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NCA Scholars' Office Hours (2023)

  


NCA Scholars' Office Hours (2023)

All attendees are invited to NCA Scholars' Office Hours on Friday, Nov. 17, from 2 to 3:15 p.m. at the Gaylord National Harbor Convention Center.

This annual session provides seasoned scholars, junior scholars, and graduate students the opportunity to network and connect with each other in an informal and interactive atmosphere focused on mentorship. Participants can also meet the current NCA journal editors at the session.

Keeping with the convention’s theme – “Freedom” – this year’s Scholars’ Office Hours expands what it means to be a “senior” scholar in the field of Communication. Participants can expect to meet and speak with scholars who are well-published and advanced in their careers. 

At the same time, the session will center scholars who advance community-engaged scholarship, activism, and other non-traditional communication work. We are thinking specifically of scholars who “free up” or open the discipline to new ways of thinking and doing communication work, thereby pushing the discipline forward in transformative ways.

We have assembled an eclectic and diverse group of scholars who cut across multiple areas of the field. To see the full list of participating senior scholars, visit NCA Convention Central. 

If you are a graduate student, new tenure track faculty member or adjunct faculty member, you are especially encouraged to attend! We are particularly excited to welcome Black, Indigenous, and early career scholars of color, LGBTQI scholars, and scholars negotiating different abilities working at diverse intersections.

If you have any questions about the program, please feel free to reach out to co-planners Mohan Dutta and Rebecca de Souza. We are excited for you to join us and start networking!

Mohan Dutta, Scholars' Office Hours Co-planner, University of New Zealand

Rebecca de Souza, Scholars' Office Hours Co-planner, San Diego State University

Participating Scholars (From Convention Program)

Damariyé L. Smith, San Diego State University  - Contact Me
Yea-Wen Chen, San Diego State University  - Contact Me
Devika Chawla, Ohio University  - Contact Me
Andrew Carter, San Jose State University  - Contact Me
Patrice M. Buzzanell, University of South Florida  - Contact Me
Ashley Noel Mack, Louisiana State University  - Contact Me
Angela Cooke-Jackson, California State University Los Angeles  - Contact Me
Leandra Hinojosa Hernandez, University of Utah  - Contact Me
Diana I. Martínez, Pepperdine University  - Contact Me
Lisa K. Hanasono, Bowling Green State University  - Contact Me
Jasmine T. Austin, Texas State University  - Contact Me
Debbie S. Dougherty, University of Missouri  - Contact Me
Dawn O Braithwaite, University of Nebraska-Lincoln  - Contact Me
Ryan Neville-Shepard, University of Arkansas  - Contact Me
Sarah Jane Tracy, Arizona State University  - Contact Me
Ronald L Jackson II, University of Cincinnati  - Contact Me
Shiv Ganesh, University of Texas, Austin  - Contact Me
Louisa Ha, Bowling Green State University  - Contact Me
Anjali Vats, University of Pittsburgh  - Contact Me
Michael Lechuga, University of New Mexico  - Contact Me
Tina M. Harris, Louisiana State University  - Contact Me
Jody Koenig Kellas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln  - Contact Me
Bernadette Marie Calafell, Gonzaga University  - Contact Me
Steven R. Wilson, University of South Florida  - Contact Me
Joshua Trey Barnett, Pennsylvania State University  - Contact Me
Damion M. Waymer, University of Alabama  - Contact Me
Lisa A. Flores, Pennsylvania State University  - Contact Me
Lisa M. Corrigan, University of Arkansas  - Contact Me
Walid Afifi, University of California, Santa Barbara  - Contact Me
Jenna N. Hanchey, Arizona State University  - Contact Me
Nathan A. Crick, Texas A&M University  - Contact Me
Keri K. Stephens, University of Texas, Austin  - Contact Me
Y. Connie Yuan, Cornell University  - Contact Me
Ahmet Atay, College of Wooster  - Contact Me
Raquel Moreira, Southwestern University  - Contact Me
Angharad N. Valdivia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  - Contact Me
Angela Gist-Mackey, University of Kansas  - Contact Me
Lore/tta LeMaster, Arizona State University  - Contact Me
Radhika Gajjala, Bowling Green State University  - Contact Me
Shinsuke Eguchi, University of New Mexico  - Contact Me
Bryan J. McCann, Louisiana State University  - Contact Me
Stacey L. Connaughton, Purdue University  - Contact Me
Robert Mejia, A New Way of Life Reentry Project  - Contact Me
Shaunak Sastry, University of Cincinnati  - Contact Me
Ahlam H Muhtaseb, California State University San Bernardino  - Contact Me
Iccha Basnyat, George Mason University  - Contact Me
Anne Nicotera, George Mason University  - Contact Me
Amber Kelsie, University of Colorado Boulder  - Contact Me
Robin M. Boylorn, University of Alabama  - Contact Me
Marina Levina, University of Memphis  - Contact Me
Billie Murray, Villanova University  - Contact Me
Armond R. Towns, Carleton University  - Contact Me
Joseph Mazer, University of Tennessee  - Contact Me
Charles Kyle Rudick, University of Northern Iowa  - Contact Me
Srividya Ramasubramanian, Syracuse University  - Contact Me
Brandi Lawless, University of San Francisco  - Contact Me
Kimberly R. Moffitt, University of Maryland, Baltimore County  - Contact Me
Rachel Alicia Griffin, University of Utah  - Contact Me
Mohan J. Dutta, University of New Zealand  - Contact Me
Heather Zoller, University of Cincinnati  - Contact Me
Mahuya Pal, University of South Florida  - Contact Me
Stacey Sowards, University of Texas, Austin  - Contact Me
Stephen Michael Croucher, Massey University  - Contact Me
Jake Simmons, Missouri State University  - Contact Me
Kimberlee Pérez, University of Massachusetts, Amherst  - Contact Me
Dustin B. Goltz, DePaul University  - Contact Me
Amanda Martinez, Davidson College  - Contact Me
Marissa Joanna Doshi, Hope College  - Contact Me
Jamie McDonald, University of Texas, San Antonio  - Contact Me
Shavonne Shorter, University of Mary Washington  - Contact Me
Lisa Calvente, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill  - Contact Me
Jimmie Manning, University of Nevada, Reno  - Contact Me
Jordan Soliz, University of Nebraska-Lincoln  - Contact Me
Aisha Durham, University of South Florida  - Contact Me
Marianne LeGreco, University of North Carolina, Greensboro  - Contact Me
Lynn M. Harter, Ohio University  - Contact Me
Sarah E. Dempsey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill  - Contact Me
Manoucheka Celeste, University of Illinois at Chicago  - Contact Me
Santhosh Chandrashekar, University of Denver  - Contact Me
Terrie Siang-Ting Wong, Penn State University, Brandywine  - Contact Me
Travis L. Dixon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  - Contact Me
Noor Ghazal Aswad, University of Alabama  - Contact Me
James Olufowote, University of Oklahoma  - Contact Me
Thomas K. Nakayama, Northeastern University  - Contact Me
Pavitra Kavya, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona  - Contact Me

 

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