July 7, 2022
In the May 2022 Communication Matters podcast episode, Colorado State University Communication Professor and outgoing Quarterly Journal of Speech Editor Karrin Vasby Anderson joined podcast host and NCA Executive Director Shari Miles-Cohen to answer common questions related to successfully preparing and submitting journal manuscripts. The conversation touched on how to write and edit manuscripts to meet the highest standards, how to choose an appropriate journal for your work, and how to handle feedback during the peer review process. Listen to the full episode below!
The June 2022 episode of Communication Matters focused on pursuing alt-ac careers and supporting graduate students who are pursuing nonacademic career paths. The episode featured guests Shantel Martinez (University of Colorado Boulder), Sarah J. Tracy (Arizona State University), and Marco Dehnert (Arizona State University).
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In the March 2022 Communication Matters podcast episode, Diane Forbes Berthoud, Chief Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer and Vice President at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, joined NCA Executive Director and new podcast host Shari Miles-Cohen to discuss the connections between the disciplines of Communication and Psychology. Listen to the...
On September 23, NCA First Vice President Roseann Mandziuk (Texas State University) joined the podcast to discuss the upcoming NCA 107th Annual Convention, including anti-discrimination initiatives and panels, concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, opportunities to learn about alt-ac careers at the convention, and much more! If you’re planning to...
On August 19, Communication scholars Jim Cherney (University of Nevada, Reno), Janell Johnson (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Nathan Stewart (Lakeland University in Wisconsin), and Sophia Maier (Penn State University) addressed Communication research related to ableism and disabilities, as well as some best practices for classroom and campus accessibility and inclusion....
In the most recent episode of Communication Matters, University of Pennsylvania Professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Research Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center Daniel Romer discussed how media use has influenced beliefs in COVID-19 conspiracy theories, including how social media sites have responded to conspiracy theories, how conservative media...
Recent episodes of Communication Matters: The NCA Podcast addressed anti-Asian racism, holiday celebrations, and more. On May 6, Communication Professors Zhuo Ban (University of Cincinnati), Richie Hao (Antelope Valley College), and Ali Na (Queen’s University) joined the podcast to discuss anti-Asian hate speech and discrimination, including the rise in violence...
Recent episodes of Communication Matters: The NCA Podcast highlighted a variety of timely issues, including communication apprehension, how COVID-19 has impacted the regional associations, and the state of Ph.D. programs generally and within the Communication discipline. Four Communication professors joined the podcast to discuss communication apprehension on March 11. Karen...
The February episodes of Communication Matters: The NCA Podcast highlighted a variety of timely issues, including Afrofuturism and relationships amidst COVID-19. Reynaldo Anderson (Harris-Stowe State University) and Lonny J. Avi Brooks (California State University East Bay) joined the podcast on February 11 to discuss topics related to Afrofuturism, including definitions of...
The latest episodes of Communication Matters: The NCA Podcast highlighted issues related to rhetoric and political communication. On January 14, the principal investigators of the Virtual Martin Luther King, Jr. Project (vMLK) at North Carolina State University joined Communication Matters to discuss their project, which recreates one of Dr. King’s...
On October 29, NCA First Vice President David T. McMahan joined the podcast to discuss some highlights of the then-upcoming NCA 106th Annual Convention, including the Carroll C. Arnold Distinguished Lecture and the Presidential Address and Awards. Registered convention attendees can access recorded convention sessions by logging in to NCA...