Beginning September 2, ICA members will vote using an online-only ballot for association-wide and division/interest group officers. The online ballot is easy to use, expense-free, and has since its introduction generated high voter turnout.
Polls will remain open until October 17.
To access the ballot from the ICA website (www.icahdq.org), members will need their ICA login name and password. Members should make sure that ICA has their correct email address so that the association can send them an announcement of the election and a link to the ballot. The ICA website allows you to personally verify, correct, and/or update the information. The association-wide elections include the 1-year term for President-Elect. Candidates for the position in this election are Francois Cooren (U de Montreal) and Peng Hwa Ang (Nanyang Technological U). Members will also have the chance to elect Board Members-at-Large for both the East and West regions of Asia. The candidates for a 3-year term as Board Member-at-Large (East Asia) are Youichi Ito (Keio U, Japan) and Eun-Ju Lee (Seoul National U, Korea). Hassan Abu Bakar (U of Utar, Malaysia) and Rohan Samarajiva (LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka) are the candidates for a 3-Year term as Board Member-at-Large (West Asia). Members can also choose between Kerk Kee (U of Texas) and Malte Hinrichsen (Hannover U of Music and Drama) for Student Board Member, a 2-year term. In addition, 20 of the 24 ICA Divisions and Special Interest Groups will have officer positions up for election (see below).
Also, members will vote on one proposed bylaw change: a recommendation by ICA's Task Force on Division/Interest Group Structure to increase the signature requirement for the formation of an Interest Group.
Statements for presidential candidates will appear in the September issue of the Newsletter. All other statements are on the ICA home page.
2008 DIVISION AND INTEREST GROUP OFFICER CANDIDATES
COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
Secretary:
James A. Danowski (U of Illinois - Chicago)
Chih-Hui Lai (Rutgers U)
David Lee (U of South Florida)
Arun Vishwanath (SUNY - Buffalo)
COMMUNICATION LAW & POLICY DIVISION
Vice-Chair:
Peter Humphries (U of Manchester)
Laura Stein (U of Texas)
Secretary:
Becky Lentz (McGill U)
ETHNICITY & RACE IN COMMUNICATION DIVISION
Vice-Chair:
Miyase Christensen (Karlstad U)
Roopali Mukherjee (Queens College, CUNY)
Secretary:
Jillian M. Baez (U of Illinois)
FEMINIST SCHOLARSHIP DIVISION
Vice-Chair:
Radhika Gajjala (Bowling Green State U)
Kaitlin Mendes (U of Cardiff)
Debra Merskin (U of Oregon)
GLOBAL COMMUNICATION & SOCIAL CHANGE DIVISION
Vice-Chair:
Anandam (Andy) Kavoori (U of Georgia)
Antonio C. La Pastina (Texas A&M U)
HEALTH COMMUNICATION DIVISION
Secretary:
Jeff Niederdeppe (U of Wisconsin)
Janice Raup-Krieger (Ohio State U)
Norman Wong (U of Oklahoma)
INFORMATION SYSTEMS DIVISIONS
Vice-Chair:
Elly Konijn (Vrije U Amsterdam)
Rodney Reynolds (Azusa Pacific U)
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION
Vice-Chair:
James McCroskey (U of Alabama - Birmingham)
Steve Mortenson (Purdue U)
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION
Vice-Chair:
John Caughlin (U of Illinois)
Arthur Van Lear (U of Connecticut)
JOURNALISM STUDIES DIVISION
Secretary:
Bruno F. Battistoli (Syracuse U)
Matthew C. Ehrlich (U of Illinois)
Chris Karadjov (California State U, Long Beach)
Thorsten Quandt (Free U Berlin)
Herman Wasserman (U of Sheffield)
LANGUAGE & SOCIAL INTERACTION DIVISION
Vice-Chair:
Evelyn Y. Ho (U of San Francisco)
Elaine Hsieh (U of Oklahoma)
MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION
Vice-Chair:
Rick Busselle (Washington State U)
Jae-Hwa Shin (U of Southern Mississippi)
Jan Van den Bulck (Catholic U - Leuven)
David Tewksbury (U of Illinois)
Secretary:
Francesca Dillman Carpentier (U of North Carolina)
Mina Tsay (U of Kentucky)
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION
Secretary:
Shiv Ganesh (U of Waikato)
PHILOSOPHY OF COMMUNICATION DIVISION
Vice-Chair:
Laurie Quellette (U of Minnesota)
PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION
Vice-Chair:
Mark Eisenegger (U of Zurich)
Juan-Carlos Molleda (U of Florida)
Bryan Reber (U of Georgia)
CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS & MEDIA INTEREST GROUP
Vice-Chair:
J. Alison Bryant (Nickelodeon/MTV Networks)
Amy Beth Jordan (U of Pennsylvania)
Secretary:
Ariel Chernin (Harvard U)
Susannah Stern (U of San Diego)
Mong-Shan Melissa Yang (Endicott College)
COMMUNICATION HISTORY INTEREST GROUP
Secretary:
Philip Lodge (Napier U)
Stijn Rejinders (U of Amsterdam)
GAME STUDIES INTEREST GROUP
Vice-Chair:
Tilo Hartmann (Vrije U Amsterdam)
Rene Weber (U of California - Santa Barbara)
Dmitri Williams (U of Southern California)
GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL & TRANGENDER INTEREST GROUP
Co-Chair:
Vincent Doyle (IE U)
Jimmie Manning (Northern Kentucky U)
INTERGROUP COMMUNICATION INTEREST GROUP
Vice-Chair:
Liz Jones (Griffith U)
Lisa Sparks (Chapman U)
Yan Bing Zhang (U of Kansas)
