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NCA 1 0 0 T H A N N U A L C O N V E N T I O N
JULY 20TH 2014 NEWSLETTER
INSIDE THI S IS SUE:
Welcome to Summer 2014 Newsletter by Jennifer Willis-Rivera……………….………….…...... 2
Registration Information for NCA Chicago 2014………………………………………………….. 2
Message from the Chair Yoshitaka Miike....…………………………………………………......... 3-4
Unit Planner’s Report by Vice Chair Amy N. Heuman….......………………………………..….. 4-6
IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar Finalists - Bob Shuter.………………….….……...…. 6
Intercultural Connections, LLC. . …………………………………………………………………. 7
IICD Officers 2014…..…………………………………………………...……………………….…. 7
Call for Newsletter Information – September Issue………………………………..……………… 8
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WELCOME TO OUR SUMMER E-NEWSLETTER!
In this issue, we include information about our upcoming convention in
Chicago., the slate for candidates for IICD, and scholarly opportunities. Is there
anything you would like to have included in subsequent newsletters? Do you
know of anyone who did not receive his or her newsletter? Any feedback you
have may be directed to the newsletter editor: Jennifer Willis-Rivera,
Publications Chair (jennifer.willis-rivera@uwrf.edu)
R E G I S T R A T I O N I N F O RMA T I O N
Online and mail/fax registration is open. Please review the information below.
Registration Fees
Convention Registration Type
Early Bird
Registration
Registration with payment must be received by Friday,September 12.
NCA Regular/Patron Member
Rate** $150 $195 $240
NCA Student Member Rate** $75 $115 $160
Non-Member Rate $350 $400 $450
Life/Emeritus Member $0 $0 $0
*To qualify for the member registration rate, your membership must be current past December 2014
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR, YOSHITAKA MIIKE
NCA Chicago 2014: Reaffirmation and Renewal
I hope you are having an enjoyable summer. There is an old Chinese saying that
“it takes ten years to cultivate trees but 100 years to cultivate people” (十年树木
百年树人). Explicit and implicit in this saying is that, if we want to invent our
future, we should definitely invest our time and effort in people. We may be
products of the seventeen NCA founders who demonstrated their solidarity 100 years ago, and we
may be partially responsible for shaping the intercultural hearts and international minds of NCA
newcomers 100 years later. In any case, we will stand at the crossroads of the past and the future in
the 100th Annual Convention in Chicago on November 20-23.
According to the Kemetic and Yoruba sacred texts, the ultimate value of knowledge lies in
its role in “bringing and increasing good to the world,” “making the world more beautiful and
beneficial than we inherited,” and “realizing our humanity in its fullest and most flourishing
forms.” Both The Husia and Odu Ifa teach us that it is our ethical obligation to be in constant
search of such “active knowledge” (Maulana Karenga, Black Studies Journal, Vol. 3, 2000/2001,
p. 69). Let us approach our upcoming annual meeting in this spirit of reaffirmation and renewal
and look backward and forward to international and intercultural communication in the global
community.
As an experienced and exceptional program planner, Dr. Amy N. Heuman (Texas Tech
University) did a terrific job. She put together an exciting line-up of paper and panel-discussion
sessions for us. She really deserves special acknowledgment as it would not be easy for anyone to
be in her role in the centennial year of the NCA. We all owe a debt of gratitude to her for her
tireless and dedicated work. A glance at the IICD programs for the NCA 2014 Conference reveals
a wide coverage of topics featuring our theoretical and methodological diversity: adaptation,
citizenship, cosmopolitanism, cultural communication, development, identity, immigration,
intercultural dialogue, intercultural pedagogy, new media, NGOs, postcoloniality, prejudice,
transnational communication, racism, and social change (please see Amy’s Vice Chair’s report).
For the last few years, Dr. Robert Shuter (Marquette University/Arizona State University)
has worked so hard to plan and organize our division’s first Honors Graduate Student Seminar.
Our many, many thanks go to him. The seminar will highlight research presentations of promising
emerging scholars on intercultural communication and new media with established scholars in the
field as respondents. The two sessions for the seminar (Palmer House Hilton, Crystal, 3rd Floor)
are scheduled from 2:00 to 4:45 pm on November 22 on Saturday (please see Bob’s New
Initiatives/Past Chair’s report).
I had the pleasure of working with wonderful IICD Nominating Committee members. I
would like to thank Dr. Ioana Cionea (University of Oklahoma), Dr. Hairong Feng (University of
Minnesota at Duluth), and Dr. Sachi Sekimoto (Minnesota State University at Mankato) for
generating nominations and developing a slate of candidates for election consideration. I am also
grateful to Dr. S. Lily Mendoza (Oakland University), Immediate Past Chair, who guided me
through and gave me sound advice and helpful suggestions. We have excellent candidates for the
Vice Chair-Elect position, the Secretary position, and the 2015 Nominating Committee (three
members to be filled). Their bios will appear in the next issue of the Newsletter. So stay tuned!
And please join us at the IICD Business Meeting (November 21, Friday, 12:30 pm-1:45 pm,
Palmer House Hilton, Crystal 3rd Floor).
Finally, we wish to extend our sincere and heartfelt appreciation to all of you who
submitted your paper and/or panel proposals and to all the reviewers who voluntarily and
generously devoted their time and expertise for this year. Thank you and see you all in Chicago!
Unit Planner’s Report: IICD/NCA 2014
From Amy N. Heuman
Unit Planner/Vice Chair
Hello all! We have an exciting IICD Conference programmed for the 100th
Anniversary of NCA. I hope that you will be joining us for this special
convention in Chicago.
The 100th Convention Line-Up:
The IICD was allotted 31 slots for the 100th Annual Convention in Chicago. Thank you to Dr.
Carole Blair, NCA First Vice President, for providing us with two additional slots upon our request
to assist us in programming the IICD Graduate Student Honors Seminar. As a result, we were
provided with 33 total slots. We received a total of 159 submissions (127 individual papers, 12
pre-constituted paper sessions, and 20 panel discussion sessions) this year. Our division accepted
66 individual papers, 6 pre-constituted paper sessions, and 11 panel discussion sessions.
Additionally, 12 individual papers were accepted by the Scholar-to-Scholar competition, and one
individual paper was accepted by the Latino/a Communication Studies Division. Five of the 33
IICD slots were allotted to the division’s business meeting, Top Faculty Papers panel, Top Student
Papers panel, and two slots were devoted to the IICD Graduate Student Honors Seminar. The
Graduate Student Honors Seminar is a newly developed initiative for the IICD and focuses on the
intersections of intercultural communication and new media. Please see Dr. Robert Shuter’s report
on this addition to our IICD programming.
IICD Top Paper Awards:
The 2014 Top Paper Award recipients are as follows. Congratulations!
Top Four Faculty Papers:
“Countering Cultural Myths of Soldier Heroes and the Great Patriotic War: Anna Politkovskaya’s
Chechen War Reporting,” Susan Novak (SUNY, Potsdam)
“Advancing a Theory of Cross-Cultural Adaptation: A Proposal of a New Construct for
Specification of Levels and Measurements in the Model,” Sun Kyong Lee (University of
Oklahoma)
“Moving beyond the Anthropos and Reclaiming the Geo in Intercultural Communication,”
Jieyoung Kong (Western Kentucky University)
“Language & Identity in the U.S. & Taiwan: Negotiating Language, Power, and Differential
Belonging,” Melissa L. Curtin (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Top Four Student Papers:
“Playing with Empowerment: International Development and Mobile Phone Games,” Jolene
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Fisher (University of Oregon)
“Disrupting Dualities: Opening Opportunities for Multiplicity What Intercultural Communication
Scholars Can Do to Create Spaces of Resistance,” Rebecca Friedberg (San Jose State University)
“Intercontextuality and Human Rights Discourse: Edward Snowden in Hong Kong and the Local
Deployment of Human Rights Tropes,” Shui-yin Yam and Ling Yang University of Wisconsin,
Madison)
“Pen Pals and Messenger Dolls: Intercultural Media Exchange in a Historical and Materialist
Perspective,” Katie Day Good (Northwestern University)
Special Appreciation:
Thank you to Dr. Yoshitaka Miike (Chair), Dr. S. Lily Mendoza (Immediate Past Chair), Dr. Mary
Jiang Bresnahan (Past Chair), and former officers Dr. Alberto González and Dr. Robert Shuter for
always being an email or phone call away with sage advice throughout the planning process. I was
fortunate to have these folks to seek out with conference planning questions. I am also appreciative
to Ms. Michelle Randall, NCA Director of Convention & Meetings and Ms. Kristin Sommers,
NCA Meetings Associate for their prompt responses to unanticipated technical and logistical
challenges thereby ensuring that the IICD programming was a success. Thank you to Dr. Carole
Blair, NCA First Vice President for all of her support of and contributions to our IICD
programming. Lastly, I am deeply indebted to our colleagues who gave hours of their time to serve
as IICD Reviewers. Without you, our programming and conference advancements in the field
would not be possible!! Many thanks!
The Review Process:
A group of 41 generous colleagues voluntarily contributed their time and expertise by completing
7-11 review assignments (in most cases), which were assigned according to philosophical and
methodological expertise. All the IICD submissions were evaluated by at least two reviewers. In
accordance with the IICD bylaw, all the reviewers held doctorates. Thank you to each reviewer for
the careful reading and thoughtful feedback that they provided to me and to the authors of each
submission! IICD Reviewers for the 2014 Conference:
Mary Grace Antony (Schreiner University)
Ahmet Atay (College of Wooster)
Soumia Bardhan (Pennsylvania State University)
Ramune Braziunaite (Bowling Green State University
Mary Bresnahan (Michigan State University)
Rosalinda Cantú (South Texas College)
Yea-Wen Chen (Ohio University)
Hsin-I Cheng (Santa Clara University)
Ioana Cionea (University of Oklahoma)
Sara DeTurk (University of Texas at San Antonio)
M. Laurie Diles (Harding University)
Randy Dillon (Missouri State University)
Lynda Dee Dixon (Bowling Green State University)
Jolanta Drzewiecka (Washington State University)
Juana Du (Royal Roads University)
Jerry Feezel (Kent State University)
Hairong Feng (University of Minnesota, Duluth)
Radhika Gajjala (Bowling Green State University)
Alberto González (Bowling Green State University)
Tina Harris (University of Georgia)
Ako Inuzuka (University of Pennsylvania at
Johnstown)
Etsuko Kinefuchi (University of North Carolina at
Greensboro)
Jieyoung Kong (Western Kentucky University)
Anastacia Kurylo (Fortified Communication)
Brandi J. Lawless (University of San Francisco)
Seungcheol Lee (Northern Kentucky University)
Lara Lengel (Bowling Green State University)
Meina Liu (George Washington University)
Mark P. Orbe (Western Michigan University)
Kelly McKay-Semmler (University of South Dakota)
Dreama Moon (California State University at San
Marcos)
Anjana Mudambi (Randolph-Macon College)
Eddah Mutua-Kombo (St. Cloud State University)
Jennifer Willis-Rivera (U. of Wisconsin River Falls)
Kathleen Glenister Roberts (Duquesne University)
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Elizabeth Root (Oregon State University)
Jake Simmons (Angelo State University)
Sachi Sekimoto (Minnesota State University,
Mankato)
Ping Yang (Denison University)
Wenli Yuan (Kean University)
Yunying Zhang (Austin Peay State University)
Once again, my heartfelt thanks and appreciation goes out to each the reviewers listed above for
their dedication to the field of international and intercultural communication and for their excellent
service to the NCA IICD.
A Caveat About Conference Programming and Hotel Accommodations:
You will notice in the NCA 100th Anniversary Convention Program that the vast majority of our
IICD programming , business meeting, and IICD Graduate Student Honors Seminar will take place
in the Palmer House Hilton. This should provide more convenience for us as we make our way to
and from sessions. Additionally, you may want to make note of this as you secure your hotel
accommodations.
IICD HONORS GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR AND IICD NCA
RECEPTION
From Bob Shuter,
Coordinator, New Initiatives IICD
The IICD will host its first Honors Graduate Student Seminar at the 2014 NCA
Conference in Chicago. Sponsored by IICD and Sage Publications, the seminar,
which focuses on intercultural communication and new media, will feature the
research of 6 graduate students who were selected after all submitted manuscripts
were blind reviewed by seminar top scholars. Competition was keen with a seminar acceptance
rate of 30%.
The IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar will take place on Saturday, November 22, 2-5pm in
the Crystal Room at the Palmer House. The seminar is open to the public; please attend! The
seminar will be followed by the annual IICD reception; complimentary wine and snacks will be
served. The reception will also be held in the Crystal Room at the Palmer House, 6:30-8pm.
Please mark your calendars for both events!
The finalists for the IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar are:
1. Yashu Chen, Self Disclosure Patterns Among Chinese at Social Networking Sites (SNS) versus in Face-to-
Face (FtF) Communication. Arizona State University, Hugh Downs School of Communication.
Yashu.chen@ASU.edu
2. Maria Lewis, “You’d Better Go to School LOL!” Expanding the Communication Theory of Identity in the
Era of Social Network Sites. University of Denver, Department of Media, Film, and Journalism Studies and
the Josef Korbel School of International Studies. Maria.lewis@du.edu
3. Jeanette B. Ruiz, Who Owns the International Internet Networks? University of California, Davis.
Department of Communication. jbruiz@ucdavis.edu
4. Jennifer L. Seifert, A Culture of Survivors: SlutWalk, Third Culture, and New Media Communication. Ohio
University, School of Communication. Jb336103@ohio.edu
5. Bingjuan Xiong, Tell China’s Story Well? Cultural Framing and On-line Contestation. University of
Colorado, Boulder, Department of Communication. Bingjuan.xiong@colorado.edu
6. Fan Zhang, Remaking Ancient Virtues for the Virtual World: A Case Study of the “Voice of Longquin.”
Bowling Green State University, School of Media and Communication. fanz@bgsu.edu
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Submitted Item - Intercultural Connections LLC
As an interculturalist and scholar, I have come to realize that academics developing intercultural
theories in the academy are often not in close contact with intercultural practitioners working
outside of the University system. I am attempting to address this issue of silos by creating an
organization that is designed to provide connections between intercultural academics and their
counterparts on the ground, in the direction of research partnerships, professional development,
service learning, and resource sharing.
Intercultural Connections LLC is an organization dedicated to providing creative, pragmatic and
mutually beneficial connections between intercultural scholars and practitioners. The organization
is here to provide services designed to break interculturalists of all types out of their professional
(and potentially national, ethnic, academic, etc.) silos and get them communicating with one
another to share ideas, benefit the growth of intercultural theory, help transform theory into
practice, and create pathways between groups of people doing similar work who do not presently
communicate with one another. The aim is to become an important resource used by universities
and their personnel to move theory development beyond the academy as well as to help non-profits
and community-based organizations that need assistance in intercultural communication, but
currently don’t have access to such information at reasonable prices. Intercultural Connections
LLC will provide you with the opportunity to bridge theory and practice so that intercultural
communication as a whole can reap the benefits. If you’re interested in learning more, joining me
on my journey, or taking part in any way, please feel free to contact me directly at
interculturalconnections1@gmail.com. You can also visit our website at
www.interculturalconnection.com, and follow us on Twitter at @mimtercultural. Thank you so
much for your support.
Miriam Sobre-Denton
IICD OFFICERS 2014…
Executive Committee
Chair: Yoshitaka Miike (ymiike@hawaii.edu)
Vice Chair: Amy N. Heuman (a.heuman@ttu.edu)
Vice Chair Elect: Sara DeTurk (Sara.DeTurk@utsa.edu)
Secretary: Ahmet Atay (aatay@wooster.edu)
Publications Chair: Jennifer Willis-Rivera (jennifer.willis-rivera@uwrf.edu)
New initiatives: Robert Shuter (shuter@execpc.com)
Immediate Past Chair: S. Lily Mendoza (Mendoza@oakland.edu)
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THE NEXT NEWSLETTER. . .
The next edition of the newsletter will arrive in September. If you have any notices,
announcements, or other information that should go in the newsletter, please email your
information to the Publications Chair: Jennifer Willis-Rivera at jennifer.willis-rivera@uwrf.edu.
Have a great summer!!
