CCA Awards Nominations – Deadline is Monday!!!
CCA 2023 Call for Awards Nominations
The Carolinas Communication Association (CCA) is accepting nominations the
for its annual association awards. Awards will be announced and presented
at the 2023 CCA conference in Greensboro, NC.
Information and submission requirements for each award are listed below.
Deadline for submission, August 7th, 2023.
The Mônica Pombo Early Career Teaching Award
The Mônica Pombo Early Career Teaching Award honors Carolinas Communication
Association members who have demonstrated teaching excellence early in their
careers. Potential nominees must teach courses in the communication discipline
and must have taught full-time for at least two years, but not more than five
years. A single letter of nomination written by colleagues who know the nominee
and her/his/their qualifications well is required for this award. The letter
should articulate the reasons a nominee ought to receive the award and provide
evidence that the nominee’s early career teaching efforts are and/or have been
exceptional. Though not required, supporting evidence such as a nominee’s
curriculum vita, student and colleague testimonials, teaching work products,
etc. is welcomed. Please send submissions to Dr. David Morris, University
of South Carolina Aiken, davidm@usca.edu.
The Lloyd Rohler Career Teaching Award
The Lloyd Rohler Career Teaching Award honors Carolinas Communication
Association members who have consistently demonstrated excellence in teaching
communication throughout their academic careers. Potential nominees must be
employed full-time teaching courses in communication for a minimum of ten
years. Emeriti nominees, however, may be considered. A single letter of
nomination written by colleagues who know the nominee and her/his/their
qualifications well is required for this award. The letter should articulate
the reasons a nominee ought to receive the award and provide evidence that the
nominee’s overall career teaching efforts are and/or have been exceptional.
Though not required, supporting evidence such as a nominee’s curriculum vita,
student and colleague testimonials, teaching work products, etc. is
welcomed. Please send submissions to Dr. Jason B. Munsell, University of
South Carolina Aiken, jasonm@usca.edu.
The Betty Jo Welch Award
The Betty Jo Welch Award honors Carolinas Communication Association members
who have demonstrated continuing and outstanding service to the association and
the professions. A single letter of nomination written by colleagues who know
the nominee and her/his/their qualifications well is required for this award.
The letter should articulate the reasons a nominee ought to receive the award
and provide evidence of the nominee’s long-time service to the association both
in number of assignments, but more vitally, in terms of the quality of the
roles performed for the association. Though not required, the nominator might
want to consult fellow CCA members for some commentary to include in
her/his/their nomination letter.
Please send submissions to Dr. John McArthur, Furman University, john.mcarthur@furman.edu.
Special Note: All other CCA awards are drawn from conference
submissions.