Faculty and Doctoral Students Attend NCA Conference in New Orleans – College of Communication & Information Sciences

College of Communication & Information Sciences

On November 21-24, 57 faculty and doctoral students attended the 110^th Annual National Communication Association (NCA) Conference in New Orleans, LA. This year’s theme, “Communication for Greater Regard,” featured over 1,000 presentations and panels highlighting the latest trends, innovations and best practices in the communication fields.

Highlights of the conference included an opening session, titled Greater Regard for Acadmic Freedom, led by various faculty and communicators; the Caroll C. Arnold Distinguished Lecture, led by Carolyn Calloway-Thomas, Ph.D., from Indiana University; and a presidential address from Marnel Niles Goins, PhD., from American University.

Beyond presentations, assistant professor Noor Ghazal Aswad, Ph.D., was presented with the Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award she received in September.

[The Karl R. Wallace Award] signifies something far greater than just a career milestone – the discipline’s recognition of rhetoric as not just a means of critique, but as a vital tool for building transnational solidarity, for fostering decoloniality, and for advancing justice.

I am deeply grateful to be part of that change and hope more spaces open for scholars from all walks of life who have so much to contribute to the field, and more importantly, our broader culture.

Noor Ghazal Aswad, Ph.D.

You may read more on Aswad’s recent NCA accomplishments here.

Here is the full list of C&IS faculty, staff, students and alumni that attended this year’s conference:

Faculty

Meredith M. Bagley
Andrew C. Billings
Anneliese Bolland
Courtney D. Boman
Robin Boylorn
Rebecca Britt
Adam J. Brooks
Kenon Brown
George L. Daniels
James Dubuisson

Ashley P. Ferrell
Noor Ghazal Aswad
Karla Gower
Darrin J. Griffin
Brandon Harris
Heather Ashley Hayes
Kim Jihoon
Shaheen Kanthawala
Eyun-Jung Ki
Leah E. LeFebvre

Laura Lemon
Jessica Maddox
Mary Meares
Brenton Mitchell
Jessy Ohl
Caroline S. Parsons
Cynthia Peacock
Joshua Pederson
Jack Lipei Tang
Matthew VanDyke
Mizuki H. Wyant

Students

Emily Adcock
Bahareh Amini
Theophilus Tetteh Aperkor
Claudia Bernadette Bawole
Ananya Raka Chakraborty
Suyu Chou
Fredrick Daoyenike
Feiyun Deng
Jake Garlock
Md Munjurul Haque

Joseph Eric Honeycutt
Miaohong Huang
Kaitlyn Johns
Jeffrey Jones
Gustavo Lanz
Jade Larson
Edwin S. Lee
Max Lowery
Kaylyn Mary Madahbee
Sai Datta Mikkilineni

Jessica Payne
Gourav Rath
Jeremy D. Rogerson
Samaneh Shirani Lapari
Lainey Sudall
Shah Jahan Shuvo
Lavia Walker

Alumni

Natalie R. Hedberg
Nana Afia Tenkoramaa

Staff

Elisabetta Zengaro

Founded in 1914, NCA supports excellence in communication-related scholarship, pedagogy and service and maintains ethical standards for research, teaching and service. The organization publishes 12 academic journals that provide the latest communication research and showcase diverse perspectives on scholarly topics.

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The College of Communication & Information Sciences, with a total enrollment of more than 3,400 students, was founded at The University of Alabama in 1973. Among three academic departments and one school, the College offers five bachelor’s, five master’s and one multidisciplinary doctoral program designed to hone students’ knowledge and skills within the communication and information sciences.

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