Presenting at NCA: Faculty, Students and our Dean

By | November 19, 2025
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We are proud to bring such a powerful set of faculty and students to the most influential communication conference in the United States. This year, NCA will be held in Denver from November 20-23, 2025.

  • Leadership: Our dean is the immediate past President of NCA, and will be visible throughout and is on some key sessions. Introduce yourself to Dr. Marnel Niles Goins.
  • Tabling: Meet our faculty and students at our table in the grad school open house , 1-4pm on Thursday the 20th. (location: NCA Exhibit Hall, Aurora Ballroom).

Sessions featuring our faculty and students

Thursday, November 20th 

  1. Kurt Braddock: 20166 – Extended Abstracts in Political Communication B (1 – 2): Chair of panel 
  1. Matt Levitas:  Far-Right Sexualities and Technical Imaginaries (Paper session) (1:00 – 2:15) Cottonwood 09 

Friday, November 21st 

  1. Sherri Williams, Ashia Aubrey, Renee Bracey Sherman & Matt Williams: DEI During Disasters: Weaponizing Racial Rhetoric During Crisis (8:00 – 9:15) Cottonwood 6 
  1. Kurt Braddock: 30441 – Political Communication Division Meeting (11 – 12:15): Vice Chair of Political Comm. Division 
  1. Kurt Braddock: 30461 – Applied Communication Division Meeting (1 – 2:15): Chair of Applied Comm. Division 
  1. Kurt Braddock: 30549 – Top Faculty Papers in the Political Comm. Division (2:30 – 3:45): As Vice Chair of Political Comm. Division 
  1. Sherri Williams: Feminist and Gender Studies Division Meeting (2:30 p.m. -3:45 p.m.) Bonnie Ritter Book Award winner. Juniper Ballroom C.  
  1. Sherri Williams: African American Communication and Culture Division Meeting (2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.). Outstanding Book Award winner. Cottonwood 04.  
  1. Ashia Aubrey: Activism and Social Justice Division (4-5:15 p.m.): Colorado Ballroom B 
  1. Kurt Braddock: 30606 – Top Student Papers in the Political Comm. Division (4 – 5:15): As Vice Chair of the Political Comm Division 

Saturday, November 22nd 

  1. Kurt Braddock: Legislative Assembly Meeting II – As Chair of Applied Comm. Division and Vice Chair of Political Comm. Division 

Sunday, November 23rd  

  1. Sarah Aghazadeh: presenting a co-authored paper at a panel titled “Disputed Terrain: Strategic Communication in Politicized and Polarized Contexts” (11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.).