BEA2002 Call for Papers

Call for Papers

Broadcast Education Association
47th Annual Convention, April 5-8, 2002

Papers must be received by the appropriate division by November 30, 2001

The Broadcast Education Association invites scholarly papers from academics, students and professionals for presentation at its annual convention, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Paper competitions are conducted by each of BEA's Interest Divisions. Each division selects up to four papers for presentation. In addition, a few papers are selected by divisions for inclusion in a Scholar-to-Scholar (poster) session.

Papers are submitted directly to the relevant divisions as either "Debut" or "Open" papers. Be sure to indicate any A/V requirements on the title page of all competitive papers. First and second place winners in Debut categories receive $200 and $100 to help defray their costs of attending the convention. The Debut category is open only to those who have never previously presented a paper at a BEA Convention.

The BEA2002 convention theme is BEA 2002: The Future Is Now. The theme is intended as a focus for the convention, but does not imply that competitive papers must reflect that theme.

Submission Requirements
Papers should not exceed 30 double-spaced pages in length, including references and tables. Use APA style or a style suited to the discipline. Papers must be accompanied by an abstract not to exceed 250 words. The same paper cannot be submitted to more than one division during the same year. The author's name, institution address, phone number and e-mail should appear on the cover page only. The cover page should also have the title of the paper and the division to which the paper is submitted, any A/V requirements, and whether it is an "open" or "debut" entry. Any papers without such designation will be considered in the open category. The title should be printed on the first page of the paper and on running heads on all subsequent pages. Three copies of paper submissions are required.

Web Posting
If authors permit it, winning papers will be posted on the BEA web site. Authors who wish to have their paper posted on the site must include the accompanying permission form (also available at http://www.beaweb.org/bea2002/paperfrm.html) indicating that they permit the posting of their paper on the BEA's web site should it be selected as a winning paper. For multiple authorship, all authors will need to sign the form. Prohibiting web posting will not affect consideration of the paper for convention presentation.

Submissions intended to permit web posting must include the standard 3 copies in paper form, as well as an electronic version in Microsoft Word or Rich Text format on a standard 3 1/2" diskette. The file can be in either PC or Macintosh format, but should be the only file contained on the diskette. The complete paper should be contained in one file containing the cover page, body, tables, references, etc. All parts of the papers must be contained in the one file. Authors who permit their papers to be posted on the BEA web site retain the copyright of their papers and are free to submit them for publication elsewhere. Further, the online posting of their papers does not prohibit subsequent publication in official BEA publications.

Convention Attendance
At least one author of an accepted competitive paper must attend the convention to present the paper.

Deadlines
Three copies of paper submissions (with web-posting permission form and electronic version on diskette if web posting is permitted) should be sent to the appropriate division. Papers must be received by the appropriate division by November 30, 2001. Winners will be notified by January 28, 2002. Send papers directly to the following individuals:

Paper Competition Chairs by Division

BROADCAST AND INTERNET RADIO Vice Chair/Paper Competition Chair Frank J. Chorba Center for Media & Communication Studies Washburn, University Topeka, KS 66621 Office: 785-231-1010 Fax: 913-231-1084 zzchor@acc.wuacc.edu	COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY Vice Chair/Paper Competition Chair Tom McHardy James Madison University MSC 4010 Harrisonburg, VA 22807 Office: 540-568-2547 mchardtj@jmu.edu
COURSES, CURRICULA AND ADMINISTRATION Vice Chair/Chair-Elect/Paper Competition Chair William J. Dorman Millersville University Dept. of Communication and Theatrev Millersville, PA 17551 Office: 717-872-3236 d.dorman@millersville.edu	GENDER ISSUES Paper Competition Chair Jennifer Meadows California State University - Chico Dept. of Communication Design Chico, CA 95929-0504 Office: 530-898-4775 Fax: 530-898-5877 jmeadows@csuchico.edu
HISTORY Vice Chair/Paper Competition Chair Mary Beadle Communications Department John Carroll University 20700 North Park Blvd. University Heights, OH 44118 Office: 216-397-3078 Fax: 216-397-1759 Email: mbeadle@jcu.edu	INTERNATIONAL Paper Competition Chair Maria Williams Hawkins Ball State University Telecommunications Dept. Muncie, IN 47306 Office: 765-285-2263 Fax: 765-285-9278 mhawkins@bsu.edu
LAW & POLICY Vice Chair/Paper Competition Chair Kim Zarkin Mass Communications Program Texas Woman's University PO Box 425828 Denton, TX 76204-5828 kzarkin@twu.edu	MANAGEMENT & SALES Vice Chair/Paper Competition Chair Greg Newton University of Oklahoma School of Journalism & Mass Communication 860 Van Vleet Oval Norman, OK 73019 Office: 405-325-2710 Fax: 405-325-7565 gnewton@ou.edu
MULTICULTURAL STUDIES Paper Competition Chair Shirley Kelly Claflin University Campus Box 82 Orangeburg, SC 29115 Office: 803-535-5211 Fax: 803-531-2860 Skelly2030@aol.com	NEWS Paper Competition Chair John Mark Dempsey University of North Texas Department of Journalism 1401 Heather Lane Denton, Texas, 76209 Office: 940-369-7446 dempsey@unt.edu
PRODUCTION AESTHETICS & CRITICISM Vice-Chair/Paper Competition Chair Carla Gesell-Streeter Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Division of Humanities 3520 Central Parkway Cincinnati, OH 45223 Office: 606-746-8093 carlags@pobox.com	RESEARCH Vice-Chair/Paper Competition Chair Vic Costello School of Communications Elon University CBX 2850 Elon, NC 27244 (336) 278-5669 vcostello@elon.edu
STUDENT MEDIA ADVISORS Vice Chair/Paper Competition Chair Sam Sauls University of North Texas 3700 Cooper Branch West P.O. Box 310589 Denton, TX 76201 Office: 940-565-3222 Fax: 940-346-7838 Email: sauls@unt.edu	TWO-YEAR/SMALL COLLEGE Paper Competition Chair Dr. Lee Scanlon Eastern New Mexico University Portales, NM 88130 Office 505-562-2114 Email: SCANLONL@ENMU.EDU