Officers

The membership of the Children, Adolescents, and Media Division is brought together for an annual business meeting as part of the annual meeting of the International Communication Association. Nominations for officers are sought at the divisional business meeting and are solicited from the entire membership by email in July/August. Elections for officers are held in conjunction with the annual ballot issued through the International Communication Association in October. The elected official begins serving at the conclusion of the following annual meeting.

In total, there are five officer positions: Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Student and Early Career Representative, and International Liaison. The Chair and Vice Chair/Chair Elect position for the Children, Adolescents, and Media Division is a four year term, consisting of two years as Vice Chair/Chair Elect followed by two years as Chair. The Secretary, Student and Early Career Representative, and International Liaison positions are two year terms.

For more information about the responsibilities of each of these positions, please view the CAM by-laws.

Chair

Nicole Martins, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The Media School
Indiana University Bloomington
nicomart@indiana.edu

Vice Chair

Drew Cingel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Communication
University of California, Davis
dcingel@ucdavis.edu

Secretary

Meryl Alper, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Communication Studies
Northeastern University
m.alper@northeastern.edu

Student and Early Career Representative

Chelly Maes
Ph.D. Student
School for Mass Communication Research
KU Leuven
chelly.maes@kuleuven.be

International Liaison

Regina Ahn
Assistant Professor
Department of Strategic Communication
University of Miami
regina.ahn@miami.edu

Previous Chairs
Nancy Jennings, Ph.D.
Jessica Taylor Piotrowski, Ph.D.
Sahara Byrne, Ph.D.
Erica Scharrer, Ph.D.
Amy Jordan, Ph.D.
Alison Bryant, Ph.D.
Patti Valkenburg, Ph.D.
Moniek Buijzen, Ph.D.

Previous Secretaries
James Alex Bonus, Ph.D.
Ine Beyens, Ph.D.
Laura Vandenbosch, Ph.D.
Karin Fikkers, Ph.D.
Esther Rozendaal, Ph.D.
Susannah Stern, Ph.D.
Ariel Chernin, Ph.D.

Previous Student and Early Career Representatives
Sarah Pila, Ph.D.

Previous International Liaisons
Cecilia Zhou