110 Annual Convention Highlights

Thank you for joining us at NCA’s 110th Annual Convention as we explored Communication for Greater Regard. We hope your experience was insightful and rewarding.

THE CONVENTION BY THE NUMBERS

ATTENDEES 4,163, SATISFACTION RATE 82%, RECOMMENDATION RATE 86%

2024 Convention Opening Session

Her name is Srividya “Srivi” Ramasubramanian (pronounced: Shree-with-yaa “Shree-vee” Raa-muh-soob-ruh-money-ahn). Whether teaching, conducting research, presenting, writing, or speaking, Ramasubramanian tackles pressing contemporary global issues relating to media, inclusion, and social justice head on. She uses an interdisciplinary, action-oriented, critical, and data-driven approach to her research and work with students and faculty across the discipline and higher education. Ramasubramanian is the founding director of the Difficult Dialogues Project and CODE^SHIFT (Collaboratory for Data Equity, Social Healing, Inclusive Futures, and Transformation), which brings together data scientists with social justice scholars. She is also the co-founder and executive director of the nonprofit Media Rise.

In January 2023, the longtime NCA member became editor-in-chief of the Association’s journal Communication Monographs. Ramasubramanian is the first woman of color to serve in this role.

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