Volume 37, Number 4: May 2009
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 Changes, Highlights for the 2009 ICA Conference

With less than a month to go, it appears that ICA Chicago is almost upon us. Because we've introduced some programming changes this year, I'm taking this final opportunity to draw your attention to them and remind you of some of the conference highlights: First off, we've changed the format...
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 General Information for Attendees to the 2009 Chicago Conference

Below is a summary of the basic information about the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, and the Conference itself, that ICA members who are planning to attend the 2009 conference may need to know. This information will also be available in the front of your Conference program. Chicago Marriott Downtown...
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 President's Message: The Doing of ICA Work

When I received the e-mail message letting me know the ICA election results for the Presidency, I talked to some former Presidents about their terms and how work was accomplished. They noted that ICA Presidents and Boards make different marks on our association-some start initiatives that carry over for...
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 Report of the ICA Publications Committee

The Publications Committee of the ICA has three members each of whom serves a three-year term. Among other things, the Committee is vested with the task of discussing issues with regard to the various ICA journals such as Communication Theory, Human Communication Research, Journal of Communication, and Communication Yearbook. The...
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 Getting to and Around Chicago

AIRPORT TRIPS Taxicabs Taxicabs are available on a first come, first serve basis (see chart below) from the lower level curb front of all terminals. Shared ride service is available. There are no flat rates because all taxicabs run on meters. Expect to spend approximately $35 to $40 for a...
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 Chicago Suburb of Oak Park a Living Monument to Frank Lloyd Wright

The village of Oak Park, Illinois, immediately west of the Chicago city boundary, is a tourist attraction all its own-the birthplace of Ernest Hemingway and the home of Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs. However, it is best known as the site of the first home and studio of Frank...
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 Student Column: Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking

Public speaking will increasingly become a part of our lives, as we proceed through graduate school and subsequently in our teaching career. Sharing our research and findings with colleagues, peers, and students often mandate that we speak in front of an audience. Upon giving a public speech, most of us...
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 News of Interest to the Profession


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 Division & Interest Group News


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 Calls for Papers


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 Available Positions & Other Advertising


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What's Inside
International Communication 2008 - 2009 Board of Directors

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

Members-at-Large
Aldo Vasquez Rios, U de San Martin Porres, Peru
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
Mikaela Marlow, U of California - Santa Barbara
Michele Khoo, Nanyang Technological U

Division Chairs & ICA Vice Presidents
S Shyam Sundar, Communication & Technology, Pennsylvania State U
Stephen McDowell, Communication Law & Policy, Florida State U
Kumarini Silva, Ethnicity and Race in Communication, Northeastern U
Vicki Mayer, Feminist Scholarship, Tulane U
Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Global Communication and Social Change, Bowling Green State U
Dave Buller, Health Communication, Klein-Buendel
Paul Bolls, Information Systems, U of Missouri - Columbia
Kristen Harrison, Instructional & Developmental Communication, U of Illinois
Jim Neuliep, Intercultural Communication, St. Norbert College
Pamela Kalbfleish, Interpersonal Communication, U of North Dakota
Maria Elizabeth Grabe, Journalism Studies, Indiana U
Mark Aakhus, Language & Social Interaction, Rutgers U
Robin Nabi, Mass Communication, U of California - Santa Barbara
Dennis Mumby, Organizational Communication, U of North Carolina
Ingrid Volkmer, Philosophy of Communication, U of Melbourne
Kevin Barnhurst, Political Communication, U of Illinois - Chicago
Cornel Sandvoss, Popular Communication, U of Surrey
Craig Carroll, Public Relations, U of North Carolina
Marion G. Mueller, Visual Communication, Jacobs U - Bremen

Special Interest Group Chairs
Patti M. Valkenburg, Children, Adolescents amd the Media, U of Amsterdam
David Park, Communication History, Lake Forest College
John Sherry, Game Studies, Michigan State U
Lynn Comella, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Studies, U of Nevada - Las Vegas
David J. Phillips, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Studies, U of Texas - Austin
Bernadette Watson, Intergroup Communication, U of Queensland

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

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To Reach ICA Editors

Journal of Communication
Michael J. Cody, Editor
School of Communication
Annenberg School of Communication
3502 Wyatt Way
U of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281 USA
cody@usc.edu


Human Communication Research
Jake Harwood, Editor
Department of Communication
U of Arizona
211 Communication Building
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
jharwood@u.arizona.edu


Communication Theory
Angharad N. Valdivia, Editor
U of Illinois
228 Gregory Hall
801 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801 USA
valdivia@uiuc.edu


Communication Culture & Critique
Karen Ross, Editor
School of Politics and Communication Studies
U of Liverpool
Roxby Building
Liverpool L69 7ZT UNITED KINGDOM
karen.ross@liverpool.ac.uk

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Kevin B. Wright, Editor
U of Oklahoma
610 Elm Avenue, Room 101
Norman, OK 73019 USA
kbwright@ou.edu


Communication Yearbook
Charles T. Salmon, Editor
Michigan State U
College of Communication Arts amd Sciences
287 Comm Arts Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 USA
CY34@msu.edu



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