The Journal of the Association for Communication Administration (JACA) is a scholarly outlet to promote discussion, study, criticism, research, and application of effective principles of education administration for the communication disciplines. Volumes 22 - present are available here.
Previous volumes were published under the titles Association for Communication Administration Bulletin (Volumes 11 - 21 from 1975 - 1992) and the Bulletin of the Association of Departments & Administrators in Speech Communication (Volumes 1 - 10 from 1972 - 1975). The previous titles will be posted next year. Digital Object Identifiers and metadata will also be completed.
Current Issue: Volume 40, Issue 1 (2023)
Articles
Communication Scholarship and the Quest for Open Access
Preston Carmack, Michael R. Kearney, and Abbey McCann
“A Cog in a Wheel that Gets it Done”: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Faculty Seeking Administrator Support
LaKesha Anderson and Mattea A. Garcia
The Impact of Student Motivation, Preparation, and Learned Helplessness on Undergraduate Students’ Communication with Advisors
Heather Carmack
Open, Organized, and Onerous: Understanding and Recognizing the Labors of Open Science
Nick Bowman, Patric R. Spence, and Lindsay Hahn
Learning to Think Like a Leader
Mark Hickson III
A Typology of Perceived Negative Course Evaluations
Heather Carmack and Leah E. LeFebvre
Complete Issue

Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Christina McDowell
- Associate Editor
- Patric R. Spence