COMM@SJSU at NCA Conference / COMM@SJSU

From November 14 to 18, members from our communication studies department participated in the National Communication Association’s 98^th annual convention celebrated in Orlando, Florida. In these conferences, faculty and students share their latest research with colleagues from other institutions and also learn about the most current developments in our field. Through the interactions with colleagues from other academic institutions, faculty members also exchange best practices and activities to share this knowledge with students.

Attendants to these conventions not only present their research, but may also volunteer either as respondents that provide feedback to presenters, or serve as panel chairs charged with coordinating a panel. Our department’s diversity is reflected in the different panels and roles in which our members participated. The list of our COMM department members participating at NCA is detailed below, along with links to their participation:

Deanna Fassett

Presenter:

Big Questions and Big Opportunities: Building New COMMunities of Scholarship in Communication and Instruction

Celebrating Critical Communication Pedagogy COMMunities

Top Panel Session: The Dark Side of Basic Course Directing: Creating COMMunity despite Dealing with Difficult Staff Situations

Respondent

Teachers with/in Students Worlds: A Constitutive Re-imagining of Classroom “COMMunity” within the Introductory Communication Course

Luis Felipe Gómez

Presenter:

Punctuating Socialization: Conceptualizing Stage Models as Punctuated Equilibrium

Chair:

Process and Tension in Organizing COMMunities: Difference, Conflict, and Contribution