Instructional & Developmental Communication Division News:

IDD Call for Award Nominations

The Instructional and Developmental Communication Division seeks nominees for three awards to be given at the ICA Annual Conference in London: 1) Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, 2) Outstanding Thesis Award, and 3) Outstanding Dissertation Award. Award winners will be recognized at the division business meeting.

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
This award will honor outstanding teaching of a graduate student, particularly when that teaching demonstrates innovative (e.g., cutting-edge) and learner-centered pedagogical practices. To be eligible, nominees should have been a graduate student during the past academic year or currently an academic student. Students must be nominated by a faculty member and the nomination packet should include a) a letter of nomination, b) nominee’s CV, c) nominee’s teaching philosophy, d) description of teaching experience, courses taught, and course responsibilities, e) sample teaching materials (e.g., syllabi, lesson plan, activity description, rubric, supervisor evaluation), and f) evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g., summaries of student teaching evaluations).

Outstanding Thesis Award
This award will honor outstanding graduate student thesis research focused on instructional and/or developmental communication. To be eligible, nominees should have: a) completed their thesis during the previous three calendar years and b) the thesis should clearly pertain to instructional or developmental communication. Students must be nominated by an advisor, or other member of the thesis committee, and the nomination packet should include: a) letter of recommendation, b) the complete thesis (PDF).

Outstanding Dissertation Award
This award will honor outstanding graduate student dissertation research focused on instructional and/or developmental communication. To be eligible, nominees should have: a) completed their dissertation during the previous three calendar years and b) the dissertation should clearly pertain to instructional or developmental communication. Students must be nominated by an advisor, or other member of the dissertation committee, and the nomination packet should include: a) letter of recommendation, b) the complete dissertation (PDF).

For more detailed information on the awards, please visit our section website at: http://inst.icahdq.org/ohana/website/?p=56706321.

All nomination materials must be submitted to Ali Simsek at asimsek@anadolu.edu.tr by January 1, 2013.

Organizational Communication Division News:

Advanced doctoral students are strongly encouraged to attend the division’s doctoral consortium preconference, which will be held on Monday, June 17 in London (the day before the annual conference begins). Every two years the division sponsors this event, which brings together a diverse array of faculty and doctoral students who have generally completed coursework to explore issues of relevance to scholars at this point of their careers. This year’s theme is Expanding Your Scholarly Comfort Zone. We will discuss various ways in which we all—scholars young and not-so-young—must learn to expand our scholarly comfort zone amid a variety of changes in our world. Faculty will help those attending to think through the promises (and perils) of various transitions that take us beyond what may be most comfortable. More details about the outstanding slate of faculty mentors, the exciting schedule, the easy registration for this event, and special travel funds to assist students coming to London will be made available in the coming months. For now, mark your calendars and make plans to be a part of what I anticipate will be a rewarding experience for all who attend (for additional information, contact preconference planner Craig Scott at crscott@rutgers.edu).

Other important news: The ICA election results are in. Keri Stephens will be our Division’s secretary-elect and our bylaws changes were passed with nearly unanimous approval; only one dissenting vote was cast. Congratulations to Keri and many thanks to the division members who contributed to the process to improve our bylaws.

Communication History Interest Group News:

This update includes information on a range of topics, so I hope you will find it useful.

1. Election of new CHIG Secretary
I’m pleased to announce that Nicole Maurantonio, University of Richmond, has been elected as our next Secretary. Nicole will take up her new duties when she succeeds Deb Lubken after the London 2013 Conference.

Congratulations to Nicole, and our thanks to Peter Schaefer for standing. It was good that the IG had such a strong field from which to choose.

2. Preconference 2013
More good news! Our pre-conference proposal, New Histories of Communication Study, was duly accepted by ICA HQ, and has been scheduled for Monday 16th June 2013, but if there is sufficient interest will also run on Sunday 15th. This excellent initiative from Dave Park and Pete Simonson will be cosponsored by the ECREA Communication History Section and IAMCR History Section, and will take place at London Metropolitan University.

You can find the full call for papers on the ICA website. Please do consider submitting a proposal: abstracts of 300 words (maximum) should be submitted no later than 1 November 2012 to: David Park at park@lakeforest.edu

3. London 2013
It’s getting near the 1st November deadline for submitting proposals for the main conference too, of course. The CHIG Call for Papers is on pp.47-9 of the main ICA Call (http://www.icahdq.org/conf/2013/2013CFP.PDF).

While you are preparing your submission, or even if you are not submitting this year, please do consider volunteering to act as a reviewer, to Chair a session or to be a rapporteur. You can do this by updating your profile on the ICA site:

http://www.icahdq.org/cfp

Enter your username and password and then click on “Continue to ICA Annual Meeting Paper Management”. In your “Submitter Menu” you’ll find a link “Volunteer to be a Reviewer”.

Thanks for your help with this: we depend on our reviewers, and are grateful for all the help that’s given.

4. International History of Public Relations Conference, June 24-25, 2013
Prof Tom Watson. IHPRC Chair, has sent the following message to CHIG members:

Abstracts and papers are invited for presentation at the fourth International History of Public Relations Conference (IHPRC) to be held at Bournemouth University on June 24-25, 2013. The call for papers can be found at: http://microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk/historyofpr/files/2012/07/IHPRC-2013-CALL-FOR-PAPERS.pdf
The deadline for abstracts is Monday, December 10. Please submit via prhistory@bournemouth.ac.uk.
The first three IHPRC have attracted nearly 200 delegates from 25 countries who heard at total of 94 papers. Papers emanating from the conference have also been published in the special editions of Journal of Communication Management (IHPRC 2010) and Public Relations Review (IHPRC 2011). A special edition of Public Relations Review next year will be devoted to papers from the 2012 conference.
The conferences have been very successful – and are an important development in public relations and communication history scholarship. The proceedings, presentations and keynote presentations, are available at http://historyofpr.com.
For 2013, the conference has been brought forward from its usual July dates in order to follow ICA’s London conference dates. We hope Communication History Interest Group members will be encouraged to stay on in England for a few more days to attend IHPRC. They will be most welcome.

5. Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy 2013
The Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University is seeking applications for the 2013 Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy. This program is aimed at mentoring would-be administrators from diverse backgrounds, by providing four days of leadership training and professional networking. The sixth annual academy will be held from June 2-6, 2013, in Baton Rouge, LA.

An advisory committee will select 12-15 participants to attend based on leadership potential and interest. Scripps Howard will cover travel, lodging and most meals for all participants.

During their time in the program, mid-career academics and professionals meet with seasoned administrators to learn about management, discuss the future of media education, and consider issues critical to those interested in taking on leadership roles. The program features a full slate of industry experts and administrators. Previous years’ speakers have included Tom Kunkel, former dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at University of Maryland; Shirley Staples Carter, former director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at University of South Carolina; and Bradley J. Hamm, dean of the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University.

Graduates of our program include:

• Brook Barnett, senior fellow and adviser to the president, Elon University
• Laura Castenada, co-director, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, USC
• Barbara Raab, senior news writer and web editor at NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, and adjunct faculty at City University of New York
• Brett Pulley, veteran business journalist formerly of Bloomberg L.P. now dean, Hampton University

To apply, please submit a cover letter discussing your interest in academic administration, a current CV/resume and two letters of recommendation. Applications and nominations can be sent to Associate Dean Meghan Sanders at msand@lsu.edu. Further application details are available at www.manship.lsu.edu/shala The deadline for applications and nominations is December 31, 2012.

All best wishes for now,
Philip Lodge
Chair, CHIG

Environmental Communication Interest Group News:

The Environmental Communication Interest Group (ECIG) is happy to announce the successful election of vice chair Merav Katz-Kimchi, and secretary Janel Schuh. Thanks to Elizabeth Dickinson for organizing the Election Committee. The ECIG has also voted to adopt by-laws. Members and the public can see the by-laws on the group web page. The group has over 150 members now and is looking forward to a busy and fruitful conference in London. Speaking of conferences, the International Environmental Communication Association is having its annual Conference on Communication and Environment from June 6-10 in Uppsala Sweden. Chair Richard Doherty will be attending to represent the ICA ECIG.