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09/16/2026

CSCA 2027 Hall of Fame Award Call

The Hall of Fame recognizes long-standing members of the Central States Communication Association (CSCA) who have demonstrated a sustained and exemplary commitment to the discipline of communication.

09/14/2026

CSCA - Call for Nominations – Cooper Award

The prestigious Cooper Award, named after former CSCA President Pamela J. Cooper, is presented to one M.A.-level graduate teaching assistant and one Ph.D.-level graduate teaching assistant in recognition of excellent teaching by a graduate student. At the annual convention, the recipients each receive a cash award and a certificate.

09/14/2026

CSCA - Call for Nominations - 2027 Warren Award

The Central States Communication Association is now accepting nominations for the 2027 Warren Mentorship Award.

The award, named in honor of the late and beloved John T. Warren, recognizes a mid-career scholar who exhibits some of the many virtues John himself exuded as a mentor, scholar, and engaged member of the discipline. To that end, those who are nominated should excel in all aspects of their careers—teaching, research/creativity, service, and engagement—but first and foremost demonstrate excellence as a mentor.

09/11/2026

2027 CSCA Call for Nominations ... Second Vice President and Executive Committee Member-at-Large Positions

Members of the CSCA Nominating Committee invite self and other nominations for Second Vice President and Executive Committee Member-at-Large positions. The Second Vice President will serve with members of the Executive Committee and will have the opportunity to plan the 2030 convention before assuming the presidency the following year. The Member-at-Large serves a two-year term on the CSCA Executive Committee, providing governance for the organization.

09/10/2026

2027 CSCA Jack Kay Award Call for Nominations

The Central States Communication Association invites nominations for the Jack Kay Award for Community Engagement and Applied Communication Scholarship. This award honors individual communication scholars (dyads and groups/teams are not eligible) who have demonstrated a significant record of applying their work to address social injustice, inequality, intolerance, and prejudice. It celebrates a substantial body of engaged, applied, and/or activist communication scholarship. A generous gift from the Michigan Association of Speech Communication makes this award possible.

09/09/2026

CSCA 2027 Federation Prize Call for Proposals

The Federation Prize promotes intellectual development and communication scholarship by awarding a cash prize of (up to) $5000 to selected research proposals authored by a CSCA member. If there are multiple submitters on a proposal, all authors must be current CSCA members.

09/08/2026

2027 CSCA Pearson and Nelson Award Call

We are now accepting nomination applications for the 2027 Central States Communication Association (CSCA) Pearson and Nelson Outstanding New Teacher Award. This award recognizes individuals early in their professional career who are showing distinction as teachers. Nominees may be teaching at any level from grade school through graduate school. The committee reserves the right to award several individuals at different academic levels (e.g., K-12, community college, university), so individuals from all types of institutions are encouraged to apply.

07/22/2026

CSCA Tax Year 2025 IRS Update

02/04/2026

2026 CSCA Hall of Fame Inductees

Nancy J. Brule, Bethel University

Leah E. Bryant, DePaul University

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