Friday, April 24, 2009            Student Union 412

6:00 pm           Keynote Presentation: Dr. Gingrich-Philbrook, Southern University of Illinois             Union 412

Saturday, April 25, 2009                                                              Location: General Academic Building

8:30– 9am                   Welcome, Registration, and Refreshments                                      

9– 10:30am                 Summary papers in Communication Studies                                         GAB 317
                                    Panel Chair: Tammy Castleberry

**“Jon Stewart Says He’s Just a Comedian; We Think He’s joking A Comparative Study on Recall Between The Daily Show and The Nightly News” Rachel Mertensmeyer and Sarah Keller, Westmont College

“Meet BikerBabe28: Revealing Online Relationships to Offline Friends” Jenna Shimkowski, Texas Christian University

“Physicians-Patient Encounter: Communication Components in Review” Gary Boyd, Angelo State University

“Generational Dialects in Organizational Communication: Millennials Emerging in the Boomer-Saturated Nonprofit Sector” Tiffani Paige, Angelo State University

“Better Men, Better Lives”: Communicating [Homo]Sexuality within Fraternities” Kelly Regehr and Ashley Thomas-Seltzer, University of North Texas

“Changing Faces: Case Study of Organizational Change” Stuti Mehta, University of North Texas

Respondent: Dr. Justin Trudeau

** Top Undergraduate Paper

9– 10:30am                  “Pedagogy as a Reflective Tool for Beginning Teachers”               GAB 105

Panelists: Krystle Everett, Maja Bajac-Carter, Matthew Farmer, Garret Castleberry, and Evette Allen, University of North Texas

The panelists will discuss their own educational philosophies through the works of Freire, hooks, Dewey, and others, to add to the current state of conversation in critical pedagogy.

10:45-Noon                Top Graduate Student Paper Panel                                                   GAB 317
                                    Panel Chair: Jennifer Millspaugh

“Teacher versus Parent” Keturi Beatty and Serena Loew, University of North Texas

“Hip-Hop in the Ivory Tower? Teaching the Lived Experience in the Classroom”  Connie Young-Johnson, University of Texas at Austin

“Solidarity’s Got Style: The Rhetoric of Transnational Feminism” Amber D. Turner, University of Texas at Austin
 
*“Dealing with Difference: The Homological Connection between Cavemen and Homo sapiens” Luke Winslow, University of Texas at Austin

“ What’s Real Anymore: A Comparison of SecondLife, World of Warcraft and Online Experiences” Chris Tran, University of North Texas

Respondent: Dr. Shaun Treat

* Top graduate student paper

Noon – 1pm                Lunch for conference participants will be served in GAB 321

1:00– 2:15pm             Papers in Rhetorical Studies                                                                  GAB 317

“Can You Keep a Secret? A Rhetorical Analysis of Postsecret.com” Jacquelyn Harvey, North Carolina State University

“Problems of Text, Subject & Author: Rhetorical Analysis from Science to Sport “ Meredith M. Bagley, UT Austin

“Men and Communication… The Tide Is Turning: Communicating An Effective Message to Men Through Advertisement” Maryann Vasquez, Angelo State University
 
“Flag-draped Military Caskets: Where Semiotics and Postmodernists Meet” Wade Walker, Angelo State University

Respondent: Dr. Brian Lain

2:30– 3:45pm             Papers in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication              GAB  317
                                    Panel Chair: Christine Snowden

“ ‘I’m a pregnant teen. Who should I tell?’: A Privacy Management Analysis of Teenage Pregnancy Narratives” Camille A. Hall, Whitney J. Kemp, and Robin Studdard, University of North Texas
 
“Saving Face With Parents: How Teachers Use Face-Negotiation Theory” Karen Norvell, University of North Texas

“Presenting the Facts? Media Coverage of Iraq and Terrorism in 2004” Kristin Stimpson, Sarah Rayburn, Lauren Callahan, Nausheen Jivani, and Jace Witzikoski,  University of Texas at Austin
 
“Why is Walter Payton Teaching My Class? Tackling Sport/Hip-Hop Interdisciplinary Style” Connie Young-Johnson, University of Texas at Austin

“Out of the Closet, Into the Brotherhood: Exploring [Homo]Sexuality through Fraternity Coming Out Narratives” Ashley Thomas-Seltzer, Kelly Regehr and Evette Allen, University of North Texas

Respondent: Dr. Zuoming Wang

2:30– 3:45pm              “ Mythic Rhetoric of the American Superhero continued...”                 GAB 105
                                    Panel Chair: Annie Philips-Newton

Panelists: Garret Castleberry, Chris Tran, Maja Bajac-Carter, Raquel Polanco, and Christine Keller, University of North Texas

Research topics will vary in rhetorical approach and method, which aids in demonstrating the multi-faceted opportunities to study superhero mythos and related materials as rhetorical tools for specific times, places, and messages within the public sphere. Together these topical essays seek to further the research and consideration of suasive rhetorical texts and their impact on society.