DISABILITY ISSUES CAUCUS CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS

DISABILITY ISSUES CAUCUS
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS

NCA 2010: Building Bridges
San Francisco, CA

November 14-17

Program Planner:
Kurt Lindemann
School of Communication
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-4560
Email: klindema@mail.sdsu.edu

DEADLINE: February 17, 2010

The Disability Issues Caucus invites research papers and program proposals examining disability and communication, especially those that explicitly address building bridges between disability and other areas of communication study. Of special interest are presentations exploring ways in which the study of disability and communication can build bridges to people, populations, and organizations outside of the communication discipline and outside of the academy. The caucus encourages innovative panel formats that emphasize interaction and discussion among participants, although more traditional paper and panel presentations are welcome as well. The caucus is particularly interested in programs that will promote participation by individuals with disabilities.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION

In order to avoid unnecessary problems with submission and review, please carefully read the following guidelines:

1. Papers and panels must be submitted electronically to the All Academic Web Site linked from the 2009 NCA Conference.

2. Submissions must be in one of the following file formats: Microsoft Word, PDF, or RTF.

3. Please identify student submissions.

SUBMITTING A COMPETITIVE PAPER

Submitted papers should include:

1. A title

2. A 250-500-word abstract of the paper

3. No more than 30 pages of main text, including References.

SUBMITTING A THEMATIC PAPER SESSION

Submitted paper sessions should include:

1. A title for the session

2. A list of presenters, their institutional addresses, and their email addresses

3. Titles and abstracts (350 words maximum) for each presentation or paper

4. A panel abstract (75 words maximum) for the convention program

5. A panel rationale (250 words maximum)

SUBMITTING A PANEL DISCUSSION

Submissions for a “roundtable” panel discussion should include:

1. A title for the panel

2. A list of presenters, their institutional addresses, and email addresses

3. A panel rationale (500 words maximum) adequately justifying the significance and theme of the panel as a whole

4. A panel abstract (75 words maximum) for the online convention program

Accepted participants are required to register by Wednesday, September 15, 2010 to guarantee inclusion in the convention program.

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT

Participants are encouraged to keep equipment requests to a minimum. Requests for specific equipment must be submitted online and meet the same submission deadlines for paper and panel proposals. The NCA website (www.natcom.org) has a wealth of additional information about the conference including a guide to how to submit using All Academic, and a description of alternative formats including Scholar-to-Scholar.

The Disability Issues Caucus encourages participants to consider submitting their work for presentation in a Scholar-to-Scholar spotlight session. The S2S sessions are high-energy, high-density interactive programs that encourage the use of a wide variety of media to allow for in-depth interpersonal exchange. If you are a person with a disability and need assistance in this process, please contact Kurt Lindemann, the program planner for the caucus. Presenters should be prepared to perform accessible presentations that (at minimum) provide hard and large print copies (17 point font or larger), use delivery that will accommodate ASL translation, and incorporate audio description of visual images as necessary.

The Disability Issues Caucus has two goals: 1) to promote greater participation by disabled people in the National Communication Association and the discipline at large, and 2) to encourage quality scholarship on issues concerning disability and communication.