Feminist Scholarship Division
The Feminist Scholarship Division is pleased to announce Dr. Lana Rakow as the 2010 recipient of the Teresa Award for the Advancement of Feminist Scholarship. This award recognizes individuals whose work has made significant contributions to the development, reach and influence of feminist scholarship in communications.
Dr. Rakow, from the University of North Dakota , will be the second recipient of the Teresa Award, which was established through an endowment from Dr. Yoo Jae Song of Ewha Women’s University in South Korea. In creating the endowment, Yoo Jae wanted to establish an award that would recognize outstanding feminist scholars whose research and leadership have shaped communications in significant ways but who have not received recognition for their achievements. The award honors Yoo Jae’s mother, Dr. Teresa Kyuguen Cho, a Korean American pediatrician who died in Philadelphia in 2006 at the age of 83.
The Teresa Award Committee chose Lana for her sustained contribution to the advancement of feminist scholarship over time, as well as the exceptional quality and influence of her work within the field of feminist communication scholarship. Lana was a co-founder of the present-day Feminist Scholarship Division in 1986, at a time when gender research was just emerging within the field. In the years since, Lana’s conceptual and theoretical work on women and communication have broken new ground, and her publications have become milestones for research and teaching. Her nominators also cited her generosity as a mentor, and her actions as a role model in the struggle for gender equity on academic campuses.
A reception and award ceremony for Lana will be held Thursday, June 24, from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. at Suntec Convention Centre, Room 304, during the ICA Singapore conference. The event welcomes all who want to celebrate her achievements.
The first Teresa Award was presented last year to Dr. Dafna Lemish of Tel Aviv University at the ICA conference in Chicago.
Diana Rios, Chair
drios2k2@yahoo.com
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Intercultural Division
The Annual Conference in Singapore features 11 competitive paper sessions, including one interaction poster session, and 3 panels. The ICD Top Papers Session is scheduled for Thu, Jun 24 (2:30pm - 3:45pm); the venue is SUNTEC International Convention Centre, Room 314. Top paper session is followed by the Division Business Meeting (4:00pm - 5:15pm). Division Reception (5:30pm - 6:45pm) will then follow the business meeting, all at the same venue. We hope to see many of you and your friends at these and other ICD sessions.
This year Intercultural Communication Division is able to award four small travel grants to student papers to be presented at the 2010 annual conference in Singapore. The Division has co-sponsored with the Language and Social Interaction Division in a pre-conference, entitled Intercultural Dialogue (June 22, 2010).
We welcome Suchitra Shenoy, DePaul University, as the Division Secretary Elect, who will assume office after the division business meeting at the Singapore Conference. The Division is thankful to current secretary Leeva Chung of San Diego Univ., who has been serving c onscientiously for fours years and providing much needed help to the division in the transition period. We wish her all the best in the future.
The Division will elect a new Vic-Chair in the fall of 2010, who will step into the Chair role in two years. The nomination Committee will be soliciting names from the division members some time in the summer.
Ling Chen, Chair
21chling@gmail.com
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Political Communication Division
The Political Communication Division has expanded its network presence by moving into social media.
On Facebook, Political Communication is gathering links from around the world for all things "political communication." To become a fan of the page or join the parallel Facebook Group, follow the links below.
Scholars are also now organizing on other social media, including Twitter, Linked-in, and Digg. The sites let followers post thoughts, raise issues, initiate discussions, list and find opportunities, and connect with others interested in the intersection of political life and communication.
Political Communication has enhanced a common website by adding a blog, led by Eike Christian Meuter. Blogging provides members and all interested the opportunity to offer exchanges on current topics in political communication, share research, stimulate theories, announce conference and publication opportunities, and generally engage each other in interactive, direct communication," according to a March 18 post.
The blog and website, as well as the newsletter hosted on the site and a highly regarded journal are sponsored jointly by the ICA Political Communication Division and APSA Political Communication Section. Links to the division home and the sister section of APSA are below:
Kevin G. Barnhurst, Chair
kgbcomm@uic.edu
