Feminist Scholarship
I am really happy to report on the health of the division and how you are helping contribute to it.
We have three excellent candidates for the position of Vice/Chair. This is so important because the Vice Chair plans the program, organizes the reviews, and gets together with other divisions on panels and events. Then, the Vice Chair moves into the Chair position. Chairs work on ICA governance, awards, and division planning. Please read the candidates’ positions. I am proud to have a diverse and international slate of new and established feminist colleagues running.
In the next few weeks, division members will see a letter in the mail asking for donations to the Teresa Award. This fund is to honor feminist scholars in the study of communication. It was established through the generous support of one of our members, Dr. Yoo Jae Song of Ewha Women’s University in Korea to honor her mother. Now the fund needs to grow so we can count on having an award biannually. If you have found FSD a good home for your work and networks, please consider giving when you renew your membership online or send a check.
Finally, there is one more request. We would like to see more students submit to the Division. We realize the conference is expensive and travel funds short, but if you or your student is interested in coming to ICA, please check out our call, our broad variety of panels from last year, and our fun events. It’s clear that much our work interrogates feminism through a variety of lenses and intersections with other issues. Help us spread the word to ensure our future vitality.
Vicky Mayer, Chair
vmayer@tulane.edu
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Information Systems
Where did the summer go? Hope that all Information Systems members are back and ready to polish up those papers and extended abstracts for submission. ICA’s All Academic site is open for business. Just navigate over to:
http://www.icahdq.org/cfp/
Remember that you need to remove all the identification information from your document before you upload it…including that sneaky identification in the “File-->Properties” section of your paper.
As you work toward the November 3rd deadline, I ask you to consider doing these three things:
1. Spread the word among faculty and graduate students in your department about Information Systems. As it says on the division’s website, our “central goal is promoting the development of general theories of complex systems and quantitative methodologies for communication research in a variety of domains.” Plus, we are one of the few divisions allowing extended abstract submissions. This may be an ideal way for faculty to encourage graduate students to submit projects currently in the design stage but which will be completed by May.
2. Sign up to be a paper reviewer for Information Systems. You can do this on the website given above. Graduate students may serve as reviewers. Remember, the more reviewers who volunteer the lighter the load for everyone. Plus, reviewers with a lighter load are more likely to have time to provide insightful feedback on the papers submitted.
3. Remember that, in conjunction with the conference theme KEYWORDS IN COMMUNICATION, Barbie Zelizer, the Program Chair, is encouraging the submission of Cross Unit Programming which is described "as a way of creating cross-unit dialogue about issues relevant to communication, cross-unit sessions should have at least four participants who are active members of four different divisions or interest groups."
A "Cross-Unit" panel is something that only the unit planner (me) will be able to submit. And it won't count against the normal Info Systems allotment of sessions, as Barbie has donated a plenary back to the ICA membership as a way of facilitating this.
So....be thinking about what keyword you would like Info Sys to organize a discussion around. Then, email me your suggestions. It would be best if you could not only give me topics...but also people from different divisions that you think might be good participants.
Have a wonderful October!
Rob Potter, Vice Chair
rfpotter@indiana.edu
