Larry Gross (BA 1964, Brandeis U; Ph.D. 1968, Columbia U), Professor and Director of the Annenberg School for Communication, U of Southern California, was elected President-Elect/Select by the members of International Communication Association in the 2009 ICA online balloting. Upon election, Gross automatically becomes a member of the association's Executive Committee. He will also serve as Program Chair for the 2011 ICA Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, at the conclusion of which Gross will become President of ICA.
Gross has been a member of ICA for nearly 4 decades, and is a life member and a fellow of the association. He was the founding chair of ICA's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Interest Group, and the recipient of the 2001 ICA Aubrey B. Fisher Mentorship Award. He has also served on the editorial boards of two ICA journals, Journal of Communication and Communication Theory.
In seeking the office of ICA President, Gross offered a platform that primarily emphasized the adoption and effects of rapidly developing communication and information technologies. He argued for ICA members to take more active and central roles in these discussions, both in the classroom and the public sphere; however, Gross also stressed that the association should itself look for opportunities to embrace these technologies with virtual meetings, conferences, and venues for electronic publication. In addition to technological concerns, Gross advocated extension of the roles of communication scholars beyond academia, especially in terms of encouraging extra-academic career paths for students.
Other association-wide elections gave the 3-year office of Board Member-at-Large for the Americas (non-U.S.) to Becky Lentz, McGill U, and a 2-year term as Student Board Member to Diana Nastasia (U of North Dakota). In addition, 18 offices were up for election across 15 Divisions and Interest Groups, one of which also offered a revision of its bylaws for voter approval. Results of these elections are as follows:
COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY
Vice-Chair: Kwan Min Lee (U of Southern California)
COMMUNICATION LAW AND POLICY
Vice-Chair: Laura Stein (U of Texas)
GLOBAL COMMUNICATION & SOCIAL CHANGE
Secretary: Jeff Peterson (Washington State U)
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
Vice-Chair: Monique Mitchell Turner (U of Maryland)
INSTRUCTIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL COMMUNICATION
Vice-Chair: Virginia P. Richmond (West Virginia U)
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Secretary: Suchitra Shenoy (DePaul U)
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
Secretary: Masaki Matsunaga (Pennsylvania State U)
JOURNALISM STUDIES
Vice-Chair: Stephanie Craft (U of Missouri)
LANGUAGE & SOCIAL INTERACTION
Secretary: Todd Sandel (U of Oklahoma)
POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
Vice-Chair: Claes de Vreese (U of Amsterdam)
Secretary: Susan Holmberg (Mid-Sweden U)
POPULAR COMMUNICATION
Vice-Chair: Jonathan Gray (U of Wisconsin - Madison)
VISUAL COMMUNICATION
Vice-Chair: Michael Griffin (Macalester College)
Secretary: Jelle Mast (U of Antwerp)
Bylaw Amendment (Membership Fee Increase): Yes
CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND THE MEDIA
Secretary: Susannah Stern (U of San Diego)
COMMUNICATION HISTORY
Vice-Chair: Philip Lodge (Edinburgh Napier U)
GAME STUDIES
Secretary: Tilo Hartmann (VU-Amsterdam)
INTERGROUP COMMUNICATION
Cochair: Liz Jones (Griffith U)
