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)
