Convention
Call for Papers
103rd Annual ECA Convention
“Transitions”
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Royal Sonesta Hotel
April 26-29, 2012
Submission Deadline: October 14, 2011
The 103rd Annual Convention of the Eastern Communication Association will be held April 26-29, 2012 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston located on the Cambridge side of the Charles River, overlooking the beautiful Boston skyline.
The Convention theme is one that promises great opportunities for us to participate in meaningful, scholarly dialogue. “Transitions” evokes thoughts of change, as well as movement, passages, and journeys. Although not all transitions are pleasant, they often bring us greater enlightenment and renewal.
Much communication scholarship and practice articulates transition, including cycles of interpersonal relationships, social change, the ongoing digital revolution, the changing urban landscape, and the social, economic, and political changes we are currently experiencing. Whether you want to explore the transitions in our country during a national election year, those being made in teaching, ECAs move into its second hundred years, or any other aspect of transition, I hope that the Convention theme gives you an exciting starting place for discussion and planning.
Above all, as you consider your role at the 103rd convention, I encourage each of you to maximize your experience by standing up and being counted! Consider what you have to offer the organization and reach out to the program planners so that you can become an active participant at the convention. If you have never been a presenter at the Convention, now is the time to transition from audience to panelist.
The Convention will again feature programming on the Convention theme, short courses, poster sessions, roundtables, and panels. Special events include a Welcome Reception on Thursday evening (April 26th), an awards banquet on Friday (April 27th), and the President’s Reception on Saturday (April 28th). Tours of Fenway Park, trips to museums, off-site receptions, and a wide range of walking tours are all in the plans.
This will also be the second year for the James C. McCroskey and Virginia P. Richmond Undergraduate Scholars Conference (USC) highlighting undergraduate papers. The USC conference starts Friday April 27th at noon and runs concurrently with the ECA convention until Saturday April 28th at 6:00. Susan Jasko is this year’s USC Coordinator. USC papers will be accepted until December 17, 2011 allowing for the submission of scholarly student papers completed during the fall semester.
Stay tuned for more information regarding deadlines for submissions. Forms and guidelines will be available through your program planner and on the ECA website. And, as our communication channels continue to transition, we invite you to follow us on Twitter (stay tuned for the address).
The 2012 convention will feature Short Courses, poster sessions, workshops, roundtables and panels, as well as the 2nd annual USC. Interest group chairs are also encouraged to co-sponsor the programs with other interest groups. In addition, proposals addressing the convention theme but NOT directly related to one of the interest group areas should be sent to Nancy Willets, ECA First Vice-President.
ECA 2012 Convention Team Contact Information:
Primary Program Planner
Nancy J. Willets
First Vice-President
Cape Cod Community College
(508) 362-2131 ext. 4440
nwillets@capecod.edu
eca2012@capecod.edu
Associate Convention Planners
Tobi Mackler
Second Vice-President
Montgomery County Community College
(215) 641-6372
tmackler@mc3.edu
Rita Rosenthal
Second Vice-President
Boston College
(617) 552-6906
rita.rosenthal@bc.edu
Short Course Coordinator
Susan Ward
Delaware County Community College
sward@dccc.edu
Undergraduate Poster Sessions Coordinator
Susan Jasko
California University of Pennsylvania
(724) 938-4162
jasko@calu.edu
James C. McCroskey and Virginia P. Richmond Undergraduate Scholars Conference
Susan Jasko, Coordinator
California University of Pennsylvania
(724) 938-4162
jasko@calu.edu
Graduate Poster Sessions Coordinator
Trevor Parry-Giles
University of Maryland
(301) 405-8947
tpg@umd.edu
Director of Marketing
Leeanne M. Bell
Stevenson University
(443) 334-2857
leeannebell@hotmail.com
Liaison to Local Colleges and Universities
Bonnie Jefferson
Boston College
(617) 553-1934
jeffersb@bc.edu
Local Arrangements
Anne Mattina
Stonehill College
(508) 565-1117
amattina@stonehill.edu
2012 Interest Group Planners
ASHR
Maureen C. Minielli, PhD
Assistant Professor
Kingsborough Community College - CUNY
Department of Communications and Performing Arts
E309; 2001 Oriental Boulevard
Brooklyn, New York 11235 USA
(718) 368-5283
mminielli@kingsborough.edu
Applied Communication
Tatyana Dumova
Point Park University
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1984
tdumova@pointpark.edu
Argumentation & Forensics
Carl T. Hyden
Morgan State University
Dept. of Communication
1700 East Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251
carl.hyden@morgan.edu
Communication Administration
Kristen Campbell Eichhorn
SUNY Oswego
Department of Communication
9 Lanigan Hall
Oswego, NY 13126
Kristen.Eichhorn@oswego.edu
Communication Law & Ethics
Tom Flynn
Slippery Rock University
Communication Department
223 Eisenburg Bldg
Slippery Rock, PA 16057
thomas.flynn@sru.edu
Communication and Technology
Rod Carveth
Fitchburg State College
Dept. of Communication
171 Hartford Road, Apt A15
New Britain, CT 06053
rodcarveth@gmail.com
Communication Traits
Andrew Rancer
University of Akron
School of Communication
108 Kolbe Hall
Akron, OH 44325-1003
arancer@uakron.edu
Community College
Jessica Papajcik
Stark State College
6200 Frank Ave. NW
North Canton, OH 44720
330-494-6170 ext 4490
jpapajcik@starkstate.edu
Health Communication
Jay Baglia
Kutztown University
Dept. of Communication
2531 W Union Street
Allentown, PA 18104
baglia@kutztown.edu
Institute of General Semantics
Martin Levinson
MandkLevin@aol.com
Instructional Communication
Stephanie Shimotsu
West Virginia University
Dept. of Communication
108 Armstrong Hall—Box 6293
Morgantown, WV 26506-6293
sshimots@mix.wvu.edu
Intercultural Communication
Kathleen Glenister Roberts
Duquesne University
Dept. of Communication & Rhetorical Studies
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
robertskg@duq.edu
Interpersonal Communication
Aimee Miller-Ott
University of Hartford
School of Communication
200 Bloomfield Ave
West Hartford, CT 06117
aimiller@hartford.edu
Interpretation and Performance Studies
Andrée Elise Comiskey Betancourt
Independent Scholar
2465 Centreville Road J17-251
Herndon, VA 20171
ECA@DreBetancourt.net
Kenneth Burke
Richard H. Thames
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
(412) 396-6446
(412) 396-4792 (fax)
thames@duq.edu
Lambda Pi Eta
Leeanne Bell
Stevenson University
Department of Communications Studies
leeannebell@hotmail.com
Media Communication
Marsha Ducey
The College of Brockport (SUNY)
Dept. of Communication
350 New Campus Drive
Brockport, NY 14420
mducey@brockport.edu
Media Ecology Association
Thom Gencarelli
Manhattan College
Communication Department
4513 Manhattan College Parkway
Riverdale, NY 10471
(718) 862-7490
thom.gencarelli@manhattan.edu
Nonverbal Communication
James Durbin
University Of Akron
School of Communication
Kolbe Hall 108
Akron, OH 44325
jmd16@zips.uakron.edu
Organizational Communication
Rebecca M. Chory
West Virginia University
Dept. of Communication
108 Armstrong Hall—Box 6293
Morgantown, WV 26506-6293
rchoryas@wvu.edu
Philosophy of Communication
Annette M. Holba
Communication and Media Studies
Plymouth State University
MSC 60, 17 High Street
Plymouth, NH 03264;
aholba@plymouth.edu
Political Communication
J. Kanan Sawyer
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
ksawyer@wcupa.edu
Rhetoric and Public Address
Christine Hirsch
SUNY Oswego
Dept. of Communication
12 Lanigan Hall, Building 6
Oswego, NY 13126
chirsch@oswego.edu
Theory and Methodology
Mary Braz
West Chester University
Dept. of Communication
Main Hall—5th Floor
West Chester, PA 19383
mbraz@wcupa.edu
Voices of Diversity
Lorin Arnold
Rowan University
Dept. of Communication
201 Mullica Hill Road
Glassboro, NJ 08028
arnold@rowan.edu
IMPORTANT: The Executive Council approved a Technology Policy effective with the 2008 Convention. ECA Technology Policy
