Bruce E. Gronbeck Political Communication Research Award 2008

Sponsored by the
Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research
http://www.cccsir.org/

The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for published works (i.e., books or articles) to be considered for the Bruce E. Gronbeck Political Communication Research Award. To be considered for the Gronbeck Award, submissions should interpret or address theoretical-conceptual, historical, and critical-cultural issues of political communication. Submissions will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) originality, (2) organization, (3) presentation, and (4) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four:

    Dr. Robert E. Denton, Jr., Virginia Tech
    Dr. David Henry, UNLV
    Dr. James Klumpp, University of Maryland
    Dr. Judith S. Trent, University of Cincinnati

Both single and co-authored works are accepted. Publication date should be within the last two calendar years of application. The Award winner will receive a Gronbeck Award plaque to be presented in the 2008 Annual Convention of the National Communication Association (NCA).

Those interested should send six copies of their work to:

Shing-Ling S. Chen
Dept. of Communication Studies
Univ. of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614

Application deadline is May 15, 2008. Notification of the award will be sent out by September 1, 2008.

Questions and comments about the Gronbeck Award application, please contact Shing-Ling S. Chen at chen@cccsir.org, Tel: 319-273-6021.