The Association for Communication Administration

Submission Deadline Dates:  Mon, 1/9 2023 12:00 AM EST - Thu, 3/30 2023 3:00 AM EST EDT

Call for Submissions

Freedom

November 16-19, 2023

National Harbor, Maryland

The Association for Communication Administration (ACA), in affiliation with the National Communication Association, invites submissions for NCA's 109th Annual Convention in National Harbor, Maryland. The convention’s theme “Freedom,” calls on us to think about the way that human communication plays a critical role in our understanding of what it means to be free. Through Communication, we determine if we ourselves are free and create our personal and collective journeys to become or remain free. While the idea of freedom has been discussed for centuries, central questions remain. As you work on submissions, we ask you to consider some or all of the following questions, among others related to the theme: What does it mean to be free? Is freedom, simply, the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved? Where do we find freedom and how do we get there? Are we free now? Has freedom been reached in the past? Is freedom a goal of the future? Who is free? The NCA 109th Annual Convention theme challenges participants to interrogate these types of questions through scholarship that represents the diversity of our discipline. As both scholars of Communication and administrators within colleges and universities, we need to examine how administration can help and hinder freedom and the role communication plays in freedom. Papers and panels addressing any area of administration are invited for submission, but papers and programs that address the convention theme are especially encouraged. 

Submission Information:

Individual papers are those submitted directly by an author(s) for consideration and not as part of a pre-conceived paper session. Papers are reviewed individually. Papers should include a title and a description and contain no author-identifying information in the uploaded document. Specifically, submissions must include a max 25-page, double-spaced uploaded copy of the paper. Copies must be uploaded into NCA Convention Central and must not include identifying information, separate cover page, or any file with identifying information in the document text or properties. Submissions should include title, paper description (abstract), keywords, and author information in the appropriate sections of the electronic submission form. AV requests must be made at the time of submission. Please indicate your willingness to participate in Scholar to Scholar by clicking the appropriate agreement box during the submission process.

Paper sessions are sessions submitted as pre-conceived and complete presentations of a number of papers. The papers are not submitted or reviewed individually; instead, the entire session is submitted for consideration as a whole. Paper sessions should include a title, an overall description, a rationale, participant contact information, a chair, and titles and descriptions for each paper presentation.

Panel discussions are panels submitted as pre-conceived and complete sessions of persons discussing a topic or issue. No papers are presented as part of a panel discussion. Panel discussions should include a title, an overall panel description, a rationale, a chair, and participant contact information.

AV requests must be included on all submissions.

Paper session and panel discussions should include individuals representing multiple institutions rather than individuals from only one or two institutions. Further, a single person should not serve more than one role (i.e., chair, respondent, author, performer, or presenter) in a submission.

Deadline for Submissions: All submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

Only online submissions are accepted.  Please submit your papers/proposals to NCA Convention Central.