Volume 36, Number 3: April 2008
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 Theme Sessions Highlight Diverse Research on "Communicating for Social Impact."

We have programmed an intriguing array of Theme Session panels that cover everything from ICA's collaborations with other communication associations on issues of social change through new methodologies and multidisciplinary as well as transnational initiatives. We have scheduled our Theme Sessions throughout our Montreal conference and already have a website...
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 Call for Papers: ICA 2008 Conference Theme Book

ICA 2008 Conference - Communicating for Social Impact Montreal, Canada, May 22-26, 2008 Call for chapter abstracts (closed on May 1, 2008) ICA 2008 Conference [theme] book: Communicating for Social Impact Edited by Lynn M. Harter and Mohan Dutta WHO is invited to submit? All 2008 ICA conference participants are invited Miniplenaries. As an exception, proposals from other ICA 2008 conference participants...
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 President's Message: ICA's Publication Activities - What's New?

It can be hard to keep track of ICA's many activities. For this column, I thought I'd overview ICA's publication activities, partly because lots of things are happening, partly because people tell me they don't know which, among the vast number of publications available, ICA is responsible for. First, how...
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 Michael Gurevitch Remembered at Session in Montreal

Michael Gurevitch, Journalism and Affiliate Professor of Communication at U of Maryland, died March 29 in London. Gurevitch had been at the University of Maryland for 25 years. ICA's 2008 conference in Montreal will include a special session in tribute to his memory. Entitled "Colleagues Remember Michael Gurevitch," it will...
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 Call for Nominations: Editor, Communication Theory

The ICA Publications Committee is soliciting nominations for editor of Communication Theory. Self-nominations are welcomed. Communication Theory publishes research articles, theoretical essays, and reviews on topics of broad theoretical interest from across the range of communication studies. Essays, regardless of topic or methodological approach, must make a significant contribution to...
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 Online Grants Process a Huge Success for All!

This year, we received 89 travel grant applications from 16 faculty and 73 students through our online travel grants submission process. We were able to award some funds to everyone who had an accepted conference paper or presentation. We awarded $18,275 in cash and $8925 in conference waivers. We also...
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 "The Long History of New Media: Contemporary and Future Developments Contextualized" - An ICA Preconference

This year's ICA conference will feature a preconference entitled "The Long History of New Media: Contemporary and Future Developments Contextualized." As its title implies, this preconference will be dedicated to applying the idea of history to the idea of 'new media'. The preconference will bring together scholars with a common...
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 Mediating Global Citizenship (March 21-22, 2008) ICA Preconference

This year's preconference "Mediating Global Citizenship" is in some ways a continuation of the debate of last year's preconference on "Methodologies of International Comparative Research." Whereas last year's conference addressed methodological issues arising from today's transnational media space, we will particularly focus on citizenship models mediated within this globalized, i.e....
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 Preconference: "What Is An Organization? Materiality, Agency, and Discourse

We would like to encourage you to attend Preconference #3 titled: "What is an Organization? Materiality, Agency & Discourse," scheduled for Wednesday, May 21, and Thursday, May 22, 2008, the two days preceding the official opening of the ICA conference in Montreal. No less than three ICA divisions - the Language...
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 In Montreal: Conference Excursions Offer the Best of the City

Four excursions are available during the 2008 ICA Conference for participants and attendees who would like a chance to explore the city of Montreal. ICA has partnered with Altima Concepts, a destination management vendor in Montreal, to present our members with the option of four tours that will offer different...
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 Student Column: Career Skills for Prospective Candidates

This month's column is written by Mikaela L. Marlow, who began a tenure-track position at the University of Idaho this fall. In this column, she shares what she learned on the job search. Many graduate students are absorbed with daily activities related to school, teaching, and research. Yet the time...
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International Communication Association 2007-2008

Executive Committee
Sonia Livingstone, President, London School of Economics
Ronald E. Rice, Immediate Past President, U of California - Santa Barbara
Patrice Buzzanell, President-Elect, Purdue U
Barbie Zelizer, President-Elect/Select, U of Pennsylvania
Jon Nussbaum, Past President, Pennsylvania State U
Wolf Donsbach (ex-oficio), Finance Chair, Technical U Dresden
Michael L. Haley (ex-oficio), Executive Director

Members-at-Large
Sherry Ferguson, U of Ottowa
Yu-li-Liu, National Chengchi U
Elena E. Pernia, U of the Philippines, Dilman
Gianpetro Mazzoleni, U of Milan
Juliet Roper, U of Waikato

Student Members
Rebecca Hains, Temple U
Mikaela Marlow, U of California - Santa Barbara

Division Chairs & ICA Vice Presidents
Paul Bolls, Information Systems, U of Missouri - Columbia
Pamela Kalbfleish, Interpersonal Communication, U of North Dakota
Robin Nabi, Mass Communication, U of California – Santa Barbara
Cynthia Stohl, Organizational Communication, U of California - Santa Barbara
Jim Neuliep, Intercultural Communication, St. Norbert College
Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Global Communication and Social Change, Bowling Green State U
Patricia Moy, Political Communication, U of Washington
Amy Nathanson, Instructional & Developmental Communication, Ohio State U
Douglas Storey, Health Communication, Johns Hopkins U
Ingrid Volkmer, Philosophy of Communication, U of Melbourne
Jan A.G.M. Van Dijk, Communication & Technology, U of Twente
Lynn Schofield Clark, Popular Communication, U of Denver
Craig Carroll, Public Relations, U of North Carolina
Vicki Mayer, Feminist Scholarship, Tulane U
Sharon Strover, Communication Law & Policy, U of Texas - Austin
Mark Aakhus, Language & Social Interaction - Rutgers U
Marion G. Mueller, Visual Communication, Jacobs U - Bremen
John Newhagen, Journalism Studies, U of Maryland

Special Interest Group Chairs
David J. Phillips, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Studies, U of Texas - Austin
Bernadette Watson, Intergroup Communication, U of Queensland
Kumarini Silva, Ethnicity and Race in Communication, Northeastern U
John Sherry, Game Studies, Michigan State U
David Park, History of Communication, Lake Forest College

Editorial & Advertising
Michael J. West, ICA, Publications Manager

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