapted by individual departments based on their particular imperatives and areas of focus. The LOCs are a foundation for effective assessment of student learning. | | Communication Currents, Vol. 2; No. 18 |
The latest Communication Currents is out: “Communication behaviors that facilitate detection of loneliness”. Click the button below to read and learn more.
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