Local & National Service

Dr. Galician has always made time to serve locally and nationally in a wide variety of activities — from serving on the national board of Women in Communications, Inc. (WICI) to donating an annual book scholarship for a Cronkite School student in honor of her late mother, Evelyn-Nancy Galician.

Here are just a FEW of these — along with a listing of Dr. Galician's professional organizational MEMBERSHIPS and offices held in them.

Selected Service to Community/Profession

• Frequent Keynote Speaker and Seminar Leader, variety of organizations (local & national)

• Frequent Journalism/Mass Communication Manuscript Evaluator, national publications

• Frequent Judge, Research Paper Competitions, professional/academic organizations

• Founding Vice Head and Program Chair, Entertainment Studies Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2000–2002

• Moderator and Organizer, "Washington Goes Hollywood: The New Role of Entertainment Media in Politics," Forum of the Entertainment Studies Interest Group & the Magazine Division, Annual National Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, D.C., August 2001 (aired nationally by C-SPAN, with VHS available from C-SPAN.org)

• Co-Director (with husband Dr. David Natharius, founding director), Cultural and Performing Arts (London & Paris; Florence & Rome), Winter and Summer Travel Study Programs, Division of Extended Education, California State University, Fresno, California, 1996–2000

• TV Anchor, On-air Pledge Drives, KAET-TV (PBS), Tempe, Arizona, 1985–1997

• Moderator, AARP/VOTE Forum, U.S. Congressional District 6 (Arizona) Candidates, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, October 1994

• Board Member, Merritt Center Advisory Board, Scottsdale and Payson, Arizona, 1990–1991

• Emcee, Rainbow Awards, Valley of the Sun United Way, Phoenix, Arizona, March 1989

• Far West Region Vice President and National Board of Directors Member, WICI/Women in Communications, Inc., 1987–1988

• Chair, Campaign Kickoff, Valley of the Sun United Way (Phoenix, Arizona), Fall 1987

Selected Service to University (ASU)

• Advisory Board Member, Center for Film & Media Research, ASU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, 2005–(present)

• Speaker, "Making the Grade," ASU Freshman Advisement and Registration Program, March 2002

• Speaker, "Media & Society," Hugh O'Brian Foundation Arizona Leadership Seminar, 1991–1997

• Speaker, “Media and Society,” President's Holistic Lecture Panel, “ASU: All Sparked Up!,” Family Weekend, October 1992

• Talent, ASU-NCAA National Television Promotional Spot, September 1992

• Senator, ASU Faculty Senate, 1984–1987, 1991–1992

• Keynote Speaker, Family Reunion/Family Weekend, ASU Student Life, October 1989

• Co-Chair, ASU United Way Campaign, 1988–1989

• Member, ASU Performing Arts Board, 1988–1990

Memberships

• Alliance for a Media Literate America (AMLA), 2005–(present)

• American Association of University Women (AAUW), 1967-(present)

  Board Member/Newsletter Editor, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Chapters, 1967-1973.

• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 1984-(present)

Founding Vice Head and Program Chair, Entertainment Studies Interest Group, 2000–2002

Division Member, Mass Communication and Society, 1984–1990, 1997–(present)

Division Member, Public Relations, 1984–1990, 1999–2003

Division Member, Radio-TV Journalism, 1984–1990

Member, Commission on the Status of Women, 1996–(present)

• Broadcast Education Association (BEA), 1984–1990

  Appointed Member, Promotion Committee (national)

  Appointed Member, Leadership Committee (national)

• Faculty Women's Association (FWA), Arizona State University, 1985–(present)

• National Communication Association (NCA), 1997–(present)

  Member, Mass Communication Division, 1997–(present)

  Member, Interpersonal Communication Division, 1997–(present)

  Member, Feminist and Women Studies Division, 1997–(present)

  Member, Disability Issues Caucus, 1999–(present)

  Member, Women's Caucus, 1997–(present)

• Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender (OSCLG), 1993–(present)

  Member, National Convention Planning Committee, 1996

• Popular Culture Association (PCA), 1995–2003

• Western States Communication Association (WSCA), 1998-(present)

  Member, Media Studies Interest Group (1998–(present)

  Member, Local Host Convention Committee, 1997

• Women in Communications, Inc. (WICI), 1985–1995

  National Board Member, 1987–1988

  National Vice President/Director of Far West Region, 1987–1988

  Appointed Member, Editorial Policy Board (national), 1988–1989

  Appointed Member, Campus Advisory Board (national), 1989–1990

  Board Member, Phoenix Professional Chapter, 1985–1990

  Faculty Advisor, ASU Campus Chapter, 1985–1990