Communication Faculty and Students to Present at 2023 NCA Conference in National Harbor
Faculty members and students in the Department of Communication will present scholarly papers at the 2023 conference of the National Communication Association (NCA) held November 16-19 in National Harbor, Maryland.
The NCA is one of the leading associations in the communication discipline. The 109th annual conference will center around the theme, “Freedom.”
Communication reflects the state of freedom in individuals and societies. It is also a tool that we use to exercise and advance freedom. It is fundamental to the functioning of democratic systems and the promotion of human rights. Researchers around the world will gather and explore the meaning of freedom as practiced through communication.
Communication faculty and students will present a wide range of scholarly research topics, including but not limited to, social support, cultural competence, work-life balance, career socialization, workplace marginalization, and mental health among migrants.
“We are thrilled to have our Department represented at the NCA conference," said Masahiro Yamamoto, Chair of the Department of Communication. "Our faculty and students are deeply engaged in tackling pressing social challenges. We are committed to generating knowledge based on evidence and leveraging communication to provide solutions for real-world issues. A special shoutout to Dr. Patricia Gettings for receiving a top paper award in the Communication and Aging Divisions."
The mission of the NCA is to advance Communication as the discipline that examine all facets of communication through diverse scholarly approaches. The NCA has a long and rich history of representing the needs and interests of communication scholars, researchers, and professionals.
Below are the papers that will be presented at the conference (Department faculty and student names are in bold):
NCA Paper Presentations
Activism and Social Justice Division
Panel Session – “ “Othered” Immigrants Seeking Freedom: Implications for Well-Being, Advocacy, and Counter-Narratives,” Rukhsana Ahmed
American Studies Division
“Sampling Food and Critiquing the Country: Taste the Nation’s Unique Approach to Food Travelogue Programming,” Diana Willis (Ph.D. student)
Applied Communication Division
“Career Information for Women and First-Generation College Students: Where do these groups look for information and what information is still needed?” Kenneth Levine and Melinda Aley
“Changing careers during the pandemic: The experience of re-careering during COVID-19,” Patricia Gettings
“Media & Mental Health Interventions among Migrants: Addressing the Disparities,” Rukhsana Ahmed and Seulgi Park (Ph.D. student)
“What Children Learned about Work during the COVID-19 Lockdown,” Kenneth Levine and Melinda Aley
Communication and Aging Division
“Negotiating the Work-Life Interface: The Roles of Attitudes toward Aging and Perceived Spousal Social Support,” Patricia Gettings and Jenna McNallie (Top Paper)
Health Communication Division
“A Co-cultural Theory Approach to Connecting Women’s Experiences of Marginalization in Male-Dominated Workplaces to Health and Well-being,” Patricia Gettings and Elizabeth Dorrance Hall
“COVID-19 vaccine information seeking among Black women ages 18 to 44 in New York State,” Jennifer Manganello (School of Public Health), Nerissa George (School of Public Health), Kayla Giglia (School of Public health), Archana Krishnan, Jazmin High (Department of Anthropology), and Simone Reynolds
Human Communication and Technology Division
“Adapting and Explicating Signaling Theory to Examine Digital Communication: A Comprehensive Theoretical Assessment,” Victoria Barbeisch (Ph.D. student) and Archana Krishnan
Scholar-to-Scholar
“Increasing Career Confidence of Emerging Adults: Assessing the Influence of Vocational Anticipatory Socialization and Work Ethics,” Melinda Aley and Kenneth Levine
“The Role of Cultural Competence in Health Care to Improve Communication Between Immigrant Patients and Healthcare Providers in Ottawa, Canada,” Idris Alghazali and Rukhsana Ahmed
Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide
“Communicating Social Support Messages about COVID-19 Vaccine: The Use of Instagram by Immigrant Serving Organizations,” Rukhsana Ahmed, Seulgi Park (Ph.D. student), Xuewei Zhang (Ph.D. student), and Alice Fleerackers
“Drawing a Blueprint for Our Future Healthcare System with Humanoid Robot Doctors for Immigrant Muslim Women,” Do Kyun David Kim and Rukhsana Ahmed