2023 Maryland

Japan-U.S. Communication Association (JUCA)

Annual Business Meeting 2023 (VIRTUAL)

Minutes

Chair: Akira Miyahara, President

Records: Katharina Barkley, Secretary

Place: Virtual (Zoom)
Date: 11/12 (Sun) 8am (Japan Time)
11/11 (Sat) 6pm (EST) 5pm (CST) 3pm (PST)

Call to Order (Miyahara) 

1.     Welcome by Miyahara

OLD BUSINESS (all in favor, no nay or abstain)

1.     Approval of the 2022 Business Meeting Minutes

2.     Activity Report 2022

NEW BUSINESS

1.     Top Papers: 

a.     Top Student Paper: “Intragroup Status, Perceived Discrimination, and Psychological Well-Being among Japanese Sexual Minorities”, Alexander Navarro (Nagoya University)

b.     Top Faculty Paper: “Recuperating Heterogeneity: Autoethnographic Tales of Hafu”, Keisuke Kimura (Miami University)

2.     Executive Committee Continuation and Replacement

a.     President: Akira Miyahara (Seinan Gakuin University)

b.     Vice President:                                                                                                          Rebecca K. Britt (University of Alabama) (stepped down, replacement search ongoing)

c.     Secretary: Katharina Barkley (Seinan Gakuin University)

d.     Treasurer: Joshua Nelson-Ichido (Central Washington University)

e.     Web Page Director: Tatsuya Imai (Nanzan University)

f.      Members at large: Rose Campbell (Butler University), Hiroko Okuda (Kanto Gakuin University)

g.     Graduate Student Representative: Megu Itoh, University of Maryland

3.     Report from 2023 Conference

a.     Number of submissions: 6 papers

b.     Accepted: 6 papers

c.     Number of sessions: 2 JUCA sessions

4.     Special Thanks to the Reviewers: Katharina Barkley, Koji Fuse, Josh Nelson-Ichido, Mizuki Wyant

5.     Budget Report (prepared by Joshua Nelson-Ichido):

a.     Assets:

                                               i.     Carry-over: $1098.58

                                             ii.     Donations: $50.00

                                            iii.     Total inflow: $1148.58

b.     Disbursements:

                                               i.     Award given: $50.00

                                             ii.     Food & drinks: $0.00

                                            iii.     Total outflow: $50.00

c.     Current Available Balance: $1098.58

6.     Plan for 2024 Conference 

a.     New Orleans

b.     Thursday, November 21 - Sunday, November 24, 2024

7.     Proposal for JUCA renewal, re-structuring, new association

a.     Proposal of establishment of new association with ICA (from conference year 2025) (4 attending members spoke in support, no dissenting opinions voiced)

b.     Request for all members to consider JUCA’s future at NCA