Florida Communication Association’s 94th Annual Convention
Call for Proposals
The Florida Communication Association (FCA) invites paper, panel, and student poster submissions for the 94th Annual Convention. The convention will take place October 18-19, 2024 at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida.
FCA welcomes submissions from undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and community practitioners. Our friendly convention encourages newcomers as well as seasoned researchers and practitioners.
Communication provides the tools and frameworks necessary for communities to thrive, and the work of our field is vital for fostering connections, promoting engagement, and achieving positive change. The theme for FCA’s 94th Annual Convention is Communication and Community Engagement. This theme invites us to consider how effective communication strengthens social bonds, cultivates a sense of belonging, and empowers individuals and groups to collaboratively address challenges and seize opportunities for growth and transformation.
Submission Deadline: July 1, 2024 by 11:59 PM ET
Submission Tracks
This year’s convention welcomes paper and panel submissions for two tracks:
1) Communication Theory and Empirical Research: Submissions to this track produce new communication scholarship by proposing research questions or hypotheses, outlining communication theoretical frameworks, conducting research with summative results. All research methodologies and theoretical perspectives are welcome.
2) Communication Application: The Communication Application track welcomes submissions without empirical research and includes reviews and reports, teaching workshops, trend reporting in the communication discipline, dissertation defense prelim/practice, talkbacks and more.
The convention also features a competitive Student Poster Session open to all undergraduate and graduate students.
In all submissions, preference is given to work supporting the conference theme of Communication and Community Engagement.
FCA will award one Top Student Paper and one Top Paper. Awards for Best Undergraduate Student Poster and Best Graduate Student Poster will also be presented.
Submit electronically: https://floridacom.org/proposal-submission-form/
Submission Requirements
Full paper submissions (both tracks) must include two attachments:
- Cover Sheet: Paper title, name, title, affiliation, email, and phone number for all authors. Please indicate whether you are submitting to the Communication Theory and Empirical Research or the Communication Application track. Please indicate student work by including the word “STUDENT” on the cover sheet.
- Full Paper Submission (Blind Copy): Papers must remove all authorship and affiliation and information, should include an abstract, and should not exceed 25 double-spaced pages, excluding references and appendices. Submission should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
Panels, workshops, teaching workshops, reports, and other presentations (both tracks) should include two attachments:
- Cover Sheet: Title, name, title, affiliation, email, and phone number for all authors. Please indicate whether you are submitting to the Communication Theory and Empirical Research or the Communication Application track. Please indicate student work by including the word “STUDENT” on the cover sheet.
- Proposal Submission (Blind Copy): Proposals must remove all authorship and affiliation information and should include one-page description and rationale. Submission should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
Student Poster Session
Students are encouraged to submit poster session proposals, which should include two attachments:
- Cover Sheet: Title, name, title, affiliation, email, and phone number for all authors. Indicate “Undergraduate” or “Graduate” student.
- Poster Proposal (Blind Copy): Poster proposals must remove all authorship and affiliation information and should include one-page description of the proposed poster.
Convention Service Opportunities
Faculty and graduate students interested in serving as session moderators at the FCA Convention, contact Alex Rister at ristera@erau.edu.
Faculty and graduate students interested in serving as judges for the student poster session, contact Alyssa Kauffman at kauffma@sunysuffolk.edu.