Call for Papers: African American Communication & Culture Division

The African American Communication and Culture Division (AACCD) invites your competitive papers, panel discussions, paper and performance sessions for the NCA 101st Annual Convention. The convention theme is Embracing Opportunities: stepping beyond “what we have always done” and instead envisioning “what can be” as we interact with our students, establish ourselves as scholars, connect with colleagues in the discipline, partner with others beyond the academy, and juggle myriad personal commitments amid demanding professional obligations and expectations.

The AACCD encourages submissions addressing issues that significantly contribute to the convention theme while promoting communications scholarship involving and/or affecting descendants of the African Diaspora.

Coinciding with the conference theme, the AACCD highly desires submissions that will encourage us to tackle tough topics, engage in meaningful dialogues, and spark conversations and foundations for collaborations that could stretch into more long-term interactions involving mentoring, research, service, and more.

Innovative and inspiring competitive papers, panel discussions, paper and performance sessions that challenge us to examine how members from various ethnic backgrounds that have a genuine interest in attending to issues that impact the people of the African Diaspora can “embrace opportunities” to work together, make a difference in our educational institutions, our communities, our discipline, and our world are highly sought.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Kindly find a description of each submission type and its requirements below.

For more information on submission types, and best practices, please visit the Convention Resource Library www.natcom.org/conventionresources

INDIVIDUAL COMPETITIVE PAPER:

A paper submitted directly by an author as a stand-alone paper and not part of a preconceived session. Individual papers are reviewed individually and then grouped into paper sessions by the unit planner for presentation.

Recognition for the Top Paper and Top Student Paper will be awarded.

Please Note: The AACCD will only consider fully completed papers.

Competitive Paper Requirements:

– A title and description (250 words maximum)

– Entry of all author (s)

– An uploaded copy of the paper:

–The maximum length of an uploaded paper is 25, double-spaced pages, excluding references, tables, charts, and appendices.

–No information identifying the author(s) may appear in the body of your abstract or your paper upload.

–Instructions on how to prepare a blind copy are provided in the Convention Resource Library.

PAPER SESSION:

A preconceived and complete session of papers surrounding a particular topic in which each author(s) presents his or her own paper. Paper sessions are submitted and reviewed for consideration as a whole. Panels representing diverse institutional affiliations and interdisciplinary perspectives are strongly encouraged.

Submitted paper sessions must include:

– A Session Title

– A Session Description (250 words maximum)

– A Session Rationale (75 words maximum)

– A Panel Chair

– FOR EACH PAPER:

–A Title

–An Abstract (350 word maximum)

PANEL SESSION:

A panel discussion is submitted as a preconceived and complete session of presenters discussing a topic or issue. There are no papers presented at a panel discussion. Panels representing diverse institutional affiliations and interdisciplinary perspectives are strongly encouraged.

Submitted panel sessions must include:

– A Panel Title

– A Panel Description (250 words maximum)

– A Panel Rationale (75 words maximum)

– A Panel Chair

– A Respondent- optional

– An uploaded copy of the proposal that includes the following for each presenter:

–A Presentation Title

–An Abstract (150 word maximum)

A performance session is submitted as a pre-conceived and complete session with a performer(s), chair(s) and respondent (optional). The performance session is reviewed for consideration as a whole. Panels representing diverse affiliations are strongly encouraged.

Submitted performance sessions must include:

– A Session Title

– A Session Description (250 words maximum)

– A Session Rationale (75 words maximum)

– A Session Chair

– A Respondent- optional

– FOR EACH PERFORMER:

–A Performance Title

–A Performance Description (150 word maximum)

HOW TO SUBMIT:

– All competitive papers, panel discussions, paper and performance session submissions must be submitted electronically via NCA Convention Central linked atwww.natcom.org/convention.

–Emailed or mailed submissions will not be accepted.

– Submitters are also encouraged to view the NCA Professional Standards for Convention Participants, located in the in the Convention Resource Library.

Thank you for you for considering submitting to the AACCD. We look forward to reviewing you submissions! For questions or concerns about your submission specific to the AACCD call, please contact the 2015 Program Planner: