Recent Episodes
Episode 49: Expanding Educational Opportunities Beyond the Classroom
- R. Jeffrey Ringer
- Judy C. Pearson
Episode 48: Alt-Ac Careers
Episode 47: Tips for Getting Published in an Academic Journal
Episode 46: Special Issues Highlight Communication Studies from African Perspectives
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- Godfried A. Asante
- Jenna N. Hanchey
- Review of Communication Themed Issue Title: (Re)Theorizing Communication Studies from African Perspectives, Part I
- Review of Communication (Re)Theorizing Communication Studies from African Perspectives, Part II
Episode 45: Connections Between Communication and Psychology
Episode 44: NCA’s Learning Outcomes in Communication Project
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- David Marshall
- Lynn Disbrow
- Elizabeth Goering
- David Bodary
- NCA’s Learning Outcomes in Communication Project
Episode 43: Environmental Communication
Episode 42: Communication in a Changing World: Navigating Relationships During and Post Pandemic
Episode 41: NCA 107th Annual Convention
Episode 40: NCA Center for Communication, Community Collaboration, and Change
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- CCCC Director Spoma Jovanovic
- Roy Schwartzman
- Kathy Newsom (Corner Farmers Market)
- Jessica Clifford (UNCG and CCCC Project Coordinator)
- CCCC at UNC Greensboro
Episode 39: Addressing Ableism and Disabilities in the Communication Classroom
Episode 38: COVID 19 Conspiracy Theories
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- Kathleen Hall Jamieson
- Daniel Romer
- Patterns of Media Use, Strength of Belief in COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories, and the Prevention of COVID-19 From March to July 2020 in the United States: Survey Study, Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Video: Inside Politics with John King July 22 2021 featuring Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Episode 37: Fourth of July
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- Carlnita P. Greene
- Amber E. Kinser
- Ascan F. Koerner
- Audra K. Nuru
- NCA’s Magazine, Spectra – Speaking of Food, September 2019
Episode 36: Anti-Bullying
Episode 35: NCA Book Award Winners: Highlight of Terrorizing Gender and Homeland Maternity
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- Mia Fischer
- Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz
- Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility and the Surveillance Practices of the U.S. Security State
- Homeland Maternity: U.S. Security Culture and the New Reproductive Regime
- NCA Bookshelf
- NCA Awards
Episode 34: Journal Reviewing as Mentorship
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- Denise M. Bostdorff
- Devika Chawla
- Rebecca de Souza
- Mary Stuckey
- Working the Hyphen From Below: The “Thick Decryption of Subtext” and the Micro-Politics of Knowledge Production
Episode 33: Anti-Asian Hate Speech and Discrimination
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- Zhuo Ban
- Richie Hao
- Ali Na
- Lecture by Ali Na: The Diseased Horde: Anti-Asian Racism from the 19th Century to COVID-19
- There were 3,800 anti-Asian racist incidents, mostly against women, in past year, NBC News
- Many Black and Asian Americans Say They Have Experienced Discrimination Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak, Pew Research Center
- COVID-19, Anti-Asian Racism, and the Racialization of Epidemics
BONUS: The Future of Education: Identifying Challenges and Opportunities in Pandemic Learning
(NCA Spring Public Program recorded as a podcast episode: Communication & Resilience: COVID in Contexts – A Special Series of Virtual Public Programs by NCA)
Episode 32: State of the Communication Ph.D.
Episode 31: Book Highlight – The New PhD: How to Build a Better Graduate Education
Episode 30: Regional Communication Associations
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- Central States Communication Association
- Debra J. Ford, First Vice President of the Central States Communication Association
- Tiffany R. Wang, Executive Director of the Central States Communication Association
- Eastern Communication Association
- Amanda G. McKendree, First Vice President of the Eastern Communication Association
- Stacy M. Smulowitz, Executive Director of the Eastern Communication Association
- Southern States Communication Association
- Wendy Atkins-Sayre, First Vice President of the Southern States Communication Association
- John Haas, Executive Director of the Southern States Communication Association
- Western States Communication Association
- Sara E. Hayden, Executive Director of the Western States Communication Association
- Christina Granato Yoshimura, President-Elect of the Western States Communication Association
Episode 29: Public Health Communication, Vaccine Rollouts and More
Episode 28: Communication Apprehension
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- NCA Communication Apprehension Resources
- speechanxiety.utk.edu
- Karen Kangas Dwyer
- Pat Gehrke
- Suzy Prentiss
- Joshua Westwick
BONUS: Valentine’s Day Episode – COVID and Interpersonal Relationships
Episode 27: Afrofuturism
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- Reynaldo Anderson
- Lonny J. Avi Brooks
- Curating The End of The World: Red Spring Spring
- Curating The End Of The World Part I
- Curating The End of The World Part II
- The Black Angel of History
- The Black Speculative Arts Movement
Episode 26: Inaugural Addresses
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- Stephen H. Browne
- Theon Hill
- John M Murphy
- Allison Prasch
- Audio clip: President Biden Delivers Inaugural Address C-SPAN
- Audio clip: President Biden Delivers Remarks at Inauguration Special Event C-SPAN
- Audio clip: Presidential Inauguration Coverage: Amanda Gorman, 2017 National Youth Poet Laureate C-SPAN
Episode 25: Virtual Martin Luther King, Jr. Project
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- Victoria J Gallagher
- Derek Ham
- Keon Pettiway
- Virtual Martin Luther King, Jr. Project Homepage
- Virtual MLK Experience at the Smithsonian Museum of American History (2017)
- “Using Digital Technology to Explore a Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech in the Public Speaking Classroom,” Communication Currents
Episode 24: Sports Communication
Episode 23: Conversation with NCA Second Vice President Candidates
Episode 22: Virtual 106th NCA Annual Convention Update
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- NCA 106th Annual Convention: Communication at the Crossroads
- Virtual 2020 Convention
- David T. McMahan
BONUS: VEEPs 2020: Kamala Harris vs. Mike Pence
(NCA Fall Public Program recorded as a podcast episode: Communicating During a Presidential Election Year – A Special Series of Virtual Public Programs by NCA)
- Transcript
- YouTube Video of Podcast Recording
- NCA Public Programs
- Panelist bios
- Audio clip: Vice Presidential Candidates Debate October 7, 2020 – C-Span
Episode 21: Family Communication and COVID-19
- Transcript
- Jeffrey Hall
- Mei-Chen Lin
- Jordan Soliz
- NCA Online Learning Resources
BONUS: Communicating about the Role of Race and Social Change in Politics
(NCA Fall Public Program recorded as a podcast episode: Communicating During a Presidential Election Year – A Special Series of Virtual Public Programs by NCA)
Episode 20: Civil Rights Episode
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- Robin M. Boylorn
- Maegan Parker Brooks
- Armond Towns
BONUS Episode: The Politics of Health and Healthcare: Communicating about Health in a Presidential Election Year
(NCA Fall Public Program recorded as a podcast episode: Communicating During a Presidential Election Year – A Special Series of Virtual Public Programs by NCA)
Episode 19: Conversation with Current and Past NCA Journal Editors
BONUS Episode: Labor Day Episode
- Transcript
- José G. Izaguirre III
- Alicia Massie
- Coalition of Student Employee Unions (formerly the Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions)
Episode 18: Muted Justice: Analysis of the Supreme Court’s First Telephonic Arguments
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- Leah Litman
- Muted Justice – SSRN
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V. Oral Argument: May 4, 2020 Courtesy of C-Span
- Barr, Attorney General V. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc. Oral Argument: May 6, 2020 Courtesy of C-Span
Episode 17: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
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- Dianne Bystrom
- Kristan Poirot
- Belinda Stillion Southard
- Ella Stillion Southard – Women in Politics is an online magazine, blog, and Youtube channel created by aspiring girl politicians
- The Centennial of (White) Woman Suffrage: Gender and Democratic Engagement at the Intersections of NCA’s Quarterly Journal of Speech
- PBS film Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
- Songs of the Suffragettes album by Elizabeth Knight released in 1958 – Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Episode 16: Book Highlight: Major Decisions: College, Career, and the Case for the Humanities
BONUS Episode: Special Issue on Black Panther from NCA’s Journal Review of Communication
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- Introduction and Original Articles: Black Panther in widescreen: cross-disciplinary perspectives on a pioneering, paradoxical film
- Rachel Alicia Griffin
- Jonathan P. Rossing
Episode 15: Conversation with Director of the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison Mary Gould
BONUS Episode: Lessons Learned from Dealing with COVID-19 and Getting Ready for an Uncertain Fall
BONUS Episode: Book Highlight: The Struggle over Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter
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- The Struggle over Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter
- Amanda Nell Edgar
- Andre E. Johnson
Episode 14: Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present
- Transcript
- The Shudder Original documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
- Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present
- Robin R. Means Coleman
Episode 13: The subcontinent speaks: Intercultural communication perspectives from/on South Asia
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- Introduction and Original Articles: The subcontinent speaks: Intercultural communication perspectives from/on South Asia
- Shaunak Sastry
- Srividya “Srivi” Ramasubramanian
Episode 12: Food (in)security Communication
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- Food (in)security communication: a Journal of Applied Communication Research forum addressing current challenges and future possibilities
- Megan K. Schraedley
- Marianne LeGreco
Episode 11: Humanities Indicators Project
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- Humanities Indicators Project
- American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- Humanities Indicators Profile of Communication Departments
- A Profile of Humanities Departments Pre-Pandemic
- Humanities Indicators in the News
- Robert B. Townsend
BONUS Episode: Memorial Day
Episode 10: Conversation with American Council of Learned Societies President Joy Connolly
Episode 9: Communicating in the Battlegrounds: Politics in the Purple States
(NCA Spring Public Program recorded as a podcast episode)
Episode 8: Conversation with NCA Distinguished Scholar Tom Nakayama
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- Thomas K. Nakayama
- As mentioned in NCA News: NCA’s Communication and Critical Cultural Studies recently published a forum on the future of Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies
Episode 7: Hope for Democracy – Book Highlight with John Gastil & Katherine Knobloch
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- Hope for Democracy: How Citizens Can Bring Reason Back into Politics
- John Gastil
- Katherine R. Knobloch
BONUS Episode: COVID-19 Pandemic
- Transcript
- Matthew Seeger
- Crisis communication researcher shares 5 key principles that officials should use in coronavirus—The Conversation
- Jennifer Ho
- Open-source syllabus on resources for addressing anti-Asian bias associated with the coronavirus
Episode 6: Conversation with NCA Research Council Chair Chuck Morris
Episode 5: The Humanities Episode
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- Publishing and the Publicly Engaged Humanities: Articles and book chapters selected by the National Humanities Alliance in partnership with Routledge, Taylor & Francis
- National Humanities Alliance
- Humanities for All
- Stephen Kidd and Daniel Fisher
BONUS Episode: 2020 Iowa Caucus, Reflection from Campaigns & Elections Field Research Project
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- USF Students and Faculty Head to Iowa to Study 2020 Caucuses
- Campaigns and Elections Field Research Program 2019-2020
- Ashley Muddiman
- Cynthia Peacock
- Joshua Scacco
Episode 4: The Op-Ed Episode
Episode 3: Conversation with Orlando L. Taylor Award Winner Joëlle M. Cruz
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- Orlando L. Taylor Distinguished Scholarship Award in Africana Communication
- Orlando L. Taylor
- Joëlle M. Cruz
Episode 2: Conversation with Free Speech Activist Mary Beth Tinker
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- Audio from Oral Arguments of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
- Mary Beth Tinker
BONUS Episode: Conversation with NCA President Kent Ono
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- Kent Ono
Episode 1: 2019 NCA Convention Highlights
Episode 0: Welcome to Communication Matters: The NCA Podcast!