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Executive Council
In accordance with our Constitution and Bylaws, the NWCA is governed by an executive council consisting of its president, immediate past president, two vice-presidents, secretary-treasurer, journal editor, newsletter editor, historian, and web spinner, elected by the membership at the annual meeting. The president and vice-presidents serve one-year, progressive terms, and the other officers serve three-year terms.
President
Karen Stout, Western Washington UniversityImmediate Past Pressident
Molly Mayhead, Western Oregon University1st Vice President
Jeanne Clark, Williamette University2nd Vice President
Trischa Goodnow, Oregon State UniversityTreasurer & Secretary
Kevin Brown, Oregon Institute of TechnologyJournal Editor
Cynthia Lou Coleman, Portland State UniversityHistorian
Ray Preiss, University of Puget SoundNewsletter Editor
Mark Porrovecchio, Oregon State UniversityWeb Spinner
Khalil Islam-Zwart, Washington State UniversityRoll of Presidents
- 2006-2007 Molly Mayhead, Western Oregon University
- 2005-2006 Jeff Kerssen-Greip, University of Portland
- 2004-2005 Annette Folwell, University of Idaho
- 2003-2004 Nancy J. Legge, Idaho State University
- 2002-2003 John Stewart, University of Dubuque
- 2001-2002 Elizabeth A. Kissling, Eastern Washington University
- 2000-2001 Martha Einerson, University of Idaho
- 1999-2000 Barbara Mae Gayle, University of Portland
- 1998-1999 Susan B. Poulsen, Portland State University
- 1997-1998 Ann Darling, University of Utah
- 1996-1997 David L. Cornelius, Eastern Washington University
- 1995-1996 Thomas Scheidel, University of Washington
- 1994-1995 Dayle C. Hardy-Short, Northern Arizona University
- 1993-1994 James R. DiSanza, Idaho State University
- 1992-1993 Martha Ann Hagan, Whatcom Community College
- 1991-1992 Betsy Wackernagle Bach, University of Montana
- 1990-1991 Robert Chamberlain, Seattle Pacific University
- 1989-1990 Richard Fiordo, University of Calgary
- 1988-1989 Paul Miles, University of Idaho
- 1987-1988 John Leipzig, University of Alaska
- 1986-1987 Shirlee Hennigan, Lewis-Clark State College
- 1985-1986 Phil Backlund, Central Washington University
- 1984-1985 Jack Barwind, Montana State University
- 1983-1984 Suzanne McCorkle, Boise State University
- 1982-1983 Harold Kinzer, Utah State University
- 1981-1982 Robert Nofsinger, Washington State University
- 1980-1981 Joe Ayers, Washington State University
- 1979-1980 Marvin Cox, Boise State University
- 1978-1979 Larry Richardson, Western Washington University
- 1977-1978 Ray Fenton, University of Alaska
- 1976-1977 Gary Wilson, Pacific Lutheran University
Editors of the NWCA Journal
- 2006-Present Cynthia Lou Coleman, Portland State University
- 2002-2006 David Douglass, Willamette University
- 1999-2002 Ray Preiss, University of Puget Sound
- 1996-1999 Catherine Collins, Willamette University
- 1993-1996 Nancy Legge, Idaho State University
- 1985-1993 Michael Beachley, Oregon State University
- 1983-1985 Gary Wilson, Pacific Lutheran University
- 1976-1983 Paul Miles, University of Idaho
Human Rights Awards Recipients
The Human Rights Award is an honor unique to the NorthWest Communication Association. The award recognizes those whose outstanding commitment to human rights and the freedom of expression help make this a better world.
- Dr. Arvind Singhal, Samuel Shirley and Edna Holt Marston Professor of Communication, and Senior Research Fellow, Sam Donaldson Center for Communication Studies, University of Texas, El Paso.
- The Honorable Rex Arrmstrong, Oregon State Appeals Court Judge
- Tony Stewart, North Idaho College
- Haig Bosmajian, University of Washington
- Mary E. Rohlfing, Boise State University