Anne Maydan Nicotera, PhD
Conference Manager
Professor
Health communication, nursing communication, communicative/interactive constitution of organization, race and gender, diversity, and culture and organizations
Anne Maydan Nicotera (PhD, Ohio University) is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Communication at George Mason University, where she teaches courses in organizational and interpersonal communication.
Iccha Basnyat
Program Manager
Associate Professor
Culture, gender and health, health inequalities, global health communication, South and South East Asia
Iccha Basnyat is an Associate Professor in the Global Affairs Program, and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Communication. Dr. Basnyat received her B.A. in Communication from the University of Utah, MPH from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Ph.D. in Communication from Purdue University with emphasis on health communication. Dr. Basnyat taught in the Department of Communication & New Media at the National University of Singapore for a decade as well as in the School of Communication at James Madison University before joining Mason. Read more.
Kevin Wright, PhD
Professor
Health communication, social media and interpersonal relationships, life span communication, and interpersonal issues in health communication
Dr. Wright received his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma. He has focused much of his research on social support processes and health outcomes in both face-to-face and computer-mediated contexts.
Sojung Claire Kim
Health and Risk Communication, Strategic Message Design, Misinformation Correction, Social Media and Influence, Social Emotions, Quantitative Research Methods, Eye Tracking
Sojung Claire Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at George Mason University. At Mason, she directs the Communication, Health, and Relational Media (CHARM) Lab, where she conducts research on effective message design and evaluation and misinformation correction with eye tracking technology.
Kim received her doctorate in Mass Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed her post-doctoral fellowship in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. At both UW and Penn, she was involved in the Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research (CECCR) supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Xiaoquan Zhao, PhD
Professor
Health communication, persuasion, media effects, information seeking, tobacco prevention, and climate change communication
Xiaoquan Zhao received his Ph.D. (2005) from the Annenberg School for Communication, the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on health message design and effects, evaluation of public communication campaigns, health information seeking, information disparities affecting vulnerable populations, news effects on health and risk perceptions, and the role of the self in health behavior and persuasive communication.