Call for Papers

116th Annual ECA Convention

ECA2025

Submission Deadline: October 16, 2024, 11:59pm PST

Call for Submissions

116th Eastern Communication Association Annual Convention

“Contemporary Problems, Creative Solutions”

Hyatt Regency, Buffalo, NY

March 26-March 30, 2025

Submission Deadline: October 16, 2024, 11:59pm PST

Known as the “City of Good Neighbors” for its welcoming and supportive community, Buffalo will be the site for the 2025 annual convention of the Eastern Communication Association. For the first time in 23 years, ECA will be held in the great state of New York! Please join us at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo from March 26-30, 2025, for the 116th ECA annual convention.

The Hyatt Regency is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Buffalo within walking distance to the waterfront, KeyBank Center, Buffalo Naval Park, Buffalo RiverWorks, Canalside, and Shea’s Buffalo Theatre. The property offers several amenities for guests, including on-site dining, a fitness center, and a business center.

The 2025 convention theme is Contemporary Problems, Creative Solutions. In our ever-changing world, contemporary problems and issues need to be addressed with creative solutions. Communication Studies scholars and practitioners are well-positioned to offer theoretical and practical insights to address contemporary problems. First Vice President’s Special Programming will focus on the communication surrounding contemporary problems and potential solutions in various areas including social justice, Artificial Intelligence, higher education enrollment, undergraduate and graduate program development, curriculum changes, current political climate, health disparities, and workplace communication issues, among other areas. I encourage submissions that interrogate the following:

How can Communication Studies scholarship, teaching, and practice provide creative solutions to contemporary societal, environmental, geopolitical, technological, and economic problems?
How can we best prepare undergraduate and graduate students to address these contemporary problems with creative solutions?
How can we extend Communication Studies scholarship, teaching, and practice to settings and situations outside our traditional contexts?

The 116th ECA convention will feature paper sessions, panel sessions, short courses, poster sessions, and roundtables. The 2025 convention will also feature the Basic Course Conference. This will be an exciting opportunity for all individuals who teach or direct the introductory communication courses at their respective institutions to engage with each other by sharing innovative basic course research, pedagogical strategies, and program initiatives.

I consider it an incredible honor to serve you and our incredible Association as the 2025 Primary Convention Planner. I am very excited to work with Interest Group Planners and my convention planning team to plan a wonderful ECA 2025. I certainly hope you will join us for a wonderful convention in Buffalo!

Jordan Atkinson, Ph.D.
University of Kansas
atkinson@ku.edu

Convention Acceptance Notifications: January 2025

Undergraduate Scholars Conference

Call for Competitive Graduate Posters

Short Courses

2025 Interest Group Planners
American Society for the History of Rhetoric (ASHR) (Affiliate Organization) David Hoffman Baruch College - CUNY david.hoffman@baruch.cuny.edu	Interpersonal Communication Meredith Harrigan SUNY Geneseo harrigan@geneseo.edu
Applied Communication Erin Craw Fairfield Universiry erin.craw@fairfield.edu	Interpretation and Performance Jennifer Shamrock Monmouth University jshamroc@monmouth.edu Evan Schares Villanova University evan.schares@villanova.edu
Argumentation & Forensics Robert Green Bloomsburg University rgreen2@commonwealthu.edu	Kenneth Burke Cem Zeytinoglu East Stroudsburg University czeytinoglu@esu.edu
Communication Administration Andrew Herman SUNY Geneseo hermana@geneseo.edu	Media Communication Roseann Pluretti Queens University plurettir@queens.edu Tanya Powers Marist College tanyamaco@gmail.com
Communication Law & Ethics Noura Hajjaj SUNY New Paltz nourahajjaj80@gmail.com	Media Ecology (Affiliate Organization) Ryan McCullough West Liberty University rmccullough@westliberty.edu
Communication and Technology Joel Ward Geneva College jsward@geneva.edu	Nonverbal Communication Madison Neurohr University at Buffalo mneurohr@buffalo.edu
Communication Traits Lynda McCroskey California State University, Long Beach lynda.mccroskey@csulb.edu	Organizational Communication Casey Stratton Salisbury Univerity cmstratton@salisbury.edu
Community College Jenny Warren Collin College jwarren@collin.edu	Philosophy of Communication Joel Ward Geneva College jsward@geneva.edu
GIFTS Victoria Nabors City Colleges of Chicago vnabors@ccc.edu	Political Communication Robert Stise University of Delaware rstise@udel.edu
Health Communication Yadong Ji Western Washington University jiy@wwu.edu	Rhetoric and Public Address Tim Barney University of Richmond tbarney@richmond.edu
Institute of General Semantics (Affiliate Organization) Thom Gencarelli Manhattan College thom.gencarelli@manhattan.edu	Theory and Methodology Doran Tucker George Mason University dtucker8@gmu.edu
Instructional Communication Cathlin Clark-Gordon Seton Hill University cclarkgordon@setonhill.edu	Voices of Diversity Dan Strasser Rowan University strasser@rowan.edu
Intercultural Communication Rukhsana Ahmed University of Albany rahmed4@albany.edu