[Commlist] 10th Annual Doctoral Consortium ICA CAT and MCIG

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CALL FOR STUDENT PROPOSALS
10th Annual Doctoral Consortium of the Communication and Technology 
Division co-sponsored by the Mobile Communication Interest Group 
of the International Communication Association (ICA)
Friday, 24 May 2019 | Washington DC, exact location to be announced

Description:
The consortium will bring together PhD candidates conducting research on 
various types of communication technologies and mobile communication 
to give them the opportunity to present and discuss their research in a 
constructive and international atmosphere. The objectives of the event 
are to provide feedback and advice to participating PhD candidates on 
their in-progress research thesis. Moreover, the Doctoral Consortium 
will provide the opportunity to meet experts as well as fellow PhD 
candidates from different backgrounds working on related topics.
During the consortium, students and faculty will be organized into small 
groups, determined by the thematic nature of the research. In each 
group, students will present their work, and receive feedback from their 
fellow students and faculty participants, all of whom will have read the 
proposals in advance of the Doctoral Consortium. Each proposal will 
receive detailed feedback from three faculty participants. There will be 
two poster sessions to allow participants from other groups to learn 
about and comment on the research of the PhD candidates.
In addition to the presentation and critique of proposals, there will be 
discussion of issues related to making the transition from graduate 
student to faculty member. Of course, this process differs widely across 
different nations and academic traditions. Bearing these differences in 
mind, we will discuss positioning one’s work for the job market, 
strategies for publication, the interviewing process and other aspects 
of faculty job searches. Anticipating a time when participants will have 
an academic position, the discussion will include issues like managing 
workload and working relationships, finding a work/life balance, and 
ways of being a successful academic.

Submission Process:
Applicants must be advanced to candidacy and have their dissertation 
proposal topic previously approved by their committee or supervisor. 
Ideally, students will be in the early stages of their dissertation, 
where feedback would be helpful in refining and advancing their work. 
To apply, students must submit a proposal describing their research. 
Submissions must be related to one of the working areas of the 
Communication and Technology Division (CAT) or the Mobile Communication 
Interest Group (MCIG) of the International Communication Association 
(ICA). A description of the respective research areas can be found in 
the last section of this call. We encourage students to closely read 
these descriptions, as we will not consider any submissions not fitting 
the working areas of Cat or MCIG. In your submission, please identify 
whether you’re submitting to MCIG or CAT.
Proposals must identify a significant problem (or problems) in a 
relevant field of research, briefly outline current knowledge of the 
problem domain, and clearly formulate a research question, or specify 
hypotheses to be tested. Proposals should outline the research approach, 
methods, and any results obtained so far. Submissions should be between 
3000 and 4000 words (excluding references and appendices) and must 
include name and affiliation of the PhD candidate.
Applications need to be accompanied by a short letter of recommendation 
from the advisor or member of the dissertation committee stating how 
the PhD candidate can benefit from participation in the Doctoral Consortium.
The proposal and letter of recommendation must be submitted as one PDF 
document and sent as an attachment in an email to Veronika Karnowski at 
(veronika.karnowski /at/ ifkw.lmu.de) 
<mailto:(veronika.karnowski /at/ ifkw.lmu.de)>. The deadline for submission 
is 1 February 2019. Submitted proposals will be reviewed by the members 
of the program committee based on significance of research, specificity 
of research topic and/or questions, clarity of writing and degree to 
which student can benefit from expert guidance and feedback. To help 
ensure the consortium best meets the needs of its members, limited 
financial assistance is made possible by the CAT Division and the MCIG. 
Please note in your application if you would like to be considered for 
financial support to cover your costs for participation in the Doctoral 
Consortium (this support would cover only the $75 participation fee and 
not travel to the conference).

About the Communication and Technology Division:
The CAT Division is concerned with the role played by Information and 
Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the process of communication. It 
is committed to enhancing theory and methodology pertaining to adoption, 
usage, effects, and policy of ICTs. Areas of research include 
human-computer interaction, computer-mediated communication, mobile 
communication, and other technologically mediated social interaction and 
networking in all contexts (interpersonal, group, organizational, 
societal/cultural) and at all levels of analyses. CAT invites papers 
that make an innovative and original contribution to our understanding 
of ICTs, with the primary focus on communication aspects of particular 
technological characteristics.

About the Mobile Communication Interest Group:
The MCIG focuses on the phenomenon of mobility in communication – thus 
being placed on the intersection of mobility, technology, and culture 
in human communication. While including a wide array of perspectives and 
approaches in communication scholarship from historical perspectives 
to studies on future media innovations, from ethnographic to 
quantitative empirical approaches, from journalism studies to media 
effects research the common ground of the Interest Group is state of the 
art theorizing on mobile communication as well as the discussion of 
adequate methodology to do so.

Registration:
Participation is only by invitation. Once a proposal is accepted, 
students can register through the ICA website. Cost for participation is 
US$75 per person.

Steering Committee:
Marjolijn L. Antheunis, Tilburg U, Netherlands (Program Director)
Katy Pearce, U of Washington, USA (Program committee)
Veronika Karnowski, LMU Munich, Germany (Program committee)
German Neubaum, U of Duisburg-Essen, Germany (Program committee)

Faculty members will be announced later








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