As an early career scholar, getting involved in peer reviewing can seem like one of the more challenging parts of getting involved in the field. What kind of work should you begin reviewing? What are best practices for writing peer reviews? How and where can you even get involved? In this episode of the Growing Up Comm. Podcast series, Dr. Dan Andrews asks Dr. Nick Bowman, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Media Psychology, all the burning questions on the minds of early career scholars and soon-to-be reviewers. Drawing from his own experience as a scholar and editor, Dr. Bowman shares insider tips and advice on how early career scholars can best navigate the field of peer reviews.
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Featuring
Dan Andrew
Nick Bowman
More from our guests:
Lecturer | School of the Arts and Media
University of New South Wales
Member | SECAC
Associate Professor | Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse University
Editor-in-Chief | Journal of Media Psychology
Works Referenced in Episode:
Copy and Audio Editors:
Jabari Clemons
Kate In
Sharlene Burgos
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown
Are you just beginning your graduate studies and feeling a bit overwhelmed or out of place? Or maybe you’re well into your studies and still can’t shake the feeling that your academic journey is not going as smoothly as everyone else's? Well, you’re not alone! In the episode of Growing Up Comm. PhD candidate Anaëlle Gonzalez joins Lara Schreurs to discuss just how common imposter syndrome can be, the importance of prioritizing one’s mental health and social life throughout grad school as well as some tips for building a substantial support system and changing one’s mindset to help create a more positive and fulfilling graduate experience.
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Featuring
Lara Schreurs
Anaëlle Gonzalez
Sponsor:
The International Communication Association
More from our guests:
Postdoctoral Researcher | School for Mass Communication Research
KU Leuven
PhD Candidate | School for Mass Communication Research
KU Leuven
Copy and Audio Editors:
Kate In
Sharlene Burgos
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown
As an early career scholar, it can feel like you have to work all the time to get ahead – or just to stay on top of things. But as guests Andrew Gambino and Drew Cingel explain in this episode of Growing Up Comm, balance is important.
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Featuring:
Arienne Ferchaud
Andrew Gambino
Drew Cingel
Sponsor:
The International Communication Association
More from our host and guests:
Assistant Professor | School of Communication
Florida State University
Twitter: @ferchauda @FSU_COM
Assistant Professor | Department of Communication Studies
Hong Kong Baptist University
Twitter: @Avant_G
Associate Professor | Department of Communication
University of California, Davis
Email: dcingel@ucdavis.edu
Copy and Audio Editor:
Lacie Yao
Christian Elliott
Jo Lampert
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown
What does a more diverse, inclusive, and truly international community of communication scholars look like? How do we get there? How might emergent technologies revolutionize the field of communication? Dr. Arienne Ferchaud is joined by Dr. Srividya Ramasubramanian and Dr. Mary Beth Oliver as they try to answer big questions about the field’s future and discuss how communication scholars can collaborate with other disciplines as the field diversifies, modernizes, and grows more inclusive.
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Featuring
Arienne Ferchaud
Srividya Ramasubramanian
Mary Beth Oliver
Sponsor:
The International Communication Association
More from our host and guests:
Assistant Professor | College of Communication & Information
Florida State University
Twitter: @ferchauda @FSU_COM
Newhouse Professor | Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse University
Editor-in-Chief | Communication Monographs
Founding Director | Difficult Dialogues & CODE^SHIFT
Co-Founder & Executive Director | Media Rise
Twitter: @DrSrivi
Donald P. Bellisario Professor of Media Studies | Department of Film/Video & Media Studies Penn State University
Research Fellow | The International Communication Association
Twitter: @olivermb @PSUCOMMGradEd
Works Referenced in Episode:
Copy and Audio Editor:
Sharlene Burgos
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown
How do you get the media to talk to you about your work? And how should you talk to journalists? What’s the best way to get your work to a wider audience? Host Christine Cook asks Rabindra Ratan those questions in more in this episode of Growing Up Comm.
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Featuring:
Christine Cook
Rabindra (Robby) Ratan
Sponsor:
The International Communication Association
More from our host and guests:
Postdoctoral Researcher | Department of Advertising
National Chengchi University (NCCU)
Twitter: @ChristineLCookL @nccu1927
Associate Professor | Department of Media and Information
Michigan State University
Twitter: robbyratan.com @raratan @spartiecast
Works referenced in episode:
Michael J. Lee, C. of C. (2023). The Conversation.
Copy and Audio Editors:
Christian Elliot
Lacie Yao
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown
In this episode, Dr. Nancy Dai converses with Dr. Christine Cook about their different, yet similar paths through academia whilst in different areas of the world. Nancy and Christine also provide insight to young scholars looking to enter the world of Comm studies and academia on a global scale. After comparing their early career experiences, the conversation shifts to attending ICA’s global conference in Paris 2022. Both list their hopes and dreams on what the conference will entail either in-person or through a remote experience.
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Featuring
Christine Cook
Nancy Dai
Sponsor:
International Communication Association
More from the host & speakers:
Post Doctoral Researcher, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
Post Doctoral Researcher, New Jersey Institute of Technology Social Interactions Lab
Ph.D. Tilburg University, the Netherlands
Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong Department of Communication and Centre for Communication Research
Ph.D. Michigan State University, USA
Copy and Audio Editors:
Jo Lampert
Bennett Pack
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown
In this episode of Growing Up Comm, Lara Schreurs interviews Mesfin Bekalu, a noted researcher in health communication working as a research scientist in the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Lara and Mesfin discuss tips for networking as early career scholars. Dr. Bekalu shares his own journey, building a career internationally and interculturally, sharing tips for what to do before, during, and after attending conferences to maintain strong professional connections.
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Featuring
Lara Schreurs
Mesfin Bekalu
Sponsor:
International Communication Association
More from the host & speakers:
Host
Postdoctoral Researcher | Leuven School for Mass Communication Research
Twitter: @lara_schreurs
Guest
Research Scientist | Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Twitter: @mesfinabt
Copy and Audio Editors
Kate In
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown
In this episode of Growing Up Comm, Cecilia Zhou interviews Lisa Hurwitz, Director of Impact Research at Newsela. Lisa details her journey from working in the industry to receiving her PhD in Media, Technology, and Society at Northwestern University, and how her academic research experience informed her return to industry post-PhD. She offers useful advice to communication students and scholars interested in exploring industry rather than academic career paths.
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Featuring
Cecilia Yuxi Zhou
Lisa Hurwitz
Sponsor:
The International Communication Association
More from the host & speakers:
PhD Candidate | Department of Communication
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Director of Impact Research | Newsela
Copy and Audio Editor:
Kate In
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown
Are you an early career scholar that’s feeling a bit anxious about embarking on your job hunt? Conferences and CVs are one way to get started but are there other ways to prepare for the job market? In this episode of Growing Up Comm., Regina Ahn and Yvette Wohn share advice on how to find the right job.
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Featuring
Cecilia Zhou
Regina Ahn
Yvette Wohn
Sponsor:
International Communication Association
More from our guests:
Assistant Professor | Department of Strategic Communication
University of Miami
Associate Professor | Department of Informatics
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Twitter: @arcticpenguin
Works referenced in episode:
Is In, T. P. (2023). The Professor Is In.
Copy and Audio Editors:
Christian Elliot
Sharlene Burgos
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown
In this episode of Growing Up Comm, Sarah Pila-Leiderman interviews Jennifer Le (Senior Manager of Conference Services & Office Manager), Laura Sawyer (Executive Director of ICA), and Noshir Contractor (ICA President-Elect) as the communication world prepares for the the first every hybrid International Communication Association Conference anchored in Paris, France with 11 Regional Hubs around the world. Sarah Pila and company spend some time highlighting the upcoming event, and the best approach to experiencing the conference both in person and virtually. The panel also discusses how to engage the crowds, overcome social anxieties, and multiple opportunities to “recharge” one’s battery.
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Featuring
Sarah Pila-Leiderman
Jennifer Le
Laura Sawyer
Noshir Contractor
Sponsor:
International Communication Association
More from the host & speakers:
Research Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Twitter - @SarahCPila
Jennifer Le
Senior Manager of Conference Services & Office Manager | International Communication Association
Twitter - @jenuinle
Email - jle@icahdq.org
Executive Director | International Communication Association
ICA Twitter - @icahdq
Twitter - @LSawyerED
Email - lsawyer@icahdq.org
President-Elect | International Communication Association P
Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences | Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University
Twitter - @noshir
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/noshcontractor/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/noshir.contractor
Email: nosh@northwestern.edu
Links to pages reference in the episode:
Curated map of restaurants, pharmacies, print shops around the conference venue
Conference questions - conference@icahdq.org
Code of Ethics issues on-site - jarnold@icahdq.org
SECAC Twitter: @ICASECAC
ICA Student and Early Career Scholars Community Facebook Group Page
In this episode, host Sarah Pila-Leiderman guides a panel of guest speakers through the implications of social media for early career scholars.
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Featuring:
Sara Grady
Reyhaneh Maktoufi
Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch
Sponsor:
International Communication Association
More from our host and guests:
Sara Grady
Sara Grady is a media psychologist and her research explores narrative experience on psychological and biological levels. What makes movies feel real? Why do we care about fictional characters and events enough to revisit them time and again, or talk about them with friends? In other words, what motivates narrative entertainment processing, how is it so intrinsically rewarding, and how does a story experience unfold over time?
She uses a variety of quantitative approaches to assess the emotional and cognitive processes underlying entertainment’s functional value for users, especially as a coping mechanism when we’re under stress.
Reyhaneh Maktoufi
Reyhaneh (Rey) Maktoufi, PhD, is a DC-based, Iranian researcher and science communicator. She is the co-producer, host and illustrator of PBS/NOVA's digital series Sciencing Out, a mini-series on women in history who have used different strategies to communicate their science. Rey successfully defended her Ph.D. in Media, Technology, and Society at Northwestern University. She is a Rita Allen Foundation Civic Science Fellow in Misinformation at GBH|NOVA. As a researcher, media strategist/consultant, and producer, her main fields of interest are science communication, misinformation, curiosity, public engagement with scientists, and science communication in media. She was a visiting researcher at the Adler Planetarium, where she studied science communication and facilitated workshops on communication skills and she's also a producer at The Story Collider podcast. Before starting a Ph.D., Rey has been working as a health communication facilitator and cancer preventive/palliative care campaign manager in Tehran, Iran. Rey currently enjoys working with different nonprofits such as the Communicating Science Conference (ComSciCon). She also engages in science outreach through writing blog-posts and making science comics and has been interviewed on outlets such as the Smithsonian Magazine and the SETI Institute's podcast Big Picture Science.
Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch
Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at University of Connecticut, where she is part of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab. I'm also a faculty affiliate of the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (inCHIP), the Connecticut Institute for Brain and Cognitive Science (IBACS), and the Sustainable Global Cities Initiative (SGCI).
Her research focuses on information sharing as communication on social media. Specifically, she investigate the effects of using social media to engage with news content, share health activities, disclose personal information, ask questions, seek social support, and how scientists can use these platforms to engage with the public.
Links to pages reference in the episode:
SECAC Twitter: @ICASECAC
ICA Student and Early Career Scholars Community Facebook Group Page
This new podcast series from the International Communication Association Podcast Network will cover topics relevant for students and early career scholars: finding work-life balance, leveraging social media for personal branding, navigating the global job market, dealing with insecurity and rejection, and getting the most from ICA conferences. Guests have navigated these issues and more and will entertain and inform you with fun anecdotes and lessons learned along the way.
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Featuring
Sarah Pila-Leiderman
Sponsor:
The International Communication Association
More from the host & speakers:
Research Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
@SarahCPila
Student & Early Career Community at ICA
Links to pages reference in the episode:
SECAC Twitter: @ICASECAC
ICA Student and Early Career Scholars Community Facebook Group Page