Hello Everyone, Below are a few reminders of all of the approaching deadlines: --- Reminder ASA 2015 in Chicago: ASA’s submission deadline is *January 7th* at 3:00 pm EST. This year the CITASA section has two open sessions on any aspect of Communication, Media, and/or Information Technologies. We also have our section round tables. In addition, members may be interested in regular sessions that are being held on Media Sociology, Internet and Society, and Technology. Also, please renew your ASA and section memberships if you haven’t already. --- Please see the updated call for submissions to Emerald Studies in Media and Communication <http://www.emeraldmediastudies.com/Calls---Volumes.html> (also attached at the end of this email). --- We have been working on a new website <http://citasa.info/>! It is not quite finished yet but all of the important and up-to-date information can be located there. We'll have more info about the site out soon. Most recently, the "Awards" page has been updated to reflect the 2014 winners. You can also find the current *call for nominations* there (and attached at the end of this email). --- The upcoming Spring CITASA newsletter will include a section for announcements and other timely information. Announcements can include (but aren't limited to) upcoming grant or fellowship applications, good news (e.g. getting tenure or promotion to full professor), upcoming conferences of interest, and job announcements (as long as they have already appeared in the ASA job bank). If you are interested in sharing an announcement for the newsletter, please send your announcements and other timely information to Robyn Keith at robynakeith@utexas.edu no later than Wednesday, January 7, 2015 --- Attention doctoral candidates! We’d like to showcase your dissertation research in the CITASA newsletter. Taking advantage of this opportunity is an excellent way to increase the visibility of your work. Once published within the CITASA newsletter, authors may consider including their featured work on their CVs. If you are interested in having your dissertation research featured as a special profile in the newsletter, please email the following information as a Word document (not PDF!) to Elizabeth Schwarz at eschw001@ucr.edu by Wednesday, January 7, 2015: 1. Author name, year of graduation, title, institution, email, Twitter username 2. Author photo (if you want your photo published) 3. Graphic (if there is a specific .jpg you want to illustrate your research; please make sure the image abides by all copyright laws) 4. Active link to your dissertation research (this link could be to your own website, for example). 5. Dissertation title 6. Summary with key points (theories, methods, findings, conclusions, future research) [*no longer than 250 words*] 7. [optional and will *NOT* be published in the newsletter] Other dissertation authors you recommend as future featured candidates for the CITASA newsletter (please send their name and email) Best, Apryl Williams CITASA Communications Coordinator -- PhD Student & Diversity Fellow Sociology | Texas A&M University