2011 Division/Interest Group Election Candidates

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Below is a full list of the candidates for Division/Interest Group offices in the 2011 ICA election.  The online ballot system opens on 1 September and can be accessed until 14 October, with winners announced in the November issue of the ICA Newsletter. Please see the August issue for the association-wide candidate slate.

In addition, one Division is offering members a choice to amend its bylaws, and one is voting on a Divisional name change. These changes are listed below.

 

CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND THE MEDIA - SECRETARY
Esther Rozendaal
Write-In

 

COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY - VICE-CHAIR
Lidwien van de Wijngaert
Benqian Li
James Danowski

 

COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY - SECRETARY
Tom Novak
Lee Humphreys

 

COMMUNICATION LAW & POLICY - VICE-CHAIR
Ed Carter
Seamus Simpson

 

GLOBAL COMMUNICATION & SOCIAL CHANGE - SECRETARY
Joe F. Khalil
Yael Warshel

 

HEALTH COMMUNICATION DIVISON - VICE-CHAIR
Thomas Feeley
Kevin B. Wright

 

INFORMATION SYSTEMS DIVISION - SECRETARY
Prabu David
Jolanda Veldhuis

 

INFORMATION SYSTEMS DIVISION - BYLAW CHANGE
Adding to the Vice Chair's duties: "[to] select 4 Top Paper Award winners based upon reviewer ratings, including a Top Student Paper authored solely by those not holding professional scholar positions during data collection"

 

INSTRUCTIONAL & DEVELOPMENTAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION - VICE-CHAIR
Aaron R. Boyson
Write-In

 

JOURNALISM STUDIES DIVISION - VICE-CHAIR
Matt Carlson
Claudia Mellado

 

JOURNALISM STUDIES DIVISION - SECRETARY
Erik Albæk
Seth C. Lewis

 

LANGUAGE & SOCIAL INTERACTION DIVISION - SECRETARY
Gonen Dori-Hacohen
Jessica Robles

 

MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION - SECRETARY
Veronica Hefner
Gina Marcello

 

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION - VICE-CHAIR
Stacey L. Connaughton
Craig R. Scott

 

PHILOSOPHY OF COMMUNICATION DIVISION - NAME CHANGE
"Philosophy, Theory and Critique"

 

POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION - VICE-CHAIR
Nojin Kwak
Andrea Pitasi
Jesper Strömbäck

 

POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION - SECRETARY
Young Mie Kim
Sophie Lecheler

 

POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION - VICE-CHAIR
Eno Akpabio
Melissa Click
Andy Ruddock

 

PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION - SECRETARY
Friederike Schultz
Erich Sommerfeldt
Kelly Page Werder

 

VISUAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION - SECRETARY
Jaana Simola
Write-In

 

COMMUNICATION HISTORY INTEREST GROUP - VICE-CHAIR
John Laprise
Rick Popp

 

GAME STUDIES INTEREST GROUP - SECRETARY
Joyce Neys
Rabindra (“Robby”) Ratan

 

INTERGROUP COMMUNICATION INTEREST GROUP -  VICE-CHAIR
Howie Giles
Write-In