Angharad Valdivia has been selected to become the new editor of Communication Theory.
Valdivia is a Professor of Communication, Media Studies, Latina/Latino Studies, Interpretive Criticism, and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Illinois. She earned her BA from the University of California – San Diego in 1982, and her Ph.D. from UIUC in 1991.
Valdivia has been a member of ICA for over 20 years and an active member of the Feminist Scholarship, Popular Communication, Philosophy of Communication, and Ethnicity and Race in Communication Divisions. She currently serves on the editorial boards of seven journals, including Communication, Culture & Critique; Popular Communication; Cultural Studies—Critical Methodologies; Critical Studies in Media Communications; Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies; Journal of International and Intercultural Communication; and The Journal of Communication Studies. She was previously a member of the editorial boards for three other communication journals.
Her own research interests lie in the combination of gender and media culture with ethnic studies, especially U.S. Latina/o and Latin American ethnicities, in an approach that explores the tension between agency and structure. Her work has included field studies in Nicaragua, Peru, Chile, Spain, and Turkey. Valdivia has authored three books, edited or coedited five more, and published 70 journal articles, chapters, book reviews, and other publications. In addition, she has given 69 conference presentations in 11 countries, including 12 ICA conferences.
Valdivia will begin accepting paper submissions for Communication Theory in July. Her official editorship will begin January 1, 2009 and will continue until December 31, 2011.
Authors should submit their manuscripts through ICA’s electronic submission process at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ct. The manuscript document should provide complete contact information (address, telephone, FAX, and e-mail) and brief biographical summaries (full name, highest earned academic degree, institution granting that degree, and present academic or professional title) on the title page for each author. Manuscripts must conform to the specifications of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition, and authors should verify that the reference list is complete and in appropriate form. Additional guidelines for manuscript preparation may be found in recent issues of the journal. Communication Theory staff will process manuscripts in a prompt and professional fashion. In order to expedite reviews and ensure quality in the review process, some manuscripts will be forwarded to an associate editor who will serve as the action editor.
