Georgia Communication Association
The Georgia Communication Association, is an affiliate of the National Communication Association. It welcomes a diversity of members from all communication disciplines, including speech communication, mass communication, organizational communication, public relations and theatre.
Members represent both public and private institutions. Membership is open to faculty and students at the high school, college, and university levels, and to anyone else who is interested. Membership is especially encouraged for those in bordering states.
2012 Conference Information
The 81st Annual GCA Conference will be held Thursday Feb. 23rd and Friday Feb. 24th, 2012 at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture at ABAC in Tifton, GA.
Click here for the tentative conference schedule.
Click here for directions to the conference
Registration and Membership for 2012
Click here for the 2012 membership form. Please download, fill out ON YOUR COMPUTER, THEN print off and mail back to Keith Perry.
Click here to pay registration fees through PayPal. (No PayPal account required)
Click here for hotel, food and room info.
If you're a state employee, click here for the Hotel Tax Exemption form.
Thursday Night Dinner Info
Our Thursday night dinner will now be held at Logan's Roadhouse.
Click here for dinner information and menu (MS Word download). Prepay via PayPal or bring cash/check Thursday 2/23.
Film Festival
For more information about the Film Festival at our 2012 conference at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College - click here.
Proceedings
The official journal of GCA is Proceedings and is published annually. Click here for an electronic copy of the 2011 Proceedings.
Click here for the Proceedings writing style guidelines.
Conference papers are due to Paula Dixon, Proceedings editor, by March 2, 2012 for publication in the 2012 journal.
Call for Proposals
Proposals for our 2012 conference were due October 1, 2011.
GCA Webmaster
GCA is pleased to welcome Melissa Gay (University of Georgia) as our new webmaster. Welcome Melissa!
GCA Officers
President: Bill Price, Georgia Perimeter College
First Vice-President: Travice Obas, Georgia Highlands College
Secretary: Barbara Tucker, Dalton State College
Treasurer: Rick Lindner, Georgia Perimeter College
Editor of Convention
Proceedings:
Paula Dixon, Emmanuel College
Webmaster: Melissa Gay, University of Georgia
Executive Director: Keith Perry, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Members-at Large:
Richard Baxter, Columbus State University
Stewart Blakley, Brenau University
Shani Clark, Darton College
Public Communication
Officer: Julia G. Clay, Brenau University
Listserv Moderator: Jennifer Benson, Emmanuel College
Immediate Past President: Pamela Hayward, Augusta State University