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Communication Matters: The NCA Podcast is the podcast of the National Communication Association. Recorded from our National Office in Washington, DC, the podcast discusses emerging scholarship, established theory, and new applications, all exploring just how much Communication Matters—in our classrooms, in our communities, and in our world.
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Expanding Educational Opportunities Beyond the Classroom from 2022-09-22T03:00
NCA past President Judy Pearson pledges $1 million to St. Cloud State University’s Communication Department. In this special episode of Communication Matters, Judy and Jeff Ringer, department ch...
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Alt-Ac Careers from 2022-06-22T07:32:20
What are the possibilities for reforming graduate education, including preparing Ph.D. students for job opportunities outside of the academy and the implications of career diversity or alt-ac ca...
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Tips for Getting Published in an Academic Journal from 2022-05-16T04:00
Communication Professor Karrin Vasby Anderson joins the podcast to answer common questions related to successfully preparing and submitting manuscripts. The conversation will touch on how to wri...
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Special Issues Highlight Communication Studies from African Perspectives from 2022-04-14T03:00
This episode addresses two new special issues of NCA’s Review of Communication that focus on the Communication discipline’s lack of attention to scholarship by African scholars, from African per...
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Connections Between Communication and Psychology from 2022-03-28T04:00
In this episode, NCA Executive Director Shari Miles-Cohen speaks with University of Maryland, Baltimore’s first Chief Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer and Vice President Diane Forbes Ber...
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NCA‘s Learning Outcomes in Communication Project from 2021-11-11T03:00
When students complete a program of study in Communication, what should they know, understand, and be able to do? Today’s episode addresses NCA's Learning Outcomes in Communication (LOC) project...
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Environmental Communication from 2021-10-28T03:00
Hear from scholars José Castro-Sotomayor, Edward Maibach, and Bridie McGreavy as they delve into environmental communication.
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Communication in a Changing World: Navigating Relationships During and Post Pandemic from 2021-10-14T03:00
This special episode of Communication Matters is the second in the two-part “Communication & Resilience: COVID in Contexts” series presented by NCA. In this episode, the guests will explore inte...
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NCA 107th Annual Convention from 2021-09-23T03:00
This year’s convention will represent a return to our traditional face-to-face format after last year’s virtual convention. In this episode, NCA First Vice President and Primary Program Planner ...
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NCA Center for Communication, Community Collaboration, and Change from 2021-09-09T03:00
This episode focuses on the NCA Center for Communication, Community Collaboration, and Change, or CCCC, which is currently hosted by the University of North Carolina Greensboro.
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Addressing Ableism and Disabilities in the Communication Classroom from 2021-08-19T03:00
Hear from Communication scholars Jim Cherney, Janell Johnson, Nathan Stewart, and Sophia Maier about Communication research related to ableism and disabilities, as well as some best practices fo...
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COVID 19 Conspiracy Theories from 2021-08-05T03:00
Communication professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Research Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center Daniel Romer discuss their recent study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Re...
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Fourth of July from 2021-07-01T03:00
Hear from Communication professors Carlnita P. Greene, Amber E. Kinser, Ascan F. Koerner, and Audra K. Nuru as they address the Fourth of July and holiday gatherings broadly, including the relat...
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Anti-Bullying from 2021-06-17T03:00
Hear from Communication professors Garry Bailey, Christina S. Beck, and Stacy Tye-Williams about bullying at school and in the workplace, cyberbullying, and the role that gender, race, ethnicity...
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NCA Book Award Winners: Highlight of Terrorizing Gender and Homeland Maternity from 2021-06-03T03:00
This episode highlights two books that received awards at last year’s convention. Mia Fischer discusses Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility and the Surveillance Practices of the U.S. Secu...
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Journal Reviewing as Mentorship from 2021-05-20T03:00
This episode addresses journal reviewing as mentorship and some related issues in journal editing with Devika Chawla, the incoming Chair of NCA’s Publications Council; Mary Stuckey, a past edito...
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Anti-Asian Hate Speech and Discrimination from 2021-05-06T03:00
Hear from Communication professors Zhuo Ban, Richie Hao, and Ali Na about anti-Asian hate speech and discrimination, including the rise in violence and xenophobia related to the COVID-19 pandemi...
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BONUS: NCA Public Program - The Future of Education: Identifying Challenges and Opportunities in Pandemic from 2021-04-29T06:05:41
In this bonus episode as part of NCA’s 2021 publi...
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State of the Communication Ph.D. from 2021-04-22T05:40:20
Hear from Communication professors Ellen Gorsevski, Robert Mejia, and Wei Sun about the state of the Communication Ph.D. How have our programs fared during the COVID-19 pandemic? What is the job...
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Book Highlight - The New PhD: How to Build a Better Graduate Education from 2021-04-08T03:00
Hear from the authors recently released book, The New PhD: How to Build a Better Graduate Education, Leonard Cassuto and Robert Weisbuch, about the state of graduate school today and the possibi...
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Regional Communication Associations from 2021-03-25T03:00
Hear from the four regional communication associations: the Central States Communication Association, Eastern Communication Association, Southern States Communication Association, and Western St...
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Public Health Communication, Vaccine Rollouts and More from 2021-03-18T03:00
Hear from three health communication scholars: Katharine J. Head, Christy J.W. Ledford, and Xiaoli Nan on how public health communication about the COVID-19 virus has changed from nearly a year ...
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Communication Apprehension from 2021-03-11T03:00
Hear from Professors Karen Kangas Dwyer, Pat Gehrke, Suzy Prentiss, and Joshua Westwick about issues related to communication apprehension, including speech anxiety, and how these issues affect ...
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BONUS: Valentine’s Day Episode – COVID and Interpersonal Relationships from 2021-02-14T03:00
Hear from Interpersonal Communication scholars Liesel Sharabi and Stephanie Tom Tong about the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on our relationships, including the differences in our u...
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Afrofuturism from 2021-02-11T03:00
In honor of Black History Month, hear from Professors Reynaldo Anderson and Lonny J. Avi Brooks about topics related to Afrofuturism, including definitions of Afrofuturism, examples of Afrofutur...
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Inaugural Addresses from 2021-01-28T03:00
Hear from four scholars of presidential rhetoric: Stephen Browne, Theon Hill, John Murphy, and Allison Prasch as they address some historical inaugural addresses, as well as President Biden’s re...
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Virtual Martin Luther King, Jr. Project from 2021-01-14T03:00
Hear from the project’s North Carolina State University principal investigators Drs. Victoria Gallagher, Derek Ham, and Keon Pettiway about the vMLK project which recreates one of Dr. King’s ico...
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Sports Communication from 2020-11-25T03:00
Hear from Professors Jason Edward Black, Daniel A. Grano, and Abraham Khan on a variety of topics within sports communication, including the health risks associated with playing football, especi...
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Conversation with NCA Second Vice President Candidates from 2020-11-12T03:00
Hear from the two candidates running for NCA Second Vice President: Professor Walid Afifi of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Professor Bonnie Dow of Vanderbilt University. Afifi...
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Virtual 106th NCA Annual Convention Update from 2020-10-29T03:30
Hear from NCA First Vice President David T. McMahan about some highlights of the upcoming NCA 106th Annual Convention as thousands of scholars will attend the fully virtual 2020 convention to en...
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BONUS: VEEPs 2020: Kamala Harris vs. Mike Pence from 2020-10-19T03:30
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this fall’s public programs will be reimagined as a special series of the Communication Matters podcast. In this bonus episode, hear from Karrin Vasby Anderson, Dar...
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Family Communication and COVID-19 from 2020-10-15T03:30
Hear from Professors Jeffrey Hall, Mei-Chen Lin, and Jordan Soliz about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on communication in families and romantic relationships.
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BONUS: Communicating about the Role of Race and Social Change in Politics from 2020-10-09T03:30
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this fall’s public programs will be reimagined as a special series of the Communication Matters podcast. In this bonus episode, hear from Glenn Bracey, Josue David ...
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Civil Rights Episode from 2020-10-01T03:30
Hear from Professors Robin M. Boylorn, Maegan Parker Brooks, and Armond Towns about civil rights, the passing of the civil rights generation, the new civil rights generation, and issues related ...
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BONUS: The Politics of Health and Healthcare: Communicating about Health in a Presidential Election Year from 2020-09-30T03:30
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this fall’s public programs will be reimagined as a special series of the Communication Matters podcast. In this bonus episode, hear from Ambar Basu, Eduardo J. Góm...
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Conversation with Current and Past NCA Journal Editors from 2020-09-17T03:30
Hear from Deanna Dannels, Kory Floyd, Shiv Ganesh, and Ronald Jackson II about their experiences as current or past editors of NCA journals and their thoughts on the challenges facing academic p...
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BONUS: Labor Day Episode from 2020-09-07T03:30
Hear from José G. Izaguirre III and Alicia Massie about their experiences as graduate employee labor organizers and the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic may have on graduate employee organizing...
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Muted Justice: Analysis of the Supreme Court's First Telephonic Arguments from 2020-09-03T03:30
Hear from Professor Leah Litman about the essay, “Muted Justice,” that examines how much time each of the Supreme Court justices was given to ask questions during May’s oral arguments that were ...
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Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution from 2020-08-20T06:29:01
Hear from Professor Dianne Bystrom, Professor Kristan Poirot, Professor Belinda Stillion Southard, and Ella Stillion Southard on the 19th Amendment and on women’s issues today.
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Book Highlight: Major Decisions: College, Career, and the Case for the Humanities from 2020-08-06T03:30
Hear from E. Michele Ramsey, co-author of the new book Major Decisions: College, Career, and the Case for the Humanities. Major Decisions argues that the humanities equip today’s students with t...
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Special Issue on Black Panther from NCA’s Journal Review of Communication from 2020-07-27T03:30
Hear from co-editors Rachel Alicia Griffin and Jonathan P. Rossing about a special issue of NCA’s Journal Review of Communication, which focused on the 2018 Disney and Marvel film Black Panther....
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Conversation with Director of the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison Mary Gould from 2020-07-23T03:30
Hear from Dr. Mary Gould about the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison's work, the importance of promoting postsecondary education in prison, and the relevance of Communication research and ...
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Lessons Learned from Dealing with COVID-19 and Getting Ready for an Uncertain Fall from 2020-07-20T03:25
Hear from three university administrators Professors Vanessa B. Beasley, Marnel Niles Goins, and Shawn T. Wahl on how colleges and universities have dealt with the pandemic as we simultaneously ...
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BONUS: Book Highlight: The Struggle over Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter from 2020-07-15T03:21
Hear from Amanda Nell Edgar and Andre E. Johnson, authors of the book The Struggle over Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter, which examines the personal experiences of Black Lives Matter and...
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Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present from 2020-07-09T03:44
Hear from Dr. Robin Means Coleman, the author of Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present, a book that was made into an award-winning documentary film in 2019.
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The subcontinent speaks: Intercultural communication perspectives from/on South Asia from 2020-06-25T03:24
Co-editors Shaunak Sastry and Srividya Ramasubramanian discuss a special issue of NCA’s Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, “The subcontinent speaks: Intercultural communic...
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Food (in)security Communication from 2020-06-11T04:08
Hear from Professors Megan K. Schraedley and Marianne LeGreco, two of the authors of “Food (in)security communication: a Journal of Applied Communication Research forum addressing current challe...
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Humanities Indicators Project from 2020-05-28T03:18
Hear from Robert B. Townsend, Director of the Humanities Indicators Project and Director of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Washington Office, about the latest Indicators and some of the...
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BONUS: Memorial Day Episode from 2020-05-25T03:32
A discussion of NCA’s newest division, the Communication and Military Division, how Communication scholarship can help us understand Memorial Day, and more.
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Conversation with American Council of Learned Societies President Joy Connolly from 2020-05-14T03:31
Hear from Dr. Connolly about ACLS and some recent ACLS initiatives centered on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and more.
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Communicating in the Battlegrounds: Politics in the Purple States from 2020-04-30T03:00
Expert panelists will address the use of political communication in our elections and explore the effects it has on public opinion in an NCA public program recorded as a podcast.
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Conversation with NCA Distinguished Scholar Tom Nakayama from 2020-04-16T03:30
Hear from Thomas K. Nakayama, Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University. Dr. Nakayama was named an NCA Distinguished Scholar at the 105th NCA Annual Convention last November....
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Hope for Democracy - Book Highlight with John Gastil&Katherine Knobloch from 2020-04-02T03:30
Hear from Professors John Gastil and Katherine R. Knobloch as they discuss their new book, Hope for Democracy: How Citizens Can Bring Reason Back into Politics, focused on political communicatio...
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BONUS COVID-19 Pandemic from 2020-03-24T03:00
Hear from Professor Matthew Seeger about best practices in crisis communication and how government communication about the COVID-19 virus could improve and Professor Jennifer Ho on xenophobic st...
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Conversation with NCA Research Council Chair Chuck Morris from 2020-03-19T01:32
Hear from the new Chair of NCA’s Research Council, Charles Morris III. Dr. Morris is a Professor of and the Chair of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University...
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The Humanities Episode from 2020-03-05T01:30
Hear from Routledge, Taylor & Francis Portfolio Development Specialist Katherine Burton and NHA Executive Director Stephen Kidd and Project Director for Humanities for All Daniel Fisher on human...
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BONUS: 2020 Iowa Caucus, Reflection from Campaigns&Elections Field Research from 2020-02-27T01:46
Hear from researchers from the Campaigns & Elections Field Research Project. As part of the program, participating faculty members visited Iowa for the caucuses held on February 3, 2020.
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The Op-Ed Episode from 2020-02-20T01:30
Hear from Professor Rick Cherwitz and Catherine Baxter, Director of Partnerships at The OpEd Project, about how academics can get involved in writing op-eds.
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Conversation with Orlando L. Taylor Award Winner Joëlle M. Cruz from 2020-02-06T01:00
In this episode, hear from Joëlle M. Cruz who was recently honored as the first recipient of NCA’s Orlando L. Taylor Distinguished Scholarship Award in Africana Communication.
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Conversation with Free Speech Activist Mary Beth Tinker from 2020-01-23T03:00
In this episode, hear from free speech activist Mary Beth Tinker. Tinker was a petitioner in Tinker v. Des Moines, the landmark case that affirmed the free speech rights of children in schools.
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BONUS: Conversation with NCA President Kent Ono from 2020-01-16T03:00
NCA President Kent Ono joins us to share their vision and goals for 2020.
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2019 NCA Convention Highlights from 2020-01-09T03:00
Highlights from the 2019 NCA Annual Convention in Baltimore featuring excerpts from the Opening Session, the Carroll C. Arnold Distinguished Lecture, and the NCA Presidential Address.
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Welcome to Communication Matters: The NCA Podcast! from 2019-11-04T16:06:33
Welcome to Communication Matters: The NCA Podcast! In this first episode, National Communication Association Executive Director Trevor Parry-Giles introduces you to NCA, the members it serves, a...
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