Religious Communication Association
RCA 2025 Annual Conference
The Religious Communication Association will holds its Annual Conference in conjunction with the National Communication Association 2025 Annual Convention, November 20-23, 2025, in Denver, Colorado. RCA opens its portion of the Denver meeting with its First-Day Conference on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, one day before the NCA meeting officially begins on Thursday.
RCA is a nonsectarian 501(c)(3) organization independent from NCA. As an NCA affiliate, RCA proudly showcases religious communication scholarship both during the NCA convention and during its separate First-Day Conference held the day before the NCA convention begins. The RCA event is also the venue for the association's annual business meeting and Scholarship Awards Banquet.
Submissions for the RCA 2025 event have closed and are being considered simultaneously for RCA-sponsored panels during the NCA meeting and for inclusion in the RCA First-Day Conference programming on November 19, 2025. The standards for acceptance for NCA and RCA are equally stringent. NCA allots multiple program sessions to RCA. This relationship and arrangement allow RCA to strengthen scholarly inquiry and foster meaningful dialogue among colleagues with increased presentation opportunities.
You submission to the NCA review process indicated your agreement to attend the preceding RCA First-Day Conference should your paper, session, or panel be programmed there. Acceptance notices will be sent via email this summer, with the NCA Annual Convention and RCA First-Day Conference programs to follow. Should your submission be programmed for the RCA event, you must register separately for the First-Day Conference. Registration for the NCA convention does not cover the RCA First-Day Conference.
For any questions regarding programming, please contact the 2025 RCA NCA Unit Planner:
Theon E. Hill, Ph.D.
Communication Department
Wheaton College
theon.hill@wheaton.edu
RCA Conference and Call Archive
Each November, RCA holds its Annual Conference in conjunction with the annual convention of the National Communication Association. Scholars are invited to submit competitive papers and panel proposals for consideration. Instructions and guidelines are specified in the annual RCA call for papers.
Call Archives: 2015 |2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005