Basic Communication Course Annual, Volume 35

Articles in this issue include: Reflections about Future Directions for the Basic Communication Course and Basic Course Scholarship; The Basic Communication Course Syllabus as a Rhetorical Document: The Impact of Mediated Immediacy on Communication Apprehension with Instructors; Securing the Right Skills: A Longitudinal Assessment of College Students’ Writing and Public Speaking Self-Efficacy; Improving Well-Being in the Basic Course: The Impact of Interpersonal Communication Competence and Public Speaking Anxiety on Loneliness, Belongingness, and Flourishing; Creating Equitable and Inclusive Basic Course Classrooms: A Response Essay; Trauma-Informed Pedagogy: Promoting Inclusivity in The Basic Course; Redesigning the Basic Course for Today’s Students: Now There’s an IDEA; Preparing Graduate Students for a DEI-Framed Basic Course: A Graduate Student Perspective