Call for Manuscript Submission

Volume 44, Numbers 1 and 2, 2012 (PDF File)

The Iowa Journal of Communication (IJC) is currently calling for the submission of manuscripts, with a deadline of March 15, 2012 for the special theme topic: Communication and the Family. Guest editor for this issue is Dr. Donna Pawlowski who is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Creighton University (Ph.D. from University of Nebraska-Lincoln) and also a faculty member for the Health Administration and Policy and the Women's and Gender Studies Programs. Among her research interests are familial communication with an emphasis on health care and acute illness from the perspectives of the survivor, caregiver, gender differences in social support, dialectics and metaphors; as well as pedagogical implications of service-learning in family communication.
Deadline for manuscripts for the general communication issue of volume 44 are due March 15, 2012. We accept manuscripts from any communication scholar and welcome interdisciplinary efforts.

One need not be a member of the Iowa Communication Association (ICA) to submit manuscripts. Submissions from all geographic areas are encouraged. The IJC publishes the highest quality of manuscripts on a variety of communication topics. Manuscripts may be philosophical, theoretical, critical, applied, pedagogical, or empirical in nature. We will also publish reviews or reflective pieces of concern to communication scholars. The IJC follows a policy of blind review so no author identification should appear in the body of the manuscript. Manuscripts should not exceed 25 pages (excluding references and tables/appendixes) and should include a separate title page that includes author(s) name, academic position, institutional affiliation, a brief bio, mailing address, phone number, and email address. Please also include a history of the work (including a description of any public presentation or publication of any part of the data set or portions of the manuscript and whether the manuscript is part of a thesis or dissertation) when appropriate. An abstract of no more than 100 words should accompany the manuscript. All submissions must conform to the latest edition of APA. Please submit only electronic submissions in Microsoft Word documents.