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Student Opportunities

Professional Organizations

National Communication Association

The discipline's largest organization, concerning itself with research, teaching, and service, primarily in the United States, including an expansive section for students and a database of graduate schools.

International Communication Association

This organization is more exclusively focused on research than NCA.

American Communication Association

An online-only organization.

Central States Communication Association

The regional association for our area. Also, there are organizations for the eastern states, southern states, and western states.

International Association for Conflict Management

An association that specializes in conflict management in family, organizational, societal, and international settings.

American Forensic Association

An association that specializes in argumentation, rhetoric, and competitive forensics.

International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships

A cross-disciplinary research in personal relationships.

University Film and Video Association

An excellent resource for those who are interested in the making and teaching of film and video.

Society of Cinema and Media Studies

SCMS is a professional organization of college and university educators, filmmakers, historians, critics, and others devoted to the study of the moving image.

Modern Language Association

The Modern Language Association of America provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy.

Coalition for Health Communication

The Coalition for Health Communication is an inter-organizational task force whose mission is to strengthen the identity and advance the field of health communication.

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