09/03/2016

CSCA 2017 Call for Papers Reminder: Organizational and Professional Communication

Greetings Organizational and Professional Communication Interest Group Members! I hope that the first part of your Fall semester is off to a great start. Below, you will find the call for this year’s conference. Please review the call for ideas for paper and panel submissions for this year’s conference in March 2017. I look forward to seeing your submissions!

Call for Papers and Panels

2017 Central States Communication Association (CSCA)

Annual Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota

March 16 – 18, 2017

Create

The Organizational and Professional Communication Interest Group invites the submissions of competitive papers, panels, roundtable discussions, and innovative programming for the 2017 CSCA convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The purpose of our interest group is to collaboratively promote the efforts of researchers, teacher/scholars, and practitioners as they relate to the study and practice of human communication in organizational and professional topics. Thus, any such topic related to organizational and professional communication is welcomed; however, we especially encourage submissions that relate to the convention theme, Create. The focus should be placed on the spirit of “create,” rather than simply including the word in titles. For example, as an interest group we can demonstrate how the research and practice of organizational communication contributes to the creation of knowledge, identity, culture, etc. in organizational and professional contexts.

Papers and panels from both established and new scholars that celebrate strong scholarship and suggest new directions for research, application, and teaching are encouraged. Planners are interested in all types of formats including: traditional paper panels, roundtable discussions, and working research sessions. Panels ought to have representation from multiple institutions rather than representing a single institution. We are especially interested in submission formats that draw the audience into conversation about the theme Create and its relation to the study and practice of organizational communication.

Guidelines for Submission:

Competitive Papers: Only completed papers that conform to APA standards and are submitted as Microsoft Word documents will be accepted. Papers must include a title and a brief abstract. Author names and any identifying information must be removed prior to submission. Email submissions should include a title page as a separate document. The title page should include: title, institutional affiliation, address(es) of author(s), phone and email address(es), and indication of: (a) whether the author is a CSCA member, (b) Graduate and undergraduate students should type “STUDENT” on the upper right-hand corner of the title page.  If the paper will be a student debut, please type “DEBUT STUDENT” on the upper right- hand corner of the title page.  To be considered a student debut paper, (1) the author must be a graduate or undergraduate student, (2) the paper must have single authorship, and (3) the paper must be the author’s first paper to be presented at CSCA. The interest group will recognize the top competitive papers and the top student paper. The “Competitive Paper Submission Form” must be submitted along with the paper. This form is located on the CSCA website: www.csca-net.org.

Panel Proposals: Panel proposals ought to include: (a) a title; (b) a rationale statement and description of the proposed panel—roundtable discussion, paper panel (completed papers that encompass a specific topic), debate, spotlight; (c) name of person responsible for the proposal; (d) names, institutional affiliations, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of each panel participant; and (e) a 200-word abstract for each paper if a paper panel submission or an explanation of each participant’s purpose/perspective if a different panel format. Indicate whether participants are CSCA members. The interest group will recognize the top panel. Panels must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document. Please use the appropriate Panel Submission Form located on the CSCA website: www.csca-net.org.

All technology requests must be made at the time of submission. Please indicate your AV requests in the text of your submission email.

Again, submit all proposals and associated documents as Microsoft Word documents. Use the respective submission forms found on the CSCA website (www.csca-net.org). Submissions must be received by OCTOBER 3, 2016. Send submissions to Grace L. Coggio at grace.coggio@uwrf.edu. Please write “CSCA Submission” in the subject line of the email.

If you have questions about this call, please contact Grace L. Coggio at 715-441-6644 or grace.coggio@uwrf.edu.