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SUMMARY:Recording for Spring Public Program: How to Have Hope in the Impossible Times
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SUMMARY:4/24 VLO: Cultivating Your Leadership: Pathways to Advance and Grow
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\nJoin the National Communication Association (NCA) on Friday\, April 24\, 2026 from 11 a.m. to noon EDT for a transformative virtual event that will cover the multiple paths of NCA leadership for advancing your career and personal development.  \nAlong with discovering the available roles and activities\, you’ll examine the needed capabilities and timelines across all levels of leadership so you can pursue opportunities now or in the future that align with your background and interests. Attendees will be invited to a virtual 2026 Leadership Round Table (LRT) Series.  \nThis VLO will feature expert insights from both seasoned and fresh communication scholars interested in paths of NCA leadership:  \n\nJeanetta Sims\, 2026 NCA Immediate Past President and Chair of the Leadership Development Committee (LDC)\, University of Central Oklahoma\nRoseann Mandziuk\, 2026 Chair of the Nominating Committee\, Texas State University\nMembers of the 2026 Leadership Development Committee\n\nLearning Outcomes:  \n\nTo understand the multiple paths for you to lead within NCA now or in your future\nTo recognize the structure\, capabilities\, time commitments\, and timelines associated with various NCA leadership opportunities\nTo offer an opportunity to explore leadership in small group discussions through the 2026 Leadership Round Table Series\n\nModerator (Event Coordinator or Other Council Member): Jeanetta D. Sims\, Ph.D.\, University of Central Oklahoma\, jsims7@uco.edu   \n\nAbout the Speakers:\nJeanetta D. Sims\, Ph.D. \nJeanetta Sims is the 2026 chair of NCA’s Leadership Development Committee and the immediate past president of NCA. She is a professor and former dean at the University of Central Oklahoma who recently aligned NCA’s 2025 efforts around a presidential year of L.I.F.T.: Leading with Imagination and Forward-Thinking. \n  \nRoseann Mandziuk\, Ph.D. \nRoseann Mandziuk is the 2026 chair of NCA’s Nominating Committee and the 2022 past president of NCA. She is a professor emerita at Texas State University and was recently awarded NCA’s 2025 Samuel L. Becker Distinguished Service Award for a legacy of service within the communication discipline. \n  \nThe 2026 Leadership Development Committee: \n\nJeanetta Sims\, Chair\nShaunak Sastry\nTina M. Harris\nSarah Amira De la Garza\nMelissa Renee Harris\nNarissra M. Punyanunt-Carter\nSrividya Ramasubramanian\nKirt Shineman\nNivia Escobar\nJasmine Austin\nPavitra Kavya-Friedman\nJustin Danowski\n\n\nProgram Outline: \nTopic & Speaker Introduction (10 minutes)  \n\nIntroductions – NCA Leadership Development Committee\, Chair and Members \nIntroduction – NCA Nominating Committee\, Chair \n\nKey NCA Overview Information  \n\nMission and Vision \nNCA Governance Structure \nLeadership Development Committee \nNominating Committee\n\nLeader Personas\, Time Commitments\, Roles and Opportunities  \nOpen Positions + Required Competencies  \nSubmission Process  \n2026 Nominations + Elections  \n2026 Leadership RoundTable (LRT) Series   \nQ&A & Wrap-Up (20 minutes) 
URL:https://www.natcom.org/event/4-24-vlo-cultivating-your-leadership-pathways-to-advance-and-grow/
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SUMMARY:Award Nomination Deadline
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SUMMARY:2026 NCA Institute for Faculty Development (IFFD) Hosted by Duquesne University
DESCRIPTION:Register Now using this Link\nThe 2026 NCA Institute for Faculty Development (IFFD) will be held virtually (on Zoom) June 22 – 26. Duquesne University of Pittsburgh is hosting for the third year in a row. The general purpose of the IFFD is to stay abreast of ongoing changes and issues in communication theory and research\, with an eye to enriching instructional insights and practices. This five-day conference offers participants an opportunity to network with fellow undergraduate scholar-teachers and learn from and with leading scholars in the field. \nPlease note: The institute is directed at those already teaching with an advanced familiarity with the topics. Other participants\, such as students\, might feel left out of the conversation\, which will be counter-productive to the institute’s aims. \nRegistration is limited to 50–60 participants and will be offered on a first-come\, first-served basis. Attendees must be current NCA members to register. Membership status will be verified upon registration. There is no cost to register. NCA proudly offers the IFFD as a benefit included with membership. However\, a limited number of non–NCA members may be considered if the need can be demonstrated. Please email Katherine S. Thweatt at katherine.thweatt@oswego.edu to inquire about being considered for registration without a membership and event information. \nThe application deadline is 11:59 p.m. PDT\, May 18.  \nThis year’s IFFD features the scholars and topics listed below: \n1. Robert T. Craig\, PhD (Scholar in Residence)\nPresentation Title: Communication Theory and the Art of Framing Problems \nRobert T. Craig is Professor Emeritus of Communication at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is a past President and an elected Fellow of the International Communication Association (ICA)\, and a Distinguished Scholar of the National Communication Association (NCA). He was founding editor of the ICA journal\, Communication Theory\, and is co-editor of the International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell\, 2016; second edition in progress). Working in the fields of communication theory and philosophy\, discourse analysis\, and argumentation\, Craig is best known for his research on the constitutive metamodel of communication theory\, the philosophy of communication as a practical discipline\, and studies of metadiscourse. His most recent book (co-authored with Karen Tracy) is Grounded Practical Theory: Investigating Communication Problems (Cognella\, 2021). He is currently researching arguments about communication in public discourse and working on a new book about metadiscourse and communication theory. He posts regularly on his blog\, {meta}discourses: communicating about communication in theory and practice (https://www.metadiscourses.com/). \n2. Molefi Kete Asante\, PhD\nPresentation Title:The Architecture of Intercultural Communication: Toward a Transformation of Race in Communication \nMolefi Kete Asante is an activist intellectual who is currently Professor in the Department of Africology at Temple University. He is also President\, Molefi Kete Asante Institute for Afrocentric Studies. Asante is a Guest Professor\, Zhejiang University\, Hangzhou\, China and Professor Extraordinarius at the University of South Africa. He was elected to the African Academy of Sciences in 2025. Asante has published 104 books\, among the most important are Being Human Being: Transforming the Race Paradigm\, Erasing Racism: The Survival of the American Nation\, The History of Africa; African Pyramids of Knowledge; Facing South: An African Orientation to Knowledge\, Intercultural and International Communication\, As I Run Toward Africa\, and Revolutionary Pedagogy. Asante has published more than 500 articles and is considered the most published African American scholar as well as one of the most distinguished authors in the African world. He has been recognized as one of the 10 most widely cited African scholars. Asante has been recognized as one of the most influential leaders in education. Asante received degrees at Southwestern Christian\, Oklahoma Christian\, and completed his M.A. at Pepperdine and received his Ph.D. from the University of California\, Los Angeles\, at the age of 26\, and was appointed a full professor at the age of 30 at the State University of New York at Buffalo. At Temple University he created the first Ph.D. Program in African American Studies in 1988. He has directed more than 140 Ph.D. dissertations in the fields of Communication\, Africology\, and African American Studies. He is the founder of the theory of Afrocentricity. Asante was born in Valdosta\, Georgia\, of Nubian Mehasi and Nigerian Yoruba heritage. He is one of sixteen children. He is married to Ana Yenenga\, a Costa Rican\, with Akan ancestry via Jamaica. He has three children\, Mario\, Eka\, and MK\, Jr. who was born in Zimbabwe. He is a poet\, novelist\, dramatist\, and a painter. His works on African language\, multiculturalism\, and human culture and philosophy have been cited and reviewed by journals such as the Africalogical Perspectives\, Quarterly Journal of Speech\, Journal of Black Studies\, Journal of Communication\, American Scholar\, Daedalus\, Western Journal of Black Studies\, and International Journal of Pan African Thought. The Utne Reader called him one of the “100 Leading Thinkers” in America. Asante has appeared on numerous television programs in Africa\, America\, and Europe. He is found on all social media. He has received many awards and honors for scholarship and political activism. He regularly consults with heads of state in Africa and has become one of the most sought-after lecturers on the United States of Africa. Dr. Asante is the founding editor of the Journal of Black Studies (1969) and was the President of the Civil Rights organization\, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee chapter at UCLA in the 1960’s. In 1995 he was made a traditional king\, Nana Okru Asante Peasah\, Kyidomhene of Tafo\, Akyem\, Ghana. He was made a Wanadu of the Court of Hassimi Maiga\, the Amiru of Songhay. Asante trained journalists in Zimbabwe immediately after the 2nd Chimurenga and was the mentor to the first group of liberated journalists from Zimbabwe Institute of Mass Communication. Asante is one of the major professional trainers of teachers. He holds honorary doctorates from several universities including\, Pepperdine University\, Witwatersrand University\, University of New Haven\, Sojourner Douglass\, Southwestern Christian\, and the University of South Africa. Asante was elected Fellow\, African Academy of Sciences and selected as one of the 250 Phenomenal Philadelphians in 2025. His website is: molefiketeasante.com. \n  \n3. Qingwen Dong\,Ph.D\nPresentation Title: Teaching with AI while Preserving Academic Standards \nQingwen Dong\, Ph.D.\, is Professor of Communication and Director of the Graduate Program at the University of the Pacific. With over three decades of teaching and leadership experience\, he specializes in intercultural communication\, research methods\, and media studies. In response to rapid technological transformation\, Dr. Dong is at the forefront of integrating Generative AI into Communication education. His work focuses on sustaining critical thinking\, writing competence\, and intercultural sensitivity in the age of AI. He develops innovative\, student-centered models that balance technological advancement with human-centered communication values. Through international collaborations and academic leadership\, he promotes responsible AI literacy and prepares students to navigate evolving communication landscapes with ethical awareness and analytical rigor \n  \n4. Aisha Durham\, Ph.D\nPresentation Title: Cultural Studies In/As Crisis \nAisha Durham (Ph.D\, University of Illinois) is a Professor of Communication and a Fulbright-Hays Fellow at the University of South Florida whose work examines media\, culture\, and everyday life through embodied\, experiential\, and evocative interpretive approaches. Her scholarship appears in the field-making anthology Home Girls Make Some Noise! and in her monograph\, Home with Hip Hop Feminism: Performances in Communication and Culture\, which received a National Communication Association (NCA) award. Durham is the inaugural recipient of the NCA Marsha Houston Award for outstanding research in African American feminist studies and a past recipient of the ISAN Ellis-Bochner Award in Autoethnography and Personal Narrative Research. She has served on editorial boards and as a guest editor for special issues on transnational feminism and transdisciplinary cultural studies\, and as an advisory board member for the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap and the National Women’s Studies Association. Committed to the democratization of knowledge\, Durham contributes to educational podcasts\, produces public scholarship\, delivers international talks\, and offers Black feminist cultural analysis for outlets including The Washington Post\, Ms.\, NPR\, ORF (Austria)\, Les Echos (France)\, and CNN. \n  \n5. Diane Keeling\, PhD\nPresentation Title: Unsettling Histories of Settler Colonialism in Rhetorics of Science\nDiane Marie Keeling\, PhD is Professor of Rhetoric in the Department of Communication at the University of San Diego. She studies rhetoric’s intellectual history\, rhetorics of science\, and intersectional feminisms\, with research published in outlets including Rhetoric Society Quarterly\, Quarterly Journal of Speech\, Environmental Communication\, POROI\, and eLife. Keeling’s students learn rhetorical skills in courses such as Rhetoric\, Critical Whiteness and Communication Practices\, Podcast Storytelling\, Gender Communication\, Advanced Public Speaking\, and Environmental Communication. She is a past president of the Organization for Feminist Research on Gender and Communication\, faculty producer of There’s More podcast and live storytelling\, and a board member of the Friends of International Friendship Park where she co-facilitates the creation of an International Friendship Park archive with the Museum of US. Keeling earned her PhD in Rhetoric from the University of Colorado-Boulder with certification in Women & Gender Studies. \n  \n6. Raka Shome\, PhD\nPresentation Title: Thinking from/of the ‘Global South’\nRaka Shome is Professor and Harron Family Endowed Chair in the department of Communication at Villanova University. She writes on postcolonial cultures\, transnational feminism\, nationalism and gender. Her current research interests are in Contemporary Hindu Nationalism; Epistemologies of the Global South\, Postcolonial Mediated Logics; and Gender and Nationalism. She has published numerous essays and journal articles in Cultural Studies and Communication Studies. She is the author of the widely reviewed Diana and Beyond: White Femininity\, National Identity\, and Contemporary Media Culture (University of Illinois Press\, 2014) that examines how new sets of postcolonial relations in contemporary North Atlantic western cultures were mediated through images of white femininity (especially privileged and celebrity white women) at the turn of millennium. Her most recent book is Cleansing the Nation: India\, The Hindu Modern and Mediations of Gender (Duke University Press 2025) that examines the entanglements of Hindu authoritarian nationalism\, gender\, class\, caste and religion. Professor Shome has delivered several keynotes\, endowed lectures\, and plenary talks in universities the US and internationally including Sweden\, Germany Australia\, Canada\, England\, Netherlands\, Singapore among others. In 2021 she was selected as a Distinguished Scholar by National Communication Association; and in that same year\, was elected and inducted as a Fellow of International Communication Association. Professor Shome has won several research awards in the Communication field. A few worth mentioning are the Douglas Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar from National Communication Association\, NCA\, Charles Woolbert Award by NCA\, given to an article that has stood the test of time—Distinguished Scholar Award from Rhetoric and Communication Theory Division of NCA\, Distinguished Scholar Award from the Critical and Cultural Studies Division of NCA; The Global Communication Award from NCA\, the IDEA (Inclusion\, Diversity\, Equity and Access) Award for Scholarship from National Communication Association. \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Convention Registration and Housing Open
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SUMMARY:NCA 112 Annual Convention
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