A FACULTY of the De La Salle University was appointed as divisional chair of the International Communication Association.

Dr. Jason Vincent A. Cabañes, Associate Professor of the Department of Communication, has started his two-year tenure as chairman of ICA’s Ethnicity and Race in Communication Division.

ICA is one of the most prestigious professional organizations in the field of media and communication, with more than 4,500 members in 80 countries.

DLSU said Cabañes will work to serve a group of scholars concerned with methodological approaches and research “that apply, extend, or develop communication theory and analysis through an examination of race and ethnicity within local, international, and transnational contexts.”

“The division also advocates for the improved status, representation, and opportunities for underrepresented scholars in communication,” DLSU added.

It aims to advance the scholarly study of human communication by encouraging and facilitating excellence in academic research worldwide.