
Many of our Grand Valley School of Communication faculty will be participating in The National Communication Association (NCA) 106th Annual Convention: Communication at the Crossroads event.
This year’s convention will be an entirely virtual event and free. Synchronous sessions will occur on the same dates as initially scheduled, November 19-22, with some virtual meetings held on the days surrounding these dates.
Below we have listed all of the GVSU faculty members participating in this year’s NCA Annual Convention. If your membership is current through December 1, 2020, you are an NCA Life Member, NCA Retired Member, or you wish to register as a non-member, click here to register.
Patrick Anderson
Grand Valley State University, Visiting Professor in the Department of Philosophy
Scheduled Appearances
Ancient Rhetoric at the Crossroads: Afrocentric Approaches and the Canon
Thu, 11/19: 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Role: Presenter
Author Meets Critics Panel: Zoetropes and the Politics of Humanhood
Thu, 11/19: 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Role: Presenter
On Moderate and Radical Government Whistleblowing: Edward Snowden and Julian Assange as Theorists of Whistleblowing Ethics
Fri, 11/20: 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Role: Author
Corey Anton
Grand Valley State University, Professor of Communications
Scheduled Appearances
Soul and Spirituality at the Crossroads: Jesus as Apology
Thu, 11/19: 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Role: Author
Robotic Media Environments
Fri, 11/20: 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Role: Respondent
Non-Being in Language Structure, Content and Context
Sat, 11/21: 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Role: Author
Non-Being, Possibilities, Morality, and Death Acceptance
Sun, 11/22: 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Role: Author
Richard D. Besel
Grand Valley State University, Professor and Director of School of Communications
Scheduled Appearances
PC10: At the Crossroads: The Future of Master’s Education
Wed, 11/18: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Role: Presenter
Public Health, the Environment, and the Body
Thu, 11/19: 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Role: Chair
Carl J. Brown
Grand Valley State University, Assistant Professor of Communication
Scheduled Appearances
Communication Centers Section Business Meeting
Tue, 11/10: 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Role: Co-Presenter
Legislative Assembly I
Wed, 11/18: 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Role: Presenter
Making a Difference in an Evolving Center: Best Practices for Engaging and Collaborating with Students
Fri, 11/20: 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Role: Chair
Legislative Assembly II
Sat, 11/21: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Role: Presenter
Anthony Spencer
Grand Valley State University, Assistant Professor of Communication
Scheduled Appearances
A multi-national validity analysis of the Argumentativeness Measure
Thu, 11/19: 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Role: Co-Author
Melba Vélez Ortiz
Grand Valley State University, Assistant Professor of Communication
Scheduled Appearances
Ancient Rhetoric at the Crossroads: Afrocentric Approaches and the Canon
Thu, 11/19: 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Role: Presenter
The Harpist of Maat: Notes on the Communicative Sacredness of Sound
Thu, 11/19: 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Role: Author
SC14: Disability Pedagogy at the Crossroads: Classroom and Online Learning Activities for Teaching About Disability
Fri, 11/20: 2:00 PM – 4:45 PM
Role: Presenter
Learning Activities for Critical Thinking and Reflection on Communication Ethics
Sat, 11/21: 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Role: Chair
Adrienne A. Wallace
Grand Valley State University, Assistant Professor of Advertising and Public Relations
Scheduled Appearances
07. Forging Ahead: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion the Driving Force Behind Communication Education
Thu, 11/19: 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Role: Co-Author
Crossroads in Pedagogy: Applications and Implications of Artificial Intelligence in the Communication Classroom
Thu, 11/19: 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Role: Presenter
Peter Zhang
Grand Valley State University, Professor of Communications
Scheduled Appearances
Flusser and Interology
Sun, 11/22: 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Role: Author