NYSCA Archives

Check out the NYSCA archival documents below!

Past Conferences

Oral History

Archival Photos

Newsletter

Past Conferences

NYSCA Past Conferences

See our NYSCA past conference themes, CFP and programs below!

Year	Theme	CFP	Programs	G.I.F.T.S. Call
2025	Embracing Change
2024	Generative communicAItion
2023	COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGITAL WORLD
2022	CELEBRATING 80 YEARS OF NEW YORK STATE COMMUNICATION
2021	Changing the Conversation/Conversations about Change
2020	Communication, Conduct, and Pragmatic Interplay
2019	“Theory vs. Practice: Bridging the Gap”
2018	Signs of the <Time>: Urgency, Connection, and Affordances in Communication
2017	From Plato to Pixels: Honoring the Past. Celebrating the Present. Shaping the Future.
2016	Imagination
2015	Are You In Or Are You Out? Aligning Ourselves With Communication
2014	Alone Together: Communication and Community (or Not)
2013	Communities of Communicative Practice
2012	Communication (of) Choice and Consequence: A 70th Anniversary Reflection on the New York State of Communication Ethics
2011	Communication Connections: Contributions and Collaborations between Distanced Groups
2010	Communication Matters
2009	Examining Ritual, Technology, and Community in this New Century: A Global Discussion in New York State
2008	Disciplinary Detachment in a Fragmented World? Seeking Coherence, Continuity and Connection.
2007	Failing to Communicate: Learning from Mistakes
2006	Conscientious Objections: Communicating Dissent
2005	Communication, Technology and Pedagogy: New Directions and New Methodologies
2004	Navigating the Current: Stability and Change in Research, Practice, and Program Administration
2003	New York: The State of Communication Celebrating Our Accomplishments \| Questioning Our Assumptions

Oral History

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The NYSCA Oral History Archive

This archive contains materials from NYSCA conferences as well as the ongoing Oral History Project, launched at the 75th Anniversary of the NYSCA Conference in 2017.

THIS PAGE IS FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT. RECORDINGS ARE MADE BETWEEN THE 74TH AND 76TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCES AND ARE OPEN TO ANY MEMBER OF NYSCA. WE'RE HOPING TO HEAR YOUR VOICE!

Oral History Project

2018

This is the full recording of the plenary panel at the 74th annual NYSCA conference.

2018

From the phone call series of interviews. What are your memories of your first time at NYSCA? Interviewees are Mike Plugh, Susan Drucker, Doug Strahler, and Cheryl Casey