2010 Doctoral Honors Seminar

The 2010 NCA Doctoral Honors Seminar (DHS) was held July 30-August 2 at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The seminar theme was “Communication Research in the Next 100 Years: Evolving Issues, Theoretical Tensions, and Methodological Pluralism,” and the conference coordinator was Ann Darling. 

The 2010 DHS student participants and faculty leaders were:

Group 1 (Media Studies):  

• Bradley J. Bond, University of Illinois
• Santhosh Chandrashekar, University of New Mexico
• Scott Church, University of Nebraska
• Josh Hanan, University of Pennsylvania
• Jay D. Hmielowski, Ohio State University
• Jaclyn Howell, University of Kansas
• Leysan Khakimova, University of Maryland
• Ammina Kothari, Indiana University
• Dara Persis Murray, Rutgers University
• Vincent N. Pham, University of Illinois
• Cindy Vincent, University of Oklahoma

Group 1 Faculty Leaders: 

• Robert Avery, University of Utah
• Oscar Gandy, University of Pennsylvania
• Thomas McCain, Ohio State University

Group 2 (Rhetoric/Ethnography): 

• Marco Briziarelli, University of Colorado
• Peter Odell Campbell, University of Illinois
• Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz, University of North Carolina
• Katherine Hampsten, Texas A&M University
• Michelle L. Kelsey, Arizona State University
• Dawn Marie McIntosh, University of Denver
• Elizabeth Molina-Markham, University of Massachusetts
• Megan Elizabeth Morrissey, University of Colorado
• Alyssa A. Samek, University of Maryland
• Mark Ward, Sr., Clemson University

Group 2 Faculty Leaders: 

• Donal Carbaugh, University of Massachusetts
• Celeste Condit, University of Georgia
• Raymie McKerrow, Ohio University

Group 3 (Social Science): 

• Jenn Anderson, Michigan State University
• LaShara A. Davis, Purdue University
• Jenny D. Dixon, University of Missouri
• Anne Gerbensky-Kerber, Ohio University
• Curtis B. Livesay, University of Iowa
• James McDonald, University of Colorado
• Lynsey Kluever Romo, University of Texas
• Jennifer A. Scarduzio, Arizona State University
• Tiffany R. Wang, University of Nebraska
• Olga Zaysteva, University of New Mexico

Group 3 Faculty Leaders: 

• Betsy Bach, University of Montana
• Dawn Braithwaite, University of Nebraska
• Sandra Metts, Illinois State University