This is the final draft of the SSCA Norfolk Convention Program used for printing.

This is an Adobe PDF file and is searchable using the Find tool in the Edit tab of the toolbar in the upper left hand area of the Adobe window.

The index is at the end of this document.

No further changes can made to this document. Please send questions to Vice President Patricia Amason [email protected]

Please note that our block of hotel rooms is quickly filling for the Norfolk Convention. The deadline is March 11. If you have not already booked your rooms, please do so now by going to this website:

http://cwp.marriott.com/orfws/ssca/ 79th Annual Convention Southern States Communication Association 19th Annual Theodore Clevenger Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference April 1 - 5, 2009 • Marriott Norfolk Waterside • Norfolk, Va.

CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 3 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD 79th Annual Convention Southern States Communication Association 19th Annual Theodore Clevenger Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference April 1 - 5, 2009 • Marriott Norfolk Waterside • Norfolk, Va. PRESIDENT: JEROLD L. HALE, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA VICE PRESIDENT: PATRICIA AMASON, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT: TOM SOCHA, OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: J. EMMETT WINN, AUBURN UNIVERSITY

T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

Welcome ...... 6 Interest Groups ...... 75 UHC Acknowledgements ...... 7 Charter Members ...... 75 Registration ...... 8 Executive Directors ...... 76 Exhibit Schedule ...... 8 SCJ Editors ...... 76 Hotel Map ...... 8 SSCA Presidents ...... 77 Business Meetings ...... 11 Award Recipients ...... 78 SSCA Officers’ Programs ...... 11 Past Conventions and Hotels ...... 81 Programs by Division & Interest Group . . . . .12 Life Members ...... 82 Wednesday Sessions ...... 14 Patron Members ...... 82 Thursday Sessions ...... 14 Emeritus Members ...... 83 Friday Sessions ...... 34 Institutional Members ...... 83 Saturday Sessions ...... 49 Advertiser’s Index ...... 83 Sunday Sessions ...... 66 Constitution ...... 84 Association Officers ...... 74 Index of Participants ...... 90 Representatives to NCA ...... 74 2010 Call for Papers ...... 98 Committees ...... 74

Division Groups ...... 75 This symbol denotes Undergraduate Honors Panel

• Program designed by Jennifer Wood Adams, Auburn University •

4 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Y A D S R U H T

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 5 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Welcome to the 79th Annual SSCA National Convention Dear Colleagues of the SSCA:

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Norfolk for our 2009 convention. I hope you will find the sessions engag- ing, enlightening, and inspiring. Our focus at this convention is on building communities of scholars to explore ways to collaboratively to address similar interests and to solve common problems. In the spotlight series are programs demon- strating contemporary ways scholars are bridging theory and praxis. The program is highlighted by our plenary speaker, Gary Kreps. Additionally, many programs offer strategies for more effectively engaging students.

Planning this convention has been one of the most gratifying experiences of my career, but it was not without its obsta- cles. Working with fabulous colleagues to create the most meaningful convention possible certainly was the highpoint. We also faced hardships, but they were not insurmountable. Many of our colleagues were affected by the devastation of Hurricane Ike. The untimely presence of Ike on the Texas coast caused delays in many members’ abilities to submit papers and panels by the deadline. I was happy to extend the submission deadline to accommodate those who experi- enced such problems as power outages and flooded homes and offices. Mother Nature’s wrath negatively affected the conclusion of the planning process, as well. An unprecedented ice storm ravaged much of the southeast the last week of January as I was trying to stay ahead of my deadline for finalizing the program. Between brownouts and an eventual loss of power and access, I managed to meet that deadline by one day! In the good times and the bad you turn to dedicated and hardworking people who make all of the pieces fall into place. I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to the excellent leadership demonstrated by the division and interest group planners Jennifer Mize Smith, Stephanie Coopman, Richard Falvo, Charles Howard, Megan Moe-Lunger, Deanna Dannels, Richard Quianthy, Todd Goen, Slavica Kodish, Myleea Hill, Justin Trudeau, Norma Cox Cook, Wesley Buerkle, Corey Hickerson, Bob Frank, Ron Arnett, Jim Kuypers, and Rebecca Kennerly, Christi Moss, and Brian McGee. I am deeply grateful for their hard work and their willingness to accept late submissions while maintaining our predetermined schedule. My appreciation goes to Stephanie Coopman, Kelli Fellows, and Roy Schwartzman for reviewing the papers submitted for consideration for the Bostrom Young Scholar Award.

Accomplishing this large task would not have been possible without the wisdom and guidance of a number of people including Chuck Tardy, Craig Smith, Jerry Hale, Lynne Webb, and Janet Fisher. I could always count on their leader- ship and experience to help me when I confronted conflicts or when I just needed to vent. Special thanks go to Emmett Winn for his constant support, friendly reminders, and his tremendous organizational skills. Emmett, you’ve made this job so much easier! Tom Socha did a tremendous job of serving as local arrangements chair while also planning an out- standing Undergraduate Honors Conference. These are huge tasks and he deserves our thanks. My sincere gratitude goes to Megan Wilson for her outstanding administrative assistance and for reading countless drafts of the program. Finally, I could not have completed this task without the love, patience, and support of my husband Gary Sager and our daughter Reagan.

And to you, the members who make SSCA strong, thank you for entrusting me with the opportunity to plan your con- vention. I hope you enjoy your time in Norfolk!

Sincerely,

Patricia Amason Vice President University of Arkansas

6 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Theodore Clevenger Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Acknowledgements Welcome to Beautiful Norfolk! Congratulations UHC participants! We are excited you are joining us for the 79th annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association. UHC participation is a signature academic honor and we are proud of you!

Please be sure to attend the Theodore Clevenger Undergraduate Honors Conference Breakfast on Saturday morning, spon- sored by Old Dominion University’s College of Arts & Letters (Dean Chandra de Silva) and SSCA, where the top-ranked UHC paper winner will be announced. And, come to the annual Osborn Reception on Saturday evening.

When not presenting, UHC participants are encouraged to attend regular SSCA panels, browse the displays and exhibits, and enjoy Norfolk’s many eating and fun spots. Thinking about future graduate studies in communication? Let us help you to connect with graduate program directors and faculty at your schools of choice.

Below are the SSCA scholars who served as UHC reviewers and respondents. When you see them during the conference please join me in thanking them!

Kelley Albada, North Carolina State University Trudy Hanson, West Texas A & M University Tim Anderson, Old Dominion University Joy Hart, University of Louisville Josh Azriel, Kennesaw State University Fran Hassencahl, Old Dominion University Jim Baesler, Old Dominion University Rachel Holloway, Virginia Tech University Ann Burnette, Texas State University San Marcos Rebecca Kennerly, Georgia Southern University Yi-Fan Chen, Old Dominion University David Lee, University of South Florida Ken Cissna, University of South Florida Roseann Mandziuk, Texas State University Dick Conville, University of Southern Mississippi Nina Joe Moore, Appalachian State University Stephanie Coopman, San Jose State University Jason Munsell, Columbia College, South Carolina Lisa Corrigan, University of Arkansas Megan Moe-Lunger, Lee University Robert Denton, Virginia Tech University Debbie Philips, Muskingum College Liz Desonoyers-Colas, Armstrong Atlantic State University Margaret Pitts, Old Dominion University Mike Eaves, Valdosta State University Jane Rowe, Old Dominion University Gary Edgerton, Old Dominion University Burton St. John, Old Dominion University Bill Edwards, Columbus University Avi Santo, Old Dominion University Eric Fife, James Madison University Barry Smith, Mississippi University for Women Tom Frentz, University of Arkansas Terry Thibodeaux, Sam Houston State University Dominique Gendrin, Xavier University of New Orleans Kathy Turner, College of Charleston David Gesler, Murray State University Kandi Walker, University of Louisville Chuck Grant, Meredith College Michael Waltman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Wendy Hajjar, Xavier University of New Orleans Hill

I wish you the very best and look forward to meeting you!

Tom Socha, Vice President-Elect, UHC Program Planner Old Dominion University

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 7 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

REGISTRATION HOURS

REGISTRATION IN SHANGRI-LA/YORKTOWN - 2ND FLOOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 ...... 4 P.M. TO 7 P.M. THURSDAY, APRIL 2...... 9 A.M. TO NOON & 1:30 P.M. TO 4 P.M. FRIDAY, APRIL 3...... 8:30 A.M. TO NOON & 1:30 P.M. TO 3 P.M. SATURDAY, APRIL 4...... 8 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. & 1:30 TO 3 P.M. SUNDAY, APRIL 5 ...... CLOSED

EXHIBIT SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, APRIL 2 ...... NOON TO 5 P.M. FRIDAY, APRIL 3...... 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M. SATURDAY, APRIL 4 ...... 9 A.M. TO NOON

NORFOLK MARRIOTT FLOOR PLAN CONVENTIONINFORMATION

8 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 9 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

10 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD SSCA OFFICERS’ PROGRAMS Past President: 1101, 1202, 2105, 3101, 3313, 4101, 4401, 4511, 4707 President: 1101, 1202, 2105, 3101, 3313, 4101, 4401, 4517, 5212 Vice-President: 1101, 1202, 2105, 3101, 3507, N O I 4101, T A M 4302, R O F 4401, N I 5212 N O I T N E V N O C Vice-President Elect: 1101, 1202, 2105, 3101, 3706, 4101, 4401, 4502, 5101, 5212, 5307 Executive Director: 1101, 1202, 2105, 2402, 3101, 4101, 4401, 5212 Executive Director Elect: 1101, 1202, 2105, 2402, 3101, 4101, 4206, 4401, 5212 BUSINESS MEETINGS THURSDAY Mass Communication Division: 2311 Southern Forensics Association Division: 2609 Communication Theory Division: 2708 Kenneth Burke Society Interest Group: 2709 Performance Studies Division: 2711

FRIDAY Association for Communication Administrators Interest Group: 3702 Intercultural Communication Division: 3703 Rhetoric and Public Address Division: 3704 Applied Communication Division: 3706

SATURDAY American Society for the of Rhetoric Interest Group: 4109 Community College Division: 4110 Language and Social Interaction Division: 4111 Gender Studies Division: 4112 Public Relations Division: 4312 Interpersonal Communication Division: 4803 Political Communication Division: 4804 Ethnography Interest Group: 4805 Freedom of Speech Division: 4806 Popular Communication Division: 4811 Instructional Communication Division: 4812

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 11 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD PROGRAMS BY DIVISIONS & INTEREST GROUPS AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF Christina Moss, North Carolina State University RHETORIC INTEREST GROUP 2209, 2303, 3203, 5201 Jim A. Kuypers, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2403, 4702 LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION DIVISION Slavica Kodish, Eckerd College APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION 2204, 2502, 4202, 4306 Jennifer Mize Smith, Western Kentucky University MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION 2212, 2610, 3209, 3308, 3511, 4107, 4204, 4308, Myleea D. Hill, Arkansas State University 4502, 5204 2207, 2404, 2511, 2703, 3307, 3408, 3707, 4212, ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION 4503, 4705, 4802, 5207, 5305 ADMINISTRATORS INTEREST GROUP Ronald C. Arnett, Duquesne University PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION 2206, 2411, 2509, 4103, 4706, 5104 Justin Trudeau, University of North Texas 2208, 2306, 2408, 2505, 2603, 3302, 3506, 3512, COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION 4106, 4303, 4711, 4808, 5206 Stephanie J. Coopman, San Jose State University 2210, 2310, 2412, 2510, 2608, 3209, 3304, 3505, POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION 5105, 5306 Norma Cox Cook, University of Tennessee- Knoxville COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION 2407, 2606, 3204, 3408, 4104, 4203, 4704 Richard Mercadante, St. Petersburg College 2602, 3303, 4304, 4601, 5208 POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP C. Wesley Buerkle, East Tennessee State Rebecca Kennerly, Georgia Southern University University 2304, 2505, 3206, 3504, 4711, 5102 2209, 2308, 2402, 3311, 3502

FREEDOM OF SPEECH DIVISION PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION Charles Howard, Tarleton University Corey Hickerson, James Madison University 3305, 3405 2307, 3205, 4211, 4504, 4708, 5203 GENDER STUDIES DIVISION Megan Moe-Lunger, Lee University RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION 2506, 2607, 2707, 3306, 3412, 4505, 5103, 5304 Robert E. Frank, Morehead State University 2203, 2309, 2507, 2605, 2607, 2707, 3211, 3404, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION 3504, 4511, 5106, 5308 Richard Quianthy, Broward Community College 2211, 2405, 2611, 3208, 3406, 4205 SOUTHERN FORENSICS ASSOCIATION DIVISION INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION Brian McGee, College of Charleston Todd L. Goen, University of Georgia 3402, 3503, 4102, 5301 2310, 2508, 4703 CONVENTIONINFORMATION UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Deanna Dannels, North Carolina State University Thomas J. Socha, Old Dominion University 2407, 2504, 3202, 3403, 3508, 4108, 4508, 4812, 3309, 3310, 3409, 3410, 3509, 3510, 3709, 3710, 5205 4101, 4209, 4210, 4309, 4310, 4509, 4510, 4709, KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY INTEREST GROUP 4710, 4809, 4810

12 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 13 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD 2203 DAY 1 Thursday 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 1101 A RHETORICAL LOOK AT VIRGINIA’S MASSIVE RESISTANCE FIFTY YEARS LATER: STATE, LOCAL AND Wednesday PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Jefferson Board Room SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION CHAIR/RESPONDENT: ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Jerry L. Tarver PARTICIPANTS: University of Richmond President, Vice-President, Vice-President Elect, PARTICIPANTS: Executive Director, Executive Director Elect, Virginia’s Massive Resistance: States’ Rights and White Marketing Director, SCJ Editor, Finance Committee Supremacy Arguments Chair Ann E. Burnette Texas State University-San Marcos 1202 A Rhetoric of Inequality Revisited: Articulations of Racial Wednesday Inequality in Resistance to the Desegregation of Norfolk, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Virginia’s Public Schools, 1958-1959 Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 Patrick G. Wheaton EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING Georgia Southern University Living the Rhetoric of Segregation: An Auto-Ethnographic Study Robert E. Frank DAY 2 Morehead State University Fifty years ago Virginia led a movement known as Massive Resistance. Dedicated to the principle of maintaining segregated schools at all costs, THURSDAY, APRIL 2 several Virginia localities closed public schools rather than obey the 2105 Supreme Court rulings to desegregate them. The sentiments ran high across the state as leaders argued to defy the national government while city of Thursday Norfolk and Prince Edward County closed schools. This panel takes a look 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. back to view the ideologies of the time from state, local and personal per- Executive Council Meeting spectives. HAMPTON ROADS BALLROOM 5 2204 Thursday 2202 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Thursday Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. CROSSING GENRES: COMMUNICATION, Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 IDENTITY, DECISION MAKING, AND MEDIATED SPONSOR: SPACE IN THE CHANGING WORLD Vice-President Spotlight Series SPONSOR: LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION WORKSHOP ON CRITICAL THINKING DIVISION PRESENTERS: CHAIR: WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY Donna Smith Linda Vangelis Ferris State University South Carolina University George Nagel Help, Is There a Doctor in the Forum?: A Fantasy Theme Ferris State University Analysis of the Student Doctor Network Forums Helen Woodman Josh Hillyer Ferris State University Auburn University Christine Conley-Sowels Mary Helen Brown Ferris State University Auburn University Elizabeth Yarbrough Auburn University

14 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD How am I Doing? Students’ Use of External and Internal is now a unit director will discuss the transition from faculty to administra- Cues to Determine Success tor, a second year alumnus will describe the benefits while serving as Amy L. Housley Gaffney Faculty Senate Chair, and a staff member who is currently a PLA member will explain the benefits of the evolving year. A department chair will dis- North Carolina State University Electronic Diaries: An Interpretive Textual Analysis of Teen- cuss the advantages and disadvantages of having this type of professional Age Females’ My Space Blogs mentorship on the college campus. Chas Hartman 2207 University of Kentucky Re-Membering an Action Project in Qualitative Thursday Interviews: Membership Categorization and Claims of 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Identity Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 Amina Iraqi CROSSING IDEOLOGIES IN NEWS FRAMING University of South Florida AND MEDIA CONTENT Beer Talk: A Qualitative Analysis of Decision Making in Draft Houses SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION Christine Friedman CHAIR: North Carolina State University I Love My Team/TV: Communication Techniques of Sports Dedria Givens-Carroll Fans in Mediated Space University of Louisiana-Lafayette Adam Richard Rottinghaus Der Kampf and the War on Terror: Metaphorically Framing

Symbolic Combat Y A D S R U H T North Carolina State University Roy Schwartzman RESPONDENT: University North Carolina-Greensboro Linda Potter-Crumley Five Years of U.S. News Coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian Southern Adventist University Conflict Eugenie Almeida 2206 Fayetteville State University Characteristics of Political Blogs: What Contributes to the Thursday Popularity of One versus Another? 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Tiffany Fields Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 University of Arkansas FACULTY, STAFF & ADMINISTRATOR Sitthivorada Boupha COLLABORATION: TRAINING FUTURE LEADERS University of Arkansas THROUGH A PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP Matthew Stell ACADEMY University of Arkansas SPONSOR: ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION Lynne M. Webb ADMINISTRATORS INTEREST GROUP University of Arkansas Are the News-Makers Listening? A Study of the Role Web PARTICIPANTS: Site Metrics Play in Newsroom Practices and Decision- Cathy L. Thomas Making Professor Robert Andrew Dunn Morehead State University University of Alabama Calvin Lindell Lauren Reichart Interim Director, Leadership Learning Community University of Alabama Morehead State University Jung Kyu Kim Lisa Shemwell University of Alabama Speech Team Coach Dohyun Ahn Morehead State University University of Alabama Phil Martin Wilson Lowrey Program Director, Speech Area University of Alabama North Central State College RESPONDENT: Traditionally, administrators at colleges and universities come up through Darrell Roe the faculty ranks without much training or professional development. The changing nature and complexity of issues facing postsecondary education East Texas Baptist University requires strategic leadership in the 21st Century. The President’s Leadership Academy (PLA) provides an opportunity for just such training. 2208 Panelists will discuss the formation of the academy, their experiences in it, Thursday and the benefits of it, both on and off campus. Three panel members will explore three different viewpoints: an alumnus from the inaugural class who 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 15 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

16 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 17 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 Bowling Green State University BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER AND/OR GRINDING Communication scholars are increasingly urged to build connections across TO A HALT: PERFORMANCES OF INTERSECTION disciplines and beyond the traditional bounds of academe. As calls for inter-dis- ciplinarity and engaged scholarship abound, it is all too easy to celebrate inter- SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION sectionality and collaboration as such without critically examining the ideologi- CHAIR: cal and affective qualities of intersection. Intersections do not necessitate fusion. Looking back to our linguistic past, they include rips and tears – moments when David Terry meaning is rent asunder. This panel presents five performances/provocations University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill that ask us to re-think what it does/might mean to “intersect” through encoun- PARTICIPANTS: ters with various “real world” intersections. There’s That Guy Again: Repairing the Paranoia of Familiar 2209 Strangers David Terry Thursday 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Waxing Poetics: Where the Public Intersects (On) My Privates Madison Marjorie Hazeltine Strange Bedfellows?: Kenneth Burke and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Popular Culture Whose Line Is It Anyway: An Ethnographic Study of Chapel SPONSOR: POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION Hill's J Bus. Allison Schlobohm KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill FACILITATOR: Doomsday, Dimes, and Dementia: Performers in the Christina Moss Intersection North Carolina State University Ariel Gratch PARTICIPANTS: Louisiana State University Slice of life Mari Boor Tonn Rebecca Walker University of Maryland Jason Edward Black Louisiana State University University of Alabama RESPONDENT: Stace Treat Ben Powell University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill THURSDAY

18 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

C. Wesley Buerkle molding society. Each scholar will open discussion on one of her or his East Tennessee State University favorite communication theories providing a glimpse into one of the hardest J. Emmett Winn to define terms of today ... communication. Auburn University 2211 To those who use Kenneth Burke’s works, the relationship to Burke and studies in/of popular culture seem somewhat natural though not without its Thursday tensions. Some who do popular communication studies are not quite sure 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. what to do with a founder of New Criticism amidst post-structural- Washington ists/modernists, feminists, queer theorists and the like. This panel creates an TOP STUDENT PAPERS exchange of ideas and questions among scholars who wish to work through the limitations, hesitations, and possibilities of Burke in popular communica- SPONSOR: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION tion. CHAIR: 2210 Richard Quianthy Broward College Thursday Cultural Competency Training for healthcare organizations: 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. A necessity in the industry Tyler Rachel Rashe’ RAINDROPS ON ROSES AND WHISKERS ON Texas A&M University KITTENS: MY FAVORITE COMMUNICATION The Black AIDS Institute: (Re)producing and Constituting

THEORY AND WHY I THINK IT EXPLAINS Black America through Performance and Y Nationalism A D S R U H T EVERYTHING Laurie Markle SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION University of Georgia The Rhetoric of Hope: The Sculpting of Racial Identity for CHAIR: Barack Obama Paula Rodriguez Creshema Murray* Hinds Community College University of Alabama Communication Accommodation Theory The Management Skills Needed in a Multicultural Setting Richard Bello Shanshan Lou Sam Houston State University Morehead State University Agenda Setting Theory *Top Paper Karyn L. Brown Mississippi State University 2212 Cultivation Theory Monette Callaway-Ezell Thursday 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Hinds Community College Wilson Cyborg Theory Stephanie J. Coopman IMPROVING HEALTH: COMMUNICATION IS MORE THAN AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION San José State University Rhetorical Situation SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION Jean DeHart CHAIR: Appalachian State University Symbolic Interactionism Kristina Drumheller Sherry G. Ford West Texas A&M University University of Montevallo A Campaign to Promote Awareness of the HPV Vaccine on Social Penetration Theory College Campuses Todd Lee Goen Kristine Johnson University of Georgia Florida State University Burke’s Theory of Dramatism What Do They Know? It Changes From Week to Week: David Sutton Perceived Ambiguity and Mediated Exercise Messages Auburn University Jennifer B. Gray Framing/Priming Appalachian State University Patricia West Social marketing campaigns for reducing HIV/AIDS: Creating Messages to Support Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Needle Exchange Programs This roundtable discussion offers an engaging and refreshing presentation DaKysha Moore of how our favorite communication theories cross ideologies and, well, explain everything. Theories that explain communicative interaction are Johnson C. Smith University important in the study of shaping the cognitive processes of people; hence, Applying Communication Theory in Alleviating Antibiotic

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 19 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Resistance: An Exploratory Study Child Advocacy Slavica Kodish Susan Gilpin Eckerd College Marshall University William Maze Home as Respite for the Working-Class Academic University of Memphis Katherine Grace Hendrix RESPONDENT: University of Memphis Joy Hart I Could Tell You Stories: A Year On the Dakota Plains Joyce L. Hocker* University of Louisville University of Montana 2303 RESPONDENT: Christine S. Davis Thursday University of North Carolina-Charlotte 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. *Top Paper Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES OF DEMOCRACY, 2305 SPORT, AND REDEMPTION: THE TOP PAPERS OF THE KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. SPONSOR: KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY INTEREST Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 GROUP INTEGRATING TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND CHAIR: SERVICE: A MULTI-YEAR, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY Christina Moss SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT IN BELIZE North Carolina State University SPONSOR: VICE-PRESIDENT’S SPOTLIGHT SERIES PAPERS: Kandi L. Walker Cleansing the Superdome: A Scenic Rhetoric of Purification University of Louisville Daniel Grano* Joy L. Hart University of North Carolina Charlotte University of Louisville Kenneth Zagacki* Walker and Hart will describe their work in Belize with the International North Carolina State University Athlete as Agency: Motive in the Rhetoric of NASCAR Service Learning Program associated with the University of Louisville. These efforts have involved training communication students to design and Daron Williams implement a number of health communication programs for residents of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University rural villages. In addition, the project is interdisciplinary; thus, collabora- Jim A. Kuypers tion occurs with students and faculty from a number of disciplines, including Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University medicine, dentistry, nursing, education, and justice administration. In this Towards a Rhetorical Cosmopolitical Democracy presentation, the focus will be on the integration of teaching, research, and Rebecca L. McCarthy service across the work in Belize, especially focusing on the synergy pro- THURSDAY duced from this integration of efforts. Kaplan University RESPONDENT: 2306 Janice Odom Thursday Valdosta State University *Top Paper 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 2304 NOTIONS OF PERFORMANCE AND THE MINIATURE Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 CHAIR: ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP Melanie Kitchens COMPETITIVE PAPERS Louisiana State University SPONSOR: ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP PARTICIPANTS: CHAIR: The Doll House in Miniature and Installation: Space(s) in Play Rebecca M. Kennerly Lisa Flanagan Georgia Southern University Louisiana State University PARTICIPANTS: Collecting Photographic Souvenirs to Make and Remake a Who Speaks for This Child: An Ethnographic Narrative of Character

20 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Melanie Kitchens Mississippi State University Louisiana State University This panel presents historical, theoretical and rhetorical analyses of crisis The Scavenger of Small Things and the Performance of communication from the public relations perspective. Crisis management is Wonder often taught and practiced from the point of view of preparing for a crisis Gretchen Stein Rhodes and managing one should it befall an organization. Overlooked, however, is Louisiana State University the perspective of organizations creating crises, often to confront prevailing Death in Miniature: The CSI World of Frances Glessner Lee hegemonic forces that would not typically allow collaboration under con- Jules Odendahl-James texts that perhaps should not be subject to compromise. Those disenfran- chised groups may well find more equitable treatment through the media by Duke University creating a crisis that then serves as a platform for the voice of that group, a RESPONDENT: voice not heard through the static of status quo. Tracy Stephenson Shaffer Louisiana State University 2308 In On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Thursday Collection Susan Stewart toys with the notion of the miniature as “a stage 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on which we project, by means of association or intertextuality, a deliberate- Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 ly framed series of actions.” The practice of miniaturizing in material or discursive terms requires great care in craftsmanship, as space and time CULTURAL PARTICIPANTS: MUSICIANS AND must be collapsed. Generally, the body is used to communicate the scale of FANS the miniature. For instance, Tom Thumb is purported to be as tall as a SPONSOR: POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION “regular” human’s thumb, and he sleeps in an acorn cup. The miniaturized fictive [fiction?] is a metaphor for the realistic or natural world. The minia- CHAIR: Y A D S R U H T ture metaphorically holds the promise of a daydream or space where “the Danielle E. Williams world of things can open itself up to reveal a secret life—indeed, to reveal a Georgia State University set of actions and hence a narrativity and history outside the given field of A (Telling) Detour to Nowhere: How the Rory “Smart Mob” perception.” The papers on this panel toy with the notions of the miniature Challenged the NHL’s All Star Hegemony in performance and performance in the miniature. Bryce J. McNeil 2307 Georgia State University Singing the News: How Bob Dylan’s “The Lonesome Death Thursday of Hattie Carroll” Functions as Underground Journalism 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Theodore Petersen Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 University of Florida CREATING CRISES: WHEN COLLABORATION The Rivalry Continues: An Analysis of Boston Red Sox and DOESN'T CHANGE OUR WORLD FAST ENOUGH Yankees Fans Jason R. Como SPONSOR: PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION Christopher Newport University CHAIR: Michaela D.E. Meyer Christie Kleinmann Christopher Newport University Theories from Developmental Psychology: Application to Lee University PARTICIPANTS: Fan Studies Gayle S. Stever The NAACP and The Crisis: An Analysis of W.E.B. DuBois’s Approach to Change Agentry Arizona State University Pamela Bourland-Davis 2309 Georgia Southern University Erik Brooks Thursday Georgia Southern University 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Power and Crisis Communication: Ideology, Hegemony Madison and Institutional Responses in the Michael Vick Dog COMPETITIVE STUDENT PAPERS IN RHETORIC Fighting Case AND PUBLIC ADDRESS Chris Geyerman SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION Georgia Southern University Fostering Equilibrium: Worthy Communication Objective or CHAIR: Leverage for Social Control? David Tarvin William Thompson Northern Kentucky University University of Louisville Attracting Media Attention: An Examination of Civil Rights PARTICIPANTS Activism in the South Women’s Story: An Analysis of the Movie, “Women, Laura Richardson Walton Women”

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 21 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Ran Ju 2402 Morehead State University Wagner in Monument: The Rhetoric of Symbolic Thursday Transformation 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Kelly Norris Martin Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 North Carolina State University CONFRONTING NORMALIZATION: STUDIES ON Patterns of Anti-democratic Rhetoric in Fifth Century THE REPRESENTATIONS OF SUBALTERN Greece IDENTITIES Natalia Kovalyova SPONSOR: POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION University of Texas at Austin RESPONDENT: CHAIR: Jean L. DeHart John Saunders Appalachian State University Columbus State University Red Sticks, Tennessee Volunteers, and a Southern “Indian 2310 War” on Display: Colonized and Decolonized Identities at the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Thursday Jason Edward Black 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. University of Alabama Tyler The Negro Farmer: Investigating Racist Stereotypes in a CROSSING IDEOLOGIES WITHIN USDA Documentary Film COMMUNICATION: INTEGRATING J. Emmett Winn MEDIA/, INTERPERSONAL Auburn University COMMUNICATION, AND THEORY I “Flash in the Pan”: Examining “All My Children’s” First Transgender Transition SPONSORS: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION Danielle E. Williams Georgia State University CHAIR: Suburban Creations of the Frankenstein Myth in “Edward Michelle Violanti Scissorhands” and “Pleasantville” University of Tennessee, Knoxville Monica A. Moore PARTICIPANTS: University of Minnesota Richard I. Falvo 2403 El Paso Community College Susan I. Drummer Thursday Georgetown College 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Kerry Straver Hampton Roads Ballroom 2

THURSDAYOtterbein College Jessica Thern Smith GLOBAL RHETORIC AS A FIELD OF STUDY University of Tennessee, Knoxville SPONSOR: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF RHETORIC INTEREST GROUP This panel examines how social networking sites and cellular technology have impacted human interaction, and if these technological developments CHAIR: have sparked a need to reexamine traditional communication theory. Beth S. Bennett Collectively, these papers seek to spark conversation about whether or not the emergence of new media has fundamentally challenged existing commu- University of Alabama nication theory. History of Rhetoric in the Global Context Robert N. Gaines 2311 University of Maryland The Rhetoric of Resistance in Global Context Thursday Lisa M. Corrigan 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. University of Arkansas Washington Totalitarian Rhetoric in Global Times: A Historical Visit inside MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION BUSINESS Rhetorical Style MEETING AND PRODUCTION SHOWCASE Noemi Marin Production Showcase Highlights: Snapshots of Southern Florida Atlantic University Indiana The Rhetoric of Emerging Democracies Karen Bonnell Sean Patrick O’Rourke University of Southern Indiana Furman University

22 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD 2404 2406 Thursday Thursday 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 TOP PAPERS IN MASS COMMUNICATION: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH IN STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL, TRADITIONAL, INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND NEW MEDIA ISSUES SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION CHAIR: CHAIR: Kattrina Baldus Alison Miller University of Arkansas University of Louisiana-Monroe Scale Development: Attitude towards Providing Social Parental Mediation of the Internet in New Media* Support to People with Life-Threatening Diseases Erin L. Ryan Yan Guan University of Alabama University of Southern Mississippi Representation of the Chinese Product Recalls in National “But, Doc, Dan Rather said Tomatoes Were Good for Me and Local Newspapers in the Last Week!”: A Model of Perceive Ambiguity, Interpersonal, Hongmei Li and Mediated Exercise Messages Jennifer B. Gray

Georgia State University Y A D S R U H T Lu Tange Appalachian State University University of Tennessee, Knoxville Social Diffusion: A Measurement Model and Construct News Coverage of the Mid-County Bridge Validation M. Justin Davis Michael R. Kotowski University of Tennessee-Knoxville University of Tennessee RESPONDENT: Analyzing “Invisible Illness”: Stigmas as an Influence on Mary Jackson-Pitts Disclosure Jennifer Russell Arkansas State University * Top Paper University of Alabama RESPONDENT: 2405 Fran C. Dickson Thursday University of Denver 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 2407 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION AND Thursday CULTURAL CONTEXTS 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 SPONSOR: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION PEDAGOGICAL IN CITIZENSHIP CHAIR: EDUCATION: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Mary Evelyn Collins CO-SPONSORS: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT Sam Houston State University DIVISION AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION From Racial Intolerance to Cultural Pride: Notes on the History of Blues Tourism in the Mississippi Delta PARTICIPANTS: Stephen A. King Alessandra Beasley Delta State University Wake Forest University Converging Culture and Communication: The Solidarity of T. Nathaniel French Sisterhood in “The Color Purple” Christopher Newport University Mary L. Rucker Irene Grau Wright State University Christopher Newport University Listening to the Voices of Terrebonne: A Preliminary Sheree’ Keith Analysis of Oral from Southeast Louisiana Macon State College Terry M. Thibodeaux Aaron Martin Sam Houston State University University of Georgia Cultural Contracts in Weight Loss Commercials Marc Howard Rich Terra D. Moody University of Colorado-Boulder University of Alabama Mark Steiner

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 23 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Christopher Newport University RESPONDENT: Ron Von Burg Kelli J. Fellows Christopher Newport University University of North Carolina-Wilmington A central mission to a liberal arts institution is to prepare students for prin- cipled and responsible participation in civil society. This pedagogical mis- 2410 sion often falls under the milieu of helping students become better citizens. This roundtable discussion is an assemblage of veteran and novice instruc- Thursday tors who navigate institutional complexities by offering innovative teaching 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. practices that prepare students for the responsibilities of citizenship in a Tyler globalized world. SPOTLIGHT ON THE 2009 GENDER SCHOLAR: 2408 AN INTERVIEW WITH CAROLE BLAIR SPONSOR: GENDER STUDIES DIVISION Thursday 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. INTERVIEWER: Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 Deborah K. Phillips THE PERFORMANCE PROCESS: FROM THE Muskingum College PAGE TO THE STAGE Gender Scholar of the Year: Carole Blair SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION Carole Blair is an impressive researcher whose articles, chapters and pre- sentations have helped shape understanding of the rhetorics of U.S. monu- CHAIR: ments and public spaces. She has received numerous awards and is a Amy Burt strong supporter to women in Communication. She contributed greatly to Georgia College & State University Gender Studies field with the publication of "Disciplining the Feminine," PARTICIPANTS: with Julie R. Brown and Leslie A. Baxter. The article argues against the masculine ideology used to evaluate female scholars and offers an intriguing Page to Stage for Darkness at Sunset and Vine discussion topic during the Gender Studies Scholar interview. The article Kelly Taylor received significant attention in the Communication discipline. The University of North Texas Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender rec- Capturing Kong: Taming the Iconic “Beast” ognized the article with the Outstanding Article Award in 1995. The same Tracy Stephenson Shaffer article was also awarded the Charles H. Woolbert Research Award by the National Communication Association in 2006. Blair also has a history of Louisiana State University mentoring female students, winning multiple awards for her efforts. She RESPONDENT: won the 2000 Francine Merritt Award for Contributions to the Careers of Scott Dillard Women in Communication, awarded by the National Communication Georgia College & State University Association. Blair also received the Outstanding Mentor Award from the UC Davis Consortium for Women in Research in 1999. SSCA Gender Studies In this panel, performance scholars discuss specifically their processes from Chair, Deborah K. Phillips, Muskingum College, will interview our scholar recent productions’ inceptions to culminations. about her teaching, research and service contributions to the field of Gender Studies. THURSDAY2409 Thursday 2411 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Thursday Madison 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. TOP STUDENT PAPERS: FINALISTS FOR THE Washington ROBERT BOSTROM YOUNG SCHOLARS AWARD MANAGING THE INVISIBLE FACULTY: CHAIR: DEPARTMENT CHAIRS DISCUSS PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF NON-TENURE-TRACK Stephanie J. Coopman FACULTY San Jose’ State University Identity Construction of and by Women of Color in XXL’s SPONSOR: ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION “Eye Candy” Feature ADMINISTRATORS INTEREST GROUP Steven K. Herro CHAIR: Georgia State University Type Up and Speak Out: Does the Internet Restrict the Charles H. Tardy Spiral of Silence? University of Southern Mississippi Lauren M. Reichart PANELISTS: University of Alabama Carl M. Cates The Role of Self-categorization Theory in Mass Media Valdosta State University Mia C. Long Kenneth N. Cissna University of Alabama University of South Florida

24 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Renee Edwards Catching the New Wave: Unconscious Linguistic Louisiana State University Accommodation among Mexican American Immigrants in Rachel Holloway Southwest Michigan Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Jaclyn Ocumpaugh Kenneth S. Zagacki Michigan State University North Carolina State University Mediated Intergroup Conflict: The Discursive Construction of “Illegal Immigrants” in Local News Media in Hampton Though universities have for many years relied upon contingent or non- Roads Ballroom Roads, Virginia tenure-track faculty to perform needed duties, the variety, number, and pro- portion of such positions have steadily increased. Recent estimates suggest Craig O. Stewart that nationally, almost two-thirds of the professorate are in non-tenure track Old Dominion University positions. The panelists, heads of communication programs from across the Margaret Pitts region, will describe the factors that affect their institutions’ use of non- Old Dominion University tenure track faculty and discuss the resulting issues and concerns. Audience Choosing to Veil and its Implications for Women’s Identities members are encouraged to share observations, ideas and suggestions for in Contemporary Turkey: A Communication Theory of managing this vital issue. Identity Approach Elif Guler 2412 Old Dominion University Thursday Ways of Seeing: A Rhetorical Approach to Understanding 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Identity Wilson Neeta Bhasin Y A D S R U H T THEORIES OF IMAGINATION, , AND Hobart and William Smith Colleges ACTION RESPONDENT: Bridget L. Anderson SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION Old Dominion University CHAIR: Sherry Ford 2503 University of Montevallo Thursday Imagination in the Interdisciplinary Study of Communication 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Brandon Inabinet Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 Northwestern University Linking the Creation of Innovations to Identification: “WHITHER SPEECH”: THE SCHOLARSHIP OF Situating Creativity within Organizational Communication JOSHUA GUNN Michael S. Moode SPONSOR: VICE-PRESIDENT’S SPOTLIGHT SERIES University of Texas-Austin Theory of reasoned action: A critical review MODERATOR: THOMAS FRENTZ Sarah Mia Poston Although the beginning of the twentieth century witnessed the birth of University of Alabama “Departments of Speech,” somewhat ironically, the end of that century fea- RESPONDENT: tured the death of most “Speech Departments” and the emergence of vari- Joann Keyton ous glosses on “Communication Studies” departments. In this presentation, Professor Gunn suggests that the “murder” of speech was a conspiracy to North Carolina State University silence and muffle everything human that escaped the almighty signifier, and that the time may be ripe to resurrect the dead idiom of screams and yawps. 2502 Thursday 2504 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Thursday Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. EXPERIENCING BOUNDARIES IN A CHANGING Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 WORLD: THE REFLECTION AND TOP FOUR PAPERS IN INSTRUCTIONAL CONSTRUCTION OF GROUP IDENTITIES IN COMMUNICATION: EMPIRICAL RESEARCH LANGUAGE AND DISCOURSE STUDIES SPONSOR: LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION DIVISION CHAIR: MODERATOR: Deanna P. Dannels Susan S. Gilpin North Carolina State University Marshall University How Do I Do This? Communication Course Strategies for PANELISTS: Students with Physical Challenges

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 25 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

26 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 27 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Carolyn H. Rester* Mystory method of research and writing (Gregory Ulmer, Norm Denzin, East Texas Baptist University Ruth and Michael Bowman) as a way in and out of the traps and pitfals of Cole Franklin autoethnography. This panel advances that Mystory can, when well done, 1) reveal the author’s meaning-making processes about the subject of inves- East Texas Baptist University Measuring Students’ Self-efficacy for Communication in tigation (thus accounting to the “auto” in autoethnography), 2) remain open Design Critiques and Studios to and engage the reader/audience (thus avoiding the collapse of the Amy L. Housley Gaffney** “story” into self reflection and making claims or conclusions that reify the subject), and 3) invite critique of both the form and content of the work. North Carolina State University Learning Statistics, Sadistics, or Just More Damn Lies: 2506 Exploring Student Engagement in an Undergraduate Communication Statistics Course Thursday AJ Righter 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 North Carolina State University Facilitating Better Writing Skills for Communication Majors: TOP STUDENT PAPERS IN GENDER STUDIES Experimenting with a “Grammar Boot Camp” Joshua Azriel SPONSOR: GENDER STUDIES DIVISION Kennesaw State University CHAIR: Emily Holler Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas Kennesaw State University Armstrong Atlantic State University Skylar Saveland Once, Twice, Three Times A Lady: A Gramscian Analysis of Kennesaw State University the Whistleblower as the Organic Intellectual* RESPONDENT: Jenni M. Simon Deborah Hefferin University of Denver Claire Huxtable: Black Feminism Personified Broward College *Top Paper Stephanie M. Greene **Top Student Paper University of North Carolina-Greensboro Hegemonic Masculinity and the Life of a Pick Up Artist: 2505 A Rhetorical Analysis of the Mystery Method Shelly Blair Thursday Texas A&M University 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Language, Magic, and Terministic Screens: An Analysis of Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 the Rhetorical Construction of Femininity in Harry Potter MYSTORY IN/AS AUTOETHNOGRAPHY Lauren Lemley Texas A&M University SPONSOR: ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP Tightening the Apron Strings: An Analysis of TV’s “Starting AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION Over”

THURSDAYCHAIR: Erin E. Gilles Rebecca M. Kennerly University of Kentucky Male Sex Roles and Audience Perception of Credibility Georgia Southern University Joshua L. Potter PARTICIPANTS: Rheanna Rutledge The Evolution of Expression: Mystory Pedagogy in the Florida State University Undergraduate Communication Curriculum *Top Paper John Dennis Anderson Emerson College Pushing the Personal Archive to the Brink: Mystory, 2507 Autoethnography, and the Ethic of the Unfinished Thursday Rebecca M. Kennerly 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Georgia Southern University Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 Autocritography within Mystory: Oral History, Performance, COMPETITIVE PAPERS IN RHETORIC AND Intervention PUBLIC ADDRESS Vershawn Ashanti Young SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION University of Iowa RESPONDENT: CHAIR/RESPONDENT Chris Poulos David Sutton University of North Carolina-Greensboro Auburn University Panel participants provide perspectives that collectively interrogate the PARTICIPANTS:

28 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD The Changing World of Presidential Communication: Sarah Old Dominion University Palin’s Construction of Style at the Republican National RESPONDENT: Convention Abby Brooks Jean L. DeHart Georgia Southern University Appalachian State University *Top Paper Beyond : Rhetorical Resources of Nazi Anti- **Top Student Paper Semitism Roy Schwartzman 2509 University of North Carolina-Greensboro Simulating the Civil War Thursday Jaime Lane Wright 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. St. John’s University Madison Vicente Fox’s Inaugural Address: A Comparative Analysis “IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME”: between the Generic Characteristics of the United States COLLABORATION IN A NEW COMMUNICATION and Mexico MAJOR David T. Tarvin SPONSOR: ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION Northern Kentucky University ADMINISTRATORS INTEREST GROUP 2508 CHAIR: Deborah Walker Thursday Y A D S R U H T 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Coastal Carolina University Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 RESPONDENT: TOP FOUR PAPERS IN THE INTERPERSONAL Gary Carson COMMUNICATION DIVISION Coastal Carolina University SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION PARTICIPANTS: Victoria H. Brown CHAIR: Coastal Carolina University Todd Lee Goen Samantha K. Levinson University of Georgia Coastal Carolina University Use of MSN Features, Discussion Topics and Online Elise M. Davis Friendship Development among Teenagers: The Impact of Coastal Carolina University Media Richness and Communication Control Lauren Formalarie Vivian C. Sheer Coastal Carolina University Hong Kong Baptist University Emotional Intelligence and Conflict in Romantic In 2006, when Upsilon Eta, the new Communication Honor Society at Relationships among College Students* Coastal Carolina University, was chartered, there were 26 communication Claire L. Morledge majors. Now, there are almost 500 communication majors and minors, a brand new department housed in the College of Humanities, and communi- University of Arkansas cation is the fastest growing and most requested major on campus. Located Lynne M. Webb minutes from the beach in the Carolina low country, Coastal Carolina’s new University of Arkansas communication major has experienced exponential growth, and, corre- The Challenges of Safer Sex Talk: College Students’ spondingly, exponential challenges and successes. Led by representatives of Descriptions of Conflicts during Interactions with Intimate Upsilon Eta, upcoming Spring, 2009 graduates discuss their difficulties and Partners successes as they offer suggestions to administrators, communication profes- Patricia Amason sionals, and faculty on creating, implementing, and managing a new pro- gram. Specific strengths discussed will include course content, program University of Arkansas Lynne M. Webb focus, and diversity of opportunity. Challenges, and student suggestions for ameliorating them, will include a lack of pedagogical diversity, shortage of University of Arkansas Paula K. Agee scheduling and registration opportunities, and the absence of curricular options. Join members of Upsilon Eta as they discuss some of the advan- University of Arkansas tages and disadvantages of being a part of Coastal Carolina’s most exciting Megan L. Wilson new program. University of Arkansas Monica Zakeri 2510 University of Arkansas “Would You Like to Join Us?”: Ostensible Speech Acts and Thursday Women’s Role in the Biological and Inter-marital Family and 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Their Influences on Perceived Marital Success** Tyler Heather L. Floyd THEORIES OF SPIRITUALITY, SPIN, AND SOCIAL

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 29 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD DISTANCE Appalachian State University Examining Ideologies: Comparison of Chinese and English SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION Versions of the Olympic Website CHAIR: Ran Ju Paula Rodriguez Morehead State University Hinds Community College The 2008 Olympics Games provided China with a worldwide audience to Assessing Predictions of Relational Prayer Theory II: Media showcase the advances of the latter half of the 20th century. This panel pro- and Interpersonal Inputs, Public and Private Prayer poses to examine the mediated messages of various aspects of the Chinese Processes, and Spiritual Health Olympics. E. James Baesler 2602 Old Dominion University Terry Lindvall Thursday Virginia Wesleyan College 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. The Effects of Religiosity and Religion on Trauma and Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 Interpretations following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Loretta Pecchioni GO FORTH AND DO LIKEWISE: EXAMINING THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES IN Stephanie Houston Grey Renee Edwards PROMOTING SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH COMMUNITY ACTIVISM Louisiana State University Reframing and the Epistemology of ‘Spin’ SPONSOR: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION David Lee CHAIR: University of South Florida Communication Accommodation Theory and Thomas J. Sabetta Intergenerational Communication Jefferson Community and Technical College Yan Guan PARTICIPANTS: University of Southern Mississippi Judi Truitt RESPONDENT: Volunteer State Community College Ray Ozley Robert J. Glenn University of Montevallo Owensboro Community College Gary B. LaFleur 2511 Morehead State University Robert West Thursday Southern Indiana University 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. James E. Reppert Washington Southern Arkansas University CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATING Richard Knight THURSDAY CHINA TO THE WORLD Shippensburg University SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION RESPONDENT: Misty Knight CHAIR/RESPONDENT: Monette Calloway-Ezell Shippensburg University This panel will highlight the important role of various community based Hinds Community College Cross Cultural Understanding: A Comparison of Chinese organizations in promoting vital and important social change through the and Western Online Reports of the 2008 Beijing Olympic promotion of improved communication systems and public awareness cam- Opening Ceremony paigns. In turn, the case studies previewed here have been effectively employed as instructional examples in a wide variety of communication Qian Li courses and contexts including those in public speaking, nonverbal, interper- Morehead State University and Guangxi Department of sonal, small group, persuasion, and mass media communication. Education The Media’s Influences on People’s Perception: Impact of 2603 the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on Americans’ perception of China Thursday Shanshan Lou 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 Morehead State University Selling China to the World: Chinese government and peo- PLAY: PERFORMANCE LABORATORY AND YOU ple’s PR efforts to build a new image of China before and SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Hongwei (Chris) Yang PARTICIPANTS:

30 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Bag o’ Toys 2605 Amy Burt Thursday Georgia College & State University Sharon Carr 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 Bluefield State College Taming the Twin Demons TOP PAPERS IN RHETORIC AND PUBLIC Scott Dillard ADDRESS Georgia College & State University SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION Using familiar quotations as prompts for creating personal narratives, pan- CHAIR: elists share a variety of workshop activities that take 10-15 minutes and are Robert E. Frank focused on generating creativity. Audience participation is strongly encour- aged. Morehead State University PARTICIPANTS: 2604 The “Cross-disciplinary Inspirational” Text: Textual Polyvalence and the Case of the Canonical “Letter Thursday from Birmingham Jail” 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Mark T. Vail Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 Georgia College & State University INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS: “How to Mend a Massacre”: Race, Class, Tragedy and PERSPECTIVES ON THEORY AND PRACTICE Healing in Greensboro, 1979* Y A D S R U H T SPONSOR: PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION Robert M. Withycombe Whitman College CHAIR: Crossing Ideologies: The Role of Voluntary Disability as a Brigitta R. Brunner Catalyst for Change in the Rhetoric of Disability Auburn University Nance Riffe PARTICIPANTS: University of Alabama Students’ Perceptions of Working within a Global Society RESPONDENT: Brigitta R. Brunner Ann E. Burnett Auburn University Texas State University-San Marcos Interpersonal Communication Theories to Teach about *Top Paper International and Transcultural Communication William Thompson 2606 University of Louisville While the world watched: China’s public relations at the Thursday 2008 Summer Olympics 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Christie Kleinmann Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 Lee University NEW CONTEXTS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR Internationalizing a Public Relations Curriculum: A Case POLITICAL COMMUNICATION Study Corey Hickerson SPONSOR: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION James Madison University CHAIR: Preparing students for work in a global environment: Rya Butterfield Suggestions from PR firms Louisiana State University Pamela G. Bourland-Davis Entertainment Media and “Backstage” Event Framing: How Georgia Southern University 24 Defines Torture* Urkovia Jacobs Andrews Skye Chance Cooley Georgia Southern University University of Alabama New Opportunities in Global Public Relations: The Mission Asya Besova and Vision of the Center for Global Public Relations at the Louisiana State University University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The Race Is On: An Examination of the 2008 Presidential Dean Kruckeberg Candidates’ Web Sites Early in the Primary Season University of North Carolina-Charlotte Amy M. Mertensmeyer RESPONDENT: University of Arkansas Rachel Holloway Cody A. Ford Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University University of Arkansas Paula Lawrence University of Arkansas

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 31 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Lynne M. Webb roundtable will explore the connections and distinctions among the position University of Arkansas papers, and will in particular explore where we need to go from here. How Will MySpace Take Me to Washington? An Analysis of the do we reach such key constituencies as graduate students, directors of grad- Impact of MySpace on Presidential Campaign Longevity uate programs, and department chairs with the important information con- Lauren M. Reichart tained in this volume? How might the model of mentoring change? How can we help young scholars be savvy about the myths undergirding relation- University of Alabama Kenny D. Smith ships between women and men in the academy while still enabling them to write their own stories? Samford University It’s in the Record: Separating Image and Issue Content in 2608 Televised Campaign Advertising Scott Britten Thursday 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Salisbury University The Politics of Nostalgia: A Psychoanalytic Study of Putin’s Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 Nostalgic Discourse TOP PAPERS IN COMMUNICATION THEORY Anna Baranchuk SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION Georgia State University *Top Student Paper CHAIR: Monette Callaway-Ezell 2607-2707 Hinds Community College Thursday Science, Rhetoric, and Global Climate Change 4:00-6:45 Curtis Perry Otto Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 Regent University The Role of Self-categorization Theory in Mass Media** ROUNDTABLE DOUBLE-SESSION: SHOUTING Mia C. Long INTO THE VOID?: RESPONSES (AND THE LACK University of Alabama THEREOF) TO PUBLICATIONS ON WOMEN IN Attachment Style and Gender as Predictors of Relational ACADEME Repair among the Remarried* CO-SPONSORS: GENDER STUDIES DIVISION AND J. Donald Ragsdale RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION Sam Houston State University Frances E. Brandau-Brown CHAIR: Sam Houston State University Kathleen J. Turner Richard S. Bello Davidson College Sam Houston State University PARTICIPANTS: RESPONDENT: Alice Araujo Charles H. Tardy Mary Baldwin College University of Southern Mississippi THURSDAYBarbara Biesecker *Top paper University of Georgia ** Top student paper Irene Grau Christopher Newport University Marsha Houston 2609 University of Alabama Thursday Claire S. King 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Vanderbilt University Madison Christina Moss SOUTHERN FORENSICS ASSOCIATION DIVISION North Carolina State University BUSINESS MEETING Kathleen J. Turner Davidson College 2610 Published in 2006, Janice Hocker Rushing’s Erotic Mentoring: Women’s Transformations in the University illuminates how women negotiate rela- Thursday tionships with themselves, men, and the academy. Yet the studied lack of for- 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. mal responses to this exceptional volume echoes that which met Blair, Tyler Brown, and Baxter’s “Disciplining the Feminine” just a little over a decade TOP FOUR PAPERS IN APPLIED before. This double-session panel proposes to address the void. The pan- COMMUNICATION elists will start with short position papers articulating what seemed signifi- cant to them about Rushing’s research, and how they connect that research SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION to the future of academia, their own future, and the future of relations between males and females as scholars, professors, and mentors. Then a CHAIR:

32 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Jennifer Mize Smith Washington Western Kentucky University CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: THREE CASE STUDIES What Parents Need to Know about the New Virginia HPV TO EXAMINE CHANGE Vaccine Mandate: Implications for Information Seeking and Parental Decision-Making* SPONSOR: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION Margaret Pitts CHAIR: Old Dominion University Deborah Hefferin Kimberly Adams Tufts Broward College Old Dominion University Change: How Far Have We Really Come, Baby? A Meta-Analysis of the Extended Parallel Process Model E. Hope Bock (EPPM) In Health Communication Yan Guan University of Evansville Emeritus Communication: Cuban Immigrants as a Case Study in University of Southern Mississippi Health as an Impossibility: Subalternity, Sex Work and Changing Communication Patterns Localocentric Articulations on HIV/AIDS Richard Quianthy Ambar Basu Broward College Collaboration: Using the Learning Community Model to University of South Florida The Role of Postmodern Communication in a Modern/Pre- Bring Diverse Students Together Modern Organization Deborah Hefferin J. Jacob Jenkins** Broward College Y A D S R U H T University of Arkansas-Little Rock RESPONDENT: 2702 Elissa Foster Thursday Lehigh Valley Hospital 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. *Top Paper Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 **Top Student Paper PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION: THE FIRST 70 2611 DAYS OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SPONSOR: PAST-PRESIDENT Thursday 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. MODERATOR:

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 33 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Craig Allen Smith 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. North Carolina State University Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 James Darsey COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION BUSINESS Georgia State University MEETING Robert E. Frank Morehead State University Richard Leeman 2709 The University of North Carolina-Charlotte Thursday Martin Medhurst 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Baylor University Madison Kurt Ritter KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY BUSINESS MEETING Texas A & M University Kathy B. Smith Wake Forest University 2711 Mary Stuckey Thursday Georgia State University 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. 2703 Washington PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION BUSINESS Thursday MEETING 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 CONTEMPORARY AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN 2801 MASS COMMUNICATION Thursday SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Conference Center Foyer CHAIR: WELCOME RECEPTION Melanie Stone SPONSOR: ROUTLEDGE & THE AUBURN UNIVERSITY Georgia Southern University Concentration, Commercialization, and the Sports Media COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS Industry: A Political Economic Analysis Kyle J. LoJacono Florida State University Jennifer M. Proffitt DAY 3 Florida State University Communicating about Sex, Romance, and Relationships: FRIDAY, APRIL 3 When the Cosmopolitan Woman Meets the Maxim Man Sammye Johnson Trinity University 3101 Susan Currie Sivek Friday State University, Fresno 8 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Social Marketing Gain or Guise: An Analysis of the Hampton Roads Ballroom 4 HPV/GARDASIL Campaign Laura H. Crosswell SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION THURSDAY/FRIDAY BUSINESS MEETING College of Charleston Amanda M. Ruth SPONSOR: MARRIOTT NORFOLK WATERSIDE College of Charleston Smoke and Fear: An Examination of the Message Strategy in the ONDCP Campaign’s Marijuana Initiative 3202 Jennifer B. Gray Friday Appalachian State University 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. RESPONDENT: Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 Barry P. Smith CRITICAL THINKING AND COMMUNICATION Mississippi University for Women ACROSS THE CURRICULUM: MERGING IDEOLOGIES IN THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT 2708 TO ACHIEVE COMMON GOALS Thursday SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

34 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD PARTICIPANTS: 3204 Donna Smith Friday Professor of Communication 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Ferris State University Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 George Nagel THE PROFESSOR OR THE MOOSE: A Professor of Communication ROUNDTABLE ANALYSIS OF THE CLASH OF Ferris State University Helen Woodman POLITICAL AND CULTURAL IDEOLOGIES IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 2008 Associate Professor Developmental Programs and Curriculum SPONSOR: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION Ferris State University Christine Conley-Sowels PARTICIPANTS: Richard Knight Assistant Professor School of Education Ferris State University Shippensburg University Robert J. Glenn In an attempt to achieve the common goal of introducing critical thinking Owensboro Community and Technical College skills in the classroom, a group of ten instructors from various disciplines Gary B. LaFleur and ideologies met in learning communities to merge their ideas on how this could best be achieved. Each panelist will present an overview of a particu- Morehead State University lar method of introducing critical thinking into the curriculum. Participants Thomas J. Sabetta will benefit from a variety of assignment and activity suggestions that have Jefferson Community and Technical College been proven successful in student learning. Robert West University of Southern Indiana

3203 James Reppert Y A D I R F Friday Southern Arkansas University 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. The presidential campaign of 2008 was topically focused on questions of Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 experience and change, but the clash of political and other cultural ideolo- CONSIDERING IDEOLOGIES AND FRAMES: gies became especially problematic after the nomination of Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential candidate. Panelists will discuss the dual BURKEAN APPROACHES TO PROBLEMS OF clash of party and cultural ideologies, as well as the political rhetorical LANGUAGE, NATURE, AND HUMAN RELATIONS challenges faced by the candidates and the efficacy of the strategies SPONSOR: KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY INTEREST employed. GROUP 3206 CHAIR: Friday David Cratis Williams 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Florida Atlantic University Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 Crossing Ideologies: Logological Attitudes toward “Cold War” ETHNOGRAPHY BOOKS: STATE OF THE GENRE Daniela Popescu SPONSOR: ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP Florida Atlantic University Rethinking the Frame: Burke and Mythopoeic Ecology CHAIR: Ryan McGeough Christine S. Davis Louisiana State University University of North Carolina-Charlotte Shifting Ideologies: Kenneth Burke, Linguistics, and PARTICIPANTS: Technology Drummond, Diary or Gastric Bypass Surgery Bethany Lynne Doran Christine S. Davis Florida Atlantic University University of North Carolina-Charlotte Burke and Ecological Networks Ellis, Revision: Autoethnographic Reflections of Life and Andrew A. King Work Louisiana State University Leanne Pupchek RESPONDENT: Queens University of Charlotte David Cratis Williams Trujillo & Vande Berg, Cancer and Death: A Love Story in Two Voices Florida Atlantic University Chris Poulos Perfecting (and rigidifying) linguistic categories can create “ideologies” or University of North Carolina-Greensboro ‘frames” that in turn can shape, guide, and potentially determine human Frentz, Trickster in Tweed actions. Employing Burkean perspectives, these papers examine symbolic Deborah Walker action as it functions in shaping international relations, technological pur- suits, and human orientations to ecology. Coastal Carolina University

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 35 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Goodall, Writing Qualitative Inquiry: Self, Stories, and the COMPETITION: THE INTERSECTION OF Academic Life IDEOLOGIES AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES Cathy Cook SPONSOR: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Poulos, Accidental Ethnography: An Inquiry into Family CHAIR: Secrecy Robert E. Frank Rebecca M. Kennerly Morehead State University Georgia Southern University Visual Culture and the Beijing Olympics: Framing Male Arneson, Perspectives on the of Brazilian Athletes in the Brazilian Television Chanel ‘Globo’ Communication Monica Pombo James Pickett Appalachian State University Flagler College Crossing Ideologies for Olympic Competition: The Ellingson, Engaging Crystallization in Qualitative Research Intercultural Dilemmas of Kenyan Athletes Jules Odendahl-James Juliet Evusa Duke University Rogers State University International Block Party in Spite of the Media: This panel will draw on eight recently published books on ethnography, and using ethnography, reviewed in the upcoming qualitative issue of Southern Collaboration Amidst Competition at the 1996 Atlanta Communication Journal, to discuss and critique the state of the genre. Olympic Games Participants will introduce brief book reviews, then will engage the audience Jean L. DeHart in a roundtable discussion of topics, themes, styles, authors, critiques and Appalachian State University suggestions for future ethnographic publications. Berlin, Munich, and Beijing Olympic Games: Vehicles of World Communication 3207 Robert J. Lawrence Friday Morehead State University 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 3209 MODELS FOR PARTNERSHIPS IN RESEARCH Friday AND LEARNING: COLLABORATING ON CAMPUS, 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. THE COMMUNITY AND INTERNATIONALLY Madison SPONSOR: VICE PRESIDENT APPLIED PEDAGOGY: CONNECTIONS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM MODERATOR: SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION Howard E. Sypher

FRIDAY CHAIR: Purdue University Involving Students in Developing Community Partnerships Jennifer Mize Smith in Instruction and Research Western Kentucky University Rachel Holloway PARTICIPANTS: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Applied Activities in the Basic Course and Developing Interdisciplinary Research Projects on Campus Taking Organizational Communication outside the and at the State Level Classroom William Collins Maria Dixon Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, Purdue Southern Methodist University University The Gift of Relationships: Applied Lessons in Interpersonal Going Global: Models for Research and Instructional Communication Partnerships in a Shrinking World Kristina Drumheller Howard E. Sypher West Texas A&M University Purdue University Using Service Learning to Apply Small Group While the panelists in this program will outline projects in which they are Communication involved, audience participation will be invited and time will be set aside for Jennifer Mize Smith discussion. Western Kentucky University 3208 Scholars across the discipline are continually challenged when trying to help students apply course concepts beyond the classroom. Complicating Friday these issues of pedagogy are the perceived limitations of activities utilized to 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. teach key concepts of the discipline. Despite the engaging activities devel- Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 oped by scholars to include role-play to teach critical scholarship, rhetorical analysis for teaching organizational advocacy, or creating an organization INTERCULTURAL COLLABORATION OR PURE from class participants, most of us continue to struggle to place old ideas in

36 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD new frames. The purpose of this panel is to encourage a roundtable discus- 3302 sion focused on applied pedagogy across various communication contexts. Presenters will share their ideas and experiences on how to integrate theory Friday and praxis in organizational, small group, interpersonal, and basic commu- 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. nication courses. Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION SPOTLIGHT 3211 STUDENT PAPER Friday SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Washington CHAIR: THE RHETORIC OF TRAUMA AND THE POLITICS Justin T. Trudeau OF PAIN University of North Texas PARTICIPANTS: SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION Biomechanical Woman Walks with a Watering Can CHAIR/RESPONDENT: Melanie Kitchens Barbara Biesecker Louisiana State University University of Georgia RESPONDENTS: PARTICIPANTS: Amy Burt Traumatizing Rhetoric Georgia College & State University Vicki Gallagher Tracy Stephenson Shaffer North Carolina State University Louisiana State University

Crafting a Necessary Space: The North Carolina Freedom Y A D I R F Monument Project 3303 Leslie Hahner Friday Baylor University The Display of National Loyalty in Americanization Parades 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Claire King Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 INTEGRATING AND ASSESSING CRITICAL Vanderbilt University Trauma, Tolerance, and (Sex)Toys: The Pedagogy of THINKING IN THE BASIC PUBLIC SPEAKING Acceptance in Lars and the Real Girl COURSE: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION OF A Isaac West COURSE RESTRUCTURING EFFORT AND RESEARCH STUDY University of Iowa This panel examines the relationship between the traumatic and the rhetori- SPONSOR: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION cal on two levels. First, papers presented on this panel interrogate specific CHAIR: rhetorical responses to traumatic experiences— including war, racial segre- gation, and sexual discrimination— that attempt to negotiate and make Richard I. Falvo sense of the traumas of history. These rhetorical texts, which range from El Paso Community College parade rituals to memorial sites to films, create spaces in which the identi- PARTICIPANTS: ties of traumatized subjects can be rearticulated in relation to the public Beth Norton sphere. Second, papers presented on this panel also consider the extent to which “trauma” operates as a rhetoric, or an organizing discourse, in Madisonville Community College American public culture. Using tropes of injury and woundedness, the rheto- Christy Adkins ric of trauma often functions to shape collective memory and define the posi- Madisonville Community College tion of the citizen-subject within liberal democracy. A central aim of this Richard I. Falvo panel is to address the ways in which rhetorical constructions of traumatic El Paso Community College experience frequently work to define the value of citizenship and to police Education research findings indicate that the majority of first year college the boundaries of who can (and cannot) belong to and speak for the national students are academically under prepared for college level courses. In an public. effort to address this trend at the community college level, this session addresses how some communication faculty restructured the basic public 3212 speaking courses and implemented a research study to assess critical think- Friday ing. This roundtable discussion will focus on the teaching innovation, curric- 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. ular redesign, and assessment in the basic public speaking courses. Wilson 3304 PROGRAM PLANNERS’ MEETING 1 Friday SPONSOR: VICE-PRESIDENT ELECT 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 3

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 37 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD SPOTLIGHT ON PAMELA KALBFLEISCH: The Effect of Sex and Gender on Perceptions of Leaders: COMMUNICATION THEORY OUTSTANDING Does Situation Make a Difference? SCHOLAR linda pysher jurczak [sic] SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION Valdosta State University Michelle T. Violanti CHAIR: University of Tennessee Monette Callaway-Ezell Women’s Prostate Cancer Pathographies: The Impact of Illness on Patients’ Wives and Caregivers Hinds Community College PARTICIPANT: Jennifer Fairchild University of Kentucky Pamela Kalbfleisch Michael I. Arrington University of North Dakota University of Kentucky This program honors Dr. Pamela Kalbfleisch for her contributions to the development and study of mentoring enactment theory. 3307 3305 Friday 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Friday Wilson 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 CONSIDERATIONS OF MEDIA PRACTICES STYLES OF TEACHING FREEDOM OF SPEECH COURSES SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION SPONSOR: FREEDOM OF SPEECH CHAIR/RESPONDENT: Wendy Hajjar CHAIR: Xavier University of New Orleans Charles Howard Media Frames of Global Warming: The Impact of Hurricane Tarleton State University Season on Media Coverage A Humanities Approach to Free Speech Education Stephen Daniel Pat Arneson Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Duquesne University Daron Williams A Case Law Approach to the Freedom of Speech Class Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Terry Cole Nadezhda Sotirova Appalachian State University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University A Historical Approach to Studying Freedom of Speech Sarah Swedberg

FRIDAYCharles Howard Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Tarleton State University Robert Magee Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 3306 New Distributive Practices in a Creative Economy Dr. Avi Santo Friday Old Dominion University 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Jeffrey P. Jones Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 Humanities Institute TOP PAPERS IN GENDER STUDIES Old Dominion University SPONSOR: GENDER STUDIES DIVISION Tim Anderson Old Dominion University CHAIR: Megan Moe-Lunger 3308 Lee University Balancing the Business of Family: Family Business Friday Daughters’ Relational Tensions* Between Motherhood and 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Work Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 Angela M. Day THE CONTEMPORARY WORKPLACE: NEW EXPECTATIONS FOR EMOTION AND Ball State University You Didn’t Hear it from Me…Or Did You? A Critical COMMUNICATION COMPETENCIES Examination of Gender Frame Selection for News SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION Discourse Christie M. Kleinmann CHAIR: Lee University Greg Armfield

38 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD New Mexico State University INTERCULTURAL/INTERNATIONAL Suppressing Emotions, Expressing Anger: High Intensity COMMUNICATION STUDIES Emotional Expression in Conflicts Kristina Drumheller SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE West Texas A&M University CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: Communicating Humor: The Role of Humor in the David Lee Workplace University of South Florida Lisa Bistreich Communication and Propaganda in East Germany North Carolina State University Kristin Hausstein Communication in a Changing Professional World: Moorehead State University Contemporary Perspectives on Business Communication Rediscovering My Finnish Identity in South Africa: An Auto- Competence ethnography Exploring Challenges of Cross-Cultural and Jennifer H. Waldeck Maintaining Intercultural Personhood in Multicultural Chapman University Settings Communication Cathryn Durante Laura Ray Chapman University Briana Helmuth Old Dominion University A Deconstruction of the N-word as a Cultural Artifact of a Chapman University White Supremacist Ideology Brandon Marcia Hillary Erin Schronce Chapman University University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill RESPONDENT: Beijing Huan Ying Ni: A Persuasive Analysis John Meyer Rebecca White

University of Southern Mississippi University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Y A D I R F 3309 3311 Friday Friday 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Madison Washington INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION STUDIES I TOP PAPERS IN POPULAR COMMUNICATION SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE SPONSOR: POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: CHAIR: Margaret Pitts C. Wesley Buerkle Old Dominion University East Tennessee State University Attractiveness of African-American Women Wikipedia and the Carnivalesque: Crossing Ideologies of Keidra Scott Muniz Expertise Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge E. Johanna Hartelius* Tattoos and Communication Northern Illinois University Grayson Rowny Identity Construction of and by Women of Color in XXL’s James Madison University “Eye Candy” Feature Conflict and Violence Communication: From Early Steven K. Herro** Childhood to Adulthood Georgia State University Ashton Mouton From The Few to the Many: A Study of College Students’ Sam Houston State University Engagement in the New Media World Bridging the Gap: Patients’ Descriptions of Physicians’ Kenneth J. Levine Nonverbal Communication Behaviors and Decisions to University of Tennessee Comply Naeemah Clark Justin Demartis University of Tennessee James Madison University Daniel M. Haygood Macie Pridgen University of Tennessee James Madison University Hip Hop Harry Loves to Learn Creshema Murray 3310 The University of Alabama Cynthia Nichols Friday The University of Alabama 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. *Top Paper Tyler **Top Student Paper

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 39 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD 3313 Cultural Differences in Listening Fidelity, Learning Styles and Listening Styles: Instructional implications for class- Friday room instruction 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Debra Worthington Dining Room Level 2 Auburn University PAST PRESIDENTS’ LUNCHEON William G. Powers Texas Christian University 3402 John A. Cook University of Texas-Brownsville Friday Margaret Fitch-Hauser 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Auburn University Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 Classroom Communication and Perceptions of Instructor: THE WEEK THE MARKET CRASHED? FELL? The Impact of Verbal and Non-verbal Immediacy, Teacher FROZE?: A WORKSHOP ON RHETORIC, Respect, and Student-Instructor Communication , AND PUBLIC PANICS Apprehension on Listening Fidelity in Students with English as a first language versus Students with English as a SPONSOR: SOUTHERN FORENSICS ASSOCIATION Second Language DIVISION John A. Cook CHAIR: University of Texas-Brownsville Mary Stuckey William G. Powers Texas Christian University Georgia State University Debra Worthington PARTICIPANTS: Auburn University Beth S. Bennett Margaret Fitch-Hauser University of Alabama Auburn University Barbara A. Biesecker Learner Variables and Online Learning University of Georgia William G. Powers James Darsey Texas Christian University Georgia State University Margaret-Fitch-Hauser Pat Gehrke Auburn University University of South Carolina John A. Cook This workshop introduces the goals of the newly organized Southern University of Texas-Brownsville Colloquium on Rhetoric, which aims to expand the venues available to Debra Worthington rhetorical scholars for sustained discussions about historical, theoretical, Auburn University FRIDAYand discursive topics of interest to the field. The Norfolk workshop will facilitate a conversation on panic, rhetoric, and economics, centered on 3404 mass mediated rhetorics circulating around the economic bailout/rescue package, and organized in anticipation of a fall colloquium planned for Friday Charleston, S.C. No special expertise in economics is required for partici- 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. pation in the current workshop, but those planning to attend this workshop Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 are encouraged to visit www.serhetoriccolloquium.org for recommended TOP STUDENT PAPERS IN RHETORIC AND reading and images that will serve as the basis for discussion in Norfolk. PUBLIC ADDRESS Panelists will present provocations for discussion and then the bulk of the panel will be centered on audience discussion. SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION 3403 CHAIR/RESPONDENT: Patrick G. Wheaton Friday Georgia Southern University 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. PARTICIPANTS: Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 Constructing Transnational Identities: United States Public LEARNER VARIABLES IN INSTRUCTIONAL Diplomacy, the Private Sector, and Neoliberalism* COMMUNICATION: CULTURAL DIFFERENCES Monica Waugh-Benton SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Georgia State University “They Don’t Even Look Like Indians”: Authenticity, CHAIR: Definition, and Metaphor in Congressional Debates regard- James C. McCroskey ing the Lumbee Recognition Act of 2007 University Of Alabama-Birmingham William Hays Watson PARTICIPANTS: University of Georgia

40 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD One Primary Under God: A Rhetorical Analysis of Barack CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: CULTURAL Obama’s Use of Religious Rhetoric APPROACHES TO COMMUNICATION ISSUES Heather Ashley Hayes SPONSOR: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION Texas State University – San Marcos *Top Student Paper CHAIR: Dominique M. Gendrin 3405 Xavier University of Lousiana Expression of Patients’ and Providers’ Identities during the Friday Medical Interview 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Jacquee B. Wilson Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 Lubbock Christian University COMMUNICATING COMMUNITIES, THE DIGITAL Juliann C. Scholl AGE, AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT DECISIONS Texas Tech University OF THE ROBERT’S COURT Patrick C. Hughes SPONSOR: FREEDOM OF SPEECH DIVISION Texas Tech University Using Folk Theatre in HIV/AIDS Prevention: Case Study Jim Vickrey from India Troy University—Montgomery Margaret D’Silva Norma Cook Cox University of Louisville University of Tennessee-Knoxville Allan Futrell Charles Howard University of Louisville Tarleton State University Alladi Jayasri

The Hindu Bangalore Y A D I R F 3406 Navigating “Truthfulness” as a Standard for Ethical Speech: Friday Revisiting Speech in Ancient India 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Ramesh N. Rao Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 Longwood University

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 41 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Should we Teach, Even Mention the Sapir-Whorf Myleea Hill Hypothesis? Arkansas State University Bill Edwards ObamaNews: I'll Tell You but Not the Press Columbus State University Mary Jackson-Pitts Arkansas State University 3407 Presidential politics is the focus of this panel with a specific emphasis on Friday how the Democratic and Republican party candidates are using web tools to reach the press and the public. John McCain and Barack Obama are each 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. searching for the magic combination of using their websites and emails to Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 converse with the press and the voter about their positions on a variety of TEACHING, MOTIVATING, MENTORING, AND subjects. These panelists developed a four pronged research approach that RESEARCHING: HIGHLIGHTING THE CONTRI- uses content analysis to examine how each candidate is using emails to BUTIONS OF JIM L. QUERY, JR. reach the faithful and press releases to focus the press on their positions. The analysis began on August 25th, the first day of the Democratic SPONSOR: VICE-PRESIDENT SPOTLIGHT SERIES Convention and will end on November 4th. Early analysis shows the candi- CHAIR: dates are incorporating multimedia delivery of campaign messages via email and in some press releases. With significant dollars being spent on Peter Bobkowski these web messages it will be interesting to learn about the individual candi- University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill dates’ agendas and the mechanisms they are using to deliver these mes- Excelling Across Arduous Undergrad and Graduate sages. Contexts: The Far-Reaching Influences of My Mentor Corinne J. O’Brien 3409 University of Houston Friday Scaling Doctoral Heights and Assimilating into the Field: 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. The Contributions of a Virtual and Real-Time Mentor Madison Margaret M. Quinlan MEDIA STUDIES I Ohio University Moving from the Kanter Hall “Dungeon” to Tenure: How SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE Our Common Visions and Mutual Support Paved this CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: Scholarly Journey Pat Arneson Avi Santo Duquesne University Old Dominion University Molding and Transforming a “Lost” Undergraduate into a Dawson’s Creek: How Teenagers are Portrayed in Teen Teacher Scholar: Helping Him Believe and Ultimately Television Dramas Harness the Power of Two Theoretical Models Jessica Ross FRIDAYGary L. Kreps Fayetteville State University “The Office”: An Analysis of Backstage Behavior in Modern George Mason University Media Lauren Farrar 3408 Furman University Friday Masculinity in the Current Age of Comics 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Aaron Collier Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 University of Virginia College at Wise A View from “The Hills”: How College Women Discuss and THE INBOX AND THE PRESS BOX: HOW Construct Reality Television Characters PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE USING WEB Claudia Kiss TOOLS TO REACH YOU James Madison University SPONSORS: MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION 3410 Yes We Can: A Content Analysis of the Obama-Biden Friday Campaign E-mail Messages 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Melissa Smith Tyler Mississippi State University Emails from Mavericks: A Content Analysis of McCain-Palin RHETORICAL STUDIES I Campaign Messages SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE Barry Smith CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: University of Mississippi for Women ICYMI (In case you missed it): A Content Analysis of the Rebecca Kennerly Online Press Releases of the McCain/Palin Campaign Georgia Southern University

42 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD “Oh hi. Babies have fingernails!” Understanding the Pro-Life SPONSOR: GENDER STUDIES DIVISION Ideology as Depicted in the Movie “Juno” CHAIR: Adriane Burke Trudy L. Hanson Christopher Newport University, Virginia Lincoln Takes a Trip to Independence Hall West Texas A&M University Erik Ross PARTICIPANTS: Furman University Trudy L. Hanson Influence of the Economy (as Presented by the Media and West Texas A&M University Candidates) on Voter commitment to Their Political Party Christie Kleinmann De ’Ericka Aiken Lee University North Carolina State University Deborah K. Phillips The Obama Connection Muskingum College Amanda Sullivan Jill M. Weber University of Richmond Hollins University Sheree’ Keith 3411 Macon State College Laura Beth Daws Friday University of Kentucky 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Cathy A. Cook Washington Rowan-Cabarrus Community College MANAGING THE INVISIBLE FACULTY: Megan Moe-Lunger DEPARTMENT CHAIRS DISCUSS PROBLEMS Lee University

AND PROSPECTS OF NON-TENURE-TRACK Y A D I R F FACULTY This panel focuses on learning activities which can be used across the com- munication curriculum to help students consider the role gender plays in our SPONSOR: ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION everyday lives. ADMINISTRATORS INTEREST GROUP 3502 CHAIR: Charles H. Tardy Friday 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. University of Southern Mississippi Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 PANELISTS: LOVE, RELIGION, AND HUMOR IN AMERICAN Carl M. Cates CULTURE Valdosta State University Kenneth N. Cissna SPONSOR: POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION University of South Florida CHAIR: Renee Edwards Deborah K. Phillips Louisiana State University Rachel Holloway Muskingum College A Melancholic Orphan's Requited Love: Re-reading Harry Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Kenneth S. Zagacki Potter as a Post-9/11 Rhetoric Kim Nguyen North Carolina State University Salem College Though universities have for many years relied upon contingent or non- “Happy Holidays”: Creating Common Ground in the “War tenure-track faculty to perform needed duties, the variety, number, and pro- on Christmas” portion of such positions have steadily increased. Recent estimates suggest Richard K. Olsen that nationally, almost two-thirds of the professorate are in non-tenure track University of North Carolina, Wilmington positions. The panelists, heads of communication programs from across the Julie W. Morgan region, will describe the factors that affect their institutions’ use of non- tenure track faculty and discuss the resulting issues and concerns. Audience Eastern University members are encouraged to share observations, ideas and suggestions for Bong Hits 4 Jesus: Blasphemous Humor in the Digital Age managing this vital issue. Eric Shouse East Carolina University 3412 Deborah Thomson East Carolina University Friday America’s Got Sarcasm: Normalizing the Negative in 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Primetime Performance Contests Wilson Darrell Roe GREAT IDEAS FOR TEACHING GENDER ISSUES East Texas Baptist University ACROSS THE COMMUNICATION CURRICULUM

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 43 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD University of Oklahoma 3503 Stronger than Kryptonite: The Rhetoric of Superman's Friday Response to Terrorism 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Dan Schabot Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 Cameron University POPULAR CONSTRUCTION: A PHENOMENAL LOOK AT POPULAR CULTURE’S 3504 CONSTRUCTION OF ARGUMENTS Friday SPONSOR: SOUTHERN FORENSICS ASSOCIATION 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. DIVISION Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 “Mex vs. BC (Born Citizen)”: Which is the Superior Cultural TOASTING TOM: ROASTING, RAZZING, AND Product? A Rhetorical Look at The Latino Comedy RESPECTING THE SCHOLARSHIP, TEACHING, Project’s Cultural Parody AND SERVICE OF THOMAS S. FRENTZ George Pacheco, Jr. SPONSORS: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION Angelo State University AND ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP Sign of the Times: The Metanarrative of the Persecution of Westboro Baptist Church and God’s Wrath CHAIR: David Nelson Kathleen J. Turner Northwest Missouri State University Davidson College Laughing in Our Enemies Face: The Use of Humor in War PARTICIPANTS: Rhetoric Theron Verdon Kathleen J. Turner SUNY College-Oneonta Davidson College A Criticism Analyzing Images and Ideology of the Security Art Bochner Fence Along the U.S. Mexico Border University of South Florida Tyler Thornton Carolyn Ellis FRIDAY

44 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD University of South Florida Jacqueline D. Burleson Joyce L. Hocker Virginia State University University of Montana Michael McClure Joshua Gunn Virginia State University University of Texas-Austin Diann Baecker Michael Osborn Virginia State University University of Memphis M. Lynn Byrd Ron Carpenter Virginia State University University of South Florida Teddy Larder RESPONDENT: Cleveland State University Thomas S. Frentz RESPONDENT: University of Arkansas Charla L. Markham Shaw University of Texas-Arlington 3505 Conversations about race and racially-inflected language in the academy Friday usually center around notions of “code-switching” as a necessary—and 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. “empowering”—set of skills to be imparted to students. In other words, Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 whatever the power of African American Vernacular English in its home communities or in the popular entertainment media or in its roles across our CROSSING IDEOLOGIES WITHIN culture, in the academy teachers of writing, despite a rhetoric of respect for COMMUNICATION: INTEGRATING diversity, continue to wrestle with ameliorating “lacks” in students’ fluency MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY, INTERPERSONAL in “standard” English. Social critics and language scholars have long gone COMMUNICATION, AND THEORY II beyond essentializing constructions of AAVE and its place(s) in American

society, but, as Keith Gilyard writes, “linguistic findings seem Y to A run D far I R F SPONSORS: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION ahead of changes in pedagogy.” The energy elicited by raising such ques- DIVISION AND COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION tions—about various relationships among AAVE and student (and teacher) CHAIR: identities, pedagogical implications, and social/political contexts of these relationships—demonstrate that even attempting to discuss these complex Shawna Harris issues in a public academic forum is quite generative for teachers wanting a University of Georgia richer understanding for their own pedagogies in addressing a student body PARTICIPANTS: ever more fluent in multiple “codes, “ even if still “deficient” in the privi- Allyson Beutke DeVito leged “standard” ideolect. Numerous participants have commented that such discussion is impossible for similarly complex reasons in their home University of Tennessee departments and institutions. Therefore, this roundtable presents several Sandra French jumping off points for continued discussion. The panel is composed a pre- Radford University senters who represent a number of disciplines, including Composition and Linda Potter Crumley Rhetoric, English literature, Performance Studies, creative writing, and lin- Southern Adventist University guistics. Their experience draws from teaching at very different institutions, Chris Clouzet including historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), large state universities, small elite liberal arts colleges, and an “alternative” secondary Southern Adventist University Jessica Thern Smith school for delinquent boys. Each brief presentation identifies key concerns of practice and theory in the light of those specific contexts; the roundtable University of Tennessee-Knoxville as a whole offers a collage of overlapping issues, from which audience and This panel explores how college students’ use of various communication panel members may then continue conversation in pursuit of ways to effect impacts their interpersonal relationships. These scholars real change in practical pedagogy. explore how text messaging and social networking sites shape relationships as well as examine how technological dependence influences relationships. 3507 Further, they will discuss how college students are using technological tools to create, sustain, manage, and terminate their interpersonal relationships. Friday 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. 3506 Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO THE BASIC Friday COMMUNICATION COURSE 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 SPONSOR: VICE-PRESIDENT SPOTLIGHT SERIES THE POLITICS AND PERFORMANCE OF Lori Norin AFRICAN AMERICAN VERNACULAR ENGLISH: A University of Arkansas-Ft. Smith ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Cecil Betros SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION University of Alabama-Birmingham Joseph Valenzano III PARTICIPANTS: University of Nevada-Las Vegas

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 45 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Cassandra Dickson Brandi Aubuchon Denison University Old Dominion University Crisis Communication in the Age of the Internet 3508 Carolyn Frazier Friday Appalachian State University 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 3510 THE PEP SQUAD: MERGING IDEOLOGIES ON Friday TEACHING POLITICAL AWARENESS THROUGH 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. THE CARNEGIE FOUNDATION’S POLITICAL Tyler ENGAGEMENT PROJECT – IDEAS AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION STUDIES II ASSESSMENT OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE PROJECTS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Chuck Grant PARTICIPANTS: Meredith College Neil Patten Verbal Abuse is Violence Ferris State University Christina Moore Donna Smith University of Richmond Ferris State University Sibling Rivalry: Why Siblings Fight and How Parents Can Elizabeth Wilson Learn to Manage Them Ferris State University Sarah Giesler Mary Evelyn Collins Old Dominion University Sam Houston State University Self-Imposed Ostracism: Examining the Dissolution of the Mother-Daughter Relationship Voter apathy and political disengagement of younger Americans remains a Beth Averett great concern for all educators who value the concept of civic engagement. The American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the Carnegie University of North Carolina-Wilmington Foundation, and have joined forces to encourage greater political engagement of students through the American Democracy 3511 Project. This panel will focus on the specific activities communication pro- fessors have integrated into their courses at participating universities as a Friday result of interdisciplinary discussion. Participants will discover a variety of 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. ideas easily incorporated into communication courses to foster political Washington awareness. FRIDAY PROVIDER AS INFORMATION-BROKER AND INFORMATION-GATEKEEPER: HELPING HANDS 3509 AND HELPING LIPS Friday SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Madison CHAIR: MEDIA STUDIES II Kelli J. Fellows SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE University of North Carolina-Wilmington PARTICIPANTS: CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: Semantic Network and Discourse Analysis of Child and Tim Anderson Family Treatment Team Meetings: The Effect of Old Dominion University Communication on Caregiver Mental Health Literacy Weblog Relationships and the Types of Messages Used in Christine S. Davis Online Communities University of North Carolina-Charlotte Michelle Grilli Decentering Her Body: Women’s Health Decisions and James Madison University Doctor/Patient Information College Photo Editors: Do College Newspapers have Linda Vangelis Written Policies and Procedures Regarding Graphic East Carolina University Photography? Communication Competence among Rural Emergency Katherine Hurst Trauma Team Members: A Training Protocol University of Virginia College at Wise Theodore A. Avtgis Mobile Phones and Messaging: Broadening the Generation West Virginia University Gap? Communicating with Patients and Patients’ Families:

46 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Disclosing Confidential Information to Third Parties THE LIVING, DYING, AND PERFORMING OF Maria Brann RITUAL West Virginia University SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION COMFORT: A New Communication Paradigm for Breaking and Discussing Terminal Bad News PARTICIPANTS: Joy Goldsmith Our Story Young Harris College Christine Keller Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles University of North Texas University of North Texas The Our Prayer RESPONDENT: Olivia “Gigi” Perez-Langley Kelli J. Fellows University of North Texas Las Mujeres de Juarez University of North Carolina-Wilmington Raquel Polanco The increasingly long-term, chronic nature of the more prevalent diseases University of North Texas (e.g. hypertension, asthma, diabetes, mental illness), as well as developments Mama, Dada in medicine and information technology, have given patients a greater incen- Chandler Thompson tive and ability to be more informed, educated, and active participants in maintaining their own health, and in making choices that will best meet their University of North Texas needs. However, this is a challenge among patients and providers who can- RESPONDENT: not effectively use communication well enough to act upon and effectively Lisa Flanagan communicate health messages. This panel will highlight the “applied” value of health communication scholarship and will show how interdisciplinary, This panel takes social and community ritual as its focus. Specifically, the community-based research that goes ‘into the world’ can change lives of participants in this panel are concerned with the degree to which, as Peter patients and families. Brooks has argued, the denigration of social and community ritual has resulted in the sick social body of the West. Thus, the performances Y A offered D I R F 3512 on this panel are an attempt to reconsider the implications of ritual as an embodied phenomenon. Taking seriously the embodied aspects of ritual per- Friday formance, the performances attempt to (re) discover the limitations and pos- 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. sibilities of voice, movement, and space. Wilson

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 47 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD 3607 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 Friday THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF JOURNALISM: A 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. ROUND TABLE IN COLLABORATION AS Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 REPORTING SPONSOR: VICE PRESIDENT SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION PLENARY SESSION CHAIR: “Opportunities for Transdisciplinary Collaboration and Community Participation in Communication Research” Burton St. John Gary Kreps Old Dominion University Jeff South George Mason University Virginia Commonwealth University Gary Kreps is the Eileen and Steve Mandell Endowed Chair in Health Aaron Barlow Communication, Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY at George Mason University. Professor Kreps is the former Chief of the Fred Schecker Health Communication and Informatics Branch at the National Cancer Institute. Professor Kreps’ presentation topic is His presentation will feature Senior Online Producer, Hampton Roads BallroomRoads.com the significant outcomes of much of the health communication research he Burton St. John III has conducted in the past as well as current and future projects. His research connects such issues as improved communication and public health Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA concerns and community-based interventions in the effort to bring theory News was once primarily the telling of accounts through the skill sets of the into praxis. reporter. Today, technology and news consumer attitudes are shaping reporting as collaboration. Panelists will explore this dynamic in such areas 3702 as: Friday • Journalists embracing both technology and citizen correspondents to form 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. a new journalistic culture of teamwork. Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 • Bloggers as a news community of citizen journalists that adhere to patterns of thought created by fellow bloggers. ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNICATION • A dedicated section of a major daily newspaper that reveals citizens con- ADMINISTRATORS BUSINESS MEETING ceptualizing news as reporting on civic values. • A daily newspaper turning to a combination of on-line only reporters and 3703 citizens to provide news, video and commentary for its website. Friday 3709 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

FRIDAYHampton Roads Ballroom 2 Friday INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. BUSINESS MEETING Madison MEDIA STUDIES III 3704 SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE Friday CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Wendy Hajjar Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 Xavier University of New Orleans RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION The Prestige: An Analysis of Self-Destruction through Work BUSINESS MEETING Obsession Courtney Fox Christopher Newport University 3706 “Good Night and Good Luck”: The Rhetorical Implications Friday of Authenticating Memory in Film 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Kara Duffle Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill A Matter of Genetic Notes: An In-depth Study of Nature vs. APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION BUSINESS Nurture Inherent in “August Rush” MEETING Jessica Gaffney Christopher Newport University, Virginia 3707 Fantasy Impersonating Reality or Reality Impersonating Fantasy? Critical Study of Indian Film Friday

48 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Anita Mixon COMPETITIVE PAPERS IN ARGUMENTATION Columbia College STUDIES SPONSOR: SOUTHERN FORENSICS ASSOCIATION 3710 DIVISION Friday CHAIR: 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Brian R. McGee Tyler College of Charleston RHETORICAL STUDIES II What My Parents Don’t Know: Family Communication SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE Style, Anxiety, Guilt, and Intrapersonal Argument Merissa Ferrara* CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: College of Charleston Joy Hart David Clare* Y A D R U T A S / Y A D I R F University of Louisville College of Charleston A Rhetorical Analysis “Some Miscellany Observations on Ethnography of Parliamentary Debate our Present Debates Respecting Witchcrafts: A Dialogue Tyler Thornton** between ‘S’ and ‘B’ University of Oklahoma Jessica Stewart Pattern for Persuasive Arguments Model: Specify, Clarify, Furman University Verify, and Justify The Drug Bust Heard ‘Round the World: A Fantasy Theme Nakia Welch Analysis of ‘Tulia, Texas Kirk Scarbrough University of Oklahoma RESPONDENT: West Texas A & M University Letters to John: The Revolutionary Story of Abigail Adams’ Brian McGee “Remember the Ladies”Letter College of Charleston E. Jade Lawson *Top Paper **Top Student Paper Furman University Stanley Tookie Williams, Death Row, and the Question of Clemency: The Rhetorical Function of “Redemption” in an 4103 Appeal for and Denial of Clemency Mike Palombo Saturday 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Georgia Southern University Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 DEVELOPING A COMMON CORE: THE CHALLENGES FACED BY SMALL, DIVERSE DAY 4 COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENTS SPONSOR: ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION SATURDAY, APRIL 4 ADMINISTRATORS INTEREST GROUP PARTICIPANTS: 4101 Edward T. Arke Saturday Department Chair/Associate Professor of Communication 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Messiah College Hampton Roads Ballroom 4 Dominique Gendrin THEODORE CLEVENGER UNDERGRADUATE Department Chair/Associate Professor of Communication HONORS CONFERENCE AWARDS BREAKFAST Xavier University of Louisiana Lynn Gregory SPONSOR: SSCA Assistant Professor SPONSORS: OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF The University of Vermont ARTS & LETTERS AND SSCA Susan Opt Department Chair/Associate Professor of Communication All UHC participants, guests, and SSCA UHC Scholar-Helpers are invited. Salem College 4102 Department Chairs and Program Coordinators at small and medium-sized colleges and universities are often tasked with trying to construct a core cur- Saturday riculum that unifies a number of diverse specialties. In considering this 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. year’s convention theme, panelists will discuss how connections are made Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 and collaboration occurs within their departments. After initial presenta- tions, the panel encourages audience involvement in the discussion.

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 49 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY congratulates the THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM on receiving the SSCA Minority Recruitment and Retention Award for 2009

50 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD 4104 Donna L. Gough East Central University Saturday Vicki Crooks 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. West Virginia University-Parkersburg Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 Delma Hall CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: AN EXAMINATION OF East Central University THE MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC RESPONDENT: PARTY’S UNIQUE POLITICAL STRATEGIES Rebecca M. Kennerly SPONSOR: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION Georgia Southern University CHAIR: Meaning-making is central to all human activity, especially learning. If stu- Danielle Holbrook dents cannot construct or find personal meaning in the course content, they cannot engage in deeper levels of critical thinking. This panel/roundtable Florida State University Empowering Education: An Analysis of Mississippi will provide an opportunity to discuss the use of media, metaphor, narrative, Freedom Democratic Schools through a Critical performance, poetry, movie/video scripts/production, etc. as student expres- sion of mastery and/or critical thinking in non-performance courses. Pedagogical Framework Panelists will bring examples and artifacts from courses they have taught or Danielle Holbrook participated in as students. A staged reading of a 5-6 minute film script will Florida State University be presented as an example of an expression of synthesis and critical think- A Refusal to Compromise: The Lived Principles of the ing and creation of new insights and understanding of material in a gradu- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ate course on violence in educational thought. A 1-2 minute student video Erin Schmidt will be shown as example of student synthesis of knowledge Y A in D a public R U rela- T A S Florida State University tions course assignment to develop a metaphor to explain behavioral theory. The 1965 MFDP Congressional Challenge and the Other examples presented by the panelists include the use of character Discourse of Jamie L. Whitten analysis techniques from theatre to help students connect to concepts in Stephen Andon interpersonal, group, and other communication courses. Florida State University A Radical Innovation: Moses, Mc Comb, and the Diffusion 4107 of Voting Rights Saturday Joseph Davenport 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Florida State University Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 RESPONDENT: USING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURAL ANALYSIS Mary Stuckey TO IMPROVE THE HUMAN CONDITION Georgia State University SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION This panel examines the unique political strategies of the short-lived CHAIR: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). After several unsuccessful attempts to register black voters in Mississippi, the MFDP formed as a Gerald Driskill grassroots campaign to challenge the Democratic party of Mississippi. This University of Arkansas-Little Rock panel examines the multi-faceted political strategies of the MFDP, including PARTICIPANTS: the organization and execution of alternative voting drives, the creation of Being the Church in a Multi-Racial, Multi-Cultural Society an educational model rooted in political activism, protests at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, and the legal challenge to the 1964 Chris Hughes Democratic congressional election outcomes. University of Arkansas-Little Rock A Laughing Matter: Humor, Organizational Identification, 4106 and Worker Trust Matthew C. Ramsey Saturday Tennessee State University 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Richard A. Knight Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 Shippensburg University MEANING-MAKING AND CRITICAL THINKING: Misty L. Knight USING METAPHOR, NARRATIVE, FILM SCRIPTS, Shippensburg University VIDEO PRODUCTION, PERFORMANCE, AND Tomorrow’s Church: The Role of Postmodern ROLE PLAYING IN NON-PERFORMANCE Communication in a Pre-Modern Organization COURSES J. Jacob Jenkins SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION University of Arkansas-Little Rock Enacting a culture of leadership through communication: A PARTICIPANTS: qualitative study of high school and college leaders in the Marsha Little Matthews Louisiana Association of Student Councils The University of Texas-Tyler Janey Mattina

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 51 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD University of Southern Mississippi 4109 RESPONDENT: Saturday John Meyer 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. University of Southern Mississippi Madison Because of their persuasive impact, improved communication within organi- AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF zations has the potential to enhance our present human condition, on both a RHETORIC BUSINESS MEETING personal and global scale. For that reason, this panel will explore the per- suasive potential found within four distinct contexts, by examining the com- municative culture of four separate organizations. This panel will then 4110 engage panel and audience participants in a discussion, focusing on the ways the study of communication in organizational cultural contexts can 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. improve an organizations' internal communication as well as the influence Saturday they have in their local community. Tyler COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION BUSINESS 4108 MEETING Saturday 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. 4111 Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. INTRODUCING MULTIPLE IDEOLOGIES INTO Saturday THE COMMUNICATION CLASSROOM: A PANEL Washington DISCUSSION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION BUSINESS MEETING SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION CHAIR: 4112 Terry Cole 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Appalachian State University Saturday PARTICIPANTS: Wilson Introducing Appalachian and Regional Studies into the GENDER STUDIES DIVISION BUSINESS Communication Classroom MEETING Jean L. DeHart Appalachian State University Introducing Black Studies into the Communication 4202 Classroom Saturday Ritta Abell 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. SATURDAY Morehead State University Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 Introducing History into the Communication Classroom RECLAIMING CIVILITY IN THE CLASSROOM: A Monette Calloway-Ezell ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION OF DISCURSIVE Hinds Community College CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Introducing Death and Dying into the Communication Classroom SPONSOR: LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION David Sutton DIVISION Auburn University MODERATOR: Introducing Women’s Studies into the Communication Classroom Deborah Walker Ann Andaloro Coastal Carolina University PANELISTS: Morehead State University Introducing International Studies into the Communication Cooperative Learning Strategies and Classroom Culture Classroom Angela M. Day** Robert E. Frank Ball State University Morehead State University Facilitating Dialogue in the Classroom: A Bridge to Understanding Each participant will offer suggestions and ideas of ways to make communi- cation classrooms more interdisciplinary. Audience members will be asked Linda Vangelis to share ideas. East Carolina University Strategic Approaches to Civility: Creating a Positive Communication Climate

52 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Charles Grant INTEGRATING THEORY AND SERVICE IN THE Meredith College COMMUNICATION CURRICULUM Social Construction and Civility in the Classroom SPONSORS: COMMUNICATION THEORY AND APPLIED Christine S. Davis COMMUNICATION DIVISIONS University of North Carolina-Charlotte Race and Incivility in the Classroom CHAIR: Eugenie Almeida Jennifer Gregg Fayetteville State University University of Louisville Discourse Strategies for Teaching Civility: Inviting Forni into The Ins and Outs of Environmental Service Learning Communication Classrooms Kandi L. Walker Susan Gilpin University of Louisville Marshall University Joy L. Hart **Top Student Paper University of Louisville Crossing Ideologies from the Classroom to the Community: 4203 Applying Speech Communication Concepts to Service- Learning Projects Saturday Richard I. Falvo 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. El Paso Community College Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 Othering in Interpersonal Relationships TOP PAPERS IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION Fran Dickson University of Denver Y A D R U T A S SPONSOR: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION Theories Involved in Teaching Media Literacy Skills as a CHAIR: Service Learning Project Monette Callaway-Ezell Charles F. Aust Hinds Community College Kennesaw State University Iraq, 9/11 and the Mediated Presidency of George W. Bush Engaging Persuasion Stephen J. Farnsworth* Jessica Fifield University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill George Mason University Applying Theories of Disability and Identity in Student-Led S. Robert Lichter* Workshops George Mason University Stephanie J. Coopman The Triumph of Silence: President George H.W. Bush’s Refusal to Denounce Apartheid in South Africa San José State University A Social Systems Perspective of Public Relations Service- William F. Harlow Based Learning University of Texas of the Permian Basin Audrey Wilson Allison Contrasts in News Coverage: A Qualitative Framing Analysis of “A” List Bloggers and Newspaper Articles Kennesaw State University Reporting on the Jena 6 Adria Goldman 4205 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Saturday Jim A. Kuypers 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 Religion as a Moderating Variable in Young Voter Political COLLABORATING ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND Participation BORDERS: COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN Melissa M. Smith COLLABORATIVE EDUCATION WITH COLLEGES Mississippi State University ABROAD Barry P. Smith SPONSOR: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION Mississippi University for Women RESPONDENT: PARTICIPANTS: Patrick G. Wheaton Paula Rodriguez Georgia Southern University Hinds Community College *Top Paper Thomas J. Sabetta Jefferson Community and Technical College 4204 Richard Quianthy Broward College Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Panelists will share unique experiences in developing and implementing col- laborative education projects between their institutions and overseas col- Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 leges. Design and implementation of the programs, expectations of students

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 53 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

54 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD and faculty, cultural insights and revelations, and outcomes of the experi- Impact of Mass Media and Interpersonal Communication ences will be discussed. on Perceived Norms in Nepal Marc G. Bouley 4206 Johns Hopkins University Saturday The Role of Norms in HIV-Risk Behavior 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Stella O. Babaloa Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 Johns Hopkins University Change and Stability in Norms in Family Planning and COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION IN Fertility in Egypt, Indonesia, and Mali YOUR CHANGING DEPARTMENT: J. Douglas Storey PERSPECTIVES ACROSS THE CONTINUUM Carol Underwood SPONSOR: ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNICATION Gender Norms Pertaining to Faithfulness and Multiple ADMINISTRATORS Concurrent Partnerships in Prevention of HIV Infection PARTICIPANTS: RESPONDENT: Janie Harden Fritz Rajiv N. Rimal Duquesne University Johns Hopkins University Leeanne Bell Communication scholars continue to theorize about and use the concept of Stevenson University social norms in understanding and changing behavior for improving health Molly Stoltz and well-being. This panel, comprising health communication scholars from

the Center for Communication Programs (CCP) at Johns Y A Hopkins D R U T A S Valdosta State University Carl Cates University, will shed light on the importance of incorporating norms-based strategies in promoting social change, and they will describe how they have Valdosta State University Ronald C. Arnett used such approaches in promoting health behavior change in various parts of Africa and Asia. Duquesne University The academic world is faced with change in multiple dimensions. 4209 Institutions that once focused primarily on teaching now ask for significant Saturday publication records for promotion and tenure. Institutions that have drifted 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. from church-related roots are now called back to original missions, some- times with resistance from departments with greater loyalty to a profession Madison than to an institution. Institutions that once paid little attention to service RHETORICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES III: now embrace concern for community, inviting departments to rethink course SEXUALITY, & EQUALITY structure and purpose to accommodate social concerns through collabora- tion with external constituents. Under such conditions, how do administra- SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE tors work responsively to assimilate new faculty members into the culture of CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: a department/institution that is host to members grounded in different histor- Tom Frentz ical moments, expectations, and identities? Panelists from different academ- ic role perspectives will discuss communication, culture, and collaboration University of Arkansas for constructive, thriving departments. Dumbledore is Gay: J.K. Rowling and Subversion of the Hegemony of Heterosexuality 4207 Anna Wiederhold Georgetown College, Kentucky Saturday Doesn’t it Seem Queer: The Exclusion of Lesbians & the 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Victimization of the Queer Community in Communications Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 Studies COLLABORATIVE HEALTH COMMUNICATION Sara Elizabeth Santa Cruz SCHOLARSHIP IN ACTION: THEORIZING ABOUT Salem College, North Carolina AND APPLYING THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL Knitting Gender Through Talk and the Internet: An NORMS IN HEALTH PROMOTION IN Ethnography of Stitch ‘n Bitch INTERNATIONAL VENUES Coley Ray SPONSOR: VICE-PRESIDENT’S SPOTLIGHT SERIES Columbia College, South Carolina The Rhetoric of Fear: Maintaining the Status Quo in the CHAIR: Secessionist South and Defeating the Equal Rights Rajiv N. Rimal Amendment Kelley Draper Johns Hopkins University Use of Projective Techniques in Understanding Social East Tennessee State University Norms Regarding HIV/AIDS in Mozambique Maria Elena Figueroa Johns Hopkins University

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 55 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD North Carolina A&T State University 4210 Building the Credit Theory in Public Relations Saturday Doo-Hun Choi** 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Auburn University Tyler RESPONDENT: RHETORICAL STUDIES IV: PUBLIC MEDIA Laura Richardson Walton SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE Mississippi State University *Top Paper CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: ** Top Student Paper Burton St. John Old Dominion University 4302 This is the Klan: Dissection of the Knights Party Toree Cleveland Saturday 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Interviewing theory Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 Jasmine Tambunga SPOTLIGHT SCHOLAR: THE WORK OF DAWN O. University of Texas at the Permian Basin BRAITHWAITE ConAgra Peanut Butter Crisis: A Crisis Communications Case Study SPONSOR: VICE-PRESIDENT SPOTLIGHT SERIES Jenny McKinnon FACILITATOR: Appalachian State University Patricia Amason “Yes We Can”: An analysis of ideographs, musical rhetoric and social movements in 2008. University of Arkansas Vice-President, SSCA Hassan Ghiassi Dawn O. Braithwaite Appalachian State University University of Nebraska-Lincoln 4212 First-Vice-President, National Communication Association Saturday 4303 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Saturday Wilson 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION: Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 WORLD AND WORLD-WIDE-WEB CASE STUDIES CULTURAL TURNOVERS: PERFORMANCES OF IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MASS CRITIQUE AND CUISINE COMMUNICATION SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION SPONSORS: PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION AND MASS CHAIR: SATURDAYCOMMUNICATION DIVISION CHAIR: Kelly Taylor Christie M. Kleinmann University of North Texas PARTICIPANTS: Lee University Public relations as conflict prevention: A Case Study from State Funded Mom Kosovo Andrea Baldwin Cynthia P. King* University of North Texas How to Throw a Riot Furman University Avoidance of Web Advertising: Investigating the Effects of Kelly Taylor Perception and Attitude University of North Texas Ji-Hyun Kim Cooking Authenticity Nkechi Chibueze Florida State University Doyle Yoon University of North Texas University of Oklahoma RESPONDENT: The TSA and Blogging: A Perfect Match? Amy Burt Corey A. Hickerson Georgia College & State University James Madison University A grounded theory analysis of how college students search Panelists will present performances that will utilize female stereotypes to for health information on the Internet: The case of engage a variety of issues using baked goods as a metaphor. The goal of HIV/AIDS these performances is to bring dark and unpleasant cultural issues to light Kim Smith while simultaneously ‘sugar coating’ them.

56 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 57 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD 4304 Kimberly M. Miller Grove City College Saturday The Anatomy of an Apology: U.S./China Tensions 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Donald B. Simmons Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 Asbury College COLLABORATING WITH ONE ANOTHER: IS I’m not a Feminist, but. . .: Women and Feminist THERE A NEED FOR A IN THE (non)identification COMMUNITY COLLEGE? Abbe Depretis SPONSOR: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION University of Maryland When Bob Met Phil: Clashing Ideologies, Bob Jones CHAIR: University’s Interracial Dating Policy, and the Phil Donahue Richard Mercadante Show St. Petersburg College-Clearwater Daniel S. Brown PARTICIPANTS: Grove City College Paula Rodriguez 4307 Hinds Community College Charles Tardy Saturday University of Southern Mississippi 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Monette Callaway-Ezell Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 Hinds Community College Sherry G. Ford SPONSOR: VICE-PRESIDENT Meet the Graduate Directors University of Montevallo Robert E. Frank Morehead State University 4308 Deborah Hefferin Saturday Broward College Karyn Brown 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 Mississippi State University Richard I. Falvo COMMUNICATION RESEARCH MAKING A El Paso Community College DIFFERENCE AT HOME AND ABROAD Traditionally the role of the community college has been two-faced. Many SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION have viewed it as a venue to simply provide the “core” courses required by CHAIR: most four-year schools, without regard to a student’s potential major. On the other hand, some community colleges encourage students to select a Jennifer Mize Smith major in their first or second year, and offer courses specific to the students’ Western Kentucky University major fields. This roundtable discussion will examine which paradigm is Action Research in Action: Reflection on a Collaborative AR

SATURDAYmore suitable to serve the needs of our current students. If a determination Study with Nonprofits and Funders is made that a paradigm shift is in order, how then can this shift be commu- Beth Eschenfelder nicated to others within the community college and university systems, The University of Tampa including faculty, counselors, administration, students, and parents? The Collaboration in Fighting Terrorism: The Role of Risk audience will be encouraged to participate. Communication 4306 Kathleen G. Vidoloff University of Kentucky Saturday Timothy L. Sellnow 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. University of Kentucky Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 Matthew W. Seeger CROSSING IDEOLOGIES IN COMMUNICATION Wayne State University CONTEXTS Robert R. Ulmer SPONSOR: LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION University of Arkansas, Little Rock DIVISION Crossing Ideologies: Subaltern Resistance and Organizational Communication MODERATOR: Mahuya Pal Susan K. Brown University of South Florida Slippery Rock University RESPONDENT: PANELISTS: Jennifer Mize Smith Conflicting Perspectives in Film: Feminist, Religious, and Western Kentucky University Cultural

58 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD 4309 4311 Saturday Saturday 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Madison Washington RHETORICAL STUDIES V: WOMEN TIME AND PLACE COMMITTEE MEETING SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: 4312 Kathleen J. Turner Saturday 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Davidson College Seen But Not Heard: An Exploration of Sarah Palin’s Visual Wilson Campaign PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION BUSINESS Briana Puccini MEETING University of Richmond Feminism, Media and the Vice Presidency: Questions Rising from the Sarah Palin Vice Presidential Campaign 4401 James Alverson Saturday North Carolina State University 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Chutes and Ladders: Gendered News Frames of Clinton Hampton Roads Ballroom 4 and Palin in the 2008 Election SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION Y A D R U T A S Anita Coleman ASSOCIATION AWARDS LUNCHEON Berea College Early Feminist Rhetoric Research KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Sarah Stringfield Our Discourses of Stability and Change Salem College Dawn O. Braithwaite University of Nebraska-Lincoln 4310 First-Vice-President, National Communication Association Saturday 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. 4502 Tyler Saturday RHETORICAL STUDIES VI 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE COMMUNICATING WITH SUPERIORS AND CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: GROUPS USING IMAGINATION AND Jane Rowe TECHNOLOGY Old Dominion University SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION All I Need to Know I Learned at Story Time”: Narrative Construction of Ideological Identity in Progressive Christian CHAIR: Pro-Choice Literature Maria Dixon Jamie Randolph Southern Methodist University Georgia Southern University The Enron E-mail Corpus: Explanations of Upward Christian Hegemony of Science: An Analysis of Rob Bell’s Communication Speaking Tour Everything Is Spiritual Joann Keyton Andrew Baird North Carolina State University Appalachian State University Anna K. Turnage The Power of a Passionate Voice: George Whitefield and North Carolina State University the “Burning Bush” Improving Performance Evaluations: The Role of Anna Woodward Intrapersonal Communication, Age, and Message Strategy Furman University in the Human Resource Process A Burkean Analysis of George W. Bush’s “Freedom at War Tammy L. Croghan with Fear Northwestern State University Benjamin Tarsa Jon M. Croghan University of North Carolina-Greensboro Northwestern State University Timothy Gattie Northwestern State University Thomas Bolton

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 59 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Northwestern State University Public Relations & Special Events: A Values-Driven Group Decisions and Computer Mediated Communication: Relationship Approach Investigating the Effects of Communication Channel on Angela Widgeon Decision Quality, Group Effectiveness, and Group Member Liberty University Satisfaction Listening: A Key Competency of Leaders of Volunteers Martijn J. Van Kelegom Barbara Nixon The Netherlands Georgia Southern University John W. Haas Can Students Still Learn When it All Goes Wrong? University of Tennessee-Knoxville Christie M. Kleinmann RESPONDENT: Lee University Thomas J. Socha Contracts, Tax Status and Liability, Oh My! Legal Issues and Events Old Dominion University Lisa K. L. Muller 4503 Georgia Southern University Creating a New Reality: Exploring PR Theory and Practices Saturday through Special Events 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. William Thompson Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 University of Louisville STUDENT PAPERS IN MASS COMMUNICATION Many Public Relations Practitioners regularly perform Event Planning func- SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION tions. Although Event Planning is not new to the field of Public Relations, Chair: understanding its evolving benefits as a communication tool in our changing world is essential to the practice of Public Relations. More and more organ- Brian C. Brantley izations are seeking to hire event planners either in-house or from agencies University of Texas of the Permain Basin and firms. Event Planning agencies are becoming increasingly more viable. Beliefnet as a Component of Civil Society As this specialized area of Public Relations continues to grow, a practition- Zoë Hess ers’ ability to plan events for clients and to utilize this communication Texas A&M University instrument effectively must be viewed as a vital component of the experience What Kind of Movie are you in the Mood for: A Study and expertise practitioners provide. An Event Planning course can serve as Examining Social Influences Impact on Movie Genre an excellent capstone learning opportunity. This panel will examine the Selection on a First Date important role events play in reaching various publics and explore many of Jinae Kang the complex communication issues that should be part of a rigorous Event Planning course. University of Alabama Sarah Mia Poston 4505 University of Alabama Showing the World What Really Matters: The Portrayal of Saturday Family Values in African-American Sitcoms 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Mia C. Long Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 SATURDAYThe University of Alabama COMPETITIVE PAPERS IN GENDER STUDIES Content Analysis of Human Papillomavirus in Print Media Sarah Mia Polston SPONSOR: GENDER STUDIES DIVISION University of Alabama CHAIR: RESPONDENT: Lynne M. Webb Melissa M. Smith University of Arkansas Mississippi State University Women Who Spoke for Themselves: Abigail Scott Dunway and the New Northwest 4504 Sheree’ Keith Macon State College Saturday Exposing Myself: Using Autoethnography for African 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. American Women’s Research Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 Renata Harden PR & EVENTS IN A CHANGING WORLD: A Fort Valley State University COLLABORATIVE REVIEW OF REACHING (Ir)Responsible Teen Mom: Negotiating and Communicating AUDIENCES AND TEACHING STUDENTS Self SPONSOR: PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION Charla L. Markham Shaw University of Texas-Arlington CHAIR: Magnifying ‘Loss’ Through the Rhetorical Construction of Pamela G. Bourland-Davis, 9/11 ‘Orphans’ Georgia Southern University Kim Nguyen

60 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Salem College Emerson College Gendered Grammar and Cultural Evolution: An Exploration Mary Lee Hummert of Correlation University of Kansas John H. Nicholson Mississippi State University 4508 Michael L. White Saturday Angelo State University 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. 4506 Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 IDEOLOGIES, PEDAGOGIES, AND DISCIPLINES Saturday CONVERGE TO IMPROVE CLASSROOM 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. COMMUNICATION Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION COLLABORATING TO ENGAGE WITH CAMPUS HATE SPEECH: A CASE OF THE “N” WORD IN A CHAIR: COLLEGE DORM CONFLICT Christine S. Davis SPONSOR: VICE-PRESIDENT SPOTLIGHT SERIES University of North Carolina-Charlotte The N word, hate speech and conflict in the freshman PARTICIPANTS: experience: a co-cultural analysis Denise Forrest Pete Kellett

Coastal Carolina University Y A D R U T A S Deborah Walker University of North Carolina-Greensboro Tom Matyok Coastal Carolina University University of North Carolina-Greesnboro RESPONDENT: Attacked on campus: Identity issues of “nigger” within a Christine S. Davis conflict narrative Cherie Avent University of North Carolina-Charlotte Drawing from research spanning the fields of education and communica- University of North Carolina-Greensboro Libby Jeter tion, this interactive panel-workshop proposal seeks to address two funda- mental pedagogical questions: 1) What communication knowledge can be University of North Carolina-Greensboro Campus preparedness and response to hate speech: A articulated and taught to teachers, in particular, for whole classroom dis- dialogic model of collaboration and change cussion? 2) What opportunities must teachers engage in to inform and prac- tice their communication knowledge? In particular, we aim to identify spe- Sarah Blizzard cific practices and tasks that are applicable across different approaches to University of North Carolina-Greensboro teaching, can be articulated and taught, and are accessible by beginning This program features the collaboration between communication studies and and advanced teachers. conflict resolution faculty and students in examining an act of campus hate speech. Audience engagement and discussion will be encouraged of how to 4509 cross ideologies and collaborate to engage and address hate speech in an Saturday increasingly diverse world of college campuses. 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. 4507 Madison INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION STUDIES III Saturday 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: MEET THE CANDIDATES FOR SECOND-VICE- Ken Cissna PRESIDENT, NATIONAL COMMUNICATION University of South Florida ASSOCIATION Post- Divorce Parental Disclosures and their Impact on SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION Adult Children of Divorce ASSOCIATION Katrina Vorce James Madison University HOSTS: The Relationship of Interpersonal and Mass Mediated Betsy Bach Communication with Consumer Attitudes and Behaviors University of Montana-Missoula toward Apparel Shopping President, National Communication Association Renee Revetta Jerold L. Hale James Madison University University of Georgia Ashley Banek President, Southern States Communication Association James Madison University Richard West

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 61 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Claire Billips Superbodies that Matter: The Queer Aesthetics of James Madison University Superman Returns Kara Pinato Shaun Treat James Madison University University of North Texas Relational Dialectical Theory: The Missing Element Propaganda and the Triumph of Instrumental Reason over Jennifer Whitaker Aesthetic Experience Salem College Nathan Crick The Relation between Christian Conversations with God Louisiana State University and Interpersonal Communication: A Thematic Analysis Alison Berg The relationship between aesthetics and rhetoric has been long established and not always a source of contention. The tradition of “eloquence,” in par- Georgetown College ticular, represents a rhetoric that achieves the heights of beauty that we associate with fine art. However, aesthetics and politics have never been 4510 seen to be appropriate companions. To introduce aesthetics into politics raises fears of fascism and irrationalism. This panel seeks to explore this Saturday relationship between aesthetics and politics by introducing rhetorical 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. insights into their interaction and by examining how it functions in both Tyler political and contemporary culture. RHETORICAL STUDIES VII 4601 SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE Saturday CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: 2 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Terry Thibodeaux Hampton Roads Ballroom 4 Sam Houston State University G.I.F.T.S.: GREAT IDEAS FOR TEACHING SPEECH The Burden of Henry Clay Haley Penuel SPONSOR: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION Furman University CHAIR: The Rhetoric of John Brown’s Final Speech Josh Chancey Catherine C. Gragg Furman University San Jacinto College “You cannot win a battle in any arena of life merely by PARTICIPANTS: defending yourself”: Nixon’s Politics of Self Preservation Timothy C. Ball Sarah Kupferman James Madison University George Washington University Daniel S. Brown “The Wall Cannot Withstand Freedom”: An In-depth Grove City College Analysis of Ronald Reagan’s Tear Down This Wall Speech Erin Christie Alana Rubenstein Rutgers University

SATURDAYGeorge Washington University Richard I. Falvo El Paso Community College 4511 Eric M. Fife Saturday James Madison University 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. C. Leigh Nelson Washington Appalachian State University Jennifer B. Gray THE RHETORIC AND POLITICS OF AESTHETICS Appalachian State University SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION Richard Mercadante CHAIR/RESPONDENT: St. Petersburg College-Clearwater Lori Norin Kenneth Zagacki University of Arkansas-Fort Smith North Carolina State University AJ Righter PARTICIPANTS: North Carolina State University Channeling the Patriotic Impulse: Cheery China and the John Saunders Olympic Fulcrum Columbus State University Rya Butterfield Nakia Welch Louisiana State University University of Oklahoma Theorizing the Beautiful State This panel consists of speech communication educators presenting success- Michael Bruner ful activities to small groups of attendees. During this session, audience George State University members will hear different teaching activities presented at each table; they will move from table to table to learn a variety of lesson plans that can be

62 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD applied to their courses. Carrie M. Oliveira 4702 East Tennessee State University Saturday 4704 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Saturday Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. A RHETORICAL POTPOURRI Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 SPONSOR: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF PROPAGANDA DURING WORLD WAR II: CASE RHETORIC INTEREST GROUP STUDIES FROM MEXICO, THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY CHAIR: SPONSOR: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION John Foster Northwestern State University, Louisiana CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: Pharmaceutical Philosophy: The Platonic Problem of David Sutton Writing Auburn University Clint Jones World War II Propaganda and Mexico: A Metaphoric University of Kentucky Analysis of Mexican Political Cartoons from the 1930s and The Positive Ossification of Disability Rhetoric into Law 1940s Drew Mosley David T. Tarvin Y A D R U T A S Georgia State University Northern Kentucky University Review: Approaches to Social Movement Rhetoric Refitting the American Narrative: Rosie the Riveter as Jenni M. Simon American Propaganda during World War II University of Denver Jeffrey F. Zutaut RESPONDENT: Morehead State University Jason Edward Black The Voice of Nazi Ideology: An Analysis of Joseph Goebbels’ Propaganda University of Alabama Robert E. Frank 4703 Morehead State University Propaganda creates favorable political environments for the positions taken Saturday by governments. Each of these papers will focus on the propaganda used 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. within three different nations during the World War II era to orient their cit- Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 izens toward a particular ideological belief. FACTORS INFLUENCING COMMUNICATION IN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 4705 SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION Saturday 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. CHAIR: Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 Megan L. Wilson SOCIAL CAPITAL ACROSS MASS MEDIA University of Arkansas CONTEXTS Influencing Mother’s Identity: A Comparison of Teen and Adult Mothers’ Information Sources SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION Charla L. Markham Shaw CHAIR: University of Texas-Arlington Tony DeMars Friends ‘Till The End: Does Empathy Impact How Texas A&M-Commerce Forgiveness Is Granted Among Friendship Dyads? Finding Social Capital in Alias: Smith and Jones L. Lori Poole Van T. Roberts University of Denver Mississippi University for Women An Examination of the Influence of Type of Teasing and Martin L. Hatton Outcome on Teaser Stress Mississippi University for Women Courtney N. Wright The Young and the Restless: A Look at Social Capital University of Tennessee among Young Voters in the 2008 Presidential Election The Effects of Affection, Emotional Support, and Self- Melissa M. Smith Disclosure on Trust in Romantic Relationships Mississippi State University Kattrina Baldus Social Capital and Online Communities University of Arkansas Brian C. Brantley RESPONDENT: University of Texas of the Permian Basin

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 63 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Building Social Capital among Video Gamers Jennifer Wood Adams Barry P. Smith Auburn University Mississippi University for Women Robert French Social capital has been discussed and popularized in works such as Robert Auburn University Putnam’s Bowling Alone. However, mass media researchers could still ben- Margaret Fitch-Hauser efit from seeing the concept further refined and applied to a number of spe- Auburn University cific media contexts. Each of the panelists will examine the application of Barney Rubble, Esq.: Attorneys' Use of Social Media social capital to a different area: television criticism, mediated political Lisa Muller communication, online communities, and video games. Georgia Southern University Facebook and Twitter and Skype, Oh My! 4706 Barbara B. Nixon Saturday Georgia Southern University Although they are kicking and screaming: Dragging PR stu- 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. dents into the technological age Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 Robert French NUTS, BOLTS, AND COMMUNICATION ADMINISTRATION: ESTABLISHING A TOOLBOX Auburn University OF EVERYDAY ADVICE This panel examines the uses and impact of ever-changing Web 2.0 applica- tion on the teaching and practice of public relations. SPONSOR: ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION ADMINISTRATORS INTEREST GROUP 4709 PARTICIPANTS: Saturday Deborah Hefferin 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Madison Broward College Janie Harden Fritz RHETORICAL STUDIES VIII Duquesne University Richard West SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE Emerson College CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: Katherine Hawkins Trudy Hanson Clemson University West Texas A & M Ronald C. Arnett The Boondocks, ‘The N***a Moment,’ and the Limits of Duquesne University Satire The life of an administrator is often maligned, misinterpreted, and systemati- Lateshia Beachum cally dismissed. As a result, talented and resourceful colleagues in commu- Columbia College, South Carolina nication studies do not pursue administrative positions in their academic Comrades Light Your Fires institutions. This roundtable discussion will highlight various perspectives Margaret-Elliotte Czentnar about seeking out and surviving administrative posts. Rather than elucidate

SATURDAY Furman University the challenges and pitfalls of being an administrator, this group of adminis- Lyndon Baines Johnson’s 1963 Inaugural Address: A trators will highlight successful and effective journeys toward academic Rhetorical Hybrid administration. The panelists currently have held and currently hold a vari- Alison Burke ety of administrative positions. They will share strategies, suggestions, and advice for those who wish to pursue administration and those who are con- George Washington University Who’s to Blame for the Columbine Shootings? The sidering it in their future. Significant audience involvement is expected. Rhetorical Function of the Collectivism/Individualism 4708 Tension in Response to a Tragedy Claire Avis Gallam Saturday Georgia Southern University 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 4710 PR IN A NEW MEDIA AGE Saturday SPONSOR: PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. CHAIR: Tyler Margaret Fitch-Hauser GENDER AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES Auburn University SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE Blogs: How do PR practitioners use blogs in relationship building? CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: Brigitta R. Brunner Lisa Corrigan Auburn University University of Arkansas

64 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Heart Disease, Women, and the Media: Do Ads in Magazines Tony DeMars Provide Effective Messages? Texas A&M University-Commerce Stephanie Ann Ring Tony DeMars University of Virginia College at Wise Texas A&M University-Commerce Axe: The Hidden Agenda Jeff South Kimberly Burke Virginia Commonwealth University Christopher Newport University, Virginia Tommy Booras Why Does It Have to be a Man’s World . . . or Does It? A Western Kentucky University Rhetorical Analysis of the Hit Television Show Grey’s Anatomy Leo Chan Vanessa Alanis University of Houston-Clear Lake West Texas A & M Educators and industry leaders continue to struggle with changes going on in Where No Girl has Gone Before: Exploring She’s The Man mass media. Mobile media and the Internet continue to drive changes in how through a Hegemonic Masculinity Ideological Criticism consumers expect to interact with both news and entertainment content. At the Katie Holley time of this presentation, the “Big Switch” — the switchover from analog to Christopher Newport University digital broadcast TV — will have just occurred, WiFi and WiMax will have become more ubiquitous, and 3G cell phones will be in more users’ hands. In 4711 the digital media world, the changes necessary in Mass Communication depart- ments—for those teaching Radio-Television to those teaching Journalism—are Saturday far beyond the convergence changes that have been occurring in the past 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. decade. The panelists will reveal how prepared traditional media are for the

Washington changes, and in relation, discuss some of the changes Mass Y Media A D educators R U T A S CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MUSES: CROSSING should be making in the traditional curriculum. BOUNDARIES WITH IMAGINATION 4803 SPONSOR: ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP & Saturday PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. PARTICIPANTS: Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 Christopher Poulos INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION University of North Carolina-Greensboro BUSINESS MEETING Killian Manning University of North Carolina-Greensboro 4804 RESPONDENT: Justin T. Trudeau Saturday 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. University of North Texas Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 Carolyn Ellis calls for autotexts to evocatively engage the person- POLITICAL COMMUNICATION BUSINESS MEETING al/autobiographical in conversation with the cultural, social, and political worlds we inhabit. How can we craft connections with these larger contexts? How does the current impetus to cross disciplinary boundaries shape our con- 4805 versations with the Muses? How do we, in our teaching, writing, and perform- ing, negotiate between the truths of our discipline and the truths revealed to us Saturday by the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne? How do fencing and dancing inform 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. the way we come to know our changing world? In the first part of this panel we Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 explore these questions through a 30-minute performance based on inspirations ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP BUSINESS borne of discipline and improvisation. In the second part, we will invite the MEETING audience to participate in their own exploration of creativity—to cross bound- aries in ways that are joyous, meaningful, playful, and heart-felt. 4806 4802 Saturday Saturday 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 FREEDOM OF SPEECH DIVISION BUSINESS THE NEW TOOLS OF MASS COMMUNICATION: MEETING PREPARING STUDENTS IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL MEDIA 4808 SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION Saturday CHAIR: 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 65 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 Waiting for “True Love’s Kiss”: Patriarchy in Disney’s CONSTRUCTED Enchanted Katherine Sears SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION Christopher Newport University PARTICIPANTS: The Unfair Lady: Lessons about Identity and Rhetoric in My Darren Goins Fair Lady Emily Reass Stevenson University RESPONDENT: North Carolina State University Diversity as Transcendent of Feminism: An Ideological Jacqueline Burleson Approach to a Rhetorical Analysis of Barbara Bush’s Virginia State University Commencement Address at Wellesley College In this one-person show, Goins presents five performance art monologues Megan Marinos that reveal how men are negotiating R. Connell’s forces of attraction, power George Washington University and production at the beginning of this century. In and by means of per- Michelle Obama and the Narrative Paradigm: Redefining formance, Goins explores how masculinities are being shaped differently by the American Dream experiences of loss, existential angst, disability, AIDS and transitions from Amina Colter careerman to primary caregiver. George Washington University 4809 4811 Saturday 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Saturday Madison 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Washington RHETORICAL STUDIES IX: RELIGION POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE BUSINESS MEETING CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: Elizabeth L. Desnoyers-Colas 4812 Armstrong Atlantic State University Overcoming Scene Dominance and Redefining Tradition Saturday through Pentadic Sets: Jesus’ Parable of the Good 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Samaritan Wilson Samara Mouvery INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BUSINESS MEETING University of Alabama-Huntsville Building Church, Inventing Democracy: The Rhetoric of Richard Furman and Baptist Identity Formation 4901 Andrew Barnhill Furman University Saturday Toy Soldiers: The Symbolic Construction of the Religion as 6:30-8:30 War Metaphor in the Film Jesus Camp Conference Center Foyer Cortney Anderton THE OSBORN RECEPTION Georgia Southern University The Geography of Prayer: An Empirical-based Exploratory COSPONSORED BY: Study of Environmental Factors Conducive to Prayer Allyn & Bacon/Longman Publishers, Drs. Michael and Kyle Williams Suzanne Osborn, & the College of Communication SATURDAY/SUNDAY Old Dominion University and Fine Arts at the University of Memphis 4810 Saturday DAY 5 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Tyler RHETORICAL STUDIES X SUNDAY, APRIL 5 SPONSOR: UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE 5101 CHAIR AND RESPONDENT: Sunday 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Megan Moe-Lunger Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 Lee University SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION

66 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD ASSOCIATION Abi Moser NOMINATING COMMITTEE MEETING University of Arkansas Katie Tinker 5102 University of Arkansas The purpose of this roundtable is to explore the importance of feminist criti- Sunday cal theory and pedagogy in the terminal communication master’s program. 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Discussion will focus on the application of feminist pedagogical skills Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 acquired within graduate coursework to the communication teaching envi- ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP STUDENT ronment and address the influence of the feminist perspective on building and maintaining mentoring and collegial relationships. Additionally, partici- PAPERS pants will examine the influence of interdisciplinary feminist coursework in SPONSOR: ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP creating a broader awareness of political and social issues faced by oppressed peoples and the rhetorical strategies used to both maintain and CHAIR: resist oppression. Participants will also discuss the integration of feminist Michael Arrington theory, research, praxis, and advocacy. University of Kentucky PARTICIPANTS: 5104 A Bookstore-Café: An Exploration of the Blurring of the Sunday Public and Private Spheres 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Erin Christie Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 Rutgers University HIGHER EDUCATION FROM START TO FINISH: Stormfront.org: White Nationalism as an Ethnographic Third ENTRY AND EXPECTATIONS, METAPHORS OF Place Construct EDUCATION, AND THE VALUE OF LIBERAL Y A ARTS D N U S Eric Dunning AND RHETORIC FOR HEALTHY PUBLIC University of Alabama CULTURE Pints, Pitchers, Pleasure and Pain: An Ethnographic Study of Beer Bars SPONSOR: ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION Jason Martin ADMINISTRATORS University of Kentucky CHAIR: Mentoring, Networking and Learning: A History of PRSA’s Ronald C. Arnett First Woman President, Betsy Plank Duquesne University M. Eilene Wollslager The Identity of a “College Student”: Perceptions of College Regent University Academics and Academic Rigor among First-Year Students RESPONDENT: Michaela D. E. Meyer Elissa Foster Christopher Newport University Lehigh Valley Hospital That’s the Ticket: The Turbulent Journey and Uncertain Destination of Higher Education 5103 Richard H. Thames Duquesne University Sunday A Hermeneutic Approach to the Culture of Attack 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Jeanne M. Persuit Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 University of North Carolina Wilmington THE IMPORTANCE OF FEMINIST PEDAGOGY IN RESPONDENT: THE TERMINAL MASTER’S PROGRAM: A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION Leeanne M. Bell Stevenson University SPONSOR: GENDER STUDIES DIVISION CHAIR: 5105 Ragan Hensley Sunday University of Arkansas 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. PARTICIPANTS: Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 Lisa Corrigan SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SCIENCE: THE ROLE OF University of Arkansas COMMUNICATION IN INTERDISCIPLINARY Liz Davis COLLABORATION University of Arkansas SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION Ragan Hensley University of Arkansas CHAIR:

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 67 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Joann Keyton The University of Southern Mississippi North Carolina State University This panel will examine the rhetorical responses by leaders from President Exploring Social, Geographical, Institutional, and George W. Bush and Texas Governor Rick Perry to the mayors of the Interdisciplinary Collaboration greater Galveston and Houston areas, as well as federal agencies such as Sarah R. Brown FEMA and the National Guard. Participants will explore how these key North Carolina State University actors learned from the public response and their own apologia in the after- Views of Effectiveness: Risk Communication and Scientific math of Katrina, and how it changed the rhetorical approach in the face of Ethics Ike. David Gruber 5201 North Carolina State University Daniel Sutko Sunday North Carolina State University 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Webcasting a Conference: A Nanotechnology Workshop Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 Case Study SPONSOR: KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY Jason Kalin CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: A DISCUSSION PANEL North Carolina State University Roy Schwartzman ON KENNETH BURKE AND RELIGION University of North Carolina-Greensboro MODERATOR: Jeff Kurtz 5106 Denison University Sunday PANELISTS: 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Mark Steiner Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 Christopher Newport University CROSSING IDEOLOGY: RHETORICAL Nathan Baxter RESPONSES TO HURRICANE IKE IN A WORLD Gordon College FOREVER CHANGED BY KATRINA Jim A. Kuypers SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Ron Roach CHAIR: Young Harris College Thomas J. Sabetta Anna Turnage Jefferson Community and Technical College North Carolina State University Participants: The theory of Kenneth Burke features much symbolic, metaphorical, and lit- A Storm of Press Announcements: Mayoral Responses eral discussion of religion. Panelists will discuss a variety of ways in which SUNDAYBefore and After Hurricane Ike Burke’s theory advances discussion on religion and ideology. In addition Robert J. Glenn panelists will speak to the shortfalls of using Burke and religious ideological Owensboro Community College language in rhetorical critique. Finger-Pointing and Federal Agencies: Examining the Shift in Rhetorical Riposte after Hurricane Katrina 5202 Misty L. Knight Sunday Shippensburg University 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. From Katrina to Ike: George W. Bush’s Evolving Rhetorical Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 Responses Vis-à-vis Natural Disasters Richard A. Knight RHETORIC AND MYTH IN FILM, SPORTS, GAMING, AND DISCIPLINARY HISTORY Shippensburg University Hockeymoms, Hurricanes, and Hot Air: Rhetoric and CHAIR: Twisting Ideologies in the Eye of a Storm Jason Munsell Gary B. LaFleur Columbia College Morehead State University Speech Hygiene, Speech Personality, and the Rhetoric of Louisiana Lessons Learned: Lone Star Rhetoric in Citizenship Response to Hurricane Ike Jason B. Munsell George Pacheco Columbia College Angelo State University The Counter-Myth of Cyborg SuperAntiheroes: “Iron Man” Jeff Boone and the “Dark Knight” Angelo State University Shaun Treat RESPONDENT: University of North Texas John C. Meyer The Greatest Ever (For Now): Television and Sacred Time in

68 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Mediated Sports Culture Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 Daniel Grano DEFINING LEADERSHIP IN AN ELECTION YEAR University of North Carolina-Charlotte Playing Halo or Playing God? A Mythic Look at Bungie’s SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION Halo: Combat Evolved CHAIR: John W. Morris Kristina Drumheller University of Arkansas West Texas A&M University Participants: 5203 Obama vs. Palin: “You Can Put Lipstick on a Pig” but Are Sunday You a Transformational Leader? 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Kristina Drumheller Hampton Roads Ballroom 3 West Texas A&M University FOCUS ON PRACTICE: A REVIEW OF PUBLIC Greg Armfield RELATIONS CAMPAIGNS New Mexico State University Leadership Challenges: Motherhood and the Vice SPONSOR: PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION Presidency CHAIR: Trudy Hanson Brigitta R. Brunner West Texas A&M University Laughing Away Credibility: DNC/RNC Speakers’ Uses of Auburn University Humor to Discredit the Opponents’ Leadership Capabilities Getting Started: From the Initial Meeting to the Campaign's George Pacheco Goal Carrie Reif Angelo State University Y A D N U S Defining Leadership: What Organizational Leaders Think is Auburn University Reaching Out: A New Design, a New Technology Important for Executive Leadership Carey Moore Kurt Billups Auburn University West Texas A&M University A New Look for a New Land: Creating Links, Promoting Tracy Chien Growth West Texas A&M University Shannon Gally Leroy Clifford Auburn University West Texas A&M University Evaluating Needs: Planning a Red Cross Campaign Wesley Condray Nicole Murray West Texas A&M University Carrisa Hoelscher Auburn University How to Save a Life: Strategies and Tactics for an American West Texas A&M University Red Cross Campaign Heath Lovell Josh McFall West Texas A&M University Cal White Auburn University Find your place, find your connection: Bringing together West Texas A&M University disconnected publics in the College of Liberal Arts at This election year has brought up a number of issues that have not been as Auburn University prominent in other presidential election cycles. Gender and race are cer- Kelly Williams tainly more at the forefront than ever before. The role of family, and in par- Auburn University ticular the ability to care for a special needs child, has entered the discus- The Public Relations Campaign Class Experience sion of the candidates’ ability to lead. As would be expected, experience or Sheila Emami lack thereof, has been heavily debated among those otherwise presumed to be fit for the highest government leadership positions. In addition, leader- University of North Carolina Charlotte Todd Clark ship and decision making has been challenged this election year by the potential for Gustav to have been as powerful a storm as Katrina. Gustav hit University of North Carolina Charlotte April Koldyk landfall as the Republican National Convention was slated to begin, forcing leaders to not only make decisions about those in the path of Gustav, but University of North Carolina Charlotte also about the RNC and campaigning in general. Hurricane Ike and the This panel examines public relations campaigns from a graduate student downfall of top financial organizations even brought forth experience ques- perspective. The panelists will discuss their work with community clients as tions about the more seasoned McCain. With this in mind, panelists have well as aspects of their campaigns. come together to discuss how this election year has shaped the definition of leadership. This panel will be set up with presentations leading into a gener- 5204 al discussion of how the election year and actual 2008 Presidential election has shaped the definition of leadership. Sunday 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 69 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD 5205 perform Fenske’s aesthetic of the unfinished”? Kennerly and her colleague Joanna Bastarache, a film documentarian, are hoping to make a film that Sunday remains "open" to the audience in form and content. The film will contain 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. footage of the live staged performance, segments of the oral recordings of Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 the original oral history interview, still photographs of the narrator, and COMPETITIVE PAPERS: EXPLORING TEACHING other aesthetic elements. The film hopes to generate more stories about Erk AND LEARNING PRACTICES AND POSSIBILITIES Russell by the people who were affected by him, and to continue the conver- sation about the socials issues brought to the fore in the oral histories, by SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION the construction of the script and the staging of the text. Erk Russell, who passed away in 2006, built the Georgia Southern College football program CHAIR: from the ground up, won three national championships during his eight year William G. Powers tenure as coach (1981-1989), and radically changed the relationship between local citizens and the college community. Texas Christian University Undergraduate Millennial Students’ Perceptions of Virtual Office Hours in Introductory Communication Courses 5207 Jennifer T. Edwards Sunday Tarleton State University 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Toward a Phenomenology of Communicating Educational Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 Best Practices: Tradition, Transmission and Jesuit Education WORLD AND WORLD-WIDE CASE STUDIES Rich Mercadante SPONSOR: PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MASS St. Petersburg College - Clearwater Campus COMMUNICATION Emotional Labor as Experienced by Junior High Students: CHAIR: Causes and Implications Dana M. Rizor Myleea Hill Arkansas State University The University of Alabama Avoidance of Web Advertising: Investigating the Effects of RESPONDENT: Perception and Attitude Amy L. Housley Gaffney Ji-Hyun Kim North Carolina State University Florida State University Doyle Yoon 5206 University of Oklahoma A Grounded Theory Analysis of How College Students Sunday Search for Health Information on the Internet: The Case of 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. HIV/AIDS Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 Kim Smith

SUNDAYAN EXPERIMENT IN THE AESTHETIC OF THE UNFINISHED: DOCUMENTARY FILM OF A LIFE North Carolina A&T State University DONE RIGHT: THE LIVING LEGACY OF ERK RUSSELL ORAL HISTORY AND PERFORMANCE 5208 PROJECT Sunday 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION Madison CHAIR: NATIONAL TREASURES: EXAMINING THE Rebecca M. Kennerly EVOLUTION OF SERVICE LEARNING AS AN Georgia Southern University EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TOOL IN THE PARTICIPANTS: COMMUNICATION CLASSROOM. Rebecca M. Kennerly SPONSOR: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION Georgia Southern University Joanna Bastarache CHAIR: Richard Knight Georgia Southern University RESPONDENT: Shippensburg University Kelly S. Taylor PARTICIPANTS: Judi Truitt University of North Texas Volunteer State Community College This panel will present and discuss a film that 1) “documents” a fully staged Robert J. Glenn oral history performance written and directed by Rebecca Kennerly, entitled Owensboro Community College A Life Done Right: The Living Legacy of Erk Russell, 2) reveals the process- Gary B. LaFleur es of making and levels of translation involved in the project, from the oral history interview to the film. This panel asks: “To what extent does this film Morehead State University

70 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

Robert West success in addressing their respective target audiences. Southern Indiana University James E. Reppert 5302 Southern Arkansas University Sunday Thomas J. Sabetta 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Jefferson Community College Hampton Roads Ballroom 2 RESPONDENT: TELLING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF STORY: Misty Knight CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO STUDYING Shippensburg University MEDIA NARRATIVES The role and format of service learning has been transformed significantly SPONSOR: POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION in recent years. Students are encouraged to be much more fully engaged and to employ their talents as speakers, musicians, artists, managers, and coun- CHAIR: selors to improve the quality of life in their respective communities. This Andrea Murphy panel will focus upon several innovative and involving projects which seek Old Dominion University to redefine the service learning model from one predicated on clock hours to The Many Lives of Hairspray (Over Twenty Years and Still one focused upon timeless acts of creativity and community building. Holding) 5212 Dana Heller Old Dominion University Sunday Shifting Narratives: Casino Royale and the Bond Franchise 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Kate Skophammer President’s Suite Old Dominion University COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING Investing Creative Authority in a Community: Participatory Y A D N U S Authorship in the 1632 Science Fiction Book Series Andrea Murphy 5301 Old Dominion University Sunday RESPONDENT: 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Avi Santo Hampton Roads Ballroom 1 Old Dominion University “A QUANTUM OF COMMON SENSE”: ANALYZING THE ARGUMENT FORMS AND 5304 RHETORICAL STRATEGIES EMPLOYED TO ADVISE AGAINST TEXT MESSAGING/CELL Sunday PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Hampton Roads Ballroom 5 SPONSOR: SOUTHERN FORENSICS ASSOCIATION FROM DISNEYWORLD TO THE DOCTOR’S DIVISION OFFICE: COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, CHAIR: AND FEMINISM Thomas J. Sabetta SPONSOR: GENDER STUDIES DIVISION Jefferson Community & Technical College CHAIR: PARTICIPANTS: Deborah Walker Richard Knight Assistant Professor of Communication Shippensburg University Robert West Coastal Carolina University PARTICIPANTS: University of Southern Indiana Robert Glenn Sheila L. Chamberlain Owensboro Community and Technical College Chief Operating Officer Gary B. LaFleur We Help Community Development Corporation, Belle Glade, FL Morehead State University James Reppert Xernona Clayton Southern Arkansas University President and CEO, Trumpet Awards Foundation, Inc., Misty Knight Atlanta, GA Kim K. Johnson Shippensburg University W Production Manager, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL This panel will look at the public awareness campaigns employed by a vari- Julianne Malveaux ety of states and municipalities to encourage drivers to stop texting while piloting a vehicle. These campaigns use a wide array of argument con- President, Bennett College for Women, Greensboro, NC structs, tones, and approaches and we will seek to evaluate their relative Teresa Maybee

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 71 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Delray Beach, FL Jan Warren-Findlow 5306 University of North Carolina-Charlotte Sunday Cris Davis 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. University of North Carolina-Charlotte Hampton Roads Ballroom 7 This panel discussion seeks to explore and theorize the collaborative and INSIDE OUT: CONFLICT’S MANY IDEOLOGICAL communicative experiences of feminists from private industry, non-profit FORMS AND THEORETICAL FACES organizations, government, and academia. Women from corporate America, SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION media outlets, governmental institutions, and public universities will discuss their challenges, concerns, and hopes as they work toward a more gender CHAIR: equitable society. Topics to be troubled include organizational power struc- Ray Ozley tures, gendered health experiences, sexism, racism, gender violence, and the future of feminist collaboration and communication. University of Montevallo Aggressive Communication as an Escalator of Conflict: An 5305 Etic or Emic Escalator? Theodore A. Avtgis Sunday West Virginia University 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. My Imaginary Friend: Presidential Candidates, Voters, and Hampton Roads Ballroom 6 the Conflict of Choice SURVIVING KATRINA, RITA, AND IKE: A Monette Callaway-Ezell ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON Hinds Community College INTERPERSONAL, INTERCULTURAL, Conflicting Identities: How Internal Metaphoric Frames are ORGANIZATIONAL, AND MEDIA RESPONSES TO Constructed and Challenged When Individuals Join NATURAL DISASTER Alcoholics Anonymous Sally Bennett Bell SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION AND University of Montevallo INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION Cyberteasing in Romantic Relationships: OMG Who’s LOL? PARTICIPANTS: Paul E. Madlock Sudeshna Roy West Virginia University Dave Westerman Stephen F. Austin State University Larry J. King West Virginia University In Times of Conflict: Factors Influencing Argumentation and Stephen F. Austin State University Mary Alice Baker Verbal Aggression Sherry G. Ford Lamar University Jerry K. Frye University of Montevallo

SUNDAYStephen F. Austin University John Yearwood 5307 Lamar University Sunday Jim Towns 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Stephen F. Austin University Hampton Roads Ballroom 8 In the span of a few years three major hurricanes have hit the same region SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION of the South with devastating consequences. Members of this panel will dis- ASSOCIATION cuss research they are conducting on interpersonal, intercultural, organiza- tional, and media responses to these three natural disasters. CONVENTION PLANNERS MEETING

Are You “Lost in [Cyber]Space”? Please help us keep your membership information current by e-mailing us any changes in your postal mail or e-mail addresses. A quick e-mail from your preferred e-mail account to [email protected] with your name, postal address, and e-mail address will enable us to keep members in good standing from being lost in “cyberspace” (a situation where we no longer have your current e-mail address).

72 Southern States Communication Association April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 73 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

ASSOCIATION OFFICERS 2008-2009 SSCA COMMITTEES DEBBIE PHILLIPS Muskingum College PRESIDENT STANDING COMMITTEES JERRY HALE ROSE B. JOHNSON SCJ ARTICLE AWARD University of Georgia COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES SCJ EDITOR AND EDITORIAL BOARD BOARD OF OFFICERS VICE PRESIDENT/CONVENTION PLANNER DWIGHT L. FRESHLEY OUTSTANDING NEW PATRICIA AMASON CONSTITUTION TEACHER AWARD University of Arkansas RACHEL HOLLOWAY BETH S. BENNETT Virginia Tech University of Alabama VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT/UNDERGRADUATE KARYN BROWN DEANNA DANNELS HONORS CONVENTION PLANNER Mississippi State University North Carolina State University TOM SOCHA DAVID GESLER PATRICK WHEATON Old Dominion University Murray State University Georgia Southern University

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FINANCE THE JOHN I. SISCO EXCELLENCE IN J. EMMETT WINN KATHERINE HAWKINS TEACHING AWARD Auburn University Clemson University RANDALL G. ROGAN TRUDY HANSON Wake Forest University SCJ EDITOR West Texas A&M University KANDI WALKER JOHN C. MEYER ELISSA FOSTER University of Louisville University of Southern Mississippi Lehigh Valley Hospital JASON MUNSELL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EX OFFICIO Columbia College MARKETING DIRECTOR J. EMMETT WINN 2005-2010 KELLI FELLOWS Auburn University JANICE HOCKER RUSHING EARLY CAREER University of North Carolina Wilmington RESEARCH AWARD NOMINATING COMMITTEE VANESSA BEASLEY FINANCE CHAIR IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT AND PAST CHAIRS Vanderbilt University KATE HAWKINS (Craig Smith) JOY HART Clemson University University of Louisville PUBLICATIONS JANIS EDWARDS SCJ EDITOR-ELECT THOMAS SOCHA University of Alabama MARY STUCKEY Old Dominion University Georgia State University MARTIN MEDHURST OUTREACH AWARD Baylor University CAROL WINKLER REPRESENTATIVES TO NCA JOANN KEYTON Georgia State University North Caroina State University MARY RUCKER SSCA K-12 REPRESENTATIVE Wright State University RESOLUTIONS KENNETH LEVINE MONETTE CALLAWAY-EZELL Hinds Community College DARREN C. GOINS University of Tennessee (Term expires 2008) Stevenson University BILLY WOOTEN T. EARLE JOHNSON – EDWIN PAGET SSCA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Berea College DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD REPRESENTATIVE WENDY ATKIN SAYRE TRUDY L. HANSON University of Southern Mississippi West Texas A&M University TOM SABETTA Jefferson Community and Technical TERRY COLE College RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Appalachian State University (Term expires April 2011) TODD LEE GOEN PAM BOURLAND-DAVIS University of Georgia Georgia Southern University SSCA 4 YEAR COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY MICHELLE VIOLANTI REPRESENTATIVE University of Tennessee MICHAEL M. OSBORN TEACHER-SCHOLAR CARL CATES AWARD BRIGITTA BRUNNER Auburn University Valdosta University MARK HICKSON, III (Term expires 2009) MARILYN YOUNG University of Alabama, Birmingham Florida State University MARTHA WATSON NCA NOMINATING COMMITTEE ROBERT E. FRANK University of Navada Las Vegas REPRESENTATIVE Moorehead State University JOHN HASS SHERRY G. FORD University of Tennessee ROSEANN MANDZIUK Texas State University San Marcos University of Montevallo (Term expires April 2011) NINA JO MOORE MINORITY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION Appalachian State University AWARD KELLY ALBADA TIME AND PLACE North Carolina State University ROBERT DENTON JASON HOUGH Virginia Tech John Brown University CHARLES HOWARD MICHAEL ARRINGTON Tarleton University University of Kentucky

74 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD SSCA DIVISIONS LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION SSCA INTEREST GROUPS CHAIR APPLIED COMMUNICATION HEATHER GALLARDO ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION CHAIR University of North Carolina, Charlotte ADMINISTRATORS (ACA) ELISSA FOSTER VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER CHAIR Lehigh Valley Hospital SLAVICA KODISH JANIE HARDEN FRITZ VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Eckerd College Duquesne University JENNIFER MIZE SMITH VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Western Kentucky University MASS COMMUNICATION RONALD C. ARNETT CHAIR Duquesne University COMMUNICATION THEORY WENDY HAJJAR CHAIR University of New Orleans AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MONETTE CALLAWAY-EZELL VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER RHETORIC Hinds Community College MYLEEA D. HILL CHAIR VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Arkansas State University NOEMI MARIN STEPHANIE COOPMAN Florida Atlantic University San Jose State University PERFORMANCE STUDIES VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER CHAIR JIM KUYPERS COMMUNITY COLLEGE REBECCA KENNERLY Virginia Tech CHAIR Georgia Southern University CATHERIN GRAGG VICE CHAIR ETHNOGRAPHY San Jacinto College JUSTIN TRUDEAU CHAIR VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER University of North Texas CHRISTINE S. DAVIS RICHARD FALVO UNC-Charlotte El Paso Community College POLITICAL COMMUNICATION VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER CHAIR REBECCA KENNERLY FREEDOM OF SPEECH BARRY P. SMITH Georgia Southern University CHAIR Mississippi University for Women PAT ARNESON VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY Duquesne University NORMA COX COOK CHAIR VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER University of Tennessee, Knoxville CHRISTI MOSS CHARLES HOWARD North Carolina State University Tarleton University POPULAR COMMUNICATION VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER CHAIR CHRISTI MOSS GENDER STUDIES MIKE EAVES North Carolina State University CHAIR Valdosta State University DEBBIE PHILLIPS VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER CHARTER MEMBERS Muskingum College C. WESLEY BUERKLE MAY 2, 1930 VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER East Tennessee State University BIRMINGHAM, ALA. MEGAN MOE-LUNGER Lee University PUBLIC RELATIONS ORGANIZING EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: CHAIR ANNIE BOYETT INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAURA RICHARDSON WALTON Howard College CHAIR Mississippi State University ELLEN HAVEN GOULD DEBORAH HEFFERIN VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Alabama College Broward Community College COREY HICKERSON ROSE B. JOHNSON VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER James Madison University Woodlawn High School (Ala.) DEANNA DANNELS T. EARLE JOHNSON North Carolina State University RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS University of Alabama CHAIR MRS. EARLE G. MCLIN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION ANN BURNETTE Birmingham Southern College CHAIR Texas State University HELEN OSBOND DOMINIQUE M. GENDRIN VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Alabama College Xavier University of Louisiana BOB FRANK EDWIN PAGET VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Morehead State University North Carolina State College RICHARD QUIANTHY DE WITT ASHTON Broward Community College SOUTHERN FORENSICS Mississippi State College for Women CHAIR VIRGIL BAKER INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION TYLER THORNTON University of Arkansas, Fayetteville CHAIR University of Oklahoma MARVIN G. BAUER ABBY BROOKS-FITZGERALD VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Washington & Lee University Georgia Southern University BRIAN MCGEE MRS. ARTEMUS CALLOWAY VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER College of Charleston H. P. CONSTANS TODD GOEN University of Florida University of Georgia MILDRED FORD Montgomery, Alabama

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 75 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

FRANCES GOOCH 1961 University of Florida Scott College L. L. ZIMMERMAN 1957 WILHELMINA HEDDE University of Florida CHARLES GETCHELL Sunset High School in Texas 1962 University of Mississippi F. D. MELLEN KEVIN KEARNEY 1960 VERA ALICE PAUL University of South Florida EUGENE WHITE State Teachers College, Athens, Georgia 1963 University of Miami J. W. RAINE DWIGHT L. FRESHLEY 1961 Berea College University of Georgia OWEN PETERSON JOHN D. SHAVER 1966 Louisiana State University Alabama Polytechnic Institute KEVIN KEARNEY 1966 NAN STEPHENS University of South Florida GREGG PHIFER Agnes Scott College 1969 Florida State University IRVING STOVER JULIAN BURROUGHS JR. 1969 Stetson University Wake Forrest University DWIGHT L. FRESHLEY E. TURNER STUMP 1972 University of Georgia Marshall College JERRY L. TARVER 1972 LAURA SUYDOM University of Richmond BERT E. BRADLEY Alabama 1975 Auburn University CLAUDE M. WISE G. ALLAN YEOMANS 1975 Louisiana State University University of Tennessee, Knoxville RALPH T. EUBANKS 1978 University of West Florida SSCA EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS W. STUART TOWNS 1978 University of West Florida JERRY E. TARVER 1930 1981 University of Richmond T. EARLE JOHNSON JOHN I. SISCO 1981 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa University of South Florida HOWARD DORGAN 1931 1985 Appalachian State University M. F. EVAN HOWARD DORGAN 1984 Alabama Appalachian State University MARTHA M. SOLOMON 1933 1990 Auburn University LOUISE A. BLYMER SUSAN A. SILTANEN 1987 Berea College University of Southern Mississippi DALE G. LEATHERS 1935 1995 University of Georgia T. EARLE JOHNSON RICHARD R. RANTA 1990 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa University of Memphis KEITH V. ERICKSON 1936 2000 University of Southern Mississippi A. A. HOPKINS HAL W. FULMER 1993 University of Florida Georgia Southern University ANDREW A. KING 1938 2005-2010 Louisiana State University LOUIS H. SWAIN J. EMMETT WINN 1996 Furman University Auburn University CRAIG ALLEN SMITH 1941 University of North Carolina, A. C. LAFOLLETTE SOUTHERN COMMUNICATION JOURNAL Greensboro Murray State College EDITORS 1999 1944 1935 KENNETH CISSNA GEORGE NEELY ROSE B. JOHNSON University of South Florida Marion Institute Woodlawn High School 2002 1945 Birmingham, Alabama JOY HART GEORGE TOTTEN 1938 University of Louisville Southwestern at Memphis ROBERT B. CAPEL 2005 1948 Hendrix College JOHN C. MEYER J. T. DANIEL 1942 University of Southern Mississippi University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa CLAUDE KANTNER 2008 1949 Louisiana State University MARY E. STUCKEY T. EARLE JOHNSON 1944 Georgia State University University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa CLAUDE SHAVER 1953 Louisiana State University SSCA PRESIDENTS DELWIN DUSENBURY 1948 University of Florida DALLAS DICKEY 1930 1955 University of Florida EDWIN PAGET PAUL BRANDES 1951 North Carolina State University University of Southern Mississippi HOWARD TOWNSEND 1931 1957 University of Texas, Austin EDWIN PAGET MARY LOUISE GEHRING 1954 North Carolina State University Stetson University DOUGLAS EHNINGER

76 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD 1932 1953 1974 FRANCES K. GOOCH CHARLES M. GETCHELL DWIGHT L. FRESHLEY Agnes Scott College University of Mississippi University of Georgia 1933 1954 1975 HENRY P. CONSTANS LOUISE DAVISON BEVERLY WHITAKER LONG University of Florida Davison School of Speech University of Texas, Austin 1934 Correction 1976 C. M. WISE 1955 CALVIN M. LOGUE Louisiana State University FRANK B. DAVIS University of Georgia 1935 Alabama Polytechnic Institute 1977 ROSE B. JOHNSON 1956 J. DONALD RAGSDALE Woodlawn High School (Ala.) ELTON ABERNATHY Louisiana State University 1936 Southwest Texas State University 1978 GILES W. GRAY 1957 BERT E. BRADLEY Louisiana State University THOMAS R. LEWIS Auburn University 1937 Florida State University 1979 ORVILLE C. MILLER 1958 CARL L. KELL Vanderbilt University H. HARDY PERRITT Western Kentucky University 1938 University of Alabama 1980 JAMES WATT RAINE 1959 MARY FRANCES HOPKINS Berea College MCDONALD HELD Louisiana State University 1939 Howard Payne College 1981 T. EARLE JOHNSON 1960 RALPH T. EUBANKS University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa JOSEPH C. WETHERBY University of West Florida 1940 Duke University 1982 LOUISE A. SAWYER 1961 MICHAEL M. OSBORN Georgia State Women’s College WILLIAM S. SMITH University of Memphis 1941 Auburn University 1983 DALLAS C. DICKEY 1962 JERRY L. TARVER University of Florida (Honorary) ROY E. TEW University of Richmond ALBERT M. HARRIS University of Florida 1984 Vanderbilt University 1963 DALE G. LEATHERS 1942 ROY D. MURPHY University of Georgia LEROY LEWIS University of Southwestern 1985 Duke University Louisiana ROBERT N. BOSTROM 1943 1964 University of Kentucky PAUL L. SOPER CARROLL B. ELLIS 1986 University of Tennessee, Knoxville David Lipscomb College KEITH V. ERICKSON 1944 1965 University of Southern Mississippi ROBERT B. CAPEL JAMES E. POPVICH 1987 Northwestern State College University of South Florida RICHARD R. RANTA 1945 1966 University of Memphis ROBERT B. CAPEL FRANKLIN SHIRLEY 1988 Northwestern State College Wake Forrest University MARTHA SOLOMON 1946 1967 Auburn University HAZEL ABBOT L. L. ZIMMERMAN 1989 Converse College University of Florida JAMES L. APPLEGATE 1947 1968 University of Kentucky LESTER L. HALE MARGUERITE METCALF 1990 University of Florida Catholic High School (Ark.) E. CULPEPPER CLARK 1948 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa CHARLES A. MCGLON 1969 1991 Baptist Theological Seminary WALDO W. BRADEN HOWARD DORGAN 1949 Louisiana State University Appalachian State University GLENN R. CAPP 1970 1992 Baylor University GREGG PHIFER LAWRENCE A. HOSMAN 1950 Florida State University University of Southern Mississippi CLAUDE L. SHAVER 1971 1993 Louisiana State University E. SAMUEL DUDLEY NAVITA CUMMINGS JAMES 1951 Mississippi State University University of South Florida BETTY MAY COLLINS 1972 1994 Memphis Technological High School JOHN I. SISCO THOMAS S. FRENTZ 1952 University of South Florida University of Arkansas, Fayetteville BATSELL B. BAXTER 1973 1995 David Lipscomb College WAYNE N. THOMPSON LYNNE M. WEBB University of Houston University of Memphis

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 77 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

1996 1993 SAMUEL L. BECKER NINA-JO MOORE E. M. I. SEFCOVIC University of Iowa Appalachian State University University of Georgia VIRGINIA DAUGHETY 1997 1994 University of Iowa RENEE EDWARDS RAKA SHOME 1996 Louisiana State University University of Georgia JILL TAFT KAUFMAN 1998 1995 Central Michigan University SUSAN SILTANEN DIONEL COTANDA 1997 University of Southern Mississippi University of South Florida WILLIAM BAILEY 1999 1996 University of Arizona GARY A. COPELAND GARTH PAULEY 1998 University of Alabama Penn State University ROBERT E. TERRILL 2000 1997 Indiana University MARY EVELYN COLLINS PRESTON COLEMAN DAVID ZAREFSKY Sam Houston State University University of Iowa Northwestern University 2001 1998 MAROUF HASIAN JR. TRUDY L. HANSON CHRISTIE TRINASTICH Arizona State University West Texas A & M University University of Texas, Austin LISA A. FLORES 2002 1999 Arizona State University KATHERINE W. HAWKINS MARTIN CARCASSON 1999 Wichita State University Texas A & M University MICHAEL PFAU 2003 2000 University of Wisconsin MARILYN YOUNG PAT FERGUSON PATRICIA MOY Florida State University University of Memphis University of Wisconsin 2004 2001 BARRY RADLER TERRY THIBODEAUX WILLIAM HARLOW University of Wisconsin Sam Houston State University Texas A & M University MICHAEL K. BRIDGEMAN 2005 2002 University of Wisconsin KENNETH N. CISSNA MARK A. WILLIAMS 2000 University of South Florida Texas A & M University JACQULINE BACON 2006 2003 2001 CHARLES H. TARDY KELLI L. FELLOWS JOHN R. STEWART University of Southern Mississippi University of Georgia KAREN ZEDIKER 2007 2004 University of Washington CRAIG ALLEN SMITH KELLI L. FELLOWS 2002 North Carolina State University University of Georgia SUZANNE FITCH 2008 2005 Southwest Texas State University JERRY HALE CAREY L. POWERS ROSEANN M. MANDZIUK University of Georgia City University of New York Southwest Texas State University 2006 2003 AWARD RECIPIENTS ZAC GERSHBERG KATHRYN M. OLSEN Louisiana State University University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee ROBERT BOSTROM YOUNG SCHOLAR AWARD 2007 2004 ANNA TURNAGE CAROL B. MILLS 1987 North Carolina State University Northern Illinois University STEPHANIE ZIMMERMANN 2008 AUSTIN S. BABROW University of Kentucky NONE GIVEN Purdue University 1988 2005 ROY J. SCHWARTZMAN ROSE B. JOHNSON SCJ ARTICLE AWARD MICHAEL WALTMAN University of Iowa University of North Carolina 1989 1984 2006 REGINA M. HOFFMAN DAVID ZAREFSKY KATHERINE HENDRIX Louisiana State University Northwestern University University of Memphis 1990 1987 2007 CINDY J. KISTENBERG CHARLES R. CONRAD TODD MCDORMAN Louisiana State University Texas A & M University Wabash College KRYSTYNA STRZYZEWSKI 1993 2008 University of Arizona DILIP PARAMESHWAR GAONKAR JAMES J. KIMBLE 1991 University of Illinois Seton Hall University KIM E. FREEMAN 1994 University of Florida CALVIN M. LOGUE T. EARLE JOHNSON - EDWIN PAGET 1992 University of Georgia DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD KATHRYN GREENE THURMON GARNER University of Georgia University of Georgia 1994 RHONDA G. PARKER 1995 JOHN I. SISCO University of Georgia ABRAN J. SALAZAR Southwest Missouri State University Texas A & M University

78 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD 1995 2001 2006 HOWARD DORGAN JANICE RUSHING CAROL WINKLER Appalachian State University University of Arkansas Georgia State University 1996 2002 2007 DWIGHT FRESHLEY NONE GIVEN NONE GIVEN University of Georgia 2003 2008 GREGG PHIFER ROBERT E. DENTON JR. MARGARET D'SILVA Florida State University Virginia Polytechnic Institute University of Louisville 1997 2004 JERRY TARVER JULIA T. WOODS DWIGHT L. FRESHLEY OUTSTANDING NEW University of Richmond University of North Carolina TEACHER AWARD 1998 2005 KEITH ERICKSON MARILYN YOUNG 1995 University of Southern Mississippi Florida State University ENRIQUE D. RIGSBY 1999 2006 Texas A & M University BERT BRADLEY NONE GIVEN 1996 Auburn University 2007 CARL M. CATES 2000 MARTIN MEDHURST Valdosta State University SUSAN SILTANEN Baylor University 1997 University of Southern Mississippi 2008 NONE GIVEN 2001 ART BOCHNER 1998 RICHARD RANTA University of South Florida CHARLA MARKHUM SHAW University of Memphis University of Texas, Arlington 2002 MINORITY RECRUITMENT 1999 NINA-JO MOORE AND RETENTION AWARD KARLA K. JENSEN Appalachian State University Texas Tech University 2003 2006 2000 RICHARD L. CONVILLE NONE GIVEN VANESSA BEASLEY University of Southern Mississippi 2007 Texas A & M University 2004 NONE GIVEN 2001 MARY EVELYN COLLINS 2008 MELANIE MORGAN Sam Houston State University NONE GIVEN University of Louisville 2005 2002 NONE GIVEN OUTREACH AWARD FRANCES BRANDAU-BROWN 2006 Sam Houston State University MARILYN YOUNG 1994THEODORE CLEVENGER JR. 2003 Florida State University Florida State University NONE GIVEN 2007 1995 2004 KENNETH CISSNA E. CULPEPPER CLARK KANDI L. WALKER University of South Florida University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa University of Louisville 2008 1996 2005 NONE GIVEN ANDREW KING DARYL W. WIESMAN Louisiana State University Clemson University MICHAEL M. OSBORN TEACHER-SCHOLAR 1997 2006 AWARD LYNNE M. WEBB MARCYROSE CHVASTA University of Memphis University of South Florida 1994 1998 2007 MICHAEL M. OSBORN SUZANNE OSBORN BILLY WOOTEN University of Memphis 1999 Berea College 1995 ROBERT DENTON 2008 BEVERLY WHITAKERLONG Virginia Tech MONICA POMBO University of North Carolina, 2000 Appalachian State University Chapel Hill TYRONE L. ADAMS 1996 University of Louisiana, Lafayette JANICE HOCKER RUSHING EARLY CAREER NONE GIVEN 2001 RESEARCH AWARD 1997 NONE GIVEN TOM FRENTZ 2002 1995 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville MARSHA HOUSTON CINDY J. KISTENBERG 1998 University of Alabama University of Houston, Downtown MARY FRANCES HOPKINS (EMERITUS) 2003 ROXANNE L. PARROT Louisiana State University NONE GIVEN University of Georgia 1999 2004 1996 RONALD H. CARPENTER NONE GIVEN SEAN PATRICK O’ROURKE University of Florida 2005 Vanderbilt University 2000 STEVE MADDEN 1997 NONE GIVEN Clemson University KATHRYN GREENE East Carolina University

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 79 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD 1998 2001 2007 JENNIFER MONAHAN SARA BAKKER ELIZABETH BELL University of Georgia George Washington University University of South Florida 1999 2002 2008 JIM KUYPERS CYNTHIA LEDFORD JOY HART Dartmouth College University of Kentucky University of Louisville 2000 2003 NONE GIVEN ANDREW THOMAS ROSS OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR IN COMMUNICATION 2001 George Washington University THEORY AWARD RECIPIENTS NONE GIVEN 2004 2002 LINDSEY ILION 1994 NONE GIVEN George Washington University THEODORE CLEVENGER JR. 2003 2005 Florida State University KEVIN WRIGHT JENNIFER BAFUNDO 1995 University of Memphis Furman University MARK L. KNAPP 2004 2006 University of Texas MICHAEL I. ARRINGTON ALEX TEH 1996 Ohio University University of Georgia JAMES L. APPLEGATE 2005 2007 University of Kentucky ARTHUR RANEY JUDITH NOVAK 1997 Florida State University University of Kentucky RENEE EDWARDS 2006 DREW ANDERSON Louisiana State University STACY HOLMAN JONES Georgia Southern University 1998 University of South Florida 2008 CHARLES H. TARDY 2007 KATTRINA BALDUS University of Southern Mississippi ELISSA FOSTER James Madison University 1999 San Jose State University JOANN KEYTON 2008 JOHN I. SISCO EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING University of Memphis JASON EDWARD BLACK AWARD 2000 University of Alabama LYNNE M. WEBB CRIS DAVIS 1994 University of Arkansas The University of North Carolina at Charlotte MARSHA L. VANDERFORD 2001 University of South Florida RALPH BEHNKE THE FRANKLIN SHIRLEY AWARD FOR THE TOP 1995 Texas Christian University UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE CALVIN M. LOGUE 2002 PAPER University of Georgia KENNETH N. CISSNA 1996 University of South Florida 1992 NINA-JO MOORE 2003 LORICE EVANS Appalachian State University J. DONALD RAGSDALE Trinity University 1997 Sam Houston State University 1993 GEORGE GRICE 2004 JOSHUA BOYD Radford University RICHARD CONVILLE David Lipscomb University 1998 University of Southern Mississippi 1994 MARK HICKSON III 2005 GERARD PFANNENSTEIL University of Alabama, Birmingham JAMES C. MCCROSKEY Trinity University 1999 West Virginia University 1995 LAWRENCE A. HOSMAN 2006 BLAINE HUMMEL University of Mississippi NO AWARD GIVEN GARRET ULOSEVICH 2000 2007 Trinity University JAMES A. AUNE NO AWARD GIVEN 1996 Texas A & M University 2008 ANDREA DOUGHTY 2001 NO AWARD GIVEN KELLI JONES BONNIE J. DOW University of Alabama, Birmingham University of Georgia 1997 2002 GENDER STUDIES SCHOLAR AMY TILTON KATHERINE HENDRIX OF THE YEAR AWARD University of Texas, Corpus Christi University of Memphis (Note: This is not an association award) 1998 2003 KEVIN HOOPER NONE GIVEN 1988 North Carolina State University 2004 KATHLEEN J. TURNER 1999 STEPHEN BRADEN Tulane University MARK T. WITKO Georgia State University 1989 University of Wyoming 2005 VIRGINIA E. WHEELESS 2000 NONE GIVEN Morehead State University MELANIE DOTSON 2006 1990 Samford University MARY E. STUCKEY MARSHA HOUSTON Georgia State University Tulane University

80 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD 1991 1932 1954 NAVITA CUMMINGS JAMES ASHEVILLE, NC DALLAS, TX University of South Florida 1933 Adolphus Hotel 1992 BEREA, KY. 1955 MARY FRANCES HOPKINS Boone Tavern MEMPHIS, TN Louisiana State University 1934 Peabody Hotel 1993 BIRMINGHAM, AL 1956 CAROL J. JABLONSKI Thomas Jefferson Hotel HATTIESBURG, MS University of South Florida 1935 Forrest Hotel 1994 NEW ORLEANS, LA 1957 JULIA T. WOOD Stevens Hotel with NATS ATHENS, GA University of North Carolina, 1936 Georgia Center for Cont. Education Chapel Hill GAINESVILLE, FL 1958 1995 Thomas Hotel HOUSTON, TX RENEE EDWARDS 1937 Rice Hotel Louisiana State University NASHVILLE, TN 1959 1996 Andrew Jackson Hotel LOUISVILLE, KY MARSHA VANDERFORD 1938 Sheraton Seelbach Hotel University of South Florida ATLANTA, GA 1960 1997 Henry Grady Hotel WINSTON-SALEM, NC SUSAN STILTANEN 1939 Robert E. Lee Hotel University of Southern Mississippi BATON ROUGE, LA 1961 1998 Heidelberg Hotel MIAMI, FL KATHERINE HAWKINS 1940 Everglades Hotel Wichita State University CHATTANOOGA, TN 1962 1999 Patten Hotel AUSTIN, TX TRUDY L. HANSON 1941 Driskell Hotel West Texas A&M University BIRMINGHAM, AL 1963 2000 Tutwiler Hotel NASHVILLE, TN NONE GIVEN 1942 Andrew Jackson Hotel 2001 ATLANTA, GA 1964 LYNNE WEBB Henry Grady Hotel HOUSTON, TX University of Arkansas 1943 Texas State Hotel 2002 JACKSON, MS 1965 DIANA K. IVY Heidelberg Hotel DURHAM, NC Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi 1944 Jack Tar Hotel 2003 JACKSON, MS 1966 NONE GIVEN Heidelberg Hotel MIAMI, FL 2004 1945 Everglades Hotel DONNA NUDD CLEVELAND, TN (CANCELLED) 1967 Florida State University Cherokee Hotel LITTLE ROCK, AR 2005 1946 Marion Hotel SONJA K. FOSS ATLANTA, GA 1968 University of Colorado at Denver Henry Grady Hotel MEMPHIS, TN (CANCELLED) KAREN A. FOSS 1947 Peabody Hotel University of New Mexico BATON ROUGE, LA 1969 2006 Heidelberg Hotel MEMPHIS, TN ELIZABETH ALLEN BELL 1948 Peabody Hotel University of South Florida NASHVILLE, TN 1970 2007 Maxwell Hotel WINSTON-SALEM, NC JULIA T. WOOD 1949 Robert E. Lee Hotel University of North Carolina, WACO, TX 1971 Chapel Hill Roosevelt Hotel NEW ORLEANS, LA 2008 1950 Roosevelt Hotel ROSEANN M. MANDZIUK BIRMINGHAM, AL 1972 Texas State University Tutwiler Hotel SAN ANTONIO, TX 1951 El Tropicano Hotel PAST CONVENTIONS GAINESVILLE, FL 1973 AND HOTELS Thomas Hotel LEXINGTON, KY 1952 Phoenix Hotel 1930 JACKSON, MS 1974 BIRMINGHAM, AL Heidelberg Hotel RICHMOND, VA Thomas Jefferson Hotel 1953 John Marshall Hotel 1931 GREENVILLE, SC 1975 ATLANTA, GA Poinsett Hotel TALLAHASSEE, FL Henry Grady Hotel Tallahassee Hilton Hotel

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 81 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

1976 1998 GUTHRIE, RUSSELL A. SAN ANTONIO, TX SAN ANTONIO, TX HART, JOY El Tropicano Hotel La Mansion del Rio HAWKINS, KATHERINE W. 1977 1999 HICKSON III, MARK. KNOXVILLE, TN ST. LOUIS, MO HOSMAN, LAWRENCE A. Hyatt Regency Hotel Adams Mark Hotel JACKSON II, RONALD 1978 2000 KALBFLEISCH, PAMELA J. ATLANTA, GA NEW ORLEANS, LA KUYPERS, JIM A. Sheraton Biltmore Hotel The Monteleone Hotel MCGEE, BRIAN R. 1979 2001 MCMAHAN, EVA M. BILOXI, MS LEXINGTON, KY MOORE, NINA-JO Broadwater Beach Hotel Radisson Plaza Hotel NEWCOMBE, P. JUDSON 1980 2002 O'ROURKE, SEAN PATRICK BIRMINGHAM, AL WINSTON-SALEM, NC OLSON, KATHRYN M. Hyatt House Hotel The Adams Mark OSBORN, MICHAEL 1981 2003 OSBORN, SUZANNE AUSTIN, TX BIRMINGHAM, AL POWELL, LARRY Hilton Palacio del Rio Sheraton Hotel RANTA, RICHARD R. 1982 2004 SILTANEN, SUSAN A. HOT SPRINGS, AR TAMPA, FL SISCO, JOHN I. Arlington Hotel Wyndam Harbour Island Hotel SMITH, ROBERT M. 1983 2005 STUCKEY, MARY E. ORLANDO, FL BATON ROUGE, LA TARVER, JERRY L. Hilton Inn-Florida Center Radisson Hotel THIBODEAUX, TERRY M. 1984 2006 TOWNS, STUART BATON ROUGE, LA DALLAS, TX VIOLANTI, MICHELLE T. Hilton Hotel Marriott Galleria-Addison WEBB, LYNNE M. 1985 2007 WEISS, STEVEN WINSTON-SALEM, NC LOUISVILLE, KY WHEATON, PATRICK G. Hyatt House Hotel Marriott Downtown WINN, J. EMMETT 1986 2008 HOUSTON, TX SAVANNAH, GA PATRON MEMBERS Hyatt Regency Shamrock Hilton Hotel (Note: As of February 2009) 1987 2009 ST. LOUIS, MO NORFOLK, VA AMASON, PATRICIA Clarion Hotel with CSCA Marriott Waterside BORDEN, AMANDA WELCH 1988 2010 BRUNER, MICHAEL MEMPHIS, TN MEMPHIS, TN CARPENTER, RONALD H. The Peabody Hotel The Peabody Hotel CHESHIER, DAVID M. 1989 2011 COLE, TERRY W. LOUISVILLE, KY LITTLE ROCK, AR CONVILLE, JR. RICHARD L. Brown Hotel Doubletree Hotel DEATON, GARY 1990 DORSEY, LEROY BIRMINGHAM, AL LIFE MEMBERS GOEN, TODD GRIFFIN, KEITH H. Radisson Hotel (Note: As of February 2009) 1991 HALE, JERRY L. TAMPA, FL ANDERSEN, KENNETH E. HANSON, TRUDY L. Hyatt Regency ARRINGTON, MICHAEL I. HARLOW, WILLIAM F. 1992 BALTHROP, BILL JACKSON, CHRISTOPHER SAN ANTONIO, TX BATES, BENJAMIN JONES, KARYN St. Anthony Hotel BOSTROM, ROBERT N. KING, ANDREW 1993 BRANDAU-BROWN, FRANCES MEYER, JOHN C. LEXINGTON, KY CARDENAS, CRISTINA PRESTON, C. THOMAS JR. Hyatt Regency & Radisson Plaza with CSCA CHESEBRO, JAMES ROHLER, LLOYD E. 1994 CISSNA, KENNETH N. SCHWARTZMAN, ROY NORFOLK, VA COLLINS, MARY EVELYN SMITH, CRAIG A. Omni Hotel CONDIT, CELESTE M. WILLIAMS, DAVID C. 1995 COPELAND, GARY A. NEW ORLEANS, LA DARSEY, JAMES The Monteleone Hotel DEHART, JEAN EMERITUS MEMBERS 1996 EDWARDS, RENEE (Note: As of February 2009) MEMPHIS, TN EDWARDS, WILLIAM H. The Peabody Hotel ERICKSON, KEITH V. ASMUTH, M. VIOLET 1997 FOSTER, JOHN R. BANGHAM, JERRY SAVANNAH, GA FRANK, ROBERT E. BOCK, E. HOPE Hyatt Regency FULMER, HAL W. COOK, NORMA COX

82 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

CROFT, BLANTON INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY DORGAN, HOWARD TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY AT SAN MARCOS EILAND, MILLARD F. ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE FRESHLEY, DWIGHT L. ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY GRUNER, CHARLES R. AUBURN UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS HERNDON, ROSANNA T. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO HOLM, JOAN COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON UNIVERSITY OF N.CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL KARNS, C. FRANKLIN DAVIDSON COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF N.CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO LOEFFLER, DONALD L. GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA LOGUE, CAL M. JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI MIXON, HAROLD D. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE QUIANTHY, RICHARD L. MERCER UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON REYNOLDS, BEATRICE KAY MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE UNIVERISTY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO ROACH, CAROL A. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER WALDHART, ENID NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE VIRGINIA TECH YOUNG, MARILYN SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY WINGATE UNIVERSITY STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA

Index of Advertisers Auburn University ...... 50, 89 & 94 Bedford/St. Martin's...... 16, 17, 26 & 27 Clemson University ...... 18 Coastal Carolina University...... 3 Florida Atlantic University - Boca Raton...... 13 Georgia State University ...... 33 Morehead State University...... 44 NCA ...... 84 Old Dominion University ...... 41 Purdue University...... Inside Front Cover Texas State University - San Marcos ...... Back Cover University of Alabama ...... 57 University of Arkansas...... 10 University of Georgia ...... 9 University of Memphis ...... 47 University of North Carolina - Charlotte ...... 5 & 54 University of Southern Mississippi...... 73 Valdosta State University ...... Inside Back Cover

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 83 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD SSCA CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE I: NAME The name of the Association shall be the Southern States Communication Association.

ARTICLE II: PURPOSE The purpose of the Association shall be to promote study, criticism, research, teaching, and application of the artistic, humanistic, and scientif- ic principles of communication. The Association, a not-for-profit organi- zation, exists for educational, scientific, and literary purposes only. No part of the net revenues of the Association, if any, may be used for the private benefit of any individual or group, except that the Executive Council may establish scholarships or research grants for projects or purposes appropri- ate to the Association.

ARTICLE III: MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Individual Membership. Individual membership in the Association shall be open, upon application, to any interested person upon payment of the current annual dues. Regular membership, student mem- bership, sustaining membership, patron membership, and lifetime mem- bership are all individual memberships. The services provided the differ- ent categories of membership shall be set by the Executive Council.

Section 2. Honorary Membership. A person may be elected to honorary membership by a majority vote of the Association.

Section 3. Emeritus Membership. Any member of the Association who, upon retirement from active teaching, has been a member of the Association for not less than fifteen (15) years and submits proper notifica- tion to the Executive Director shall be granted the status of emeritus mem- bership. Emeritus members shall have all the privileges of sustaining mem- bers without further payment of dues.

Section 4. Institutional membership. Institutional memberships are avail- able to institutions, organizations, and agencies who wish to be listed in the Association's convention program.

ARTICLE IV: OFFICERS Section 1. Officers. The officers of this Association shall be:

1. The President 2. The Vice President 3. The Vice President-Elect 4. The Executive Director 5. The Journal Editor 6. The Marketing Director 7. The High School, College, and Community/Two Year College Representatives to the Legislative Assembly of the National Communication Association. 8. The Immediate Past President

Section 2. Term of Office. The terms of office of the President, Vice President, and Vice President-Elect shall be for one year; of the Journal Editor, and the Marketing Director, three years; of the Executive Director, five years; the representatives to the national association in accordance with the constitution of the National Communication Association. Section 3. Succession.

84 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

nary duties of the Secretary and Treasurer of the 3. The immediate retiring President, retiring 1. The Vice President shall automatically succeed Association and of the Executive Council. As Executive Director, and retiring Journal Editor, each to the office of the President upon the expiration of Treasurer, the Executive Director shall furnish a for one year following that person's term of office. the President's term of office. The Vice President financial report at each annual convention. The 4. Three members elected at large by members of shall succeed the President should the President's Executive Director shall incorporate into the report the Association for three-year term, one new mem- office become vacant through death, resignation, or a financial accounting covering all publications and ber to be elected each year. These members will also disability. the results of the official independent accounting serve as representatives to the Legislative Assembly 2. The Vice President-Elect shall automatically review. The Executive Director shall notify the of the national association as prescribed by the con- succeed to the office of Vice President upon expira- National Communication Association Executive stitution of the National Communication tion of the Vice President's term of office. The Vice Offices of the names and addresses of the newly Association. The High School, College, and President-Elect shall serve as assistant to the Vice elected High School, College, and Community/Two Year College Representatives to President. Community/Two Year College Representatives to the Legislative Assembly of the National LC immediately after the close of the convention Communication Association shall present a report Section 4. Duties of Officers. when they assume office. The Executive Director based on correspondence and notes from business shall appoint a newsletter editor and a Webpage meetings of the National Communication 1. The President shall perform the following duties Editor. The Executive Director shall publish the Association to the Executive Council at its first meet- and such other related duties as shall arise: SSCA newsletter and conduct Association elections ing at the annual convention. 1. Preside at all business meetings of the in accordance with procedures outlined elsewhere in Association and of the Executive Council. the Constitution. The Executive Director shall Section 2. Terms of Office. Newly elected officers 2. Appoint and notify all committees except negotiate and sign all contracts on behalf of the and Council members shall assume office at the those otherwise provided for. Association, subject to approval of the Association. close of the annual convention with the exception of 3. Provide oversight over divisions and interest 5. The Journal Editor shall direct and supervise the the Executive Director, who shall take office as pro- groups. publication of the Southern Communication vided in Article VII, Section 4B and 4C. 4. Serve as liaison officer between the Southern Journal as authorized by the Executive Council. States Communication Association and all other 6. The Marketing Director is responsible for devel- Section 3. Meetings. The Executive Council shall national, regional, and similar associations with sim- opment, implementation, and evaluation of associa- normally meet at least three (3) times each year, ilar or related interests. tion marketing activities. These include, but are not twice at the annual convention prior to the 5. See that members of the profession receive limited to: strategic planning, preparing and imple- Association business meetings, and once at the notice of meetings and activities of the Association menting various marketing activities, membership national convention of the NCA. and of the Executive Council, unless the transmis- development and maintenance, organizational sion of such notices has been otherwise assigned. branding, securing advertising, and expansion of Section 4. Duties and Responsibilities. The 6. Facilitate the performance of the constitu- state, regional, and national organizational aware- Executive Council shall receive reports, recommend tional duties of all other officers and committees. ness. budgets, initiate action, and oversee the long-range 2. The Vice President shall perform the following 7. The Immediate Past President shall chair the planning for the Association. In the period between duties and such other related duties as shall arise: Nominating Committee and other duties accepted annual conventions, the Executive Council shall act 1. Prepare the program for the annual conven- in consultation with the President. for the membership of the Association. tion. 8. The Administrative Committee includes the 2. Serve as program coordinator of the section- President, the Vice President, the Vice President- Section 5. Emergency Procedures. In case of an al programs arranged by the officers of the recog- Elect, the Executive Director, the Journal Editor, the emergency which would make it either impossible or nized Divisions of the Association. The Vice Marketing Director, the Immediate Past President, impractical for the president to convene the President, as program chairperson, shall consider and the Chairperson of the Finance Committee. Executive Council, the President may empower an the recommendations of the Division Vice Emergency Council consisting of the President, the Chairpersons as to programs, but shall have final Section 5. Vacancies. The Executive Council shall Immediate Past President, the Vice President, the authority regarding the program. have authority to fill any vacancy, other than the Vice President-Elect, and the Executive Director to 3. Assist the President in promoting the activ- Presidency, created by the death, resignation, or dis- act for the Executive Council. The President may ities and interests of the Association as needed or ability of an elected officer of the Association. consult each member to determine what action is to requested. be taken on behalf of the Executive Council. Items 3. The Vice President Elect shall perform the fol- ARTICLE V: EXECUTIVE COUNCIL not requiring an immediate decision are to be decid- lowing duties and other such related duties as shall Section 1. Membership. ed by polling the entire Executive Council. arise: The membership to the Executive Council of the 1. Be responsible for the annual recruitment Association shall be: Section 6. Quorum. Those members of the efforts of the Association. Executive Council present at a regularly scheduled 2. Assist the President and Vice President in 1. President, Vice President, Vice President-Elect, and announced meeting of the Executive Council promoting the activities and interests of the Executive Director, Journal Editor, Marketing shall constitute a quorum. Association as needed or requested. Director, Chairperson and members of the Finance 3. Plan the annual Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Committee. ARTICLE VI: MEETINGS Undergraduate Honors Conference. 2. The chairpersons of the established Divisions of Section 1. Business Meetings. The Association shall 4. The Executive Director shall perform all ordi- the Association. hold at least two (2) business meetings at each annu-

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 85 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD al convention. may make recommendations to the Nominating lope. Committee. 4. The envelope must bear a postmark no Section 2. 3. Nominators may submit materials sup- later than the deadline shown on the official ballot. porting nominees. 2. Second Ballot. If a candidate does not receive a 1. Annual Convention. The Association shall hold 4. Other names may be added to the Slate majority vote by the first ballot, a second ballot list- a convention each year in the months of March or of Officers by petition filed with the Nominating ing the two candidates who received the plurality of April, preferably during the first full week in April or Committee at least six months before the annual votes will be taken in the same manner as the first as near thereto as feasible, at a time determined by convention. The petition shall state the names of the ballot, except that the Executive Director shall mail the Executive Council upon recommendation by nominee and the office to which the person is being the second ballot at least thirty (30) days prior to the the Time and Place Committee as provided in nominated and shall be signed by at least twenty-five convention and the deadline for its return shall be Article IX, Section 1. (25) Association members in good standing at the fifteen (15) days prior to the convention. 2. Regional Rotation. Whenever possible, the time and who represent at least two states and five Time and Place Committee should seek to system- separate institutions. Section 4. Officers to be Appointed. atically rotate the Annual Convention site among 2. The Nominating Committee shall check with the several geographical regions within the larger all possible nominees to make each one aware of the 1. The Executive Director and the Marketing region covered by the Southern States responsibilities of the office to which the person is Director shall be appointed by the Executive Communication Association. being nominated and to determine that the nomi- Council upon recommendation of a sub-committee 3. Local Arrangements. An SSCA member living nee will accept and assume the responsibility if appointed by the President and ratified by the mem- in or near the host convention city shall chair a local elected. Nominees must be members in good stand- bership at the convention. committee to assist the Administrative Committee ing at the time of the nomination. 2. The Journal Editor shall be appointed by the with convention arrangements. 3. The chairperson of the Nominating Executive Council, upon the recommendation of Committee shall submit to the Executive Director a the Publications Committee, and ratification by the Section 3. Strategic Planning Meeting. Upon the list of nominees along with vita information on each membership at the convention. call of the President, the Administrative Committee, candidate and platform statements from each candi- 3. The Executive Director and Journal Editor shall Immediate Past Executive Director, Chair of the date for the office of Vice President-Elect at least be appointed one year prior to their taking office. Finance Committee, and other appropriate mem- one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the annual 4. The term of the Executive Director shall corre- bers as convention. spond to the fiscal year of the Association, August 1 designated by the President, shall meet for the pur- to July 31, and continue for five (5) consecutive fiscal pose of strategic planning. No more than five years Section 2. Officers to be Elected. Officers to be years. shall elapse between such meetings. elected each year are the Vice President-Elect and one Member-at-Large to the Executive Council, ARTICLE VIII: DUES AND FEES Section 4. Quorum. Those members of the who is also the representative to the Legislative Section 1. Categories. Association present at a regularly scheduled and Assembly of NCA. announced meeting of the Association shall consti- 1. Dues and fees of the Association shall be estab- tute a quorum. Section 3. Election. lished for the following categories: 1. Regular Membership ARTICLE VII: NOMINATIONS, ELEC- 1. First Ballot. 2. Student Membership TIONS, AND APPOINTMENTS 1. At least seventy (70) days before each annu- 3. Sustaining Membership Section 1. Nominating Committee. al convention the Executive Director shall mail a 4. Patron Membership ballot to each member of the Association who is in 5. Institutional Membership 1. Method of Selection. good standing at the time. 6. Life Membership 1. The Nominating Committee shall consist of 2. This ballot shall contain the names of the 7. Convention Fees the Immediate Past President of the Association, as candidates for the various offices for which the 8. Undergraduate Honors Conference Fee chair, and the Immediate Past Chairs of all Nominating Committee is charged to present candi- 2. Establishment of Rates: The rates for the dues Divisions. dates. The ballot shall be accompanied by vita infor- and fees in each of the categories shall be established 2. All members shall serve for one year. mation for each candidate and the platform state- by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the membership voting 3. The Committee Chair or designee shall give ments of no more than 300 words for all candidates. in convention. a report to the Executive Council at its annual meet- 3. A deadline of at least thirty-five (35) days ing during the National Communication prior to the annual convention for the return of the Section 2. The Executive Director and Marketing Association convention. marked ballots shall be indicated on the ballot. Director, in consultation with the Administrative 2. Restrictions. A member of the Nominating 4. To be valid, each ballot must meet four Committee, shall set fees for the following: exhibitor Committee shall not be eligible for any office to be requirements: fees, advertising fees for the convention program, considered by that committee. 1. It must not identify the voting member and ads for job postings. 3. Responsibilities. by name, address, or school. 1. Nominations for the Slate of Officers may 2. It must be mailed in an individual enve- ARTICLE IX: COMMITTEES be made by the following methods: lope, only one ballot to each envelope. Section 1. Standing Committees. 1. By the Nominating Committee 3. The name and address of the voting 2. Any SSCA member in good standing member must appear on the outside of the enve- 1. Committee and Purposes. The standing com-

86 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD mittees and their purposes shall be: based on criteria established by the Association in President is empowered to require reports of 1. Committee on Committees, whose purpose the "Guidelines for Awards," and designate a recipi- progress during the year. shall be to make committee appointments at each ent or recipients, unless none of the nominees meets convention, and to review assignments in the fall, the criteria. Section 2. Special Ad Hoc Committees. The filling vacancies as needed. While any committee 2. Janice Hocker Rushing Early Career President may appoint special committees as may recommend new members, the power of Research Award, whose purpose shall be to solicit deemed necessary and desirable to assist in carrying appointment shall reside in the Committee on nominees for the award, evaluate them based on cri- out the program for the year. Such appointments Committees. teria established by the Association in the will expire with the end of the President's term in 2. Constitution Committee, whose purpose "Guidelines for Awards," and designate a recipient office. The Executive Council may authorize the shall be to review the Constitution periodically and or recipients, unless none of the nominees meets the appointment of special committees to serve longer to recommend such amendments as may seem nec- criteria. than one year. essary to provide for new developments within the 3. John I. Sisco Excellence in Teaching Award Association and in its relationship with the National Committee, whose purpose shall be to solicit nomi- ARTICLE X: DIVISIONS Communication Association. nees for the award, evaluate them based on the cri- Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of the Division 3. Finance Committee, whose purpose shall be teria established in the "Guidelines for Awards," and structure of the Association shall be to recognize to prepare an annual budget, present it to the designate a recipient or recipients, unless none of and to encourage the spheres of interest and activi- Council for approval, maintain a balanced budget, the nominees meets the criteria. ties of the specialties of communication. and supervise its use. The Executive Director shall 4. SSCA Outreach Award Committee, whose be an ex-officio member of the Finance Committee. purpose shall be to solicit nominees for the award, Section 2. Division Names. Each Division will rep- The Finance Committee must approve payment for evaluate them based on the criteria established in resent a major specialization of communication. In non-budgeted items in excess of $1,000. The the "Guidelines for Awards," and designate a recipi- order to be an officially recognized Division of the Finance Committee shall make recommendations ent or recipients, unless none of the nominees meets Southern States Communication Association, at on the investment of money raised through the pay- the criteria. least 5% of the Association's membership shall have ment of Life Membership dues. 5. Dwight L. Freshley Outstanding New indicated membership in the Division. Any Division 4. Nominating Committee, whose purpose shall Teacher Award, whose purpose shall be to solicit failing to attract 5% of the membership (determined be to nominate yearly a slate of one or more candi- nominees for the award, evaluate them based on the 60 days prior to the meeting of the Administrative dates for Vice President-Elect, candidates for the criteria established in the "Guidelines for Awards," Committee at the annual convention) shall be other elected offices that may be vacant, and per- and designate a recipient or recipients, unless none placed on a one-year probationary status during form such duties as prescribed in Article VII, of the nominees meets the criteria. which time it has the opportunity to achieve the Section 1C. 6. Rose B. Johnson SCJ Article Award minimum. The Executive Director shall notify divi- 5. Publications Committee, whose purpose Committee, whose purpose is to determine the sions of probationary status when membership falls shall be to monitor and make recommendations recipient or recipients based on criteria established below 5%. Failing to achieve the minimum or failing concerning the publication needs of the Association, by the Association in the "Guidelines for Awards." to elect officers shall result in the Divisional status to develop and approve policies related to the 7. Michael M. Osborn Teacher-Scholar Award being revoked and the division becoming an Interest appearance, frequency, and graphic layout of the Committee, whose purpose shall be to solicit nomi- Group. The following Divisions are recognized and publications, and to recommend to the Executive nees for the award, evaluate them based on the cri- shall be guaranteed space on the convention pro- Council editors of SSCA publications (other than teria established in the "Guidelines for Awards" and gram, which will be allocated based on division size: the newsletter editor). designate a recipient or recipients, unless none of 6. Resolutions Committee, whose purpose shall the nominees meets the criteria. 1. Communication Theory be to draft and present the standard and any special 3. Appointment 2. Freedom of Speech resolutions at the annual convention. 1. The Committee on Committees shall con- 3. Intercultural Communication 7. Time and Place Committee, whose purpose sist of the Administrative Committee, the retiring 4. Performance Studies shall be to solicit and receive competitive bids from Editor, and retiring Executive Director. 5. Mass Communication cities for the annual convention. 2. Standing Committees should consist of three 6. Rhetoric and Public Address 8. Minority Recruitment and Retention members in good standing. 7. Southern Forensics Association Committee, whose purpose is to recruit and retain 3. Members of the Standing Committees and 8. Language and Social Interaction underrepresented populations as members and Awards Committees, except the Nominating 9. Instructional Development determine the recipient of the Minority Committee, the Committee on Committees, and the 10. Applied Communication Recruitment/Retention Award. Rose B. Johnson Award Committee, shall be 11. Gender Studies 9. Resource Development Committee, whose appointed for a term of three years, with staggered 12. Popular Communication purpose is to research, plan, and develop financial terms, shall be eligible for reappointment, and have 13. Interpersonal Communication resources and fundraisers to benefit the organiza- the retiring member serve as chair. 14. Public Relations tion. The Executive Director shall serve as an ex- 4. Members of the Rose B. Johnson SCJ Article 15. Community College officio member of this committee. Award Committee shall consist of the SCJ Editor 16. Political Communication 2. Awards Committees and the Editorial Board. 1. T. Earle Johnson-Edwin Paget Distinguished 4. Reports. Each committee shall present its Section 3. Each member of the Association shall be Service Award Committee, whose purpose shall be reports to the Executive Council in session at the an official member of two (2) Divisions and may pay to solicit nominees for the award, evaluate them convention as requested by the President, and the a small fee to affiliate with other divisions. The fee

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 87 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD will be set by the Finance Committee. failing to attract 2% of the membership (as deter- Section 1. The Sturgis Standard Code of mined 60 days prior to the meeting of the Parliamentary Procedure, most recent edition, shall Section 4. Meetings. At each annual convention Administrative Committee at the annual conven- be the parliamentary authority for all matters of there will be a designated time in the program for a tion) shall be placed on a one-year probationary sta- procedure not specifically covered in this business meeting of each Division. tus during which time it has the opportunity to Constitution. achieve the minimum. Any Interest Group failing to Section 5. Officers. Members of each Division shall achieve the minimum a second year or failing to Section 2. Parliamentarian. The President may elect the officers for the Division. elect officers or failing to submit a program will have appoint a parliamentarian to serve at the President's its status as an Interest Group revoked. The list of pleasure. 1. The officers and their responsibilities shall be: recognized Interest Groups will be kept by the 1. The Chair, who shall be the chief officer of Executive Director. Recognized Interest Groups will ARTICLE XIII: AMENDMENT a Division and shall be responsible to the President be guaranteed one program slot and one business This Constitution may be amended: of the Association. meeting at the annual convention. Additional time 2. The Vice Chair, who shall serve as program slots may be allocated if available, based on the size 1. By approval of the Executive Council and two- chair for the section programs at the annual conven- of the membership in the Interest Group. thirds (2/3) of the votes cast at an annual convention tion and shall be responsible to the Vice President of business meeting, or the Association and ascends to the office of Chair. Section 3. Membership. Each member of the asso- 2. By a majority vote at two consecutive annual 3. The Vice Chair-Elect, who ascends to the ciation may be an official member of 1 Interest conventions, or office of Vice Chair and assists the Chair with divi- Group and may affiliate with other Interest Groups 3. On approval of the Executive Council by a two- sional responsibilities. for an additional fee. This fee will be set by the thirds (2/3) vote and a majority of the votes cast at 4. The Secretary, who shall take minutes and Finance Committee. the annual convention, or publicize activities of the Division and shall be 4. By approval of the Executive Council and a Section 4. Meetings. At each annual convention responsible to the Executive Director of the majority of the votes cast at an annual convention Association. there will be a designated time in the program for provided the Amendment had prior approval of the 2. Activities and specialty interests within each either a program or a business meeting of each Constitution Committee and was circulated among Division shall be directed by the officers of that Interest Group (see Section 2 above). the membership at least thirty (30) days before the Division. date of the annual convention. Section 5. Officers. Members of each Interest Section 6. Establishment of New Divisions. New Group shall elect the officers for the Interest Group. ARTICLE XIV: DISSOLUTION Divisions of the Association may be arranged by Section 1. Dissolution by Vote. The Association may concerned individuals petitioning the Executive 1. The officers and their responsibilities shall be: be dissolved only at a special meeting called for that Council for such recognition, detailing the academ- 1. The Chair, who shall be the chief officer of purpose, and in the manner prescribed by the rele- ic rationale for such status, and indicating specifical- an Interest Group and shall be responsible to the vant state laws, by vote of three-fourths (3/4) of the ly the membership of the proposed division. A new President of the Association. members present. Subject to compliance with the Division cannot be recognized until 5% of the 2. The Vice-Chair, who shall serve as program applicable provisions of such laws, upon any such membership of the Association has indicated their chair for the Interest Group program(s) at the annu- dissolution of the Association all its property desire to join such a division. al convention and shall be responsible to the Vice- President of the Association. remaining after satisfaction of all its obligations shall ARTICLE XI: INTEREST GROUPS 3. The Interest Group shall take minutes and be distributed to one or more corporations, funds, Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of the Interest publicize activities of the Interest Group and shall foundations, or learned societies such as the Group structure of the Association shall be to recog- be responsible to the Executive Director of the Executive Council may select, organized or operat- nize and to encourage the spheres of interest and Association. ed exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary, or activities of the expanding specialties of communi- 2. Activities and specialty interests within each educational purposes, no part of the net earnings of cation. Interest Group shall be directed by the officers of which inures to the benefit of any private sharehold- that Interest Group. er, member or individual, and which does not carry Section 2. Interest Group Names. Each Interest on propaganda or participate or intervene in any Group will represent a major or emerging special- Section 6. Establishment of New Interest Groups. political campaign. ization of communication. In order to be an official- New Interest Groups of the Association may be ly recognized Interest Group of the Southern States arranged by concerned individuals petitioning the Section 2. Dissolution by Inaction. If for any reason Communication Association, at least 2% of the Executive Council for such recognition, detailing the the Association shall be unable to elect officers and Association's membership shall have indicated academic rationale for such status, and indicating conduct business in the manner prescribed by its membership in the Interest Group. Any Interest specifically the membership of the proposed Interest Constitution, including Section 1 above, all proper- Group failing to attract 2% of the membership (as Group. A new Interest Group cannot be recognized ty remaining after satisfaction of all its obligations determined 60 days prior to the meeting of the until 2% of the membership of the Association has shall be turned over to the National Communication Administrative Committee at the time of the annu- indicated the desire to join such an Interest Group. Association, the national organization with which al convention) shall be placed on a one-year proba- this regional association is affiliated. tionary status during which time it has the opportu- ARTICLE XII: PARLIAMENTARY nity to achieve the minimum. Any Interest Group AUTHORITY Revised April 2008

88 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 89 Index of Participants Abell, Ritta ...... 4108 Bonnell, Karen ...... 2311 Croghan, Jon N...... 4502 Adams, Jennifer Wood ...... 4708 Boone, Jeff ...... 5106 Croghan, Tammy L...... 4502 Agee, Paula K...... 2508 Booras, Tommy...... 4802 Crooks, Vicki...... 4106 Aiken, De’Ericka ...... 3410 Bouley, Marc G...... 4207 Crosswell, Laura H...... 2703 Alanis, Vanessa ...... 4710 Bourland-Davis, Pamela...... 2307,2604,4504 Crumley, Linda Potter ...... 2204,3505 Allison, Audrey Wilson ...... 4204 Braithwaite, Dawn O...... 4302,4401 Czentnar, Margaret-Elliotte...... 4709 Almeida, Eugenie ...... 2207,4202 Brandau-Brown, Frances ...... 2608 Daniel, Stephen ...... 3307 Alverson, James...... 4309 Brann, Maria ...... 3511 Dannels, Deanna P...... 2404,4812 Amason, Patricia...... 1101,1202,2105,2508,3101 Brantley, Brian C...... 4503,4705 Darsey, James...... 2702,3402 4302,4401,5212 Britten, Scott...... 2606 Davenport, Joseph ...... 4104 Andaloro, Ann...... 4108 Brooks, Abby M...... 3507,480 Davis, Christine S. . . 2304,3206,3511,4202,4508,4805 Anderson, Bridget L...... 2502 Brooks, Erik ...... 2307 Davis, Cris ...... 5304 Anderson, John Dennis ...... 2505 Brown, Daniel S...... 4306,4601 Davis, Elise M...... 2509 Anderson, Tim ...... 3307,3509 Brown, Karyn...... 2210,4304 Davis, Liz ...... 5103 Anderton, Cortney ...... 4809 Brown, Mary Helen...... 2204 Davis, M. Justin ...... 2404 Andon, Stephen ...... 4104 Brown, Sarah R...... 5105 Daws, Laura Beth...... 3412 Andrews, Urkovia Jacobs...... 3205 Brown, Susan K...... 4306 Day, Angela M...... 3306,4202 Araujo, Alice...... 2607,2707 Brown, Victoria H...... 2509 DeHart, Jean L...... 2210,2309,2507,3208,4108 Arke, Edward T...... 4103, Bruner, Michael Lane ...... 4109,4511,5101 DeMars, Tony ...... 4705,4802 Armfield, Greg ...... 3308,5204 Brunner, Brigitta R...... 2604,4708,5203 Demartis, Justin ...... 3309 Arneson, Pat...... 3305,3407,4806 Buerkle, C. Wesley. . 2209,2709,3211,3311,4811,5307 Denton, Robert ...... 4311 Arnett, Ronald C...... 3702,4206,4706,5104, Burke, Adriane ...... 3410 Depretis, Abbe ...... 4306 Arrington, Michael I...... 3306,4805,5102,5307 Burke, Alison...... 4709 Desnoyers-Colas, Elizabeth F...... 2506,4809 Aubuchon, Brandi ...... 3509, Burke, Kimberly ...... 4710 DeVito, Allyson Beutke ...... 3505 Aust, Charles F...... 4204, Burleson, Jacqueline D...... 27113506,4808,5307 Dewberry, David ...... 4806,5101 Avent, Cheri...... 4506, Burnette, Ann E...... 2203,2605,3704 Dickson, Fran C...... 2406,4204 Averett, Beth ...... 3510, Burt, Amy ...... 2408,2603,2711,3302,4303 Dillard, Scott ...... 2408,2603 Avtgis, Theodore A...... 3511,5306 Butterfield, Rya Jane ...... 2606,4511 Dixon, Maria A...... 3209,4502,5307 Azriel, Joshua...... 2504,4806,5307 Byrd, M. Lynn ...... 3506 Doran, Bethany Lynne ...... 3203 Babaloa, Stella O...... 4207, Callaway-Ezell, Monette ...... 2210,2511,2608, Draper, Kelley Hatch ...... 4209 Bach, Betsy ...... 4507, 2708,3304,4108,4203,4304,4804,5306 Driskill, Gerald ...... 4107 Baecker, Diann ...... 3506, Carpenter, Ronald ...... 3504 Drumheller, Kristina . . . . . 2212,3209,3308,3706,5204 Baesler, E. James ...... 2510, Carr, Sharon ...... 2603 Drummer, Susan I...... 2310 Baird, Andrew ...... 4310, Carson, Gary ...... 2509 D’Silva, Margaret ...... 3406 Baker, Mary Alice...... 5305, Cates, Carl M...... 1101,1202,2105,2411, Duffle, Kara...... 3709 Baldus, Kattrina ...... 2406,4703 3101,4206,5212 Dunning, Eric ...... 5102 Baldwin, Andrea...... 4303, Chamberlain, Sheila L...... 5304 Durante, Cathryn ...... 3308 Ball, Timothy C...... 4601, Chan, Leo...... 4802 Eaves, Mike ...... 4811 Banek, Ashley ...... 4509, Chancey, Josh ...... 4510 Edwards, Bill ...... 3211,3406,4804,5307 Baranchuk, Anna ...... 2606, Chang, Mindy ...... 3702,5101,5307 Edwards, Jennifer T...... 3703,5205 Barlow, Aaron ...... 3707, Chibueze, Nkechi ...... 4303 Edwards, Renee ...... 2411,2510,3702,5101,3313 Barnhill, Andrew...... 4809, Chien, Tracy ...... 5204 Ellis, Carolyn...... 3504 Bastarache, J...... 5206, Choi, Doo-Hun ...... 4212 Emami, Sheila ...... 5203 Basu, Ambar ...... 2610, Christie, Erin ...... 4601,5102 Eschenfelder, Beth ...... 4308 Baxter, Nathan...... 5201, Cissna, Kenneth N...... 2411,3313,4509 Evusa, Juliet ...... 3208 Beachum, Lateshia ...... 4709, Clare, David ...... 4102 Fairchild, Jennifer ...... 3306 Beasley, Alessandra ...... 2407, Clark, Naeemah ...... 3311 Falvo, Richard I...... 2310,3212,3303,4110,4204, Bell, Leeann M...... 4206,5104 Clark, Todd ...... 5203 4304,4601,4812,5307 Bell, Sally Bennett ...... 5306, Clayton, Xernona ...... 5304 Farnsworth, Stephen J...... 4203 Bello, Richard S...... 2210,2608, Cleveland, Toree...... 4210 Farrar, Lauren...... 3409 Bennett, Beth S...... 2403,3402, Clifford, Leroy ...... 5204 Fellows, Kelli...... 2409,3511,5212 Berg, Allison ...... 4509 Clouzet, Chris...... 3505 Ferrara, Merissa ...... 4102 Besova, Asya ...... 2606 Cole, Terry...... 3305,4108 Fife, Eric M...... 4601 Bhasin, Neeta...... 2502 Coleman, Anita ...... 4309 Fifield, Jessica ...... 4204 Biesecker, Barbara A...... 2607,2707,3211,3402 Collier, Aaron ...... 3409 Figueroa, Maria Elena ...... 4207 Billips, Claire...... 4509 Collins, Mary Evelyn...... 2405,3313,3508 Fitch-Hauser, Margaret ...... 3403,4708 Billups, Kurt ...... 5204 Colter, Amina ...... 4810 Flanagan, Lisa...... 2306,3512 Bistreich, Lisa ...... 3308 Como, Jason R...... 2308 Floyd, Heather L...... 3307 Black, Jason Edward ...... 2209,2402,3211,3704, Condray, Wesley ...... 5204 Ford, Cody A...... 2606 4702,5307 Conley-Sowel, Christine ...... 2202,3202 Ford, Sherry G. . . . . 2210,2412,2708,4304,5101,5306 Blair, Carole ...... 2410 Cook, Cathy A...... 3206,3412 Formalarie, Lauren ...... 2509 Blair, Shelly...... 2506 Cook, John A...... 3403 Forrest, Denise...... 4508 Blizzard, Sarah ...... 4506 Cooley, Skye Chance ...... 2606 Foster, Elissa ...... 2610,3706,5102 Bochner, Art ...... 3504 Coopman, Stephanie...... 2210,2409,2708,4204 Foster, John ...... 4702 Bock, Hope E...... 2611 Corrigan, Lisa M...... 2403,4710,5103, Fox, Courtney...... 3709 Boden, Jean ...... 3702 Cox, Norma Cook...... 3405,4804, Frank, Robert E...... 2203,2605,3208,2702,3704 Bolton, Thomas ...... 4502 Crick, Nathan ...... 4511,5308, 4108,4304,4704

90 Southern States Communication Association Franklin, Cole ...... 2504 Herro, Steven K...... 2409,3311, Long, Mia C...... 2409,2608,4503 Frazier, Carolyn ...... 3509 Hickerson, Corey A...... 2604,4212,4312 Lou Shanshan ...... 2211,2511 French, Robert ...... 4708 Hill, Myleea D...... 2711,3408,5207 Lovell, Heath...... 5204 French, Sandra...... 3505 Hillyer, Josh ...... 2204 Loyd, Ryan ...... 4812 French, T. Nathaniel ...... 2407 Hocker, Joyce L...... 2304,2606,2706,3504 Madlock, Paul E...... 5306 Frentz, Tom ...... 2503,3313,3504, Hoelscher, Carrisa ...... 5204 Magee, Robert ...... 3307 4209,4805,5101 Holbrook, Danielle ...... 4104 Malveaux, Julianne...... 5304 Friedman, Christine ...... 2204 Holler, Emily ...... 2504 Manning, Killian ...... 4711 Fritz, Janie Hardin ...... 3702,4206,4706 Holley, Katie ...... 4710 Marcia, Brandon ...... 3308 Frye, Jerry K...... 5305 Holloway, Rachel ...... 2411,2604,3207 Marin, Noemi ...... 2403,4109 Futrell, Allan ...... 3406 Houston, Marsha ...... 2607,2707 Marinos, Megan ...... 4810 Gaffney, Amy L...... 2204,2504,3709,5205 Howard, Charles ...... 3305,3405,4311,4806,5311 Markle, Laurie...... 2211 Gaffney, Jessica ...... 3709 Hughes, Chris...... 4107 Martin, Aaron ...... 2407 Gaines, Robert N...... 2403 Hughes, Patrick C...... 3406 Martin, Jason ...... 5102 Gallagher, Vicki...... 3211 Hurst, Katherine ...... 3509 Martin, Kelly Norris...... 2309 Gallam, Claire Avis ...... 4709 Inabinet, Brandon ...... 2412 Martin, Phil ...... 2206 Gallardo, Heather ...... 4111 Iraqi, Aina ...... 2204 Matthews, Marsha Little ...... 4106 Gally, Shannon ...... 5203 Jackson-Pitts, Mary ...... 2404,3408,4312 Mattina, Janey ...... 4107 Gattie, Timothy ...... 4502 Jayasri, Alladi ...... 3406 Matyok, Tom...... 4506 Gehrke, Pat ...... 3402 Jenkins, J. Jacob...... 2610,4107 Maybee, Teresa ...... 5304 Gendrin, Dominique, M...... 3406,3703,4103 Jeter, Libby ...... 4506 Maze, William ...... 2212 Geyerman, Chris ...... 2307 Johnson, Kim K...... 5304 McCarthy, Rebecca L...... 2303 Ghiassi, Hassan ...... 4210 Johnson, Kristine ...... 2205 McClure, Michael ...... 3506 Giesler, Sarah...... 3510 Johnson, Sammye ...... 2703 McCroskey, James C...... 3403 Gilles, Erin E...... 2506 Jones, Clint...... 4702 McFall, Josh ...... 5203 Gilpin, Susan ...... 2304,2502,4111,4202 Jones, Jeffrey P...... 3307 McGee, Brian ...... 4102 Givens-Carroll, Dedria ...... 2207 Ju, Ran ...... 2309,2508 McGeough, Ryan ...... 3203 Glenn, Robert J...... 2602,3204,5106,5208,5301 jurczak, linda pysher...... 3306 McKinnon, Jenny ...... 4210 Goen, Todd Lee ...... 2210,2508,4803 Kalbfleisch, Pamela ...... 3304 McNeil, Bryce J...... 2308 Goins, Darren C...... 4808,5101 Kalin, Jason ...... 5105 Medhurst, Martin...... 2702 Goldman, Adria...... 4203 Keith, Sheree’...... 2407,3412,4505 Mercadante, Rich ...... 4110,4304,4601,5205,5307 Goldsmith, Joy ...... 3511 Keller, Christine ...... 3512 Mertensmeyer, Amy M...... 2606 Golombisky, Kim ...... 2708,5101 Kellett, Pete ...... 4506 Meyer, John C. . . . . 1202,2105,3308,4107,4401,5106 Gough, Donna L...... 4106 Kennerly, Rebecca ...... 2304,2505,3206, Meyer, Michaela D. E...... 2308,5104 Gragg, Catherine ...... 4110,4601 3410,4106,4805,5206 Miller, Alison...... 2404,2711,3212,5101 Grano, Daniel ...... 2303,5202 Keyton, Joann ...... 2412,4502,5105 Miller, Kimberly M...... 4306 Grant, Charles ...... 3410,3510,4202 Kim, Ji-Hyun ...... 2207,4212,5207 Mixon, Anita ...... 3709 Grau, Irene ...... 2205,2407,2607,2707 King, Andrew A...... 3203 Moe-Lunger, Megan . . . . . 3306,3412,4112,4810,5307 Gray, Jennifer B...... 2406,2703,4601 King, Claire ...... 2607,3211 Moode, Michael S...... 2412 Greene, Stephanie M...... 2506 King, Cynthia P...... 4212 Moore, Carey ...... 5203 Gregg, Jennifer...... 4204 King, Larry J...... 5305 Moore, Christina ...... 3510 Gregory, Lynn ...... 4103 King, Stephen A...... 2405,3703,5101 Moore, DaKysha...... 2205 Grey, Stephanie Houston ...... 2510 Kiss, Claudia...... 3409 Moore, Monica A...... 2402 Grilli, Michelle ...... 3509 Kitchens, Melanie ...... 2306,3302 Morledge, Claire L...... 2508 Gruber, David ...... 5105 Kleinmann, Christie M...... 2307,2604,3306,3412, Morris, John W...... 5202 Guan, Yan ...... 2406,2510,2610, 4212,4312,4504 Moser, Abi...... 5103 Guler, Elif ...... 2502 Knight, Misty L...... 2602,4107,5106,5208,5301 Mosley, Drew ...... 4702 Gunn, Joshua ...... 2503,3504 Knight, Richard A.. . 2602,3204,4107,5106,5208,5301, Moss, Christina ...... 2209,2303,2607,2707 Haas, John W...... 4502 Kodish, Slavica ...... 2205,4111 Mouton, Ashton ...... 3309 Hahner, Leslie...... 3211 Koldyk, April ...... 5203 Mouvery, Samara ...... 4809 Hajjar, Wendy ...... 2711,3307,3709 Kotowski, Michael...... 2406 Muller, Lisa ...... 4504,4708 Hale, Jerold ...... 1101,1202,2105,3101,3313, Kovalyova, Natalia ...... 2309 Muniz, Keidra Scott ...... 3309 4401,4507,5212 Kreps, Gary ...... 3407,3607 Munsell, Jason ...... 5202 Hall, Delma...... 4106 Kruckeberg, Dean...... 2604 Murphy, Andrea ...... 5302 Hanson, Trudy L...... 3313,3412,4709,5204 Kupferman, Sarah ...... 4510 Murray, Cheshema...... 2211,3311 Harden, Renata ...... 4505 Kurtz, Jeff ...... 5201 Murray, Nicole...... 5203 Harlow, William F...... 4203 Kuypers, Jim A...... 2303,4109,4203,5201 Nagel, George ...... 2202,3202 Harris, Shawna...... 3505 LaFleur, Gary...... 2602,32045106,5208,5301 Nelson, C. Leigh...... 4601 Hart, Joy L...... 2212,2305,3710,4204, Larder, Teddy ...... 3506 Nelson, David ...... 2608,3503,5307 Hartelius, E. Johanna ...... 3311 Lawrence, Paula...... 2606 Nichols, Cynthia ...... 3311 Hartman, Chas ...... 2204 Lawrence, Robert J...... 3208 Nicholson, John ...... 4505 Hatton, Martin L...... 4705 Lawson, E. Jade...... 3710 Nixon, Barbara...... 4504,4708 Hausstein, Kristin ...... 3310 Lee, David ...... 2510,3310,3703,5307 Norin, Lori ...... 4601,5202 Hawkins, Katherine . . . . . 1101,1202,2105,3313,4706, Leeman, Richard ...... 2702 O’Brien, Corinne...... 3407 Hayes, Heather Ashley...... 3404 Lemley, Lauren...... 2506 Ocumpaugh, Jaclyn ...... 2502 Haygood, Daniel M...... 3311 Levine, Kenneth J...... 3311 Odendahl-James, Jules...... 2306,3206 Hefferin, Deborah ...... 2504,2611,4110 Levinson, Samantha K...... 2509 Odom, Janice ...... 2303 4304,4706,4812 Li, Hongmei ...... 2404 Oliveira, Carrie...... 4703,4803 Heller, Dana ...... 5302 Li, Qian ...... 2511 Opt, Susan ...... 4103 Helmuth, Briana ...... 3308 Lichter, S. Robert ...... 4203 O’Rourke, Sean Patrick ...... 2403 Hendrix, Katherine Grace...... 2304 Lindvall, Terry ...... 2510 Osborn, Michael ...... 3504 Hensley, Ragan ...... 5103 LoJacono, Kyle J...... 2703 Otto, Curtis Perry ...... 2608

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 91 Owens, Kerry...... 4109,5307 Sabetta, Thomas J...... 2602,3204,4205,5106, Tonn, Mari Boor ...... 2209 Ozley, Ray ...... 2510,2708,5306 5208,5301 Towns, Jim ...... 5305 Pacheco, George Jr...... 3503,5106,5204 Santa Cruz, Sara Elizabeth ...... 4209 Treat, Shaun ...... 4511,5202 Pal, Mahuya ...... 4308 Santo, Avi ...... 3307,3409,5302 Treat, Stace ...... 2209 Palombo, Mike ...... 3710 Saunders, John...... 2402,4601,4811 Trudeau, Justin T...... 2711,3302,4711 Patten, Neil...... 3508 Saveland, Skylar...... 2504 Truitt, Judi...... 2602,4208,5208 Pecchioni, Loretta...... 2510 Scarbrough, Kirk...... 3710 Tufts, Kimberly Adams ...... 2610 Penuel, Haley ...... 4510 Schabot, Dan ...... 3503 Turnage, Anna K...... 4502,5201 Perez-Langley, Olivia Gigi ...... 3512 Schecker, Fred ...... 3707 Turner, Kathleen J...... 2607,2707,3504,4309 Persuit, Jeanne M...... 5104 Schmidt, Erin ...... 4104 Ulmer, Robert R...... 4308 Petersen, Theodore ...... 2308 Scholl, Juliann C...... 3406 Underwood, Carol...... 4207 Phillips, Deborah K...... 2410,3412,3502,4112,4311 Schroeder, Melissa...... 4803 Vail, Mark T...... 2605 Pickett, James ...... 3206 Schronce, Hillary Erin...... 3310 Van Kelegom, Martijn J...... 4502 Pinato, Kara ...... 4509 Schwartzman, Roy ...... 2207,2507,5105 Vangelis, Linda. . . . . 2204,3511,4111,4202,4805,5101 Pitts, Margaret ...... 2502,2610,3309 Sears, Katherine...... 4810 Verdon, Theron...... 3503 Plank, Betsy ...... 5102 Seeger, Matthew W...... 4308 Vickrey, James ...... 3405 Polanco, Raquel ...... 3512 Sellnow, Timothy L...... 4308 Vidoloff, Kathleen G...... 4308 Pombo, Monica...... 3208 Shaffer, Tracy Stephenson ...... 2306,2408,2711, Violanti, Michelle T...... 2310,3306 Poole, L. Lori ...... 4703 3302,5101 Von Burg, Ron ...... 2407 Popescu, Daniela ...... 3203 Shaw, Charla L. Markham ...... 3506,4505,4703 Vorce, Katrina...... 4509 Poston, Sarah Mia...... 2412,4503 Sheer, Vivian C...... 2508 Waldeck, Jennifer H...... 3308 Potter, Joshua L...... 2506 Silverman, David ...... 4811,5101 Walker, Deborah...... 2509,3206,4202,4508,5304 Potter-Crumley, Linda...... 2204 Simmons, Donald B...... 4306 Walker, Kandi ...... 2305,4204 Poulos, Chris ...... 2505,3206,4711 Simon, Jenni M...... 2506,4702 Walker, Rebecca ...... 2208 Powell, Ben...... 2208 Sivek, Susan Currie ...... 2703 Walton, Laura Richardson...... 2307,4212 Powers, William G...... 3403,5205 Skophammer, Kate...... 5302 Warren-Findlow, Jan...... 5304 Pridgen, Macie ...... 3309 Smith, Barry P...... 2703,3408,4203,4705,4804 Watson, William Hays...... 3404 Proffitt, Jennifer M...... 2703 Smith, Craig Allen ...... 1101,1202,2105,2702,3101, Waugh-Benton, Monica ...... 3404 Puccini, Briana ...... 4309 3313,4401,4511,4707 Webb, Lynne M...... 2207,2508,2606,3313,4505 Pupchek, Leanne ...... 3206 Smith, Donna...... 2202,3202,3508, Weber, Jill M...... 3412 Query, Jim L...... 3407 Smith, Jennifer Mize ...... 2610,3209,3710,4308 Welch, Nakia ...... 4102,4601 Smith, Jessica Thern...... 2310,3505 Quianthy, Richard ...... 2211,2611,3703,4205,4812 West, Isaac...... 3211 Smith, Kathy J...... 2702 Quinlan, Margaret...... 3407 West, Laura Richardson...... 4703 Ragsdale, J. Donald ...... 2608,3313 Smith, Kenny D...... 2606 West, Patricia ...... 2210 Ramsey, Matthew C...... 4107 Smith, Kim ...... 4212,5207 West, Richard ...... 4507,4706 Randolph, Jamie...... 4310 Smith, Melissa M...... 3408,4203,4503,4705,5101 West, Robert ...... 2602,3204,5208,5301 Rao, Ramesh N...... 3406 Socha, Thomas J.. . 1101,1202,2105,3101,3706,4101, Westerman, Dave...... 5306 Rashe’, Rachel ...... 2211 4401,4502,5101,5212,5307 Wheaton, Patrick G...... 2203,3404,4203, Ray, Coley ...... 4209 Sotirova, Nadezhda ...... 3307 Whitaker, Jennifer...... 4509 Ray, Laura ...... 3310 South, Jeff ...... 3707,4802 White, Cal...... 5204 Reass, Emily...... 4810 St. John, Burton III...... 3707,4210 White, Michael ...... 4505 Reichart, Lauren M...... 2207,2409,2606 Steiner, Mark ...... 2407,5201 Reif, Carrie ...... 5203 Stephenson, Tracy Shaffer ...... 2306,2408 White, Rebecca ...... 3310 Reppert, James E...... 2602,3204,5208,5301 Stever, Gayle S...... 2308 Widgeon, Angela ...... 4504 Rester, Carolyn H...... 2504 Stewart, Craig O...... 2502 Wiederhold, Anna ...... 4209 Revetta, Renee...... 4509 Stewart, Jessica ...... 3710 Williams, Danielle E...... 2308,2402,4811,5307 Rhodes, Gretchen Stein...... 2306 Stoltz, Molly ...... 4206 Williams, Daron ...... 2303,3307 Rich, Marc Howard...... 2407 Stone, Melanie ...... 2703 Williams, David Cratis ...... 3203 Riffe, Nance ...... 2605 Storey, J. Douglas ...... 4207 Williams, Kelly ...... 5203 Righter, A. J...... 2504,4601 Straver, Kerry ...... 2310 Williams, Kyle ...... 4809 Rimal, Rajiv ...... 4207 Stringfield, Sarah ...... 4309 Wilson, Elizabeth ...... 3508 Ring, Stephanie Ann...... 4710 Stuckey, Mary ...... 1101,1202,2105,2702,3402, Wilson, Jacquee B...... 3406 Ritter, Kurt...... 2702 4104,4401,5212 Wilson, Megan L...... 2508,4703 Rizor, Dana M...... 5205 Sullivan, Amanda ...... 3410 Winn, J. Emmett ...... 1101,1202,2105,2209,2402, Roach, Ron...... 5201 Sutko, Daniel ...... 5105 3101,4401,5212 Roberts, Van T...... 4705 Sutton, David...... 2210,2507,2708,4108,4704,5307 Withycombe, Robert M...... 2605 Rodriguez, Paula ...... 2210,2510,4110,4205, Swedberg, Sarah ...... 3307 Wittenberg-Lyles, Elaine...... 3511 4304,4804,5101 Sypher, Howard ...... 3202 Wollslager, M. Eilene ...... 5102 Roe, Darrell ...... 2207,3502 Tambunga, Jasmine ...... 4210 Woodman, Helen...... 2202,3202 Ross, Erik ...... 3410 Tange, Lu ...... 2404 Woodward, Anna ...... 4310 Ross, Jessica ...... 3409 Tardy, Charles H...... 2411,2608,3313,4304 Worthington, Debra ...... 3403 Rottinghaus, Adam Richard ...... 2204 Tarsa, Benjamin ...... 4310 Wright, Courtney N...... 4703 Rowe, Jane...... 4310 Tarver, Jerry L...... 2203 Wright, Jaime Lane ...... 2507 Rowny, Grayson ...... 3309 Tarvin, David T...... 2309,2507,4704 Yang Hongwei (Chris)...... 2511 Roy, Sudeshna ...... 5305 Taylor, Kelly S...... 2408,4303,5206 Yarbrough, Elizabeth ...... 2204 Rubenstein, Alana ...... 4510 Thames, Richard H...... 5104 Yearwood, John ...... 5305 Rucker, Mary T...... 2405 Thibodeaux, Terry M...... 2405,3313,4510 Yoon, Doyle ...... 4212,5207 Russell, Jennifer...... 2406 Thompson, Chandler ...... 3512 Young, Vershawn Ashanti...... 2505 Ruth, Amanda M...... 2703 Thompson, William...... 2307,2604,4312,4504,5101 Zagacki, Ken...... 2303,2411,3704,4511,5101 Rutledge, Rheanna...... 2506 Thornton, Tyler ...... 2709,3503,4102 Zakeri, Monica ...... 2508 Ryan, Erin. L...... 2404 Tinker, Katie ...... 5103 Zutaut, Jeffrey F...... 4704

92 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD

NOTE: No trees were harmed in the production of this convention program

SSCA continues our commitment to “go green”

and reduce our carbon footprint. We decreased

the number of pages and printed the program

on Mohawk paper, which is made entirely of paper taken from recycling bins. No tree pulp or fiber was

used in the making of this paper — only

100% waste paper. Mohawk produces its paper at

a mill that operates utilizing wind energy.

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 93 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Master’s in Communication at Auburn University D e p a r t m e n t o f Graduate Faculty ommunication ournalism COMMUNICATION Robert Agne, Ph.D. & University of Colorado, Boulder C J Mary Helen Brown, Ph.D. TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS AVAILABLE University of Texas Kristen Hoerl, Ph.D. Graduate assistantships provide a stipend University of Texas of $10,500 plus a tuition waiver Deborah Worthington, Ph.D. University of Kansas JOURNALISM Two graduate programs in the Department of Jennifer Wood Adams, Ph.D. University of South Carolina Communication and Journalism are available at John Carvalho, Ph.D. University of North Carolina Auburn University: Master of Arts-thesis and the Chris Walker, M.F.A. Southern Illinois University Master of Arts-non-thesis. The graduate degree PUBLIC RELATIONS programs are designed to enhance existing knowledge Brigitta R. Brunner, Ph.D. University of Florida and skills in communication theory and research, Margaret Fitch-Hauser, Ph.D. University of Oklahoma mass communication, public address, general Seihill Kim, Ph.D. communication, rhetoric and public relations. Cornell University RADIO-TELEVISION-FILM FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Susan Brinson, Ph.D. : University of Missouri Graduate Program Officer Hollie Lavenstein, M.F.A. Department of Communication & Journalism The School of Art Institute of Chicago 0326 Haley Center Auburn University, AL 36849-5211 Deron Overpeck, Ph.D. University of California, [email protected] http://media.cla.auburn.edu/cmjn/gp/index.cfm George Plasketes, Ph.D. Bowling Green State University Kevin Smith, M.F.A. Louisiana Tech University J. Emmett Winn, Ph.D. University of South Florida Ed Youngblood, Ph.D. Texas Tech University

94 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD S E T O N

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 95 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD NOTES

96 Southern States Communication Association CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD S E T O N

April 1 - 5, 2009 • Norfolk, Va. 97 CROSSING IDEOLOGIES: COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION IN A CHANGING WORLD Call for Papers Southern States Communication Association 80th Annual Convention April 7-11, 2010 The Peabody Hotel Memphis, TN

POSITIVE COMMUNICATION SSCA members and guests are invited to reflect on communication’s role in happiness and in living mean- ingful lives (eudemonia, Aristotle).

Founding positive psychologist, Martin E. P. Seligman, asked, “Can there be a psychological science . . . about the best things in life? Can parents and teachers use this science to raise strong, resilient children ready to take their place in a world in which more opportunities for fulfillment are available? Can adults teach themselves better ways to happiness and fulfillment” (M. E. P. Seligman, 2002, Authentic Happiness, New York, Free Press, p. 29)? Since then, positive psychology has made tremendous progress addressing such questions (e.g., The Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania, http://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu/).

As communication scholars and educators we now ask: What does communication leading to happiness look like across the contexts of relationships, groups, organizations, cultures, publics, and media? What is the status of research and education about communication processes considered to be positive (e.g., com- forting, communication activism, dialogue, empathic listening, forgiveness, humor, negotiation, nurturing communication, positive emotional communication, prayer, pro-social media, service learning, spiritual communication, supportive communication, and so on)? How are positive character-traits such as curiosity, valor, honesty, fairness, humility, appreciation of beauty, gratitude, hope, playfulness, and more communi- cated, and affect communication? What is communication’s role in the development of positive character traits (e.g., C. Peterson & M. E. P. Seligman, 2004, Character Strengths and Virtues: a Handbook and Classification, New York, Oxford University Press)? What might positive mass media look like? What might positive communication pedagogy look like (e.g., C. Peterson, 2006, A Primer in Positive Psychology, Oxford University Press)? And, since we will meet in Memphis—will singing the Blues make us happy?

The Call for Papers for all divisions and interest groups will be posted on SSCA’s website: http://www.SSCA.net with a preliminary due date of September 11, 2009. Ideas and questions pertaining to the conference should be directed to Dr. Thomas Socha, SCCA Vice President Elect, Department of Communication & Theatre Arts, Old Dominion University, [email protected], (office: 757-368-4114). Conference website: http://www.odu.edu/~tsocha/ssca_memphis/ssca-memphis-2.shtml

98 Southern States Communication Association