[Commlist] Call for ICA CAT Award Nominations

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The ICA Communication and Technology Division is seeking nominations for 
the (1) Frederick Williams Prize for Contribution to the Study of 
Communication and Technology and the (2) Herbert S. Dordick Dissertation 
Award.
(1) Frederick Williams Prize for Contribution to the Study of 
Communication and Technology
Dr. Frederick Williams (1933-2010), former ICA President and founding 
Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of 
Southern California, was a visionary who made significant and lasting 
impacts on new communication technology research. To honor his memory 
and outstanding contribution to our field, the Williams Prize is awarded 
on a year-by-year basis by the Communication and Technology (CAT) 
Division of the International Communication Association. It recognizes 
the major contributions and cumulative achievements of senior scholars 
who have advanced the study and the field of communication and technology.
For full consideration of the 2018-2019 award period, nominations should 
be submitted to Homero Gil de Zúñiga (University of Vienna), Chair of 
the ICA CAT Awards Committee, (homero.gil.dezuniga /at/ univie.ac.at) 
<mailto:(homero.gil.dezuniga /at/ univie.ac.at)> no later than 12:00 am GMT on 
March 1, 2019.
Please note self-nominations are also accepted. Nominations materials 
should include:
• The nominee's full contact information, including name, surface mail 
address, email address, and phone number;
• A one (1) page discussion of the nominee's major contributions to the 
study of communication and technology, and suitability for recognition 
as a recipient of the Prize; and
• A list of the nominee's selected works, publications, distinctions, 
accomplishments or other evidence that demonstrate the significance of 
the nominee's work and its influence on the field of communication and 
technology.
(2) Herbert S. Dordick Dissertation Award
The ICA Communication and Technology Division is seeking nominations for 
the Herbert S. Dordick Dissertation Award. The submission deadline award 
nomination is 12:00 am GMT, March 1, 2019. Any doctoral dissertation in 
the area of communication and technology, completed and defended between 
1 January and 31 December of 2018, is eligible for consideration.
This Dordick Dissertation Award honors the memory of Prof. Herbert S. 
Dordick (1925-1998), a distinguished telecommunications engineer, 
public/urban policy researcher and intellectual, teacher and mentor. The 
Dordick Dissertation Award recognizes the most outstanding doctoral 
dissertation in the area of communication and technology completed and 
defended in the preceding year, and is presented annually at the 
business meeting of the Communication and Technology (CAT) Division of 
the International Communication Association.
Dissertation authors need not be members of ICA or the CAT Division for 
their work to be considered, but Award recipients must be ICA members at 
the time the Award is given (i.e., the ICA annual conference in the year 
after completing the dissertation). Self-nominations are welcome.
Nomination materials should include:
• Full contact information of the dissertation author, including name, 
surface mail address, email address, and phone number;
• A cover letter or statement (1-2 pages) by the nominator describing 
the significance of the work and its merit/suitability for the Award;
• A one-page abstract of the dissertation;
• A representative chapter or selected sections of the dissertation, OR 
a paper summarizing the dissertation study, problem/hypothesis and 
rationale, methods, and findings, of up to 30 pages in length 
(double-spaced, excluding references and figures; approximately 7,500 
words).
More information about the CAT awards: 
https://www.icahdq.org/members/group_content_view.asp?group=186088&id=631396
Please submit the nominations and address any questions to Homero Gil de 
Zúñiga (University of Vienna, Austria), Chair of the ICA CAT Awards 
Committee, at (homero.gil.de.zuniga /at/ univie.ac.at) 
<mailto:(homero.gil.de.zuniga /at/ univie.ac.at)>.

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