NCA 110th Annual Convention in New Orleans

NCA 110th Annual Convention in New Orleans

The NCA 110th Annual Convention in New Orleans will take place as a face-to-face meeting. Regular updates are being added to the NCA Annual Convention webpage.

NCA 110th Annual Convention
“Communication for Greater Regard” | November 21–24, 2024 | New Orleans, Louisiana

Call for Submissions
The Health Communication Division invites submissions related to the practice, critique, theory, research, and teaching of health communication. We welcome a variety of theoretical, empirical, and methodological approaches in several formats, including Extended Abstracts for Research in Progress (Collaboration Spaces), Individual Papers, and Panel Discussions. 

This year, NCA First Vice President Dr. Jeanetta D. Sims encourages submitters to consider the following questions related to the convention theme “Communication for Greater Regard”:

  • How has this shifted over the years, or does it need to shift in the future?
  • When and how does communication function with disregard, including what has been ignored, dismissed, or devalued in the discipline?
  • How is greater regard currently exhibited in communication, research, teaching, service and practice?
  • How are priorities and power structures shaped in the discipline and/or in human communication endeavors through greater regard or to create greater regard?
  • What intentional contribution should we be actively undertaking to foster greater regard?
  • What does it seem the discipline has regarded for 100+ years?
  • How does communication function in today’s climate to enrich greater regard?

Submissions must observe NCA submission guidelines, as well as the specific requirements that follow. Student-only submissions (i.e., all authors are students) are eligible for the Top Student Paper Award, and student-led submissions (i.e., student is first author, faculty member is co-author) are eligible for the Top Paper Awards. All submitters will also be expected to review.

All submitters are encouraged to review the Professional Standards for Convention Participants prior to submission. Helpful resources, including live and recorded “how to submit” step-by-step instructions, are available in the Convention Resource Library.

For questions, please contact:
Charee Thompson
Program Planner, Health Communication Division
Department of Communication, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
charee@illinois.edu

The submission deadline is April 5, 2024.