06/28/2024

2025 CSCA Convention - Health Communication Interest Group ... Call for Papers and Panels

Health Communication Interest Group
Call for Papers and Panels

Central States Communication Association (CSCA) Annual Convention-Cincinnati, OH

April 1-6, 2025

Widening the Scope

The Health Communication Interest Group invites submissions of competitive papers and panels to be considered for programming at the Central States Communication Association (CSCA) convention, April 1-6, 2025, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Our interest group focuses on helping researchers, practitioners, and the general public better grasp, appreciate, use, and articulate health communication research, practice, and teaching. Health communication scholars also monitor and evaluate the efficacy of community-based, communication-driven, and health-related applications. The interest group is dedicated to engaging in interdisciplinary collaboration to develop curricular innovations centering on health communication. Thus, scholarship, community outreach, and pedagogy comprise our mission.

We welcome submissions on all topics which advance our mission, especially those that address the conference theme, Widening the Scope. Widening the scope of health communication research might involve approaching health communication from a new perspective, recruiting samples from diverse populations, considering the role of AI and computer mediated communication, facilitating student-led projects, or collaborating with scholars and practitioners outside of communication science. We enthusiastically encourage submissions from students and panel submissions that include panelists from multiple institutions. The Health Communication Interest Group offers three awards: top paper, top student paper, and top panel.

Submission Guidelines

Competitive Papers:

• A Competitive Paper must be submitted electronically using the CSCA online submission system.
• Papers must include a title page and brief abstract (150 words or less). Author names and any identifying information must be removed from papers prior to submission.
• Graduate and undergraduate students should type “STUDENT” on the upper righthand 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. Please note whether the author is an undergraduate or graduate student.
• If you would like your paper to be considered for the Inclusive Scholarship Award, type “INCLUSIVE SCHOLARSHIP” in the upper righthand corner of the title page. To be considered as an exemplar of inclusive scholarship, the paper must demonstrate academic rigor in the examination of communication and historically marginalized communities/populations. Please clearly articulate, in at least one paragraph in your abstract, how the respective scholarship explicitly addresses equity and inclusion. Additionally, make sure to select the Inclusive Scholarship option in submitting.
• Only completed papers conforming to current APA standards will be accepted.
• Papers may not exceed 25 pages, excluding title, abstract, references, and appendices. Papers exceeding the maximum page limit will not be considered for review.
• Individuals may submit no more than one lead authored paper

Discussion and Paper Panels:

• Discussion and paper panels must be submitted electronically using the CSCA online submission system.
• Panel submissions must include the following: (a) title, (b) description (75 words or less), (c) rationale (75 words or less), and (d) a complete list of participants along with their institutional affiliations, contact information, and CSCA membership status. Panels should also include titles and brief abstracts (150 words or less) for each paper or explanation of each participant’s purpose/perspective.

All papers and panel proposals must be submitted electronically using Microsoft Word. Documents sent using any other format will be returned to the sender.

All technology requests must be made at the time of submission.

Deadline for submissions:  October 5, 2024, 11:59 PM CDT

Send submissions electronically through our CSCA online submission system site. 

Questions about the Health Communication Interest Group, please contact the Chair: Dr. Amanda Cooper (amandacooper@uconn.edu)

Questions about the general call or the 2024 conference, please contact the Primary Program Planner: Dr. Jeffrey Child (jeffrey.child@unlv.edu)