Conference Presentations
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
Peng, W., Meng, J., & Issaka, B. (June 2024). Navigating persuasive strategies in online health misinformation: An interview study with older adults. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.
Saleem, M., & Issaka, B. (June 2024). Post-partum depression: Information-seeking behaviors among new mothers through online channels. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.
Issaka, B., Aidoo, E. A. K., Wood, S., & Mohammed, F. (July 2024). “Anxiety is not cute”: Analysis of Twitter users’ discourses on romanticizing mental illness. Paper presented at the Social Media & Society International Conference (SMSociety), London, UK.
Issaka, B., Abdul Raheem, S., Aidoo, E., & Aderonke, D. (May 2023). Behavioral analysis of teachers’ attitudes towards students’ use of mobile phones in schools in Ghana. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Issaka, B., Bhati, S., & Brandt, P. (May 2022). Assessing mental health perceptions and counseling seeking behaviors of international college students. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Paris, France.
Alhabash, S., Issaka, B., White, L., Suneja, A., & Smith, S. (May 2022). Does ‘what happens on social media stay on social media’? A TPB analysis of the relationship between platform preference and alcohol posting on Halloween among underage youth. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Paris, France.
Issaka, B., & Muturi, N. (July 2020). Social media and cancer communication in Ghana: Application of information processing theory. Paper presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Tampere, Finland.
NATIONAL CONFERENCES
Issaka, B. (August, 2024). Beyond the veil, a need for minority voices: Identity (mis) representations of Muslim women in U.S. media and Muslim women’s coping strategies of mitigation. Paper accepted at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Issaka, B., Young, A., & Tan, P. N. (January, 2024). Conversational agents as an aid for cancer survivors’ information search. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Mānoa, Hawaii.
Aidoo, E. A. K., Issaka, B., & Wood, S. (November, 2023). Technological capital in Africa: Discussing the issues of access and adoption of technology to improve health care. Panel presentation at the National Communication Association (NCA) Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Kononova, A., Issaka, B., Moldagaliyeva, M., Li, L., Sukhanovskaya, V., Sun, F., Cotten, S., & Bender, A. (August, 2023). I, structure, and Dasein: Qualitative exploration of adults’ experiences with digital information and communication technologies in the context of aging. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Stevenson, T., Mhonde Rochelle, Agboada, J., Issaka, B., Adebayo, A., et al. (April 2023). Black women in health communication (BWHC): Navigating the changing world. Panel presentation at the DC Health Communication Conference (DCHC), Washington, DC.
Issaka, B., Kononova, N., & Moldagaliyeva, M. (April, 2023). “Alexa helps me out during the day”: How older adults with cognitive deficits navigate ICT use in the (post)pandemic world. Presented at the DC Health Communication Conference (DCHC), Washington, DC.
Issaka, B., & Saleem, A. (April 2023). Post-partum depression: Help-seeking behaviors among new mothers through offline and online channels. Paper presented at the DC Health Communication Conference (DCHC), Washington, DC.
Abdul Raheem, S., & Issaka, B. (April, 2023). Examining public health education: A case of adolescent service policy and strategy in Ghana. Paper presented at the DC Health Communication Conference (DCHC), Washington, DC.
Issaka, B., Mohammed, I., Suleman, M., & Abdul Raheem, S. (November 2022). Challenging place-based beliefs in Ghana and Nigeria: Examining mental health digital discourses to reframe advocacy. Paper presented at the National Communication Association (NCA) Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Issaka, B., Bhati, S., & Brandt, P. (November 2021). Assessing mental health awareness and help-seeking behaviors of international students during COVID-19. Paper presented at the National Communication Association (NCA) Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington.
Muturi, N., & Issaka, B. (April 2021). Health disparities and communication strategies for the prevention of communicable diseases among African male immigrants in the U.S. Paper presented at the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, Lexington, Kentucky
INVITED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Issaka, B. (August, 2020). Transitioning: Practical ways of becoming an effective teaching assistant. Graduate College Orientation for New Teaching Assistants. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
Issaka, B. (September, 2021). Navigating the graduate school application: How to put together good application materials. Ghana Muslim Professionals Abroad.
Issaka, B. (August, 2022). Admission to U.S. universities. Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir.
Issaka, B. (August, 2023). Eye on Africa: Health issues on the continent. African Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
Issaka, B. (September, 2023). Global impact of graduate education. Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.