#x-cd-login-link#
Member Login
Search

Each year, you are invited to join fellow academics and scholars at the annual Southern States Communication Association convention.  Please join us for informative and exciting academic fellowship at sites within our region. 

2026 Convention

Birmingham, AL

April 8-12, 2026

Support SSCA

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP & PREMIUM AFFILIATES

Become an Institutional Member (click here):  For only $100, you can make a public statement of your trust and confidence in SSCA.  PLUS, you get these benefits:

  • A listing on the SSCA website and in our convention program
  • Opportunity to post job announcements on the SSCA website and social media platforms
  • Complimentary one-year graduate student membership ($30 value)

Become a Premium Affiliate Institutional Member (click here): For only $25 more than an Institutional Membership, you can take advantage of all perks from Institutional Membership and these additional perks:

  • Tiered recognition of your support on our podcast, social media channels, program, and website – with direct links to your institution’s website.
  • Additional entries for all of your graduate and undergraduate students for the travel grant drawings
  • Discounts on Grad Fair and UHC recruitment tabling & locked in early-bird rate for program advertisements 
  • All the previously listed benefits of Institutional Membership

Get some PR for your department, post that open faculty position, and invite a student to get involved—it’s a win-win for everyone!

CONVENTION PROGRAM ADVERTISING Advertise in the Convention Program (click here):  Rates begin at only $250 – less than most other comparable association rates.  It’s a great way to:
  • Promote your department
  • Recognize a colleague
  • Advertise your graduate program to faculty and students
EXHIBITORSHIPS & CORPORATE ALLIES Participate as a Convention Exhibitor (click here): It is a great way to showcase your institution or organization and to network face-to-face with attendees and colleagues. RECRUITMENT FAIR TABLES Undergraduate Honors Conference Recruitment Table Form (click here) or Graduate Fair Recruitment Table Form (click here): Excellent networking and recruiting for both Master and PhD programs. Please contact the Executive Director ([email protected]) for more information about advertising.

NOMINATE A COLLEAGUE FOR AN SSCA AWARD

Please consider nominating a worthy colleague or yourself for an SSCA award. The list of association-wide awards may be found at https://www.ssca.net/awards/. The list of awards will appear along the left side of the page. The nomination guidelines appear on the main text of the same page. Nominations for awards are sent to the members of the selection committees for each award. The award committees may be found at https://www.ssca.net/award-committees/.

  • All nominees for SSCA association-wide awards must be current members of the association.
  • The deadline for receipt of award nominations is December 5

CARING CONNECTIONS

Caring Connections is a dual purpose fund raiser. First, Caring Connections purchases help fund the Association’s awards. Second, Caring Connections provides a way for you to thank those friends and colleagues you have worked with during the last year. 

Caring Connections consist of a printed card telling the honoree that a donation has been made to SSCA’s Awards in their honor and a small fabric appliqué. Recipients wear the appliqué on their name tags at the SSCA convention

Pre-order is available – click here. 

Quick Links

Renew Membership
Join SSCA
96th Annual Convention
April 8th – 12th, 2026
Birmingham, AL
97th Annual Convention
April 7th – 11th, 2027
Mobile, AL
98th Annual Convention
April 5th – 9th, 2028
Memphis, TN

Quick Links

**Update SSCA Profiles**
COMMference Podcasts on Spotify