Newhouse faculty, students to participate in 2022 NCA convention

Several Newhouse School faculty members, as well as media studies and doctoral students, will participate in the annual convention of the National Communication Association on Nov. 16-20, in New Orleans. Their involvement includes paper presentations, panel appearances and roles as panel moderators and/or paper session discussants.

Note: This is a working list; for the most updated information, visit the NCA site. All times here are Central Standard Time.

Wednesday, Nov. 16

8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Division: Preconferences

Room: Preservation Hall Studio 9 – 2nd Floor

Location: Marriot

Title: Disciplining Transgender: How States and Sport Legislate and (Re)define PLACE and Participation

Faculty Member: Anne Osborne

12 – 4 p.m.

Division: Preconferences

Room: Oak Alley – 4th Floor

Location: Sheraton

Title: Preconference 10: Using Creative and Arts-Based Research Approaches to Expand Equity, Advocacy, and Impact of Health and Disability Communication Research

Faculty Member: Srivi Ramasubramanian 

Thursday, Nov. 17

8 – 9:15 a.m.

Division: Games Studies Division

Room: Preservation Hall Studio 8 – 2nd Floor

Location: Marriott

Title: Understanding Relationship Maintenance Behaviors and Video Game Use Effects in Romantic Relationships 

Faculty Member: Nick Bowman

8 – 9:15 a.m.

Division: Mass Communication Division

Room: Mardi Gras Ballroom Salon B – 3rd Floor

Location: Marriott

Title: Hyper(In)Visibility, White Christonormative gaze, and ecological discursive systems: Sikh representations in the news 

Faculty Member: Srivi Ramasubramanian

12:30 – 1:45 p.m.

Division: Black Caucus

Room: Grand Couteau – 5th Floor

Location: Sheraton

Title: “More than ‘Magic’”: Exploring Black Women’s Representation, Resilience, and PLACE in Leadership Activism

Faculty Member: Rockell A. Brown Burton

2 – 3:15 p.m.

Division: Game Studies Division

Room: Preservation Hall Studio 8 – 2nd Floor

Location: Marriott

Title: Excited for Eudaimonia? An Emergent Thematic Analysis of Player

Expectations of Upcoming Video Games

Faculty Member: Nick Bowman 

2 – 3:15 p.m.

Division: NCA Publications Council

Room: Mardi Gras Ballroom Salon E – 3rd Floor

Location: Marriott

Title: How to Get Published and Navigating the NCA Journals – Part II

Faculty Member: Srivi Ramasubramanian

3 – 4:45 p.m.

Division: Research in Progress Roundtables

Room: Grand Ballroom D/E – 5th Floor

Location: Sheraton

Title: Table 10: Immersive Media  

Faculty Member: Nick Bowman

3 – 4:45 p.m.

Division: Activism and Social Justice Division

Room: Maurepas – 3rd floor

Location: Sheraton

Title: Honoring PLACE: Digital Activism through Communications 

Faculty Member: Regina Luttrell

Friday, Nov.  18

7:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Division: NCA National Office

Room: River Tower, Balcony L – 4th Floor

Location: Marriott 

Title: NCA Journal Editors’ Workshop

Faculty Member: Srivi Ramasubramanian 

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Division: Top Papers of the Game Studies Division

Room: Preservation Hall Studio 8 – 2nd Floor

Location: Marriott

Title: ‘Makes me feel like I was born in the wrong era’: Gamer self-efficacy and appreciation are correlated with historical nostalgia when playing a retrogame

Faculty Member: Nick Bowman

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Division: Korean American Communication Association 

Room: Napoleon Ballroom B2 – 3rd floor

Location: Sheraton

Title: Insights from Asian Female Educators’ Experience in Communication and Public Relations 

Faculty Member: Moon Lee

11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Division: Human Communication and Technology Division

Room: Gallier AB – 4th Floor

Location: Sheraton

Title: What’s the Big Idea? Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access in Human Communication Technology Research 

Faculty Member: Nick Bowman

11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Division: Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide 

Room: Endymion/Mid-City – 8th Floor 

Location: Sheraton

Title: Media Mastery: Redefining Media Literacy in the Digital Age  

Faculty Members: Regina Luttrell and Jason Davis

M.S. Student: Phoebe Smith

11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Division: Top Faculty Papers in International And Intercultural Communication 

Room: Napoleon Ballroom B2 – 3rd Floor  

Location: Sheraton

Title: Indigenous Media Forms, Frames, & Futurisms: Comparing Anishinaabe and Mainstream News Coverage of the Line #3 Pipe Project  

Faculty Member: Srivi Ramasubramanian

Ph.D. Student: Emily Riewestahl 

2 – 3:15 p.m.

Division: Scholars’ Office Hours

Room: Grand Ballroom D/E – 5th Floor

Location: Sheraton

Title: NCA Scholars’ Office Hours

Faculty Member: Srivi Ramasubramanian

2 – 3:15 p.m.

Division: Experiential Learning in Communication Division

Room: Mardi Gras Ballroom Salon B – 3rd Floor 

Location: Marriott

Title: SPARK A ‘Diversity First’ IDEA: An Approach to Equitable PR Campaigns 

Faculty Member: Regina Luttrell 

3:30 – 4:45 p.m.

Division: International and Intercultural Communication Division

Room: Napoleon Ballroom B2 – 3rd Floor

Location: Sheraton

Title: International and Intercultural Communication Division Business Meeting

Faculty Member: Srivi Ramasubramanian

3:30 – 4:45 p.m.

Division: Activism and Social Justice Division

Room: Oakley – 4th Floor 

Location: Sheraton

Title: Finding Our PLACE in Activism and Social Justice: A Rich Discussion about in-Progress Works from Graduate Students in the Division 

Ph.D. Student: Benjamin P. Tetteh 

Saturday, Nov. 19

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Division: Communications and Sports Division

Room: Preservation Hall Studio Foyer – 2nd Floor

Location: Marriott

Title: How Political Polarization shapes the Trust in Media: A Study of the Perceptions of COVID-19

Ph.D. Student: Abdulaziz Altawil

2 – 3:15 p.m.

Division: Latina/o Communication Studies Division

Room: Napoleon Ballroom B1 – 3rd Floor 

Location: Sheraton

Title: Mi Gente: Representations of Latinx on Netflix’s Gentefied

Ph.D. Students: Raiana de Carvalho and Kandice N. Green

12:30 – 1:45 p.m.

Division: Women’s Caucus Division

Room: Gallier AB – 4th Floor 

Location: Sheraton 

Title: Mentorship and Relationship Building with the Indigenous Caucus

Faculty Member: Srivi Ramasubramanian

2 – 3:15 p.m.

Division: Health Communication Division

Room: Napoleon Ballroom B1 – 3rd Floor 

Location: Sheraton

Title: How College Students Interpret and Use Social Media as a Source of Sexual Consent Communication

Faculty Member: Rebecca Ortiz

2 – 3:15 p.m.

Division: International and Intercultural Communication Division 

Room: Mardi Gras Ballroom Salon E – 3rd Floor 

Location: Marriott

Title: Honoring PLACE and Creating Space for the Mentorship and Community-Building in the International and Intercultural Communication Division

Faculty Member: Srivi Ramasubramanian

3:30 – 4:45 p.m.

Division: NCA First Vice President

Room: Preservation Hall Studio 2 – 2nd Floor

Location: Marriott

Title: Honoring Community: Advocating for Liberation Through Community-Centered Scholarship 

Faculty Member: Srivi Ramasubramanian

3:30 – 4:45 p.m.

Division: Black Caucus

Room: Gallier AB – 4th Floor

Location: Sheraton

Title: In Honor of Ketanji Brown Jackson: How We Persevere 

Faculty Member: Rockell A. Brown Burton

5 – 6:30 p.m.

Room: Grand Ballroom C – 5th floor

Location: Sheraton

Title: NCA Award Presentation

Faculty Member: Srivi Ramasubramanian

Sunday, Nov. 20

8 – 9:15 a.m.

Division: Mass Communication Division

Room: Preservation Hall Studio 4/5 – 2nd Floor

Location: Marriott

Title: Honoring PLACE in Media Literacy: Equity, Voice, and Action for Social Justice  

Faculty Member: Srivi Ramasubramanian

8 – 9:15 a.m.

Division: Black Caucus

Room: Gallier AB – 4th Floor

Location: Sheraton

Title: Honoring African Epistemologies in Communications Studies  

Ph.D. Student: Benjamin P. Tetteh

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Division: Public Relations Division

Room: Preservation Hall Studio 6 – 2nd Floor

Location: Marriott

Title: Mitigating Harm: To PLACE PR Ethics at the Center of AI and IoT Strategy 

Faculty Member: Regina Luttrell 

11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Division: Women’s Caucus Division

Room: Napoleon Ballroom A3 – 3rd Floor

Location: Marriott

Title: Empowering Students: How to Equity-Based Pedagogy Can Transform Skills-Based Courses 

Faculty Members: Regina Luttrell and Daniela Molta

11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Division: Political Communication Division

Room: Bayside A – 4th Floor

Location: Sheraton

Title: Interpersonal and Interpersonal Ways of Thinking: Applying the O-S-R-O-R Model to the 2020 Presidential Election 

Faculty Member: Lars Wilnat

Ph.D. Students: Jian Shi, Yu Tian and Shengjie Yao