Eastern Communication Association

Leeanne Bell McManus

President
Stevenson University
Department of Business Communication
1525 Greenspring Valley Road
Stevenson, MD 21153
(410) 913-6293

Katherine S. Thweatt

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

Amanda McKendree

First Vice President Elect Select

University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN
(412) 341-6793

Cheryl Casey

Executive Director
Champlain College
Division of Communication & Creative Media
PO Box 670
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 January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2021
Collin College

Tracey Quigley Holden

ECA Representative to NCA Legislative Assembly
Term January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2019
University of Delaware

Kristen L. Majocha

Qualitative Research Reports In Communication, Editor
Editorship January 2017 to December 2019
California University of Pennsylvania

Kathryn Hobson

ECA Representative to NCA Legislative Assembly
Term: January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021
James Madison University

Trevor Parry-Giles

Archivist, Ex-Officio
University of Maryland

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 2017 - 2019
George Washington University

Colin P. Kearney

Media Communication Interest Group Representative
Term 2017 - 2019
University of Florida

Amanda McKendree

Philosophy of Communication Interest Group Representative
Term 2017 - 2019
University of Notre Dame

Rod Carveth

Political Communication Interest Group Representative
Term 2017 - 2019 
Morgan State University

Dan Strasser

Voices of Diversity Interest Group Representative
Term 2017 - 2019
Rowan University

Nicholas Bowman

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

Finance Committee

Leeanne Bell McManus, Chair (President)

Katherine Thweatt (First Vice President)
Jennifer Waldeck (First Vice President-Elect)
Benjamin R. Bates (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

Leeanne Bell McManus, Chair (President)

Katherine Thweatt (First Vice President)
Jennifer Waldeck (First Vice President-Elect)
Benjamin R. Bates (Immediate Past President)
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)