Get your research ready for presentation — it's CCI Research Symposium Time in Tennessee! Details below in case the attachment doesn't come through. Suzie ************************************* Suzie Allard, Ph.D. Associate Professor & Assistant Director School of Information Sciences College of Communication & Information The University of Tennessee 453 Communication Building Knoxville, TN 37996-0341 phone: 865.974.1369 fax: 865.974.4967 email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Please consider the environment before printing this email. ************************************** 34th Annual Research Symposium “Leaping Forward in Communication and Information Research” Wednesday, February 29, 2012 College of Communication and Information Auditorium 321 Communications Bldg., 1345 Circle Park Drive University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Luncheon Keynote Speakers Timothy Sellnow, Professor of Communication and Risk Sciences and Associate Dean of Graduate Programs in the College of Communications and Information Studies, University of Kentucky and Deanna Sellnow, Gifford Blyton Endowed Professor of Communication and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Communication, University of Kentucky addressing – “Leaping Forward in Crisis Communication Research: Connecting with Audiences in a Rapidly Evolving Information Environment.” Papers are due by December 12, 2011 for peer reviewing. Notification of acceptance will be made mid-January 2012. All research dealing with communication and information issues is welcome. Awards will be given to the best doctoral, master’s, and undergraduate student papers, best collaborative paper (Faculty/Student), and best poster. All submissions should be electronic and uploaded to the TRACE website- http://trace.tennessee.edu/ccisymposium. Select “Submit Proposal” to upload a submission. Full papers with a preferred length of 10-15 pages (double-spaced) will be accepted for consideration in the research paper category. Extended abstracts of 2-5 pages will be accepted for consideration in the poster category. In the event that more papers are recommended for acceptance after the peer review than can be presented, some authors will be offered the opportunity to present their research as a poster. Include the e-mail address of the contact author; notification will be made via e-mail. For additional information, contact: Bobbie Suttles, Assistant Director, Center for Information and Communication Studies, 420 Comm & UEB, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0341. Phone: 865-974-7909/Email [log in to unmask] TRACE site - http://TRACE.tennessee.edu/ccisymposium College of Communication and Information – http://www.cci.utk.edu