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About This Journal

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. The journal is supported by an international editorial board comprised of administrators and communication scholars. The journal publishes open access online, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or institution. Users are allowed to read, download, print, or link to the full texts of the articles, without asking prior permission from the ACA.

JACA is published by the Association for Communication Administration.

The Journal of the Association for Communication Administration (JACA) originally launched in 1972 as the Bulletin of the Association of Departments & Administrators in Speech Communication (Volumes 1-10, 1972 – 1975) and later published as the Association for Communication Administration Bulletin (Volumes 11 – 21, (1975–1992) is the Association’s flagship periodical.

Making Sense of Volume vs. Issue Numbers

  • 1972–1992 (Bulletins). Each bulletin functioned as an independent monograph, so the volume number and issue were effectively the same thing. This explains why the sequence climbed to the 80s in just two decades.
  • 1993–present (JACA). The journal shifted to a traditional annual volume with one to three separately numbered issues (Issue 1, Issue 2, Issue 3) inside each volume. Missing publication years mean the numerical gap between 1993 and the present is smaller than the calendar gap.
Years Title Volume Range Numbering Logic
1972–1975 Bulletin of the Association of Departments & Administrators in Speech Communication (BADASC) Vols. 1–10 Each standalone bulletin was labelled a “volume,” so multiple volumes could appear in a single calendar year.
1975–1992 Association for Communication Administration Bulletin (ACA Bulletin) Vols. 11–82 The ACA retained the sequential count it inherited from BADASC. Citations confirm issues such as Vol. 13 (1975), Vol. 46 (1983), Vol. 65 (1988), and Vol. 73 (1990).
1993–present Journal of the Association for Communication Administration (JACA) Vols. 22–41 In 1993 editors adopted the standard “one volume per publication year” model and reset the count to Volume 22, marking the journal’s 22nd year. Because some years passed without publication, the most recent release is Volume 41 (2024).