INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION INTEREST GROUP
Call for Submissions
2012 Central States Communication Association Conference
Cleveland, OH (March 27-April 1, 2012)
“Connecting in Cleveland”: Exploring Intersections that Unite a Discipline
The Intercultural Communication Interest Group invites submissions of papers and panel proposals for the 2012 CSCA convention. Any topic related to intercultural and/or cultural communication is welcomed. Submissions that focus on the convention theme are strongly encouraged; as the convention theme is on intersections, we especially welcome panels or papers that propose connections across methods, perspectives, and domains in the discipline (e.g., panels that might be co-sponsored with other units). We encourage undergraduate and graduate student papers.
We welcome a variety of research, including qualitative, critical, and quantitative approaches, as well as papers that apply, extend, or develop theoretical approaches. A variety of submission formats are also welcomed. The possible formats include, for example, panels, competitive paper panels, roundtable discussion panels, debates, spotlight sessions, performance sessions, video/visual presentation panels and senior scholar roundtable panels.
Guidelines for Submission:
Papers must conform to the latest APA standards and need a detachable title page that allows the author's/s' identity/identities to be concealed. Papers should include a 100-word abstract. Remove all author references in the text of the paper. Indicate if the author(s) hold(s) a CSCA membership. Students submitting papers must write "Student" in the upper right-hand corner of the title page. Individuals who have never presented a paper at the CSCA convention should write "Debut" in the upper right-hand corner of the title page.
Panel proposals need a title, a brief abstract (150 words), name of person responsible for the program, as well as name, institutional affiliation, address, phone number, and email address of each panel participant. Indicate if participants are CSCA members. Panel proposals must also complete the 2012 CSCA Panel Proposal Request Form available in the Program Planner Guide at http://www.csca-net.org.
All submissions are to be sent electronically using MICROSOFT WORD. Documents sent using any other format will be returned to the sender. The only media that will be available will be a projector for computers. All submissions must be received by submission deadline, September 30, 2011. Only complete papers and panel proposals will be considered. The program planner will confirm the receipt of your submission.
Send all submissions electronically, with email subject title "CSCA 2011 submission" to John Baldwin: jrbaldw@ilstu.edu.
Awards: The Intercultural Communication Interest Group presents two awards with cash prizes: 1) top paper award and 2) top student paper award.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Dr. John R. Baldwin
School of Communication
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790-4480
(309) 438-7876