NCA Political Communication Division Business Meeting || November 21, 2014 12:30 pm, Chicago, IL

Meeting Minutes, prepared by Joshua Scacco, Purdue University

I. Call to order & welcome (Chair Sharon Jarvis, University of Texas)

II. Approval of 2011 Minutes

• Dannagal G. Young, University of Delaware/Josh Scacco, Purdue University
  
• Minutes approved by unanimous voice vote at 12:34 PM

III. Nominations Committee
A. Nominations Committee Chair, Kelly Garrett, The Ohio State University

• Committee members: Stephanie Bor (University of Nevada-Reno), Soo-Hye Han (Kansas State University), Colene Lind (University of Texas at Austin), Josh Scacco (Purdue University), Benjamin R. Warner (University of Missouri)
  

B. Introduction of candidates

• Vice-chair elect candidates: Rebekah Watson (University of Indianapolis)
• Secretary Candidates:
  • Ashley Muddiman, University of Wyoming
  • Ryan Neville-Shepard, Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus
• Candidates for nominating committee: Division members were told to vote for 4
  • Joshua Scacco, Purdue University
  • Brian Weeks, University of Vienna
  • Bethany Anne Conway, University of Arizona
  • Cynthia Peacock, University of Texas at Austin
• Ballots were distributed

IV. Officer reports
A. Vice Chair and Program Planner, Jay Childers, University of Kansas

• 26 total sessions allotted to the division
  • 113 submissions, 60% acceptance rate for papers (35 student papers)
  • 14 sumissions, 57% acceptance rate for panels
• This year we also selected four student papers to receive top paper awards

B. Kristina Horn, IUPUI

• NCA in Las Vegas
  • Theme: Embracing Opportunities
  • "What Happens in Vegas Should Not Stay in Vegas"
  • 24 slots for the division (reflection of hotel space limitations, not division membership)
  • January 19-March 25: Submission period

V. Announcements from NCA's Trevor Parry-Giles

A. From National Office

• We were anticipating a visit from the national association. The meeting adjorned before someone arrived.

VI. Officer reports (continued)

A. Web Editor, Ashley Muddiman, University of Wyoming

• NCAPCD.org
• Website moved to shared hosting space with ICA and APSA; same content, more streamlined and cheaper cost
• If you've published a book, let Ashley know at ashley.muddiman@uwyo.edu

B. Chair, Sharon Jarvis

• Old Business
• Legislative Council News (Jay Childers)
• Budget
• Our division continues to have a budget of $1000
• Not enough for a reception, but allocated for awards and new website

• New Business
• Graduate Student Committee
• We have decided against a reception for the past four years for two reasons: we wanted to accomodate participation in the program and we don't have a big enough budget for one.
• We are concerned that the absence of a reception denies our graduate students valuable opportunities to meet senior scholars, mentors, and each other.
• We have also witnessed ICA engage in exciting opportunities for graduate student mentorship and socialization.
• We would like to create a committee with graduate students to gather information on what types of opportunities they might find meaningful in the future.  Sharon and Jay volunteer to co-committee.
• Motion to accept Graduate Student Committee by unanimous vote. Sharon Jarvis and Jay Childers to co-chair the committee.
• NCA Committee on Committees is seeking nominations
• Interested parties should let NCA know

VII. Awards
A. Bruce E. Gronbeck Political Communication Research Award. SPONSOR: Carl Crouch Center of Social and Internet Research (Presented by Judy Trent)

• WINNER: Craig Smith, California State University, Long Beach

B. Roderick P. Hart Outstanding Book Award

• Sharon Jarvis (Chair), Dan Schill and Ashley Muddiman
• WINNER: Mary Stuckey, Georgia State University, The Good Neighbor: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Rhetoric of American Power

C. Michael Pfau Outstanding Article Award

• Kevin Coe (Chair), Andrea Quennette and Stephen Klien
• WINNER: Mitchell S. McKinney and Benjamin R. Warner “Do presidential debates matter? Examining a decade of campaign debate effects.” Argumentation and Advocacy, 49, 238-258.

D. Lynda Lee Kaid Outstanding Dissertation Award

• Leslie Rill (Chair), Kimberly Meltzer and Leah Sprain
  • WINNER: Ashley Muddiman The instability of incivility: How news frames and citizen perceptions shape conflict in American politics

E. Top Four Paper Awards – delivered at the panel where papers were presented

• Robin Stryker, Bethany Anne Conway, and J. Taylor Danielson: “What is political incivility?”

• Thomas McCloskey: “‘We must not forget that God created us equal’: Putin and American exceptionalism”

• Benjamin Warner and Mary Banwart: “How image matters: Constructing a measure of campaign communication effects”
• Lindsey Meeks: “Let’s get personal: Examining the effects of personalization in candidates’ online self-presentations”

F. Top Four Student Paper Awards

• Sarah Turner McGowen: “Political advertisements in the 2012 election: Affect, the female body and rhetorical strategies”

• Rachel Neo: “Examining the influence of SNS network homogeneity on actual voting behavior via affective responses toward in and out-group presidential candidates as intervening variables”

• Arielle Cardona: “Having it all: A narrative analysis in negotiating the double binds on candidate websites”
• Athena Murray: "'Shaking up the campaign': Immediacy, hypermediacy, and the etch a sketch gaffe."

G. Outstanding Service to the Division

• Mary Banwart, NCA Political Communication Division Chair, 2013

VIII. Election Results, Kelly Garrett, The Ohio State University
A.Vice Chair elect: Rebekah Watson

B. Secretary: Ashley Muddiman, University of Wyoming

C. Web Editor: Heather LaMarre, Temple University

D. Nominations Committee: tie for one of the slots, so we will have 6 member committee this year

• Chair: Josh Scacco, Purdue University
• Brian Weeks, University of Vienna
• Bethany Anne Conway, University of Arizona
• Cynthia Peacock, University of Texas at Austin

Adjourn 1:05 PM CST