2014 Convention

5TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION

“Celebrating PCA’s Diamond Anniversary: Exploring Dimensions of Communication”
September 25-27, 2014, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The 75th annual conference of the Pennsylvania Communication Association (PCA) will be held September 25-27, 2014 at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA.  The theme “Celebrating PCA’s Diamond Anniversary: Exploring Dimensions of Communication” encourages scholarship within our traditional thematic areas as well as research that broadly integrates teaching, scholarship and service through community engagement.  Of special interest are submissions that explore historical, philosophical and rhetorical dimensions of the study of human communication.

Interest Council Chairs:

  • Applied Communication – Ken Bohl, bohl.kenneth@gmail.com
  • Communication Education – Chrys Gabrich, cgabrich@carlow.edu
  • Communication Ethics – Amanda McKendree, amckendree@nd.edu
  • Health Communication – Janie M. H. Fritz, harden@duq.edu
  • Interpersonal/Organizational Communication – Jack Ciak, doctorjc@hotmail.com
  • Languages of Communication – Kristen Majocha, klynn@pitt.edu
  • Mass Media and Society – Hans Schmidt, hcs10@psu.edu
  • Media & Technology – Paul Lucas, pal59@pitt.edu
  • Performance Studies – John Lawson, lawsonj@rmu.edu
  • Philosophy of Communication – Brent Sleasman, sleasman001@gannon.edu
  • Poster Session – Melissa Cook, melissa.cook@email.stvincent.edu
  • Rhetoric and Public Address – Jennifer Wood, jkw7@psu.edu
  • Student Interest Group – Cem Zeytinoglu, czeytinoglu@po-box.esu.edu