BEA2005 Call for Papers
Deadline: December 1, 2004

Broadcast Education Association
50th Annual Convention & Exhibition and 3rd Annual Festival of Media Arts
April 21-23, 2005
Las Vegas, Nevada

The Broadcast Education Association invites scholarly papers from academics, students and professionals for presentation at its annual convention, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The BEA2005 convention theme is "Fifty Years of Excellence for Electronic Media Academics, Industry and Future Professionals" and is intended as a focus for the convention, but does not imply that competitive papers must reflect that theme. Papers must, however, address the goals and objectives of the interest division to which they are submitted. Please check the BEA website (www.beaweb.org) for each division's specifics on submitting papers.

Each division selects up to four papers for presentation. In addition, a few papers may be selected by divisions for consideration in a Scholar-to-Scholar (poster) session.

Papers are submitted directly to the relevant divisions as either "Debut" or "Open" papers. The Debut category is open only to those who have never previously presented a paper at a BEA Convention. First and second place winners in Debut categories receive $200 and $100 to help defray their costs of attending the convention.

Papers must be received by the appropriate division by December 1, 2004.
Submission Requirements:

* Length: not to exceed 30 double-spaced pages, including references and tables
* Style: use of APA style or a style suited to the discipline
* Abstract: abstract of less than 250 words to be included with submission
* Exclusivity: papers may not be submitted to more than one division during the same year
* Authorship: author's name, institution address, phone number and e-mail to appear on the cover page only (list all contact information for each author of multiple authored papers)

Cover page must include:
* the title of the paper and the division to which the paper is submitted
* any A/V requirements
* whether submission is an "open" or "debut" entry (any papers without such designation will be considered in the open category)
* Title: to be printed on the first page of the paper and on running heads on all subsequent pages
* Author Contact Information, including all contact information for each author of multiple authored papers

Copies: three (3) copies of paper must be submitted.

Convention Attendance
At least one (1) author of an accepted competitive paper MUST attend the convention to present the paper. Participants MUST be members of BEA and registered for the convention. Three copies (3) of paper submissions should be sent to the appropriate division. Papers MUST be received by the appropriate division by December 1, 2004. Winners will be notified by February 4, 2005. Send papers directly to the following individuals:

Paper Competition Chairs by Division:

BROADCAST & INTERNET RADIO DIVISION
Vice Chair/Paper Competition Coordinator
Rich Tiner
Belmont University
Department of Media Studies
1900 Belmont Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37212
Office: 615-460-6282
Fax: 615-460-5505
tinerr@mail.belmont.edu

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
Vice Chair/Paper Competition Chair
Melissa Lee Price
Staffordshire University
P.O. Box 660
College Road
Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2XN
United Kingdom
Office: 01782294565
Email: m.l.price@staffs.ac.uk

COURSES, CURRICULA AND ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
Vice Chair/Paper Competition Chair
Chris Pruszynski
Department of Communication
Suny Geneseo
1 College Circle
Geneseo, NY 14454
Office: 585-245-5229
Fax: 585-245-5240
Email: pruszyns@geneseo.edu

GENDER ISSUES DIVISION
Paper Competition Chair
Terry Filipowicz
California State University, Sacramento
Communication Studies
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819
Office: 916-278-4108
Email: tfilipowicz@csus.edu

HISTORY DIVISION
Vice Chair - Paper Competition Chair
Peggy Finucane
John Carroll University
20700 North Park Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
Office: 216-397-1780
Email: mfinucane@jcu.edu

INTERNATIONAL DIVISION
Paper Competition Chair
TBA

LAW & POLICY DIVISION
Vice Chair/Paper Competition Chair
Cynthia Cooper
Dept. Of Communication & Theatre Arts
FH246
Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD 21801
Office: 410-677-5032
cacooper@salisbury.edu

MANAGEMENT & SALES DIVISION
Vice Chair/Paper Competition Chair
Lionel Grady
Dept. of Communication
Southern Utah University
Cedar City, UT 84720
Office: 801-586-7972
Email: Grady_L@suu.edu

MULTICULTURAL STUDIES DIVISION
Paper Competition Chair
Cristina Azocar
Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
Humanities 307
San Francisco, CA 94132
Office: 415-338-7434
Fax: 415-338-2084
cazocar@sfsu.edu

NEWS DIVISION
Vice-Chair/Paper Competition
Geoffrey Baym
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Dept. of Broadcasting & Cinema
207 Brown Bldg., P.O. Box 2617
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Office: 336-256-1294
Fax: 336-334-5039
Email: gdbaym@uncg.edu

PRODUCTION, AESTHETICS AND CRITICISM DIVISION
Vice-Chair/Paper Competition Chair
Kara Jolliff Gould
Communication Department
Weber State University
1605 Univ. Circle
Ogden, UT 84103
Office: 801-626-6454
kgould@weber.edu

RESEARCH DIVISION
Vice-Chair/Paper Competition Co-Chair
Catherine A. Luther
University of Tennessee
School of Journalism and Electronic Media
333 Communications Building
Knoxville, TN 37996
Office: 865-974-5118
Fax: 865-974-2814
Email: cluther@utk.edu

STUDENT MEDIA ADVISORS DIVISION
Vice Chair/Paper Competition Chair
Paul Creasman
Azusa Pacific University
Department of Communicatino Studies
901 East Alosta Ave.
Azusa, CA 91702-7000
Office: 626-815-8100 ext 3489
Fax: 626-812-3072
Email: pcreasman@apu.edu

TWO-YEAR/SMALL COLLEGES DIVISION
Vice Chair - Secretary
Evan Wirig
Grossmont College
8800 Grossmont College Drive
El Cajon, CA 92020-1799
Office: 619-644-7465
Email: Evan.wirig@gcccd.net

WRITING DIVISION
Student Scriptwriting Competition Coordinator
Cynthia Savaglio
Ithaca College
919 Danby road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Office: 607-272-6237
Fax: 607-274-7041
csavaglio@ithaca.edu

Faculty Scriptwriting Competition
Bill Deering
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Division of Communication
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Office: 715-346-2189
Fax: 715-346-4789
wdeering@uwsp.edu