CALL FOR 2015 SUBMISSIONS Without communication, our individual and collective lives as we know them would be impossible. We use communication in: • Navigating! our interpersonal relationships with partners, family, friends, and acquaintances; • Navigating! the pursuit of our professional goals and vocational interests; and, • Navigating! the depths and shallows of the cultural, economic, entertainment, social, political, and religious dimensions of the world we share in common with others. Navigating! these relationships, interests, and shared experiences is improved by the development of practical communication skills, which are in turn enhanced by a better understanding of communication processes. Navigating! was chosen as this year’s conference theme in part because the site of the conference, Charleston, is located at the confluence of two rives that empty into a harbor that flows into the ocean. These bodies of water are fed by large and small tributaries that contribute to the whole and shape and are shaped by the geography they transverse. The literal navigation that takes place upon these waters serves as an appropriate metaphor for the Navigating! function communication plays in our lives. As a theme, Navigating! encourages the exploration of a broad range of communication practices and processes, texts and contexts. CCA invites papers, panels, and Great Ideas for Teaching Students (GIFTS) proposals in keeping with the widest possible application of this theme. However, submissions not related to the convention theme are also welcome. Papers and GIFTS proposals The Mary E. Jarrard Graduate The Ray Camp Research will be blind reviewed and Student Paper Award and the Award honors the legacy of competitively selected. When Mary E. Jarrard Graduate Ray Camp, Professor Emeritus submitting, please: (1) Provide Student Paper Award are at North Carolina State identifying information only in given to the top graduate University. Ray – a beloved, the text of your submission student paper and the top longtime member of CCA – email (include names, emails, undergraduate student paper, regularly contributed well-‐
affiliations, and phone numbers respectively. These awards conceived, well-‐researched, of authors). (2) Attach to the honor Mary E. Jarrard, a well-‐written papers that email the complete paper in lifelong member who was helped set a high standard for Word or PDF format or a GIFTS devoted to encouraging convention activity. This year, description (600 words max.). student participation at CCA. the Camp Award will not This Award is submission involve a separate submission Panel Proposals are not blind based, and applicants must process. Instead, all faculty reviewed and must include a adhere to the guidelines found papers will be considered for detailed abstract (300 words on the CCA website: the Camp Award and the max.) along with the names, http://www.carolinascommuni
winner will be selected based emails, affiliations, and phone cation.org/ on ratings and rankings. numbers of panelists. • Email all submissions to Dr. Robert Westerfelhaus, [email protected] by Monday, June 15, 2015. • For questions, please contact Dr. Robert Westerfelhaus via email or at 843-‐327-‐5903 before May 8 or after June 11, as he will be traveling outside the USA. • To ensure a successful conference, all selected presenters are required to register for and attend the conference. This applies, especially, to award winners. 2015 CCA Convention | October 2-‐ 3 | Hilton Garden Inn Waterfront/Downtown | Charleston, SC