• 2009 ICA Elections Begin September 8
• Tadasu Todd Imahori, Seinan Gakuin U, Dies
• President's Message:
• Spiral of Cynicism Wins ICA Fellows Book Award
• Annie Lang Wins Chaffee Award at 2009 Chicago Conference
• ICA Honors Top 2009 Posters at "Scholar to Scholar" Session in Chicago
• Cosponsored eSociety Conference in Shanghai
• Intercultural Dialogue: Istanbul 2009
• Student Column: Advice From Former PhD Candidates
• News of Interest to the Profession
• Division & Interest Group News
• Calls for Papers
• Available Positions & Other Advertising

ICA members will begin voting for association-wide and division/interest group officers beginning Tuesday, September 8. As always, the vote will take place using an online-only ballot that is easy to use, expense-free, and green. Since its introduction in 2005, it has generated increasingly high voter turnout. Polls will remain open until October 16.

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 e-mail 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 Larry Gross (U of Southern California) and Karen Ross (U of Liverpool). Members will also have the chance to elect a Board Member-at-Large for the Americas (non-U.S.); candidates for a 3-year term in this position are Becky Lentz (McGill U, Canada) and Evan Potter (U of Ottawa, Canada). Members can also choose between two candidates for a 2-year term as Student Board Member: Yea-wen Chen (U of New Mexico) and Diana Nastasia (U of North Dakota). 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 (CAT)
Vice-Chair:
Kwan Min Lee (U of Southern California)
Andrea Pitasi (Gabriele D’Annunzio U)
Lidwien van de Wijngaert (U of Twente)

COMMUNICATION LAW & POLICY
Vice-Chair:
Edward L. Carter (Brigham Young U)
Laura Stein (U of Texas)

GLOBAL COMMUNICATION & SOCIAL CHANGE
Secretary:
Audra Diers (Marist College)
Jeff Peterson (Washington State U)

HEALTH COMMUNICATION
Vice-Chair:
TBA

INSTRUCTIONAL & DEVELOPMENTAL COMMUNICATION
Vice-Chair:
TBA

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION
Secretary:
Yang-Soo Kim (Middle Tennessee State U)
Meila Liu (U of Maryland)
Suchitra Shenoy (DePaul U)

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION
Secretary:
Amanda Denes (U of California - Santa Barbara)
Masaki Matsunaga (Pennsylvania State U)

JOURNALISM STUDIES DIVISION
Vice-Chair:
Stephanie Craft (U of Missouri)
Bruno F. Battistoli (Syracuse U)

POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION
Vice-Chair:
Geoffrey Baym (U of North Carolina - Greensboro)
Claes H. de Vreese (U of Amsterdam)

Secretary:
Martin Emmer (Ilmenau U of Technology)
Susan Holmberg (Mid-Sweden U)
Chiara Valentini (U of Aarhus)

POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION
Chair:
Jonathan Gray (U of Wisconsin - Madison)

VISUAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION
Vice-Chair:
Michael Griffin (Macalester College)

Secretary:
Jelle Mast (U of Antwerp)

Bylaw Amendment:
Increase in Division Membership Fee

CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, & THE MEDIA INTEREST GROUP
Secretary:
Susannah Stern (U of San Diego)

COMMUNICATION HISTORY INTEREST GROUP
Vice-Chair:
Philip Lodge (Edinburgh Napier U)

GAME STUDIES INTEREST GROUP
Secretary:
Tilo Hartmann (VU-Amsterdam)
Sven Joeckel (U of Erfurt)

INTERGROUP COMMUNICATION INTEREST GROUP
Cochair:
Liz Jones (Griffith U)
Nicholas A. Palomares (U of California - Davis)
Yan Bing Zhang (U of Kansas)

Tadasu Todd Imahori (Ph.D., 1986, Ohio University), professor of Communication Studies of the Department of Foreign Languages, Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka, Japan, passed away on July 17.

Having worked at Illinois State University, New School, and San Francisco State University before assuming the position at Seinan Gakuin, Dr. Imahori helped link the academic institutions on either side of the Pacific Ocean. He also served a number of administrative positions, including as President of the Communication Association of Japan and Chair of the U.S. National Communication Association's (NCA) International and Intercultural Communication Division. Dr. Imahori has published numerous articles and book chapters throughout his career. Productive and active in research, he substantially advanced the field, especially in the area of identity management, Japan-U.S. comparison of facework, and intercultural communication.

Dr. Imahori also was a great educator. He never hesitated to help out students and deveoted most of his time to advising and guiding students, nurturing them under his big wings. He also was enthusiastic in establishing the field of communication studies as a visible and reputable one in Japan. As the President of the Communication Association of Japan, Dr. Imahori undertook a great deal of revolutionary work; in particular, he trusted and provided young scholars with extensive opportunities to perform their full potential. He was truly a selfless, dedicated teacher.

Dr. Imahori's passing is a tremendous loss to the field of communication, as well as to his family and friends. The funeral will be held at Fukuoka Johnan Church, where Dr. Imahori used to go to mass, on July 20, 2009.

As I address my hopes and plans for the coming year, I recall a statement long ago attributed to French writer Emile Zola, who said that artists were nothing without their gifts, but their gifts were nothing without work. That remark resounds helpfully as we face a year of challenges, growth and transformation. In simultaneously advancing the developments already set in place by previous presidents and adding new initiatives, the approaching year is healthily punctuated by multiple opportunities for mindful and productive work to take place in many domains of decision-making.

To begin with, this is a good time to be developing initiatives for the association because ICA is in a very good place. Membership is on the rise, numbering some 4,300 individuals, and it is more international than ever before, spanning 82 countries. Despite an economic recession, our finances remain strong. Our conferences are energized, and our five journals – plus Communication Yearbook -- are producing scholarly work at an impressive pace.

In that each new president begins the year tweaking and adapting existing committees to the goals of the association, I’d like to share with you my vision for ICA’s multiple committees during the coming year. I outlined two goals in the statement I initially made when standing for election -- making ICA members both more familiar to one another and more visible to the public – and I have shaped committee charges as largely "meta" acts of discovery with those goals in mind. I address here the particular charges for each committee during this coming year, so I’d ask you to go online to retrieve information about each committee’s membership:

1. Liaison Committee: The Liaison Committee's assignments generally include connecting with funding agencies, foundations, and other associations; enhancing the visibility of the communication discipline and its researchers as visible targets for funding priorities; and developing grant-writing initiatives for ICA members. In that these tasks have been steadily growing from year to year, I have asked the committee to concentrate on two "meta" tasks for further organizing all liaison-related activities. One involves creating an umbrella strategy for coordinating linkages with relevant organizations: This includes ICA's links to NGOs, UN agencies and other transnational relevant media organizations; ICA's links to other academic organizations (transnational, national and regional) beyond just listing them on the ICA website; and strategies for an 'ambassador model' of linkage, by which ICA representatives would be recognized as a guests or 'observers' by organizations such as the World Summit, UN, and the like. The second involves creating a template for "linking" ICA to other scholarly communication associations, by which the committee will draw up the guidelines for what a formal linking arrangement looks like, delineating both the relevant associations and the linking "template" to which each should subscribe. 
    
2. Student Affairs: The Student Affairs Committee generally addresses the needs and interests of student members and assists in crafting and disseminating student agenda, as well as recommends and promotes policy and activities to enhance student involvement in ICA. Following some interesting survey results last year about student involvement in various aspects of conference programming, this year I have asked the committee to engage in an act of discovery and draw up some basic definitional information on ICA’s graduate student population. Addressing the question of how we might better incorporate students into all levels of the association, the committee is now in the process of creating a student survey targeting student expectations from both the association and the conference. The survey will be circulated to student members in the fall.
    
3. Internationalization Committee: The Internationalization Committee generally recommends policy about the internationalization of ICA, including monitoring the needs of ICA’s international constituency, and recommends and monitors policies and practices that meet the needs of the non-US members of ICA. In light of the fact that the association has internationalized but not equally around the globe, the committee this year will be engaged in two basic tasks: One is to target areas of the world in which we do not have strong membership and to draw up priorities and regions by which ICA might effectively focus its outreach efforts. This includes gathering systematic data regarding how many communication schools there might be in a given location, how many members might be available for outreach, what other academic organizations tend to draw involvement, and the like. The second is to draw up a “job description” for our various at-large board members, in hopes that having a clearer statement of our expectations might facilitate the kind of global engagement we were hoping to enable through this position.
   
4. Membership Committee: The Membership Committee generally works with the ICA Central Office to plan and implement membership recruitment and works with the Internationalization Committee to increase access to ICA by non-US members. In hopes that we might profit from more systematized information about which parts of the association are attractive to whom, this year I have asked the committee to explore membership patterns across rank and ICA’s divisions/interest groups. This includes gathering data about what kinds of internal patterns we have in our membership: who joins which division and interest group? Who joins more than one division and interest group? Is there a correlation between rank of members (student, junior professor, senior professor) and which divisions and interest groups they join?

Similarly, is there a correlation between the country of residence of members and which divisions and interest groups they join? Next month I hope to share information about our various task forces for this coming year. I am looking forward to a fruitful, engaged and energetic year, and in that regard all thoughts, contributions and suggestions will be heartily welcomed.

Joseph N. Capella and Kathleen Hall Jamieson's 1997 book Spiral of Cynicism: The Press and the Public Good (Oxford University Press) was selected to receive the 2009 ICA Fellows Book Award. The award recognizes those books that have made a substantial contribution to the scholarship of the communication field, as well as the broader rubric of the social sciences, and have stood some test of time. Any book nominated must have been available for at least the immediate past five years prior to the conference at which the award is presented.

"Spiral of Cynicism approaches political life from a distinctly communicative point of view," said Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, chair of the ICA Fellows Book Award Committee, in announcing the selection. "All too often, political scientists ignore the details of message behavior in their rush to document receiver effects. Spiral of Cynicism, in contrast, looks carefully at discursive realities instead of placing all of its faith in survey data.

"The result," Fitzpatrick added, "is a nicely blended book that says important things, and does so in an engaging and provocative manner. [It] tries to drive us from fixations on the motivation of political actors toward a focus on larger questions about the common good."

Spiral of Cynicism is a critical examination, and ultimately indictment, of the media and political spheres in the United States. Cappella and Jamieson argue that the contemporary trend of hype and flash, of style over substance, has encouraged a new level of apathy and cynicism from the voters and the public at large. This cynicism, they discover through a series of three experimental studies, extends to both political candidates and the media itself. The book then makes a case for reform of the news media from within. At the time of its publication, Spiral of Cynicism was immediately hailed as a landmark study and a model of research for students of politics and media. "It merits a broad audience among politicians, journalists, and engaged citizens, and it promises to be an invaluable text in undergraduate and graduate courses," said the review in the Harvard International Journal of Press and Politics.

Cappella is the Gerald R. Miller Chair at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow and Past President of ICA. Jamieson is the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and Walter and Leonore Annenberg Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. She appeared regularly on Bill Moyers Journal throughout the 2008 presidential election campaign. They were presented with the Award on May 23, 2009 during ICA's 59th Annual International Conference in Chicago, Illinois.

Annie Lang, Professor of Telecommunications at Indiana University, was selected to receive the prestigious 2009 Steven H. Chaffee Career Productivity Award. The Award recognizes a scholar, or small group of collaborating scholars, for sustained work on a communication problem over a long period of time. The committee that selects the award recipient gives preference to original work that is conceptually rich and makes an advance in communication knowledge. The research must have comprised multiple projects and publications and generated second-generation work among students and other scholars.

"Annie Lang has sustained a significant line of work for 20 years that has made an important contribution to our understanding of media effects," said the Chaffee Award Subcommittee of the ICA Research Awards Committee. "Her work has also had significant implications for the design of media messages. Further, it has introduced new methods for inquiry in the area.

"She has a strong and sustained publication record in top general and specialist journals in our field," the subcommittee added. "she is an ICA Fellow and has won many ICA top paper and other awards. It is clear that she has influenced many other scholars, both students and colleagues, and younger scholars are continuing from the base she has laid down. Overall, she is an outstanding scholar and meets all the criteria for the Chaffee Award."

Dr. Lang, who received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1987, focuses on the cognitive processing of media messages, with the long-term goal of better understanding the interplay among parts of the dynamic system comprised of the embodied mind and the mediated message. She teaches in these areas, and also works with students and advisees in the laboratory at the Institute for Communication Research.

The Steven H. Chaffee Career Productivity Award, which carries a $1,000 prize and a commitment to present the work at the 2010 ICA Conference in Singapore, was presented to Dr. Lang on May 23, 2009 during ICA's 59th Annual International Conference in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Over 130 posters - representing the very best of every Division and Interest Group - were exhibited as part of the Sunday, May 24 plenary poster session of the 2009 ICA Conference in Chicago, Illinois. This year's judges for the Top Poster Awards were ICA Past Presidents Sonia Livingstone (London School of Economics) and Ron Rice (U of California - Santa Barbara), and ICA President-Elect Barbie Zelizer (U of Pennsylvania).

Following is an explanation of the judges' ranking process:

First, they obtained the respective divisions' rankings of each paper to be exhibited in the interactive paper session. Livingstone, Rice, and Zelizer then read the top-ranked papers in every division. They ranked each paper using three standard rating dimensions (on a 1-10 scale): significance (30%), concepts and theory (30%), and analysis (20%), and entered the values into a spreadsheet program. A fourth dimension, presentation and style (20%), was also entered, but left blank until the actual presentation during the plenary session.

When averaged, the judges' ratings on the first three dimensions, produced 10 top papers, to which "Top Poster" certificates were attached at the poster session held on Sunday, May 24. It was at that time that Livingston, Rice, and Zelizer filled in the "Presentation and Style" rating dimension for the top 10 papers, after visiting and closely viewing each of them. Once they had finished, the judges entered their ratings into the spreadsheet that contained the rankings of the posters and recalculated the overall scores. ICA President Patrice Buzzanell announced the winners near the end of the session:

1ST PLACE ($500):
Knowledge Gap in the Media-Saturated '08 Presidential Election
Joonghwa Lee, U of Missouri, USA
Chang Dae Ham, U of Missouri, USA
Esther Thorson, U of Missouri, USA

2ND PLACE ($250):
The Structure of International Migration
Chung Joo Chung, SUNY - Buffalo, USA
George A. Barnett, SUNY - Buffalo, USA
Yon Soo Lim, SUNY - Buffalo, USA

3RD PLACE ($100):
Authenticity and Subcultural Style in Adolescents' Self-Presentation on Social Network Sites
Katrien Van Cleemput, U of Antwerp, BELGIUM

In addition, the judges also gave an award for the Best Visual Display, designed to look at all of the posters in the Scholar to Scholar session with regard to aesthetic appeal and display of research. The criteria for this award included clarity, flow between sections, relationship of text to image, and visual appeal. The recipient of this award receives $100. There were two recipients of this award for the 2009 ICA Conference:

BEST VISUAL DISPLAY ($100):
Relocating Gamer Studies: Two Case Studies in Solitary Gaming
Adrienne Shaw, U of Pennsylvania, USA

Rethinking the Remix: Audio Mash-Ups and the Metaphysics of Recording
David J. Gunkel, Northern Illinois U, USA

The International Communication Association congratulates all presenters at the poster session, as well as all of the award winners.

We are pleased to announce that the Third Global Communication Forum and the 2009 Chinese Communication Association annual convention will take place October 29 - November 1, 2009, on the Minhang campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. Details are listed on the ICA website: http://www.icahdq.org/conferences/othercalls/2009ccac.asp.

This cosponsored conference is hosted by the Global Communication Research Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, in collaboration with the Chinese Communication Association, the Department of Communication at Purdue University, and ICA.

This year's conference theme is Communication in e-Society: Innovation and Collaboration. Panels will be dedicated to many topics related to eSociety, including:

• Communication in eSociety and global politics
• Communication in eSociety and the global economic crisis o Communication in eSociety and global cultural change
• Communication in eSociety and global technological development
• Communication in eSociety and organizing processes

The deadline for submitting full papers is September 10, 2009. Papers submitted in English must use APA style.

Papers submitted in Chinese should follow the standard of Chinese academic publishing. Papers should be sent electronically to Dr. Jilong Wang at: wangjilong2008@vip.163.com.

Please note that all papers presented at the convention will be published in the Conference Proceedings that will be available at the time of the conference.

This conference offers an exciting venue for discussions across world reasons about emerging communication trends and their impact on society. Notification about submission acceptances will be provided shortly after manuscript receipt. Letters of invitation and instructions for obtaining Visas and travel details also will be forthcoming by the end of September 2009.

If you have any questions, please contact: Patrice M. Buzzanell, (buzzanel@purdue.edu); Stacey Connaughton (sconnaug@purdue.edu); or Howard Sypher (hsypher@purdue.edu) at Purdue University.

The National Communication Association, in conjunction with Maltepe University, sponsored a conference on Intercultural Dialogue in Istanbul at the end of July 2009 (see (http://www.natcom.org/istanbul). NCA officers in attendance (Betsy Bach, Dawn Braithwaite, and Lynn Turner, as President, First Vice President, and Second Vice President, respectively) and Patrice Buzzanell, representing ICA, provided opening remarks and participated in the closing discussion about ICA and NCA associational involvement in intercultural and other communication initiatives.

Hosted by Maltepe University at the Maltepe University Campus, Marmara Egitim Koyu (translated as Marmara Education Village), Basibuyuk, Maltepe, Istanbul at the Anatolian side of the city, this NCA Summer Conference attracted 77 submissions by the deadline, that then underwent masked peer review with 42 (55%) accepted.

The sessions in Istanbul featured lots of discussion and keynote speakers. The goal was not to have traditional paper presentations but to integrate aspects of accepted papers into each working group discussion round. As such, this Summer Conference is consistent with the NCA Faculty Development Institute (also known as the Hope Conference for NCA members who are interested in learning about, teaching, and researching in particular communication areas) and the NCA Doctoral Honors Conference which attends to doctoral students' professional and dissertation development through working group discussions.

In addition to the scholarly presentations and discussions, there also were evening receptions organized around local poster/art installations, several documentary films, and plenty of sightseeing to places like the Blue Mosque, the village of Polonezkoy, the Grand Bazaar, and Hagia Sophia. Of greater importance to conference attendees were the mix of question-driven sessions on culture, communication, engaged scholarship, and specific research projects.

There were a number of featured speakers but I'll highlight only a couple. Katérina Stenou, the Director of the Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization spoke about the history of UNESCO. She urged members of our field to get at the heart of dialogue-to address these struggles sincerely--in ways that promote the diversity of cultures, peace, stability, and security.

Lisa Rudnick, the Senior Researcher and Assistant Project Manager of the Security Needs Assessment Protocol for UNIDIR (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Institut des Nations Unies pour la recherché sur le désarmement) discussed her background in the ethnography of communication and her desire to have scholars in our field contribute to the UN effort on security needs assessment protocol work, particularly locally grounded program designs. Lisa argued that often discussions move too quickly and directly from problem to planning stage (allocation of resources) without considering what needs to be done in a particular place and what needs to be understood to do that well. She discussed different phases in locally grounded program designs. She also requested that communication scholars stimulate research on peace and security, develop mechanism for application of such scholarship, and build applications and/or educate students.

The final sessions drew participants into discussions about institutional, national, and global agendas and action research. Matthew Gumpert and Bahattin Aksit discussed the theoretical, interdisciplinary, intercultural, and practical work of Centers in Turkey. Conference participants expressed strong desires for continued discussion via wikis and publications. They also expressed interest in associational microfinancing of research projects. Other discussions centered on promotion and tenure tracks aligned with engagement and tentative plans to conduct follow-up conference in two years (Summer 2011) in St. Petersburg, Russia, co-sponsored by NCA and the Russian Communication Association. Donal Carbaugh is liaising with Irina Rozina about conference possibilities in Russia. A final outcome was that a preconference for ICA in 2010 is being organized around some of intercultural communication issues discussed during this Istanbul conference.

In addition to Maltepe University and NCA, I'd like to publically thank Nazan Haydari Pakkan, Donal Carbaugh, and Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz for inviting ICA participation in this latest conference in our field's continuing efforts toward greater internationalization of our associations and our research. I'd also like to thank Purdue University for funding part of my trip.

Below you will find some tips from former Ph.D. candidates, including some hints and tips, advice on preparing your dissertation defense, and references to books and journal articles on completing a Ph.D. project successfully as well as kick-starting your scientific career.

Hints and tips

• Make choices; don't try to study everything.
• Make your expectations towards your supervisors explicit.
• Find out what your supervisors expect from you. The easiest way is usually simply to ask.
• Don't wait too long before carrying out your first data collection. Data collection often gives you insight and direction.
• Don't despair when your participants don't show up. It happens all the time and persistence does pay off.
• Don't work all alone; discuss your research with colleagues. This keeps you from thinking in circles.
• Remember: Nonsignificant results are also results.
• Make use of the strengths of your supervisors and do not get annoyed at their weaknesses (they're only human).
• Take up some additional functions, but do not forget that the dissertation has to be ready on time. This is your main goal.
• Make a detailed "to do" list about a year before your dissertation defense.
• Make use of the experience of former Ph.D. candidates to help you through the last year.
• Keep track of the formal processes with regard to the dissertation defense.
• Rehearse your dissertation defense with colleagues. Formulate possible questions and answers.
• You may not realize it yet, but despite difficulties you may encounter, as a Ph.D. candidate you've got a great job with many degrees of freedom, which is quite unique, so enjoy your position!

Further reading

Phillips, E. M., & Pugh, D. S. (2005). How to get a PhD: A handbook for students and their supervisors, 4th ed. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press.

Articles from a special issue with advice for beginning researchers, aimed at educational psychologists, but equally relevant for any other social scientist:

McCormick, C., & Barnes, B. (2008). Getting started in academia: A guide for educational psychologists. Educational Psychology Review, 20(1), 5-18.

Mayer, R. (2008). Old advice for new researchers. Educational Psychology Review, 20(1), 19-28.

Nihalani, P., & Mayrath, M. (2008). Publishing in educational psychology journals: Comments from editors. Educational Psychology Review, 20(1), 29-39.

Mayrath, M. (2008). Attributions of productive authors in educational psychology journals. Educational Psychology Review, 20(1), 41-56.

Halpern, D. (2008). Nurturing careers in psychology: Combining work and family. Educational Psychology Review, 20(1), 57-64.

Chen, X., & Anderson, R. (2008). Reflections on becoming a successful researcher. Educational Psychology Review, 20(1), 65-70.

Alexander, P. (2008). Yes...but: Footnotes to sage advice. Educational Psychology Review, 20(1), 71-77.

Kiewra, K. (2008). Advice for developing scholars. Educational Psychology Review, 20(1), 79-86.

ICA Past President Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics, has just published Children and the Internet: Great Expectations, Challenging Realities (Polity). The book addresses the questions Is the internet really transforming children and young people’s lives? Is the so-called ‘digital generation’ genuinely benefiting from exciting new opportunities? And, worryingly, facing new risks? It deliberately avoids a techno-celebratory approach and, instead, interprets children’s everyday practices of internet use in relation to the complex and changing historical and cultural conditions of childhood in late modernity. Drawing on current theories of identity, development, education and participation, this book includes a refreshingly critical account of the challenging realities undermining the great expectations held out for the internet - from governments, teachers, parents and children themselves. It concludes with a forward-looking framework for policy and regulation designed to advance children’s rights to expression, connection and play online as well as offline.

Ethnicity & Race in Communication Division

Myria Georgiou, Chair of Ethnicity and Race in Communication Division (ERIC), has just taken a teaching post at the London School of Economics (LSE). There is also a change of guard in the Ethnicity and Race in Communication Division. We welcome our new Vice-Chair, Roopali Mukherjee (City U of New York), and our new advisory board, consisting of Myria Georgiou (Chair), Roopali Mukherjee (Vice-Chair), Kumarini Silva (outgoing Chair, Northeastern U), Miyase Christensen (Kalrstad U, Sweden) and R.Haridranath (U of Melbourne, Australia). 

Myria Georgiou, Chair
M.A.Georgiou@lse.ac.uk

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Political Communication Division

Our division is starting to prepare for the 2010 conference and the divisional Call for Papers and List of Keywords are available through our website: http://www.politicalcommunication.org/upcoming.html . A volunteer recruitment survey will go online in August. Please consider volunteering to serve as reviewers even if you are not planning to travel to Singapore, and help us keep ICA and the Political Communication Division strong.

Looking forward to a smooth review process,

Yariv Tsfati, Vice Chair
ytsfati@com.haifa.ac.il

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Intergroup Communication Interest Group

The Intergroup Communication Interest Group wishes to invite scholars interested in the intersections of language, social identity, culture, stereotypes, social psychology (and much more!) to join our interest group as we strive to reach divisional status by Singapore 2010! All ICA members are welcome to join as we push disciplinary boundaries to better understand how social identity, social difference, and social comparison are reflected through language. Intergroup research informs many contexts: communication between members of co-cultures, cultures, nationalities, genders, generations, as well as groups belonging in the workplace and health contexts. Intergroup communication informs mass, organizational, intercultural, political, socio-cognitive, and interactive aspects of communication. We focus on the cognitions and motivations that underpin communication between groups and examine how language serves as a marker of intergroup encounters.

The Intergroup Communication Interest Group also wishes to announce its affiliation with the International Association of Language and Social Psychology (IALSP). IALSP will be hosting an ICA pre-conference, the 12th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology (ICLASP12), in Brisbane, Australia June 16-20th, 2010. We invite ICA members to consider joining us for ICLASP12 and becoming an IALSP member. The Intergroup Interest Group has a long-standing relationship with IALSP and would like to promote even more cross-disciplinary relationships such as those demonstrated in our spotlight panels at the ICA Chicago 2009 conference (The International Association of Language and Social Psychology (IALSP) Presents Common Ground Keynotes and Keywords With ICA; Identity and Language as Keywords in Communication Across and Between Groups: Roundtable Discussion Following IALSP).

CALLS FOR PAPERS/ABSTRACTS

October 1, 2009. Call for submissions. The Journal of Social and Personal Relationships is planning a special issue on personal relationships in late life. By "late life" we mean 65 years and older. The special issue is planned for the February 2011 issue of the journal (i.e., volume 28 #1). The deadline for submissions is 1 October 2009. Pearl Dykstra (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute) will be the guest editor. Manuscript submission will occur through the JSPR section of the Manuscript Central system. Authors should indicate that this manuscript is a candidate for the special issue on relationships in late life edited by Pearl Dykstra. Authors can begin the submission process at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jspr. Address inquiries about potential submissions to the guest editor, Pearl Dykstra, via e-mail at: dykstra@nidi.nl.

December 14, 2009. Quinnipiac University and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Health Academy announce the second annual PRSA Health Academy Paper Competition.  The purpose of the competition is to encourage applied research of value to public relations professionals.  The winner of the competition will present his/her paper at the PRSA Health Academy Spring Conference to be held in Chicago, Illinois in April of 2010. In addition, the winner will receive a $250 cash award and will be reimbursed for transportation and lodging costs. The deadline for submissions is December 14, 2009.  All papers should be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word and sent to Dr. Kurt Wise, APR, Chair, Public Relations Department, School of Communications, Quinnipiac University (kurt.wise@quinnipiac.edu).  All questions should be directed to Dr. Wise.

The Global Media Journal, Fall 2010 US edition, is inviting article submissions.  The CFP, together with guidelines for authors, can be viewed at http://lass.calumet.purdue.edu/cca/gmj/.  This peer reviewed journal publishes theoretical, conceptual, qualitative, and quantitative work by both established scholars and graduate students.  In particular demand for the Fall 2010 edition are papers concerned with the political economy of gatekeeping and agenda setting practices in cross cultural contexts, and their relevance to citizen journalism as enabled by blogs and similar electronically mediated news channels.  Graduate student work or inquiries should be addressed to jia@chapman.edu.  Other material or inquiries should be addressed to gpayne@chapman.edu.  All submissions must be made electronically.

Call for Manuscripts: Mass Communication and Society. "The Facebook Election: New Media and the 2008 Presidential Campaign" Special Symposium. Tom Johnson & Dave Perlmutter, Guest Editors. Some political observers dubbed the 2008 presidential campaign as the Facebook election. Barack Obama, in particular, employed Online Social-Interactive Media  (OSIM) such as blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Digg, YouTube, MySpace and Facebook to run a grassroots style campaign. Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul similarly campaigned using OSIM technology in their organizing efforts. The Obama campaign was keenly aware that voters, particularly the young, are not simply consumers of information, but conduits of information as well. They often replaced the professional filter of traditional media with a social one. OSIMs allowed candidates to do electronically what previously had to be done through shoe leather and phone banks: contact volunteers and donors, and schedule and promote events. OSIMs changed the way candidates campaigned, how the media covered the election and how voters received information.  In this special issue of Mass Communication & Society, we seek theoretically driven and empirically grounded manuscripts on the role of OSIMs in the 2008 election campaign. This special issue will appear at the end of 2010. Submitted papers should follow the standard submission procedures outlined in the inside back cover of the journal. Authors should specify in their submission letter that they wish their submission to be considered for the 2008 Campaign New Media Symposium and must be received by January 12, 2010.

tripleC - Cognition, Communication, Co-operation: Journal for a Sustainable Information Society. tripleC provides a forum to discuss the challenges humanity is facing today. It promotes contributions within an emerging science of the information age with a special interest in critical studies following the highest standards of peer review. It is the journal?s mission to encourage uncommon sense, fresh perspectives and unconventional ideas, and connect leading thinkers and young scholars in inspiring reflections. Papers should reflect on how the presented findings contribute to the illumination of conditions that foster or hinder the advancement of a global sustainable and participatory information society.
For more information, and online submission, see: http://triplec.at.

Call for Manuscripts:  American Journal of Media Psychology (AJMP). The American Journal of Media Psychology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes theoretical and empirical papers that advance an understanding of media effects and processes on individuals in society. AJMP seeks submissions that have a psychological focus, which means the level of analysis should focus on individuals and their interaction with or relationship to mass media content and institutions. All theoretical and methodological perspectives are welcomed.  For instructions on submitting a manuscript, please visit: http://www.marquettejournals.org/mediapsychology. Questions about this call for manuscripts can be directed to Dr. Michael Elasmar, Editor, American Journal of Media Psychology at elasmar@bu.edu.

The Communication Review solicits papers in the interdisciplinary field of
media studies. We particularly encourage historical work, feminist work, and visual work, and invite submissions from those employing critical theoretical and empirical approaches to a range of topics under the general rubric of communication and media studies research. The Communication Review also functions as a review of current work in the field.  Towards this end, the editors are always open to proposals for special issues that interrogate and examine current controversies in the field.  We also welcome non-traditionally constructed articles which critically examine and review current sub-fields of and controversies within communication and media studies; we offer an expedited review process for timely statements. Please direct your papers, suggestions for special issues and queries to Tatiana Omeltchenko, Managing Editor, at to3y@virginia.edu. For more information about the journal and submission guidelines, pleasesee the journal’s website at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10714421.html.

 
Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC)
Launching in 2008, Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC) is a new venture of scholarly publication aimed at elevating Chinese communication studies along theoretical, empirical, and methodological dimensions. The new refereed journal will be an important international platform for students and scholars in Chinese communication studies to exchange ideas and research results. Interdisciplinary in scope, it will examine subjects in all Chinese societies in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore, and the global Chinese diaspora. The CJoC welcomes research articles using social scientific or humanistic approaches on such topics as mass communication, journalism studies, telecommunications, rhetoric, cultural studies, media effects, new communication technologies, organizational communication, interpersonal communication, advertising and PR, political communication, communications law and policy, and so on. Articles employing historical and comparative analysis focused on traditional Chinese culture as well as contemporary processes such as globalization, deregulation, and democratization are also welcome. Published by Routledge, CJoC is institutionally based at the Communication Research Centre, the School of Journalism and Communication, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. For more information and submission instructions, please visit http://www.informaworld.com/cjoc.

Journal of Children and Media is an interdisciplinary and multimethod peer-reviewed publication that provides a space for discusion by scholars and professionals from around the world and across theoretical and empirical traditions who are engaged in the study of media in the lives of children. Submissions: Submissions should be delivered as an email attachment to Dafna Lemish, Editor at: lemish@post.tau.ac.il. Manuscripts must conform to the American Psychological Association (APA) style with a maximum length of 8,000 words, including notes and references. The manuscript should be accompanied by an abstract of up to 150 words, biographical information for each author of up to 75 words each, and up to 10 keywords. For further information please visit: http://www.informaworld.com/jocam. 

International Journal of Strategic Communication is issuing a call for papers for its fourth and subsequent issues. The journal provides a forum for multidisciplinary and multi-paradigmatic research about the role of communication, broadly defined, in achieving the goals of a wide range of communicative entities for-profit organizations, non-profit organizations, social movements, political parties or politicians, governments, government agencies, personalities. For communication to be strategic is has to be purposeful and planned. The aim of the journal is to bring diverse approaches together with the purpose of developing an international, coherent and holistic approach to the field. Scholars in a broad range of communication specialities addressing strategic communication by organizations are invited submit articles. Articles are blind-reviewed by three members of the editorial board, which consists of 34 scholars from 15 countries representing a broad array of theoretical and methodological perspectives.Submissions are electronic via the journal's website at ijosc@lamar.colostate.edu. Manuscripts should be no longer than 30 word-processed pages and adhere to the APA Publications Manual. For more information, contact editors Derina Holtzhausen, University of South Florida, dholtzha@cas.usf.edu or Kirk Hallahan, Colorado State University, kirk.hallahan@colostate.edu.

Feminist Media Studies. Authors in North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean: submit to Lisa McLaughlin, Editor; e-mail: mclauglm@muohio.edu. Authors in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australasia: submit to Cynthia Carter, Editor; e-mail: cartercl@cardiff.ac.uk.

Education Review of Business Communication. Mss. info: http://www.senatehall.com/business_communication/index.html.

 
Journal of Communication Studies, National Council of Development Communication. Soliciting research papers, abstracts. E-mail: Shveta Sharma, communication@jcs@yahoo.com.

 
Hampton Book Series: Communication, Globalization, and Cultural Identity. Jan Servaes, Hampton Book Series Editor, c/o School of Journalism and Communication, University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia. Phone: +61 (7) 3365 6115 or 3088. Fax: +61 (7) 3365 1377. Email: j.servaes@uq.edu.au.

Manuscripts. Subject Matters: A Journal of Communications and the Self. E-mail: subjectmatters@londonmet.ac.uk.

Submissions. Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (JMEWS). Info: Marcia C. Inhorn, Director of the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, U of Michigan, and Mary N. Layoun, Chair of Comparative Literature, U of Wisconsin, Editors. Web: http://iupjournals.org/jmews/.

Communication Review. The Communication Review solicits papers in the interdisciplinary field of media studies. We are interested in papers discussing any aspect of media: media history, globalization of media, media institutions, media analysis, media criticism, media policy, media economics. We also invite essays about the nature of media studies as an emergent, interdisciplinary field. Please direct papers to Andrea L. Press and Bruce A. Williams, Editors, Media Studies Program, University of Virginia. Email: alp5n@virginia.edu, baw5n@b.mail.virginia.edu. For more information about the journal and submission guidelines, please see the journal's website at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10714421.asp.

Call for Manuscripts - The Journal of Native Aging & Health publishes articels that address Native aging, health, and related issues. All theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome. Original research and studies should apply existing theory and research to Native Americans, Alaskan, Hawaiian, Islanders and First Nations Peoples, or should illuminate how knowledge informs and reforms exiting theories and research on Native populations, aging, and health. No material identifying the author(s) should appear in the body of the paper. The paper must not have appeared in any other published form. Each submission should include a separate cover page with the name of the author(s); present academic title or other current position; academic department and university (if appropriate); and complete address, telephone number, and e-mail address (if available). The submission also must include a single-paragraph abstract of no more than 120 words on a separate page. Manuscripts, abstracts, references, figures, and tables must conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001, Fifth Edition) guidelines. Contributors are encouraged to be familiar with the Manual's guidelines for avoiding bias in language used to express ideas int he manuscript. By submitting to JNAH, authors warrant that they will not submit their manuscript to any other publication without first withdrawing the manuscript from consideration by JNAH, that the work is original, and that appropriate credit has been given to other contributors in the project. Reports of the original research and papers may not exceed 25 pages (including references, tables, figures, and appendixes). Copies of submissions will not be returned to the author(s). Send four paper copies of complete papers to Pamela J. Kalbfleish, Editor, Journal of Native Aging & Health, School of Communication, University of North Dakota, 202A O'Kelly Hall, Grand Forks, ND 58202. Along with your paper copies, include a disk with your submission in Word document format or attach an electronic copy of your manuscript to an e-mail sent to the editorial office. Questions may be directed to the editorial office via e-mail at yearbook@und.nodak.edu, telephone 701-777-2673, or fax 701-777-3955. Ordering Information: To order a copy of the Journal, contact: Dr. Pamela J. Kalbfleisch, Editor, Journal of Native Aging & Health, School of Communication, University of North Dakota, Box 7169, 202A O'Kelly Hall, Grand Forks, ND 58202. $25.00 a copy / $40.00 year subscription.

 
Journal of Marketing and Communication Management. The Managing Editors, JMCM, Department of Marketing and Communication Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Info: http://www.jmcm.co.za. E-mail: Professor C H van Heerden, nheerden@hakuna.up.ac.za, or Professor Anske Grobler, anske@postino.up.ac.za. 

 
Submissions. Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception. Info: http://www.participations.org/.

 
Essays. Bad Subjects: Iraq War Culture Review Essays. Email: Joe Lockard, Joe.Lockard@asu.edu. Info: http://bad.eserver.org.

Proposals. Alternatives Within the Mainstream II: Queer Theatre in Britain. Info: Dimple Godiwala-McGowan, Senior Lecturer, York St. John College (U of Leeds). E-mail: DimpleGodiwala@aol.com. 

 
Deadline extended. Papers. Journal of Middle East Media (JMEM), Center for International Media Education (CIME) at Georgia State U and the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE). Mohammed el-Naway, Senior Editor, Department of Communication, One Park Place South, 10th Floor, Georgia State U, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA. E-mail: jouman@langate.gsu.edu.

 
New Journal - Communication for Development and Social Change. A new journal, Communication for Development and Social Change, is seeking papers that will present empirical research, theory, and practice-oriented approaches on subjects relevant to development communication and social change. Authors may submit inquiries and manuscripts electronically to Jan Servaes, Department of Journalism and Communication, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, at j.sarvaes@uq.edu.au.

 

CONFERENCES

CALL FOR PAPERS GLOBAL VILLAGE – ARE WE THERE YET? 2009 Annual Conference of the Global Communication Association
www.globalcomassociation.com Bangalore, India November 26-27, 2009. 
Communication researchers, scholars, and graduates are invited to submit paper and panel proposals for inclusion in the 2009 Global Communication Association (GCA) Conference. Please submit a brief abstract (about 400 words) of the papers, including your complete contact information and affiliation, to Dr. R Kushal Kumar, Manipal University, (kushal.kumar@manipalu.com) no later than August 15, 2009. Panel proposals should be submitted to Dr. Yahya R. Kamalipour, Purdue University Calumet (ykamalip@purude.edu). Proposals must include theme, abstract, title of each paper, a brief description of each paper (200 words), complete contact information, and email address of each presenter.

“EU Kids Online: European research on cultural, contextual and risk issues regarding children and the internet.” An international one-day conference for researchers, policy makers, industry, educators, NGOs and government to address the policy issues and research findings about children and the internet. Thursday June 11th 2009, London School of Economics and Political Science, London. Researchers are invited to submit empirical papers about children’s experience of the internet on these topics:

• Social networks, online identities and e-participation
• Learning, creativity, and media literacy
• Mobility, computer games, and other emerging platforms
• Parental and peer mediation
• Risks, victims and perpetrators
• Regulation, empowerment and protection

Registration now open at http://www.eukidsonline.net. No conference fee; lunch and evening reception provided.

Call for Submissions: 2010 Central States Communication Association Conference. Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, Cincinnati, OH. April 14-18, 2010.
"Communication and Civic Engagement: Challenge, Engage, and Change."

The Media Studies Interest Group invites submissions of competitive papers and thematic panels on all aspects of media studies, including mass communication, media technology, media and culture, and other studies of media and mass communication for the 2010 CSCA Convention. In addition, we are soliciting original video submissions for screening at the convention as well as original and innovative ideas for special sessions. Submissions for all categories must be complete by October 2, 2009. (Please note: submission of original media is a longer process that must be initiated by contacting Danielle Stern (daniellemstern@gmail.com) by September 25, 2009.) Contact Media Studies Interest Group Planner Danielle Stern at daniellemstern@gmail.com.

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Each year the OCIS Division sponsors a Junior Faculty Workshop just prior to the Academy of Management Annual Meeting.  The purpose of the Workshop is to explore strategies and helpful practices for developing successful academic careers.  The Workshop involves senior faculty mentors and up to 25 junior faculty.  This is an invitation to untenured faculty to sign up for the 2009 event. The 2009 Workshop will be held on Friday evening (August 7th) and all day Saturday (August 8th) in Chicago, IL. The senior faculty participating in the 2009 Junior Faculty Workshop are: Claudia Loebbecke, University of Cologne; Peter Monge, University of Southern California; Wanda Orlikowski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Dan Robey, Georgia State University; Bob Zmud, University of Oklahoma. This year’s topics include publication quality and quantity, tenure and promotion, and developing and fostering professional relationships.  There is still an opportunity to shape the agenda, and I would welcome any suggestions from those who plan on registering to attend. Preregistration for the Workshop is required.  To register, go to the Academy of Management website at https://secure.aomonline.org/PDWReg.   You will notice a $50 fee for the Workshop.  The purpose of the fee is to cover the cost of a group dinner on Friday.  If you would like to attend the Workshop, but will not be able to attend the Friday dinner, then do not attempt to register using the Academy website.  Instead, send me an e-mail expressing your interest in attending and we will handle it outside the system. If you have any questions about the Workshop or suggestions about topics you would like to see covered, please send me an e-mail at kstewart@rhsmith.umd.edu.

Sexuality Studies: A book series by Temple University Press. The coeditors of Sexuality Studies-Janice Irvine and Regina Kunzel-are currently soliciting book manuscripts. The series features work in sexuality studies, in its social, cultural, and political dimensions, and in both historical and contemporary formations. The editors seek books that will appeal to a broad, cross-disciplinary audience of both academic and nonacademic readers. Submissions to Sexuality Studies are welcome through Janet Francendese, Editor in Chief, Temple University Press (janet.francendese@temple.edu). Information on how to submit manuscripts can be found at: http://www.temple.edu/tempress/submissions.html. Initial inquiries about proposals can also be sent to: Janice Irvine, University of Massachusetts, Department of Sociology. irvine@soc.umass.edu; or, Regina Kunzel, University of Minnesota, Departments of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies and History rkunzel@williams.edu.

The IABC Research Foundation is offering a grant for US $50,000 for Research on Communication Department Structure and Best Practices. Proposal guidelines can be found on the Research Foundation website http://www.iabc.com/rf/. The IABC Research Foundation serves as the non-profit research and development arm of IABC (International Association of Business Communicators). The Foundation is dedicated to contributing new findings, knowledge and understanding to the communication profession, and to helping organizations and communicators maximize organizational success. Through the generosity of donors, corporate sponsors and volunteers, the Foundation delivers original communication research and tools not available in the commercial marketplace.

 
The Canadian Journal of Communication (CJC) is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal committed to publishing outstanding scholarship in communications, media and cultural studies, journalism, and information studies. CJC is looking for theoretically innovative and methodologically challenging original manuscripts, in English or French, for immediate peer-review. To submit an article for peer-review go to the CJC website http://www.cjc-online.ca and click on the "submit" button. Articles for peer-review should be approximately 6,000 to 8,000 words in length. In addition to the traditional peer-reviewed article the CJC will develop innovative forms and formats for discussions of current practices including: media reviews, research overviews of current projects, and polemical commentaries. These submissions are shorter in length and may be either more descriptive or experimental in tone. Please direct ideas and inquiries to editor@cjconline.ca. For information on book reviews please contact our book review editor, Leslie Regan Shade, at review_editor@cjconline.ca. Info on CJC: Kim Sawchuk, Editor, CJC, editor@cjc-online.ca.

 
Visiting doctoral fellowships. The Media Management and Transformation Center (MMTC) at Jonkoping International Business School, Jonkoping University, Sweden, in the field of media business and media economics for advanced doctoral students. Dr. Cinzia dal Zotto, Research Manager, Media Management and Transformation Center, Jonkoping International Business School, P.O. Box 1026, SE-551 11 Jonkoping, SWEDEN. Info: http://www.jibs.se/mmtc. Email for more information: cinzia.dalzotto@ihh.hj.se.

NCI Fellowship in Health Communication and Informatics
The Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch (HCIRB) is accepting Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA) applicants for a Paid Fellowship Opportunity. HCIRB contributes to the reduction in death and suffering due to cancer by supporting research and development of a seamless health communication and informatics infrastructure. Through internal and extramural programs, the Branch supports basic and translational research across the cancer continuum. This CRTA fellowship offers outstanding training opportunities in health communication. The CRTA fellow will be a welcomed member of a team of passionate scientists, psychologists, and health communication researchers. Appropriate to the fellow’s interests, participation and leadership opportunities are offered in Information Technology projects, marketing and dissemination, health trends survey design and analysis, peer-reviewed journal articles, and travel to national meetings and conferences.

Master or bachelor level degree, preferably in health communication, health informatics, public health, or related field; strong organizational, planning, problem solving, and project management skills; excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work independently and creatively. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or resident aliens; be available 40 hours per week, for a six-month minimum. Some flexibility in work hours is allowed. The fellowship is renewable for up to two years and is based on demonstrated progress by mutual agreement among the fellow and supervisor.

For more details including how to apply: http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/brp/about/docs/HCIRBCRTAFellowship.pdf

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES
Department of Communication Studies
Mass Media Institutional & Policy Research

The UCLA Department of Communication Studies has an opening for a faculty appointment in the area of mass media institutional and policy research.  Ph.D. in communication required.  Exceptionally qualified candidates with a strong record of scholarship and teaching in the communication discipline may be considered for a tenured appointment.  The position is subject to budgetary approval.  Review of applications will begin on August 1, 2009.

Please submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, representative publications, and three letters of recommendation to:
Chair, Search Committee
Department of Communication Studies
2303 Rolfe Hall
University of California, Los Angeles
Box 951538
Los Angeles, CA  90095-1538
Job #: 0755-0809-01

UCLA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  The Department has a strong commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff.

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BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Journalism
Chairperson

Nominations and applications are invited for chairperson of the Department of Journalism, a department known for leading edge technology and labs, award-winning student media and organizations, and an outstanding reputation for alumni achievement.  Responsibilities:  provide the vision to lead a nationally recognized department known for its curricular innovation and academic excellence; provide professional, academic, and administrative leadership for 25 full-time faculty and more than 775 students; serve as director of student media and engage in alumni relations, grant writing, external fundraising, and university-wide collaboration.  Journalism is one of four departments in the College of Communication, Information, and Media.  Position is expected to be available July 1, 2010; and salary, tenure, and academic rank are negotiable.

Minimum qualifications: master’s degree; exceptional academic or professional experience; demonstrated ability to lead department’s four majors, including advertising, journalism (journalism graphics, magazine, news, and photojournalism), public relations, and journalism teacher education.  Preferred qualifications: earned doctorate degree; combination of teaching, professional, and administrative experience as well as a record of peer reviewed scholarship and knowledge of ACEJMC accreditation standards.

Send letter of application, resume/curriculum vitae, transcripts, and the names and contact information for three references to:  Dan Waechter, Search Committee Chair, Department of Journalism, Ball State University, Muncie, IN  47306.   Review of applications will begin September 1, 2009, and will continue until the position is filled. (www.bsu.edu/journalism)

Ball State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its community.

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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Dean, College of Liberal Arts

Texas A&M University at College Station is seeking candidates for the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts.  The Dean is the chief academic and executive officer of the College and reports to the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academics. One of the largest colleges in the University, the College of Liberal Arts consists of 12 departments, with 502 faculty (360 tenured/tenure-track, 142 lecturers) serving over 6,800 students (5,991 undergraduates, 356 master’s and 467 doctoral students). The College offers degrees in 10 doctoral, 10 master’s, and 24 undergraduate programs and has nine interdisciplinary programs. Almost all University undergraduate students take courses through the College of Liberal Arts.  College of Liberal Arts faculty are engaged in a variety of international activities, including working at the branch campus in the state of Qatar, and centers in Mexico City, Costa Rica, and Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy.  Additional background information on the College of Liberal Arts may be found at the dean search website, http://cladeansearch.tamu.edu/.

Texas A&M University is in the ninth year of a long-range planning process entitled Vision 2020 (http://www.tamu.edu/vision2020/) with the goal of becoming a consensus “Top 10” public university. To date, the university has raised over $1.5 billion through a development campaign and has hired faculty for 442 new faculty lines, 64 of whom are in the College of Liberal Arts.  The new dean will provide leadership in the College’s efforts to enhance excellence and assist in the University’s pursuit of consensus top-ten status among public universities by the year 2020.

Qualifications include an earned doctorate or equivalent, an outstanding record in research and education commensurate with the appointment to the rank of professor with tenure in one of the departments of the College, and excellence in academic and administrative leadership at the college or department level or other relevant administrative position. The candidate should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a strong commitment to diversity and internationalization, experience working on interdisciplinary initiatives, and success in fund raising from external resources. The successful candidate must have the ability to work effectively with administrators, faculty, staff, students, former students, and  external constituencies.

The search committee will begin reviewing nominations and information from prospective applicants in September 2009 and will continue to accept nominations and applications until a new Dean of Liberal Arts is selected. The target appointment date is August 1, 2010. The committee will make every effort to maintain confidentiality. Prospective applicants  should include a letter describing their interest in and qualifications for the position, a curriculum vitae, and the names, addresses (including e-mail), and telephone numbers for at least five references. Submit nominations and applications materials electronically to CLADeanSearch@tamu.edu.
Texas A&M University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and encourages applications from candidates who would enhance the diversity of the University’s administration.

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