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81st Annual Convention Southern States Communication Association 21st Annual Theodore Clevenger Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference March 23-27, 2011 • Doubletree Hotel • Little Rock, Ark.

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March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 3 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY 81st Annual Convention Southern StatesCommunication Association 21st Annual Theodore Clevenger Jr. Undergraduate HonorsConference March 23-27, 2011 • The Doubletree Hotel • Little Rock, Ark. PRESIDENT: THOMAS J. SOCHA, OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY VICE PRESIDENT: FRANCES BRANDAU-BROWN, SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT: MONETTE CALLAWAY-EZELL, HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: CARL M. CATES, VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY

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Welcome ...... 6 Interest Groups ...... 71 UHC Acknowledgements ...... 7 Charter Members ...... 71 Hotel Map ...... 8-9 Executive Directors ...... 71 Registration ...... 10 SCJ Editors ...... 72 Exhibit Schedule ...... 10 SSCA Presidents ...... 72 Business Meetings ...... 10-11 Award Recipients ...... 74 SSCA Officers’ Programs ...... 10-11 Past Conventions and Hotels ...... 77 Division & Interest Group Programs . . . . .10-11 Life Members ...... 78 Wednesday Sessions ...... 14 Patron Members ...... 79 Thursday Sessions ...... 14 Emeritus Members ...... 79 Friday Sessions ...... 32 Institutional Members ...... 79 Saturday Sessions ...... 47 Advertiser Index ...... 85 Sunday Sessions ...... 64 Constitution ...... 80 Association Officers ...... 70 Index of Participants ...... 86 Representatives to NCA ...... 70 2012 Call for Papers ...... 97 Committees ...... 70

Divisions ...... 71 This symbol denotes Undergraduate Honors Panel

• Program designed by Jennifer Wood Adams, Auburn University •

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March 23-27, 2011 • The Doubletree Hotel • Little Rock, Ark. Y A D S R U H T

• Program designed by Jennifer Wood Adams, Auburn University •

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 5 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Welcome to the 81th Annual SSCA National Convention Dear SSCA Colleagues:

Welcome to Little Rock! This is a wonderful city that boasts many interesting places to visit including Heifer International, the William J. Clinton Presidential Library, the Central High Museum, and the River Market. Heifer International is a nonprofit charity located near the convention hotel. Its mission is to end hunger and poverty through gifts of sustainable agriculture. I also hope you have a chance to visit the William J. Clinton Presidential Library for one of panels sponsored by the Rhetoric and Public Address Division. The Central High Museum tells the story of the Little Rock Nine and the events of 1957 which will be discussed in our plenary sessions. Little Rock is the perfect backdrop for this year’s convention theme of Traditions, Trends, and Technology because it has a historic past and a progressive future.

I would like to highlight two plenary sessions. A plenary session is so noted because it is uniquely complete in scheduling, in content, or both. Unlike some previous years, the plenary sessions are not the only panels offered at the selected times. This is primarily because space was limited this year, because of the number of usable meeting rooms available. It is regrettable that in order to avoid using rooms that were not accessible to everyone, additional programs had to be scheduled against the plenary panels.

The featured programs are plenary because, taken together they offer a complete examination of the 1957 Little Rock School Crisis. In 1954 the Supreme Court Decision in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas declared all laws segregating public schools to be unconstitutional. On September 4, 1957, nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock's Central High School while Governor Orval Faubus deployed National Guard troops to prevent their attendance. President Dwight Eisenhower sent the more than 1,000 members of the 101st Airborne to provide the students an armed escort into the school. For the next year the world was focused on the city in which we convene for our 2011 convention. The Little Rock School Crisis is considered one of the most important events of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement.

The two featured programs provide a comprehensive examination of the Little Rock School Crisis and the communication surrounding it. The first of the two programs (4301) features Dr. Richard Kirk from the University of Newcastle on Tyne. Dr. Kirk is one of the world's foremost historians on the United States Civil Rights Movement and Post-New Deal Southern politics. The second of the two programs (4501) features Dr. Minniejean Brown Trickey. In the conversation with Dr. Trickey, audience members will get a sense of the Little Rock School Crisis through the eyes and experiences of one of the nine students that courageously stood up to segregationists.

In addition to these two programs, there are many other panels that will appeal to a variety of teaching and research interests. I would like to thank the division and interest group planners for their hard work in putting together engaging panels. Similarly, I would like to thank my friends and family for their support and help in planning the convention. It is a huge task and I could not have done it without you!

Best regards,

Frances Vice President and SSCA Little Rock Program Planner Sam Houston State University

6 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Theodore Clevenger Jr. Undergraduate HonorsConference Acknowledgements Welcome to Little Rock Enjoy Your Time at “The Rock -- ThePlace Where the People Rule” Dear Undergraduate Honors Conference Participants:

Welcome to the 21st annual Theodore Clevenger Jr. Honors Conference and the 81st annual convention of Southern States Communication Association. The members of SSCA are glad you are here. Please remember you are invited to attend both the UHC and SSCA panels while you. That said, feel free to take advantage of your opportunity to attend a variety of panels, network with students and scholars from other institutions, and see what Little Rock has to offer.

You are encouraged to attend the Welcome Reception on Thursday evening, the UHC Breakfast on Saturday morning, and the Osborn Reception on Saturday evening. In addition, you may want to attend the business meetings sponsored by the association’s divisions. It is a good way to meet scholars in your field and talk with others about possible graduate school opportunities. Please refer to your program for times and maps for all panels, meetings, and events.

Like many others, it was at this very conference I got my start in academia, thus, I am particularly honored to have planned the Theodore Clevenger Jr. Honors Conference this year. Attending UHC was quite a learning experience and a wonderful opportunity to interact with students and professors across the association. I sincerely hope that you, as students, have the same experience I had. Many people whom I met that first year are still instrumental in my life in a variety ways. Please take the time to get all that you can out of the convention!

Lastly, I would like to take time to thank the all the people who helped in planning this convention. It would not have been possible without the hard work, dedication, and support of my friends and colleagues…and the table at Borders during the Christmas Holidays. Thank all who gave me moral support and many ideas…and “suggestions.” Should I leave someone out, please forgive me, it is not intentional. Many thanks to the following people for serving as reviewers and/or respondents:

Kristen Cockrell Bill Edwards Kelli Fellows James Kennedy Roseann Mandzuk Jason Munsell Tom Socha David Sutton Jean DeHart Ivie Ero Pat West Thomas M. Huebner John Meyer Robert E. Frank Cindy Spurlock Mary Stuckey Paula Rodriguez Maria Dixon Beth Eschenfelder Misty Knight Nina-Jo Moore Jerold Hale Alison Stafford Michael Waltman Tom Sabetta Congratulations on being selected as a UHC participant! Again, I hope you will enjoy the convention and your stay in Little Rock. Good Luck on your presentations.

Monette Callaway Vice-President Elect Hinds Community College

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 7 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY DOUBLETREE HOTEL FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR CONVENTIONINFORMATION

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4th Level: • Robinson 402

1st Level: • Exhibit Hall • Robinson 102 • Robinson 103

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 9 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY REGISTRATION HOURS

REGISTRATION IN PALISADES/2ND FLOOR OF THE DOUBLETREE HOTEL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 ...... 3 P.M. TO 7 P.M. THURSDAY, MARCH 24...... 7:30 A.M. TO NOON & 1:30 P.M. TO 4 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 25...... 7:30 A.M. TO NOON & 1:30 P.M. TO 4 P.M. SATURDAY, MARCH 26 ...... 8 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. & 1:30 P.M. TO 3 P.M. SUNDAY, MARCH 27 ...... CLOSED

EXHIBIT SCHEDULE

EXHIBITIONS IN DOUBLETREE HOTEL SECOND FLOOR THURSDAY, MARCH 24 ...... NOON TO 5 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 25...... 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M. SATURDAY, MARCH 26...... 9 A.M. TO NOON

PROGRAMS AND BUSINESS MEETINGS BY SPONSORS AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION: 2207, 2408, 2503, RHETORIC INTEREST GROUP: 2305, 2409, 3208, 2504, 2506, 2705, 3306, 3707 (BUS. MTG.),4505, 5106 3301, 3705 (BUS. MTG.), 4107, 5107

ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP: 2205, 2310, APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION: 2202, 2403, 3203, 3308, 3407, 3702 (BUS. MTG.) 2507, 2601, 2604, 3441, 3706 (BUS. MTG.), 4104, 4209, 5108, 5303 FREEDOM OF SPEECH DIVISION: 2203, 2308, 2602, 3207, 4605, 4703 (BUS. MTG.) ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION ADMINISTRATION INTEREST GROUP: 2206, 2708 (BUS. MTG.), 3408, 4206 GENDER STUDIES DIVISION: 2701, 3406, 3411, 3507, 3609, 3703 (BUS. MTG.), 4202, 4211, 4601, 5103 G.I.F.T.S. (GREAT IDEAS FOR TEACHING SPEECH) COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION: 2508, 2702 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION & (BUS. MTG.), 3201, 3302, 3441, 3505, 4207, 4308, INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION: 4110, 4505, 4606, 5302 4210, 4310

10 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION: POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION: 2204, 2208, 2402, 2503, 2603, 3204, 3209 (BUS. MTG.), 2209, 2505, 4111, 4607, 4701 (BUS. MTG.), 5304 3303, 3403, 3605, 4602, 5101, 5201

N PRESIDENT O I T A M R O F N I N O I T N E V N O C INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION: THOMAS J. SOCHA: 2211, 2311, 3305, 4707 2302, 2605, 2707 (BUS. MTG.), 3601, 4108, 4305, 4610 PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION: 2404, 2604, 3304, 3411, 4102, 4706 (BUS. MTG.), 5207 INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION: 2306, 2407, 2607, 2608, 2706, 3602, 4201, 4705 (BUS. MTG.), 5208, 5209 RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION: 2201, 2304, 2405, 2502, 3205, 3412, 3502, 3511, 3606, 4103, 4204, 4211, 4704 (BUS. MTG.), 5202, KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY INTEREST GROUP: 5305 2703 (BUS. MTG.), 3309, 3405, 4105, 4508

SOUTHERN ARGUMENTATION AND LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION FORENSICS DIVISION: 2309, 2709 (BUS. MTG.), DIVISION: 2303, 3202, 3704 (BUS. MTG.), 4609 4106, 4306, 4503, 4506

MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION: 2401, 2406, SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION 2509, 2602, 2704, 3206, 3307, 3701 (BUS. MTG.), ASSOCIATION: 2801(WELCOME RECEPTION), 4109, 4203, 5109 3101 (BUS. MTG.), 4401 (LUNCHEON *TICKETED EVENT), 4801 (OSBORN RECEPTION), 5105

NCA: 4507 THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE OF PAST PRESIDENT’S LUNCHEON: 3311 SSCA: 3401, 3402, 3501, 3506, 3508, 3509, 3608, 3708, 3709, 4101 (BREAKFAST), 4208, 4302, 4303, 4502, PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION: 2205, 4509, 4603, 4604 2310, 2410, 2510, 2610, 2710 (BUS. MTG.), 3210, 3310, 3410, 3610, 3710, 4106, 4205, 4304, 4510, 4610, 4710, 5110, 5210 VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT MONETTE CALLAWAY: 4608, 5104

PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS OF COMMUNICATION INTEREST GROUP: 2606 (BUS. MTG.), 3603 VICE PRESIDENT FRANCES BRANDAU-BROWN: 4301, 4307, 4501

POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION: 2307, *Numbers in bold indicate business meetings 3409, 3412, 3511, 3607, 4309, 4702 (BUS. MTG.)

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 11 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY

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March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 13 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Richard Mercadante (Division Chair, Community DAY 1 College) Pat Arneson (Division Chair, Freedom of Speech) Sheree’ Keith (Division Chair, Gender Studies) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 Richard I. Falvo (Division Chair, Instructional 1101 Development) David Lee (Division Chair, Intercultural) Wednesday Todd Lee Goen (Division Chair, Interpersonal) 2:00 pm – 3:45 pm Cole Franklin (Division Chair, Language & Social Boardroom Interaction) ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE Alison Slade (Division Chair, Mass Communication) SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION Jacqueline D. Burleson (Division Chair, ASSOCIATION Performance Studies) SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION Bill Edwards (Division Chair, Political ASSOCIATION Communication) Danielle E. Williams (Division Chair, Popular PRESIDING: THOMAS J. SOCHA, PRESIDENT Communication) MEMBERS: Mary Jackson-Pitts (Division Chair, Public Frances Brandau-Brown, Vice President Relations) Monette Callaway, Vice President Elect Jason Edward Black (Division Chair, Rhetoric & Patricia Amason, Immediate Past President Public Address) Carl M. Cates, Executive Director David Nelson (Division Chair, Southern Mary Stuckey, SCJ Editor Argumentation and Forensics) J.D. Ragsdale, SCJ Editor-Elect Pam Bourland-Davis (Committee Chair, Kelli L. Fellows, Marketing Director Constitution) Marketing Director-Elect (TBA) John C. Meyer (Committee Chair Publications) Elissa Foster, Finance Committee Chair Wendy Atkins-Sayre (Committee Chair, Resolutions) 1201 Todd Lee Goen (Committee Chair, Resource Committee) Wednesday Debbie Phillips (Committee Chair, Time & Place) 4:00 pm – 6:45 pm Michael Eaves (SSCA K-12 Representative to NCA) Salon D Tom Sabetta (SSCA Community College EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING OF THE Representative to NCA) SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION Daniel Grano (SSCA 4 Year College University ASSOCIATION Representative to NCA) PART 1 Roseann Mandziuk (NCA Nominating Committee Representative) SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION Ken Cissna (SSCA Representative to NCA SPEC- TRA Committee) PRESIDING: THOMAS J. SOCHA, PRESIDENT MEMBERS: Frances Brandau-Brown, Vice President Monette Callaway, Vice President Elect DAY 2 Patricia Amason, Immediate Past President Carl M. Cates, Executive Director THURSDAY, MARCH 24 J. Emmett Winn, Past Executive Director 2101

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAYKelli Fellows, Marketing Director Marketing Director-Elect (TBA) Thursday Mary Stuckey, SCJ Editor 8:00 am – 9:15 am J.D. Ragsdale, SCJ Editor-Elect Salon D Elissa Foster (Finance Committee Member) EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING OF THE John Haas (Finance Committee Member) SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION Barbara Biesecker (Finance Committee Member) Maria A. Dixon (Division Chair, Applied ASSOCIATION Communication) PART 2 David Sutton (Division Chair, Communication SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION Theory) ASSOCIATION

14 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY PRESIDING: THOMAS J. SOCHA, PRESIDENT TRA Committee) MEMBERS: Frances Brandau-Brown, Vice President 2201 Monette Callaway, Vice President Elect Thursday Patricia Amason, Immediate Past President 9:30 am – 10:45 am Carl M. Cates, Executive Director Salon A J. Emmett Winn, Past Executive Director RHETORIC OF THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT Kelli L. Fellows, Marketing Director Marketing Director-Elect (TBA) SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION Mary Stuckey, SCJ Editor CHAIR/RESPONDENT: JAMES DARSEY, GEORGIA STATE J.D. Ragsdale, SCJ Editor-Elect UNIVERSITY Elissa Foster (Finance Committee Member) Harvey Milk, the Politics of Memory, and the Recovery of John Haas (Finance Committee Member) Queer Archives. Barbara Biesecker (Finance Committee Member) Jason Edward Black, University of Alabama Maria A. Dixon (Division Chair, Applied ‘Milk’s Still Fresh’: Harvey Milk, The Advocate, and Public Communication) Memory. David Sutton (Division Chair, Communication Robert D. Byrd, University of South Alabama Theory) Heteronormative Distortion: Rhetoric For and Against Richard Mercadante (Division Chair, Community Same Sex Marriage.

College) Jacob Davis, University of South Alabama Y A D S R U H T Pat Arneson (Division Chair, Freedom of Speech) Sheree’ Keith (Division Chair, Gender Studies) 2202 Richard I. Falvo (Division Chair, Instructional Development) Thursday David Lee (Division Chair, Intercultural) 9:30 am – 10:45 am Todd Lee Goen (Division Chair, Interpersonal) Salon B Cole Franklin (Division Chair, Language & Social ALTERING TRENDS 1: THE EFFECTIVENESS AND Interaction) ETHICS OF BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION CAMPAIGNS Alison Slade (Division Chair, Mass Communication) AND MEDIATED MESSAGES Jacqueline D. Burleson (Division Chair, SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION Performance Studies) Bill Edwards (Division Chair, Political CHAIR: ANNA K. TURNAGE, BLOOMSBURG Communication) UNIVERSITY Danielle E. Williams (Division Chair, Popular RESPONDENT: JOHN COOK, THE UNIVERSITY OF Communication) TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE AND TEXAS SOUTHMOST Mary Jackson-Pitts (Division Chair, Public COLLEGE Relations) Identification of High Risk Sun Exposure Groups and Jason Edward Black (Division Chair, Rhetoric & Assessment of Their Presence in PSAs: The Unique Case Public Address) of Farmers, African Americans, and Outdoor Athletes David Nelson (Division Chair, Southern Stephanie Kelly, University of Tennessee Argumentation and Forensics) Laura E. Miller, University of Tennessee Pam Bourland-Davis (Committee Chair, Using Pictorial Exemplars in Breast Cancer Health Constitution) Message: Enhancing Selective Reading and Intention to John C. Meyer (Committee Chair Publications) Engage in Preventive Behaviors Wendy Atkins-Sayre (Committee Chair, Yangsun Hong, University of Alabama Resolutions) Hong-Sik Yu, Chung-Ang University Todd Lee Goen (Committee Chair, Resource Doohwang Lee, University of Alabama Committee) Proposing an Aretological Ethic of Social Marketing: An Debbie Phillips (Committee Chair, Time & Place) Analysis of the Too Many Aborted Campaign Michael Eaves (SSCA K-12 Representative to NCA) Shannon Montgomery, Georgia State University Tom Sabetta (SSCA Community College Representative to NCA) 2203 Daniel Grano (SSCA 4 Year College University Representative to NCA) Thursday Roseann Mandziuk (NCA Nominating Committee 9:30 am – 10:45 am Representative) Salon C Ken Cissna (SSCA Representative to NCA SPEC- FREE SPEECH IN UNSAVORY TRADITIONS,

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 15 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGIES This roundtable discussion features cast members and the director SPONSOR: FREEDOM OF SPEECH DIVISION from the show, Sundown in Southern Illinois. Participants will reflect on pedagogical insights and experiences from the process of CHAIR: DOUGLAS MARSHALL, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY staging the show. Through oral histories, this show explores com- RESPONDENT: PAT ARNESON, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY munity narratives about “sundown towns” in southern Illinois. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress: A Weak Legal “Sundown towns” can be understood as communities with organ- Action to Hold the Press Accountable for Low-value ized jurisdiction that for decades have excluded African Americans Publication or other groups from living in them and are, thus, all-White on Xiaowei Chen, University of Central Arkansas purpose. Guerilla Marketing: Exploring the Scope of Commercial Speech Protection 2206 Jeremy Langett, Lynchburg College Thursday Bob Jones University v. United States: A Case Like No 9:30 am – 10:45 am Other Robinson 103 Jeremy K. Reid, Huntingdon College A SUSTAINABLE LEGACY: TRADITIONS AND 2204 TRENDS IN LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION SPONSOR: ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION Thursday 9:30 am – 10:45 am ADMINISTRATION INTEREST GROUP Riverside East CHAIR: RICHARD H. THAMES, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY CONNECTING POLITICS WITH ART, IMAGE, AND RESPONDENT: RENEE EDWARDS, LOUISIANA STATE MUSIC UNIVERSITY SPONSOR: POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION Sustainability and Academic Excellence: Rebuffing Anachronistic Comforts CHAIR: AMY ALDRIDGE SANFORD, NORTHEASTERN Ronald C. Arnett, Duquesne University STATE UNIVERSITY Traditions and Trends: Faculty Senates, Administration, A Hip Hop President and Professional Civility Jae-Hwa Shin, University of Southern Mississippi Janie M. Harden Fritz, Duquesne University The Pinkwashing of Alice Paul in HBO’s Iron Jawed Angels Bucking Traditional Approaches to College Admissions Sheree’ Keith, Macon State College Recruitment: Why Faculty as Admissions Recruiters “Big Mac” with a Side of Steroids: Image Restoration Should Emerge as a New Trend Strategies of Mark McGwire Jeffrey A. Halliday* and William D. Stuart, John McGuire, Oklahoma State University Longwood University Lori McKinnon, Oklahoma State University HD: Creating a Media Communication Major through an Wayne Wanta, Oklahoma State University Interdisciplinary Approach The Art of Reappropriation: The Visual Rhetoric of

THURSDAY Susan M. Simkowski and Monica Luebke, Ph.D., Shepard Fairey University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Heather Maurer, University of South Alabama *SSCA Debut Paper 2205 2207 Thursday 9:30 am – 10:45 am Thursday Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) 9:30 am – 10:45 am Riverside West TALK(ING) BACK: PEDAGOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON STAGING SUNDOWN IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FACULTY/LIBRARIAN ENGAGEMENT: A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN SPONSORS: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION AND ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP SPONSOR: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION CHAIR: RAQUEL POLANCO, LOUISIANA STATE CHAIR: YOLANDA MITCHELL, PULASKI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE PARTICIPANTS: PARTICIPANTS: Elena Esquibel, Southern Illinois University Laura Austin, Pulaski Technical College Olivia Gessella “Gigi” Perez-Langley, Southern Sarah Clements, Pulaski Technical College Illinois University Joanna Ewing, Pulaski Technical College RESPONDENT: JUSTIN T. TRUDEAU, UNIVERSITY OF Discussion will focus on the communication and collaboration NORTH TEXAS required between community college librarians and faculty to sup-

16 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY port the ever-changing information literacy needs of students. New 2211-A approaches to strengthening faculty and librarian relationships and bringing information literacy into the classroom via research Thursday websites designed specifically for communication students will also 9:30 am – 10:45 am be explored. Salon D SSCA MINI-SUMMIT ON STRATEGIC FINANCIAL 2208 PLANNING: PART A Thursday SPONSOR: PRESIDENT 9:30 am – 10:45 am PRESIDING: THOMAS J. SOCHA (SSCA PRESIDENT), Robinson 402 OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY LEARNING COMMUNITIES: USING NEW TRENDS PARTICIPANTS: AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN DISCIPLINES TO Elissa Foster (Chair, SSCA Finance Committee) ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOR Lehigh Valley Hospital STUDENTS John Haas (Member, SSCA Finance Committee SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Member) University of Tennessee CHAIR: TERI COLAIANNI, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL Barbara Biesecker (SSCA Finance Committee ARKANSAS Member) PARTICIPANTS: University of Georgia Y A D S R U H T Teri Colaianni, University of Central Arkansas Carl M. Cates (Executive Director) Steven Lance, University of Central Arkansas Valdosta State University Todd Lee Goen (Chair, Resource Development Learning Communities in the university setting provide an oppor- Committee) tunity for students, especially freshmen, to take classes together as Clemson University well as live in the same residential hall. Often, a faculty member is Sherry G. Ford (Resource Development Committee paired with another faculty member, such as--in our case-- Member) Freshman Writing and Basic Oral Communication. This panel will University of Montevallo offer suggestions in team teaching from these two disciplines. Abby M. Brooks (Resource Development Examples of activities and assignments will be offered, including Committee Member) ways to adapt writing assignments to oral format, and vice-versa. Georgia Southern University Additionally, the panel will discuss effective ways to work together Melissa M. Smith (Resource Development to deepen instruction and to assist students in better achieving aca- Committee Member) demic success. Mississippi State University J. Emmett Winn (Past Executive Director) 2209 Auburn University Patricia Amason (Past President) Thursday University of Arkansas 9:30 am – 10:45 am Kelli L. Fellows (SSCA Marketing Director) Robinson 102 University of North Carolina at Wilmington FABLES, STORIES AND CAUTIONARY TALES: SSCA Marketing Director-Elect (TBD) MYTHOLOGY IN POPULAR COMMUNICATION As a part of SSCA’s 2011-2015 strategic plan this is part one of a SPONSOR: POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION two-part meeting of SSCA units and individuals responsible for CHAIR: JEREMY K. REID, HUNTINGDON COLLEGE budget, marketing, resource development, and membership. The purpose of the meeting is to begin to develop a plan to improve Questionable Doxa: The Urban Legend as Rhetorical Form coordination among SSCA’s financial units and individuals Brett Lunceford, University of South Alabama responsible for finances, set funding priorities, coordinate market- Urban Legends, Internet Rumors and False Prophecy in ing and resource development, examine membership and its bene- the Disinformation Age fits, and more. A moment of silence will begin the meeting for the S. Nick Mohammed, Penn State Altoona late Darren C. Goins (Stevenson University) who was a member of Song of the South: Moral Lessons Blurred by Controversy the SSCA Resource Development Committee. John Saunders, Huntingdon College Cigarettes and Whiskey and Wild, Wild Women, They’ll 2302 Drive You Crazy, They’ll Drive You Insane, ane, ane … Trudy L. Hanson, West Texas A&M University Thursday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Salon B ROUNDTABLE: “WHY CAN’T EVERYBODY JUST

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 17 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY SPEAK ENGLISH?” — EXPOSING PLACE-BOUND CHAIR: CRAIG O. STEWART, UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS STUDENTS TO CULTURAL DIVERSITY Keeping My Voice: Our Continuing Journey Through SPONSOR: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION Depression and Breast Cancer Regina Young, University of North Carolina at CHAIR: PAULA RODRIGUEZ, HINDS COMMUNITY Charlotte COLLEGE My Family, Me, and Bi-Polar Disorder: An Autoethnography PARTICIPANTS: and Rhetorical Analysis of Familial Supportive Text Tony DeMars, Texas A&M University-Commerce Brian Richards, University of North Carolina at Jennifer T. Edwards, Tarleton State University Charlotte Robert E. Frank, Longwood University Zucker's Symptom: Gender Identity Disorder and Reparative Dominique Gendrin, Xavier University Therapy in Children Mary M. Meares, University of Alabama Matt Dunn, Colorado State University Contrasts in Voices: Mental Health Experts and Advocates for In today’s global business and cultural environment, the need for the Mentally Ill intercultural understanding is steadily increasing. But since many of our students are unable or unwilling to travel, and are often hesitant Ardis Hanson, University of South Florida about interacting with students from cultures other than their own, A Cultured-Centered Approach to Veteran’s Mental Health instructors need strategies for helping those students achieve at least Doug Jordan, University of South Florida a minimal degree of cultural awareness. These panelists will share This panel uses a post-modern lens to examine the discourse of mental activities which they have developed to enhance intercultural under- illness. We move the discussion beyond modernity’s concept that the standing and communication. body and mind are machines that can primarily be repaired chemical- ly or surgically. Ongoing debates about the diagnosis and treatment 2303 of mental illness or disorders demonstrate this problem. This panel Thursday explores these issues by examining our culture’s use of language 11:00 am – 12:15 pm involving mental illness. Furthermore, the panel discusses the impor- Salon C tance of the voice to individuals diagnosed with a mental illness. RE-LANGUAGING COMMUNICATION OF MENTAL Frank (1995) proposes a post-modern concept of the body; and illness ILLNESS requires the sick body or mind to possess a voice. Frank (1995) writes “the body [or mind] is not mute, but it is inarticulate; it does not use SPONSOR: LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION speech, yet begets it” (Frank, 1995, p. 27). Each panelist suggests DIVISION recognizing the importance of voice as a crucial factor to better THURSDAY

18 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY understand the experience and improve the treatment of individu- culture through the cultivation and exploration of taste. This panel als with mental illness. explores the inclusive, complex, and rich aspects of food and food- ways to understand where nature, art, biology, and economics 2304 function in more healthy, ethical, and sustainable ways, cultivating Thursday the taste of its audience. John Dewey traces this as the “ability to 11:00 am – 12:15 pm transfer values from one field of experience to another, attach Riverside East them to objects of our common life, and by this imaginative insight make these objects poignant and momentous.” Food as an object RHETORIC, PUBLIC POLICY AND PERCEPTIONS in a complex system calls all to action where scholars add to the SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION intellectual conversation that takes place at the intersection of CHAIR: DAVID SUTTON, AUBURN UNIVERSITY communication, critical cultural theory, and research on power and everyday life to produce meaningful change. RESPONDENT: ANN E. BURNETTE, TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY 2306 The Story of First Flight as Target Discourse. Julia Scatliff O’Grady, University of North Carolina, Thursday Chapel Hill 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Reproductive Rights in Medical Dramas: A Feminist Riverside West Analysis of Portrayals of Gender roles on the Topic of TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL INTERACTION: THE Abortion on Television GROWING ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN

Kristen Hungerford, University of Memphis INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION Y A D S R U H T A Rough Road Leads to the Stars: Official Public Eulogy of SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION Space Disasters as a Rhetorical Sub-genre DIVISION Samara Mouvery, University of Alabama The Empathic Intellectual: Bringing Gramsci to the CHAIR: WILLIAM D. HARPINE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH Rhetoric of Disability CAROLINA, AIKEN Drew Mosley, Georgia State University PARTICIPANTS: Teresa Humphrey, University of South Carolina, 2305 Aiken Christopher Mapp, University of Louisiana at Thursday Monroe 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Douglas A. Ferguson, College of Charleston Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) Karyn Brown, Mississippi State University FOOD TRADITIONS REVAMPED AND RENOVATED: Peggy Bowers, The University of Louisiana at FINDING CONTEMPORARY AESTHETIC Monroe REPRESENTATIONS OF FOOD TRADITIONS IN Electronic media, such as e-mail, blogs, social networks and text TECHNOLOGY, RITUAL, AND RHETORICAL messaging, are growing exponentially. The panelists will examine DISCOURSE social, technological, and ethical implications of social media in SPONSOR: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF interpersonal communication. These modalities offer instantaneous RHETORIC (ASHR) and convenient opportunities for human interaction, but conven- CHAIR/RESPONDENT: NATHAN CRICK, LOUISIANA ience and speed may not always result in quality. What will be lost STATE UNIVERSITY in a society that relies so heavily on these forms of communica- Food Aesthetics within Technology: Rapidly Changing tion? Or will this technology redefine communication as we know Forms of Interaction With What We Eat. it? The audience will be invited to participate in the discussion of Jonathan Clemens, University of Minnesota, Twin these issues. Cities 2307 Rhetoric and Aesthetics in Kosher Cooking: Where the Old and New Boarder Thursday Brian Leslie, Louisiana State University 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Food Representations in Art: The Ever Changing Form Robinson 402 Evan Senn, California State University, Fullerton POLITICAL COMMUNICATION BEYOND ELECTION Rhetorical Ideals in the Health and Sustainable Food CAMPAIGNING Movement Bryan W. Moe, Louisiana State University SPONSOR: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION CHAIR: PATRICK G. WHEATON, GEORGIA SOUTHERN Food is not only economically produced and biologically con- UNIVERSITY sumed but is a vital piece of a culture’s poetics, art, and ritual. Rhetoricians and cultural scholars can interpret their audience’s RESPONDENT: LAUREN REICHART SMITH, AUBURN

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 19 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY Robert E. Alexander, Bossier Parish Community Tea Parties, True Believers, and the Rhetorical Traditions of College Fanatical Political Rhetoric Joseph M. Ganakos, Lee College Lynette M. Long, Middle Tennessee State Trey Gibson, Louisiana State University Shreveport University This discussion will focus on the integration of technology in the Little Rock’s Cooper v. Aaron: A Seminal Supreme Court future of academic debate. This panel discussion will center on the School Desegregation Case potential for synchronous debate via the internet, the integration of Sally F. Paulson, Delta State University various software packages and learning management systems, and Perceptions of Authenticity in the Watergate Hearings an ultimate goal of fostering debates without geographic consider- Larry Powell, University of Alabama at Birmingham ations and overcoming the traditional boundaries of academic Mark Hickson, University of Alabama at debate. Birmingham James C. McCroskey, University of Alabama at 2310 Birmingham Price Walt, University of Alabama at Birmingham Thursday Open for All: The Rhetoric of Former Presidents at the 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Dedication of Their Presidential Libraries Robinson Exhibition Hall Patrick G. Richey, University of Southern HAVING SKIN IN THE GAME Mississippi SPONSORS: ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION 2308 CHAIR: MELANIE KITCHENS O’MEARA, UNIVERSITY OF Thursday GEORGIA 11:00 am – 12:15 pm PARTICIPANT: REBECCA M. KENNERLY, GEORGIA Robinson 102 SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY, SPORTS, AND FREEDOM OF RESPONDENTS: SPEECH Christopher N. Poulos, University of North Carolina SPONSOR: FREEDOM OF SPEECH DIVISION at Greensboro CHAIR: JAMIE KERN, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS Tracy Stephenson Shaffer, Louisiana State University RESPONDENT: DAVID R. DEWBERRY, RIDER UNIVERSITY Kennerly, ethnographer and performing artist, with the help of Technical Difficulties at the Supreme Court gatekeeper Andrea Hinojosa, co-founder and executive director of Mark Grabowski, Adelphi University Southeast Georgia Communities Project, investigates the historical Hacktivism and Other-Directed Social Movements: The and contemporary production and consumption of the Vidalia Ego Function of Protest Rhetoric in the Information Age Onion in Toomes County, Georgia. In this multimedia, multifo-

THURSDAYBrett Lunceford, University of South Alabama cal/vocal performance, Kennerly explores the performative in her Cheering, Jeering, and Showing Your Sign: The First research, writing and staging practice as she and Andrea dig, pull, Amendment and Fans’ Rights to Wave Banners at cut, pack, slice, dice, stew, and chew their way through a 50 pound Sporting Events bag of onions in order to earn their worth and right to speak. Erin Looney, University of South Alabama Collegiate Athletes, The Right of Publicity and the 2311-B NCAA/Student-Athlete Contract* Thursday Aimee Graugnard, University of Louisiana at 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Lafayette Salon D * Top Student Paper SSCA MINI-SUMMIT ON STRATEGIC FINANCIAL PLANNING: PART B 2309 SPONSOR: PRESIDENT Thursday PRESIDING: THOMAS J. SOCHA (SSCA PRESIDENT), 11:00 am – 12:15 pm OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY Robinson 103 SPONSOR: SOUTHERN ARGUMENTATION AND PARTICIPANTS: FORENSICS DIVISION Elissa Foster (Chair, SSCA Finance Committee) Lehigh Valley Hospital CHAIR: AMY ALDRIDGE SANFORD, NORTHEASTERN John Haas (Member, SSCA Finance Committee STATE UNIVERSITY Member) PARTICIPANTS: University of Tennessee

20 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Barbara Biesecker (SSCA Finance Committee 2402 Member) Thursday University of Georgia Carl M. Cates (Executive Director) 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm Valdosta State University Salon B Todd Lee Goen (Chair, Resource Development TRADITIONS, TRENDS, & SUPPORT Committee) IN COMMUNICATION EDUCATION Clemson University Sherry G. Ford (Resource Development Committee SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Member) CHAIR: DEBBIE PHILLIPS, MUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY University of Montevallo RESPONDENT: RICHARD I. FALVO, EL PASO Abby M. Brooks (Resource Development COMMUNITY COLLEGE Committee Member) From the Classroom to the Newsroom: Students’ Georgia Southern University Melissa M. Smith (Resource Development Perception of Multimedia and Social Media in Their Committee Member) Education and Careers* Rebecca Nelson, University of Southern Mississippi Mississippi State University J. Emmett Winn (Past Executive Director) Judith Roberts, University of Southern Mississippi Kristie Dillistone, University of Southern Auburn University Patricia Amason (Past President) Mississippi Jae-Hwa Shin, University of Southern Mississippi

University of Arkansas Y A D S R U H T Kelli L. Fellows (SSCA Marketing Director) Infusing Ethics in College Curricula: Examination of Small University of North Carolina at Wilmington Steps Undertaken by the University of Arkansas at Little SSCA Marketing Director-Elect (TBD) Rock Carol Thompson, University of Arkansas at Little 2401 Rock Avinash Thombre, University of Arkansas at Little Thursday Rock 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm Julien C. Mirivel, University of Arkansas at Little Salon A Rock TRAGEDY, TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGY: MEDIA Burn the Textbook: A Proposal for Using Primary Research RESPOND TO CAMP ALBERT PIKE FLASH FLOOD Brett Lunceford, University of South Alabama SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION Drops, Dorms, and Ds: The Role of Support Messages in CHAIR: GEORGE L. DANIELS, UNIVERSITY OF First Generation College Student Persistence ALABAMA Carolyn H. Rester, East Texas Baptist University Cole Franklin, East Texas Baptist University PARTICIPANTS: George L. Daniels, University of Alabama *Top Student Paper in Instructional Development J. Suzanne Horsley, University of Alabama Brigette Williams, American Red Cross-Greater 2403 Arkansas Region Thursday Salon C On Friday, June 11, 2010, a thunderstorm caused a flash flood at 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm Camp Albert Pike, a popular campground on the Little Missouri River in the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas. Surveyors from NEGOTIATING PURPOSE WITHIN CONTEMPORARY the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that the river rose 8 feet per NONPROFIT/RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS hour over three hours during the early morning hours when most SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION people at the campground were asleep. A total of 20 people, include several children, were killed. Even as this Arkansas disas- CHAIR: J. JACOB JENKINS, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ter caught the attention of national and international media, it FLORIDA spotlighted the limits of technologies such as cell phones. There PANEL RESPONDENT: GERALD W. DRISKILL, was no cell phone service because national forest lands do not UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK have cellular towers. This panel looks at not only the limits of PARTICIPANTS: technology in 2010, but also the traditions of the strained relation- J. Jacob Jenkins, University of South Florida ship between journalists and public affairs personnel. A journalism Patrick Dillon, University of South Florida professor and a public relations professor (who doubled as a vol- Nicholas Riggs, University of South Florida unteer public affairs spokesperson) will join a full-time public Brian Johnston, University of South Florida affairs spokesperson from Arkansas to examine the tragedy, trends and technology. Implications for mass communication teaching This panel examines (a) divergent understandings of purpose and research will be discussed. among Protestant churches in the Tampa Bay area, (b) structura-

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 21 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY tional divergences among generational members of a Mid-Western Lisa Corrigan, University of Arkansas, Little Rock Christian church, (c) discourses of Western imperialism within the James Darsey, Georgia State University rhetoric of Christian Children’s Fund, and (d) processes of alter- Marilyn Young, Florida State University native socialization at the annual Cornerstone Festival. The panel Michael Osborn, University of Memphis will include a discussion of contemporary organizational tensions, In September,1957, the school board of Little Rock Arkansas stood potential implications, and directions for future research. ready to implement its plan to integrate the Little Rock public 2404 schools. Gov Orval Faubus called out the Arkansas National Guard to prevent integration, creating a constitutional crisis. Thursday President Dwight Eisenhower settled the question by sending in 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm federal troops and federalizing the Arkansas National Guard to Riverside East enforce the decision of the Court. The statement by Gov Faubus NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: MEETING and the speech delivered on national television by Dwight TRADITIONAL COMMUNICATION NEEDS Eisenhower provide a fascinating case study in the rhetorical clash among state’s rights, federal rights, and civil rights in the United SPONSOR: PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION States in the 1950s. Following the Southern Colloquium on CHAIR: MARSHA LITTLE MATTHEWS, THE UNIVERSITY Rhetoric format, the texts for this panel will be publicized in OF TEXAS AT TYLER advance so that all in attendance may participate in the conversa- RESPONDENT: MARY ANNA KIDD, THE UNIVERSITY OF tion in an informed way. Texts may be requested by emailing: TEXAS AT TYLER [email protected]. Organizational Communication Narratives: Using Social Media to Tell Stories of Crisis Management 2406 Marsha Little Matthews, The University of Texas at Thursday Tyler 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm The Role of Narrative in Public Relations Ethics Pedagogy Riverside West Beth Eschenfelder, The University of Tampa RADIO STARS, SUPER HEROES, THE IMMIGRANT’S Communication “Trials and Tribulations”: An Assessment EXPERIENCE, AND INTERACTIVE MEDIA: THE MEDIA of Crisis Communication Cases Evidencing Potential PRODUCTION SHOWCASE Abuse of New Media Technology SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION Lisa K.L. Muller, Georgia Southern University CHAIR/DISCUSSANT: MARY JACKSON PITTS, Twitter and Relationship Building: A Tool of Corporate Public ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Relations Corey A. Hickerson, James Madison University Adding Interactive Media to a Traditional Media Production Curriculum Health Organizations’ Use of Social Media Tony DeMars, Texas A&M University-Commerce Anntoinette Moore, Graduate Student, The The Immigrant’s Experience University of Texas at Tyler Pamela Tran, University of Alabama THURSDAY Public relations practitioners are using new communication tech- Automation and the Radio Stars nologies to communicate messages to stakeholders. The media may Gabrielle Crumble, Arkansas State University be new, but the need to communicate and build relationships with Norma’s Awesome Superhero Video: How Mass Meditated stakeholders is not. This panel looks at the trend of using new Comic Book Superheroes Shape Social Reality and Inspire media technologies to meet traditional communication needs. Humanity Norma Jones, University of North Texas 2405 Thursday 2407 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm Thursday Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm STATES’ RIGHTS VS. FEDERAL RIGHTS VS. CIVIL Robinson 402 RIGHTS IN LITTLE ROCK, 1957 HEALTH COMMUNICATION IN INTERPERSONAL SPONSORS: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS CONTEXTS DIVISION AND SOUTHERN COLLOQUIUM ON SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION RHETORIC DIVISION CHAIR: BARBARA BIESECKER, UNIVERSITY OF CHAIR: PATRICIA AMASON, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS GEORGIA Let’s Talk About Sex: A Proposal for Reform of Sexual PARTICIPANTS: Education in Schools, Regarding the Inclusion of Self- Vanessa B. Beasley, Vanderbilt University Esteem

22 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Claire L. Morledge, University of Iowa The 1883 Civil Rights Cases: A Watershed in Equal Infertility Blogs: An Untapped, Online Supportive Protection Law Community Sally F. Paulson, Delta State University Brittney Lee, University of Arkansas Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the Unconstitutionality of How Can Healthcare Professionals Effectively the 1875 Civil Rights Bill: A Rhetorical Analysis Communicate Bad News, Social Support, and Suggest Andre E Johnson, Memphis Theological Seminary Consent in the Midst of the Organ Procurement Process? Laveda I. Joseph, University of Arkansas This panel seeks to address questions on the rhetorical nature of Ageism: The Impact on Health Communication in the citizenship. How has citizenship been framed rhetorically through- Elderly Population out history? How has citizenship been interpreted by politicians Mitchell W. Jenkins, University of Arkansas and the Supreme Court? How has this understanding of citizenship affected the lives of others, especially African Americans. By draw- Health communication occurs across a variety of mediated con- ing upon a diversity of rhetorical approaches, we attempt to texts including informatics and telehealth websites. A vast amount answer these and other questions that emerge from our research. of health-related communication occurs within interpersonal contexts. This panel addresses health-related communication from a 2410 variety of interpersonal contexts including schools, online, and in Thursday critical decision-making situations. 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm 2408 Robinson Exhibition Hall

Thursday PERSONAL NARRATIVE AND PUBLIC Y OUTREACH: A D S R U H T 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm THE KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY ‘TELLERS’ Robinson 102 PERSONAL NARRATIVE PROJECT “BUT DUDE, THIS IS COLLEGE!” EXAMINING THE SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION PERFORMANCE TRENDS AND CYCLES CHAIR: CHARLES PARROTT, KENNESAW STATE ASSOCIATED WITH NATIVE AND CO-ENROLLED UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITHIN THE PARTICIPANTS: COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENVIRONMENT Molly Gilmartin, Kennesaw State University SPONSOR: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION Trevor Goble, Kennesaw State University CHAIR: MISTY KNIGHT, SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY Terry Guest, Kennesaw State University Amy Harberer, Kennesaw State University PARTICIPANTS: Perren R. Leatherwood, Kennesaw State University Jeffrey Lawrence, Ivy Tech-Columbus Jessica McPhail, Kennesaw State University Robert Glenn, Owensboro CTC Mannie Rivers, Kennesaw State University Tori Forncrook, Owensboro CTC Ralph Del Rosario, Kennesaw State University Richard Knight, Shippensburg University Maged Royshdi, Kennesaw State University James E. Reppert, SAU-Magnolia Gary Deaton, Transylvania University This performance and round-table discussion explores The Personal Narrative Project undertaken by the Kennesaw State 2409 University undergraduate storytelling troupe The Tellers. The Personal Narrative Project brought The Tellers into middle Thursday schools and high schools in the metro-Atlanta area to do personal 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm narrative performance and facilitate workshops on personal narra- Robinson 103 tive performance with interested students. This panel will re-create “LET ME SEE YOUR PAPERS!” THE SUPREME and reflect upon those visits through performance and audience COURT AND THE RHETORIC OF CITIZENSHIP engagement. Participants will gain insight into creating their own TRADITIONS IN COMMUNICATION personal narrative projects and the perspective of undergraduates SPONSOR: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF engaged in embodied scholarship. RHETORIC (ASHR) 2501 CHAIR: ANDRE E. JOHNSON, MEMPHIS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Thursday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm RESPONDENT: TIM HUEBNER, RHODES COLLEGE Salon A The Rhetoric of Citizenship: Civil Rights, Economic Rights, and the Recrudescence of Equality in the Twentieth TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY: CHALLENGES, Century OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSESSMENTS Garry Jennings, Delta State University SPONSOR: VICE PRESIDENT

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 23 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY CHAIR: CAROL THOMPSON, UNIVERSITY OF Lori Norin, University of Arkansas Fort Smith ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK Lora Helvie-Mason, Southern University at New Putting the Communication Major On-Line: No Way! Orleans Maybe Yes? Cecil G. Betros, Jr, University of Alabama at Carol Thompson, University of Arkansas at Little Birmingham Rock Ryan Loyd, University of Texas of the Permian Technologies for Teaching and Assessment in the Public Basin Speaking Course Mark Ward, University of Houston-Victoria Gary K. Hughes, Western Kentucky University Steven L. Epstein, Suffolk Community College Challenges and Opportunities of Conducting Group The debate on whether or not the basic speech course should be Projects in an Online Small Group Communication Class taught fully online continues within the discipline. No matter your Avinash Thombre, University of Arkansas at Little stance, the fact is, institutions are bringing the course online. Rock Useful Tips for Making the Most out of Black Board Communication departments are grappling with issues dealing Courses with moving the basic course online while maintaining the dignity Marceline Thompson-Hayes, Arkansas State of the course. Faculty experienced in online delivery will explore University such topics as: best ways to record and share speeches, server Teaching Despite Technology: Reflective Examination of a space, ways to modify assignments using technology, and alterna- Technological Pedagogy tive grading criteria. This panel will explore best practices for J. Jacob Jenkins, University of South Florida moving the basic course online while considering options for the future. 2502 2504 Thursday Thursday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Salon B Riverside East REAPPRAISING THE CASE STUDY TRADITION IN SPECIALIZING PROGRAMS FOR SPECIALIZED THE CRITIQUE OF DISCOURSE FORMATIONS POPULATIONS: CURRENT AND FUTURE TRENDS SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION SPONSOR: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION CHAIR: MEGAN FOLEY, MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY CHAIR: RICHARD I. FALVO, EL PASO COMMUNITY WWII's Holocaust as American Civic Archetype for COLLEGE Understanding Racism PARTICIPANTS: Kim Nguyen, High Point University The Transcendence of the Case Study: Bringing Tent Cities Lisa Inzer Coleman, Southwest Tennessee Home in Contemporary American Political Culture Community College Melanie Loehwing, Indiana University Deborah Hefferin, Broward University THURSDAYMoments of Transformation: The Case of and for Richard Mercadante, St. Petersburg College – Reimagining Rupture Clearwater Niko Poulakos, University of Iowa Paula Rodriguez, Hinds Community College Singularities: Exemplary Rhetorical Cases as Thresholds of Richard Quianthy, Broward College Emergence Robert Glenn, Owensboro Community and Megan Foley, Mississippi State University Technical College Richard I. Falvo, El Paso Community College 2503 The role of community colleges serving populations that are at Thursday risk, economically disadvantaged and of color is increasing. With 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm a suffering U.S. economy, the push for helping displaced wage Salon C earners, single parents, non-native English speakers and people of color will continue to grow. This discussion examines current FROM ARISTOTLE TO CYBERSPACE - BEST trends to help ensure students not only are afforded the chance to PRACTICES IN ONLINE DELIVERY OF THE BASIC attend, but are also given tools to complete courses and degrees. COURSE Topics include: approaches administration and faculty are taking SPONSORS: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION to help students with economic and life challenges; involvement AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISIONS through learning communities; recruiting and assisting at risk, CHAIR: LORI NORIN, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FORT older and international students; and retraining and redevelop- SMITH ment programs for borderland students. Panelists will reflect on what is happening now, and what they envision as future trends, as PARTICIPANTS: special populations will likely be seen less as the exceptions, and

24 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY more as the norm. Panelists will also share their experiences with SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION promoting academic success. Attendees are encouraged to share MODERATOR: MARIA A. DIXON, SOUTHERN their thoughts. METHODIST UNIVERSITY 2505 PARTICIPANTS: Kristina Drumheller, West Texas A&M University Thursday Greg Armfield, New Mexico State University 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Owen Lynch, Southern Methodist University Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) Maria A. Dixon, Southern Methodist University I WAS THERE MAN!: MEMORY THROUGH This panel looks at how we can update the traditional organiza- ATTENDANCE AND EXPOSURE tional classroom through current trends and technology use. SPONSOR: POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION Current trends in servant leadership, faith-based organizational CHAIR: KIRSTEN KLINE, HUNTINGDON COLLEGE research, and computer simulation will be discussed. Additionally, the trend toward online education with suggestions about technolo- PARTICIPANTS: gy use and applied activities will be presented. Memorializing John Lennon: The Legacy of a Beatle Through the Eyes of the Mayor of Strawberry Fields 2508 Michael Rold, Louisianna State University Fan Reaction to Concert Chaos: An Autoethnographic Thursday Analysis of the Assassination of Darrell ‘Dimebag’ Abbott 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Robinson 102 Y A D S R U H T Debbie Phillips, Muskingum University When the Saints Went Marching In: An Application of ON THE ROAD WHERE TRADITIONAL PREDICTS Social Identity Theory to the 2009 Super Bowl Winning TREND New Orleans Saints Football Team and the Impact on SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION Their Host City CHAIR: DAVID SUTTON, AUBURN UNIVERSITY Elizabeth Booksh, University of Alabama at Birmingham RESPONDENT: JOANN KEYTON, NORTH CAROLINA Lovable Losers, Curses, and the Rhetoric of Wrigley Field STATE UNIVERSITY Erin Looney, University of South Alabama Information Processing Style as a Predictor of Physical Symptoms of Discomfort in Public Performance 2506 Amber Finn, Chris R. Sawyer, Jill E. Goff, Zoranna Williams and Ralph R. Behnke, Texas Christian Thursday University 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm The Role of Thinking in the Comforting Process: An Riverside West Empirical Test of a Dual-Process Framework BUILDING COMMUNITIES THROUGH “LINCED” Graham D. Bodie, Louisiana State University LEARNING Power, Influence, Authority: A Case for Replacing the Power Pentad in Communication Education SPONSOR: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION Kevin Ells, Louisiana State University Alexandria CHAIR: SARAH CLEMENTS, PULASKI TECHNICAL E-Mail, Extended Agency and Future Projections of COLLEGE Organizational Discourse PARTICIPANTS: Anna K. Turnage, Bloomsburg University Star Mack, Pulaski Technical College Supervisor-Subordinate Communication: Hierarchical Mum Effect meets Organizational Learning Jonathon Purkiss, Pulaski Technical College Ryan S. Bisel, University of Oklahoma Research shows students enrolled in LinCed (Learning Community) courses achieve greater satisfaction with their college 2509 experience. Presenters will share their experiences with LinCed courses, discuss benefits and drawbacks, and promote learning Thursday community strategies for the classroom. 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Robinson 103 2507 TRENDS AND TRADITIONS IN ONLINE Thursday COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION Robinson 402 CHAIR: MELISSA M. SMITH, MISSISSIPPI STATE TRADITIONS, TRENDS & TECHNOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION CLASSROOM RESPONDENT: DARRELL L. ROE, EAST TEXAS BAPTIST

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March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 27 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (UN)CIVIL DISCOURSE IN COMPUTER-MEDIATED Efficacy and Intentionality: How We Communicate at Work COMMUNICATION: A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS Jennifer Caputo, North Carolina State University Joann Keyton, North Carolina State University Anita J. Mixon, University of Alabama Samantha Leibowitz, North Carolina State Agora 2.0: Fragmentation, Polarization and Alternative University Sites of Deliberation Rong Fu, North Carolina State University Ryan Erik McGeough, Louisiana State University Chaofan Wu, McCann Erickson Guangming Ltd Filling the Empty Nest: Uses of Online Social Networks Coming of Age: Postmodern Communication within a and Loneliness in Middle-Aged Adults Contemporary Religious Organization Nicholas Brody & Charee Mooney, University of J. Jacob Jenkins, University of South Florida Texas-Austin COMM 101 Meets Workplace Warning Labels Egalitarian or Oligarchic? An Examination of the Power John McGrath, Trinity University Structures of Online Social Environments Katheryn Christy, Purdue University 2602 2510 Thursday 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm Thursday Salon B 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Robinson Exhibition Hall FREE SPEECH PROTECTION FOR CITIZEN LISTEN TO THE MUSIC: HEARING OUR JOURNALISTS COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY. JOURNALISTS SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION SPONSORS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH DIVISION AND MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION CHAIR: CHARLES PARROTT, KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY MODERATOR: TONY DEMARS, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE RESPONDENTS: DISCUSSANT: DAVID MCHAM, UNIVERSITY OF Charles Parrott, Kennesaw State University HOUSTON Craig Gingrich-Philbrook, Southern Illinois University Carbondale PARTICIPANTS: David Does the Dishes Linda Thorsen Bond, Stephen F. Austin State Benjamin Haas, Louisiana State University University Pet Sounds: A Performance of Animal Vocalities Darrell L. Roe, East Texas Baptist University Sarah K. Jackson, Louisiana State University Leo Chan, University of Houston-Clear Lake Listening through History Tony DeMars, Texas A&M University-Commerce Raquel Polanco, Louisiana State University

THURSDAY As an invited research session, panelists will present results from The use of sound, music, and noise in performance has trailed studies indicating how members of the news media feel about First other aspects of our discipline. Within the field of music or sound Amendment protections for so-called citizen journalists, which will the use of technology has forever changed and will continue to be compared to results from studies indicating how bloggers and alter the landscape of performance studies, music, and sound. This others categorized as citizen journalists feel about First panel takes up the issue of technology by using both high and low Amendment issues related to themselves and to the mainstream tech devices and objects in order to explore the relations of tech- media. The panel will also look at how the courts have treated, nology, performance, recording, amplification, politics, and the and are treating, bloggers and other citizen-journalists. everyday. 2603 2601 Thursday Thursday 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm Salon C Salon A THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX: NEW TRENDS IN WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION, MESSAGES, AND ASSISTING STUDENTS WITH PHYSICAL DIALOG DISABILITIES IN THE COMMUNICATION SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION CLASSROOM: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION CHAIR: CAROL BISHOP MILLS, THE UNIVERSITY OF SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION ALABAMA CHAIR: COLE FRANKLIN, EAST TEXAS BAPTIST RESPONDENT: JOHN C. MEYER, UNIVERSITY OF UNIVERSITY

28 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY PARTICIPANTS: 2605 Cole Franklin, East Texas Baptist University Thursday Richard I. Falvo, El Paso Community College 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm Carolyn H. Rester, East Texas Baptist University Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) Vernon Humphrey, University of Southern Mississippi CURRENT TRENDS IN PERPETUATING TRADITIONAL STEREOTYPES: TECHNOLOGICAL In recent years, great advancements have been made on behalf of AND INTERPERSONAL DEPICTIONS OF CULTURE students with physical disabilities who wish to pursue a college degree. Federal guidelines such as the Americans with Disabilities SPONSOR: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION Act (ADA) have helped to spark significant changes in the access DIVISION the physically disabled have to higher education. This is indeed a CHAIR: DAVID SUTTON, AUBURN UNIVERSITY positive move. However, the greater number of students with dis- “If It’s in Mississippi, It Must Be Racist!”-- Contemporary abilities has also required universities to not only work to make Trends in Perpetuating Southern Racial Stereotypes education more accessible, but also make adaptations necessary to Jean L. DeHart, Appalachian State University allow the physically disabled to be successful in the classroom. Sweet Tea, Mint Julep, or Southern Comfort ~ Which This panel will focus on modifications that professors can make Southern Belle are You? Trends and Traditions of Southern within the communication classroom to assist in student success. Women as Seen Through the Eyes of Hollywood Panelists will address administrative classroom changes, modifica- Monette Callaway, Hinds Community College tions to pedagogy, and ways that students and faculty can gain a Check One - Single, Divorced, Widow: The Perpetuation of more complete perspective of the challenges faced everyday by stu- the Stigma of Divorce in Interpersonal, Organizational, Y A D S R and U H T dents with disabilities. Audience members are invited to provide Health Contexts their own ideas and insight into this discussion. Kelli L. Fellows, University of North Carolina — Wilmington 2604 From Death Camps to Cliches: Overuse of the Nazi Thursday Stereotype 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm Robert E. Frank, Longwood University Riverside East Old and New TV Arabs: Trends Across Generations Ed Youngblood, Auburn University APPLYING TRADITIONS AND TECHNOLOGY IN CRISIS COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC POLICY This panel examines the ways in which contemporary analysis and depiction of culture lead to perpetuation of traditional stereotypes. SPONSORS: PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION AND The first panelist examines the trend in stereotypes of place, espe- APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION cially Mississippi as a representation of Southern states and CHAIR: COREY A. HICKERSON, JAMES MADISON racism. The second panelist analyzes Hollywood’s characterization UNIVERSITY of Southern women. The third panelist explicates the creation of RESPONDENT: CHRISTIE M. KLEINMANN, LEE stereotypes of a co-culture of divorce. The fourth panelist analyzes UNIVERSITY the perpetuation of the Nazi stereotype through current depictions. International Government Public Relations: The fifth panelist examines the representation of the Arab culture Conceptualization, Functions, and Convergence with in television shows. Public Diplomacy 2606 Vanessa Bravo, University of Florida A Discourse Analysis of Toyota's Image Repair Strategy in Thursday a Time of Crisis 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm Ashley A. Myers, Valdosta State University Riverside West Natural Disaster: Communicating the Message PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS OF COMMUNICATION Husain Murad, Arkansas State University INTEREST GROUP BUSINESS MEETING Mary Jackson Pitts, Arkansas State University Community Resilience in the Wake of Destruction: The Role of a 'Small Town Narrative' in Resident Decisions to 2607 Rebuild Post Natural Disaster Thursday Sara Shaunfield, University of North Texas 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm Josh Snively, University of North Texas Robinson 402 The Emotional Cost of Nonprofit Wrongdoing SPOTLIGHT ON JAMES HONEYCUTT Ashley Jones-Bodie, Louisiana State University SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION CHAIR: SUZETTE P. BRYAN, PH.D., SOUTHEASTERN

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 29 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY LOUISIANA 2610 PANEL MEMBERS: Thursday Dominique Gendrin, Xavier University of Louisiana 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm Jon Croghan, Northwestern State University Robinson Exhibition Hall Tammy Croghan, Northwestern State Sherry G. Ford, University of Montevallo POSTHUMAN PERFORMANCE METHODOLOGIES: FUSING TRADITION AND TECHNOLOGY As one of the most published authors in the field of Speech SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION Communication, a distinguished professor and mentor, and a novel theorist, Jim Honeycutt’s accomplishments span decades of teach- CHAIR: CHARLES PARROTT, KENNESAW STATE ing and research. He has authored or co-authored four books UNIVERSITY including the recently published Scripts and Communication for RESPONDENT: CHARLES PARROTT, KENNESAW STATE Relationships; is co-editor of Imagination, Cognition, and UNIVERSITY Personality; is associate editor for Communication Quarterly; and Becoming Cyborg: Personae Performance as Posthuman has served or is serving as a reviewer for Human Communication Practice Research, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Personal Shauna M. MacDonald, Southern Illinois University Relationships, Journal of Applied Communication Research, and Carbondale Communication Yearbook. He has appeared on the local media as Devising Theatrical Posthumanism a subject matter expert in the area of interpersonal relationships Nicole Wood, Southern Illinois University and has published numerous articles addressing topics ranging Carbondale from Imagined Interactions to the physiology of communication A Voyeuristic Look at the Implications of Social Media on and emotions in the most prestigious Communication and Social Performance Sciences journals. Ryan Loyd, University of Texas of the Permian Basin 2608 Two Characters in Search of an Aesthetic Thursday Samuel Sloan and Nichole Nicholson, Southern 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm Illinois University Carbondale Robinson 102 According to Katherine Hayles, the “historically specific construc- TOP PAPERS IN INTERPERSONAL tion called the human is giving way to a different construction COMMUNICATION called the posthuman.” A vague and often misused term, “posthumanism” describes an era, a paradigm, and a discourse of ethics SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION that spans the axiological continuum from technophilia to critical DIVISION interrogations of technology. One of the current trends apparent in CHAIR/RESPONDENT: TODD LEE GOEN, CLEMSON Performance Studies is a move toward the use of “new” technolo- UNIVERSITY gies as inspiration, subject matter, and methodology. The contribu- Information Manipulation Strategies in Boundary tors to this panel explore how the technologies of our posthuman THURSDAYTurbulence Management: A Second Look at the Effects of world impact the “doing” of Performance Studies. Privacy Level, Relationship Type, and Key Dispositions Richard S. Bello, Frances E. Brandau-Brown, and J. 2701 Donald Ragsdale, Sam Houston State University Thursday Emerging Adults’ Attachment Styles, Perceptions of 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Communication Satisfaction, Parental Knowledge and Salon A Parental Prevention Strategies effects on Emerging Adults’ TRADITION, TRENDS AND TRANSITIONS IN Alcohol Use Heather N. Warren, Texas Tech University GENDER STUDIES Patrick C. Hughes, Texas Tech University SPONSOR: GENDER STUDIES DIVISION Juliann C. Scholl, Texas Tech University CHAIR: DEBBIE PHILLIPS, MUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY An Intergroup Perspective on Stepchildren’s Violeta Chamorro's Rhetoric: Identification, Male Roles Communication with their Nonresidential Parent’s Family* and Division to Create a Unified Nicaragua Rebecca DiVerniero, Christopher Newport Megan Moe, Lee University University Does King’s Rhetoric Exemplify Any Womanist *Top Paper Characteristics? Kimberly P. Johnson, Xavier University Trends and Traditions in Arguments for Suffrage: From the US to Kuwait Leland G. Spencer, University of Georgia A Promising Change: An Examination of Gender Messages

30 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY in the 2008 Men’s and Women’s Final Four Hazel Cole, McNeese State University Stephanie Marshall, Lee University Christie M. Kleinmann, Lee University 2705 Mommy Blogs: From Identity to Community Brittney Lee, University of Arkansas Thursday 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm 2702 Robinson 402 HELP! THEY’VE CUT MY BUDGET…AGAIN! Thursday TRENDS IN THE WRONG DIRECTION 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Salon B SPONSOR: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION BUSINESS CHAIR: PAULA RODRIGUEZ, HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE MEETING PARTICIPANTS: Paula Rodriguez, Hinds Community College 2703 Robert Glenn, Owensboro Community and Thursday Technical College 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Robert E. Alexander, Bossier Parish Community Salon C College Jeffrey Lawrence, Ivy Tech Community College of

KENNETH BURKE INTEREST GROUP BUSINESS Y A D S R U H T MEETING Indiana This roundtable discussion will focus on current trends in colleges 2704 and universities which can make teaching and administration more difficult, such as budget cuts, overloaded classes, activity sponsor- Thursday ships, replacing full-time positions with adjuncts, etc. Panelists 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm will discuss ways in which they have dealt with these issues, and Riverside East audience participation will be encouraged. ANALYSES OF MEDIA COVERAGE AND RESPONSES TO HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE 2706 BP OIL SPILL Thursday SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) CHAIR: ALISON SLADE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA STUDENT PAPERS IN INTERPERSONAL Same Story, Different Year: Media Coverage of Hurricane COMMUNICATION Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION Amber J. Narro, Southeastern Louisiana University DIVISION Alison Slade, University of South Alabama CHAIR/RESPONDENT: ABBY M. BROOKS, GEORGIA A Public Relations Perspective: Crisis Communication SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY Response Strategies and Reputation Management of the Hyperpersonal Idealization in Close and Casual Long- Katrina and BP Disasters Distance Friendships Dedria Givens-Carroll, University of Louisiana at Nicholas Brody, University of Texas, Austin Lafayette The Influence of Attributions on Affect and Willingness to Could We Get a Little Help Here? The Plight of Hurricane Help an Overweight or Obese Sibling Katrina Victims in the Wake of the BP Oil Spill Charee Mooney & Nicholas Brody, University of Christopher Mapp, University of Louisiana at Texas, Austin Monroe Mentoring and Ph.D. Completion Rates: Examining Working the Media: BP and the Coverage of the Graduation Rates and Faculty Numbers by Discipline Deepwater Horizon Disaster Leigh Ann Johnston, University of Alabama David R. Davies, University of Southern Mississippi ’It’s Like it Sucks You in’: Understanding How Parents Is Any Publicity Good Publicity? BP’s Post-Oil Spill Image Manage Autonomy/Connection in Today’s “Wired” Home Reflected in Viral Videos on You Tube Charee Mooney, University of Texas, Austin Lucian F. Dinu, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Gender Differences in the Smiles in Church Directory Human Tragedy, Environmental Damage and Presidential Photos Response as Crises: Interpreting the Media's Coverage Michael Rold and Kayla Lato, Louisiana State and Bureaucratic Response to the Hurricane Katrina University Tragedy and the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 31 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY 2707 ASSOCIATION Thursday PRESIDING: THOMAS J. SOCHA, SSCA PRESIDENT, 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY Riverside West Please join us for the breakfast, the Association’s Annual Business Meeting, and President Socha’s Address: In a INTERCULTURAL DIVISION BUSINESS MEETING Southern Minute: Message, Mindfulness, and Pie 2708 3201 Thursday Friday 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm 10:15 am – 11:30 am Robinson 102 Salon A ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION THEORETICALLY SPEAKING: USING THEORY TO ADMINISTRATION INTEREST GROUP BUSINESS EXPLAIN TREND MEETING SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION MODERATOR: JOHN SAUNDERS, HUNTINGDON 2709 COLLEGE Thursday Agenda Setting and Framing Public Policy 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Richard L. Baxter, Columbus State University Robinson 103 Twitter and Uses and Gratifications SOUTHERN ARGUMENTATION AND FORENSIC Youngrak Park, Columbus State University DIVISION BUSINESS MEETING Understanding “Blogger Identification” From a Uses and Gratifications Perspective Danna M. Gibson, Columbus State University 2710 When Dialogue Theory Becomes A Powerful Social Media Thursday Tool 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm Hayley Henderson, Columbus State University Robinson Exhibition Hall PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION BUSINESS 3202 MEETING Friday 10:15 am – 11:30 am 2801 Salon B TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY IN Thursday 6:00 pm – 8:00pm EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING: A ROUNDTABLE Salon D DISCUSSION WELCOME RECEPTION SPONSOR: LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION DIVISION SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION & ROUTLEDGE PUBLISHING FACILITATOR: LINDA VANGELIS, EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY PARTICIPANTS:

THURSDAY/FRIDAY Eugenie Almeida, Fayetteville State University DAY 3 Slavica Kodish, Eckerd College Linda Potter Crumley, Southern Adventist University FRIDAY, MARCH 25 Christine S. Davis, University of North Carolina, 3101 Charlotte Friday Chuck Grant, Meredith College 8:00 am -10:00 am Linda Vangelis, East Carolina University Salon D The process of learning is central for human development and for 81ST ANNUAL SOUTHERN STATES meaningful interaction with the environment. Building a sound COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION BREAKFAST foundation for learning in the academic setting will, thus, have an MEETING impact both on students’ academic progress and in real life. The question that probably no one can answer completely is, “What SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION type of learning will be the most enabling?” Adult learning theory

32 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY and research suggests that a program of learning must be experi- An Exploration of the Relationship between Instructor ential – taking into account the learners’ experiences, and inte- Verbal Immediacy and Student Affective Learning in Online grating the materials into their own lives as self-directed learning, Courses* combining active experimentation with theory and practical life Gary K. Hughes, Western Kentucky University skills as participants learn both formally and informally through Critical Concerns for Oral Communication Education application of course materials to life experiences (see Richard Emanuel, Alabama State University e.g.,Dinmore, 1997). The concept of active learning supports The Highly Sensitive Student in the Oral Communication research that shows that students learn more and retain their Classroom learning longer if they acquire it in an active rather than a passive Michelle Epstein Garland, University of Tennessee manner. Active-learning advocates Bonwell and Eison (1991) Supplementing Online Educational Supplements describe active learning as “[involving] students in doing things Will Powers, Texas Christian University and thinking about the things they are doing.” To make the learning more active, we need to learn how to enhance the overall *Top Paper in Instructional Development learning experience by adding some kind of experiential learning and opportunities for reflective dialogue. Participants in this 3205 roundtable discussion will revisit the concept of experiential learn- Friday ing and share their views and experiences in applying the princi- 10:15 am – 11:30 am ples of experiential learning in specific classes. Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) 3203 RHETORIC, IDEOLOGY, AND INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY Friday SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION 10:15 am – 11:30 am

Salon C CHAIR: CINDY SPURLOCK, APPALACHIAN STATE Y A D I R F UNIVERSITY TRADITIONS AND TRENDS IN ETHNOGRAPHY RESPONDENT: MARILYN YOUNG, FLORIDA STATE SPONSOR: ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP UNIVERSITY CHAIR: BRIAN JOHNSTON, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH Song Perpetuating Ideology: The Star-Spangled Banner as FLORIDA Aural Ideograph. RESPONDENT: JOHN NICHOLSON, MISSISSIPPI STATE Nicole Barnes, Georgia State University UNIVERSITY Traditions, Trends, and Technology: Motifs of Race and There Is No Thanksgiving ** Liberty in the Imperialism Debate, 1898-1900 Christopher A. Craig, University of Arkansas William D. Harpine, USC Aiken The Sensorial Revolution: Implications for Observation Silence as President George H.W. Bush’s Response to Research in Communication Studies Tiananmen Square Jennifer B. Rondeau, University of Calgary William F Harlow, University of Texas of the The Tutor as Teammate: A Qualitative Study on the Permian Basin Function of Communication in the Writing Center Terrorism and the Peace Corps: A Rhetorical Reflection on Conference 50 Years of Nation-building Dana Gierdowski, North Carolina State University Casey Malone Maugh, University of Southern Lonesome Dog Blues: How Amish Tradition Informs the Mississippi - Gulf Coast Puppy Mill Culture of Lancaster County, PA * V. Pete Moberg, Jacksonville University 3206 *Top Paper in Ethnography Friday ** Top Student Paper in Ethnography 10:15 am – 11:30 am Riverside West 3204 CONTINUING TRENDS IN MEDIA FRAMES AND Friday ADVERTISING 10:15 am – 11:30 am SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION Riverside East CHAIR: BARRY P. SMITH, MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGY IN COMMUNICATION WOMEN EDUCATION RESPONDENT: MIA C. LONG, UNIVERSITY OF SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION ALABAMA CHAIR: DEBORAH HEFFERIN, BROWARD UNIVERSITY Greener on the Other Side? A Comparative Content RESPONDENT: KATHERINE G. HENDRIX ,UNIVERSITY Analysis of Environmental Claims in Magazine OF MEMPHIS Advertisements in China and the United States

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 33 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Fei Xue, University of Southern Mississippi Gina L. Ercolini, University of South Carolina Sexual Message, Product Involvement or Personality The Refiguration of Enlightenment in Anthologies of Drives? Towards A Purchasing Intent Model of Energy- Rhetoric Enhancing Products Pat J. Gehrke, University of South Carolina Po-Lin Pan, Arkansas State University Framing Tragedy: A Study of the Reporting in Mississippi This panel revisits the Enlightenment to understand first, the hon- and Ohio Student Newspapers Following the Kent State ing and tempering of the notion of enlightened self interest, a and Jackson State Shootings in May 1970 theme of selfishness that is contrary to the individualism that pro- Kaylene D. Armstrong, University of Southern pelled the movement; next, the debt Immanuel Kant owes to several Mississippi thinkers in the British rhetorical tradition including Locke and Are We Ready? Personalized Visual Realities of War Hume, Burke, Shaftsbury, Hutcheson, Kames and others; and final- through Online Journalism ly the revolution in rhetorical history and the refiguration of Sarah Merritt, North Carolina State University enlightenment represented in William Vincent Byars Handbook of Oratory (1901). 3207 3209 Friday Friday 10:15 am – 11:30 am 10:15 am – 11:30 am Robinson 402 Robinson 103 HONORING THE SCHOLARSHIP OF STEPHEN A. INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION SMITH (A.K.A., THE “OZARK OUTLAW”) BUSINESS MEETING SPONSOR: FREEDOM OF SPEECH DIVISION CHAIR: STACE TREAT, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH 3210 CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL Friday RESPONDENT: STEPHEN A. SMITH, UNIVERSITY OF 10:15 am – 11:30 am ARKANSAS Robinson Exhibition Hall Political Trailblazing by an Ozark Mountain Outlaw: Haunting Places, Spaces, and Archives of Free Speech CONTRIBUTED FACULTY PAPERS IN with Steve Smith PERFORMANCE STUDIES Shaun Treat, University of North Texas SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION Free Speech Won’t Die on Smith's Watch CHAIR: LISA FLANAGAN, XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF Rebekah Fox, Texas State University, San Marcos LOUISIANA Stephen Smith and Scholarship of the South RESPONDENT: AMY DARNELL, COLUMBIA COLLEGE FRIDAYAnn E. Burnette, Texas State University, San Marcos OF MISSOURI Unions and Underdogs: Deference to Agitation Field Report: Feminism/Disability/Poetry/Performance: A David R. Dewberry, Rider University Practice-Based Research Project. Petra Kuppers, University of Michigan 3208 Cultural Assembly as Performance: A Reconsideration of the Proana Archive Friday Stephanie Houston Grey, Louisiana State University 10:15 am – 11:30 am Robinson 102 3211 ENLIGHTENMENT RHETORIC AND RHETORICS OF ENLIGHTENMENT Friday 10:15 am – 11:30 am SPONSOR: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF Boardroom RHETORIC (ASHR) SSCA TIME & PLACE COMMITTEE MEETING CHAIR: PAT J. GEHRKE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION RESPONDENT: NATHAN CRICK, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY CHAIR: DEBBIE PHILLIPS, MUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY The Scottish Enlightenment’s Rhetorical Challenge to MEMBERS: Individualism Wendy Hajjar, University of New Orleans Ronald C. Arnett, Duquesne University Bill Edwards, Columbus State University Immanuel Kant’s Debt to British Enlightenment Rhetoric Carl M. Cates, Valdosta State University and Aesthetics

34 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY 3301 Identity Management Theory Paula Rodriguez, Hinds Community College Friday 11:45 am – 1:00 pm This roundtable continues discussion that began at SSCA-Norfolk Salon A and continued at SSCA-Memphis. Part III offers an engaging and refreshing presentation of how communication theories have set CULTIVATING RESISTANCE, BEATING DEFEAT, AND traditions, created trends, and incorporated technology to meet the MAKING MEMORY: EXPLORATIONS IN ever-changing process of communication. Each scholar will open RHETORICAL STRATEGIES discussion on one of their favorite communication theories in an SPONSOR: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF attempt to provide a glimpse into one of the hardest to define terms RHETORIC (ASHR) of today: communication. “My Favorite Communication Theory CHAIR/RESPONDENT: BRANDON INABINET, FURMAN III” invites participants and audience members to examine said UNIVERSITY theories, how they are approached in the classroom and how they impact traditions, trends, and technology. Dear Sister: Letter to Queen Victoria Emily Honea, Texas State University 3303 Hard Working and Victimized by Northern Industrialists: The Mythic Construction of the Southern Worker and Friday Northern Industrial Baron through the Speeches of Henry 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Grady During the 1880’s* Salon C Ray Harrison, University of Alabama MAINSTREAMING AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL A Rhetorical Analysis of the Salem Witchcraft Trials in SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Contemporary American Pop Culture CHAIR: KAMI J. ANDERSON, SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC Lauren Lemley, Abilene Christian University Y A D I R F STATE UNIVERSITY *Top Student Paper, American Society for the History of Rhetoric “I Never Thought….:” How Discussion-Based Communication Courses Assist Students with Learning 3302 Disabilities Friday Kami J. Anderson, Southern Polytechnic State 11:45 am – 1:00 pm University Salon B Showing Rather than Saying: Redefining the Communication Classroom for Students with Learning BROWN PAPER PACKAGES TIED UP WITH STRING, Difficulties THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS: MY Melissa Weaver, Southern Polytechnic State FAVORITE COMMUNICATION THEORY PART III University SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION MODERATOR: ROBERT E. FRANK, LONGWOOD 3304 UNIVERSITY Friday PARTICIPANTS: 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Kenneth Burke’s Dramatism Riverside East David Sutton, Auburn University TOP PAPERS AND TRENDING TOPICS IN PUBLIC Expectancy Violations Theory RELATIONS Todd Lee Goen, Clemson University SPONSOR: PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION Standpoint Theory Monette Callaway, Hinds Community College CHAIR: MARY JACKSON-PITTS, ARKANSAS STATE Attribution Theory UNIVERSITY Sherry G. Ford, University of Montevallo RESPONDENT: BRIGITTA BRUNNER, AUBURN Implicit Personality Theory UNIVERSITY Kristen L. Cockrell, Hinds Community College Walruses do not Live in the Gulf: BP and the Importance Relational Communication Theory of Effective Issues Management* Richard S. Bello, Sam Houston State University Ashli Quesinberry Stokes, University of North Social Judgment Theory Carolina Charlotte Jean L. DeHart, Appalachian State University Deepwater Horizon: Extending the Theory of Image Cyborg Theory meets the Pervasive Communication Restoration Discourse in the Realm of Social Media** Environment Sidharth Muralidharan, University of Southern Stephanie Coopman, San Jose State University Mississippi Narrative Paradigm Theory Kristie Dillistone, University of Southern David Nelson, Northwest Missouri State University Mississippi

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 35 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY The Ambush Agenda: How Bavaria Stole the Spotlight George Nagel, Ferris State University from Budweiser and other Official Sponsors at the 2010 Stacy Anderson, Ferris State University World Cup Mari Kermit-Canfield, Ferris State University Cindy Henry, Crowley’s Ridge College Myleea D. Hill, Arkansas State University Faculty Learning Communities provide opportunities to develop The Promotion of Potentially Harmful Products such as and enhance academic competencies in a cost-effective, efficient Tobacco and Alcohol by Advertising Agencies and Public and highly productive manner. At Ferris State University, learning Relations Firms communities are used for service learning, online teaching, peda- Amy Duvall, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville gogy, critical thinking, communication and other academic rea- sons. Based on the long standing success of the Ferris Critical *Top Paper in Public Relations Thinking Learning Community, this panel will discuss how to **Top Student Paper in Public Relations develop, maintain and assess learning communities with the barest of resources while still achieving the desired goals and objectives. 3305 3307 Friday 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Friday Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) 11:45 am – 1:00 pm HOW HOPE CONFERENCE FURTHERS Robinson 402 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGIES EXAMINING OURSELVES THROUGH NON- SPONSOR: PRESIDENT TRADITIONAL MEDIATED LENSES CHAIR: THEODORE F. SHECKELS, RANDOLPH-MACON SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION COLLEGE CHAIR: LAUREN REICHART SMITH, AUBURN PARTICIPANTS: UNIVERSITY Dialogue and Interpersonal Communication RESPONDENT: KENNY D. SMITH, SAMFORD Kenneth N. Cissna, University of South Florida UNIVERSITY A Positive Perspective on Family Communication Schema Theory, Relationships, and Media: A New Thomas J. Socha, Old Dominion University Perspective in Relationship Cognition Trends in Contemporary Rhetorical Theory Hilary Ray, University of Arkansas Raymie McKerrow, Ohio University Reactionary Cinema: An Analysis of African-American The Rhetoric and Politics of Visual Culture Character Portrayals in Films of the 1970’s Barbara Biesecker, University of Georgia Travis M. Holt, University of Alabama Media and Popular Culture “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” A Content Kathleen J. Turner, Davidson College Analysis of Political Skits from Saturday Night Live FRIDAY NCA’s Institute for Faculty Development, affectionately known as Drew D. Shade, Penn State University the Hope Conference, provides an opportunity for significant and Re-marginalizing the Marginalized: An Analysis of sustained engagement with colleagues in Communication during Photovoice Rhetoric an intense and wonderful summer week. Chaired by the co-director Lindsey Harness, University of Wisconsin- of the conference, this panel features past seminar leaders who Milwaukee offer short overviews of their seminars, reading lists, and some of the most stimulating questions that emerged from the week-long 3308 discussions. Friday 3306 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Robinson 102 Friday RE-MEMBERING 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Riverside West SPONSOR: ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CHAIR: CHUCK GRANT, MEREDITH COLLEGE LEARNING COMMUNITY CONTENT: THE EXAMPLE RESPONDENT: CHRISTOPHER N. POULOS, UNIVERSITY OF CRITICAL THINKING LEARNING COMMUNITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO AND INFORMATION LITERACY APPLICATION The Magic of Sleepless in Seattle: How Nora Ephron SPONSOR: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION Worked a Film Viewer’s Memory Gin Kohl Leiberman, SPC College of Technology CHAIR: DONNA A. SMITH, FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY and Management PARTICIPANTS: A Still Point of my Turning World: Place as Memory Keeper Donna A. Smith, Ferris State University Joyce L. Hocker, University of Montana Faculty

36 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Affilliate and Joyce L. Hocker and Associates, Fetching Anthropomorphism: Identity and CCMC (Canine Communication Consulting and Clinical Computer Mediated Communication) Psychology Jason Munsell, Columbia College Motherline Stories: Cooking as Sensory Ethnography Occident in Motion Christine S. Davis, University of North Carolina at Melanie Kitchens O’Meara, University of Georgia Charlotte Can Dogs Play Poker? Has Damien Hirst Jumped the A Mother’s Death: Remembering and Re-Membering Shark? Some Questions Concerning Animals In and As Art Linda Vangelis, East Carolina University Gretchen Stein Rhodes, Louisiana State University These performances address various locations in which animals 3309 may be marginalized, colonized, or made into signs, but they also Friday ask us to consider how animals configure humans. Through per- 11:45 am – 1:00 pm forming with the animals, these pieces posit empathic, artful, and Robinson 103 productive encounters between humans and non-human animals. BURKEAN CRITIQUES OF CRISES 3311 SPONSOR: KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY Friday CHAIR: SHAUN TREAT, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS 11:45 am - 2:00pm RESPONDENT: SHAUN TREAT, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH Concierge Room (14th Floor) TEXAS SSCA PAST PRESIDENTS’ LUNCHEON The British Petroleum “Making It Right” Media Campaign: SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION A Failure of Redefinition and Identification ASSOCIATION

Robin Snead Oswald, North Carolina State Y A D I R F University Steve Barber, UVa-Wise and Resistance to 3401 Scapegoating Friday Matt Foy, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm The Mad Scientist: Applying Burkean Theory to the UAH Robinson 102 Shooting & Dr. Amy Bishop with a Comparison to the Pakhomov Murder Case BATWOMAN SAVES MEL BROOKS FROM THE Samara Mouvery, University of Alabama DEATHLY HALLOWS NEAR THE BOONDOCKS OF Experiencing the 2008 Fantasy Football Season – Or How THE BACHELOR TIGER WOODS: ANALYSES AND Tom Brady Made a Grown Man Cry CRITICISMS OF REALITY AND FANTASY IN THE Cailyn M. Bankosky, University of North Carolina at ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY Charlotte SPONSOR: THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE 3310 CHAIR/RESPONDENT: MICHAEL S. WALTMAN, Friday UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Race-y Rhetoric in Tiger Woods Scandal Robinson Exhibition Hall Rebecca Taylor, George Washington University PERFORMING WITH THE ANIMALS: SOMETIMES For the Love of Love: A Rhetorical Analysis of The FRIENDSHIP, SOMETIMES ART, OCCASIONALLY Bachelor BOTH AT ONCE Amanda Ranae Goodall, Abilene Christian University SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION “Don’t Trust Them New Niggas Ova There”: An Ideological CHAIR: GRETCHEN STEIN RHODES, LOUISIANA STATE Criticism Analysis of the Cartoon Series The Boondocks UNIVERSITY LaDez D. Captain, West Texas A&M University RESPONDENT: JONATHAN M. GRAY, SOUTHERN DC Comics’ False Idol: A Fantasy-theme Analysis of Greg ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE Rucka’s Batwoman in Detective Comics Erica Mundell, Transylvania University Entangled Bodies and Messy Flesh: Exploring Rhetorical Criticism of Michael Rosen’s Sad Book: The Equine/Human Interconnectivity Comedic Genres of Mel Brooks Season Ellison, The College of Wooster Melissa Lechler, Southern Adventist University Poetics of the Henhouse Religion, Racism, and Revolution in Harry Potter and the Lisa Flanagan, Xavier University of Louisiana Deathly Hallows: An Ideological Criticism Roger and Me: Kitty Love and the Productivity of Desire Galdino Griego, West Texas A&M University Marjorie Hazeltine and David Terry, San Jose State University

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 37 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY 3402 the basic communication course around a specific social issue while utilizing a blended instructional approach, which combines Friday face-to-face and online learning. 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Robinson 103 3404 “WORDS CAN NEVER HURT ME?:” POSITIVE AND Friday NEGATIVE EXPLORATIONS OF MEDIA EFFECTS ON 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm SOCIETY Salon B SPONSOR: THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. RESTORING CONTEXT TO RESEARCH: REGAINING UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE THE BIG PICTURE IN THE COMMUNICATION CHAIR/RESPONDENT: KELLI L. FELLOWS, UNIVERSITY CLASSROOM – PART A OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON SPONSOR: VICE PRESIDENT Analyzing Community Engagement through Social Media Victor Luckerson, University of Alabama EVENT: WORKSHOP (THREE HOURS) Special Effects: A Look at the Correlation between College FACILITATORS: Students and Specific Media George Nagel, Ferris State University Rachel Allen, Southern Adventist University Stacy Anderson, Ferris State University Melissa Couser, Southern Adventist University Mari Kermit-Canfield, Ferris State University Christopher Walton, Southern Adventist University Donna A. Smith, Ferris State University Nicole Garcia, Southern Adventist University Convergence for Better Civic Engagement: Cable News Do your students ever miss the splendor of the forest because they Channels’ Use of New Media are only viewing a couple trees? This workshop will discuss how Whitney (Randi) Moss, Furman University communication instructors working with libraries and librarians Mass Media and Educational Behavior: An Exploratory can assist students in developing the ‘big picture.’ Suggestions for Test of the Effects of Mass Media on the Educational restoring context to research will range from short activities taught Success and Behavior of Students solo by a course instructor to semester-long projects co-taught by Kevin Howard, Arkansas State University an instructor and librarian together. The workshop will provide Mark Parsley, Arkansas State University hands-on activities that instructors can easily adapt to their course Rylan Williams, Arkansas State University or curriculum. A Survey of Hip-Hop Influence on Young Generations Benjamin Fray, Arkansas State University 3405 Jaye White, Arkansas State University Friday Ye Tian, Arkansas State University 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm The Harmful Effects of Verbal and Interpersonal Bullying FRIDAY Salon C Tashe Graves, Georgia Southern University BRINGING BURKEOLOGY INTO THE CLASSROOM: RETHINKING RHETORICAL PEDAGOGY AND 3403 DRAMATISTIC APPLICATIONS Friday SPONSOR: KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Salon A CHAIR: SHAUN TREAT, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS Parlor Drinking with Vulgar Marxists: Burke the Literati’s TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICE LEARNING: Equipment for Living REDESIGNING THE BASIC COURSE IN A Zac Gerschberg, Ashland University CHANGING UNIVERSITY CULTURE Derrida and Derridon’ts: A PoMo Dao of Burke for SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Graduate Rhetorical Criticism CHAIR: CYNTHIA GORDON, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH Shaun Treat, University of North Texas TEXAS Queering Kenneth: A Southern Culture Drag Show Stace Treat, University of North Carolina in Chapel PARTICIPANTS: Hill Cynthia Gordon, University of North Texas “At Least It’s an Ethos, Dude”: Forging a Dramatistic Karen Anderson, University of North Texas Ethics? Garret Castleberry, University of Oklahoma Daniel Grano, University of North Carolina in Norma Jones, University of North Texas Charlotte Benjamin Nye, University of North Texas ‘He's a Dead White Guy, but at Least he was Good Denecia Spence, Richland College Lookin’: Teaching Strategies for Exploring Feminist Panelists will discuss the pros and cons of designing and teaching Burkeology at a Liberal Arts College for Women Jason Munsell, Columbia College

38 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Burkeing Argument: (Re)Invention of KB as Quintessential tion dedicated to ending hunger and poverty and caring for the Parli Debater Earth. We will follow the visit with a debriefing session in which Jon Crogan, Northwestern State University we will write about the experience and discuss ways we can sup- Taking Undergrads “BAC” to the Future: Burke Across the port and address efforts to alleviate world hunger and poverty. Curriculum NOTE: There will be a cost of $7 per person, payable to Heifer Kevin Ells, Louisiana State University in Alexandria International, for the ranch tour and activities. 3406 3408 Friday Friday 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Riverside East Riverside West TOP PAPERS IN GENDER STUDIES ASSESSMENT: TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY SPONSOR: GENDER STUDIES DIVISION SPONSOR: ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION CHAIR: CHRISTIE M. KLEINMANN, LEE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION INTEREST GROUP RESPONDENT: KIM NGUYEN, HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY CHAIR: LINDA PYSHER JURCZAK, VALDOSTA STATE Health as Hegemonic Masculinity: The Symbolic UNIVERSITY Construction of Health in Men’s Health and Men’s Fitness Getting Objective about Objective Tests Magazines * Richard H. Thames, Duquesne University Beverly L. Graham, Georgia Southern University Up to our Ears in Assessment: Two Case Studies Chris B. Geyerman, Georgia Southern University Janie M. Harden Fritz, Duquesne University and Rural Women and Socio-Cultural Challenges in Disease Leeanne M. Bell, Stevenson University Y A D I R F Prevention Assessment as Dramatic Confession: Performative Claudia L. McCalman, Southeastern Louisiana Elements of Communication Administration University Ronald C. Arnett and Janie M. Harden Fritz, A Pitbull with Lipstick: Tokenism, Framing, and Sarah Duquesne University Palin’s Candidacy** A Constructive Rhetoric of Assessment Nicole Barnes, Georgia State University Jeanne Persuit, University of North Carolina Hegemonic Masculinity Reified in Stay-at-Home Dad Wilmington Comedy Films Laura Morrison, Regent University 3409 *Top Paper in Gender Studies Friday **Top Student Paper in Gender Studies 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm 3407 Robinson 402 POLITICAL TRADITIONS, TRENDS & TECHNOLOGY: Friday ANALYSIS OF THE 2010 MIDTERM ELECTIONS 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) SPONSOR: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE POOR AMONG US: CHAIR: BARRY P. SMITH, MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR AN ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELD TRIP OF WORLD WOMEN HUNGER PARTICIPANTS: SPONSOR: ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP Melissa M. Smith, Mississippi State University Larry Powell, University of Alabama at Birmingham FACILITATORS: Brian C. Brantley, Texas A&M University – San Christine S. Davis, University of North Carolina at Antonio Charlotte William F. Harlow, University of Texas of the Christopher N. Poulos, University of North Carolina Permian Basin at Greensboro Barry P. Smith, Mississippi University for Women Rebecca M. Kennerly, Georgia Southern University Jillian A. Tullis, University of North Carolina at Panelists will discuss the 2010 U.S. midterm elections. Among the Charlotte topics that will be addressed are: political communication strate- PANELIST: gies, political advertising, use of social media, and campaign The Audience! finance issues. Reflecting the conference theme, panelists will tie analysis of recent trends to discussion of the underlying constants We will take an ethnographic field trip to Heifer International, of electoral politics and the varied roles of technology in the headquartered in Little Rock, a nonprofit, humanitarian organiza- process.

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 39 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY 3410 Woods case, and the Gulf Oil Spill. Friday 3412 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Robinson Exhibition Hall Friday 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm THE PERFORMANCE PROCESS: FROM THE PAGE William J. Clinton Presidential Library * TO THE STAGE THE CLINTON GOVERNORSHIP AND PRESIDENCY: SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION THE VIEW FROM ARKANSAS CHAIR: TRACY STEPHENSON SHAFFER, LOUISIANA SPONSORS: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS STATE UNIVERSITY DIVISION AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION RESPONDENTS: MODERATOR: STEPHEN A. SMITH, UNIVERSITY OF Jay Allison, University of North Texas ARKANSAS Craig Gingrich-Philbrook, Southern Illinois PARTICIPANTS: University Carbondale PARTICIPANT: Skip Rutherford, Dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service Ruth Laurion Bowman, Louisiana State University Max Brantfield, Arkansas Times In this panel, performance scholars discuss their processes from Ernest Dumas, Arkansas Times recent productions’ inceptions to culminations. The third annual Bobby Roberts, Director, Little Rock Public Library discussion centers on The Double Life of Dr. Dapertutto, which Panelists will discuss the communication of the Clinton premiered in HopKins Black box Theatre at Louisiana State Governorship and Presidency, as seen from the perspective of University in spring of 2010. Director and adaptor, Ruth Laurion those who worked with and covered those administrations. Bowman, notes: “Wedding fantasy and reality, the play features the shenanigans of the noted doctor who creates his own play with- *Please note panelists and attendees will have to make their own in the play based on the fairytale, ‘The Love for Three Oranges.’ travel plans to attend this panel. As the two tales entwine, the theatricality of life surges to the fore 3501 in diverse guises.” Friday 3411 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm Friday Robinson 102 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, THIS LAND IS MY Boardroom LAND: ANALYSES OF TRADITIONAL MEDIA ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: CONTROLLING THE JUXTAPOSITIONS FRIDAY STORY: EXPLORING WAYS IN WHICH TRADITIONS SPONSOR: THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. AND TRENDS OF CRISIS COMMUNICATION UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE PRACTICE AND THEORY ARE GENDERED CHAIR/RESPONDENT: ROBERT E. FRANK, LONGWOOD SPONSORS: PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION, GENDER COLLEGE STUDIES DIVISION, APPLIED COMMUNICATION World War II Propaganda Posters: Looking at the World DIVISION AND COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION through the Eyes of the Government MODERATOR: WILLIAM D. STUART, LONGWOOD Rebecca Stoeker, North Carolina State University UNIVERSITY Exposing the Real Enemy: The German People’s Fear of PARTICIPANTS: Exploration in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas John Shoemaker, Southern Adventist University Catherine Gryp, CRT/tanaka Reframing the Victim: Rhetoric for Segregation in The Heather Powell, State Farm Greenville News Pamela J. Tracy, Longwood University Jennifer Hill, Furman University Panelists will invite attendees to discuss with them some ways in Who Dat Say the Pictures Don’t Lie: A Visual Rhetorical which the theory and practice in crisis communication have tradi- Analysis of Hurricane Katrina Photojournalism tionally been gendered, how these traditions have evolved and Madeleine Levey, Millsaps College some ways in which emerging trends in crisis communication Foreigner in One’s Own Land: Media Analysis of Portrayal might be gendered. In order to provide a framework for the discus- of Mexicans in Texas Hill Country sion, panelists will take as our starting point three key messages Megan Cash, Stephen F. Austin State University recommended for PR practitioners and three recommendations for The Glows and Blows of Archival Research: A Narrative communication during a crisis suggested by a Crisis Exploration of an Undergraduate Communication Project Communication text. We will begin our discussion by applying Hayley H. Himstedt, University of Central Arkansas these frameworks to the Duke Men’s Lacrosse scandal, the Tiger

40 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Mari Kermit-Canfield, Ferris State University 3502 Donna A. Smith, Ferris State University Friday Do your students ever miss the splendor of the forest because they 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm are only viewing a couple trees? This workshop will discuss how Salon A communication instructors working with libraries and librarians TOP STUDENT PAPERS IN RHETORIC AND PUBLIC can assist students in developing the ‘big picture.’ Suggestions for ADDRESS restoring context to research will range from short activities taught solo by a course instructor to semester-long projects co-taught by SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION an instructor and librarian together. The workshop will provide CHAIR: DANIEL GRANO, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH hands-on activities that instructors can easily adapt to their course CAROLINA, CHARLOTTE or curriculum. RESPONDENT: RICHARD LEEMAN, UNIVERSITY OF 3505 NORTH CAROLINA, CHARLOTTE Tattered and Torn: An Analysis of the Confederate Battle Friday Flag as a Resonant Visual Ideograph 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm Liz Sills, University of Montana, and Marshall A Riverside East Jolly, Emory University SPOTLIGHT SCHOLAR The Rhetoric of Crisis Deflation: Clinton and the Case of SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION No Gun Ri Jay Reynolds Patterson, Georgia State University SPOTLIGHT ON JEROLD L. HALE: OUTSTANDING The Domestication of “Nat Turner”: A Historical SCHOLAR IN COMMUNICATION THEORY

Examination of Depictions of Anger This program honors Jerold L. Hale for his work in furthering Y A D I our R F Cortney Smith, Indiana University knowledge and understanding of communication theory. Although On the (Im)Possibility of Reconciliation: The Mormon many scholars spend a career advancing a single theory, his Response to Mountain Meadows Massacre research spans a number of theories, including the theory of rea- Isaac Clarke Holyoak, Texas A & M University soned action, the triangular theory of love, and, of course, expectancy violations theory. As evidenced by the diversity of theo- 3504 ries listed, His contributions to the literature have advanced our Friday understanding of interpersonal relationships, persuasion, and non- Salon B verbal communication. The hallmark of an outstanding scholar in 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm communication theory is not only an individual who advances theory, but someone who advances theory throughout the discipline. RESTORING CONTEXT TO RESEARCH: REGAINING We believe that Jerold L. Hale exemplifies this and is why he is the THE BIG PICTURE IN THE COMMUNICATION ideal candidate for this award. CLASSROOM – PART B SPONSOR: VICE PRESIDENT 3506 EVENT: WORKSHOP (THREE HOURS) Friday FACILITATORS: GEORGE NAGEL, FERRIS STATE 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm UNIVERSITY Robinson 103 Stacy Anderson, Ferris State University IT’S MORE THAN A TREND: IMPACTS AND

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 41 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY OUTCOMES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS 3508 SPONSOR: THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. Friday UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm CHAIR/RESPONDENT: TOM SABETTA, UNIVERSITY OF Robinson 402 KENTUCKY I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU REALLY MEANT College Students’ Perceptions of Factors Influencing Math BECAUSE YOUR NONVERBALS GAVE IT AWAY: Anxiety EXPLORATIONS IN THE WORK OF PAUL EKMAN Megan Traweek, University of Montevallo SPONSOR: THE THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. HONORS College Students’ Perceptions of Fitness and Body Type in CONFERENCE Interpersonal Relationships Melissa MacDonald, Tarleton State University CHAIR/RESPONDENT: DAVID SUTTON, AUBURN Kylee Thetford, Tarleton State University UNIVERSITY Nicole Schueneman, Tarleton State University Are You Smiling at me? College Students Ability to College Students’ Perceptions of their Undergraduate Determine Real vs Fake Smiles Peers with Sexually Transmitted Infections Lacy Woodruff, Hinds Community College Stacy Diane Coggins, Tarleton State University Trust Me: A Critical Analysis of Deception Cues exempli- College Students’ Perceptions of Interracial Relationships fied by Snape in Harry Potter and the Half -Blood Prince Chale Moreno, Tarleton State University Jay S. Johnson, Hinds Community College Raul Carrillo, Tarleton State University Lie to Me: Are we all Experts Now? Winston Dawson, Tarleton State University Rocio Aguilera, Hinds Community College It’s an Age Thing: College Female Dating Age Preferences Cultural Differences in Nonverbal and Facial Leakage Jessica Weaver, Southern Adventist University Cues: A Critical Analysis of Americas and Nigerians in Hilary Prandl, Southern Adventist University Everyday Situations Kelsey Larrabee, Southern Adventist University Olubusola Hall, Hinds Community College Lauren Swafford, Southern Adventist University You Said Hello, but Your Face Said Goodbye: Exploring Kara Turpen, Southern Adventist University Facial Cues Shamekia Arterberry, Hinds Community College 3507 3509 Friday 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm Friday Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm Riverside West

FRIDAYGENDER TRADITIONS AND TRENDS IN ACADEMIA SPONSOR: GENDER STUDIES DIVISION PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS: IN PURSUIT OF A NEW TREND CHAIR: MEGAN MOE, LEE UNIVERSITY SPONSOR: THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. PARTICIPANTS: KATHLEEN J. TURNER, DAVIDSON UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE COLLEGE CHAIR/RESPONDENT: JEAN L. DEHART, APPALACHIAN Trudy L. Hanson, West Texas A&M University STATE UNIVERSITY Christie M. Kleinmann, Lee University Sheree’ Keith, Macon State College Presidential Persuasion and Cialdini: The Practical Jenni Simon, Georgia Southern University Application Angela Day, Ball State University Alex Borgen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill This roundtable features women at various stages of their academ- Self-Presentation Strategies Demonstrated by United ic careers who will explore the struggles and benefits of females States Presidents seeking tenure and promotion in communication higher education. Justin Jurgensen, Georgia Southern University This will be an interactive roundtable in which the audience and Environmental Reframing in the 2008 Presidential and Vice participants will discuss the issue together. The participants range Presidential Debates from well-established scholars (Turner and Hanson) to mid-career Joshua Barnett, University of Georgia professors (Kleinmann and Keith) to recent graduates (Simon and Attacking the Record of the Opposition Day). We will use the participants’ experiences as a guide for dis- Daniel C. Wright, University of Georgia cussion and open up the discussion to special issues, problems Sitting Versus Standing: Analysis of Debate Format and/or solutions that the audience members have interest in exam- Elyse Pulner, University of Georgia ining.

42 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY cal role of Yoga as an Indian tradition and the current trend of 3511 yoga in the United States as a fitness and potential spiritual practice. Yoga has grown dramatically in popularity in the U.S. in the Friday last decade, but is often divorced from its historical, cultural roots. 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm The panelists will examine the practice of yoga from intercultural William J. Clinton Presidential Library* perspectives, examining the communication benefits of yoga, while RECONSIDERING THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY: also addressing issues of authenticity and appropriation. NEW READINGS OF BILL CLINTON’S RHETORIC 3602 SPONSORS: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION Friday CHAIR: TREVOR PARRY-GILES, UNIVERSITY OF 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm MARYLAND Salon B To Hold America’s Trembling House Down”: Pastoral Care MOBILE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY: THE as Presidential Leadership in Clinton’s Civil Rights LOSS OF ‘PERSONAL’ IN INTERPERSONAL Rhetoric. COMMUNICATION Vanessa B. Beasley, Vanderbilt University SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION Rhetorical Closure, Civic Legacy, and the Opening of the DIVISION Clinton Presidential Library CHAIR: MARI KERMIT-CANFIELD, FERRIS STATE Antonio de Velasco, University of Memphis UNIVERSITY The Primary Colors of American Politics John M. Murphy, University of Illinois PARTICIPANTS:

The Speech That Never Was: Bill Clinton’s Rhetorical Donna A. Smith, Ferris State University Y A D I R F Management of Political Image in the 1992 Campaign George Nagel, Ferris State University Trevor Parry-Giles, University of Maryland Stacy Anderson, Ferris State University Mari Kermit-Canfield, Ferris State University *Please note panelists and attendees will have to make their own travel plans to attend this panel. Texting is now the number one method for teens to communicate with friends surpassing face-to-face contact, email, and even 3601 instant messaging. Experts are questioning what effect the increasing dependence on various forms of mediated communication will Friday have on the future generations, particularly on the interpersonal 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm communication skills of these young people. This panel examines Salon A recent research conducted on this subject and invites interactive INDIAN TRADITION VERSUS AN AMERICAN discussion from the audience. TREND: COMMUNICATION ABOUT YOGA AS CULTURAL APPROPRIATION OR A VEHICLE FOR 3603 GROWTH Friday SPONSOR: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm DIVISION Salon C CHAIR: MARY M. MEARES, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PROGRAM TITLE: ROUNDTABLE: EVIL IN THE Yamas and Niyamas: Do's and Don'ts in Yoga, Concerning PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS OF COMMUNICATION Speech SPONSOR: PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS OF Ramesh N. Rao, Longwood University COMMUNICATION INTEREST GROUP The Relationship between the Material and the Practice of Ronald C. Arnett, Duquesne University Yoga: American and Indian Conceptualizations Gina L. Ercolini, University of South Carolina Casey Malone Maugh, University of Southern Pat J. Gehrke, University of South Carolina Mississippi - Gulf Coast James R. Pickett, Flager College Yoga as a Tool for Learning about Culture Robert Westerfelhaus, College of Charleston Mary M. Meares, University of Alabama David Cratis Williams, Florida Atlantic University Yoga: Breathing in Interpersonal Communication Julien C. Mirivel, University of Arkansas at Little From Kant’s “radical evil,” to Freud’s theorization of the death Rock drive, to Badiou’s insistence that the ability to discern evil is cen- Yoga: Experiencing Peak Communication tral to the “ethical ideology,” ideas of evil permeate thought even Avinash Thombre, University of Arkansas at Little in our secular age. The question the discussants take up is what Rock place, if any, evil occupies in various philosophies and ethics of communication. This panel will explore the dialectical tensions between the histori-

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 43 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY backbone of humanistic performance—convert to a completely dig- 3605 ital (online) environment? 3606 Friday 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Friday Riverside East 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) TAKING THE PERFORMATIVE HUMANITIES INTO THE DIGITAL AGE AFRICAN AMERICAN RHETORIC, PAST AND PRESENT SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION CHAIR/RESPONDENT: BRANDON INABINET, FURMAN UNIVERSITY CHAIR: ROBERT E. FRANK, LONGWOOD COLLEGE RESPONDENT: CHRISTINA MOSS, NORTH CAROLINA PARTICIPANTS: STATE UNIVERSITY Melody Lehn, University of Memphis Benjamin “Pap” Singleton and the Exodusters Cynthia P. King, Furman University Jeff Walker, University of Alabama Craig O. Stewart, University of Memphis Barack Obama’s “A More Perfect Union” Speech: The Morgan Ginther, University of Memphis Rhetoric of Race and the American Dream Narrative The western tradition of the humanities as a performative reper- John Russell, University of South Alabama toire and tradition stretches back to Isocrates and Cicero. Since Changing Discourses of Race in the 2008 Presidential that time, economic constraints, changes in knowledge formations, Campaign: Barack Obama’s Quest for “A More Perfect and for-profit and online universities have imperiled that hands-on Union approach. Participants will discuss the tradition of humanistic per- Heather Hayes, University of Minnesota formance, the contemporary trends of technology usage they A Pallid Zone of Prayer: God as Chimera in Obama’s 2009 embrace in the classroom, and technologies that work against the Inaugural Prayer Service humanistic paradigm. Especially central to this discussion will be Teresa Morales, Georgia State University empirical research on a central question: Can the basic public speaking, debate, advocacy, or argumentation course—the very FRIDAY

44 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY 3609 3607 Friday Friday 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Robinson 402 Riverside West SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF GENDER IDENTITY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY IN SPONSOR: GENDER STUDIES DIVISION POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING CHAIR: JENNI SIMON, GEORGIA SOUTHERN SPONSOR: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION UNIVERSITY CHAIR: BILL EDWARDS, COLUMBUS STATE Putting a Woman in Her Place: Understanding the Social UNIVERSITY Construction of Biblical Womanhood RESPONDENT: WILLIAM F. HARLOW, UNIVERSITY OF Heather Leigh Stanley, University of South Alabama TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN Women & Weight: What’s the REAL Story-A Community Presidential Campaign Advertising and Persuasion: A Ethnography of the Rhetoric of Weight Glimpse into the Rhetorical Constructs of Campaign Tracey C. Frazier, Eastern Michigan University Advertising and the Influence of Cognitive Dissonance Be True to Yourself: The Experience of Being Transgender Melanie Armistead, University of Alabama in Texas There is no God!: An Analysis of Public Opinion during the Lucy J. Miller, Texas A&M University 2008 North Carolina Senatorial Race* Performing Home: Domesticity, Nostalgia, and Chamber Lauren Reichart Smith, Auburn University Pots Benefit or Boondoggle?: Corporations Tempted to Danielle Dick McGeough, Louisiana State

Endorse Candidates Should Weigh the Risks University Y A D I R F Melissa M. Smith, Mississippi State University The Cervical Cancer Vaccine: A Blessing or a Potential Political Advertising in the 2010 Congressional and State Health Risk? Elections Slavica Kodish, Eckerd College Patrick G. Wheaton, Georgia Southern University *Top Paper in Political Communication 3610 3608 Friday 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm Friday Robinson Exhibition Hall 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm Robinson 102 CONVERSATIONS WITH DOROTHY PARKER, RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ, BJÖRK AND HENRY SHE’S NOT BAREFOOT, SHE’S NOT IN THE MILLER IN FOUR NEO-CHAUTAUQUA KITCHEN, AND SHE’S SURE AS HECK NOT PERFORMANCES PREGNANT: RE-EXAMINING TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION SPONSOR: THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. CHAIR: OLIVIA GESSELLA “GIGI” PEREZ-LANGLEY, UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE CHAIR/RESPONDENT: PAULA RODRIGUEZ, HINDS RESPONDENT: KELLY S. TAYLOR, UNIVERSITY OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE NORTH TEXAS Glamour Gals—Elderly Women in Nursing Homes and A Performative Conversation with Dorothy Parker Intergenerational Interaction Heather Hull, Southern Illinois University Nikita Sabharwal, George Washington University Carbondale The West is Finally Won: Firefly’s Progressive Feminism in (I) Rigoberta Menchú the New Frontier Gigi Perez-Langley, Southern Illinois University Eden Sutley, George Washington University Dear, Dear Henry: A Contemporary Queer Love Letter To Paula Deen in Internet Video Media: Cookin’ Up Some Henry Miller Gender Role and Racial Stereotypes Anna Wilcoxen, Southern Illinois University Elizabeth Lancaster, Millsaps College Carbondale Metaphors and a Fame Monster Björk Guðmundsdóttir Karen Gramlich, Valdosta State University Nicole Wood, Southern Illinois University Trends and Traditions: A Closer Look at Communication Carbondale and Gender Roles in the Odyssey In this performance panel a dynamic group of performances are Emma Heath, Eckerd College coupled together in the tradition of Neo-Chautauqua performance. Each of the scholar/performers embodies these historical figures

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 45 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY while incorporating both voices as a means of educating an audi- 3707 ence of their life. Our attempt to step into their world merely allows enough time for audience members to also understand the Friday historical significance of legacy in their worlds. 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm Robinson 402 3701 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION BUSINESS Friday MEETING 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm Salon A 3708 MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION BUSINESS Friday MEETING 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm Robinson 102 3702 “TAKE THIS JOB AND…”-- COMMUNICATION AND Friday THE WORKPLACE 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm SPONSOR: THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. Salon B UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE ETHNOGRAPHY INTEREST GROUP BUSINESS CHAIR/RESPONDENT: MARIA A. DIXON, SOUTHERN MEETING METHODIST UNIVERSITY A Social Business World 3703 Lane Sulfridge, Berea College Communication Efficacy at Work: Identifying Self-ineffec- Friday tive and Other-effective Communication Behaviors in the 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm Workplace Salon C Cathy DiGrazio, North Carolina State University at GENDER DIVISION BUSINESS MEETING Raleigh Conversations at Work: Common Themes Among Working Professionals’ Descriptions of Communication Efficacy at 3704 Work Friday Adam G. Hughes, North Carolina State University 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm Communication Work Efficacy: How Working Adults Riverside East Describe Their and Others’ Communication Effectiveness LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION DIVISION in the Workplace FRIDAYBUSINESS MEETING Stephanie N. Raney, North Carolina State University A Comprehensive Model of the Potential Benefits of 3705 Corporate Community Involvement and Philanthropy in Friday For-Profit Organizations 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm Elizabeth Alspaugh Campbell, Eckerd College Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) Removing Obstacles to Self-Sufficiency: A Communication Approach to Support Network Building AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF Kate T. Hargrove, Columbus State University RHETORIC INTEREST GROUP BUSINESS MEETING 3709 3706 Friday Friday 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm Robinson 103 Riverside West “AFTER ALL, COMPUTERS CRASH, PEOPLE DIE, APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS FALL APART.” EXAMINATIONS OF MEETING INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS SPONSOR: THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE CHAIR/RESPONDENT: JEROLD L. HALE, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN Perception and Romantic Relationships: A Quantitative

46 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Study of Researchers and Settlers Karen Chen, George Washington University DAY 4 Interpersonal Attractiveness and the Halo Effect Chelsea Carroll, Berea College The Relationship Villain: Where Does it Come From and SATURDAY, MARCH 26 How is it Created? 4101 Sean Patrick Owsley, Berea College The Player-Coach Relationship: Effects on Athletic Saturday Performance 8:00 am – 9:15 am John Kossack, Berea College Salon D 16TH ANNUAL THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. 3710 UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE BREAKFAST

Friday Y A D R U T A S / Y A D I R F 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION Robinson Exhibition Hall ASSOCIATION (RE)MEDIATION: ADAPTATION, ADOPTION, AND THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. UNDERGRADUATE VIRAL PERFORMANCE HONORS CONFERENCE OF SSCA SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION PRESIDING: MONETTE CALLAWAY, HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHAIRS: JOHN LEBRET, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY REBECCA WALKER, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS 4102 RESPONDENT: KELLY S. TAYLOR, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS Saturday 8:00 am – 9:15 am A Screaming Frenzy of Swiftness Salon A Travis Brisini, Louisiana State University E-race-ing Text TRADITIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS ACROSS Jade Huell, Louisiana State University CONTEXTS: CONVERSATIONS AND APPLICATIONS Tip. Top. Gun. SPONSOR: PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION Benjamin Haas, Louisiana State University MODERATOR: JOSEPH MITCHELL, VALDOSTA STATE Sugar Town UNIVERSITY Sarah K. Jackson, Louisiana State University No-Lip Dub Making a Crisis Communication Case: How the BP Oil Spill John LeBret, Louisiana State University Affected Louisiana’s Tourism. You Misquoted My Robot: Re-presenting Silicon Dedria Givens-Carroll, University of Louisiana at David Terry, San Jose State University Lafayette (Re)memorizing Julia Would You Like a Side of Salmonella With That? Crisis Holley Vaughn, Louisiana State University Communication for Local Restaurateurs. That Makes Two of Us linda pysher jurczak, Valdosta State University Justin T. Trudeau and Rebecca Walker, University of PFLAG reaching out in the Deep South: The diffusion of a North Texas delicate outreach campaign. Joseph Mitchell, Valdosta State University Situated at the nexus of technology, trends, and tradition, Traditional public relations and the trend toward relation- (re)mediation conceptualizes contemporary inclinations in referen- ship management: An auto-ethnographic examination of a tial performance marked by a recycling of the cultural archive. stakeholder-organization relationship. Through the utilization of a variety of cultural documents, tech- Marcus A. Porter, Louisiana State University nologies of mediation, and performance practices, these perform- Fruit that may abound to your account: An analysis of fun- ances re(visit) both the borrowings within a mediatized culture, damentalist Christian fundraising communications as a critically examined by postmodern theorists such as Baudrillard, case for applying Cognitive Dissonance Theory to donor Jameson, and Lyotard, and the performative possibilities contained relations. therein, as noted by performance theorists such as Auslander, Mark Ward, University of Victoria-Houston Derrida, and Phelan. Presented as short performances, these creative endeavors draw from and expand our traditional disciplinary 4103 consciousness and the cultural memories residing there. Saturday 8:00 am – 9:15 am Salon B EMERGING TRENDS IN RELIGIOUS RHETORICS

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 47 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION Andy King, Louisiana State University CHAIR: RON VON BURG, CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT The Meaning of the Motivorum’s Motto UNIVERSITY Richard H. Thames, Duquesne University Terminating Burke: Reading the Red Scare through the Vico’s Ingenium for the Traditions of Religion Epistolary Text of the University of Washington’s Alessandra Beasley Von Burg, Wake Forest Cancellation of a Burke Lecture Series University David Cratis Williams, Florida Atlantic University The Problem with Mockery: American Public Discourse and the Tragic Rhetorical Stance in Religulous Mark Allan Steiner, Christopher Newport University 4106 Blaine Amendments and the Rhetorical Negotiation of Saturday Religious Intolerance in Public Policy Debates Riverside West Marcus Paroske, University of Michigan-Flint 8:00 am – 9:15 am Sacrificing Conservatism for the Salvation of Conservation: THE RHETORIC OF TRADITIONS AND TRENDS Green Evangelicalism and Religious Discourses of Climate Stewardship SPONSORS: SOUTHERN ARGUMENTATION AND Ron Von Burg, Christopher Newport University FORENSICS AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISIONS The Creation Museum and the Reconstitution of Biblical CHAIR: DAVID NELSON, NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE Morality UNIVERSITY Kevin Heston, Wake Forest University PARTICIPANTS: Ruth Laurion Bowman, Louisiana State University 4104 Jacqueline D. Burleson, Virginia State University Saturday Roberta Crisson, University of Pennsylvania 8:00 am – 9:15 am Amy Darnell, Columbia College of Missouri Salon C Darren Goins was an active member of Southern States. His sud- ALTERING TRENDS 2: SOCIALIZATION AND den passing away in August 2010 shocked and saddened those who EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INTERPERSONAL knew him. Come celebrate Darren’s achievements through the COMMUNICATION words and performances from people who knew and worked with him from the Southern Argumentation and Forensics and SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION Performance Studies Divisions. CHAIR: MARY BETH ASBURY, THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS 4107 RESPONDENT: RAYMOND OZLEY, UNIVERSITY OF Saturday MONTEVALLO Board Room Increasing Body Satisfaction in Adolescent Girls through 8:00 am – 9:15 am Family Communication: An Applied Theoretical Approach SATURDAY DISCOURSE OF THE U.S PRESIDENCY: CRAFTING Ashton Mouton, Colorado State University RHETORICAL POWER Proposing an Inoculation-Based Approach for Developing SPONSOR: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF Efficacious Strategies for Resisting Cigarettes among RHETORIC (ASHR) Chinese Male Youth Jay Chang, Hong Kong Baptist University CHAIR/RESPONDENT: CYNTHIA P. KING, FURMAN Vivian C. Sheer, Hong Kong Baptist University UNIVERSITY Reba and Her Militant Prose: Sex Work, HIV/AIDS and One Covenant, Six Pledges, and A Request: John F. Subaltern Insurgent Texts Kennedy’s Inaugural Address Ambar Basu, University of South Florida Kristina E. Curry, Georgia State University Narrative Analysis of Woodrow Wilson’s Moral Right 4105 Rhetoric in Defense of Foreign Policy Affairs, 1917-1919 Cliff Lorick, University of Alabama Saturday Critical Discourse Analysis of the NPRR 8:00 am – 9:15 am Avery Henry, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Riverside East BURKEIAN TRIBUTES TO MICHAEL LEFF 4108 SPONSOR: KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY Saturday CHAIR: RICHARD H. THAMES, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY 8:00 am – 9:15 am Michael Leff’s Intellectual Odyssey from a Burkeian Road Robinson 402 Perspective CULTIVATING PEACE BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND

48 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY THE USA: DILEMMAS, CHALLENGES, AND HOPE Yuhui Tai, Southern Illinois University Carbondale IN A COMMUNITY BASED USAID PROGRAM Teaching Journalism Style and Writing As Critical Thinking SPONSOR: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION Wendy Weinhold, Kennesaw State University DIVISION Educators and students interested in exploring alternative methods CHAIR: GERALD W. DRISKILL, UNIVERSITY OF of teaching journalism studies and practices are encouraged to ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK join the members of this program. This panel unites four journal- We are more similar than different : Leadership ism learning communities: students, administration, activists and Communication instructors. Our aim is to cultivate communication between com- Gerald W. Driskill & Julien C. Mirivel, University of munities of learning by embracing critical theory and community Arkansas at Little Rock engagement as alternative methods of journalism pedagogy. In Agents of Development: Using Communication to keeping with the conference theme, we will encourage the design Organize Community and implementation of student and faculty learning opportunities Avinash Thombre, University of Arkansas at Little that explore traditions, trends and technology as they relate to Rock journalism. Panelists will share examples of lesson plans and Presenting Change encourage discussion of alternative journalism teaching and pro- Kristen McIntyre, Andrew Pyle, Rhonda Troillett, duction methods. University of Arkansas at Little Rock The Moral Dilemmas and Impact of US Sponsored Social 4110 Change Practices in FATA Saturday Sophia Said, MPS Candidate at the Clinton School 8:00 am – 9:15 am Y A D R U T A S of Public Service Robinson Exhibition Hall Assessing Intercultural Program Effectiveness: Survey Results and Analysis G.I.F.T.S.: GREAT IDEAS FOR TEACHING SPEECH: Derek Wingfield, MA Candidate, University of PART #1 OF 3 Arkansas at Little Rock SPONSORS: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION AND INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION In response to the increased tensions in Pakistan, the U.S. Agency for International Development reinvigorated a peacemaking tradi- CHAIR: LORA HELVIE-MASON, SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY tion with a program entitled, “Experience America.” The Speech AT NEW ORLEANS Communication Department at the University of Arkansas at Little PARTICIPANTS: Rock, as part of this program, provided three communication Fixing a Bad Outline: A Public Speaking Class Activity to workshops for 15 Pakistani students. However, on their return, stu- Teach How to Correct Outlining Errors dent efforts to introduce ideas from the workshops placed their William D. Harpine, University of South Carolina, ideas and at times, their lives, at risk. Panelists will (a) review the Aiken workshops, (b) provide a Pakistani perspective on moral dilemmas, Say It this Way: Learning Proper Citation and Outline (c) summarize assessment data, and (d) prompt audience reflection Format from the Pre-Written Speeches on intercultural peace and development programs. Erin Looney, University of Alabama 4109 Conscious Communication: Teaching Communication Theory Saturday Leslie M. Deatrick, University of Tennessee- 8:00 am – 9:15 am Knoxville Robinson 102 Stephanie Kelly, University of Tennessee-Knoxville TEACHING COMMUNITY-ENGAGED JOURNALISM Peer Evaluations: Listen and Learn STUDIES AND PRACTICES Megan S. Sparks, University of Southern Alabama SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION Nekita D. Huling, University of South Alabama Nadia K. Bush, University of Southern Alabama CHAIR: WENDY WEINHOLD, KENNESAW STATE Introducing Invitational Rhetoric through Facilitating UNIVERSITY Discussion RESPONDENT: NICK BOWMAN, YOUNG HARRIS Brandi Moyer, North Carolina State University COLLEGE Performing Ethos: Two Truths and a Lie Teaching the Teachers Jacob Davis, University of South Alabama Michelle Babcock, Kennesaw State University Responding to Mistakes in Multiple-Choice Exams Teaching Ethics and Law to Journalists Questions Bill Freivogel, Southern Illinois University Linda Potter Crumley, Southern Adventist Carbondale University Technology Trends and Emerging Homeless Alternative Look at Me or Lose Me! Media in Taiwan Paula Rodriguez, Hinds Community College

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 49 50 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Part one of three sessions consists of speech communication edu- more integrative approach to problems including more intuitive cators presenting successful activities to small groups of attendees. thinking. The panel participants are attempting to integrate their During this session, audience members will hear different teaching knowledge of Eastern philosophy with western models of conflict activities presented at each table; they will move from table to resolution to help overcome some of the stumbling blocks often table to learn a variety of lesson plans that can be applied to their encountered when attempting to resolve conflict using strictly west- courses. ern models. 4111 4202 Saturday Saturday 8:00 am – 9:15 am 9:30 am – 10:45 am Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) Salon B TOP PAPERS IN POPULAR COMMUNICATION SPOTLIGHT ON THE 2011 GENDER SPONSOR: POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION COMMUNICATION SCHOLAR – AN INTERVIEW CHAIR: CATIE MALONE, HUNTINGDON COLLEGE WITH MARION MEYERS A ‘Window Seat’ Gaze at Black Nudity as Resistance SPONSOR: GENDER STUDIES DIVISION Niya Pickett Miller, The University of Southern INTERVIEWER: SHEREE’ KEITH, MACON STATE Mississippi COLLEGE The Visual Style of CLAMP HONOREE: MARION MEYERS, GEORGIA STATE

Lucy J. Miller, Texas A&M University UNIVERSITY Y A D R U T A S What Accent? The Marginalization and Assimilation of Latinos on television: A Connotative Reading of ABC’s Marion Meyers is an impressive researcher whose work has helped Modern Family** shape understanding of the portrayal of women across various Leslie Rasmussen, The University of Southern media and genres. Her latest publication “News Coverage of Mississippi Violence Against Muslim Women: A View From the Arabian Gulf” The Problem of Walking Away: A Rhetorical Crisis in with Sarah Halim concludes that English-language newspapers in Housing * the Arabian Gulf share many of the same characteristics of news Blake Abbott, University of Richmond reporting of violence against women in the West by ignoring its *Top Paper in Popular Communication systemic nature and relation to male supremacy and patriarchal **Top Student Paper in Popular Communication ideology. Her publication “News Coverage of Violence Against Women: Engendering Blame” reveals the detrimental impact of 4201 traditional news coverage for victims of domestic violence. Meyers has authored two books “Women in Popular Culture: Saturday Representation and Meaning” and “Mediated Women: 9:30 am – 10:45 am Representations in Popular Culture” as well as been published in Salon A numerous communication journals. She has over 14 years of EAST MEETS WEST: INTEGRATING EASTERN reporting, writing and editing experience with newspapers and PHILOSOPHY WITH WESTERN CONFLICT radio stations in New York, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin, and MANAGEMENT has served as a media consultant for the Southern Regional Council, the Center for Democratic Renewal, and the SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. She currently DIVISION is an associate professor of communication at Georgia State CHAIR: JIM PARKER, AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY University where she teaches a variety of courses including femi- Krisnamurti: Surrender and Freedom nist media studies and media and cultural studies. SSCA Gender Marcilene Thompson-Hayes, Arkansas State Studies Chair, Sheree’ Keith, Macon State College, will interview University our scholar about her teaching, research, and service contribu- Carol Thompson, University of Arkansas at Little tions to the field of Gender Studies. Rock” Understand the Role of the Yamas and Niyamas in Conflict 4203 Resolution Saturday Tom Baglan, Arkansas State University 9:30 am – 10:45 am Can Yoga Help Resolve Conflict: Integrating Mind and Salon C Body Jim Parker, Austin Peay State University TOP PAPERS IN MASS COMMUNICATION SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION The purpose of this panel is present some alternative views to conflict management. In the west we are very dependent upon rational CHAIR: MYLEEA D. HILL, ARKANSAS STATE decision-making and problem solving. Eastern philosophy takes a UNIVERSITY

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 51 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY RESPONDENT: BRIAN C. BRANTLEY, TEXAS A&M University Carbondale UNIVERSITY-SAN ANTONIO David Eshelman, Arkansas Tech University Engaging Customers Through Twitter: A Case Study of Booby Trap: A Solo Show Flash Mob Three National Retail Chains M. Heather Carver, University of Missouri Jennifer T. Edwards, Tarleton State University Don't Cry for Me Texarkana: The Life and Strange Who and What Should We Blame? Framing Analysis of Rehearsal Process of Kelly Taylor The Virginia Tech Shootings Kelly S. Taylor, University of North Texas Yangsun Hong, University of Alabama Solo Coalitions: Articulating Networks and Connections as Setting the Policy Agenda for Preserving and Restoring a Solo Performer Louisiana’s Coastal Wetlands: A Content Analysis of Post- Jonathan M. Gray, Southern Illinois University Katrina Newspaper Coverage* Carbondale Dedria Givens-Carroll & Michael Spears, University Creating the One Person Show Through Workshopping of Louisiana at Lafayette Scott Dillard, Georgia State College and University Narrating Decline in Detroit: Resistance to Media My Fragile Family Tree: Collaboratively Staging the Solo Cultivation** Show Steve Stuglin, Georgia State University Matt Fotis and Noah Lelek, University of Missouri * Top Paper in Mass Communication ** Top Student Paper in Mass Communication This panel addresses traditions, trends and technology in performing, writing, and directing the one-person show. Each presentation investigates a different aspect of the “new” solo play in contrast 4204 and comparison to the large body of solo work over the last few Saturday centuries. Whether workshopping a performance of memoir, or 9:30 am – 10:45 am directing another person in his/her autobiographical tale, we are Riverside East examining the limitless boundaries of self, culture, and other. TOP PAPERS IN RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS While we no longer solely use a podium like Chautauqua speakers, our use of film, photography, sound, internet, and digital media SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION still draw upon the work of a solo performer with his/her audience. CHAIR: RICHARD LEEMAN, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHARLOTTE 4206 RESPONDENT: JASON EDWARD BLACK, UNIVERSITY Saturday OF ALABAMA 9:30 am – 10:45 am Structured Agency: At the Rhetorical Crossroads in Halo 2 Riverside West Gerald Voorhees, High Point University TRENDS THAT THREATEN: HOW THE ECONOMY IS Pre-Emptive Apologia as Prebuttal: Contextual AFFECTING COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENTS, FRIDAYReconstruction in Calvin and Hobbes 10th Anniversary Collection and the Rhetorical Presidency FACULTY, AND STUDENTS Shaun Treat, University of North Texas SPONSOR: ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION Transcending Mysticism and Building Identification ADMINISTRATION INTEREST GROUP Through Empowerment of the Rhetorical Agent: John F. MODERATOR: CHARLES H. TARDY, UNIVERSITY OF Kennedy’s Berlin Speeches on June 26th, 1963 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Isabel Faye and Jim A. Kuypers, Virginia Tech PARTICIPANTS: Rhetoric and the Aesthetic State Carl M. Cates, Valdosta State University Michael Lane Bruner, Georgia State University Kenneth N. Cissna, University of South Florida Renee Edwards, Louisiana State University 4205 Jerold L. Hale, University of Michigan-Dearborn Trudy L. Hanson, West Texas A & M University Saturday Ronald C. Arnett, Duquesne University 9:30 am – 10:45 am Paula Rodriguez, Hinds Community College Robinson 402 Amy Aldridge Sanford, Northeastern State TRADITIONS, TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGY IN University PERFORMING ONE-PERSON SHOWS As the U.S. economy continues to stagger, colleges and universities SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION have faced a myriad of problems. Many have been forced to cut CHAIR: AMY DARNELL, COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF budgets due to declining state appropriations. Reports of reorgani- MISSOURI zation, program eliminations, faculty terminations, increased class sizes, etc. are commonplace. Simultaneously, many institutions RESPONDENTS: have experienced growth in student enrollments as people seek Craig Gingrich-Philbrook, Southern Illinois additional education to bolster their prospects in a depressed job

52 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY market. Some institutions have sought to maintain or enhance Diana Lynde, Columbia College enrollments because of the importance of tuition revenue. Departments, faculty, and students in communication programs are 4209 being affected by these changes. In this session, administrators will describe how their institutions have responded to the declining Saturday economy and discuss strategies for coping with the resulting prob- 9:30 am – 10:45 am lems. Robinson 103 TOP PAPERS IN APPLIED COMMUNICATION 4207 SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION Saturday CHAIR: MARIA A. DIXON, SOUTHERN METHODIST 9:30 am – 10:45 am UNIVERSITY Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) RESPONDENT: JOANN KEYTON, NORTH CAROLINA NEW TECHNOLOGY: THE RISKY, THE RIGHTEOUS STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE REAL A Path Analytic Test of Anti-binge Drinking Public Service SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION Announcement Effectiveness: Attitudes and Intentions* CHAIR: MEGAN L. WILSON, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HoYoung Ahn, University of Tennessee Michael R. Kotowski, University of Tennessee RESPONDENT: RAYMOND OZLEY, UNIVERSITY OF Lei Wu, University of Tennessee MONTEVALLO Hyunjae Yu, Sogang University

Applying Agenda-Setting Theory: The Search for Weapons Supervisory and Organizational Apology: Y Training A D R for U T A S of Mass Destruction Persuasiveness Adrian Hall, Columbus State University Ryan S. Bisel, University of Oklahoma Social Amplification of Risk & Uncertainty Management Amber Messersmith, University of Nebraska, Theory: A Case Study of H1N1 through Traditional and Kearney Digital Media Dini Homsey, University of Oklahoma Jennifer Caputo, North Carolina State University Student Interns’ Socially Constructed Work Realities: Dramatism and Reality TV Narrowing the Work Expectation-Reality Gap Sharrelle Jackson, Columbus State University Kathy Barnett, Loyola University Fundamentalism and the Implanted Demand: Why ‘Divide Challenges and Opportunities: Educating Medical Trainees and Conquer’ Works for the Hegemony to Disclose Medical Errors** Shannon Montgomery Patrick Dillon, University of South Florida *Top Paper in Applied Communication 4208 **Top Student Paper in Applied Communication Saturday 9:30 am – 10:45 am 4210 Robinson 102 Saturday TOP PAPERS OF THE THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. 9:30-10:45am UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE Robinson Exhibition Hall SPONSOR: THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. G.I.F.T.S.: GREAT IDEAS FOR TEACHING SPEECH UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE PART #2 OF 3 CHAIR: BETH ESCHENFELDER, UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA SPONSORS: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION AND RESPONDENT: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Mary Stuckey, Georgia State University CHAIR: RICHARD I. FALVO, EL PASO COMMUNITY American Dream: The Rugged Individual vs. the Good COLLEGE Neighbor PARTICIPANTS: Michael Justin Woodall, Appalachian State Creating a Positive Communication Climate University Robin J. Jensen, St. Petersburg College, Visible Souls: The Competing Narratives of Tolkien and Clearwater Campus Pullman Teaching Outlining Using the Nightly News Brandon Griffith, Columbus State University Nakia Welch, University of Oklahoma Mother Jones as a Rhetorical Figure: Through the Lens of The Research Scavenger Hunt August 1, 1912 Coal Strike in West Virginia Wendy Mitchell, St. Petersburg College Kristen Howell, University of Memphis The Listening Journal: Extended Practice in Listening The Eloquence of Guilt: Remembrance and Regret at the Skills Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Deborah Hefferin, Broward Univeristy

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 53 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY The Supermarket as a Critical Thinking Exercise from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. His research focuses Richard Quianthy, Broward College on the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, the The Epideictic Speech South, and Arkansas, and the history of post-New Deal southern Richard Mercadante, Petersburg College, politics, society and culture. Clearwater Campus Gender Communication – The Princess Construct 4302 Hazel J. Rozema, University of Illinois at Springfield Saturday Part two of three sessions consists of speech communication edu- 11:00 am – 12:15 pm cators presenting successful activities to small groups of attendees. Robinson 102 During this session, audience members will hear different teaching BECK, BUSH, OBAMA…OH, AND ROMNEY: activities presented at each table; they will move from table to RIGHTS, WRONGS, AND LIBERALS table to learn a variety of lesson plans that can be applied to their courses. SPONSOR: THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE 4211 CHAIR/RESPONDENT: BILL EDWARDS, COLUMBUS Saturday STATE UNIVERSITY 9:30 am – 10:45 am Binary Construction in President Bush’s Iraq War Rhetoric Boardroom Caroline Koons, Appalachian State University Glenn Beck: A Twenty-First Century Demagogue TRENDS, TRADITIONS, AND TECHNOLOGIES: Michael Greer, Georgia Southern University FEMINISM AND PEDAGOGY WHEN TEACHING When a Grown Man Cries: A Descriptive Analysis of Glenn WOMEN’S PUBLIC ADDRESS/DISCOURSE. Beck’s 2010 Keynote Speech at CPAC SPONSORS: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS Elizabeth Carpenter, Furman University DIVISION AND GENDER STUDIES DIVISION Liberty Sunday Wrongs: Romney Meets the Universal Audience CHAIR: CHRISTINA MOSS, NORTH CAROLINA STATE Ashley M. Creavalle, Furman University UNIVERSITY Obama’s Election Victory Speech: The Breakthrough of a PARTICIPANTS: New Rhetorical Genre Kathleen J. Turner, Davidson College Chelsea Curtis, Furman University Lori Stallings, University of Memphis Megan Foley, Mississippi State University 4303 Inspired by a Hope conference seminar on recovering women’s Saturday rhetoric, this panel will discuss historiographies, innovations, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm methodologies, and resources for studying American women’s pub- Robinson 103 lic address. Particular attention will be given to the intersections “ADVERTISING - A JUDICIOUS MIXTURE OF FLAT- SATURDAYof criticism, pedagogy, and feminist and gender theory. Heeding TERY AND THREATS:” MEDIA INFLUENCES ON the admonitions and examples of such scholars as Susan Zaeske, CULTURAL NORMS Bonnie Dow, and Catherine Palczewski, participants will explore ways to “think outside the box” about women’s discourse to push SPONSOR: THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. traditions, trends, and technologies in new directions. Beginning UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE with the panelists’ discussion of the basic issues, the session will CHAIR/RESPONDENT: MISTY KNIGHT, SHIPPENSBURG then turn to a conversation with audience members to pool our UNIVERSITY perspectives. What’s Really Going On? Scott Alexander Adrian, Abilene Christian 4301 University Saturday National and Regional Media Portrayals of Female Body 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Image Salon B Bonnie Tucker, Millsaps College Ideologies of Gender and Physical Attractiveness in PLENARY Weight-Loss Advertisements: A Lose-Lose Situation SPONSOR: VICE PRESIDENT Kristen Geil, Transylvania University CHAIR: FRANCES BRANDAU-BROWN I am a Man Because I Use Old Spice Judith Anne Dansby, Samford University SPEAKER: JOHN A. KIRK Message Differential: An Experimental Study of Successful “Communicating the 1957 Little Rock School Crisis” Advertising Strategies Amongst an Increasingly Diverse Population Dr. Kirk holds an undergraduate degree in American Studies from Brett Hunt, Arkansas State University the University of Nottingham and a Ph.D. in American History 54 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Brent Beall, Arkansas State University Middle East Partnership Initiative Drew Brown, Arkansas State University Philip J. Auter, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Visual Literacy in the Fashion Public Relations Industry William R. Davie, University of Louisiana at Laura Townsend, Valdosta State University Lafayette *Top Paper in Intercultural Communication 4304 Saturday 4306 Robinson 402 Saturday 11:00 am – 12:15 pm 11:00 am – 12:15 pm PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION STUDENT Salon C COMPETITIVE PAPERS THE RHETORICAL DISCOURSE OF POPULAR SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION CULTURE MESSAGES CHAIR: LISA FLANAGAN, XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF SPONSOR: SOUTHERN ARGUMENTATION AND LOUISIANA FORENSICS DIVISION RESPONDENT: JONATHAN M. GRAY, SOUTHERN CHAIR: JEFF BOONE, ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE RESPONDENT: JOHN NICHOLSON, MISSISSIPPI STATE The Delta Speaks: The Performance and the Poetics of UNIVERSITY Place The New Sophists?: The Arguments Behind and Against Ariel Gratch, Louisiana State University Comedy Boot Camp Y A D R U T A S Performing the Typewriter: A Critical Study of Women and David Nelson, Northwest Missouri State University their Machines An Argument for Negligence: Burke’s Perspective on the Sarah K. Jackson, Louisiana State University Ouachita Valley Flood of 2010 Momentary Communicative Rupture as Communication for JD Smith, Wichita State University a Trans-subjective World The Rhetoric of Hope Shauna M. MacDonald, Southern Illinois University Grant McKay, The University of Southern Carbondale Mississippi Fill/Flash/Memory: A History of the Flash Mob* Comedians as Social Critics Rebecca Walker, Louisiana State University George Pacheco, Jr., Angelo State University *Top Student Paper in Performance Studies Mediated Argument and the Dialectical Vernacular* Ryan Erik McGeough, Louisiana State University 4305 *Top Student Paper Saturday 4307 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Salon A Saturday TOP PAPERS IN INTERCULTURAL 11:00 am – 12:15 pm COMMUNICATION Riverside East SPONSOR: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND DIVISION TECHNOLOGY: NEW WAYS OF ADDRESSING TRADITIONAL FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES BY THE CHAIR: JENNIFER T. EDWARDS, TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY U.S. SUPREME COURT (2001-2010), INCLUDING ISSUES ARCHITECTURAL AND ISSUES ARISING RESPONDENT: DOMINIQUE GENDRIN, XAVIER BEFORE JUSTICE CONFIRMATIONS UNIVERSITY SPONSOR: VICE PRESIDENT What Counts as a Credible Negotiator in Sino-Business Encounters? Cultural Influence Examined Via Accounts CO-CHAIRS: JIM VICKREY, TROY UNIVERSITY AND from Both Sides DAVID R. DEWBERRY, RIDER UNIVERSITY Vivian C. Sheer, Hong Kong Baptist University The New, Non-traditional Role Seemingly Now Available, Nelya J. McKenzie, Auburn University Montgomery as a Result of the ‘Government Speech’ and ‘Property Randy K. Dillon, Missouri State University Conveyance’ Doctrines, for Permitting, or Even The Effects of Power Distance and Gender on the use of Encouraging, the Placement of Religious Artifacts in and Nonverbal Immediacy Behaviors in Symmetrical and on Public Places and Spaces Asymmetrical Power Conditions: A Cross-Cultural Study* Jim Vickrey, Troy University Vincent Santilli, University of Central Florida The Metaphor of the Front Doors of the Roberts’ Court: Ann Neville Miller, University of Central Florida Another Way of Conceptualizing SCOTUS’s Re-casting of Opportunities for Intercultural Educational Exchange: The First Amendment Principles

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 55 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY David R. Dewberry, Rider University From Using to Participating: Moving Toward a New Theory Separation of Church and State -- and You from Your of Political Participation God-given Rights: the New Millennium Mythology Lauren Reichart Smith, Auburn University Recasting a First Amendment Tradition Kenny D. Smith, Samford University Darrell L. Roe, East Texas Baptist University The Cyborg Soldier: Intelligible Bodies and Normative Humor as a Defense or a Diversion? Elena Kagan and the Ideals Senate Confirmation Process: Preemptive Use of the First Gerald Voorhees, High Point University Amendment by a Nominee to SCOTUS by a Novel Resort *Top Student Paper in Political Communication to Humor as a Shield and/or a Sword Patrick Johnson, Emerson College 4310 4308 Saturday 11:00am-12:15pm Saturday Robinson Exhibition Hall 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Riverside West G.I.F.T.S.: GREAT IDEAS FOR TEACHING SPEECH PART #3 OF 3 REFORMING TRADITIONS AND SETTING NEW TRENDS SPONSORS: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION AND INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION CHAIR: TERRY THIBODEAUX, SAM HOUSTON STATE CHAIR: MEGAN L. WILSON, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY RESPONDENT: TODD LEE GOEN, CLEMSON PARTICIPANTS: UNIVERSITY Random Assignment to Illness: Teaching Illness and Critical Rhetoricians as Intellectual Workers Disease in the Introductory Health Communication Course Isaac Clarke Holyoak, Texas A & M University Jennifer B. Gray & Sarah Riley, Appalachian State Toward Empirical Testing of Traditional Appeals: Examining University the Implications and Effects of Entertainment Features in Using Facebook to Inspire Student Discussion Persuasion Scott Christen, Tennessee Technological University Gyromas W. Newman, University of Alabama Speech Anxiety: Managing by Doing Suicide Bereavement and the Theory of Motivated Mark Vail, Georgia College & State University Information Management You Can’t Do That on Television: FCC Regulations and Sex Amy Harp, University of Tennessee Courtney N. Wright, University of Tennessee and Violence in Mass Media Criticisms of the Spiral of Silence: Redefining the Theory John Russell, University of South Alabama for Future Scholars “It’s Like a Cake”: A Creative Approach to Teaching Ethos, Brandi Moyer, North Carolina State University Logos, and Pathos Tara D. Hargrove, Southern Adventist University

SATURDAY Invitational Rhetoric: Technique for Managing 4309 Communication Apprehension in the Public Speaking Saturday Course 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Jennifer Caputo, North Carolina State Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) Identity Management/Self Monitoring MEDIA, MEDIUMS, TECHNOLOGY, PERCEPTIONS Kristen L. Cockrell, Hinds Community College AND PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL What Animal Am I? COMMUNICATION Brenda Allums, East Texas Baptist University An Introductory Rhetorical Criticism Assignment: SPONSOR: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION Speeches of Self-Defense CHAIR: PAULA RODRIGUEZ, HINDS COMMUNITY Richard Mercadante, St. Petersburg College, COLLEGE Clearwater RESPONDENT: MELISSA M. SMITH, MISSISSIPPI STATE Part three of three sessions consists of speech communication edu- UNIVERSITY cators presenting successful activities to small groups of attendees. College Voters and Changing Ideologies of Political During this session, audience members will hear different teaching Presence: The Effect of Race and Sex on Perceptions of activities presented at each table; they will move from table to Candidate Credibility* table to learn a variety of lesson plans that can be applied to their Heather Hayes, University of Minnesota courses. Did They Tell It Straight, or Just Give Opinions?: World Online Newspapers Cover the 2010 Nuclear Summit Darrell L. Roe, East Texas Baptist University

56 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY 4401 Jayalakshmi Tenali, Arkansas State University He Speaks Fluent French, In Russian: The Most Interesting Saturday Hegemonic Man in the World 12:30 pm – 2:15 pm Chris Leahy, Georgia Southern University Salon D When Pigs…Walk? Patriarchal Ideology in the Trojan SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION Evolve Narrative ASSOCIATION AWARDS LUNCHEON Chelsea B. McGuire, Georgia Southern University SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION More than Entertainment: A Feminist Critique of Playboy ASSOCIATION Magazine – Born in the Fifties, Launching the Sixties Eva Harder, West Texas A&M University PRESIDING: THOMAS J. SOCHA (SSCA PRESIDENT), Gender, Age, and the Crafting of Beauty: Exploration of OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY Magazine Advertisements Annual Luncheon Address: Moving Trends to Traditions: Juliette Brown, Columbia College How Privacy Management Became Mainstream Sandra Petronio, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis 4503 *Ticketed Event Saturday 2:30 pm – 3:45pm 4501 Salon A SPONSOR: SOUTHERN ARGUMENTATION AND Saturday 2:30-3:45 FORENSICS DIVISION Y A D R U T A S Salon B CHAIR: PATRICK G. RICHEY, THE UNIVERSITY OF PLENARY SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SPONSOR: VICE PRESIDENT RESPONDENT: COLE FRANKLIN, EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY CHAIR: PAT ARNESON, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY Kritiks and Their Implications in IPDA SPEAKER: MINNIJEAN BROWN TRICKEY Christine Courteau Butler, Stephen F. Austin State Conversation in Courage Featuring Minnijean University Brown Trickey Reading Your Judges: A Dyadic Analysis of the Effects of PARTICIPANTS: the Ability to Recognize Micro-Expressions and Minnijean Brown Trickey, Member of the Little Adaptability to Judges on Performance in a Public Debate Rock Nine Round Todd Allen, Geneva College Adam Key, Sam Houston State University A Practical and Relevant Approach to Debate Across the This session will consist of an interview between Todd Allen and Curriculum: Use of the International Public Debate Minnijean Brown Trickey, Member of the Little Rock Nine. Dr. Association (IPDA) Format Trickey is one of nine African American students who collectively Mark Lowery, University of Central Arkansas resisted the opposition to desegregation and entered Little Rock IPDA and WUDC Competition Compatibility Central High School in 1957 with protection from federal troops. Shane Pucket and Nick Ducote, Louisiana Tech Audience questions will be invited following the interview. University 4502 IPDA: Ethos & Pathos Pedagogy Patrick G. Richey, University of Southern Saturday Mississippi 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm Robinson 102 4505 “THERE’S A CONDOM IN MY PLAYBOY:” Saturday INVESTIGATIONS OF SEX APPEAL IN ADVERTISING 2:30 pm – 3:45pm SPONSOR: THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. Riverside East UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE TRADITIONS, TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGY IN CHAIR/RESPONDENT: THOMAS M. HUEBNER, THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS OF SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION: WHERE THEY’VE Advertising Sex Appeal: An Exploratory Test on the Effects BEEN AND WHERE THEY NEED TO GO of Sex Appeal in Advertising Michael Smith, Arkansas State University SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION Evan Butler, Arkansas State University MODERATOR: PATRICIA AMASON, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 57 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Electronic Propinquity Theory and Theories Explicating 4507 Computer-Mediated Communication in Interpersonal Relationships Saturday Megan L. Wilson, University of Kentucky 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm Expectancy Violations Theory Riverside West Laveda I. Joseph, University of Arkansas NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION Feminist Standpoint Theory INFORMATION PANEL Jamie Kern, University of Arkansas SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION Theories Regarding Intimate Relational Partner Violence ASSOCIATION Claire L. Morledge, University of Iowa Interpersonal Deception Theory FACILITATOR: BRAD MELLO, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Schyler Simpson, University of Kentucky FOR EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION The constant process of observation, measurement, theory con- PARTICIPANTS: struction, theory testing, and theory expansion/redirection is one that never should stop moving. If a system of theories has exhaust- Steven Beebe, NCA Second Vice-President ed all options for theory expansion, the system itself will soon Betsy Bach, NCA Associate Director for Research Initiatives become stagnant and die. This panel builds on the assumptions presented by Donohew and Palmgreen (2003) who argued that Members of NCA‘s elected leadership and national office staff pro- “(t)he primary goal in studying communication theory should be vide an overview of The National Communication Association‘s the discovery of common patterns of thought that will provide history, strategic plan, organizational structure and leadership broader and more useful theoretical structures. Behavior can be opportunities. Resources provided by NCA to support professional both understood and improved through systematic study. Theory is activity including research and teaching will be discussed. This is a tentative explanation invented to assist in understanding some an opportunity for a robust conversation about NCA. small or large part of the ‘reality’ around us. Ideally, theoretical concepts are measureable and propositions testable and therefore 4508 subject to refutation. A theory comes into prominence when it is Saturday noticed and pursued by the scientific community, and it passes into 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm history when better explanations are found” (p. 111). The members Robinson 402 of this panel each explore various widely used frameworks, both in theory and praxis, in the study of interpersonal interaction. The TOP PAPERS IN BURKEAN STUDIES panelists will discuss how these frameworks have been used in SPONSOR: KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY extant research, argue why they now are in need of expansion, and CHAIR: C. WESLEY BUERKLE, EAST TENNESSEE STATE offer suggestions for research opportunities for such expansion. UNIVERSITY 4506 RESPONDENT: CHRISTINA MOSS, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Saturday

SATURDAY Between Mortification and Liberation: A Dramatistic 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm Analysis of the Evolving Tradition of Feminism and its Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) Relationship with the Eating Disorder* STEEPED IN CONFUSION: ASSESSING THE Stephanie Houston Grey, Louisiana State University ARGUMENT CHAIN EMPLOYED BY THE TEA Michael Moore Tries to Heal Health Care: A Burkeian PARTY IN THE 2010 MIDTERM ELECTIONS Approach to Political Entertainment SPONSOR: SOUTHERN ARGUMENTATION AND Meghan Tice and Jim A. Kuypers, Virginia FORENSICS DIVISION Polytechnic Institute and State University Speaking Truthiness to Power: Political Satire and the PARTICIPANTS: Comic Corrective** Gary LaFleur, Morehead State University Ryan Erik McGeough, Louisiana State University Robert Glenn, Owensboro Community and *Top Paper in the Kenneth Burke Society Technical College **Top Student Paper in Kenneth Burke Society Bob West, University of Southern Indiana Richard Knight, Shippensburg University 4509 James E. Reppert, Southern Arkansas University- Magnolia Saturday Gary Deaton, Transylvania University 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm Misty Knight, Shippensburg University Robinson 103 THE WAY WE WORK: THEORETICAL STUDIES OF SMALL GROUP AND ORGANIZATIONAL

58 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION SPONSOR: THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. SPONSOR: GENDER STUDIES DIVISION UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE CHAIR: MICHAEL EAVES, VALDOSTA STATE CHAIR/RESPONDENT: JOHN C. MEYER, UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Gender Teaching Styles and Nonverbal Communication Situational Crisis Communication Theory and Mergers Traits Whitney Williamson, Southern Methodist University Richard I. Falvo, El Paso Community College A Rhetorical Examination of the Discourse of Renewal in An Exploratory Study Investigating the Verbal and an Extended Collegiate Crisis Nonverbal Communication of Later-Life Men Margaret Arey, University of Central Arkansas Kandi L. Walker, University of Louisville A Study of Small Group Dynamics Joy L. Hart, University of Louisville Patrick Tippett, Lamar University Justin Magnuson, University of Louisville Analysis of State Farm Insurance Company through Lauren Hendricks, University of Louisville Coordinated Management of Meaning Theory Pooja Khariwal, University of Louisville Lauren DeHart, University of North Carolina Kara Long, University of Louisville Wilmington Guy Nelson, University of Louisville Institutional Commitment to International Students and Mary Mudd, University of Louisville Their Needs: A Case Study at Southeastern Louisiana Gender Variations and Facial Significance: An Examination University of Individuals’ Sunglasses Behavior

Estera Pirosca, Southeastern Louisiana University Michael Eaves, Valdosta State University Y A D R U T A S Married Couples Perceptions of Physical Appearance 4510 through Social Interaction Brandi Moyer, North Carolina State University Saturday 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm 4602 Robinson Exhibition Hall Saturday MEME-OLOGY LESSONS 1 & 2 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION Salon B CHAIR: GRETCHEN STEIN RHODES, LOUISIANA STATE TEACHING RESEARCH METHODS TO THE UNIVERSITY MODERN UNDERGRADUATE RESPONDENT: TRACY STEPHENSON SHAFFER, SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY CHAIR: LESLIE M. DEATRICK, UNIVERSITY OF PRESENTERS: TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE Samuel Sloan, Southern Illinois University John Haas, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Carbondale Stephanie Kelly, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Nichole Nicholson, Southern Illinois University Michael R. Kotowski, University of Tennessee, Carbondale Knoxville Meme-ology Lessons 1 & 2 is a two-part performance art piece Laura E. Miller, University of Tennessee, Knoxville exploring the relationship between digital media/culture and Teaching research methods to undergraduates provides opportuni- embodiment in terms of the collaborative and rhizomatic produc- ties to share content, mentor students, and develop applied skills. tion of internet memes (viral jokes, phrases, images, or videos) Most importantly, it provides an opportunity to ignite student which are spread peer-to-peer via digital technologies. Our per- enthusiasm toward creating knowledge. This panel will discuss formance uses media and “live” movement performance to engage teaching strategies for methods classes, emphasizing techniques with this phenomenon, matching form and content via remix aes- for evaluation and use of technology. Panelists will share personal thetics and surrealist juxtaposition. The first part of the perform- teaching experiences as well as discuss incorporating a research ance is meant primarily as an introduction to the form and lan- project model in various communication courses, leading research guage; the second part attempts to engage with and respond to teams based on contract learning, and utilizing a capstone internet memes that participate in larger oppressive discourses. approach to quantify degree completion. The contributors to this discussion have a range of experiences and teaching philosophies 4601 related to teaching communication research skills. Saturday 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm Salon A CURRENT TRENDS IN GENDER AND NONVERBAL

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 59 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY 4603 4605 Saturday Saturday 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm Robinson 102 Salon C LET’S GO THE MOVIES: TRENDY ANALYSES OF TOP PAPERS IN FREEDOM OF SPEECH TRADITIONAL DEPICTIONS OF MEN, MYTHS, AND SPONSOR: FREEDOM OF SPEECH DIVISION MASCULINITY CHAIR: PATRICK JOHNSON, EMERSON COLLEGE SPONSOR: THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. RESPONDENT: JIM VICKREY, TROY UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE The Anti-Corruption Argument in Freedom of Expression CHAIR/RESPONDENT: MICHAEL S. WALTMAN, Discourse UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL Tom Duncanson, Millikin University Up, Up, and Away! Crystal Meth Takes Walter White From Heroes to Hermes: The Free Press Myth in U.S. Higher Than Most: A Narrative and Ideological Criticism of Political Culture Breaking Bad David R. Dewberry, Rider University Charles Alan “Chip” Morgan, Jr., Georgia Southern Altering (Dynamic) Social Ideologies through the Exercise University of Free Speech* It’s a Man’s World: Patriarchal Ideology in the Film Pretty Pat Arneson, Duquesne University Woman *Top Paper Cori A. Mylander, Georgia Southern University Whiteness, Men, and the American Hegemony: An Ideological Criticism of Stargate SG-1 4606 Kate Gustainis, West Texas A&M University Saturday Porch Monkeys Can Never Leave the Jungle: Inferential 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm and Hegemonic Racism in Disney’s The Jungle Book Robinson 402 Victoria Sutton, Georgia Southern University From White Cowboy to Blue American Hero: Technology ADVANCEMENTS IN HUMOR COMMUNICATION: and the Transformation of Tradition and Myth in Avatar CURRENT TRENDS IN HUMOR THEORY, Donna Tillis, Columbia College MEASUREMENT, AND RESEARCH SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION 4604 CHAIR: WILLIAM MAZE, NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI Saturday COMMUNITY COLLEGE 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm RESPONDENTS: Robinson 103 Richard Knight, Shippensburg University YOU CAN’T TELL ME WHAT TO THINK!: PARTICIPANTS: SATURDAYPRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF PERSUASIVE Laughter is Critical: A Critical Discourse Analysis of The COMMUNICATION Daily Show and The Colbert Report using the Propaganda SPONSOR: THEODORE CLEVENGER, JR. Model as a Guide UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE James Anderson, Southern Illinois University Acting As If: Performative Parody as an Embodied Mode CHAIR/RESPONDENT: CINDY SPURLOCK, of Judgment APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY Christopher Gilbert, Indiana University We Can Build an Empire Depending on Love Humor as a Tool of Rhetorical Authority and a Vessel of Christine Hardman, Furman University Traditions Paying Homage to Deliberation? Brandon Inabinet, Furman University Chastity N. Chade’ Franklin, Furman University The Rhetoric of Humor: An Examination of the Rhetorical A Capitol Analysis: An Ideological Examination of the CVC Implications of the Big Three Theories of Humor Tour of the United States Capitol George Pacheco, Jr., Angelo State University Margret Ann Prescott, Transylvania University Explicating the Communicative Functions of Humor: The Texas Conservative Rhetoric Addressed: How the Rhetoric Development and Assessment of a New Functions of of Conservatives Impacts Their View of Liberals Humor Scale Thomas Crews, Appalachian State University Matthew C. Ramsey, Southwestern Oklahoma Genetics, Eugenics and God’s Will as Euphemisms: State University Should the American Technological Development of John C. Meyer, University of Southern Mississippi Eugenics be Stopped? South Park and the Ideology of Anti-Ideology Lauren Claybaugh, Georgia Southern University Noah Springer, Southern Illinois University

60 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY This panel discussion includes original research from varying Fantasy Theme Analysis: A Chinese Bible Study Group. methodological approaches. Each participant analyzes current the- Rong Fu, North Carolina State University ories of humor and/or communication via the examination of com- An Athlete’s Apologia: A Content Analysis of Tiger Woods’ munication variables or artifacts. Panel papers range from works Image Repair Discourse of rhetorical criticism to the development of new quantitative com- Ashley A. Myers, Valdosta State University munication measures. Images of Women in the West African Press Eugenie Almeida & Babatunde Oyinade, 4607 Fayetteville State University Communicating Life-Limiting Diagnoses and Prognoses to Saturday Cancer Patients and Families: Ethical and Practical 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm Considerations Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) Jillian A. Tullis, University of North Carolina at UNDERSTANDING THE PRESENT, RE-EVALUATING Charlotte THE PAST: INDUSTRIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND Lori A. Roscoe, University of South Florida RACIAL CONTEXTS IN MEDIA Having a Child Diagnosed with ADHD: Mothers’ SPONSOR: POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION Perceptions of Family Communication Patterns Anita Hoag, University of Louisville CHAIR: JOHN SAUNDERS, HUNTINGDON COLLEGE The U.S. Newspaper Industry's Relationship with Online 4610 Media 1980 to 2005

Keith L. Herndon, Curtin University of Technology Saturday Y A D R U T A S Henry Browne, Farmer: Race and War in a USDA 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm Documentary Film Robinson Exhibition Hall J. Emmett Winn, Auburn University IT TAKES COURAGE: A STORYTELLING Tyra, Shonda, and Tyler: Showrunners and the “Neo- PERFORMANCE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Cosby Moment” PERSONAL NARRATIVES Danielle E. Williams, Kennesaw State University SPONSORS: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION AND Surviving the MySpace Phase: CBLocals and the INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION Translocal Music Scene Bryce J. McNeil, Georgia State University CHAIR: TRUDY L. HANSON, WEST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY 4608 RESPONDENTS: Saturday Rebecca M. Kennerly, Georgia Southern University 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm Jay Allison, University of North Texas Kelly S. Taylor, University of North Texas Riverside West Robert E. Frank, Longwood University SSCA 2012 SAN ANTONIO CONVENTION PERFORMER: PLANNERS MEETING Steven Wolf, West Texas A&M University SPONSOR: VICE PRESIDENT ELECT Students from other countries each have a unique story and experi- PRESIDING: MONETTE CALLAWAY, HINDS COMMUNITY ence in studying away from their homes. Their experiences are College Vice-Chair Elects of SSCA Divisions and Interest often challenging, especially when they are stereotyped as a homo- Groups should plan to attend one of the two convention geneous group. This performance explicates the discursive con- planning meetings scheduled during the Little Rock construct of “international student” by giving voice to the personal vention. stories of students who have come to the United States for education. Their narratives bring insights into international education 4609 and intercultural communication as well. The program includes a 30 minute performance followed by commentary from four respon- Saturday dents and an audience question and answer session. 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm Riverside East 4701 TOP PAPERS IN LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL Saturday INTERACTION 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm SPONSOR: LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION Salon A DIVISION POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION BUSINESS CHAIR: CRAIG O. STEWART, UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS MEETING RESPONDENT: SLAVICA KODISH, ECKERD COLLEGE

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 61 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY 4702 as a springboard for subsequent discussions with Division Chairs and interested parties and result in a report with recommendations Saturday to be presented at the 2012 SSCA convention in San Antonio. Some 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm of the questions posed for discussion include: (1) How does SSCA Salon B currently respond to scholarship presented at its annual conven- POLITICAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION BUSINESS tion? (2) What is the perceived quality of SSCA’s feedback to MEETING papers presented at conventions? (3) Do authors perceive the feedback received to papers presented at convention to be useful? (4) 4703 Is the current form in which SSCA provides feedback to authors at convention effective? (5) How might SSCA go about improving the Saturday quality of feedback it gives to papers at conventions? (6) What 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm kinds of alternative forms of providing feedback are possible at Salon C conventions? (7) Should SSCA develop a system to offer its mem- FREEDOM OF SPEECH DIVISION BUSINESS bers feedback about their research at times other than the conven- MEETING tion? All are invited to join in the forum and 2011 Division and Interest Group chairs are especially encouraged to attend. 4704 4708 Saturday Saturday 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm Riverside East Robinson 102 RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION TEXTBOOK NEGOTIATIONS: A DISCUSSION BUSINESS MEETING ABOUT SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO REDUCE THE COST OF TEXTBOOKS 4705 SPONSOR: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION Saturday CHAIR: PAULA RODRIGUEZ, HINDS COMMUNITY 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm COLLEGE Riverside West PARTICIPANTS: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION Richard Mercadante, St. Petersburg College, BUSINESS MEETING Clearwater Campus Robin J. Jensen, St. Petersburg College, Clearwater Campus 4706 Richard I. Falvo, El Paso Community College Saturday Deborah Hefferin , Broward University Richard Quianthy, Broward College SATURDAY5:30 pm – 6:15 pm Robinson 402 Panelists will discuss some of the creative ways that we have used PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION BUSINESS MEETING to reduce the high cost of textbooks. We encourage those who want to share some of their ideas to come and join in the discussion. 4707 4710 Saturday 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm Saturday Robinson 102 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) Robinson Exhibition Hall OPEN FORUM ON SSCA FEEDBACK – I WANT MY JACKET BACK MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION SSCA’S RESPONSES TO RESEARCH CHAIR: DANIELLE DICK MCGEOUGH, LOUISIANA STATE SPONSOR: PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY FACILITATOR: THOMAS J. SOCHA (SSCA PRESIDENT) RESPONDENT: DANIELLE DICK MCGEOUGH, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY Old Dominion University PARTICIPANT: JENNIFER L. FREITAG, SOUTHERN As part of SSCA’s 2011-2015 strategic plan the association will ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY- CARBONDALE begin to examine the topic of SSCA’s feedback to research presented at its conventions and beyond. This open forum begins the This solo performance exists at the intersection of gender violence, process by posing questions for discussion. Responses will be used sexual politics, feminism, and activism. Working from the nexus of

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March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 63 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY agency and wholeness, this show creates new possibilities for how based in phenomenological research). In the third part, panelists we think and talk about experiences of oppression and violence will answer questions from the audience about teaching and that impact the ways women move through the world. This per- learning abroad. formance invites dialogue full of risk, depth, humor, and theory. And it begins with a jacket. 5103 Sunday 4801 8:00 am – 9:15 am Saturday Salon C 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm GREAT IDEAS FOR TEACHING GENDER ISSUES Salon D ACROSS THE COMMUNICATION CURRICULUM THE SSCA ANNUAL OSBORN RECEPTION SPONSOR: GENDER STUDIES DIVISION SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION CHAIR: CHRISTIE M. KLEINMANN, LEE UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION PARTICIPANTS: Janis Edwards, University of Alabama Megan Moe, Lee University DAY 5 Trudy L. Hanson, West Texas A&M University Bryan K. Crow, Southern Illinois University SUNDAY, MARCH 27 Kim Nguyen, High Point University This panel features a broad range of teaching initiatives that inte- 5101 grate gender issues in the communication curriculum. These activ- Sunday ities will provide participants proven activities that help students 8:00 am – 9:15 am consider the role gender plays in communication and our every- Salon A day lives. TEACHING AND LEARNING ABROAD: 5104 EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS Sunday SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION 8:00 am – 9:15 am CHAIR: JULIEN C. MIRIVEL UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS Riverside East AT LITTLE ROCK SSCA 2012 SAN ANTONIO CONVENTION PARTICIPANTS: PLANNERS MEETING Ashley Byrd, University of Arkansas at Little Rock SPONSOR: VICE PRESIDENT ELECT Jill Gray, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Tracy Guilbeau, University of Arkansas at Little Rock PRESIDING: MONETTE CALLAWAY, HINDS Nathan Jeffers, University of Arkansas at Little Rock COMMUNITY COLLEGE Alex Long, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Vice-Chair Elects of SSCA Divisions and Interest Groups Andrew Pyle, University of Arkansas at Little Rock should plan to attend one of the two convention planning Katy Rowden, University of Arkansas at Little Rock meetings scheduled during the Little Rock convention. Amanda Wells, University of Arkansas at Little Rock LaDawn Moore, University of Arkansas at Little 5105 Rock Nyvelyn Shaw, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Sunday

SATURDAY/SUNDAY 8:00 am – 9:15 am Communication students can benefit greatly from studying abroad Edgehill (Hotel Main Floor) with a faculty from their home department. This session reunites SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION 11 participants, 10 students and 1 faculty member who traveled ASSOCIATION 2011 NOMINATING COMMITTEE together to Paris, France in the summer of 2010. The course was titled: “Researching Lived Experience.” The purpose of the panel MEETING is to share faculty and students’ educational experiences and to SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION provide reflections and lessons that can help communication ASSOCIATION teachers design and implement a successful faculty-led study CHAIR: THOMAS J. SOCHA (2011 SSCA IMMEDIATE abroad program of their own. The panel will unfold in three parts. PAST PRESIDENT) First, the moderator will describe the strategies that were used to MEMBERS: IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRS OF SSCA design, promote, and teach this course as well as provide some DIVISIONS lessons learned. In the second part, undergraduate and graduate students who participated will offer short presentations to Maria A. Dixon (Applied) describe their learning, albeit diverse, experiences (which are Southern Methodist University

64 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY David L. Sutton (Communication Theory) able. Second topic: Improving Student Performance by Reducing Auburn University Identity and Stereotyped Threat This is a discussion of the theories of Rich Mercadante (Community College) Claude Steele, author of Whistling Vivaldi and other Clues to How St. Petersburg College Stereotypes Affect Us. Steele explains how students struggle with Pat Arneson (Freedom of Speech) “identity contingencies,” which are circumstances you have to deal Duquesne University with to be successful given a social identity such as a member of a Sheree' Keith (Gender Studies) particular race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or person with Macon State University disability. If you can reduce the threat of stigma confirmation by Rick Falvo (Instructional Development) reframing a test where females or minorities tend to perform at a El Paso Community College lower level, the results are dramatic because their underperformance David Lee (Intercultural Communication) disappears. Other interventions include having a critical mass of University of South Florida women or minorities in the classroom, changing the way critical Todd Lee Goen (Interpersonal Communication) feedback is given, reframing the goal of a conversation which leads University of Georgia students to literally sit closer together and reminding the target Cole Franklin (Language and Social Interaction) group about positive role models, e.g., reminding female students East Texas Baptist University about strong women role models before they take a difficult math test Alison Miller (Mass Communication) eliminates their underperformance compared to equally skilled University of LA-Monroe males. Jacqueline D. Burleson (Performance Studies) Virginia State University 5107 Bill Edwards (Political Communication) Columbus State University Sunday 8:00 am – 9:15 am Danielle E. Williams (Popular Communication) Y A D N U S Georgia State University Robinson 402 Mary Jackson-Pitts (Public Relations) ARISTOTLE, AESTHETICS AND MEDIA: EXPLORING Arkansas State University TEXTUAL THEMES AND FANTASIES Jason Edward Black (Rhetoric and Public Address) SPONSOR: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF University of Alabama RHETORIC (ASHR) David Nelson (Southern Forensics) Northwest Missouri State CHAIR/RESPONDENT: KERRY OWENS, UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR 5106 Aesthetic Resistance and Textual Subjectivity Michael Lane Bruner, Georgia State University Sunday Fantasy Themes Displayed in the Media Coverage of the 8:00 am – 9:15 am Elaine Massacre of 1919 by the Helena World, Arkansas Riverside West Gazette, The Commercial Appeal and Chicago Defender. DEALING WITH DIVERSITY ISSUES IN THE Laveda I. Joseph, University of Arkansas CLASSROOM The Girl That Went Away a Murderess and Came Back a SPONSOR: COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIVISION Slain Heroine Reclaiming Power from Media Chivalry in the Helen Spence Eaton Case CHAIR: PAULA KHEINTZ, PULASKI TECHNICAL COLLEGE Amanda Nell Edgar, University of Arkansas PARTICIPANTS: Social Media and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Hazel J. Rozema, University of Illinois at Springfield Richard Slawsky, University of Louisville Vernon Kays, St. Louis Community College – the Meramec Campus 5108 Barbara Jackson, student, Volunteer State Community College Sunday First topic: Using the Little Rock Nine to Engage 8:00 am – 9:15 am Students in Talking about Diversity Robinson 102 POWER AND RELATIONSHIPS IN THE WORKPLACE: The Little Rock Nine and “The Lost Year” received little attention INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND MENTORING until the 50th anniversary of the integration of Central High. Recent documentaries about Little Rock Central High show that it is two SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION schools within one building due to significant tracking. In multiple CHAIR: AMANDA YOUNG, UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS ways, we are re-segregating our schools. We are not living in a post- RESPONDENT: JENNIFER MIZE SMITH, WESTERN racial society, rather race and our fear of “the other” has created a KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY wider divide. Discussion will include examples from the arrest of Henry Louis Gates to the “doll experiments” which show how pre- The Impact of Career Mentoring and Psychosocial Mentoring schoolers rate pictures of kids with darker skin tones as unaccept- on Affective Organizational Commitment, Job Involvement,

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 65 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY and Turnover Intention BRIDGING THE TRADITIONS: PERFORMING HEALTH Christopher A. Craig, University of Arkansas AND FAMILY COMMUNICATION Tracy L. Blackmon, University of Arkansas SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION Perceptions of Power: A Comparison of Perceptions of the Organizational Power of IT Departments CHAIR: DANIELLE DICK MCGEOUGH, LOUISIANA STATE Steven Paul Stogsdill, Hardin-Simmons University UNIVERSITY Mentoring in Academia: Exploring Frameworks for this RESPONDENT: DAVID TERRY, SAN JOSE STATE Interpersonal Relationship between Graduate Students and UNIVERSITY Faculty Performing Festivals, Family, and Sanitation Activism in Leigh Ann Johnston, University of Alabama Mumbai From “Directing Them” to “It’s Up to Them”: The Physician’s Danielle Dick McGeough, Louisiana State University Perceived Professional Role in the Physician-Patient A Dose of Alternative Medicine: Rethinking Family and Relationship Health Performances Jennifer B. Gray, Appalachian State University Benjamin Haas, Louisiana State University Belief as Technique: Joseph Cornell and Christian Science 5109 Sarah K. Jackson, Louisiana State University Sunday The Menstrual Show: Performing Menstruation in Romantic 8:00 am – 9:15 am Partnerships Robinson 103 Emily Graves, Louisiana State University QUESTIONING REALITY: AN EXPLORATION OF This panel investigates theories and research that cross the intersec- AFRICAN AMERICANS AND REALITY TELEVISION tions of performance studies, health and family communication. This panel examines a range of health related issues through the lens of SPONSOR: MASS COMMUNICATION DIVISION how health and family are communicated and performed when deal- CHAIR: CRESHEMA MURRAY, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA ing with: mental illnesses and the role of fictive kin functioning as What’s Really Real?: Portrayal of the African-American Male family; a formal health campaign addressing sanitation and hygiene on Reality Television and the complexities of generating changes in family norms and Creshema Murray, University of Alabama roles; the impact that death and illness of a loved one have on an How Low Can You Go?: The Lives of the Rich, Young individual and the family’s functioning; and, how communication “Talented Tenth” about menstruation impacts familial conflict. Nekita D. Huling, University of South Alabama In Search of Love, Redemption, and Adventure: The 5201 African-American Male Athlete in His Own Words Sunday Mia C. Long, University of Alabama 9:30 am – 10:45 am I Think I Love My Body: A “Real” Look at the African- Salon A SUNDAYAmerican Female Body Image Terra D. Moody, University of Alabama COMMUNICATION CENTERS: TRADITIONS, Reality Television & Social Media: How African-American TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Participation in Reality Television is Leading to Renewed SPONSOR: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Images, Twitter Followers and Facebook Fans CHAIR: KRISTEN MCINTYRE,UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS Cynthia Nichols, Oklahoma State University AT LITTLE ROCK It is important to understand the multiple dimensions of race and PARTICIPANTS: representation in media culture. Reality-based television represents Lauren Lemley, Abilene Christian University a genre that is responsible for presenting multiple diverse presenta- Jordan Ziemer, Abilene Christian University tions of African-Americans. There is the underlying assertion that as Chris Stephenson, Abilene Christian University a text, television has been at the center of understanding the African- Jordan Free, Abilene Christian University American culture. This panel will present rhetorical analyses of Randy Woods, Abilene Christian University reality-based shows that center around the lives of African- Kathleen J. Turner, Davidson College Americans. In so doing, the panelists will thoroughly discuss how Bill Wallace, Northeastern State University “real” Blackness is presented by the media and the future implica- Ramona Campbell, Northeastern State University tions this may have on African-American self-image and viewer per- Theodore F. Sheckels, Randolph-Macon College ception. Andrew Pyle, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Rhonda Troillett, University of Arkansas at Little 5110 Rock Sunday Amanda Wells, University of Arkansas at Little Rock 8:00 am – 9:15 am Katie West, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Robinson Exhibition Hall Communication centers serve as a valuable instructional resource in

66 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY faculty and student development of effective communication skills. WHEN CRISIS BECOMES A TREND: Given the continued interest and emergence of communication cen- UNDERGRADUATES ANALYZE THE ONGOING ters on our college campuses, it becomes increasingly important to PUBLIC RELATIONS CRISIS FACING THEIR understand where communication centers have been and where they SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY are going. In their discussions, panel teams will share traditions, trends, and/or technology associated with their respective communi- SPONSOR: PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION cation centers in the hopes of providing both context and best prac- CHAIR: JJ MCINTYRE, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL tices for current and developing communication centers. ARKANSAS RESPONDENT: ROB ULMER, UNIVERSITY OF 5202 ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK Sunday PARTICIPANTS: 9:30 am – 10:45 am Margaret C. Arey, University of Central Arkansas Salon B Hayley H. Himstedt, University of Central Arkansas RHETORIC OF MORALITY Summer Colclasure, University of Central Arkansas SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION From a campus shooting to presidential plagiarism, this under- CHAIR: DAVID CHESHIER, GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY graduate panel applies image restoration theory to several distinct RESPONDENT: JEAN MILLER, GEORGE WASHINGTON crises the University of Central Arkansas has faced in the past few UNIVERSITY years. Panelists will explore a troubling trend of crisis as the uni- Stephen’s Sermonic Strategy: A Narrative Approach to versity strives to regain regional prestige. Findings of the panelists Christian Apologia provide insights into effective and ineffective strategies for restoring a university’s image. Dustin Wood, Texas A&M University Y A D N U S To Whom It May Concern: A Rhetoric Concerning Moral Judgment 5208 Brandon Chase Goldsmith, University of Memphis Sunday Of Whom the World Was Not Worthy: A Rhetorical Analysis 9:30 am – 10:45 am of Rhetorical Strategies Used to Justify the Violent Actions Robinson 402 of Paul Hill and Scott Roeder PAPERS IN INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION Claire L. Morledge, University of Iowa Woodrow Wilson: ‘This is War.’ SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION Catie Malone, Huntingdon College DIVISION A House Divided: Abraham Lincoln’s Quintessential Address CHAIR: CARRIE OLIVEIRA Jeremy K. Reid, Huntingdon College The Delivery of Bad News: The SPIKES Model and Patient-Physician Communication 5204 Melissa Horvath, Nestle Purina Sunday Patricia Amason, University of Arkansas 9:30 am – 10:45 am Megan L. Wilson, University of Kentucky President’s Suite Cortney Smith, Indiana University Samantha Romanin, University of California, San COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEE’S MEETING Diego SPONSOR: SOUTHERN STATES COMMUNICATION A Systematic Review of Research on Health ASSOCIATION Communication Regarding HIV/Aids and PARTICIPANTS: Religion/Spirituality Frances Brandau-Brown, 2012 President Troya Clark, Lee Davis, Lacey Kerfoot, Bailey Monette Callaway, 2012 Vice President Cordero, and Ann Neville Miller, University of Thomas J. Socha, 2011 Past-President Central Florida 2012 Vice President Elect Social Identity and Third-Party Imagined Interactions: Carl M. Cates, Executive Director Differences in Imagery of Friends, Strangers and J.D. Ragsdale, SCJ Editor Strangers? John Haas, Finance Committee Chair Marcus A. Porter, Louisiana State University Marketing Director-Elect (TBA) Uncertainty Management Among Couples Coping with Cancer Survivorship Laura E. Miller, University of Tennessee 5207 Active-Empathic Listening: (Re)Conceptualization as a Sunday General Social Skill 9:30 am – 10:45 am Christopher C. Gearhart, Graham D. Bodie, Riverside West Louisiana State University

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 67 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Norma Jones, University of North Texas 5209 Western Narratives and Superhero Privileges: Employing Jewett and Lawrence as Critical Theory Sunday Ben Wilemon, University of North Texas 9:30 am – 10:45 am Robinson 102 Hardy averred that, “Narrative, like lyric or dance, is not to be CHANGING TRADITIONS AND (TECHNOLOGICAL) regarded as an aesthetic invention used by artists to control, TRENDS IN RESEARCH ON GRIEF manipulate, and order experience, but as a primary act of mind transferred to art from life.” This panel highlights the power of SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION Narrative Theory and its utility for Communication Studies. The DIVISION panel addresses expansions of and in Narrative Theory through CHAIR: REBECCA DIVERNIERO texts ranging from the obscure to the obscene, the popular and the PANELISTS: private[s], from the pantheons of America’s manifest destiny history to its multicultural present future; linking the critical signifi- Rebecca DiVerniero, Christopher Newport University cance of narrative from fiction to everyday life performance. Jessica Knapp, University of Texas at Austin Marsha Little Matthews, The University of Texas at 5302 Tyler Charles Aust, Kennesaw State University Sunday Suzan Brydon, Marketing analyst 11:00am – 12:15pm Glenda Hickson, St. Christopher's Hospital for Salon B Children BRIDGING THEORY AND PRAXIS FACILITATOR: JESSICA KNAPP, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SPONSOR: COMMUNICATION THEORY DIVISION AT AUSTIN MODERATOR: CAROL THOMPSON, UNIVERSITY OF The loss of life is as common as its start. It is estimated that ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK approximately 56 million people die worldwide every year (CIA, Ethikos: Grounded through Theory; Realized through Praxis 2006). Additionally, individuals all over the world suffer from ill- Carol Thompson, University of Arkansas at Little ness and hardship. Loss, and the grieving which follows, are Rock unfortunate and inevitable parts of life. Using a roundtable format, Building a Practical Theory of Communication panelists will discuss traditional viewpoints of the grieving Julien C. Mirivel, University of Arkansas at Little process, as well as how technology is both reflecting and affecting Rock current trends of thought on grief and its implications for interper- Transformation: A Theoretical Perspective sonal relationships. Avinash Thombre, University of Arkansas at Little Rock 5210 Conversational Magic and Mystery: Pedagogical SUNDAY Sunday Applications Using the Coordinated Management of 9:30 am – 10:45 am Meaning Robinson Exhibition Hall Gerald W. Driskill, University of Arkansas at Little Rock AMERICANA ON TRIAL – SWEARING IN The Theoretical Underpinnings of Experiential Learning NARRATIVE THEORIES FOR CROSS-EXAMINATION Kristen McIntyre, University of Arkansas at Little OF POPULAR AMERICAN ARTIFACTS Rock SPONSOR: PERFORMANCE STUDIES DIVISION CHAIR: CYNTHIA GORDON, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH 5303 TEXAS Sunday 11:00am – 12:15pm RESPONDENT: JAY ALLISON, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH Salon C TEXAS WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGY AND TRENDS: USES, Supernarratives: The Secret Origins of Superhero PERCEPTIONS AND IMPACT OF NEW MEDIA IN THE Narratives WORKPLACE Garret Castleberry, University of Oklahoma SPONSOR: APPLIED COMMUNICATION DIVISION Life Imitating Art: The Narrative of the American Pin Up CHAIR: KRISTINA DRUMHELLER, WEST TEXAS A&M Girl UNIVERSITY Andrea Baldwin, Southern Illinois University Carbondale RESPONDENT: MARY M. MEARES, UNIVERSITY OF Living the Dream: Social Equality Narratives on board the ALABAMA Starship Enterprise Social Media and Other Web Services Offered by Public

68 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY Relations Agencies: Content Analysis of 274 Websites Dedria Givens-Carroll, Dustin K. Reed Vanessa Bravo, University of Florida University of Louisiana at Lafayette Mary Ann Ferguson, University of Florida Compassion Without Fatigue: Audrey Hepburn as Goodwill Kanghoon Sung, University of Florida Ambassador Hanna Park, University of Florida Lindsey Icenogle, Georgia State University Social Media at Work: The Professional Paradox Jerrod Xavier Johnson, North Carolina State 5305 University Social Networking Websites and Digital Dirt: The Sunday Effectiveness of an Online Disclosure/Digital Dirt Workshop 11:00 am – 12:15 pm for Millennial Pre-Service Teachers Riverside West Jennifer T. Edwards, Tarleton State University RHETORIC AND THE PUBLIC COMMUNITY SPONSOR: RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS DIVISION 5304 CHAIR: WENDY ATKINS-SAYRE, UNIVERSITY OF Sunday SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 11:00 am – 12:15 pm RESPONDENT: DANIEL GRANO, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH Riverside East CAROLINA, CHARLOTTE THE PAST AND PRESENT COLLIDE: NEW VERSIONS Bull City Rising: The Metaphor of Light at the Site of the OF OLD STUFF Durham Performing Arts Center SPONSOR: POPULAR COMMUNICATION DIVISION Dana Gierdowski, North Carolina State University By Speech Seduced: Toward an Erotics of Rhetoric CHAIR: CATHERINE NAYLOR, HUNTINGDON COLLEGE Brett Lunceford, University of South Alabama Y A D N U S PARTICIPANTS: A Content Analysis of Alabama’s Education Agenda from Reclassifying Activism: An Analysis of the Characters Unite 1963-1966: Governor George Wallace’s First Term in Office Community Leigh Ann Johnston, University of Alabama, and Lindsey Harness, University of Wisconsin- William J. Gonzenbach, University of Alabama Milwaukee Trends, Traditions, and Terministic Screens: Taking on the Reconceptualizing Punk 2010 Texas Educational Standards Gerald Voorhees, High Point University Ann E. Burnette, Texas State University Racism for Sale: Reproduction and Fantasy Black Rebekah Fox, Texas State University San Marcos Memorabilia Advertising Items on eBay

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 69 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION OFFICERS CONSTITUTION DWIGHT L. FRESHLEY OUTSTANDING NEW PAM BOURLAND-DAVIS TEACHER AWARD PRESIDENT Georgia Southern University PATRICK WHEATON TOM SOCHA BARBARA DANIEL Georgia Southern University Old Dominion University Columbia Southern MONICA POMBO RICHARD KNIGHT Appalachian State University VICE PRESIDENT/CONVENTION PLANNER Shippensburg University DAVID SUTTON FRANCES BRANDAU-BROWN Auburn University Sam Houston State University FINANCE ELISSA FOSTER THE JOHN I. SISCO EXCELLENCE IN VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT/UNDERGRADUATE Lehigh Valley Hospital TEACHING AWARD HONORS CONVENTION PLANNER JOHN HAAS JASON MUNSELL MONETTE CALLAWAY-EZELL University of Tennessee Knoxville Columbia College Hinds Community College BARBARA BIESECKER ELIZABETH BELL University of Georgia University of South Florida EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EX OFFICIO SEAN O'ROURKE CARL M. CATES CARL M. CATES 2011-2016 Furman University Valdosta State University Valdosta State University JANICE HOCKER RUSHING EARLY CAREER SCJ EDITOR NOMINATING COMMITTEE RESEARCH AWARD MARY STUCKEY IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT AND PAST CHAIRS JANIS EDWARDS Georgia State University (Patricia Amason) University of Alabama CHRISTINE DAVIS MARKETING DIRECTOR PUBLICATIONS The University of North Carolina at Charlotte KELLI FELLOWS JOHN MEYER SUSAN WATERS University of North Carolina Wilmington University of Southern Mississippi Auburn University PAT ARNESON FINANCE CHAIR Duquesne University OUTREACH AWARD ELISSA FOSTER STEPHANIE COOPMAN KENNETH LEVINE Lehigh Valley Hospital San Jose State University University of Tennessee MARGARET D'SILVA REPRESENTATIVES TO NCA RESOLUTIONS University of Louisville WENDY ATKINS-SAYRE RAMONA CLOWER SSCA K-12 REPRESENTATIVE University of Southern Mississippi Arkansas Northeast College WESLEY BUERKLE MICHAEL EAVES Valdosta State University East Tennessee State University T. EARLE JOHNSON – EDWIN PAGET (Term expires April 2012) MISTY KNIGHT DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Shippensburg University PAM BOURLAND-DAVIS SSCA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Georgia Southern University REPRESENTATIVE RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT KEN CISSNA TODD LEE GOEN TOM SABETTA University of South Florida Jefferson Community and Technical University of Georgia JIM KUYPERS College SHERRY G. FORD Virginia Tech University (Term expires April 2011) University of Montevallo ABBY BROOKS-FITZGERALD MICHAEL M. OSBORN TEACHER-SCHOLAR SSCA 4 YEAR COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY Georgia Southern University AWARD REPRESENTATIVE MELISSA SMITH JOHN HASS Mississippi State University DANIEL A. GRANO University of Tennessee University of North Carolina at Charlotte EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EX OFFICIO ROBERT DENTON JR. (Term expires April 2013) CARL M. CATES Virginia Tech University Valdosta State University ARTHUR BOCHNER NCA NOMINATING COMMITTEE University of South Florida REPRESENTATIVE TIME AND PLACE DEBBIE PHILLIPS ROSEANN MANDZIUK MINORITY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION Texas State University San Marcos Muskingum College AWARD (Term expires April 2011) WENDY HAJJAR ELIZABETH DESNOYERS-COLAS University of New Orleans Armstrong Atlantic State University 2010-2011 SSCA COMMITTEES BILL EDWARDS GEORGE PACHECO, JR. Columbus State University Angelo State University STANDING COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EX OFFICIO DAVID NELSON CARL M. CATES Northwest Missouri State COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES Valdosta State University BOARD OF OFFICERS ROSE B. JOHNSON SCJ ARTICLE AWARD SCJ EDITOR AND EDITORIAL BOARD

70 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY SSCA DIVISIONS LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION SSCA INTEREST GROUPS CHAIR APPLIED COMMUNICATION COLE FRANKLIN ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION CHAIR East Texas Baptist University ADMINISTRATORS (ACA) MARIA A. DIXON VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER CHAIR Southern Methodist University EUGENIE ALMEIDA MINDY CHANG VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Fayetteville State University Western New England College BETH ESCHENFELDER VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER University of Tampa MASS COMMUNICATION JEANNE M. PERSUIT CHAIR University of North Carolina at Wilmington COMMUNICATION THEORY ALISON MILLER CHAIR University of LA-Monroe AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF DAVID L. SUTTON VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER RHETORIC Auburn University BARRY SMITH CHAIR VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Mississippi University for Women KERRY OWENS DANNA GIBSON University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Columbus State University PERFORMANCE STUDIES VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER CHAIR CYNTHIA P. KING COMMUNITY COLLEGE JACQUELINE D. BURLESON Furman University CHAIR Virginia State University RICH MERCADANTE VICE CHAIR ETHNOGRAPHY St. Petersburg College LISA FLANAGAN CHAIR VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Louisiana State University CHRIS POULOS JUDI TRUITT University of North Carolina - Greensboro Volunteer State Community College POLITICAL COMMUNICATION VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER CHAIR CHARLES GRANT FREEDOM OF SPEECH BILL EDWARDS Meredith College CHAIR Columbus State University PAT ARNESON VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY Duquesne University PAT WHEATON CHAIR VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Columbus State University CHRISTI MOSS DAVID R. DEWBERRY North Carolina State University Rider Unviersity POPULAR COMMUNICATION VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER CHAIR C. WESLEY BUERKLE GENDER STUDIES DANIELLE E. WILLIAMS East Tennessee State University CHAIR Georgia State University SHEREE' KEITH VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER CHARTER MEMBERS Macon State University JOHN SAUNDERS MAY 2, 1930 VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Columbus State University BIRMINGHAM, ALA. CHRISTIE KLEINMANN Lee University PUBLIC RELATIONS ORGANIZING EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: CHAIR ANNIE BOYETT INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT MARY JACKSON-PITTS Howard College CHAIR Arkansas State University ELLEN HAVEN GOULD RICK FALVO VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Alabama College El Paso Community College MYLEEA HILL ROSE B. JOHNSON VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Arkansas State University Woodlawn High School (Ala.) JENNIFER T. EDWARDS T. EARLE JOHNSON Tarleton State University RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS University of Alabama CHAIR MRS. EARLE G. MCLIN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION JASON EDWARD BLACK Birmingham Southern College CHAIR University of Alabama HELEN OSBOND DAVID LEE VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Alabama College University of South Florida RICHARD LEEMAN EDWIN PAGET VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER University of North Carolina-Charlotte North Carolina State College PAULA RODRIGUEZ DE WITT ASHTON Hinds Community College SOUTHERN FORENSICS Mississippi State College for Women CHAIR VIRGIL BAKER INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DAVID NELSON University of Arkansas, Fayetteville CHAIR Northwest Missouri State MARVIN G. BAUER TODD LEE GOEN VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Washington & Lee University University of Georgia DAN SCHABOT MRS. ARTEMUS CALLOWAY VICE CHAIR / PROGRAM PLANNER Cameron University H. P. CONSTANS TERRY M. THIBODEAUX University of Florida Sam Houston State University MILDRED FORD Montgomery, Alabama

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FRANCES GOOCH DWIGHT L. FRESHLEY 1960 Scott College University of Georgia EUGENE WHITE WILHELMINA HEDDE 1966 University of Miami Sunset High School in Texas KEVIN KEARNEY 1961 F. D. MELLEN University of South Florida OWEN PETERSON VERA ALICE PAUL 1969 Louisiana State University State Teachers College, Athens, Georgia JULIAN BURROUGHS JR. 1966 J. W. RAINE Wake Forrest University GREGG PHIFER Berea College 1972 Florida State University JOHN D. SHAVER JERRY L. TARVER 1969 Alabama Polytechnic Institute University of Richmond DWIGHT L. FRESHLEY NAN STEPHENS 1975 University of Georgia Agnes Scott College G. ALLAN YEOMANS 1972 IRVING STOVER University of Tennessee, Knoxville BERT E. BRADLEY Stetson University 1978 Auburn University W. STUART TOWNS 1975 SSCA EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS University of West Florida RALPH T. EUBANKS 1930 1981 University of West Florida T. EARLE JOHNSON JOHN I. SISCO 1978 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa University of South Florida JERRY E. TARVER 1931 1985 University of Richmond M. F. EVAN HOWARD DORGAN 1981 Alabama Appalachian State University HOWARD DORGAN 1933 1990 Appalachian State University LOUISE A. BLYMER SUSAN A. SILTANEN 1984 Berea College University of Southern Mississippi MARTHA M. SOLOMON 1935 1995 Auburn University T. EARLE JOHNSON RICHARD R. RANTA 1987 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa University of Memphis DALE G. LEATHERS 1936 2000 University of Georgia A. A. HOPKINS HAL W. FULMER 1990 University of Florida Georgia Southern University KEITH V. ERICKSON 1938 2005 University of Southern Mississippi LOUIS H. SWAIN J. EMMETT WINN 1993 Furman University Auburn University ANDREW A. KING 1941 2010-2015 Louisiana State University A. C. LAFOLLETTE CARL M. CATES 1996 Murray State College Valdosta State University CRAIG ALLEN SMITH 1944 University of North Carolina, Greensboro GEORGE NEELY SOUTHERN COMMUNICATION JOURNAL 1999 Marion Institute EDITORS KENNETH CISSNA 1945 1935 University of South Florida GEORGE TOTTEN ROSE B. JOHNSON 2002 Southwestern at Memphi Woodlawn High School JOY HART 1948 Birmingham, Alabama University of Louisville ANIEL 1938 J. T. D 2005 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa ROBERT B. CAPEL JOHN C. MEYER 1949 Hendrix College University of Southern Mississippi T. EARLE JOHNSON 1942 2008 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa CLAUDE KANTNER MARY E. STUCKEY 1953 Louisiana State University Georgia State University DELWIN DUSENBURY 1944 2011 University of Florida CLAUDE SHAVER J. DONALD RAGSDALE 1955 Louisiana State University Sam Houston State University PAUL BRANDES 1948 University of Southern Mississippi DALLAS DICKEY SSCA PRESIDENTS 1957 University of Florida 1930 MARY LOUISE GEHRING 1951 EDWIN PAGET Stetson University HOWARD TOWNSEND North Carolina State University 1961 University of Texas, Austin 1931 L. L. ZIMMERMAN 1954 EDWIN PAGET University of Florida DOUGLAS EHNINGER North Carolina State University 1962 University of Florida 1932 KEVIN KEARNEY 1957 FRANCES K. GOOCH University of South Florida CHARLES GETCHELL Agnes Scott College 1963 University of Mississippi

72 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY 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 1969 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa CHARLES A. MCGLON WALDO W. BRADEN 1991 Baptist Theological Seminary Louisiana State University HOWARD DORGAN 1949 1970 Appalachian State University GLENN R. CAPP GREGG PHIFER 1992 Baylor University Florida State University LAWRENCE A. HOSMAN 1950 1971 University of Southern Mississippi CLAUDE L. SHAVER E. SAMUEL DUDLEY 1993 Louisiana State University Mississippi State University NAVITA CUMMINGS JAMES 1951 1972 University of South Florida BETTY MAY COLLINS JOHN I. SISCO 1994 Memphis Technological High School University of South Florida THOMAS S. FRENTZ 1952 1973 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville BATSELL B. BAXTER WAYNE N. THOMPSON 1995 David Lipscomb College University of Houston LYNNE M. WEBB 1953 1974 University of Memphis CHARLES M. GETCHELL DWIGHT L. FRESHLEY 1996 University of Mississippi University of Georgia NINA-JO MOORE Appalachian State University

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1997 1992 1987 RENEE EDWARDS KATHRYN GREENE CHARLES R. CONRAD Louisiana State University University of Georgia Texas A & M University 1998 RHONDA G. PARKER 1993 SUSAN SILTANEN University of Georgia DILIP PARAMESHWAR GAONKAR University of Southern Mississippi 1993 University of Illinois 1999 E. M. I. SEFCOVIC 1994 GARY A. COPELAND University of Georgia CALVIN M. LOGUE University of Alabama 1994 University of Georgia 2000 RAKA SHOME THURMON GARNER MARY EVELYN COLLINS University of Georgia University of Georgia Sam Houston State University 1995 1995 2001 DIONEL COTANDA ABRAN J. SALAZAR TRUDY L. HANSON University of South Florida Texas A & M University West Texas A & M University 1996 SAMUEL L. BECKER 2002 GARTH PAULEY University of Iowa KATHERINE W. HAWKINS Penn State University VIRGINIA DAUGHETY Wichita State University 1997 University of Iowa 2003 PRESTON COLEMAN 1996 MARILYN YOUNG University of Iowa JILL TAFT KAUFMAN Florida State University 1998 Central Michigan University 2004 CHRISTIE TRINASTICH 1997 TERRY THIBODEAUX University of Texas, Austin WILLIAM BAILEY Sam Houston State University 1999 University of Arizona 2005 MARTIN CARCASSON 1998 KENNETH N. CISSNA Texas A & M University ROBERT E. TERRILL University of South Florida 2000 Indiana University 2006 PAT FERGUSON DAVID ZAREFSKY CHARLES H. TARDY University of Memphis Northwestern University University of Southern Mississippi 2001 MAROUF HASIAN JR. 2007 WILLIAM HARLOW Arizona State University CRAIG ALLEN SMITH Texas A & M University LISA A. FLORES North Carolina State University 2002 Arizona State University 2008 MARK A. WILLIAMS 1999 JERRY HALE Texas A & M University MICHAEL PFAU University of Georgia 2003 University of Wisconsin 2009 KELLI L. FELLOWS PATRICIA MOY PATRICIA AMASON University of Georgia University of Wisconsin University of Arkansas 2004 BARRY RADLER 2010 KELLI L. FELLOWS University of Wisconsin TOM SOCHA University of Georgia MICHAEL K. BRIDGEMAN Old Dominion University 2005 University of Wisconsin CAREY L. POWERS 2000 AWARD RECIPIENTS City University of New York JACQULINE BACON 2006 2001 ROBERT BOSTROM YOUNG SCHOLAR AWARD ZAC GERSHBERG JOHN R. STEWART Louisiana State University KAREN ZEDIKER 1987 2007 University of Washington STEPHANIE ZIMMERMANN ANNA TURNAGE 2002 University of Kentucky North Carolina State University SUZANNE FITCH 1988 2008 Southwest Texas State University ROY J. SCHWARTZMAN NONE GIVEN ROSEANN M. MANDZIUK University of Iowa 2009 Southwest Texas State University 1989 LAUREN REICHART 2003 REGINA M. HOFFMAN University of Alabama KATHRYN M. OLSEN Louisiana State University 2010 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 1990 CARLY T. MCKENZIE 2004 CINDY J. KISTENBERG University of Alabama CAROL B. MILLS Louisiana State University CYNTHIA NICHOLS Northern Illinois University KRYSTYNA STRZYZEWSKI University of Alabama AUSTIN S. BABROW University of Arizona Purdue University 1991 ROSE B. JOHNSON SCJ ARTICLE AWARD 2005 KIM E. FREEMAN MICHAEL WALTMAN University of Florida 1984 University of North Carolina DAVID ZAREFSKY 2006 Northwestern University KATHERINE HENDRIX University of Memphis

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1997 1992 1987 2007 MICHAEL M. OSBORN TEACHER-SCHOLAR OUTREACH AWARD TODD MCDORMAN AWARD RENEE EDWARDS KATHRYN GREENE CHARLES R. CONRAD 1994 Louisiana State University University of Georgia Texas A & M University Wabash College THEODORE CLEVENGER JR. 2008 1994 Florida State University 1998 RHONDA G. PARKER 1993 JAMES J. KIMBLE MICHAEL M. OSBORN 1995 SUSAN SILTANEN University of Georgia DILIP PARAMESHWAR GAONKAR University of Southern Mississippi 1993 University of Illinois Seton Hall University University of Memphis E. CULPEPPER CLARK 2009 1995 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 1999 E. M. I. SEFCOVIC 1994 CHRISTINA R. FOUST BEVERLY WHITAKERLONG 1996 GARY A. COPELAND University of Georgia CALVIN M. LOGUE University of Alabama 1994 University of Georgia University of Denver University of North Carolina, ANDREW KING 2010 Chapel Hill Louisiana State University 2000 RAKA SHOME THURMON GARNER DEBORAH THOMSON 1996 1997 MARY EVELYN COLLINS University of Georgia University of Georgia Sam Houston State University 1995 1995 East Carolina University NONE GIVEN LYNNE M. WEBB 1997 University of Memphis 2001 DIONEL COTANDA ABRAN J. SALAZAR T. EARLE JOHNSON - EDWIN PAGET TOM FRENTZ 1998 TRUDY L. HANSON University of South Florida Texas A & M University DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD University of Arkansas, Fayetteville SUZANNE OSBORN West Texas A & M University 1996 SAMUEL L. BECKER 1994 1998 1999 2002 GARTH PAULEY University of Iowa JOHN I. SISCO MARY FRANCES HOPKINS (EMERITUS) ROBERT DENTON KATHERINE W. HAWKINS Penn State University VIRGINIA DAUGHETY Wichita State University 1997 University of Iowa Southwest Missouri State University Louisiana State University Virginia Tech 1995 1999 2000 2003 PRESTON COLEMAN 1996 HOWARD DORGAN RONALD H. CARPENTER TYRONE L. ADAMS MARILYN YOUNG University of Iowa JILL TAFT KAUFMAN Florida State University 1998 Central Michigan University Appalachian State University University of Florida University of Louisiana, Lafayette 1996 2000 2001 2004 CHRISTIE TRINASTICH 1997 DWIGHT FRESHLEY NONE GIVEN NONE GIVEN TERRY THIBODEAUX University of Texas, Austin WILLIAM BAILEY Sam Houston State University 1999 University of Arizona University of Georgia 2001 2002 GREGG PHIFER JANICE RUSHING MARSHA HOUSTON 2005 MARTIN CARCASSON 1998 Florida State University University of Arkansas University of Alabama KENNETH N. CISSNA Texas A & M University ROBERT E. TERRILL University of South Florida 2000 Indiana University 1997 2002 2003 JERRY TARVER NONE GIVEN NONE GIVEN 2006 PAT FERGUSON DAVID ZAREFSKY University of Richmond 2003 2004 CHARLES H. TARDY University of Memphis Northwestern University 1998 ROBERT E. DENTON JR. NONE GIVEN University of Southern Mississippi 2001 MAROUF HASIAN JR. KEITH ERICKSON Virginia Polytechnic Institute 2005 2007 WILLIAM HARLOW Arizona State University University of Southern Mississippi 2004 STEVE MADDEN CRAIG ALLEN SMITH Texas A & M University LISA A. FLORES North Carolina State University 2002 Arizona State University 1999 JULIA T. WOODS Clemson University BERT BRADLEY University of North Carolina 2006 2008 MARK A. WILLIAMS 1999 Auburn University 2005 CAROL WINKLER JERRY HALE Texas A & M University MICHAEL PFAU University of Georgia 2003 University of Wisconsin 2000 MARILYN YOUNG Georgia State University SUSAN SILTANEN Florida State University 2007 2009 KELLI L. FELLOWS PATRICIA MOY University of Southern Mississippi 2006 NONE GIVEN PATRICIA AMASON University of Georgia University of Wisconsin 2001 NONE GIVEN 2008 University of Arkansas 2004 BARRY RADLER RICHARD RANTA 2007 MARGARET D'SILVA 2010 KELLI L. FELLOWS University of Wisconsin University of Memphis MARTIN MEDHURST University of Louisville TOM SOCHA University of Georgia MICHAEL K. BRIDGEMAN Old Dominion University 2005 University of Wisconsin 2002 Baylor University 2009 NINA-JO MOORE 2008 WILLIAM THOMPSON CAREY L. POWERS 2000 Appalachian State University ART BOCHNER University of Louisville AWARD RECIPIENTS City University of New York JACQULINE BACON 2006 2001 2003 University of South Florida 2010 RICHARD L. CONVILLE 2009 TINA HARRIS ROBERT BOSTROM YOUNG SCHOLAR AWARD ZAC GERSHBERG JOHN R. STEWART University of Southern Mississippi NONE GIVEN University of Georgia Louisiana State University KAREN ZEDIKER 2004 2010 1987 2007 University of Washington MARY EVELYN COLLINS JERRY HALE DWIGHT L. FRESHLEY OUTSTANDING NEW STEPHANIE ZIMMERMANN ANNA TURNAGE 2002 Sam Houston State University University of Georgia TEACHER AWARD University of Kentucky North Carolina State University SUZANNE FITCH 2005 1988 2008 Southwest Texas State University NONE GIVEN MINORITY RECRUITMENT 1995 ROY J. SCHWARTZMAN NONE GIVEN ROSEANN M. MANDZIUK 2006 AND RETENTION AWARD ENRIQUE D. RIGSBY University of Iowa 2009 Southwest Texas State University MARILYN YOUNG Texas A & M University 1989 LAUREN REICHART 2003 Florida State University 2006 1996 REGINA M. HOFFMAN University of Alabama KATHRYN M. OLSEN 2007 NONE GIVEN CARL M. CATES Louisiana State University 2010 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee KENNETH CISSNA 2007 Valdosta State University 1990 CARLY T. MCKENZIE 2004 University of South Florida NONE GIVEN 1997 CINDY J. KISTENBERG University of Alabama CAROL B. MILLS 2008 2008 NONE GIVEN Louisiana State University CYNTHIA NICHOLS Northern Illinois University NONE GIVEN NONE GIVEN 1998 KRYSTYNA STRZYZEWSKI University of Alabama AUSTIN S. BABROW 2009 2008 CHARLA MARKHUM SHAW University of Arizona Purdue University THOMAS FRENTZ DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM University of Texas, Arlington 1991 ROSE B. JOHNSON SCJ ARTICLE AWARD 2005 University of Arkansas College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University 1999 KIM E. FREEMAN MICHAEL WALTMAN 2010 KARLA K. JENSEN University of Florida 1984 University of North Carolina MARK HICKSON III 2010DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES Texas Tech University DAVID ZAREFSKY 2006 University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Northwestern University KATHERINE HENDRIX University of Memphis

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76 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY 2000 2005 2005 2009 Tulane University 2009 VANESSA BEASLEY ARTHUR RANEY JENNIFER BAFUNDO SEAN O'ROURKE 1989 CAROLE BLAIR Texas A & M University Florida State University Furman University Furman University VIRGINIA E. WHEELESS University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2001 2006 2006 2010 Morehead State University 2010 MELANIE MORGAN STACY HOLMAN JONES ALEX TEH DEANNA DANNELS 1990 JANIS EDWARDS University of Louisville University of South Florida University of Georgia North Carolina State University MARSHA HOUSTON University of Alabama 2002 2007 2007 Tulane University FRANCES BRANDAU-BROWN ELISSA FOSTER JUDITH NOVAK OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR IN COMMUNICATION 1991 PAST CONVENTIONS Sam Houston State University San Jose State University University of Kentucky THEORY AWARD RECIPIENTS NAVITA CUMMINGS JAMES AND HOTELS 2003 2008 DREW ANDERSON (Note: This is not an association award) University of South Florida NONE GIVEN JASON EDWARD BLACK Georgia Southern University 1992 1930 2004 University of Alabama 2008 1994 MARY FRANCES HOPKINS BIRMINGHAM, AL KANDI L. WALKER CRIS DAVIS KATTRINA BALDUS THEODORE CLEVENGER JR. 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SISCO EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING 1997 1995 Boone Tavern BILLY WOOTEN AWARD RENEE EDWARDS RENEE EDWARDS 1934 Berea College THE FRANKLIN SHIRLEY AWARD FOR THE TOP Louisiana State University Louisiana State University BIRMINGHAM, AL 2008 UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE 1994 1998 1996 Thomas Jefferson Hotel MONICA POMBO PAPER MARSHA L. VANDERFORD CHARLES H. TARDY MARSHA VANDERFORD 1935 Appalachian State University University of South Florida University of Southern Mississippi University of South Florida NEW ORLEANS, LA 2009 1992 1995 1999 1997 Stevens Hotel with NATS DEBORAH CUNNINGHAM WALKER LORICE EVANS CALVIN M. LOGUE JOANN KEYTON SUSAN STILTANEN 1936 Coastal Carolina University Trinity University University of Georgia University of Memphis University of Southern Mississippi GAINESVILLE, FL 2010 1993 1996 2000 1998 Thomas Hotel LORA B. HELVIE-MASON JOSHUA BOYD NINA-JO MOORE LYNNE M. WEBB KATHERINE HAWKINS 1937 Southern University at New Orleans David Lipscomb University Appalachian State University University of Arkansas Wichita State University NASHVILLE, TN 1994 1997 2001 1999 Andrew Jackson Hotel JANICE HOCKER RUSHING EARLY CAREER GERARD PFANNENSTEIL GEORGE GRICE RALPH BEHNKE TRUDY L. HANSON 1938 RESEARCH AWARD Trinity University Radford University Texas Christian University West Texas A&M University ATLANTA, GA 1995 1998 2002 2000 Henry Grady Hotel 1995 BLAINE HUMMEL MARK HICKSON III KENNETH N. CISSNA NONE GIVEN 1939 CINDY J. KISTENBERG GARRET ULOSEVICH University of Alabama, Birmingham University of South Florida University of Houston, Downtown Trinity University 1999 BATON ROUGE, LA 2003 2001 Heidelberg Hotel 1996 LAWRENCE A. HOSMAN J. DONALD RAGSDALE LYNNE WEBB 1940 ROXANNE L. PARROT ANDREA DOUGHTY University of Mississippi Sam Houston State University University of Arkansas CHATTANOOGA, TN University of Georgia KELLI JONES 2000 2004 2002 Patten Hotel 1996 University of Alabama, Birmingham JAMES A. AUNE RICHARD CONVILLE DIANA K. IVY 1941 SEAN PATRICK O’ROURKE 1997 Texas A & M University University of Southern Mississippi Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi IRMINGHAM Vanderbilt University AMY TILTON 2001 B , AL 2005 2003 1997 University of Texas, Corpus Christi BONNIE J. DOW Tutwiler Hotel JAMES C. MCCROSKEY BONNIE DOW KATHRYN GREENE 1998 University of Georgia 1942 West Virginia University Vanderbilt University East Carolina University KEVIN HOOPER 2002 ATLANTA, GA 2006 2004 1998 North Carolina State University KATHERINE HENDRIX Henry Grady Hotel O AWARD GIVEN ONNA UDD JENNIFER MONAHAN 1999 University of Memphis N D N 1943 University of Georgia MARK T. WITKO 2003 2007 Florida State University JACKSON, MS 1999 University of Wyoming NONE GIVEN NO AWARD GIVEN 2005 Heidelberg Hotel JIM KUYPERS 2000 2004 2008 SONJA K. FOSS 1944 Dartmouth College MELANIE DOTSON STEPHEN BRADEN WILLIAM G. POWERS University of Colorado at Denver JACKSON, MS 2000 Samford University Georgia State University Texas Christian University KAREN A. FOSS Heidelberg Hotel NONE GIVEN 2001 2005 2009 University of New Mexico 1945 2001 SARA BAKKER NONE GIVEN PAMELA KALBFLEISCH 2006 CLEVELAND, TN (CANCELLED) NONE GIVEN George Washington University 2006 University of North Dakota ELIZABETH ALLEN BELL Cherokee Hotel 2002 2002 MARY E. STUCKEY 2010 University of South Florida 1946 NONE GIVEN CYNTHIA LEDFORD Georgia State University JOHN C. MEYER 2007 ATLANTA, GA 2003 University of Kentucky 2007 University of Southern Mississippi JULIA T. WOOD Henry Grady Hotel KEVIN WRIGHT 2003 ELIZABETH BELL University of North Carolina, 1947 University of Memphis ANDREW THOMAS ROSS University of South Florida GENDER STUDIES SCHOLAR Chapel Hill BATON ROUGE, LA 2004 George Washington University 2008 OF THE YEAR AWARD 2008 Heidelberg Hotel MICHAEL I. ARRINGTON 2004 JOY HART (Note: This is not an association award) ROSEANN M. MANDZIUK 1948 Ohio University LINDSEY ILION University of Louisville 1988 Texas State University NASHVILLE, TN George Washington University KATHLEEN J. TURNER Maxwell Hotel

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 77 TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY 1949 1971 1993 WACO, TX NEW ORLEANS, LA LEXINGTON, KY Roosevelt Hotel Roosevelt Hotel Hyatt Regency & Radisson Plaza with CSCA 1950 1972 1994 BIRMINGHAM, AL SAN ANTONIO, TX NORFOLK, VA Tutwiler Hotel El Tropicano Hotel Omni Hotel 1951 1973 1995 GAINESVILLE, FL LEXINGTON, KY NEW ORLEANS, LA Thomas Hotel Phoenix Hotel The Monteleone Hotel 1952 1974 1996 JACKSON, MS RICHMOND, VA MEMPHIS, TN Heidelberg Hotel John Marshall Hotel The Peabody Hotel 1953 1975 1997 GREENVILLE, SC TALLAHASSEE, FL SAVANNAH, GA Poinsett Hotel Tallahassee Hilton Hotel Hyatt Regency 1954 1976 1998 DALLAS, TX SAN ANTONIO, TX SAN ANTONIO, TX Adolphus Hotel El Tropicano Hotel La Mansion del Rio 1955 1977 1999 MEMPHIS, TN KNOXVILLE, TN ST. LOUIS, MO Peabody Hotel Hyatt Regency Hotel Adams Mark Hotel 1956 1978 2000 HATTIESBURG, MS ATLANTA, GA NEW ORLEANS, LA Forrest Hotel Sheraton Biltmore Hotel The Monteleone Hotel 1957 1979 2001 ATHENS, GA BILOXI, MS LEXINGTON, KY Georgia Center for Cont. Education Broadwater Beach Hotel Radisson Plaza Hotel 1958 1980 2002 HOUSTON, TX BIRMINGHAM, AL WINSTON-SALEM, NC Rice Hotel Hyatt House Hotel The Adams Mark 1959 1981 2003 LOUISVILLE, KY AUSTIN, TX BIRMINGHAM, AL Sheraton Seelbach Hotel Hilton Palacio del Rio Sheraton Hotel 1960 1982 2004 WINSTON-SALEM, NC HOT SPRINGS, AR TAMPA, FL Robert E. Lee Hotel Arlington Hotel Wyndam Harbour Island Hotel 1961 1983 2005 MIAMI, FL ORLANDO, FL BATON ROUGE, LA Everglades Hotel Hilton Inn-Florida Center Radisson Hotel 1962 1984 2006 AUSTIN, TX BATON ROUGE, LA DALLAS, TX Driskell Hotel Hilton Hotel Marriott Galleria-Addison 1963 1985 2007 NASHVILLE, TN WINSTON-SALEM, NC LOUISVILLE, KY Andrew Jackson Hotel Hyatt House Hotel Marriott Downtown 1964 1986 2008 HOUSTON, TX HOUSTON, TX SAVANNAH, GA Texas State Hotel Shamrock Hilton Hotel Hyatt Regency 1965 1987 2009 DURHAM, NC ST. LOUIS, MO NORFOLK, VA Jack Tar Hotel Clarion Hotel with CSCA Marriott Waterside 1966 1988 2010 MIAMI, FL MEMPHIS, TN MEMPHIS, TN Everglades Hotel The Peabody Hotel The Peabody Hotel 1967 1989 2011 LITTLE ROCK, AR LOUISVILLE, KY LITTLE ROCK, AR Marion Hotel Brown Hotel Doubletree Hotel 1968 1990 2012 MEMPHIS, TN (CANCELLED) BIRMINGHAM, AL SAN ANTONIO, TX Peabody Hotel Radisson Hotel The St. Anthony Hotel 1969 1991 2013 MEMPHIS, TN TAMPA, FL LOUISVILLE, KY Peabody Hotel Hyatt Regency The Seelbach Hilton 1970 1992 WINSTON-SALEM, NC SAN ANTONIO, TX Robert E. Lee Hotel St. Anthony Hotel

78 Southern States Communication Association TRADITIONS, TRENDS, AND TECHNOLOGY

LIFE MEMBERS RANTA, RICHARD R. COOK, NORMA COX

(Note: As of February 2011) SILTANEN, SUSAN A. CROFT, BLANTON ANDERSEN, KENNETH E. SISCO, JOHN I. DORGAN, HOWARD

ARRINGTON, MICHAEL I. SMITH, ROBERT M. EILAND, MILLARD F.

BALTHROP, BILL STUCKEY, MARY E. FRESHLEY, DWIGHT L.

BATES, BENJAMIN TARVER, JERRY L. GRUNER, CHARLES R.

BOSTROM, ROBERT N. THIBODEAUX, TERRY M. HERNDON, ROSANNA T.

BRANDAU-BROWN, FRANCES TOWNS, STUART HOLM, JOAN

CARDENAS, CRISTINA VIOLANTI, MICHELLE T. KARNS, C. FRANKLIN

CHESEBRO, JAMES WEBB, LYNNE M. LOEFFLER, DONALD L.

CISSNA, KENNETH N. WEISS, STEVEN LOGUE, CAL M.

COLLINS, MARY EVELYN WHEATON, PATRICK G. MIXON, HAROLD D.

CONDIT, CELESTE M. WINN, J. EMMETT QUIANTHY, RICHARD L.

COPELAND, GARY A. REYNOLDS, BEATRICE KAY

DARSEY, JAMES PATRON MEMBERS ROACH, CAROL A.

DEHART, JEAN (Note: As of February 2011) WALDHART, ENID EDWARDS, RENEE AMASON, PATRICIA YOUNG, MARILYN

EDWARDS, WILLIAM H. BROWN, GREGORY INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS

ERICKSON, KEITH V. BUTTIMER, ELIZABETH AUBURN UNIVERSITY

FOSTER, JOHN R. COCKRELL, KRISTEN CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY

FRANK, ROBERT E. HALE, JERRY CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

FULMER, HAL W. HANSON, TRUDY GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

GUTHRIE, RUSSELL A. HARLOW, WILLIAM LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

HART, JOY HILL, L. BROOKS MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

HAWKINS, KATHERINE W. JUSTICE, DELIGHT SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY

HICKSON III, MARK. KING, ANDREW STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY

HOSMAN, LAWRENCE A. MATTHEWS, MARSHA TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS

JACKSON II, RONALD MEYER, JOHN UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE

KALBFLEISCH, PAMELA J. SCHABOT, DANIEL MONROE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA

KUYPERS, JIM A. WILLIAMS, DAVID AT MONROE

MCGEE, BRIAN R. CLOWER, RAMONA UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

MCMAHAN, EVA M. GENDRIN, DOMINIQUE AT CHAPEL HILL

MOORE, NINA-JO GOEN, TODD UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

NEWCOMBE, P. JUDSON UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

O'ROURKE, SEAN PATRICK EMERITUS MEMBERS UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

OLSON, KATHRYN M. (Note: As of February 2011) UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON OSBORN, MICHAEL ASMUTH, M. VIOLET UNIVERISTY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

OSBORN, SUZANNE BANGHAM, JERRY VALDOSTA STATE

POWELL, LARRY BOCK, E. HOPE WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 79 SSCA CONSTITUTION assigned. 1. The President 6. Facilitate the performance of the ARTICLE I: NAME 2. The Vice President constitutional duties of all other officers The name of the Association shall be the 3. The Vice President-Elect and committees. Southern States Communication 4. The Executive Director 2. The Vice President shall perform the Association. 5. The Journal Editor following duties and such other related 6. The Marketing Director duties as shall arise: ARTICLE II: PURPOSE 7. The High School, College, and 1. Prepare the program for the The purpose of the Association shall be to Community/Two Year College annual convention. promote study, criticism, research, teach- Representatives to the Legislative 2. Serve as program coordinator of ing, and application of the artistic, Assembly of the National Communication the sectional programs arranged by the humanistic, and scientific principles of Association. officers of the recognized Divisions of the communication. The Association, a not- 8. The Immediate Past President Association. The Vice President, as pro- for-profit organization, exists for educa- gram chairperson, shall consider the rec- tional, scientific, and literary purposes Section 2. Term of Office. The terms of ommendations of the Division Vice only. No part of the net revenues of the office of the President, Vice President, Chairpersons as to programs, but shall Association, if any, may be used for the and Vice President-Elect shall be for one have final authority regarding the pro- private benefit of any individual or group, year; of the Journal Editor, and the gram and select the winner of the Robert except that the Executive Council may Marketing Director, three years; of the Bostrom Award. establish scholarships or research grants Executive Director, five years; the repre- 3. Assist the President in promoting for projects or purposes appropriate to the sentatives to the national association in the activities and interests of the Association. accordance with the constitution of the Association as needed or requested. National Communication Association. 3. The Vice President Elect shall per- ARTICLE III: MEMBERSHIP Section 3. Succession. form the following duties and other such Section 1. Individual Membership. related duties as shall arise: Individual membership in the Association 1. The Vice President shall automatical- 1. Be responsible for the annual shall be open, upon application, to any ly succeed to the office of the President recruitment efforts of the Association. interested person upon payment of the upon the expiration of the President's term 2. Assist the President and Vice current annual dues. Regular membership, of office. The Vice President shall suc- President in promoting the activities and student membership, sustaining member- ceed the President should the President's interests of the Association as needed or ship, patron membership, and lifetime office become vacant through death, res- requested. membership are all individual member- ignation, or disability. 3. Plan the annual Theodore ships. The services provided the different 2. The Vice President-Elect shall auto- Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors categories of membership shall be set by matically succeed to the office of Vice Conference and determine the winner of the Executive Council. President upon expiration of the Vice the Franklin Shirley Award. President's term of office. The Vice 4. The Executive Director shall perform Section 2. Honorary Membership. A per- President-Elect shall serve as assistant to all ordinary duties of the Secretary and son may be elected to honorary member- the Vice President. Treasurer of the Association and of the ship by a majority vote of the Executive Council. As Treasurer, the Association. Section 4. Duties of Officers. Executive Director shall furnish a financial report at each annual convention. The Section 3. Emeritus Membership. Any 1. The President shall perform the fol- Executive Director shall incorporate into member of the Association who, upon lowing duties and such other related the report a financial accounting covering retirement from active teaching, has been duties as shall arise: all publications and the results of the offi- a member of the Association for not less 1. Preside at all business meetings cial independent accounting review. The than fifteen (15) years and submits proper of the Association and of the Executive Executive Director shall notify the notification to the Executive Director Council. National Communication Association shall be granted the status of emeritus 2. Appoint and notify all commit- Executive Offices of the names and membership. Emeritus members shall tees except those otherwise provided for. addresses of the newly elected High have all the privileges of sustaining mem- 3. Provide oversight over divisions School, College, and Community/Two bers without further payment of dues. and interest groups. Year College Representatives to LC 4. Serve as liaison officer between immediately after the close of the conven- Section 4. Institutional membership. the Southern States Communication tion when they assume office. The Institutional memberships are available to Association and all other national, region- Executive Director shall appoint a institutions, organizations, and agencies al, and similar associations with similar or newsletter editor and a Webpage Editor. who wish to be listed in the Association's related interests. The Executive Director shall publish the convention program. 5. See that members of the profes- SSCA newsletter and conduct Association sion receive notice of meetings and activi- elections in accordance with procedures ARTICLE IV: OFFICERS ties of the Association and of the outlined elsewhere in the Constitution. Section 1. Officers. The officers of this Executive Council, unless the transmis- The Executive Director shall negotiate Association shall be: sion of such notices has been otherwise and sign all contracts on behalf of the

80 Southern States Communication Association Association, subject to approval of the Assembly of the National Communication shall hold a convention and the Theodore Association. Association shall present a report based on Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors 5. The Journal Editor shall direct and correspondence and notes from business Conference each year in the months of supervise the publication of the Southern meetings of the National Communication March or April, preferably during the first Communication Journal as authorized by Association to the Executive Council at its full week in April or as near thereto as fea- the Executive Council. first meeting at the annual convention. sible, at a time determined by the 6. The Marketing Director is responsible Executive Council upon recommendation for development, implementation, and Section 2. Terms of Office. Newly elected by the Time and Place Committee as pro- evaluation of association marketing activi- officers and Council members shall vided in Article IX, Section 1. ties. These include, but are not limited to: assume office at the close of the annual 2. Regional Rotation. Whenever possi- strategic planning, preparing and imple- convention with the exception of the ble, the Time and Place Committee should menting various marketing activities, Executive Director, who shall take office seek to systematically rotate the Annual membership development and mainte- as provided in Article VII, Section 4B and Convention site among the several geo- nance, organizational branding, securing 4C. graphical regions within the larger region advertising, and expansion of state, region- covered by the Southern States al, and national organizational awareness. Section 3. Meetings. The Executive Communication Association. 7. The Immediate Past President shall Council shall normally meet at least three 3. Local Arrangements. An SSCA mem- chair the Nominating Committee and other (3) times each year, twice at the annual ber living in or near the host convention duties accepted in consultation with the convention prior to the Association busi- city shall chair a local committee to assist President. ness meetings, and once at the national the Administrative Committee with con- 8. The Administrative Committee convention of the NCA. vention arrangements. includes the President, the Vice President, the Vice President-Elect, the Executive Section 4. Duties and Responsibilities. The Section 3. Strategic Planning Meeting. Director, the Journal Editor, the Marketing Executive Council shall receive reports, Upon the call of the President, the Director, the Immediate Past President, recommend budgets, initiate action, and Administrative Committee, Immediate Past and the Chairperson of the Finance oversee the long-range planning for the Executive Director, Chair of the Finance Committee. Association. In the period between annual Committee, and other appropriate members conventions, the Executive Council shall as Section 5. Vacancies. The Executive act for the membership of the Association. designated by the President, shall meet for Council shall have authority to fill any the purpose of strategic planning. No more vacancy, other than the Presidency, created Section 5. Emergency Procedures. In case than five years shall elapse between such by the death, resignation, or disability of of an emergency which would make it meetings. an elected officer of the Association. either impossible or impractical for the president to convene the Executive Section 4. Quorum. Those members of the ARTICLE V: EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Council, the President may empower an Association present at a regularly sched- Section 1. Membership. Emergency Council consisting of the uled and announced meeting of the The membership to the Executive Council President, the Immediate Past President, Association shall constitute a quorum. of the Association shall be: the Vice President, the Vice President- Elect, and the Executive Director to act for ARTICLE VII: NOMINATIONS, 1. President, Vice President, Vice the Executive Council. The President may ELECTIONS, AND APPOINTMENTS President-Elect, Executive Director, consult each member to determine what Section 1. Nominating Committee. Journal Editor, Marketing Director, action is to be taken on behalf of the Chairperson and members of the Finance Executive Council. Items not requiring an 1. Method of Selection. Committee. immediate decision are to be decided by 1. The Nominating Committee shall 2. The chairpersons of the established polling the entire Executive Council. consist of the Immediate Past President of Divisions of the Association. the Association, as chair, and the 3. The immediate retiring President, Section 6. Quorum. Those members of the Immediate Past Chairs of all Divisions. retiring Executive Director, and retiring Executive Council present at a regularly 2. All members shall serve for one Journal Editor, each for one year following scheduled and announced meeting of the year. that person's term of office. Executive Council shall constitute a quo- 3. The Committee Chair or designee 4. Three members elected at large by rum. shall give a report to the Executive members of the Association for three-year Council at its annual meeting during the term, one new member to be elected each ARTICLE VI: MEETINGS National Communication Association con- year. These members will also serve as Section 1. Business Meetings. The vention. representatives to the Legislative Association shall hold at least two (2) 2. Restrictions. A member of the Assembly of the national association as business meetings at each annual conven- Nominating Committee shall not be eligi- prescribed by the constitution of the tion. ble for any office to be considered by that National Communication Association. The committee. High School, College, and Section 2. 3. Responsibilities. Community/Two Year College 1. Nominations for the Slate of Representatives to the Legislative 1. Annual Convention. The Association Officers may be made by the following

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 81 methods: (35) days prior to the annual convention Conference Fee 1. By the Nominating for the return of the marked ballots shall 2. Establishment of Rates: The rates for Committee be indicated on the ballot. the dues and fees in each of the categories 2. Any SSCA member in good 4. To be valid, each ballot must meet shall be established by a two-thirds (2/3) standing may make recommendations to four requirements: vote of the membership voting in conven- the Nominating Committee. 1. It must not identify the voting tion. 3. Nominators may submit mate- member by name, address, or school. rials supporting nominees. 2. It must be mailed in an indi- Section 2. The Executive Director and 4. Other names may be added to vidual envelope, only one ballot to each Marketing Director, in consultation with the Slate of Officers by petition filed with envelope. the Administrative Committee, shall set the Nominating Committee at least six 3. The name and address of the fees for the following: exhibitor fees, months before the annual convention. The voting member must appear on the outside advertising fees for the convention pro- petition shall state the names of the nomi- of the envelope. gram, and ads for job postings. nee and the office to which the person is 4. The envelope must bear a being nominated and shall be signed by at postmark no later than the deadline shown ARTICLE IX: COMMITTEES least twenty-five (25) Association mem- on the official ballot. Section 1. Standing Committees. bers in good standing at the time and who 2. Second Ballot. If a candidate does not represent at least two states and five sepa- receive a majority vote by the first ballot, a 1. Committee and Purposes. The stand- rate institutions. second ballot listing the two candidates ing committees and their purposes shall be: 2. The Nominating Committee shall who received the plurality of votes will be 1. Committee on Committees, whose check with all possible nominees to make taken in the same manner as the first bal- purpose shall be to make committee each one aware of the responsibilities of lot, except that the Executive Director shall appointments at each convention, and to the office to which the person is being mail the second ballot at least thirty (30) review assignments in the fall, filling nominated and to determine that the nomi- days prior to the convention and the dead- vacancies as needed. While any committee nee will accept and assume the responsibil- line for its return shall be fifteen (15) days may recommend new members, the power ity if elected. Nominees must be members prior to the convention. of appointment shall reside in the in good standing at the time of the nomina- Committee on Committees. tion. Section 4. Officers to be Appointed. 2. Constitution Committee, whose 3. The chairperson of the purpose shall be to review the Constitution Nominating Committee shall submit to the 1. The Executive Director and the periodically and to recommend such Executive Director a list of nominees Marketing Director shall be appointed by amendments as may seem necessary to along with vita information on each candi- the Executive Council upon recommenda- provide for new developments within the date and platform statements from each tion of a sub-committee appointed by the Association and in its relationship with the candidate for the office of Vice President- President and ratified by the membership National Communication Association. Elect at least one hundred twenty (120) at the convention. 3. Finance Committee, whose pur- days prior to the annual convention. 2. The Journal Editor shall be appointed pose shall be to prepare an annual budget, by the Executive Council, upon the recom- present it to the Council for approval, Section 2. Officers to be Elected. Officers mendation of the Publications Committee, maintain a balanced budget, and supervise to be elected each year are the Vice and ratification by the membership at the its use. The Executive Director shall be an President-Elect and one Member-at-Large convention. ex-officio member of the Finance to the Executive Council, who is also the 3. The Executive Director and Journal Committee. The Finance Committee must representative to the Legislative Assembly Editor shall be appointed one year prior to approve payment for non-budgeted items of NCA. their taking office. in excess of $1,000. The Finance 4. The term of the Executive Director Committee shall make recommendations Section 3. Election. shall correspond to the fiscal year of the on the investment of money raised through Association, August 1 to July 31, and con- the payment of Life Membership dues. 1. First Ballot. tinue for five (5) consecutive fiscal years. 4. Nominating Committee, whose 1. At least seventy (70) days before purpose shall be to nominate yearly a slate each annual convention the Executive ARTICLE VIII: DUES AND FEES of one or more candidates for Vice Director shall mail a ballot to each mem- Section 1. Categories. President-Elect, candidates for the other ber of the Association who is in good elected offices that may be vacant, and standing at the time. 1. Dues and fees of the Association shall perform such duties as prescribed in 2. This ballot shall contain the be established for the following categories: Article VII, Section 1C. names of the candidates for the various 1. Regular Membership 5. Publications Committee, whose offices for which the Nominating 2. Student Membership purpose shall be to monitor and make rec- Committee is charged to present candi- 3. Sustaining Membership ommendations concerning the publication dates. The ballot shall be accompanied by 4. Patron Membership needs of the Association, to develop and vita information for each candidate and the 5. Institutional Membership approve policies related to the appearance, platform statements of no more than 300 6. Life Membership frequency, and graphic layout of the publi- words for all candidates. 7. Convention Fees cations, and to recommend to the 3. A deadline of at least thirty-five 8. Undergraduate Honors Executive Council editors of SSCA publi-

82 Southern States Communication Association cations (other than the newsletter editor). Award Committee, whose purpose is to indicated membership in the Division. Any 6. Resolutions Committee, whose determine the recipient or recipients based Division failing to attract 5% of the mem- purpose shall be to draft and present the on criteria established by the Association bership (determined 60 days prior to the standard and any special resolutions at the in the "Guidelines for Awards." meeting of the Administrative Committee annual convention. 7. Michael M. Osborn Teacher- at the annual convention) shall be placed 7. Time and Place Committee, Scholar Award Committee, whose purpose on a one-year probationary status during whose purpose shall be to solicit and shall be to solicit nominees for the award, which time it has the opportunity to receive competitive bids from cities for the evaluate them based on the criteria estab- achieve the minimum. The Executive annual convention. lished in the "Guidelines for Awards" and Director shall notify divisions of proba- 8. Minority Recruitment and designate a recipient or recipients, unless tionary status when membership falls Retention Committee, whose purpose is to none of the nominees meets the criteria. below 5%. Failing to achieve the minimum recruit and retain underrepresented popula- 3. Appointment or failing to elect officers shall result in the tions as members and determine the recipi- 1. The Committee on Committees Divisional status being revoked and the ent of the Minority Recruitment/Retention shall consist of the Administrative division becoming an Interest Group. The Award. Committee, the retiring Editor, and retiring following Divisions are recognized and 9. Resource Development Executive Director. shall be guaranteed space on the conven- Committee, whose purpose is to research, 2. Standing Committees should con- tion program, which will be allocated plan, and develop financial resources and sist of three members in good standing. based on division size: fundraisers to benefit the organization. The 3. Members of the Standing Executive Director shall serve as an ex- Committees and Awards Committees, 1. Communication Theory officio member of this committee. except the Nominating Committee, the 2. Freedom of Speech 2. Awards Committees Committee on Committees, and the Rose 3. Intercultural Communication 1. T. Earle Johnson-Edwin Paget B. Johnson Award Committee, shall be 4. Performance Studies Distinguished Service Award Committee, appointed for a term of three years, with 5. Mass Communication whose purpose shall be to solicit nominees staggered terms, shall be eligible for reap- 6. Rhetoric and Public Address for the award, evaluate them based on cri- pointment, and have the retiring member 7. Southern Forensics Association teria established by the Association in the serve as chair. 8. Language and Social Interaction "Guidelines for Awards," and designate a 4. Members of the Rose B. Johnson 9. Instructional Development recipient or recipients, unless none of the SCJ Article Award Committee shall con- 10. Applied Communication nominees meets the criteria. sist of the SCJ Editor and the Editorial 11. Gender Studies 2. Janice Hocker Rushing Early Board. 12. Popular Communication Career Research Award, whose purpose 4. Reports. Each committee shall present 13. Interpersonal Communication shall be to solicit nominees for the award, its reports to the Executive Council in ses- 14. Public Relations evaluate them based on criteria established sion at the convention as requested by the 15. Community College by the Association in the "Guidelines for President, and the President is empowered 16. Political Communication Awards," and designate a recipient or to require reports of progress during the recipients, unless none of the nominees year. Section 3. Each member of the Association meets the criteria. shall be an official member of two (2) 3. John I. Sisco Excellence in Section 2. Special Ad Hoc Committees. Divisions and may pay a small fee to affil- Teaching Award Committee, whose pur- The President may appoint special com- iate with other divisions. The fee will be pose shall be to solicit nominees for the mittees as deemed necessary and desirable set by the Finance Committee. award, evaluate them based on the criteria to assist in carrying out the program for established in the "Guidelines for Awards," the year. Such appointments will expire Section 4. Meetings. At each annual con- and designate a recipient or recipients, with the end of the President's term in vention there will be a designated time in unless none of the nominees meets the cri- office. The Executive Council may author- the program for a business meeting of each teria. ize the appointment of special committees Division. 4. SSCA Outreach Award to serve longer than one year. Committee, whose purpose shall be to Section 5. Officers. Members of each solicit nominees for the award, evaluate ARTICLE X: DIVISIONS Division shall elect the officers for the them based on the criteria established in Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of the Division. the "Guidelines for Awards," and designate Division structure of the Association shall a recipient or recipients, unless none of the be to recognize and to encourage the 1. The officers and their responsibilities nominees meets the criteria. spheres of interest and activities of the spe- shall be: 5. Dwight L. Freshley Outstanding cialties of communication. 1. The Chair, who shall be the chief New Teacher Award, whose purpose shall officer of a Division and shall be responsi- be to solicit nominees for the award, evalu- Section 2. Division Names. Each Division ble to the President of the Association. ate them based on the criteria established will represent a major specialization of 2. The Vice Chair, who shall serve in the "Guidelines for Awards," and desig- communication. In order to be an officially as program chair for the section programs nate a recipient or recipients, unless none recognized Division of the Southern States at the annual convention and shall be of the nominees meets the criteria. Communication Association, at least 5% of responsible to the Vice President of the 6. Rose B. Johnson SCJ Article the Association's membership shall have Association and ascends to the office of

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 83 Chair. Groups will be guaranteed one program covered in this Constitution. 3. The Vice Chair-Elect, who slot and one business meeting at the annual ascends to the office of Vice Chair and convention. Additional time slots may be Section 2. Parliamentarian. The President assists the Chair with divisional responsi- allocated if available, based on the size of may appoint a parliamentarian to serve at bilities. the membership in the Interest Group. the President's pleasure. 4. The Secretary, who shall take minutes and publicize activities of the Section 3. Membership. Each member of ARTICLE XIII: AMENDMENT Division and shall be responsible to the the association may be an official member This Constitution may be amended: Executive Director of the Association. of 1 Interest Group and may affiliate with 2. Activities and specialty interests with- other Interest Groups for an additional fee. 1. By approval of the Executive Council in each Division shall be directed by the This fee will be set by the Finance and two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast at an officers of that Division. Committee. annual convention business meeting, or 2. By a majority vote at two consecutive Section 6. Establishment of New Section 4. Meetings. At each annual con- annual conventions, or Divisions. New Divisions of the vention there will be a designated time in 3. On approval of the Executive Council Association may be arranged by concerned the program for either a program or a busi- by a two-thirds (2/3) vote and a majority individuals petitioning the Executive ness meeting of each Interest Group (see of the votes cast at the annual convention, Council for such recognition, detailing the Section 2 above). or academic rationale for such status, and 4. By approval of the Executive Council indicating specifically the membership of Section 5. Officers. Members of each and a majority of the votes cast at an annu- the proposed division. A new Division Interest Group shall elect the officers for al convention provided the Amendment cannot be recognized until 5% of the mem- the Interest Group. had prior approval of the Constitution bership of the Association has indicated Committee and was circulated among the their desire to join such a division. 1. The officers and their responsibilities membership at least thirty (30) days before shall be: the date of the annual convention. ARTICLE XI: INTEREST GROUPS 1. The Chair, who shall be the chief Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of the officer of an Interest Group and shall be ARTICLE XIV: DISSOLUTION Interest Group structure of the Association responsible to the President of the Section 1. Dissolution by Vote. The shall be to recognize and to encourage the Association. Association may be dissolved only at a spheres of interest and activities of the 2. The Vice-Chair, who shall serve special meeting called for that purpose, expanding specialties of communication. as program chair for the Interest Group and in the manner prescribed by the rele- program(s) at the annual convention and vant state laws, by vote of three-fourths Section 2. Interest Group Names. Each shall be responsible to the Vice-President (3/4) of the members present. Subject to Interest Group will represent a major or of the Association. compliance with the applicable provisions emerging specialization of communication. 3. The Interest Group shall take min- of such laws, upon any such dissolution of In order to be an officially recognized utes and publicize activities of the Interest the Association all its property remaining Interest Group of the Southern States Group and shall be responsible to the after satisfaction of all its obligations shall Communication Association, at least 2% of Executive Director of the Association. be distributed to one or more corporations, the Association's membership shall have 2. Activities and specialty interests with- funds, foundations, or learned societies indicated membership in the Interest in each Interest Group shall be directed by such as the Executive Council may select, Group. Any Interest Group failing to the officers of that Interest Group. organized or operated exclusively for char- attract 2% of the membership (as deter- itable, scientific, literary, or educational mined 60 days prior to the meeting of the Section 6. Establishment of New Interest purposes, no part of the net earnings of Administrative Committee at the time of Groups. New Interest Groups of the which inures to the benefit of any private the annual convention) shall be placed on a Association may be arranged by concerned shareholder, member or individual, and one-year probationary status during which individuals petitioning the Executive which does not carry on propaganda or time it has the opportunity to achieve the Council for such recognition, detailing the participate or intervene in any political minimum. Any Interest Group failing to academic rationale for such status, and campaign. attract 2% of the membership (as deter- indicating specifically the membership of mined 60 days prior to the meeting of the the proposed Interest Group. A new Section 2. Dissolution by Inaction. If for Administrative Committee at the annual Interest Group cannot be recognized until any reason the Association shall be unable convention) shall be placed on a one-year 2% of the membership of the Association to elect officers and conduct business in probationary status during which time it has indicated the desire to join such an the manner prescribed by its Constitution, has the opportunity to achieve the mini- Interest Group. including Section 1 above, all property mum. Any Interest Group failing to remaining after satisfaction of all its obli- achieve the minimum a second year or ARTICLE XII: PARLIAMENTARY gations shall be turned over to the National failing to elect officers or failing to submit AUTHORITY Communication Association, the national a program will have its status as an Interest Section 1. The Sturgis Standard Code of organization with which this regional asso- Group revoked. The list of recognized Parliamentary Procedure, most recent edi- ciation is affiliated. Interest Groups will be kept by the tion, shall be the parliamentary authority Executive Director. Recognized Interest for all matters of procedure not specifically Revised April 2010

84 Southern States Communication Association Index of Advertisers Auburn University ...... 90

Bedford/St. Martin's ...... 12, 13, 26 & 27

Clemson University...... 18

Florida Atlantic University — Boca Raton ...... 98

Florida State University ...... 69

NCA...... 44

Routledge/Taylor and Francis ...... 3

Sam Houston State University...... Inside Front Cover

Texas State University — San Marcos ...... 63

University of North Carolina at Charlotte ...... Back Cover

University of North Carolina at Wilmington ...... 41

University of Southern Mississippi ...... 50

Valdosta State University ...... Inside Back Cover

Virginia Tech University ...... 5

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 85 2101, 2608, 4301, 5204 Crick, Nathan: ...... 2305, 3208 Brantfield, Max: ...... 3412 Crisson, Roberta: ...... 4106 Index of Participants Brantley, Brian C.: ...... 3409, 4203 Crogan, Jon: ...... 3405 Abbott, Blake: ...... 4111 Bravo, Vanessa:...... 2604, 5303 Crow, Bryan K.: ...... 5103 Adrian, Scott Alexander: ...... 4303 Brisini, Travis:...... 3710 Crumble, Gabrielle: ...... 2406 Aguilera, Rocio: ...... 3508 Brody, Nicholas: ...... 2509, 2706 Crumley, Linda Potter:...... 3202, 4110 Ahn, HoYoung:...... 4209 Brooks, Abby M.: . 2211, 2311, 2706, 5105 Curry, Kristina E.: ...... 4107 Alexander, Robert E.:...... 2309, 2705 Brown, Drew: ...... 4303 Curtis, Chelsea: ...... 4302 Allen, Rachel: ...... 3402 Brown, Juliette: ...... 4502 Daniels, George L.: ...... 2401 Allison, Jay: ...... 3410, 4610 Brown, Karyn: ...... 2306 Dannels, Deanna:...... 5105 Allums, Brenda: ...... 4310 Bruner, Michael Lane: ...... 4204, 5107 Dansby, Judith Anne:...... 4303 Almeida, Eugenie: ...... 3202, 4609 Brunner, Bridgette:...... 3304 Darnell, Amy: ...... 3210, 4106, 4205 Amason, Patricia: ...... 1101, 1201, 2101, Brydon, Suzan: ...... 5209 Darsey, James: ...... 2201, 2405 2211, 2311, 2407, 4505 Buerkle, C. Wesley: ...... 4508, 5105 Dawson, Winston: ...... 3506 Anderson, James: ...... 4606 Burleson, Jacqueline D.: . . . . . 1201, 2101, Davie, William R.:...... 4305 Anderson, Kami J.: ...... 3303 4106 Davies, David R.: ...... 2704 Anderson, Karen: ...... 3403 Burnette, Ann E.: ...... 2304, 3207, 5305 Davis, Christine: ...... 3202, 3308, 3407 Anderson, Stacey:. 3306, 3404, 3504, 3602 Bush, Nadia K.: ...... 4110 Davis, Jacob:...... 2201, 4110 Arey, Margaret C.: ...... 4509, 5207 Butler, Christine Courteau: ...... 4503 Davis, Lee ...... : 5208 Armfield, Greg:...... 2507 Butler, Evan:...... 4502 Day, Angela:...... 3507 Armistead, Melanie:...... 3607 Byrd, Ashley: ...... 5101 De Velasco, Antonio: ...... 3511 Armstrong, Kaylene D.: ...... 3206 Byrd, Robert D.:...... 2201 Deaton, Gary: ...... 2408, 4506 Arneson, Pat: ...... 1201, 2101, Callaway, Monette:. . . . . 1101, 1201, 2101, Deatrick, Leslie M.: ...... 4110, 4602 2203, 4501, 4605 2605, 3302, 4101, 4608, 5104, 5204 DeHart, Jean L.: ...... 2605, 3302, 3509 Arnett , Ronald C.: . . . . . 2206, 3208, 3408, Campbell, Elizabeth Alspaugh: ...... 3708 DeHart, Lauren: ...... 4509 3603, 4206 Campbell, Ramona:...... 5201 DiGrazio, Cathy:...... 3708 Arterberry, Shamekia: ...... 3508 Captain, LaDez D.:...... 3401 Del Rosario, Ralph: ...... 2410 Asbury, Mary Beth: ...... 4104 Caputo, Jennifer:...... 2601, 4207, 4310 DeMars, Tony: ...... 2302, 2406, 2602 Atkins-Sayre, Wendy: . . . 1201, 2101, 5305 Carpenter, Elizabeth: ...... 4302 Dewberry, David R.: 2308, 3207, 4307, 4605 Aust, Charles:...... 5209 Carrillo, Raul: ...... 3506 Dillard, Scott: ...... 4205 Austin, Laura: ...... 2204 Carroll, Chelsea: ...... 3709 Dillistone, Kristie: ...... 2402, 3304 Auter, Philip J.: ...... 4305 Carver, M. Heather: ...... 4205 Dillon, Randy K.: ...... 4305 Babcock, Michelle: ...... 4109 Cash, Megan:...... 3501 Dillon, Patrick: ...... 2403, 4209 Baglan, Tom: ...... 4201 Castleberry, Garret: ...... 3403, 5210 Dinu, Lucian F.: ...... 2704 Baldwin, Andrea: ...... 5210 Cates, Carl M.: ...... 1101, 1201, 2101, DiVerniero, Rebecca:...... 2608, 5209 Bankosky, Cailyn M.: ...... 3309 2211, 2311, 4206, 5204 Dixon, Maria A.: ...... 1201, 2101, Barber, Steve: ...... 3309 Chan, Leo: ...... 2602 2507, 3708, 4209 Barnes, Nicole: ...... 3205, 3406 Chang, Jay: ...... 4104 Driskill, Gerald W.: ...... 2403, 4108, 5302 Barnett, Joshua: ...... 3509 Chen, Karen: ...... 3709 Drumheller, Kristina: ...... 2507, 5303 Barnett, Kathy:...... 4209 Chen, Xiaowei:...... 2203 Ducote, Nick: ...... 4503 Basu, Ambar: ...... 4104 Cheshier, David:...... 5202 Dumas, Ernest: ...... 3412 Baxter, Richard L.: ...... 3201 Christen, Scott: ...... 4310 Duncanson, Tom:...... 4605 Beall, Brent: ...... 4303 Christy, Katheryn: ...... 2509 Dunn, Matt: ...... 2303 Beasley, Vanessa B.: ...... 2405, 3511 Cissna, Kenneth N.: ...... 1201, 2101, Duvall, Amy:...... 3304 Behnke, Ralph R.: ...... 2508 3305, 4206 Eaves, Michael: ...... 1201, 2101, 4601 Bello, Richard S.:...... 2608, 3302 Clark, Troya: ...... 5208 Edgar, Amanda Nell: ...... 5107 Betros Jr., Cecil G.: ...... 2503 Claybaugh, Lauren: ...... 4604 Edwards, Bill: ...... 1201, 2101, 3607, Biesecker, Barbara: ...... 1201, 2101, Clemens, Jonathan:...... 2305 3211, 4302 2211, 2311, 2405, 3305 Clements, Sarah:...... 2207, 2506 Edwards, Janis: ...... 5103 Bisel, Ryan S.: ...... 2508, 4209 Cockrell, Kristen L.: ...... 3302, 4310 Edwards, Jennifer T.: . . . 2302, 4203, 4305, Black, Jason Edward: ...... 1201, 2101, Coggins, Stacy Diane:...... 3506 5303 2201, 4204 Colaianni, Teri: ...... 2208 Edwards, Renee: ...... 2206, 4206 Blackmon, Tracy L.: ...... 5108 Colclasure, Summer: ...... 5207 Ellison, Season: ...... 3310 Bodie, Graham D.: ...... 2508, 5208 Cole, Hazel: ...... 2704 Ells, Kevin: ...... 2508, 3405 Bond, Linda Thorsen: ...... 2602 Coleman, Lisa Inzer: ...... 2504 Emanuel, Richard: ...... 3204 Booksh, Elizabeth: ...... 2505 Cook, John: ...... 2202 Epstein, Steven L.:...... 2503 Boone, Jeff: ...... 4306 Coopman, Stephanie: ...... 3302, 5105 Ercolini, Gina L.: ...... 3208, 3603 Borgen, Alex: ...... 3509 Cordero, Bailey: ...... 5208 Eschenfelder, Beth: ...... 2404, 4208 Bourland-Davis, Pam: ...... 1201, 2101 Corrigan, Lisa: ...... 2405 Eshelman , David: ...... 4205 Bowers, Peggy: ...... 2306 Couser, Melissa: ...... 3402 Esquibel, Elena: ...... 2205 Bowman, Nick: ...... 4109 Craig, Christopher A.: ...... 3203, 5108 Ewing, Joanna: ...... 2207 Bowman, Ruth Laurion: ...... 3410, 4106 Creavalle, Ashley M.: ...... 4302 Falvo, Richard I.: ...... 1201, 2101, 2402, Brandau-Brown, Frances E.: . . 1101, 1201, Crews, Thomas:...... 4604 2504, 2603, 4210, 4601, 4708, 5105

86 Southern States Communication Association Faye, Isabel:...... 4204 Graves, Tashe: ...... 3402 Howard, Kevin: ...... 3402 Fellows, Kelli L.: ...... 1101, 1201, 2101, Gray, Jennifer B.:...... 4310, 5108 Howell, Kristen: ...... 4208 2211, 2311, 2605, 3402 Gray, Jill:...... 5101 Huebner, Tim:...... 2409 Ferguson, Douglas A.: ...... 2306 Gray, Jonathan M.: ...... 3210, 3310, Huebner, Thomas: ...... 4502 Ferguson, Mary Ann: ...... 5303 4205, 4304 Huell, Jade: ...... 3710 Finn, Amber:...... 2508 Greer, Michael:...... 4302 Hughes, Adam G.: ...... 3708 Flanagan, Lisa: ...... 3210, 3310, 4304 Griego, Galdino:...... 3401 Hughes, Gary K.: ...... 2501, 3204 Foley, Megan: ...... 2502, 4211 Grey, Stephanie Houston: . . . . . 3210, 4508 Hughes, Patrick C.: ...... 2608 Ford, Sherry G.: . . 2211, 2311, 2607, 3302 Griffith, Brandon: ...... 4208 Huling, Nekita D.:...... 4110, 5109 Forncrook, Tori: ...... 2408 Gryp, Catherine:...... 3411 Hull, Heather: ...... 3610 Foster, Elissa: ...... 1101, 1201, 2101, Guest, Terry:...... 2410 Humphrey, Teresa: ...... 2306 2211, 2311 Guilbeau, Tracy: ...... 5101 Humphrey, Vernon: ...... 2603 Fotis, Matt:...... 4205 Gustainis, Kate: ...... 4603 Hungerford, Kristen: ...... 2304 Fox, Rebekah: ...... 3207 Haas, Benjamin: ...... 2510, 3710, 5110 Hunt, Brett: ...... 4303 Foy, Matt: ...... 3309 Haas, John: ...... 1201, 2101, 2211, Icenogle, Lindsey: ...... 5304 Frank, Robert E.: ...... 2302, 2605, 3302, 2311, 4602, 5204 Inabinet, Brandon:...... 3301, 3605, 4606 3501, 3606, 4610, 5105 Hajjar, Wendy: ...... 3211 Jackson, Barbara: ...... 5106 Franklin, Chastity N. Chade’: ...... 4604 Hale, Jerold L.: ...... 3505, 3709, 4206 Jackson, Sarah K.: ...... 2510, 3710, Franklin, Cole: ...... 1201, 2101, 2201, Hall, Adrian: ...... 4207 4304, 5110 2402, 2603, 4503 Hall, Alubusola: ...... 3508 Jackson, Sharrelle: ...... 4207 Fray, Benjamin: ...... 3402 Halliday, Jeffrey A.: ...... 2206 Jackson-Pitts, Mary: ...... 1201, 2101, Frazier, Tracey C.: ...... 3609 Hanson, Ardis: ...... 2303 2406, 2604, 3304 Free, Jordan: ...... 5201 Hanson, Trudy L.: . . . . . 2209, 3507, 4206, Jeffers, Nathan: ...... 5101 Freitag, Jennifer L.: ...... 4710 4610, 5103 Jenkins, J. Jacob: ...... 2403, 2501, 2601 Freivogel, Bill:...... 4109 Harberer, Amy: ...... 2410 Jenkins, Mitchell W.: ...... 2407 Fritz, Janie M. Harden: ...... 2206, 3408 Harder, Eva: ...... 4502 Jennings, Garry:...... 2409 Fu, Rong: ...... 2601, 4609 Hardman, Christine:...... 4604 Jensen, Robin J.:...... 4210, 4708 Ganakos, Joseph M.: ...... 2309 Hargrove, Tara D.: ...... 4310 Johnson, Andre E.: ...... 2409 Garcia, Nicole: ...... 3402 Hargrove, Kate T.: ...... 3708 Johnson, Jay S.: ...... 3508 Garland, Michelle Epstein:...... 3204 Harlow, William F.: ...... 3205, 3409, 3607 Johnson, Jerrod Xavier:...... 5303 Gearhart, Christopher C.: ...... 5208 Harness, Lindsey: ...... 3307, 5304 Johnson, Kimberly P.: ...... 2701 Gehrke, Pat J.:...... 3208, 3603 Harp, Amy:...... 4308 Johnson, Patrick:...... 4307, 4605 Geil, Kristen:...... 4303 Harpine, William D.:. . . . . 2306, 3205, 4110 Johnston, Brian: ...... 2403, 3203 Gendrin, Dominique: . . . . 2302, 2607, 4305 Harrison, Ray: ...... 3301 Johnston, Leigh Ann: . . . 2706, 5108, 5305 Gerschberg, Zac:...... 3405 Hart, Joy L.: ...... 4601 Jolly, Marshall A: ...... 3502 Geyerman, Chris B.: ...... 3406 Hayes, Heather:...... 3606, 4309 Jones, Norma:...... 2406, 3403, 5210 Gibson, Trey: ...... 2309, 3201 Hazeltine, Marjorie: ...... 3310 Jones-Bodie, Ashley:...... 2604 Gierdowski, Dana: ...... 3203, 5305 Heath, Emma: ...... 3608 Jordan, Doug: ...... 2303 Gilbert, Christopher: ...... 4606 Hefferin, Deborah:. 2504, 3204, 4210, 4708 Joseph, Laveda I.:...... 2407, 4505, 5107 Gilmartin, Molly:...... 2410 Helvie-Mason, Lora: ...... 2503, 4110 Jurgensen, Justin: ...... 3509 Gingrich-Philbrook, Craig: . . . . 2510, 3410, Henderson, Hayley: ...... 3201 jurczak, linda pysher:...... 3408 4205 Hendricks, Lauren:...... 4601 Kays, Vernon: ...... 5106 Ginther, Morgan: ...... 3605 Hendrix, Katherine G: ...... 3204 Keith, Sheree’: ...... 1201, 2101, 2204, Givens-Carroll, Dedria: ...... 2704, 4102, Henry, Avery: ...... 4107 3507, 4202 4203, 5304 Henry, Cindy: ...... 3304 Kelly, Stephanie: ...... 2202, 4110, 4602 Glenn, Robert:. . . . 2408, 2504, 2705, 4506 Herndon, Keith L.: ...... 4607 Kennerly, Rebecca M.: . . 2310, 3407, 4610 Goble, Trevor:...... 2410 Heston, Kevin: ...... 4103 Kerfoot, Lacey:...... 5208 Goen, Todd Lee:...... 1201, 2101, 2211, Hickerson, Corey A.: . . . . 2404, 2604, 5105 Kermit-Canfield, Mari: ...... 3306, 3404, 2311, 2608, 3302, 4308 Hickson, Glenda: ...... 5209 3504, 3602 Goff, Jill E.:...... 2508 Hickson, Mark:...... 2307 Kern, Jamie:...... 2308, 4505 Goldsmith, Brandon Chase: ...... 5202 Hill, Jennifer: ...... 3501 Key, Adam:...... 4503 Gonzenbach, William J.: ...... 5305 Hill, Myleea D.: ...... 3304, 4203, 5105 Keyton, Joann: ...... 2508, 2601, 4209 Goodall, Amanda Ranae: ...... 3401 Himstedt, Hayley H.: ...... 3501, 5207 Khariwal, Pooja:...... 4601 Gordon, Cynthia: ...... 3403, 5210 Hoag, Anita: ...... 4609 Kheintz, Paula:...... 5106 Grabowski, Mark: ...... 2308 Hocker, Joyce L.:...... 3308 Kidd, Mary Anna:...... 2404 Graham , Beverly L.: ...... 3406 Holt, Travis M.:...... 3307 King, Andy:...... 4105 Gramlich, Karen: ...... 3608 Holyoak, Isaac Clarke: ...... 3502, 4308 King, Cynthia P.: ...... 3605, 4107 Grano, Daniel:...... 1201, 2101, 3405, Homsey, Dini:...... 4209 Kirk, John A.: ...... 4301 3502, 5305 Honea, Emily:...... 3301 Kleinmann, Christie M.: ...... 2604, 2701, Grant, Chuck: ...... 3202, 3308 Hong, Yangsun: ...... 2202, 4203 3406, 3507, 5103 Gratch, Ariel: ...... 4304 Horsley, J. Suzanne: ...... 2401 Kline, Kirsten:...... 2505 Graugnard, Aimee:...... 2308 Horvath, Melissa:...... 5208 Knapp, Jessica: ...... 5209 Graves, Emily: ...... 5110 Howard, Charles: ...... 5105 Knight, Misty: ...... 2408, 4303, 4506

March 23 - 27, 2011 • Little Rock, Ark. 87 Knight, Richard:...... 2408, 4506, 4606 McGeough, Danielle Dick: . . . . 3609, 4710, Murphy, John M.:...... 3511 Kodish, Slavica: . . 3202, 3609, 4609, 5105 5110 Murray, Creshema: ...... 5109 Koons, Caroline: ...... 4302 McGeough, Ryan Erik: . . 2509, 4306, 4508 Myers, Ashley A.:...... 2604, 4609 Kossack, John: ...... 3709 McGrath, John: ...... 2601 Mylander, Cori A.: ...... 4603 Kotowski, Michael R.: ...... 4209, 4602 McGuire, Chelsea: ...... 4502 Nagel, George: . . . 3306, 3404, 3504, 3602 Kuppers, Petra: ...... 3210 McGuire, John: ...... 2204 Narro, Amber J.: ...... 2704 Kuypers, Jim A.: ...... 4204, 4508 McHam, David: ...... 2602 Naylor, Catherine: ...... 5304 LaFleur, Gary:...... 4506 McIntyre, JJ: ...... 5207 Nelson, David:. . . . 1201, 3302, 4106, 4306 Lancaster, Elizabeth: ...... 3608 McIntyre, Kristen: ...... 4108, 5201, 5302 Nelson, Guy: ...... 4601 Lance, Steven: ...... 2208 McKay, Grant: ...... 4306 Nelson, Rebecca: ...... 2402 Langett, Jeremy: ...... 2203 McKenzie, Nelya J.:...... 4305 Newman, Gyromas W.: ...... 4308 Larrabee, Kelsey:...... 3506 McKerrow, Raymie: ...... 3305 Nguyen, Kim:...... 2502, 3406, 5103 Lato, Kayla: ...... 2706 McKinnon, Lori: ...... 2204 Nichols, Cynthia: ...... 5109 Lawrence, Jeffrey: ...... 2408, 2705 McNeil, Bryce J.: ...... 4607 Nicholson, John: ...... 3203, 4306 Leahy, Chris: ...... 4502 McPhail, Jessica:...... 2410 Nicholson, Nichole: ...... 2610, 4510 Leatherwood, Perren R.: ...... 2410 Meares, Mary M.: ...... 2302, 3601, 5303 Norin, Lori: ...... 2503 LeBret, John: ...... 3710 Mello, Brad: ...... 4507 Nye, Benjamin:...... 3403 Lechler, Melissa: ...... 3401 Mercadante, Richard: . . . 1201, 2101, 2504, O’Grady, Julia Scatliff: ...... 2304 Lee, Brittney: ...... 2407, 2701 4210, 4310, 4708 O’Meara, Melanie Kitchens: . . . 2310, 3310 Lee, David:...... 1201, 2101 Merritt, Sarah: ...... 3206 Oliveira, Carrie: ...... 5208 Lee, Doohwang:...... 2202 Messersmith, Amber: ...... 4209 Osborn, Michael: ...... 2405 Leeman, Richard: ...... 3502, 4204 Meyer, John C.: ...... 1201, 2101, 2601, Oswald, Robin Snead:...... 3309 Lehn, Melody: ...... 3605 4509, 4606 Owens, Kerry: ...... 5107 Leiberman, Gin Kohl:...... 3308 Meyers, Marion: ...... 4202 Owsley, Sean Patrick: ...... 3709 Leibowitz, Samantha: ...... 2601 Miller, Lucy J.: ...... 3609, 4111 Oyinade, Babatunde:...... 4609 Lelek, Noah: ...... 4205 Miller, Ann Neville: ...... 4305, 5208 Ozley, Raymond: ...... 4104, 4207 Lemley, Lauren: ...... 3301, 5201 Miller, Jean: ...... 5202 Pacheco Jr., George:...... 4306, 4606 Leslie, Brian: ...... 2305 Miller, Laura E.: ...... 2202, 4602, 5208 Pan, Po-Lin: ...... 3206 Levey, Madeleine: ...... 3501 Miller, Niya Pickett: ...... 4111 Park, Hanna: ...... 5303 Loehwing, Melanie: ...... 2502 Mills, Carol Bishop: ...... 2601 Park, Youngrak: ...... 3201 Long, Mia C.: ...... 3206, 5109 Mirivel, Julien C.: ...... 2402, 3601, 4108, Parker, Jim: ...... 4201 Long, Alex: ...... 5101 5101, 5302 Paroske, Marcus:...... 4103 Long, Kara: ...... 4601 Mitchell, Joseph: ...... 4102 Parrott, Charles: ...... 2410, 2510, 2610 Long, Lynette M.:...... 2307 Mitchell, Wendy: ...... 4210 Parry-Giles, Trevor: ...... 3511 Looney, Erin: ...... 2308, 2505, 4110 Mitchell, Yolanda:...... 2207 Parsley, Mark: ...... 3402 Lorick, Cliff: ...... 4107 Mixon, Anita J.: ...... 2509 Patterson, Jay Reynolds:...... 3502 Lowery, Mark: ...... 4503 Moberg, V. Pete: ...... 3203 Paulson, Sally F.: ...... 2307, 2409 Loyd, Ryan:...... 2503, 2610, Moe, Bryan W.: ...... 2305 Perez-Langley, Olivia Gessella “Gigi”: 2205, Luckerson, Victor: ...... 3402 Moe, Megan: ...... 2701, 3507, 5103, 3610 Luebke, Monica: ...... 2206 5105 Persuit, Jeanne: ...... 3408 Lunceford, Brett: ...... 2209, 2308, Mohammed, S. Nick:...... 2209 Petronio, Sandra:...... 4401 2402, 5305 Montgomery, Shannon:...... 2202, 4207 Phillips, Deborah: ...... 1201, 2101, 2402, Lynch, Owen: ...... 2507 Moody, Terra D.: ...... 5109 2505, 2701, 3211 Lynde, Diana: ...... 4208 Mooney, Charee: ...... 2509, 2706 Pickett, James R.:...... 3603 MacDonald, Melissa: ...... 3506 Moore, Anntoinette: ...... 2404 Pirosca, Estera: ...... 4509 MacDonald, Shauna M.: ...... 2610, 4304 Moore, LaDawn ...... : 5101 Polanco, Raquel: ...... 2205, 2510 Mack, Star:...... 2506 Morales, Teresa:...... 3606 Porter, Marcus A.: ...... 4102, 5208 Madison, James: ...... 5105 Moreno, Chale: ...... 3506 Poulakos, Niko: ...... 2502 Magnuson, Justin: ...... 4601 Morgan, Charles Alan “Chip”: ...... 4603 Poulos, Christopher N.: . . 2310, 3308, 3407 Malone, Catie: ...... 4111, 5202 Morledge, Claire L.:. . . . . 2407, 4505, 5202 Powell, Heather:...... 3411 Mandziuk, Roseann: ...... 1201, 2101 Morrison, Laura:...... 3406 Powell, Larry: ...... 2307, 3409 Mapp, Christopher: ...... 2306, 2704 Mosley, Drew: ...... 2304 Powers, Will: ...... 3204 Marketing Director-Elect: . . . . . 1101, 1201, Moss, Christina: ...... 3606, 4211, 4508 Prandl, Hilary:...... 3506 2101, 2211, 2311, 5204 Moss, Whitney (Randi): ...... 3402 Prescott, Margret Ann: ...... 4604 Marshall, Douglas: ...... 2203 Mouton, Ashton: ...... 4104 Pucket, Shane: ...... 4503 Marshall, Stephanie: ...... 2701 Mouvery, Samara: ...... 2304, 3309 Pulner, Elyse: ...... 3509 Matthews, Marsha Little:...... 2404, 5209 Moyer, Brandi: ...... 4110, 4308, 4601 Purkiss, Jonathon: ...... 2506 Maugh, Casey Malone: ...... 3205, 3601 Mudd, Mary:...... 4601 Pyle, Andrew: ...... 4108, 5101, 5201 Maurer, Heather: ...... 2204 Muller, Lisa K.L.: ...... 2404 Quianthy, Richard: ...... 2504, 4210, Maze, William: ...... 4606 Mundell, Erica: ...... 3401 4708, 5105 McCalman, Claudia L.: ...... 3406 Munsell, Jason: ...... 3310, 3405 Ragsdale, J. D.: ...... 1101, 1201, 2101, McCroskey, James C.: ...... 2307 Murad, Husain: ...... 2604 2608, 5204 McGee, Brian: ...... 5105 Muralidharan, Sidharth: ...... 3304 Ramsey, Matthew C.: ...... 4606

88 Southern States Communication Association Knight, Richard:...... 2408, 4506, 4606 McGeough, Danielle Dick: . . . . 3609, 4710, Murphy, John M.:...... 3511 Raney, Stephanie: ...... 3708 Smith, Melissa M.: . . . . . 2211, 2311, 2509, Ulmer, Rob: ...... 5207 Kodish, Slavica: . . 3202, 3609, 4609, 5105 5110 Murray, Creshema: ...... 5109 Rao, Ramesh N.: ...... 3601 3409, 3607, 4309 Vail, Mark: ...... 4310 Koons, Caroline: ...... 4302 McGeough, Ryan Erik: . . 2509, 4306, 4508 Myers, Ashley A.:...... 2604, 4609 Rasmussen, Leslie: ...... 4111 Smith, Stephen A.: ...... 3207, 3412 Vangelis, Linda: ...... 3202, 3308 Kossack, John: ...... 3709 McGrath, John: ...... 2601 Mylander, Cori A.: ...... 4603 Ray, Hilary: ...... 3307 Snively, Josh: ...... 2604 Vaughn, Holley: ...... 3710 Kotowski, Michael R.: ...... 4209, 4602 McGuire, Chelsea: ...... 4502 Nagel, George: . . . 3306, 3404, 3504, 3602 Reed, Dustin K.:...... 5304 Socha, Thomas J.: . . . . . 1101, 1201, 2101, Vickrey, Jim: ...... 4307, 4605 Kuppers, Petra: ...... 3210 McGuire, John: ...... 2204 Narro, Amber J.: ...... 2704 Reid, Jeremy K.: ...... 2203, 2209, 5202 2211, 2311, 3101, 3305, 4401, 4707, 5105, Von Burg, Alessandra Beasley: ...... 4103 Kuypers, Jim A.: ...... 4204, 4508 McHam, David: ...... 2602 Naylor, Catherine: ...... 5304 Reppert, James E.: ...... 2408, 4506 5204 LaFleur, Gary:...... 4506 McIntyre, JJ: ...... 5207 Nelson, David:. . . . 1201, 3302, 4106, 4306 Rester, Carolyn H.:...... 2402, 2603 Sparks, Megan S.: ...... 4110 Von Burg, Ron:...... 4103 Lancaster, Elizabeth: ...... 3608 McIntyre, Kristen: ...... 4108, 5201, 5302 Nelson, Guy: ...... 4601 Rhodes, Gretchen Stein:...... 3310, 4510 Spears, Michael: ...... 4203 Voorhees, Gerald: ...... 4204, 4309, 5304 Lance, Steven: ...... 2208 McKay, Grant: ...... 4306 Nelson, Rebecca: ...... 2402 Richards, Brian: ...... 2303 Spence, Denecia:...... 3403 Walker, Jeff: ...... 3606 Langett, Jeremy: ...... 2203 McKenzie, Nelya J.:...... 4305 Newman, Gyromas W.: ...... 4308 Richey, Patrick G.:...... 2307, 4503 Spencer, Leland G.: ...... 2701 Walker, Kandi L.: ...... 4601 Larrabee, Kelsey:...... 3506 McKerrow, Raymie: ...... 3305 Nguyen, Kim:...... 2502, 3406, 5103 Riggs, Nicholas:...... 2403 Springer, Noah: ...... 4606 Walker, Rebecca: ...... 3710, 4304 Lato, Kayla: ...... 2706 McKinnon, Lori: ...... 2204 Nichols, Cynthia: ...... 5109 Riley, Sarah: ...... 4310 Spurlock, Cynthia: ...... 4604, 3205 Wallace, Bill: ...... 5201 Lawrence, Jeffrey: ...... 2408, 2705 McNeil, Bryce J.: ...... 4607 Nicholson, John: ...... 3203, 4306 Rivers, Mannie: ...... 2410 Stallings, Lori: ...... 4211 Walt, Price: ...... 2307 Leahy, Chris: ...... 4502 McPhail, Jessica:...... 2410 Nicholson, Nichole: ...... 2610, 4510 Roberts, Bobby:...... 3412 Stanley, Heather Leigh: ...... 3609 Waltman, Michael S.:...... 3401, 4603 Leatherwood, Perren R.: ...... 2410 Meares, Mary M.: ...... 2302, 3601, 5303 Norin, Lori: ...... 2503 Roberts, Judith: ...... 2402 Steiner, Mark Allan: ...... 4103 Walton, Christopher: ...... 3402 LeBret, John: ...... 3710 Mello, Brad: ...... 4507 Nye, Benjamin:...... 3403 Rodriguez, Paula:...... 2302, 2504, 2705, Stephenson, Chris: ...... 5201 Wanta, Wayne: ...... 2207 Lechler, Melissa: ...... 3401 Mercadante, Richard: . . . 1201, 2101, 2504, O’Grady, Julia Scatliff: ...... 2304 3302, 3608, 4110, 4206, 4309, 4708 Stewart, Craig O.: ...... 2303, 3605, 4609 Ward, Mark: ...... 2503, 4102 Lee, Brittney: ...... 2407, 2701 4210, 4310, 4708 O’Meara, Melanie Kitchens: . . . 2310, 3310 Roe, Darrell L.: . . . 2509, 2602, 4307, 4309 Stogsdill, Steven Paul:...... 5108 Warren, Heather N.: ...... 2608 Lee, David:...... 1201, 2101 Merritt, Sarah: ...... 3206 Oliveira, Carrie: ...... 5208 Rold, Michael: ...... 2505, 2706 Stoeker, Rebecca: ...... 3501 Lee, Doohwang:...... 2202 Messersmith, Amber: ...... 4209 Osborn, Michael: ...... 2405 Romanin, Samantha: ...... 5208 Stokes, Ashli Quesinberry: ...... 3304 Weaver, Melissa: ...... 3303 Leeman, Richard: ...... 3502, 4204 Meyer, John C.: ...... 1201, 2101, 2601, Oswald, Robin Snead:...... 3309 Rondeau, Jennifer B.: ...... 3203 Stuart, William D.: ...... 2206, 3411 Weaver, Jessica: ...... 3506 Lehn, Melody: ...... 3605 4509, 4606 Owens, Kerry: ...... 5107 Roscoe, Lori A.: ...... 4609 Stuckey, Mary: . . . 1101, 1201, 2101, 4208 Weinhold, Wendy: ...... 4109 Leiberman, Gin Kohl:...... 3308 Meyers, Marion: ...... 4202 Owsley, Sean Patrick: ...... 3709 Rowden, Katy: ...... 5101 Stuglin, Steve: ...... 4203 Welch, Nakia: ...... 4210 Leibowitz, Samantha: ...... 2601 Miller, Lucy J.: ...... 3609, 4111 Oyinade, Babatunde:...... 4609 Royshdi, Maged: ...... 2410 Sulfridge, Lane: ...... 3708 Wells, Amanda: ...... 5101, 5201 Lelek, Noah: ...... 4205 Miller, Ann Neville: ...... 4305, 5208 Ozley, Raymond: ...... 4104, 4207 Rozema, Hazel J.: ...... 4210, 5106 Sung, Kanghoon:...... 5303 West, Bob: ...... 4506 Lemley, Lauren: ...... 3301, 5201 Miller, Jean: ...... 5202 Pacheco Jr., George:...... 4306, 4606 Russell, John: ...... 3606, 4310 Sutley, Eden: ...... 3608 West, Katie: ...... 5201 Leslie, Brian: ...... 2305 Miller, Laura E.: ...... 2202, 4602, 5208 Pan, Po-Lin: ...... 3206 Rutherford, Skip: ...... 3412 Sutton, David: ...... 1201, 2101, 2304, Westerfelhaus, Robert: ...... 3603 Levey, Madeleine: ...... 3501 Miller, Niya Pickett: ...... 4111 Park, Hanna: ...... 5303 Sabetta, Tom: ...... 1201, 2101, 3506 2508, 2605, 3302, 3508 Wheaton, Patrick G.: ...... 2307, 3607 Loehwing, Melanie: ...... 2502 Mills, Carol Bishop: ...... 2601 Park, Youngrak: ...... 3201 Sabharwal, Nikita: ...... 3608 Sutton, Victoria: ...... 4603 White, Jaye: ...... 3402 Long, Mia C.: ...... 3206, 5109 Mirivel, Julien C.: ...... 2402, 3601, 4108, Parker, Jim: ...... 4201 Said, Sophia: ...... 4108 Swafford, Lauren:...... 3506 Wilcoxen, Anna:...... 3610 Long, Alex: ...... 5101 5101, 5302 Paroske, Marcus:...... 4103 Sanford, Amy Aldridge:. . 2204, 2309, 4206 Tai, Yuhui:...... 4109 Long, Kara: ...... 4601 Mitchell, 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Pete: ...... 3203 Paulson, Sally F.: ...... 2307, 2409 Schueneman, Nicole:...... 3506 Terry, David: ...... 3310, 3710, 5110 Williams, Rylan: ...... 3402 Loyd, Ryan:...... 2503, 2610, Moe, Bryan W.: ...... 2305 Perez-Langley, Olivia Gessella “Gigi”: 2205, Senn, Evan: ...... 2305 Thames, Richard H.: . . . . 2206, 3408, 4105 Williams, Zoranna: ...... 2508 Luckerson, Victor: ...... 3402 Moe, Megan: ...... 2701, 3507, 5103, 3610 Shade, Drew D.:...... 3307 Thetford, Kylee: ...... 3506 Williamson, Whitney: ...... 4509 Luebke, Monica: ...... 2206 5105 Persuit, Jeanne: ...... 3408 Shaffer, Tracy Stephenson: . . . 2310, 3410, Thibodeaux, Terry: ...... 4310 Wilson, Megan L.:...... 4207, 4308, Lunceford, Brett: ...... 2209, 2308, Mohammed, S. 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Emmett: ...... 1201, 2101, Lynde, Diana: ...... 4208 Mooney, Charee: ...... 2509, 2706 Pickett, James R.:...... 3603 Sheckels, Theodore F.: ...... 3305, 5201 Thompson-Hayes, Marcilene: . . 2501, 4201 MacDonald, Melissa: ...... 3506 Moore, Anntoinette: ...... 2404 Pirosca, Estera: ...... 4509 Sheer, Vivian C.:...... 4104, 4305 Tian, Ye: ...... 3402 2211, 2311, 4607 MacDonald, Shauna M.: ...... 2610, 4304 Moore, LaDawn ...... : 5101 Polanco, Raquel: ...... 2205, 2510 Shin, Jae-Hwa: ...... 2204, 2402 Tice, Meghan: ...... 4508 Wolf, Steven: ...... 4610 Mack, Star:...... 2506 Morales, Teresa:...... 3606 Porter, Marcus A.: ...... 4102, 5208 Shoemaker, John: ...... 3501 Tillis, Donna:...... 4603 Wood, Dustin: ...... 5202 Madison, James: ...... 5105 Moreno, Chale: ...... 3506 Poulakos, Niko: ...... 2502 Sills, Liz: ...... 3502 Tippett, Patrick: ...... 4509 Wood, Nicole: ...... 2610, 3610 Magnuson, Justin: ...... 4601 Morgan, Charles Alan “Chip”: ...... 4603 Poulos, Christopher N.: . . 2310, 3308, 3407 Simkowski, Susan M.: ...... 2206 Townsend, Laura: ...... 4303 Woodall, Michael Justin: ...... 4208 Malone, Catie: ...... 4111, 5202 Morledge, Claire L.:. . . . . 2407, 4505, 5202 Powell, Heather:...... 3411 Simon, Jenni:...... 3507, 3609 Tracy, Pamela J.: ...... 3411 Woodruff, Lacy: ...... 3508 Mandziuk, Roseann: ...... 1201, 2101 Morrison, Laura:...... 3406 Powell, Larry: ...... 2307, 3409 Simpson, Schyler: ...... 4505 Tran, Pamela: ...... 2406 Woods, Randy: ...... 5201 Mapp, Christopher: ...... 2306, 2704 Mosley, Drew: ...... 2304 Powers, Will: ...... 3204 Slade, Alison:...... 1201, 2101, 2704 Traweek, Megan: ...... 3506 Wright, Daniel C.:...... 3509 Marketing Director-Elect: . . . . . 1101, 1201, Moss, Christina: ...... 3606, 4211, 4508 Prandl, Hilary:...... 3506 Slawsky, Richard:...... 5107 Treat, Shaun: . . . . . 3207, 3309, 3405, 4204 Wu, Chaofan: ...... 2601 2101, 2211, 2311, 5204 Moss, Whitney (Randi): ...... 3402 Prescott, Margret Ann: ...... 4604 Sloan, Samuel:...... 2610, 4510 Treat, Stace: ...... 3207, 3405 Wu, Lei: ...... 4209 Marshall, Douglas: ...... 2203 Mouton, Ashton: ...... 4104 Pucket, Shane: ...... 4503 Smith, Barry P.: ...... 3206, 3409, 5105 Trickey, Minnijean Brown: ...... 4501 Xue, Fei: ...... 3206 Marshall, Stephanie: ...... 2701 Mouvery, Samara: ...... 2304, 3309 Pulner, Elyse: ...... 3509 Smith, Cortney: ...... 3502, 5208 Troillett, Rhonda: ...... 4108, 5201 Young, Amanda: ...... 5108 Matthews, Marsha Little:...... 2404, 5209 Moyer, Brandi: ...... 4110, 4308, 4601 Purkiss, Jonathon: ...... 2506 Smith, Donna A.:. . 3306, 3404, 3504, 3602 Trudeau, Justin T.: ...... 2205, 3710, 5105 Maugh, Casey Malone: ...... 3205, 3601 Mudd, Mary:...... 4601 Pyle, Andrew: ...... 4108, 5101, 5201 Smith, JD: ...... 4306 Tucker, Bonnie: ...... 4303 Young, Marilyn: ...... 2405, 3205 Maurer, Heather: ...... 2204 Muller, Lisa K.L.: ...... 2404 Quianthy, Richard: ...... 2504, 4210, Smith, Jennifer Mize:...... 5105, 5108 Tullis, Jillian A.:...... 3407, 4609 Young, Regina:...... 2303 Maze, William: ...... 4606 Mundell, Erica: ...... 3401 4708, 5105 Smith, Kenny D.: ...... 3307, 4309 Turnage, Anna K.: ...... 2202, 2508 Youngblood, Ed: ...... 2605 McCalman, Claudia L.: ...... 3406 Munsell, Jason: ...... 3310, 3405 Ragsdale, J. D.: ...... 1101, 1201, 2101, Smith, Lauren Reichart: . 2307, 3307, 3607, Turner, Kathleen J.:. . . . . 3305, 3507, 4211, Yu, Hong-Sik:...... 2202 McCroskey, James C.: ...... 2307 Murad, Husain: ...... 2604 2608, 5204 4309 5201 Yu, Hyunjae:...... 4209 McGee, Brian: ...... 5105 Muralidharan, Sidharth: ...... 3304 Ramsey, Matthew C.: ...... 4606 Smith, Michael: ...... 4502 Turpen, Kara: ...... 3506 Ziemer, Jordan: ...... 5201

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GLOBAL COMMUNICATION: CUSTOMS, CHALLENGES, AND CHANGES The theme for the SSCA 2010 convention will be “Global Communication: Customs, Challenges, and Changes.” As communication scholars we are able to examine human interaction in all its forms--- domestic, international, face-to-face, mediated, etc. It is through such exploration that we discover how communication customs, challenges, and changes impact us globally and personally. For example, new technologies change behaviors, break customs, and create challenges. Some embrace new forms while others reject them. More specifically, take presidential elections. We no longer gather on the White House lawn to listen to candidates speak; now we can watch on television, the Internet, YouTube, and Facebook. The delivery of healthcare has been fundamentally changed as patients can now reference treatments across the globe and diagnose their own symptoms via the Internet. The world is made smaller in business as more and more transactions are global and conducted via conference calls, the Internet, and Face-time. Interpersonal communication has certainly been forever changed by the advent of text-messaging and other forms of mediated communication.

Our host city, San Antonio, shares our theme as well. This is where Texas history begins. The Alamo and the 18th century missions are legacies to the challenges of effective communication, as they por- tray the results of the clash of cultural customs and norms, both negative and positive. European settlers interacted with a native people— forever changing the face of the Southwest. Visit the Alamo, where historical customs are preserved for all generations. The festive customs of the area, along with the changes of the 21st century, may be found on the River Walk.

As Vice-President, I hope that you will plan to participate in this wonderful convention experience. I will be looking for papers, panels, GIFT ideas, roundtable discussions, spotlight panels, and more. I encourage co-division sponsored panels. There will be Vice-Presidential Plenary Speakers and spotlight panels. With the help of all of you, San Antonio is sure to be a great convention! Please look for the Call for Participation to be posted on our website http://www.ssca.net and in our upcoming Connections. Any questions may be directed to me, [email protected] or monettecall- [email protected]. Happy Preparing!

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