Professor Joseph M. Chan Elected ICA Fellow

With much excitement, the School and C-Centre are honored to announce that Prof. Joseph Man Chan was recently elected ICA Fellow by the most prestigious group of leading scholars at International Communication Association (ICA). Receiving his ICA Fellow ribbon on May 24 at the 2014 ICA Annual Conference in Seattle, Prof. Chan becomes the first Chinese communication scholar to receive this preeminent recognition for his outstanding academic contributions. More than a personal achievement, this is a milestone event that all Chinese communication scholars should celebrate.

In their nomination letter, Prof. Cynthia Stohl (ICA former president) and Prof. Jack Qiu wrote: Prof. Joseph Chan clearly deserves the eminent international recognition of an ICA Fellow because he is “an exemplary researcher, teacher, and pillar of intellectual community”. The nomination package also includes letters of support from Prof. Patrice Buzzanell, Prof. Akiba Cohen, Prof. David Weaver, and Prof. Zhongdang Pan.

At this year’s ICA Annual Conference, Prof. Chin-Chuan Lee, a former colleague who worked in CUHK for many years, received the Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award for his outstanding mentorship. On Saturday May 24, a joint reception — “C-Celebration” — hosted by CUHK and CityU of HK took place in the Issaquah room of the Sheraton Seattle hotel. About 100 scholars and students from around the world joined the celebration including the ICA President, two ICA Former Presidents, and such distinguished communication scholars as Prof. Elihu Katz, Prof. Monroe Price, and Prof. Sandra Braman. After attending the celebration, Prof. Zhi’an Zhang refers to the event in his Weibo post as “the glory of Chinese communication research”.

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