I was humbled to be inducted as a 2024 Fellow of the International Communication Association (ICA) at its annual conference in June on the Gold Coast, Australia.
Fellow status in the ICA is primarily a recognition of distinguished scholarly contributions to the broad field of communication.
The ICA is the leading global organization for communication scholars. A total of 27 new fellows were named, including my co-author Claudia Mellado.
Selection as an ICA fellow is based on distinguished scholarly contributions and their impact on the field of communication.
It includes an esteemed group of academics who have been honoured for their outstanding research, teaching, and service in the communication discipline and have influenced my own development as an academic.
They include Pablo Boczkowski of Northwestern University, Michael Schudson of Columbia University and Barbie Zelizer of the University of Pennsylvania.
Kamal Al-Solaylee, director of UBC’s School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, commented: “He is a distinguished scholar, a brilliant teacher and a gifted administrator. The ICA Fellowship is a richly deserved recognition of his innovative scholarship.”