What is OCMC?
The Organizational Communication Mini-Conference (OCMC) is a conference put on by graduate students for graduate students in the field of Organizational Communication. The conference that highlights graduate student work and celebrates the diversity of ideas, theories, and methods within the common thread of organizational communication. OCMC is focused on providing graduate students a platform to present their research, prepare for the job market and their career, and build connections across the field. We are excited to host the 37th conference on October 3-5, 2025!
We welcome and encourage a breadth of research perspectives to be submitted, presented, and discussed throughout the conference.
Prior OCMC Hosts
OCMC originated as a collaboration of primarily Midwestern Communication departments, but has expanded its reach across the United States. Check out where the conference has been!
- 2024 – Northwestern University
- 2023 – Rutgers University
- 2022 – University of Texas at Austin
- 2021 – University of Kansas
- 2020 – University of South Florida
- 2019 – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 2018 – Rutgers University
- 2017 – Ohio University
- 2016 – Northwestern University
- 2015 – Michigan State University
- 2014 – Purdue University
- 2013 – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 2012 – University of Oklahoma
- 2011 – University of Missouri
- 2010 – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- 2009 – Northwestern University
- 2008 – Purdue University
- 2007 – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 2006 – Michigan State University
- 2005 – Ohio University
- 2004 – Saint Louis University
- 2003 – Western Michigan University
- 2002 – Purdue University
- 2001 – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 2000 – Michigan State University
- 1999 – Western Michigan University
- 1998 – University of Kansas
- 1997 – Purdue University
- 1996 – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1995 – Michigan State University
- 1994 – University of Kansas
- 1993 – Western Michigan University
- 1992 – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1991 – University of Minnesota
- 1990 – Purdue University
- 1989 – Michigan State University
- 1988 – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign