The AEJMC Public Relations Division (PRD) is pleased to announce a call for short-form teaching submissions. Great Ideas For Teaching (GIFT) submissions will be considered for presentation at the 2023 AEJMC National Conference in Washington, D.C. or a virtual webinar.
New Addition! Thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication at Penn State University, the first place GIFT submission for this year’s competition will receive an award in the amount of $500.
What is a GIFT? GIFTs are successful, class-tested assignments, in-class exercises, or teaching approaches that benefit students and instructors. GIFTs are tied to course learning objectives and contemporary public relations theory or practice. Submissions may stem from traditional and non-traditional classroom settings, including teaching outside of the classroom and online teaching.
Examples of GIFT topic areas: GIFT topic areas may be related to public relations knowledge (i.e., diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; corporate social responsibility), skills (i.e., innovative crisis simulations; approaches to writing; analyzing data) and/or abilities (i.e., best practices in teamwork; creative thinking; problem solving). We welcome any related new topics or pedagogical practices. View examples of GIFTs in the Journal of Public Relations Education issue.
Benefits of submitting: The top GIFT submissions will be selected for presentation during the AEJMC main in-person conference. High-ranking submissions, other than those presented at the conference, will also be considered for inclusion in future virtual conferences hosted by the division and featured on the AEJMC PRD website and social media accounts. The top GIFT submissions will also receive special consideration for publication in the Journal of Public Relations Education.
Eligibility: You do not need to be an AEJMC member to submit GIFTs.
GIFT submission guidelines:
- Title page: title, author name(s), contact information for the author(s), type of submission (class-tested assignment, in-class exercise, teaching approach, or other) and up to five relevant keywords associated with your submission (e.g., online, writing, social media, etc.)
- Summary: One-page, single-spaced description of the teaching idea that includes the following section headers in bold. The summary should also have all identifying author information removed for a double-blind, peer-review process.
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- Submission title that appears on your title page
- Brief summary or overview of the assignment
- Rationale for the assignment, including any connection to PR theory and/or practice
- Student learning goals achieved through the assignment
- Evidence of student learning outcomes or assessment of student learning (if available)
- References/Citations (as needed). References don’t count toward the one-page summary.
- Supplementary Materials–Assignment/Example (optional): Your submission may include an example of the assignment itself (if applicable to your submission), along with any necessary instructions. However, all submissions will be evaluated based on the one-page summary. The assignment/example should have all identifying author information and institutional affiliation removed for a double-blind, peer-review process. If selected, supplementary material may be made available for others to view and access, so copyrighted materials should be described rather than included directly.
Please combine all elements (minus the title page) into one full submission document, saved as either a .pdf or .docx file. Submit the title page as a separate document.
The one-page summary description and corresponding assignment should have all identifying author information removed for a double-blind, peer-review process. Incomplete or incorrect submissions, and those submitted to other venues simultaneously, will be disqualified from consideration.
Authors can submit up to three GIFTs as leading authors and co-authors. Submissions should not be (a) simultaneously under review at other conferences or publication outlets, (b) previously presented or published elsewhere.
Submission Process:
Submissions are due by midnight (PT) on Friday, February 24, 2023. Please use the following link to submit your GIFT: https://nau.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9BUnECmRZ7aSv3M
If you do not receive an email verifying the receipt of your submission by March 1, please contact the teaching committee chair, Jiun-Yi Tsai (jiun-yi.tsai@nau.edu).
Review process: All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer review. Each submission will be evaluated by at least two reviewers. Authors will be notified about the status of their submission by April 1, 2023.
Questions can be directed to members of the PRD teaching committee: Jiun-Yi Tsai (jiun-yi.tsai@nau.edu) or Stephanie Madden (szm962@psu.edu).
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Friday, Feb. 24, 2023: Submissions due by midnight (Pacific Time)
- April 1, 2023: Acceptance notification
- August 2023: GIFTs featured at AEJMC main conference in Washington, D.C.