Officers

	President Sue Pendell Department of Speech Communication, Eddy Hall, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1783, 970-491-5303; Sue.Pendell@colostate.edu I am an Associate Professor at Colorado State University, where my teaching centers on interpersonal and intercultural communication, and my research focuses on the Communication of affection in all types of interpersonal relationships across cultures. At Colorado State, I've been the Chair of the Faculty Council, the Faculty Representative to the state governing board, and on more university committees than I care to count as well as doing department and college service. I have been a member of WSCA since my first year in the Ph.D. program at the University of Utah, and through the years it has been my pleasure to serve Western in many capacities. I have been active in several interest groups and have served as the secretary, vice chair, and chair of the Communication Theory Interest Group. I served on the Editorial Board of the Western Journal of Communication, represented my department on the Legislative Assembly, served on the Legislative Assembly Steering Committee and as Legislative Assembly secretary. I've been a member and chair of the Finance Committee, Chair of the Model Teaching Program Award Committee, a member of several Ad Hoc Committees, and a Member-at-Large of the Executive Council. Most recently, I served as the Executive Director for four years. My goals for the Association are to enhance member participation in service to WSCA, to expand involvement of contingent faculty members and investigate expanding membership to non-academics who engage in applied communication practices, and to support the promotion of scholary excellence, collegial interaction, and mentoring new scholars and students for which our Association is justifiably well known.
	President Elect Daniel Canary Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, 412 Stauffer Hall, University of Arizona, 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.
	First Vice President Heather Hundle Department of Communication Studies, California State University-San Benardino, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407-2397; 909-537-7377; hhundley@csusb.edu Heather Hundley is an Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator in Communication Studies 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. Heather has been a member of WSCA since 1993.
	Second Vice-President Kathryn Sorrells Department of Commuication Studies California State University, Northridge 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91330-8257, Manzanita Hall, Rm 220; 818-877-2853; Kathryn.sorrells@csun.edu Kathryn Sorrells is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at California State University, Northridge. She earned her B.A. from Carlton College in Religion, her M.A. from Antioch University, Seattle in Systems Theory and her Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico in Intercultural Communication. Forever crossing boundaries and challenging borders, Kathryn’s research and teaching interests combine approaches from intercultural communication, critical/cultural studies, performance studies, feminist and post-colonial theory to investigate globalization and culture, intercultural conflict, lesbian/gay/bi/trans issues, artistic forms of social protest, and the integration of social justice into intercultural communication studies. She has been a member of WSCA since 1998 when she attended her first conference as a graduate student. Finding WSCA a supportive, creative and challenging space for emerging scholars, Kathryn has fostered undergraduate and graduate student involvement in WSCA over the past ten years. She is committed to making WSCA an inclusive organization that attracts and sustains membership and leadership from diverse groups.
	Immediate Past President Sara Hayden Department of Communication Studies, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812-1028, 406-243-4333; sara.hayden@mso.umt.edu I am a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Montana. I received a B.A. in philosophy and history from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. My desire to bridge those two disciplines led me to the University of Minnesota, where I earned both my M.A. and Ph.D. in Speech Communication. My teaching and research interests span the areas of rhetoric, feminisms, social movements, and gender. My work has been published in scholarly journals including the Western Journal of Communication, Women's Studies in Communication, and the Quarterly Journal of Speech. My association with WSCA began when I arrived at the University of Montana, freshly minted Ph.D. in hand. A transplant from the Midwest, I was interested in making scholarly connections and in finding outlets for my work. My colleagues at UM urged me to submit an essay for possible inclusion in the upcoming WSCA convention. I followed their advice and have been an active member of the association ever since. The service and scholarly opportunities WSCA provides have been invaluable to my professional development. Through the organization I have met and interacted with wonderful scholars and colleagues, many of whom have become fast friends. I am honored to serve in a leadership position for the association. I hope to provide the same kind of enthusiasm and integrity that has been the hallmark of past WSCA leadership so that we may all continue to benefit from the opportunities this association provides.
	Executive Director Mark Bergstrom Department of Communication, 255 S. Central Campus Drive RM. 2100, U of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. 84112; 801-585-7798; bergstrom@admin.comm.utah.edu Mark Bergstrom is an Associate Professor of Communication and the Associate Dean of the College of Humanities at the University of Utah. He earned his B.S. at Washington State, M.A. at the University of Montana, and his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma. His research and teaching area is interpersonal communication and relationships, with particular interests in intergenerational relationships and conflict, bereavement processes, and health care interactions. Mark has been a member of WSCA since 1992.