Eastern Communication Association

Benjamin R. Bates

President
Ohio University
School of Communication Studies
Lasher Hall; 47 W. Union Street
Athens, OH  45701
(740) 596-9163

Leeanne Bell McManus

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

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

April Copes

K-12 Representative to NCA Legislative Assembly
Term runs to 12/31/2017
Ann Arundel Community College

Nyia Lacey

ECA Community College Representative to NCA Legislative Assembly
Term continues until 12/31/2018
Delaware County Community College

Kristen L. Majocha

Qualitative Research Reports In Communication, Editor
Editorship January 2017 to December 2019
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

Doug Strahler

Director of Social Media
Term: Sunday 2017 to Saturday 2020
Slippery Rock University

Mary Toale

Director of Sponsorship, 2018 Convention
Term Ends at Close of 2018 Convention
SUNY-Oswego

Stacy Smulowitz

Applied Communication Interest Group Representative
Term Begins Sunday 2016/ends Thursday 2018
University of Scranton

Jade Olson

Argumentation and Forensics Interest Group Representative
Term Begins Sunday 2016/ends Thursday 2018
University of Maryland

Nicholas S. Smith

Communication Traits Interest Group Representative
Term begins Sunday 2016/ends Thursday 2018
Wayne State University

Martin Wallenstein

Communication, Law & Ethics Interest Group Representative
Term Begins Sunday 2016/ends Thursday 2018
CUNY – John Jay 

Daniel Mansson

Instructional Communication Interest Group Representative
Term Begins Sunday 2016/ends Thursday 2018
Penn State Hazelton

April Copes

Intercultural Communication Interest Group Representative
Term begins Sunday 2016/ends Thursday 2018
Anne Arundel Community College

Elvera Berry

Kenneth Burke Interest Group Representative
Term begins Sunday 2017/ends Thursday 2019
Roberts Wesleyan College

Colin P. Kearney

Media Communication Interest Group Representative
Term Begins Sunday 2017/ends Thursday 2019
University of Florida

Craig Maier

Philosophy of Communication Interest Group Representative
Term Begins Sunday 2017/ends Thursday 2019
Duquesne University

Rod Carveth

Political Communication Interest Group Representative
Term begins Sunday 2017/ends Thursday 2019 
Morgan State University

Dan Strasser

Voices of Diversity Interest Group Representative
Term Begins Sunday 2017/ends Thursday 2019
Rowan University

Nicholas Bowman

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

Finance Committee

Benjamin R. Bates, Chair (President)

Leeanne Bell McManus (First Vice President)
Katherine Thweatt (First Vice President Elect)
Jason S. Wrench (Immediate Past President)
Cheryl Casey (Executive Director)

Pamela Lannutti 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

Benjamin R. Bates, Chair (President and Immediate Past Editor of Communication Quarterly)

Katherine Thweatt (First Vice President Elect)
Cheryl Casey (Executive Director)
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)
Rod Carveth (Elected Representative)
Pamela Lannutti Communication Quarterly Editor (ex officio)
Nicholas Bowman, Communication Research Reports Editor  (ex officio)
Kristen L. Majocha, Qualitative Research Reports in Communication Editor (ex officio)