DEADLINE APPROACHING - JAN 31 2017 Visual Communication Studies Young Scholars ICA Preconference San Diego, CA - May 25, 2017 Are you a graduate student with a project in progress or at draft stage that would benefit from mentorship and senior scholar feedback? Confirmed Senior Scholars: Laurie Gries (University of Colorado, USA) Luc Pauwels (University of Antwerp, Belgium) Mary Bock (University of Texas, USA) Larry Gross (University of Southern California, USA) Katharina Lobinger (Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland) Catherine Preston (University of Kansas, USA) Paolo Favero (University of Antwerp, Belgium) We've extended our deadline for the submission of abstracts to January 31. See more details at our website here: http://www.visualcommunicationstudies.net/ica-preconference-2017/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Giorgia Aiello Associate Professor in Media and Communication and Director of Research and Innovation School of Media and Communication University of Leeds Leeds, LS2 9JT United Kingdom Tel. : +44 (0)113 343 5828 Fax: +44 (0)113 343 5808 Twitter: @giorgishka Website: http://media.leeds.ac.uk/people/giorgia-aiello/ <https://twitter.com/giorgishka>