Over 40 SC&I faculty members in the departments of Communication, Journalism and Media Studies, and Library and Information Science and students in the Ph.D. Program in Communication, Information, and Media are participating in the 73rd Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference as session chairs, discussants, and participants. The conference is scheduled from May 25–29 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On Friday, May 26, SC&I is hosting a reception from 5:30–7:30 p.m. at Hotel Ochoa,195 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON. To view a listing of SC&I faculty presentations, please see the Rutgers ICA schedule. 

The International Communication Association has over 4,000 members globally and aims to advance the scholarly study of human communication by encouraging and facility in excellence in academic research worldwide. According to the ICA Conference website, the theme, “Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication,” invites communication scholars to examine how authenticity has become a variable, rather than a constant, in public discourses and popular culture across the globe, and with what relational, social, political, and cultural implications.

SC&I conference participants include doctoral student Rachel Acosta; Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science Tawfiq Ammari; doctoral student Jorlanditha Austin; doctoral student Bahareh Badiei; doctoral student Elizabeth (Liesl) Broadbridge; Professor of Communication Marya L. Doerfel; Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Lauren Feldman; Assistant Professor of Communication J. Sophia Fu; Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science Kiran Garimella; Professor of Communication Kathryn Greene; doctoral student Salvador Guzman; Assistant Professor of Communication Shawnika J. Hull; doctoral student Arpita Jindani; doctoral student Hannah Jones; Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Amy Jordan; Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Susan Keith; doctoral student Minkyung Kim; Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Youngrim Kim, recipient of the ICA Global Communication & Social Change division dissertation award; Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Deepa Kumar; doctoral student Melanie Kwestel; Associate Professor of Communication Jeffrey Lane; doctoral student Lauren Lee; SC&I Interim Dean and Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Dafna Lemish; Associate Professor of Communication Matthew Matsaganis; doctoral student Haley Nolan-Cody; Associate Professor of Communication Katherine (Katya) Ognyanova; Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science Britt Paris; doctoral student Katherine (Katie) Prendella; doctoral student Justine Quow; doctoral student Casey Randazzo; Associate Professor of Communication Kristina Scharp; Professor of Communication Jennifer Theiss; Associate Professor of Communication Maria Venetis; doctoral student Alyvia Walters; doctoral student Luxuan Wang; Associate Professor of Communication Matthew Weber; Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Todd Wolfson; Assistant Professor of Communication Dajung (DJ) Woo; doctoral student Yingchun Xu; and Professor of Communication Itzhak Yanovitzky.

Image credit:  ICA Conference website