CALL FOR AWARD NOMINATIONS
Critical and Cultural Studies Division, National Communication Association
Each year, the Critical and Cultural Studies Division supports six awards to recognize its members' best scholarly contributions to the field. These awards are:
1) Distinguished Scholar Award (formerly Lifetime Achievement Award)
2) New Investigator Award (formerly Young Leader Scholar Award)
3) Outstanding Article Award
4) Outstanding Dissertation Award
5) Book of the Year Award
6) Scholar-Activist Award
7) Best Student Paper (of among those already submitted to NCA, no additional application materials required)
We invite nominations and self-nominations for the first six of these seven awards. Awards will be presented at the annual NCA Convention in Dallas, TX November 16-19, 2017.
General Instructions:
All nominees must be members of the Critical and Cultural Studies Division. Nominating materials for the Distinguished Scholar, New Investigator, Outstanding Article, Outstanding Dissertation, and Scholar-Activist Awards should be sent via email as .doc or .pdf files to Casey Kelly at casey.ryan.kelly.cc@gmail.com.
Nominating materials for the Book of the Year Award should be sent via regular mail to Casey Kelly. Please contact him at casey.ryan.kelly.cc@gmail.com for the correct mailing address.
Description of Awards:
1. Distinguished Scholar Award
This award honors someone whose scholarship and mentorship have significantly impacted the Critical and Cultural Studies Division of NCA. Nominations should include a letter of nomination, the nominee's vita, and at least three letters of support. These letters must address both the intellectual contribution of the nominee's scholarship and her or his mentorship in critical and cultural studies. For consideration, all materials must be received by August 1, 2017.
2. Outstanding New Investigator Award
This award honors someone who has taken a leadership role in the Critical and Cultural Studies Division of NCA as an up-and-coming scholar. This award honors a new investigator: (1) whose scholarship sets out a new research agenda for critical and cultural studies, (2) who is an active mentor at an early stage in her or his career, and/or (3) who has been working to advocate for the interests of the Critical and Cultural Studies Division of NCA.
All members who received their PhD between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2016 are eligible.
Nominations should include a letter of nomination, the nominee's vita, and at least three letters of support. These letters should address the nominee's contributions to scholarship, mentorship, and/or advocacy. For consideration, all materials must be received by August 1, 2017.
3. Outstanding Article Award
This award honors a significant research contribution to critical and cultural studies by a member of the division. The article should be nominated based on the originality of its contribution to critical and cultural studies of communication. All research in any area of the communication discipline that has been informed by a critical perspective and/or cultural studies can be considered for this award.
Nominations may reflect the interdisciplinarity of publication venues for division members. To be eligible for this year's award, articles should have an official publication date that falls between January 2015 and June 2017. Nominations should include a copy of the article and a 1-2 page letter of nomination outlining the significance of the article for pursuing critical and cultural studies. Self-nominations are accepted. For consideration, all materials must be received by August 1, 2017.
4. Outstanding Dissertation Award
This award honors the best critical and cultural studies dissertation written during the last academic year. To be eligible for this year's award, dissertations should be deposited between June 2016 and June 2017. Nominations should include a copy of the dissertation and a letter of nomination outlining the value of the dissertation for critical and cultural studies, including a short synopsis of the dissertation designed to facilitate the reviewers' understanding and evaluation of the text. Self-nominations are accepted. For consideration, all materials must be received by August 1, 2017.
5. Book of the Year Award
This award honors an intellectually significant book written by a member of the division. The book's publication date should be between January 2015 and March 2017. (Books published after March 2015 will be eligible for the 2016 awards cycle.) Please submit three copies each of: (1) the book and (2) a letter of nomination outlining the value of the book for critical and cultural studies, including a short synopsis of the book designed to facilitate the reviewers' understanding and evaluation of the text. Self-nominations are accepted. For consideration, all materials must be received by August 1, 2017.
6. Scholar-Activist Award
The CCCS Division honors a division member who has taken action to challenge, resist, or make progress in solving a social injustice that concerns scholars in the Critical and Cultural Studies Division. Examples may include founding a nonprofit organization that addresses poverty, climate change, homophobia, racism, sexual assault, sexism, treatment of prisoners, and ability issues. Or, this award may honor a scholar who has made significant contributions to ending larger systems of exploitation including patriarchy, capitalism, and heteronormativity. In short, this award honors a scholar who significantly contributes to social justice above and beyond their research and teaching. We especially encourage nominations that reflect the interplay of scholarly research, teaching and activism. In other words, we are especially interested in those nominees who integrate their critical and cultural communication insights in their research and/or teaching with activist intervent!
ions.
Nominations should include a letter of nomination that describes the significance of the scholar’s activism in expanding social justice and the ways in which the scholar’s activism may inform her/his own or other critical cultural communication scholars’ work. Also include the nominee's vita. The winner need not have completed their graduate studies (MA or PhD) yet, but highest degree received and present professional position should be noted on the nominee’s cv. For consideration, all materials must be received by August 1, 2017.
7. Best Student Paper Award
This award honors the best student paper submitted to the 2017 convention. This paper will be selected by the Critical and Cultural Studies Division program planner and submitted to the Awards Committee. No further applications materials required.
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Arshia Anwer, aanwer01@manhattan.edu
Call for Paper Session Participants for NCA 2017- Corporations' PR Responses to Political Issues
I'm seeking participants for a paper session about corporations' responses to current political issues to be submitted for consideration to the Public Relations Division at NCA 2017. In the past few days, various organizations have released statements about corporate policies or their stance on immigration and/or refugees either to the general public or to their internal publics, while other companies have indicated their stance on these issues through their Superbowl LI advertising. I'm interested in putting together a paper session that will examine how the actions or statements of these companies can be considered through the lens of public relations theories and practices.
Papers can approach the theme in a variety of different ways, among them: through the lens of corporate social responsibility; advocacy or activist public relations; community-building with internal and/or external publics; image-building and reputation management; representation of organizational legacy, mission and values; the relevance or legitimacy of corporations commenting on political issues; the risk of brands attracting or alienating particular publics; engaging in brand-building and storytelling; responding to what can be considered an ethical challenge; or any other aspect through which this theme can be interpreted. Papers that can connect to the 103rd NCA Annual Conference theme "Our Legacy, Our Relevance" are particularly welcome.
Please email Arshia Anwer at aanwer01@manhattan.edu by March 1 if you're interested in participating in this paper session. Include the paper title, a 250-300 word abstract, and author's name and institutional affiliation in your email.
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