The Communication and Social Cognition Division is dedicated to the study of the social cognitive aspects of message production, reception, and processing. Because the role of social cognition in communication crosses traditional contextual boundaries, the context of study (e.g., face-to-face, mediated, communibiological, etc.) is secondary. Relevant topics might include, but are not limited to, cognition, emotion, social influence, social perception, listening, information processing, affective processes, message effects, brain function, and personality and individual differences in communication. In particular, we are interested in research with a focus on the role of social cognition within any aspect of human communication (e.g., interpersonal, intrapersonal, language and social interaction, instructional, health, group, organizational, intercultural, political, mass communication).
2024 Interest Group Leadership
- Chair: Lindsay Hahn, State University of New York at Buffalo
- Vice Chair: Jacob Fisher, Michigan State University
- Vice Chair-Elect: Hillary Shulman, Ohio State University
- Immediate Past Chair: Christopher Carpenter, Western Illinois University
- Research Committee Chair: Kevin Kryston, Sam Houston State University
- Research Committee Chair-Elect: Kristy Hamilton, University of California at Santa Barbara
- IDEA Representative: Kristy Hamilton, University of California at Santa Barbara
2024 NCA Positions
- Legislative Assembly
- Lindsay Hahn, University at Buffalo, SUNY
- Jacob Fisher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Nominating Committee
- Christopher Carpenter, Western Illinois University
CSCD Membership (2013-2024)
*Official count taken each January.
Award Calls
Business Meeting Minutes
Business Meeting Agenda
Interest Group Election