Visit our conference page for the current version of the program. Room numbers will be added by Sept. 30.

Registration and membership renewal is now open for the 78th annual conference, Oct. 3-4, 2014 at Franklin University in Columbus, OH. Click here for conference details and a link to registration. NOTE: To improve planning and reduce waste, conference attendees should register by September 22 to avoid a late registration […]

Carole Barbato, Ph.D., Kent State University, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, April 30, 2014. She was a long-time member of OCA and a strong advocate for the organization. According to Dr. Stanley Wearden, Dean of KSU’s College of Communication and Information, “In addition to teaching for many years in Communication Studies […]

We are accepting nominations for the following officers: Vice-President, Southeast and Northwest Representatives (2-year terms), and Graduate Student Representatives (1-year term; must be a graduate student for the 2014-2015 school year). For more information about position responsibilities please go to the Executive Committee page on the OCA website at http://www.ohiocomm.org. […]

The Ohio Communication Association is heading to Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio for the 78th annual OCA Conference. Faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students are invited to submit your scholarship for the opportunity to present your papers, posters, panel discussions, or workshops to the community of scholars and professionals form within […]

After over 2 years of planning and effort by the executive board, OCA has now launched the new http://www.ohiocomm.org. This will be the first major update to the website in 10 years. Special thanks to 3TL Studios (http://3tlstudios.com) for their great work in redesigning the website. You’ll notice a few […]

One of the subjects discussed during the conference had to do with public speaking instructors cutting back on lecture in exchange for more speech practice. As a student/teacher what do think about this approach?

What are your thoughts on using wikipedia either in the classroom or in research?

[dropcap]“[/dropcap]This is important.  You must care.  You need to stop enabling the cheaters the way we used to.  You have to root, root, root just as hard for the game itself as you do for the players. ” ESPN’s Steve Wulf’s words to the fans of Major League Baseball (MLB) […]