Health Communication Division
National Communication Association
2011 Business Meeting
November 19, 3:30-4:45 PM
Place: Sheraton Hotel (New Orleans), Maurepas
Immediate Past Chair: Susan Morgan, Purdue University
Chair: Kami Silk, Michigan State University
Vice Chair: Nichole Egbert, Kent State University
Vice Chair Elect: Lance Rintamaki, SUNY-University of Buffalo
Secretary: Truman Keys, Western Connecticut State University
Student Representative: Terra Moody, University of Alabama
I.
Call to Order
A.
Meeting called to order at 3:39 p.m. by Chair Kami Silk (meeting commenced after an
announcement by Brad Mello, which is explained in announcements section).
B.
The minutes of the 2010 meeting were approved unanimously.
II.
Nominations and Elections
A.
Sign up for paper reviewers was circulated with a slate being created, and approved.
B.
Ballots for elections for Vice Chair Elect & Graduate Student Representative were
distributed. Additional nominations were made from the floor.
C.
All candidates were allowed to introduce themselves. The election results were as
follows.
1. Vice Chair Elect: Jake Jenson (University of Utah)
2. Graduate Student Representative: Emily A. Raunchier (University of MissouriColumbia)
III. Office Reports
A.
Chair Report: Kami Silk
1. Legislative Assembly Report
a. Discussed NCA's "Smart" website and its features.
b. Explained task force for how we represent NCA, and task force for public policy.
c. Issue about Spectra and job ads needing to address whether sponsoring
institution has domestic partner benefits was discussed then tabled until the 2012
legislative meeting.
d. Dues for NCA will increase in the upcoming year(s).
e. NCA is considering convention site location at convention center(s).
f. Debate occurred about who has the power to censor the offensive language in
submission titles (program planner or paper/panel writer). Decision made that
paper/panel writer has a responsibility to ensure that submission(s) are not
obscene.
g. National Science Foundation used a NCA White Paper regarding the role of
research in society. The NSF report used information regarding communication
research to advocate for greater funding for research endeavors.
B.
Vice Chair Report: Nichole Egbert
1. Two hundred papers submitted with a 58% acceptance rate and 10 panels submitted and
one panel accepted.
2. Currently our division has 955 members.
C.
Vice Chair Elect Report: Lance Rintamaki
1. Conference Theme for 2012: Celebrate COMMunity
2. Conference location for 2012: Orlando from 11/15 – 11/18, 2012 at Swan & Dolphin
Hotel
3. Conference submissions open up in January 2012 and the deadline is at the end of
March 2012.
IV.
Award Presentations
A.
Thesis and Dissertation awards
1. Monique Turner noted that the Amanda L. Kundrat Health Communication Thesis of
the Year award was awarded at ICA this year to Mindawati Wijaya (degree conferred by
Nanyang Technological University).
Title: Influencing Children's Food Consumption: Impact of Message Framing and
Tailoring on Efficacy and Intention
Co-Advisors: Theng Yin Leng, Nanyang Technological University and May O. Lwin,
Nanyang Technological University
2. Then she presented the Dissertation of the Year award, sponsored by Peter Lang
Publishing to Elizabeth Gardner, Texas Tech University (degree conferred by University
of Missouri).
Title: The Role of Narrative and Other-Referencing in Attenuating Psychological
Reactance to Diabetes Self-Care Messages
 Advisor: Glenn Leshner, University of Missouri
B.
Nichole presented the Top Student Paper award to Susan Mello & Sarah Parvanta
(University of Pennsylvania) for Routine and Deliberate Information Exposure Effects on
Mammography Behavior.
C.
Nichole presented Top Paper awards to:
1. Encouraging Mexican-heritage Youth to Intervene when Friends Drink: The Role of
Targeted Parent-Child Communication about Alcohol, Jennifer Kam, University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Bridget Potocki, Ohio State University, & Michael Hecht,
Pennsylvania State University
2. A New Voice in Health Communication Messages: Effects of Persuasive Hope Appeals
on Subjective Feelings of Hope, Amy Chadwick, Ohio University
3. Too Fat, Too Thin, Just Right: Descriptions of the Perfect Female Body, Mary
Bresnahan & Jenn Anderson, Michigan State University
4. Routine and Deliberate Information Exposure Effects on Mammography Behavior,
Susan Mello & Sarah Parvanta, University of Pennsylvania
D.
Kami presented the Article of the Year award to Walid Afifi (University of California,
Santa Barbara) and Judith Weiner (Miami of Ohio University) for (2010) Seeking
Information about Sexual Health: Applying the Theory of Motivated Information
Management, Human Communication Research, 32 (1), 35-57.
E.
Kami presented the Outstanding Scholar award to Sandi Smith, Michigan State
University.
V.
Old Business
A.
Lance discussed the Division award for Dale Brashers.
1. Dale E. Brashers Distinguished Mentor award description and criteria was provided.
2. The way the award is written the immediate past chair solicits three division
members to form the committee each year. Some members asked if a volunteer
element should be added where a member can volunteer to be on committee. After
discussion the current language regarding this topic was left as it is currently written.
3. A motion by Kami Silk to cap the number of letters of support per nominee at three
for this award was approved.
4. A motion passed to table this award until the 2012 business meeting, in order to
examine what the division needs to do to make the award a NCA Endowed award.
VI.
New Business
A.
Kami presented the Coalition for Health Communication (CHC) Report.
1. CHC is having a Logo competition with the selected winner receiving $500.
2. CHC is one of the most popular searches online in regards to those seeking
information about graduate school programs.
VII.
Announcements from the Floor
A. Brad Mello (representative of NCA) discusses the new website for NCA that will be rolled
out in a month or so. He also briefly discussed the technological features of the website, which
include individual blogs/micro-websites for all 66 units of NCA.
B. An announcement was made regarding the semi-annual preconference, and the need for
graduate student participation.
C. Guest editor Anthony J. Roberto of Arizona State University is seeking manuscript
submissions by February 1, 2012 for a Health Communication Special Issue titled, The Extended
Parallel Process Model: Two Decades Later. Email him at Anthony.roberto@asu.edu if you are
willing to serve on the editorial board for the special issue.
D. Co-editors Katheryn Maguire of Wayne State University and Steve Wilson of Purdue
University are seeking manuscript submissions by April 15, 2012 for a Health Communication
Special Issue on Communication and Wartime Deployment. Email them at
kmaguire@wayne.edu or wilson25@purdue.edu if you have any inquires regarding this special
issue.
E. Call for papers, posters, and panels for the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication
(KCHC) held in Lexington, Kentucky from April 19-21, 2012. Abstract submission deadline is
December 11, 2011. KCHC is accepting nominations for the Lewis Donohew Outstanding
Scholar in Health Communication award. This award recognizes outstanding research
contributions to the health communication field made during the biennium preceding each
conference. The deadline for receipt of nominations is January 27, 2012.
F. Various institutional and departmental representatives made job ad announcements.
VIII. Passing of the gavel
A.
Kami Silk passed the gavel to Nichole Egbert.
IX.
Adjournment
A.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Truman R. Keys
Western Connecticut State University
Division Secretary