Eastern Communication Association

Jeanne Persuit

President
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
601 South College Road
Wilmington, NC 28403
(910) 962-2616

Jordan Atkinson

First Vice President
University of Kansas
2600 Quivira Road
Overland Park, KS
(606) 422-3312

Stacy Smulowitz

Executive Director
University of Scranton
Department of Communication & Media, STT4106
910 Linden Street
Scranton, PA   18510
570-941-4135

Angie Corbo

Director of Sponsorship, 2024 Convention
Term ends at close of 2024 Convention

Susan Drucker

ECA Legal Counsel
Hofstra University

Zac Johnson

Communication Quarterly, Editor
Editorship January 2021 to December 2023
California State University, Fullerton

Colin Kearney

Director of Social Media
Term: Convention Sunday 2023 to Convention Saturday 2026
Christopher Newport University 

Trevor Parry-Giles

Archivist
University of Maryland

Angela Putman

Representative to NCA Legislative Assembly
Term: Convention Sunday 2023 - Convention Thursday 2026
Penn State University - Brandywine

Mary Donato

Applied Communication Interest Group Representative
Term SU2023 - TH2026
Central College

Robert Green

Argumentation and Forensics Interest Group Representative
Term SU2022 - TH2024
Bloomsburg University

Noura Hajjaj

Communication Law & Ethics Interest Group Representative
Term SU2023 - TH2026 
SUNY New Paltz

Lynda McCroskey

Communication Traits Interest Group Representative
Term SU2023 - TH2024
California State University, Long Beach

Dana Borzea

Instructional Communication Interest Group Representative
Term SU2024 - TH2026
Grand Rapids Community College

Rukhsana Ahmed

Intercultural Communication Interest Group Representative
Term SU2022 - TH2024
SUNY - Albany

Ryan McCullough

Kenneth Burke Interest Group Representative
Term SU2023 - TH2026
West Liberty University

Noura Hajjaj

Media Communication Interest Group Representative
Term SU2021 - TH2023
State University of New York at New Paltz

Austin Hestdalen

Philosophy of Communication Interest Group Representative
Term SU2023 -  TH2025
Duquesne University

Kimberley Hannah-Prater

Political Communication Interest Group Representative
Term SU2023 - TH2025
Community College of Baltimore County

Dan Strasser

Voices of Diversity Interest Group Representative
Term SU2023 - TH2024
Rowan University

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Any University 
12600 Any Road
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Finance Committee

Jeanne Persuit, Chair (President)

Jordan Atkinson(First Vice President)
Jessica Papajcik (First Vice President-Elect)
Jennifer Waldeck (Immediate Past President)
Stacy Smulowitz (Executive Director)
Open (Elected Representative)
Zac Johnson, Communication Quarterly Editor (ex officio)
Dave Keating, Communication Research Reports Editor  (ex officio)
Angela Putman, Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Editor (ex officio)

Publications Committee

Jeanne Persuit, Chair (President)

Jessica Papajcik (First Vice President-Elect)
Stacy Smulowitz (Executive Director)
Keith Weber (Immediate Past Editor of Communication Research Reports)
Ozum Ucok-Sayrak (Immediate Past Editor of Qualitative Research Reports in Communication)
Chris Morse (Immediate Past Editor, Communication Quarterly)
Rod Carveth (Elected Representative)
Open (Elected Representative)
Zac Johnson, Communication Quarterly Editor (ex officio)
Dave Keating, Communication Research Reports Editor  (ex officio)
Angela Putman, Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Editor (ex officio)