2024 Competition

The PCA writing competition aims to encourage and give recognition to undergraduate and graduate level scholarship in communication and to offer undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to present their work at the 80th Annual Pennsylvania Communication Association (PCA) Convention.

Graduate Competition – First Place
Balancing Fire and Water: An Exploration of Relational Dialectics in Elemental
Kyla Valerie Guillermo, Penn State Schuylkill
Undergraduate Competition – First Place
“See Me” Through Autoethnography: Invitational Rhetoric and the Importance of Reading Books Together
Tiffany Bohner, Penn State Schuylkill
Undergraduate Competition – First Runner-Up
Shop Until You Drop: “Fast Fashion” at the Expense of Environmental Pollution
Ava Steneken, Temple University
Undergraduate Competition – Second Runner-Up
Navigating the Labyrinth of Privacy: An Analysis of Communication Privacy Management in March Comes in Like a Lion

Karandhir Singh Flora, Penn State Schuylkill