Fall 2021 Conference (Virtual)

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Friday, September 24 – Saturday, September 25, 2021

Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin, Tennessee

Submission Deadline for Papers, Panels, and Posters is Friday, July 23 at 11:59 PM EDT.

Theme

Adapt and Adjust: Communicating in an Evolving World

PAPERS, PANELS, and POSTER Submissions

Please complete this form https://forms.gle/hCQBNjDMvCF5RspR7 by Friday, July 23 at 11:59 PM EDT.

SHORT FILMS

There will not be a short film showcase at this year’s conference.

Theme

This year’s 2021 Tennessee Communication Association theme is  Adapt and Adjust: Communicating in an Evolving World. The Covid-19 pandemic caused our daily interactions to change. As communication practitioners and scholars, we had to adapt and adjust the ways we communicate. When submitting ideas for panels, papers, and posters, please consider sharing your ideas on how the pandemic has caused a shift in the ways we communicate.

Student Emphasis

TCA prides itself for its support of student scholarship. Please pass this invite along to your students. Remember there are top student paper awards for undergraduate and graduate students. Please notate all student submissions as Undergraduate or Graduate student on cover page. Please upload student paper(s) here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1OjNKuZVZrwhR8IVdXrI8sVgujGP7vG7Gir-BSr-6pnU/edit/ You will need to sign in with a Google account to upload the student paper(s)

Fees/Membership/Conference Registration

Please complete this form  https://forms.gle/cNmdrgMCZEJWDFCNA to register for the membership and or for the conference.

Go to https://tennesseecommunicationassociation.org/membership/membership-payment/ for payment options.

For additional information contact:

Shaquille Marsh, Ph.D.
President-Elect
Pellissippi State Community College
10915 Hardin Valley Road 
Knoxville, TN 37933  
somarsh@pstcc.edu		Ruth Livingston, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Northeast State Community College
P.O. Box 246
Blountville, TN 37617
rclivingston@northeaststate.edu

      

Spring 2021 Conference is Virtual!

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The TCA conference will be in an online format on March 26 and 27, 2021. Panels will be presented in Zoom. The film showcase will be made available for all to view. The call for papers, posters, student short films, and student papers deadline has been extended to February 15, 2021.

The conference is free this year. The membership fee is $25 for full-time faculty, $10 for adjunct faculty, $5 for students, and free to retired faculty. The membership fee is free to new members. Membership fees will pay for awards. I hope you will join us and invite your colleagues and students.

Call for papers

Please submit your paper topics and abstracts to the area chair that would be the best fit for your topic by February 15, 2021.

Interest Group Chairs

Argumentation & Forensics Rob Pratt WSCC Robert.PrattII@ws.edu
Corporate & Organizational Janet McCormick MTSU Janet.Mccormick@mtsu.edu
Curriculum & Instruction Scott Christen TTU Schristen@tntech.edu
Interpersonal & Small Group Teresa Collars UTM Tcollard@utm.edu
Mass Communication Henri Giles UTM Hgiles1@utm.edu
Rhetoric &Public Address Natonya Listach MTSU Natonya.Listach@mtsu.edu

Call for Student Short Films

Please enter your students’ films in the Tennessee Communication Association Short Film Contest and Showcase by February 15, 2021. The categories are:

  • Commercials that are 30 – 60-seconds
  • Documentaries that are 10-minutes or less
  • Short films that are 10-minutes or less

Include a word document with a short synopsis, category, college or university, and a title for each submission. Also include contact information including the director and additional production personnel, an email address, and a phone number.  Label the document file with the same name as your video file/title.

Submit video file and word document using WeTransfer (https://www.wetransfer.com). When you get to wetransfer, email the submission to livingjm@etsu.edu.

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The films will be screened and the films that are chosen for the Friday night film showcase will be entered in the contest. You will be notified if your film will be showcased. It is free to enter. The winners will be announced on Saturday and will be awarded cash prizes. All of the directors of the films in the showcase will be given a certificate of participation.

Call for Posters

Please submit posters for display at the conference. All posters will be on display during the two-day conference. (Posters should be of the tri-fold variety so they can stand freely on display tables.) Please send a brief description including a title, institution represented, and brief abstract/summary of each poster to Patrick Richey, Patrick.Richey@mtsu.edu by February 15, 2021.

Call for Student Papers

Send undergraduate and graduate student research papers to Susan Childress, slchildress@pstcc.edu by February 15, 2021. All methodologies are welcome and the top three graduate and undergraduate papers will be peer reviewed and published in the TCA Journal. Cash prizes are given to the top graduate and undergraduate paper.

Conference Moved to Spring 2021

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Due to the uncertainty, we are changing the date for the TCA conference to March 26 and March 27, 2021. The conference will still be at Middle Tennessee State University.

Call for papers

Please submit your paper topics and abstracts to the area chair that would be the best fit for your topic by January 15, 2021.

Interest Group Chairs

Argumentation & Forensics Rob Pratt WSCC Robert.PrattII@ws.edu
Corporate & Organizational Janet McCormick MTSU Janet.Mccormick@mtsu.edu
Curriculum & Instruction Scott Christen TTU Schristen@tntech.edu
Interpersonal & Small Group Teresa Collars UTM Tcollard@utm.edu
Mass Communication Henri Giles UTM Hgiles1@utm.edu
Rhetoric &Public Address Natonya Listach MTSU Natonya.Listach@mtsu.edu

Call for Student Short Films

Please enter your students’ films in the Tennessee Communication Association Short Film Contest and Showcase by January 15, 2021. The categories are:

  • Commercials that are 30 – 60-seconds
  • Documentaries that are 10-minutes or less
  • Short films that are 10-minutes or less

Include a word document with a short synopsis, category, college or university, and a title for each submission. Also include contact information including the director and additional production personnel, an email address, and a phone number.  Label the document file with the same name as your video file/title.

Submit video file and word document using WeTransfer (https://www.wetransfer.com). When you get to wetransfer, email the submission to livingjm@etsu.edu.

WeTransfer

www.wetransfer.com

WeTransfer is the simplest way to send your files around the world

The films will be screened and the films that are chosen for the Friday night film showcase will be entered in the contest. You will be notified if your film will be showcased. It is free to enter. The winners will be announced on Saturday and will be awarded cash prizes. All of the directors of the films in the showcase will be given a certificate of participation.

Call for Posters

Please submit posters for display at the conference. All posters will be on display during the two-day conference. (Posters should be of the tri-fold variety so they can stand freely on display tables.) Please send a brief description including a title, institution represented, and brief abstract/summary of each poster to Patrick Richey, Patrick.Richey@mtsu.edu by January 15, 2021.

Call for Student Papers

Send undergraduate and graduate student research papers to Susan Childress, slchildress@pstcc.edu by January 15, 2021. All methodologies are welcome and the top three graduate and undergraduate papers will be peer reviewed and published in the TCA Journal. Cash prizes are given to the top graduate and undergraduate paper.

Nominations for Officers and Awards

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Nominations for officers

Please send your nominations for officers to Ruth Livingston by April 20 at noon EST. Officer nominations are for President-elect and interest chairs: Argumentation and Forensics, Corporate and Organizational Communication, Curriculum and Instruction, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication, Mass Communication, and Rhetoric and Public Address. Current interest chairs, please nominate yourself if you are willing to serve again.

Nominations for awards

Email me nominations for awards: Communicator of the Year, Outstanding Communication Educator of the Year, Horizon, and Dorotha Norton Spirit of Service by April 27 at noon. Information about awards and past award winners are at https://tennesseecommunicationassociation.org/awards/

2020 Call for Papers, Posters, and Student Short Films

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Call for papers

Please submit your paper topics and abstracts to the area chair that would be the best fit for your topic by June 30, 2020.

Interest Group Chairs

Argumentation & Forensics Rob Pratt WSCC Robert.PrattII@ws.edu
Corporate & Organizational Janet McCormick MTSU Janet.Mccormick@mtsu.edu
Curriculum & Instruction Scott Christen TTU Schristen@tntech.edu
Interpersonal & Small Group Teresa Collars UTM Tcollard@utm.edu
Mass Communication Henri Giles UTM Hgiles1@utm.edu
Rhetoric &Public Address Natonya Listach MTSU Natonya.Listach@mtsu.edu

Call for Student Short Films

Please enter your students’ films in the Tennessee Communication Association Short Film Contest and Showcase by June 30, 2020. The categories are:

  • Commercials that are 30 – 60-seconds
  • Documentaries that are 10-minutes or less
  • Short films that are 10-minutes or less

Include a word document with a short synopsis, category, college or university, and a title for each submission. Also include contact information including the director and additional production personnel, an email address, and a phone number.  Label the document file with the same name as your video file/title.

Submit video file and word document using WeTransfer (https://www.wetransfer.com). When you get to wetransfer, email the submission to livingjm@etsu.edu.

The films will be screened and the films that are chosen for the Friday night film showcase will be entered in the contest. You will be notified if your film will be showcased. It is free to enter. The winners will be announced on Saturday and will be awarded cash prizes. All of the directors of the films in the showcase will be given a certificate of participation.

Call for Posters

Please submit posters for display at the conference. All posters will be on display during the two-day conference. (Posters should be of the tri-fold variety so they can stand freely on display tables.) Please send a brief description including a title, institution represented, and brief abstract/summary of each poster to Patrick Richey, Patrick.Richey@mtsu.edu by June 30, 2020.

Call for Student Papers

Send undergraduate and graduate student research papers to Susan Childress, slchildress@pstcc.edu by June 30, 2020. All methodologies are welcome and the top three graduate and undergraduate papers will be peer reviewed and published in the TCA Journal. Cash prizes are given to the top graduate and undergraduate paper.

Mass Comm Paper Deadline Extended

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The deadline date for papers for the Mass Communication panel has been extended to August 15. Contact Matthew Lawson (Matthew.Lawson@ws.edu) for more information.

2019 Conference Hotel Information

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This year, the Tennessee Communication Association Conference/Kentucky Communication Conference will be at Lake Barkley State Resort Park, 3500 State Park Road, Cadiz, KY 42211 on September 20 -21. Please reserve your cabin, campground, or a room at the lodge as soon as you can. Phone: (270) 924-1131

Lodging & Camping

Information from the Kentucky Parks website

Looking for state park lodging near Land Between the Lakes? If you want to spend a night or a weekend at Lake Barkley, cabins and campgrounds aren’t your only choices. World-class Lake Barkley lodge, designed by Edward Durell Stone, seems to have just emerged naturally from the wooded shoreline that surrounds it. Using a post-and-beam wood construction of Western Cedar, Douglas fir, and three-and one-half acres of glass, the recently renovated Barkley Lodge complex provides a lake view from the private balconies of most of the 120 rooms and four suites. Open year-round. Rooms available by late afternoon. Lodge room check-out by 11:00am, local time. We are now pet friendly!

Click here to review our pet policy.  Don’t forget to check out more Land Between the Lakes lodging, including cozy Lake Barkley cabins and campsites that offer some of the best camping in Kentucky.

 

2019 Conference Update

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Remember the 2019 conference will be a regional conference with Kentucky and Tennessee Communication Associations. There is a change of date: September 20 and 21, 2019. It will be at Lake Barkley in Cadiz, KY. It would be good to make reservations at the park as soon as possible.

There’s more information about submitting Papers, Posters or Short Films on the Call for Papers, Posters, and Short Films page.

Please submit your papers to the 2018-19 Interest Chairs.

To submit student short films for the contest and showcase send a word document with a short synopsis, category, college or university, and a title for each submission. Also include contact information including the director and additional production personnel, an email address, and a phone number. Label the document file with the same name as your video file/title.

Submit video file and word document using WeTransfer. When you get to wetransfer, email the submission to jameslivingston.mfa@gmail.com. Send shortfilms by June 30, 2019.