Friends, Below, please find the CFP for the 2021 Carolinas Communication Association Annual Conference. As always, feel free to let me know if you have any questions. I look forward to receiving your submissions! Peter

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PATHWAYS Mars Hill University Mars Hill, North Carolina Carolinas Communication Association 2021 Annual Conference September 24-25, 2021 Communication opens itself to a variety of paths to research, teaching and service. This year’s Carolinas Communication Association theme is Pathways. Our paths will converge in Mars Hill, North Carolina, for the Carolinas Communication Association annual conference at Mars Hill University in Mars Hill, North Carolina, on September 24-25, 2021. While we are planning an in-person conference, we will prioritize the health and safety of our community. We will keep members abreast of any changes as a result of the evolving public health situation. We invite a variety of submissions, including: - Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit their research papers. - Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit research posters. - Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to give reports of research-in-progress. - Faculty are invited to submit research papers. - Faculty are invited to submit research or teaching panels. - Faculty are invited to submit Great Ideas For Teaching Students, which we call GIFTS. Research papers should be between 8-40 pages (eight to forty) in length. Panel submissions, poster submissions, research-in-progress or great ideas for teaching students, may be more impressionistic and are of an open length. Whichever path you decide to take, please feel encouraged to share with us your work on your terms. The beauty of communication as an academic discipline is the way that it allows for a variety of theoretical, methodological and conceptual approaches. All are welcome here. Awards are available for the top faculty, top undergraduate and top graduate papers. We believe in showcasing good work and meaningful ideas that might not always find a home at other conferences. Even if your path has taken you outside of the geographic boundaries of the Carolinas, we welcome communication research from near and far. Our conference is often the first conference for undergraduate or graduate students. Our conference is also one that seasoned faculty often find themselves returning to (or attending for the first time) to learn about ongoing work in the discipline, to reconnect with colleagues, former students and old friends, and to meet new ones as well. We are living in recognition of the paths that have been established for us by our predecessors. We invite those who have had previous affiliations with our region or our association to feel inspired to return anew. We are able to do the good work we are doing because of the paths that others have taken before us. Join us at Mars Hill University in Mars Hill, North Carolina, on September 24-25, 2021. We look forward to seeing you there. Please submit your work as a .doc or .pdf attachment to Dr. Peter Joseph Gloviczki <pgloviczki@coker.edu> no later than May 15, 2021. Early submissions are welcomed and encouraged. Again, we continue to monitor the public health situation and we will prioritize the health and safety of our community. We will provide updates as the situation warrants, and we welcome questions from our community. We look forward to receiving your submissions! CCA2021, #findyourpath The Executive Committee of the Carolinas Communication Association *Thank you to Coker University senior Skylar Stowers ‘20 for devising the #findyourpath hashtag for the conference. Thank you also to Dr. Gloviczki’s public relations writing students for feedback that strengthened this call. Peter Joseph Gloviczki, PhD he/him/his Associate Professor of Communication Coker University 300 East College Avenue Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 843.383.8379 pgloviczki@coker.edu Assistant Editor, Journal of Loss and Trauma (Taylor & Francis) Immediate Past Head, Cultural and Critical Studies Division, AEJMC 1st Vice President, Carolinas Communication Association