Other Publications

NCA offers a variety of publications covering a range of topics and interests, from classroom and instructional resources to career resources for students to tools for administrators. Learn more about each publication below. Click here for information on copyright as well as obtaining permissions to use or reprint an NCA publication.

Career Resources

Product Image Pathways to Communication Careers in the 21st Century

Designed to give undergraduate and high school students an overall view of the communication discipline, this booklet covers the different concentrations in undergraduate and graduate communication programs, and the career possibilities for communication graduates. The publication is a helpful resource for students considering a career in communication.
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Product Image Professional Development during Your Doctoral Education
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Written by Edward Schiappa, Ph.D., an NCA Distinguished Scholar, this booklet is an informal introduction to some of the issues involved in the professional development of Ph.D. students in communication.

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Assessment

Product Image A Communication Assessment Primer

This publication is designed to help communication departments create the right assessment program and ensure that their students are learning everything they need to know. Edited by Phil Backlund, Ph.D., and Gay Wakefield, Ph.D., each chapter is written by professors who have extensive interest in, and experience with, successful assessment programs.

 

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Product Image Large Scale Assessment in Oral Communication: K-12 and Higher Education

One of NCA's most popular reference publications, this book reviews assessment instruments designed for measuring communication competencies and abilities. This edition includes separate sections for K-12 and two- and four-year colleges and universities. Summary tables provide easy reference.

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Disciplinary Resources

Product Image Directory of Communication Related Mental Measures

This publication was compiled to help social scientists select the appropriate instruments for their work, in an easy, simple, convenient, and accessible manner. Divided into 27 chapters and featuring over 500 mental measures, this collection brings together available mental measures published in peer-reviewed academic journals in a singular volume.

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Product Image Getting the Most from Your Graduate Education in Communication: A Student's Handbook (PDF Download)

Getting the Most from Your Graduate Education in Communication: A Student's Handbook
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Historical

Product Image Our Stories: 20th CenturyWomen Presidents of NCA

This book is a collection of stories of some extraordinary women in the communication discipline. These stories are relevant and important for anyone interested in communication ranging from students and newcomers to experienced teachers and seasoned researchers.

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Free Speech

Product Image Free Speech Yearbook, Vol 42, 2005

Edited by James Arnt Aune, Ph.D., this volume includes 11 articles and book reviews covering a wide range of free speech topics, including free speech law, the rhetorical analysis of landmark cases and judges, and theoretical discussions of the freedom to communicate.

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Product Image Free Speech Yearbook, Vol. 43, 2009 (PDF Download)

Edited by James Arnt Aune, Ph.D., Volume 43 includes more than 15 articles and book reviews written by top free speech scholars, covering free speech topics such as campus speech codes and free speech research from 1969-2006.

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Product Image Free Speech Yearbook, Vol. 44, 2010 (PDF Download)

Edited by Juliet Dee, Ph.D, Volume 44 includes articles and essays on a variety of topics including student speech, communicative cities, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Product Image Free Speech Yearbook, Vol. 45, 2011

Edited by Juliet Dee, Ph.D., this volume covers a range of First Amendment issues including articles on Justice Kennedy, the use of evidence in indecency cases, the Freedom of Information Act, and more.

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International and Intercultural Communication Annual

Product Image IICA 2006: The Same And Different: Acknowledging The Diversity Within And Between Cultural Group

The twelve essays that appear in this volume represent an eclectic array of approaches to intercultural communication.

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Product Image IICA 2007: Communicating Within/Across Organizations

This volume delves into a wide range of issues related to international and intercultural communication in organizations around the world. The authors report research about varying types of organizations in diverse geographical contexts, including the United States, China, South Korea, India, Kenya, and the Amazon rainforest.

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Product Image IICA 2008: Intercultural Communication in a Transnational World

This volume asked contributors to consider what it means to study intercultural communication in a moment marked by globalization and transnationalism.

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