Call for Papers
Theodore Clevenger Undergraduate Honors Conference in Communication
Deadline: December 16, 2006
Undergraduate students are encouraged to submit papers for the Theodore Clevenger Undergraduate Honors Conference (UHC) to be held in conjunction with the 2007 Southern States Communication Association (SSCA) convention March 28 – April 1, 2007 in the Marriott Hotel Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky.
Papers are welcome across the many areas, topics, theories, and methodologies of communication study. Papers may, but need not necessarily, deal with the conference theme, "Relationships and Communities in the Digital Age."
Any currently enrolled undergraduate student is eligible to submit a paper. Although single- and multiple-authored papers are welcome, one student must be designated as the submitting/presenting author of each paper and no student may present more than one paper.
The author of the top paper will receive a cash award of $100 and a plaque. All UHC participants will be the guests of SSCA at an Undergraduate Honors Conference Awards Breakfast.
Papers must be double-spaced in 12-point font and with one inch minimum margins. Submissions should not exceed 25 pages (including all references, figures, tables, and appendices), should avoid sexist language; and should include an abstract of 100-150 words. Except for the title page, the identity of the author(s) or the author(s)'s institution should not appear anywhere in the paper.
Submission of a paper implies the author's commitment to attend the Louisville conference if the paper is selected for presentation. All UHC authors are expected to support SSCA by registering for the conference and paying the $50 UHC registration fee, which includes UHC and SSCA convention registration, admission to the UHC Awards Breakfast, and one issue each of the Southern Communication Journal and of SSCA's newsletter Connections.
Papers should be submitted by the author(s) and not by a student's professor. Papers should be submitted electronically as e-mail attachments to
. The subject line of the email should contain the phrase "UHC Paper Submission." The e-mail message to which an electronic copy is attached must contain: (a) a submission letter in which the student requests that the paper be reviewed for the Undergraduate Honors Conference, (b) the title of the paper; (c) the name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, and school affiliation of the author; and (d) a statement that explains any audio-visual equipment that is essential for presenting the paper. (Please Note: AV equipment is expensive, difficult to procure and often unreliable at the convention site. It should be requested only when absolutely essential.) Authors whose papers deal with the conference theme should state this in the submission letter. All submissions are assumed to be original. If work has been published or previously presented to a professional meeting the publication outlet and/or professional meeting should be noted in the submission letter. SSCA reserves the right to disqualify any paper where reason exists to suspect plagiarism.
Submit a paper by attaching it in Microsoft Word or Word Perfect format to an e-mail message to:
Direct questions Dr. Jerold L. Hale, SSCA VP-Elect and UHC Director at: