Officers

	President Heather Hundley Department of Communication Studies, California State University-San Bernardino, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407-2397; 909-537-7377; hhundley@csusb.edu Heather Hundley is a professor and Graduate TA Coordinator in the Communication Studies Department at California State University, San Bernardino. She earned her B.A. and M.A. at California State University, Sacramento, and her Ph.D. from the University of Utah. Her research interests include mass media, gender, sport, and cultural studies. Her areas of teaching comprise media and culture, media history, media law, media production, feminist theories, qualitative/interpretive methods, and visual communication. She has published in journals such as Communication Reports, Visual Communication Quarterly, and Journal of Intergroup Relations among others.
	President Elect Pat Ganer Department of Communication Studies Cypress College 9200 Valley View St. Cypress, CA 90630 (714) 484-7000 x 48668 pganer@cypresscollege.edu Pat Ganer is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Cypress College. Her major teaching and research interests are in the areas of argumentation and critical thinking, political communication and intercultural communication. She received her BA and MA in Political Science from USC and UCLA respectively, did graduate work in Speech Communication at California State University Fullerton and received her PhD in Communication from the University of Utah. Pat first attended the Western convention as an undergraduate, competing in debate at the WSCA Forensics Tournament. She directed the forensics program at Cypress for 20 years and served as Western’s Speech Activities Coordinator and President of the American Forensic Association. At both the national and regional levels, Pat has served as an officer in a variety of interest groups and has served on the WSCA Executive Council as 2nd Vice-President, Speech Activities Coordinator and President of the Executives Club. On campus, Pat has served four terms as President of the Academic Senate, eight years as Chair of the Curriculum Committee and directed the institutional self-study for the college’s last accreditation.
	First Vice President Lisa Flores University of Colorado at Boulder Department of Communication, 270 UCB Boulder, CO 80309 303-735-5181 Lisa.flores@colorado.edu
	Second Vice-President Michelle A. Holling Department of Communication California State University San Marcos 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road San Marcos, CA 92096-0001 760-750-8576 mholling@csusm.edu Michelle A. Holling is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at California State University San Marcos. She also is Coordinator of the Ethnic Studies Program and Immediate Past-President of the Organization for Research on Women and Communication. She teaches courses in Rhetorical Theory, Rhetorical Criticism, Feminist Rhetorics, Chicana/os-Latina/os in Film & TV, Gender and Communication, and Argumentation. Her research examines the rhetoric of marginalized voices with particular attention on Chicana/o vernacular rhetorics and Latina/o communication studies, all of which appears in various journals and edited book collections. For her scholarship, she was awarded “Scholar of the Year” (2009) by the Latina/o Communication Studies Division and La Raza Caucus of the National Communication Association; and, recipient of the B. Aubrey Fisher Award for Outstanding Journal Article (2007). She earned her Ph.D. in 2000 Arizona State University and both her B. A. and M.A. at San Francisco State University in Communication.
	Immediate Past President Daniel Canary Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, 412 Stauffer Hall, Arizona State University, P.O Box 871205, Tempe, AZ 85287-1205; 480-965-6650; dan.canary@asu.edu Dan Canary (Ph.D., USC, 1983) is Professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University. He has authored or co-authored 10 books and over 70 articles and scholarly book chapters. Dan’s research interests include conversational argument, conflict communication, relational maintenance strategies, and sex differences and similarities in communication. Former President of the International Network on Personal Relationships, Dan is Vice-President Elect of the Western States Communication Association. Professor Canary is currently a member of 11 editorial boards. Dan served as Editor of the Western Journal of Communication from 2002-2005. He likes to read, travel, play guitar, and walk with his dog, Pepper.
	Executive Director John Reinard Department of Human Communication Studies, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton CA ;92834-6868 801-585-7798; jreinard@Exchange.fullerton.edu