Congratulations to Adriana de Souza e Silva, who was inducted as a Fellow of the International Communication Association at the 76th Annual ICA Conference in South Africa. Dr. de Souza e Silva is a Professor of Communication Studies and Director of the Center for Transformative Media.

ICA is the premier global organization for communication scholars, with over 4,500 members worldwide. Fellow status is reserved for those with a documented record of distinguished scholarly achievement, requiring nomination by ICA members, a majority vote from current Fellows, and final approval by the Board of Directors. Dr. de Souza e Silva becomes the first Northeastern faculty member to earn this distinction, joining an elite group of scholars including Kathleen Hall Jamieson, George Gerbner, Everett Rogers, Patti Valkenburg, and Maxwell McCombs, whose work has defined the field for generations.

Dr. de Souza e Silva is also Senior Editor of the Mobile Media & Communication journal and vice-chair of the International Communication Association (ICA) Mobile Communication Division.

Her research investigates how engagement with mobile and locative media technologies shape urban mobility and interactions with public spaces, primarily in the developing world. In particular, she focuses on the creative ways people engage with mobile technologies through location-based games and mobile media art.

She is the author or co-author of 7 books, and over 50 articles in peer-reviewed publications. Over the course of her career, de Souza e Silva has held visiting appointments or positions at NC State University (USA), the Pontifical Catholic University (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and the IT University of Copenhagen (Denmark). She teaches classes on mobile communication, internet studies, and histories/theories of technology. She joined Northeastern University in 2024.

To learn more about Dr. de Souza e Silva’s work, click here.