NCA's Mass Communication Division Invites Nominations for 2023 Awards

The Mass Communication Division is now accepting nominations for teaching, service, and dissertation awards. Award descriptions and nominating instructions are below.

Teaching Award 

The MCD Teaching Award is designed to recognize excellence in teaching, using the term "teacher" in a broad sense. In order to be considered, the nominee must be a member of NCA and the MCD, must have taught for over ten years (post-graduate), and must have evidence of outstanding teaching, which can be demonstrated through evaluations and testimonials or formal recognition for teaching excellence by the nominee’s department, unit, college/university, or other group or association. This includes, but is not limited to awards, merit evaluations, student recognition, etc. Self-nomination is encouraged in addition to nominations by others. The nomination packet should include the Nomination Form, a list of three references with contact information (note: names and contact information are required, reference letters are optional), and the nominee’s curriculum vitae (CV).

Service Award

The MCD Service Award is designed to recognize excellence in service, using the term "service" in a broad sense. In order to be considered, the nominee must be a member of NCA and the MCD, must have served the NCA and MCD in a number of capacities, and must have evidence of exemplary service to several of the following: NCA, MCD, their profession, their community, their department, and/or their college/university. Self-nomination is encouraged in addition to nominations by others. The nomination packet should include the Nomination Form, a list of three references with contact information (note: names and contact information are required, reference letters are optional), and the nominee’s curriculum vitae (CV). 

To be considered for the teaching or service awards, complete the following by Sunday, August 13th, 2023:

• Fill out the application form (teaching or service) 
• Collect all other nomination materials 
• Consolidate the application form and all other nomination materials in a single .pdf 
• Send the pdf to the Vice Chair Elect, Colin Kearney at colin.kearney@cnu.edu

Dissertation Award

The MCD Dissertation Award is designed to recognize the outstanding doctoral dissertation in the field of Mass Communication. Nominations should reflect the division's focus, which seeks to enhance understanding of the structure, content, function, interpretation, and effects of our complex media environment. To be eligible for the award, the dissertation must have been officially completed (i.e., defended and filed) between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.

Nominations should be made by the dissertation advisor or a member of the Mass Communication Division of NCA. The nomination packet should include a nomination letter speaking to the intellectual and academic merit of the dissertation, a 500-word (maximum) abstract of the dissertation, the dissertation table of contents, and one dissertation chapter considered to be representative of the manuscript. (Complete dissertations will not be accepted.)

To be considered for the dissertation award, complete the following by Sunday, August 13th, 2023:

• Consolidate the nomination letter, abstract, table of contents, and dissertation chapter in a single .pdf
• Send the pdf including all nomination materials to the Vice Chair Elect Colin Kearney at colin.kearney@cnu.edu 

All awards will be presented at NCA's Mass Communication Division Business Meeting at the November 2023 convention in National Harbor, Maryland. For more information about the conference, please refer to: http://www.natcom.org/convention/

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Last Update: 01/03/2022