Eastern Communication Association

Katherine S. Thweatt

President
SUNY - Oswego
Communication Studies
7060 Route 104 6 Lanigan Hall
Oswego, NY 13126-3599
(315) 312-2617

Jennifer Waldeck

First Vice President
Chapman University
One University Drive
Orange, CA 92866
(714) 225-6442

Cheryl Casey

Executive Director
Division of Communication & Creative Media
Champlain College
193 South Willard Street
Burlington, VT 05402
(802) 865-5466

Nicholas D. Bowman

Communication Research Reports, Editor
Editorship January 2017 to December 2019
West Virginia University

Kerry Byrnes-Loinette

ECA Representative to NCA Legislative Assembly
Term: Convention Sunday 2019 - Convention Thursday 2022
Collin College

Tracey Quigley Holden

ECA Representative to NCA Legislative Assembly
Term: Convention Sunday 2018 - Convention Thursday 2020
University of Delaware

Tracey Quigley Holden

Director of Sponsorship, 2020 Convention
Term ends at close of 2020 Convention
University of Delaware

Chris R. Morse

Communication Quarterly, Editor
Editorship January 2019 to December 2021
Bryant University

Kathryn Hobson

ECA Representative to NCA Legislative Assembly
Term: Convention Sunday 2019 - Convention Thursday 2022
James Madison University

Mary Donato

Applied Communication Interest Group Representative
Term 2018 - 2020 
Buena Vista University 

Carl Hyden

Argumentation and Forensics Interest Group Representative
Term 2018 - 2020
Morgan State University

Thomas Flynn

Communication Law & Ethics Interest Group Representative
Term 2018 - 2020
Slippery Rock University 

Nicholas Scott Smith

Communication Traits Interest Group Representative
Term 2018 - 2020 
Wayne State University

Ann Frymier

Instructional Communication Interest Group Representative
Term 2018 - 2020
Miami University of Ohio

Doreen Jowi

Intercultural Communication Interest Group Representative
Term 2018 - 2020 
Bloomsburg University

Jean Miller

Kenneth Burke Interest Group Representative
Term 2019 - 2021
George Washington University

Open

Media Communication Interest Group Representative
Term 2019 - 2021

Janie Harden Fritz

Philosophy of Communication Interest Group Representative
Term 2019 - 2021
Dusquesne University

Kristen English

Political Communication Interest Group Representative
Term 2019 - 2021
Georgia State College & State University

Elizabeth Whittington

Voices of Diversity Interest Group Representative
Term 2019 - 2021
Texas Southern University

Stacy Smulowitz

Incoming Executive Director
Appointment term July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2023
University of Scranton

Keith Weber

Communication Research Reports, Editor
Ex-Officio
Editorship January 2020 to December 2022
Chapman University

Finance Committee

Katherine Thweatt, Chair (President)

Jennifer Waldeck (First Vice President)
Amanda McKendree (First Vice President-Elect)
Leeanne Bell McManus (Immediate Past President)
Cheryl Casey (Executive Director)
Tracey Quigley Holden (Elected Representative)
Chris Morse, Communication Quarterly Editor (ex officio)
Nicholas Bowman, Communication Research Reports Editor  (ex officio)
Kristen L. Majocha, Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Editor (ex officio)

Publications Committee

Katherine Thweatt, Chair (President)

Amanda McKendree (First Vice President-Elect)
Cheryl Casey (Executive Director)
Pamela Lannutti (Immediate Past Editor of Communication Quarterly)
Don Stacks (Immediate Past Editor of Communication Research Reports)
Annette M. Holba (Immediate Past Editor of Qualitative Research Reports in Communication)
Stacy Smulowitz (Elected Representative)
Chris Morse, Communication Quarterly Editor (ex officio)
Nicholas Bowman, Communication Research Reports Editor  (ex officio)
Kristen L. Majocha, Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Editor (ex officio)