Call for Papers for Eurasian Communication Association of North America updated

[Sergei Samoilenko]

Eurasian Communication Association of North America 
(former North American Russian Communication Association, NARCA)
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS ON COMMUNICATION THEORY AND PRACTICE 
IN EASTERN EUROPE, RUSSIA, CIS and FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS 

Thursday, November 17 - Sunday, November 20, 2010 in New Orleans, 
Louisiana

DEADLINE: SUNDAY,   March 13th, 2011 at 11:59pm Pacific Time 

Eurasian Communication Association of North America (ECANA) and the 
Russian Communication Association (RCA) invite the submission of completed 
papers (or extended abstracts) and panel proposals that focus on various 
aspects of communication theory and practice in Eastern Europe, Russian 
Federation and former Soviet republics. 

Following the official theme for the NCA 97th Annual Convention “Voice” 
http://www.natcom.org/convention/ , ECANA will encourage submissions that 
focus on your experience related  various academic constituencies, each with 
diverse perspectives and life experiences. Although NCA may advance the 
importance of respecting assorted fields, paradigms, experiences, and 
backgrounds, several real questions remain: How do you manage to make the 
difference and get your individual voice heard? How does your voice 
contribute to the research body of our field and the voice of our profession? 
How is this done?  Sustaining a convention theme of “Voice” will be one way 
to begin (or continue) a conversation about these critical questions. When 
considering your potential participation with ECANA/RCA activities, please keep 
the convention theme in mind. 

We welcome any methodological approach, theoretical perspective, or 
situation that may advance our understanding of communication discipline. For 
example, papers about communicative or rhetorical behavior, social 
interaction, theoretical contributions, any form of mediated or face-to-face 
form of communication or interaction between people from the above 
countries and cultures would be appropriate. However, submissions should not 
be limited to these areas as long as they are related to the above-mentioned 
regions in some way. In addition to the traditional types of submissions, we 
encourage innovative methods to involve scholars that may not use traditional 
presentational formats or require the literal presence of such participants. 

Superior submissions may be programmed in the Scholar to Scholar Interactive 
Media Series, which provides a format especially appropriate for visual and 
aural work, multimedia projects, and interactive presentations.

All paper submissions must be uploaded to NCA Submission Central  at 
https://ww4.aievolution.com/nca1101/ in order to be considered. Please note 
that you must strip ALL identifying information from your paper prior to 
submission. Specifically, authors will enter their submission information to 
include a list of author(s) or panelists, author(s)/panelists contact information, 
paper/proposal title and abstracts. If you are not a member of NCA, you will 
be able to create a user name and password for NCA Submission Central. 
Submissions should not exceed 25 pages of primary text [excluding abstract, 
title page and works cited page(s)]. 

The best student and faculty submissions will be recognized and top papers 
will be considered for publication in the RCA-sponsored Russian Journal of 
Communication. 

Those who submit extended abstracts should note that if their paper is 
selected for the convention, they will be expected to upload a copy of their 
full, completed paper during the September period for submitting revised 
papers.

For information or questions, please contact the 2010-2011 NCA co-planners 
of ECANA:
Sergei A. Samoilenko, George Mason University (ssamoyle at gmu.edu; 1-703-
993-1090) or 
Mike Hazen, Wake Forest University (hazen at wfu.edu; 1-336-758-5404).

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