Dear colleagues,
I hope you're having a nice day. For those who have been to the conference, I hope your trip back was nice and uneventful!
I'm writing on behalf of a group of disability communication and media scholars looking to organize at the ICA.
Over the past three years, we have built a strong presence at ICA through our efforts, including this year's third Disability Preconference and a series of disability related panels and papers throughout the main conference.
We are now looking forward to taking the next step by submitting an Interest Group application this November. More information about our work is available at our website, www.icadisability.com, including details about our steering committee, which brings together leading and emerging disability communication and media scholars from around the world.
I'm cross-posting this message to the Student and Early-Career Researchers Hub because, following the reception of our last two preconferences, it has become very clear that many people are interested in disability and communication research, yet they don't always find mentors familiar with the topic. Our effort to form an Interest Group aims precisely to help build that support network, and we especially want to encourage emerging scholars to get involved.
We hope you can support our efforts by signing the petition for a disability interest group at https://www.icahdq.org/page/prosp-ig-disability (or tinyurl.com/icadisability if you like shorter links).
Thank you!
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Valquiria Ramos Obregón (she/her)
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
valquiria.ramos@uc.cl------------------------------