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07/27/2018

CSCA 2019 Convention - Graduate Student Caucus Call for Papers

Hello graduate students,

Its that time of year again to start preparing your Central States Communication Association conference submissions for the 2019 conference in Omaha! Below, you will find the call for our Graduate Student Caucus. I look forward to receiving submissions from you all this year! 

Thanks so much. 

Have a great day! 

Maureen Wieland
Doctoral Student
Brian Lamb School of Communication
Purdue University
mwielan@purdue.edu

 Central States Communication Association:

Graduate Student Caucus

Call for Papers and Panels

2019 Central States Communication Association (CSCA)
Annual Convention in Omaha, Nebraska
April 3-6, 2019
Dialogue 

Submission Deadline: Wednesday, October 10th 11:59pm Central Standard Time 

The Graduate Student Caucus invites all graduate student members of CSCA to submit competitive papers, programs, and interactive panels to be considered for programming at the 2019 CSCA conference to be held in Omaha, Nebraska. Our interest group focuses on celebrating graduate student work and providing development opportunities in relation to teaching, service, and scholarship. This year we especially encourage graduate students to embrace the convention theme, Dialogue. In addition to submitting work relating to foundation on research and teaching, this conference theme also extends to foundation in regard to service, collaboration, and conversation. Collaboration and dialogue help us to see who we are as a community of scholars. Submissions dedicated to collaboration and dialogue in regard to networking opportunities is encouraged. 

Quality scholarship and creative ideas are our main goal. In an effort to encourage collaboration among graduate students, we have developed a Facebook page to create space for brainstorming, planning, and networking. Please visit, join, and participate in the conversations about the upcoming convention at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cscagradcaucus/

General Submission Information:

Some exciting news, CSCA will have a new online submission system for the 2019 conference. Details will be available on the CSCA website closer to the submission deadline. For now, use the following guidelines to help structure your submission ideas.

In order to avoid unnecessary problems with the submission and review process, please carefully follow the guidelines:

  1. Your submission implies that you agree to follow appropriate presentation guidelines if your paper/panel is accepted (i.e., it is generally unacceptable to not attend the conference or to read your paper to those in attendance). We look forward to engaging presenters, topics, and discussions. 
  2. Each submission should be made to only one unit.

Guidelines for completed individual papers and extended abstracts 

  1. Manuscript format:
    1. Complete papers should be a maximum of 25 pages double-spaced with 12 pt. font. This excludes references, figures, and tables. (You will include title, contact information, and abstract in the new online system.)
    2. Extended abstracts should be between 5 and 12 pages double-spaced with 12 pt. font. This excludes references, figures, and tables.
      1. Accepted extended abstracts will be required to resubmitted as a complete conference paper before the conference (date TBD).
    3. Please use APA format for referencing.
  2. As part of the online submission system, you will provide your contact information, allowing author identity to be concealed. In the system, indicate the CSCA membership status of author(s) and clearly identify whether your paper is an extended abstract submission.
  3. All submissions to the Graduate Student Caucus may not be co-authored with faculty mentors/advisors and should be current graduate students.

Guidelines for Panel Discussion Submissions

  1. A panel submission is a format that engages a group of panelists in a formal interactive discussion about a topic related to the graduate student caucus.
  2. Panel session submissions are not blind reviewed. The reviewers will see the names of the presenters, participants and organizers. These sessions are reviewed based on overall quality, interest to the caucus, relevance of the topic to the theme, innovativeness, and overall contribution.
    • Panel submissions must also include the following: (a) title, (b) description/rationale (no more than 1 page), (c) a complete list of participants along with their institutional affiliations, contact information (address, e-mail, and telephone), and if they are CSCA members. For panel proposals, we strongly recommend collaboration with graduate students from multiple institutions.

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

Submissions must be received by October 10th 11:59pm CST 

For questions and comments, please reach out to:

Maureen Wieland, CSCA Graduate Student Caucus Chair
mwielan@purdue.edu 

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