I had a very productive and stimulating 5 days at the annual conference of the International Communication Association in Denver, CO. It was wonderful to catch up with old friends, make new ones, and hang out with Wayne State Department of Communication alumni and students! I’m especially grateful to the wonderful folk at ICA’s newly formed Activism, Communication and Social Justice Division for awarding me the Top Faculty Paper Award. ❤️🙏🏾
I turned out to be far busier than anticipated, as you can tell from the slate below. But I loved connecting with so many friends, students and mentors, and was very inspired!
Thu, June 12, 8.30 am: Mentor for Organizational Communication Doctoral Student Consortium & Preconference (Granite, Regency 3)
Fri, June 13, 12 pm: “Narrative Disruptions of Urban Hydrocolonialism in Detroit: How Water Activists Organized for Public Health and Social Justice” (Granite, Regency 3) ***Top faculty paper award***
Sat, June 14, 7.30 am: Management Communication Quarterly board meeting (Mt. Yale, Grand Conv Center 3)
Sat, June 14, 9 am: Discussant for “HIGH-DENSITY Best I: Visibility, Hybridity, and Voice in Organizational Communication Research” (Mt. Blue Sky, Grand Conv Center 2)
Sat, June 14, 10.30 am: “Disrupting Mainstream Corporate DEI Practices: Black Frontline Workers’ Communicative Experiences of Inclusion” (Mt. Blue Sky, Grand Conv Center 2)
Sun, June 15, 2 pm: Mentor for Organizational Communication Research Escalator Session on Professions (Centennial F, Regency 3)
Mon, June 16, 10.30 am: “Studying entrepreneurship in relation to urban sustainability” (Mineral C, Regency 3)
Rahul Mitra 