Call for Papers and Teaching Abstracts

PRSA Educators Academy is seeking papers and teaching abstracts for a session at the 2012 PRSA International Conference, October 13-16, in San Francisco.

Deadline: June 8, 2012. Review the guidelines below for required materials.

• Call For Papers: Top Research Paper Award and Betsy Plank Graduate Research Competition Award
• Call for Poster Session Teaching Abstracts

Call For Papers: Top Research Paper Award and Betsy Plank Graduate Research Competition Award

The Educators Academy of the Public Relations Society of America invites public relations educators, public relations graduate students and public relations professionals to submit competitive papers for presentation at the 2012 PRSA International Conference in San Francisco, Oct. 13-16. Papers should test, refine or expand public relations practice, research or theory, or critically review issues relevant to public relations theory or research. Papers employing all methods of inquiry are invited. First-author presenters must be members of the Educators Academy of the Public Relations Society of America.

Graduate stuedent submissions will be judged separately for the Betsy Plank Graduate Research Competition Award. Solo authorship is required for award consideration, and applicants should identify as a student on the paper's cover page.

For Top Research Paper Award applicants, collaboration is permitted, but only one paper should be submitted and first-author presenters must be members of PRSA's Educators Academy. Only one author needs to attend the research session in San Francisco.

All papers are due by midnight EDT Friday, June 8, 2012. Please email one copy of the paper in a Word document to the attention of Dr. Marcia W. DiStaso. You will receive a submission receipt via email.

General Instructions for Submitting All Papers:

• Papers should include appropriate literature reviews, methodology descriptions, findings and discussions.
• All papers must include a title page with author, affiliation, title, and contact information. All authors must be listed on the title page, but no other pages should reveal the author’s name or affiliation.
• For consideration, all papers must not exceed 25 pages in length (including references and tables) and must be received by Friday, June 8, 2012.
• Authors of submitted papers must agree to attend and present accepted papers at the 2012 PRSA International Conference in San Francisco on Oct. 13. Using the roundtable format of the International Public Relations Research Conference, each presenter will lead a 12 to 15-minute roundtable discussion of his or her research. Audience members then rotate to a new presenter.
• Authors who present may have their papers included in a non-copyrighted conference proceedings, which will be available on the Educators Academy website following the conference.
  

Call for Poster Session Teaching Abstracts

The Educators Academy of the Public Relations Society of America invites public relations educators, graduate students and professionals to submit competitive abstracts relating to public relations pedagogy for presentation at a poster session at the 2012 PRSA International Conference in San Francisco, Oct.13-16. This poster session will showcase best practices in education and/or provide examples of successful educational approaches, projects and programs.

Initial paper acceptance is based on a one-page abstract submitted for consideration. All abstracts will be peer reviewed and upon acceptance, authors must submit a précis of no more than five pages by October 1. Abstracts should refine, test or present best practices or research related to public relations pedagogy. Authors are limited to only two abstract submissions (only one will be accepted). First-author presenters must be members of the Educators Academy of the Public Relations Society of America.

All abstracts are due by midnight Friday, June 8, 2012. Abstracts should be double spaced and no more than 250 words in a Word document. Submissions must be sent by email with author(s), affiliation(s), title(s) and contact information to attention of Dr. Marcia W. DiStaso.

General Instructions for Submitting Abstracts:

• The abstracts must include the author(s), affiliation(s), title(s) and contact information.
• Upon acceptance, authors must submit a five-page précis to Dr. Marcia W. DiStaso via email no later than October 1, 2012. Précis should include appropriate literature, descriptions and discussions.
• Authors will receive further instructions for the poster sessions when accepted.
• Authors of submitted abstracts must agree to attend and present accepted abstracts in a poster session format at the PRSA 2012 International Conference in San Francisco on October 13.
• Authors who present will have their précis included in a non-copyrighted conference proceedings, which will be available on the Educators Academy website following the Conference.

For additional information or inquiries regarding the paper submissions or teaching abstracts, please contact Dr. Marcia W. DiStaso, Pennsylvania State University, by email or phone at (814) 863-9874.