Editor
Brandi N. Frisby, School of Information Science, University of Kentucky |
The Basic Communication Course Annual (BCCA) was first published in 1988 after the Midwest Basic Course Directors Conference. The Annual publishes the best scholarship available on topics related to the basic communication course and is distributed nationally to scholars and educators interested in the basic communication course.
Manuscripts published in the Annual are not restricted to any particular methodology or approach. They must, however, address issues significant to the basic course (defined broadly). In 2013, the Annual began including a Basic Course Forum section for shorter essays responding to a specific question. In 2016, the University of Dayton Department of Communication acquired the journal and its archives from the initial publisher and began publishing it as an open-access journal.
The submission process for Volume 35 (2023) is now open. The deadline for submissions is Oct. 1, 2022.
Current Volume: Volume 34 (2022)
Research articles in this volume address technology; modern adjustments to the teaching of public speaking; value messaging at universities; motivation; and administration of the basic course. The Basic Course Forum addresses the long-term impacts of educational shifts brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Print version now available
The print version of Volume 34 is available for $15. Order here.
Front Matter
Editor's Page
Brandi N. Frisby
Articles
Public Speaking in a Pandemic: A Situational, Compensatory, and Resilient Undertaking
Joshua F. Hoops
Integrating University Value Messages into the Basic Communication Course: Implications for Student Recall and Adjustment to College
Kristen L. Farris and Michael Burns
Examining Motivation in Turbulent Times: A Self-Determination Theory Replication
Jessalyn I. Vallade, Renee Kaufmann, and T. Kody Frey
Exploring Introductory Communication Course Administrators' Relationship Management During COVID-19
Ashley N. Aragón and Drew T. Ashby-King
Essays
Prepared to Pivot: Creating a Resilient Basic Course Program
Nicholas T. Tatum and Melissa A. Broeckelman-Post
Strengthening the Position of the Introductory Course: Pandemic Pedagogical Practices (Withdrawn)
Sara Mathis
Back Matter
Call for Manuscripts
Brandi N. Frisby

Editors
- Editor
- Brandi N. Frisby
- Editorial assistant
- Hayley C. Hoffman
- Review Board
- Lindsey B. Anderson
- LeAnn M. Brazeal
- Melissa A. Broeckelman-Post
- Nate S. Brophy
- Daniel Chick
- Troy Cooper
- Katherine J. Denker
- Jayson Dibble
- John F. Hooker
- Angela M. Hosek
- Marian L. Houser
- Stephen Hunt
- Adam C. Jones
- Renee Kaufmann
- Stephanie Kelly
- Jeffrey H. Kuznekoff
- Joe C. Martin
- David T. McMahan
- Stevie M. Munz
- Scott A. Myers
- Suzy Prentiss
- Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter
- Rasha Ramzy
- Kristina Ruiz-Mesa
- Cheri J. Simonds
- Nicholas T. Tatum
- Jill C. Underhill
- Joseph M. Valenzano III
- Jessalyn I. Vallade
- Tiffany R. Wang
- Joshua N. Westwick
- Andrew D. Wolvin
- Anna Wright
Call for Editors, Volumes 36-38
The Basic Communication Course Annual is seeking an editor to begin work in January 2023 for a three-year term to run Volumes 36-38. Download the call for editors for more information.