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Allison, J. M., Jr. (2006, April).  From the abyss: When narrative structures no longer cohere. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Allison, J. M., Jr. (2008, January). Serving a double purpose: The role of festivals in evaluating performance scholarship. Keynote Lecture.  Patti Pace Performance Festival, Baton Rouge, LA.

Allison, J. M., Jr. (adaptor and performer), & Taylor, K. S. (performer). (2005, March). Changing names. Performance presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Baton Rouge, LA; performance presented at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX.

Anderson, K. (2005, April). Critical issues in content analysis of media related research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO.

Anderson, K. (2005, April). Senior’s for . . .: The 2004 presidential campaigns’ strategies and appeals targeted at older adults. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, MO.

Anderson, K. (2005, October). The journey to blended learning. Panel presented at WebCT Texas Conference, San Antonio, TX. (Funded by Blended Learning Research Grant)

Anderson, K. (2005, November). How should we approach age stereotypes and intergroup associations in intergenerational relationships?: The dichotomy of category-centered and person-centered perception approaches. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA.  (Funded by UNT Research Initiation Grant)

Anderson, K. (2007, November). What does being a “nationally viable candidate” really mean?: The role of race and gender in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Anderson, K., & Brown, R. R. (2007, March). Drawing connections: Exploring the role of learner-to-learner immediacy in online classrooms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, MN. (Funded by Blended Learning Research Grant)

Anderson, K., & Marrufo, S. (2006, April). Transforming the basic communication course: Course development and online training for beginning online instructors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX. (Funded by Blended Learning Research Grant)

Anderson, K., & May F. A. (2006, October). Does the method of instruction matter?: An experimental look at information literacy retention in the online and blended classrooms.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of EDUCASE, Dallas, TX. (Funded by Blended Learning Research Grant)

Anderson, K., & McGlynn, J. (2006, April). Re-envisioning the basic communication course: A comparison of student outcomes in online, blended, and face-to-face formats. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX. (Funded by Blended Learning Research Grant).

Anderson, K., & Rhidenour, K. (2007, November). Generation gap?: A comparative analysis of information seeking strategies across age groups. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Bennett, J. (2005, April). Weather of mass destruction: Crisis rhetoric, Hurricane Katrina, and the politics of meaning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Bennett, J. A. (2005, November).  Passing, protesting, and the arts of assistance: Infiltrating the ritual space of blood donation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA. (Top 3 Competitive Paper, Gay and Lesbian Studies Division)

Byers, L. (2005, April). Narrative sensemaking when disaster strikes: Stories of survival after Hurricane Katrina. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Gossett, J. S., & Sutcliffe, T. (2007, April). Determining place regulations on the Internet: Burning the global village to roast the pig. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Louisville, KY.

Hajek, C., Villagran, M. M., & Wittenberg-Lyles, E. (2007, April). The relationships among perceived physician accommodation, perceived outgroup typicality, and patient compliance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Providence, RI. (Top paper in health communication)

Hancock, J., Barrett, T., Pena, J., Wang, Z., Bazarova, N., & McLeod, P. (2005, May). The dialogic aspects of attribution, identification, and distribution in online groups. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New York, NY.

Hardy, B., Scheufele, D., & Wang, Z. (2005, May). Defining deliberation: Key determinants and distinct dimensions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New York, NY.

Lain, B. A. (2005, August). The tenure track director of forensics and the mentoring of graduate students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, Alta, UT.

Lain, B. A. (2005, August). Identifying (with) the place of power: Recognition in arguments for reparation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of NCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, Alta, UT.

Lain, B. A. (2005, November). Constructing a ‘national vernacular’ through legal argument: The case of Japanese American remembrances. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA.

Lain, B. A. (2005, November). Visual memories of the Japanese American internment: Photographic realism and panoramic perspectives on America’s concentration camps. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA.

Lain, B. A. (2006, April). Renewal through spectacle: Guantanamo as formative of contemporary American culture. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Lain, B. A. (2006, November). Japanese American autobiography’s use in contemporary national crises: farewell to Manzanar and American identity politics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

Lain, B. A. (2007, February). Race, citizenship, and detention in wartime: Lessons from Manzanar to Guantanamo and beyond.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Center for the Study of Citizenship Conference, Detroit, MI.

McLeod, P., Walther, J. Bazarova, N., & Wang, Z. (2005, May). Communication in differentially distributed virtual groups. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication, Association, New York, NY.

Parker Oliver, D., Day, M., & Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M. (2005, November). Perceptions of interdisciplinary collaboration by hospice staff. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America,

Richardson, B. K. (2005, April). Understanding research and practice in risk and crisis communication—Where do we go from here? Panel discussion at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Richardson, B. K. (2005, May). Expanding whistle-blowing scholarship: How stakeholder theory, organizational structure, and social influence processes can inform whistle-blowing research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New York, NY.  (Top paper in organizational communication).

Richardson, B. K. (2006, April). Snipers, sharks, and corpses: Myths as (dys)functional sensemaking devices in Hurricane Katrina. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Convention, Dallas, TX.

Richardson, B. K., Alexander, A., & Castleberry, T. (2007, November). Examining teacher turnover in low-performing, multi-cultural schools: The relationship between emotional labor, communication symmetry, and intent to leave. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Richardson, B. K., Hancerli, S., & Gordon, C. (2007, June). Stakeholders in the crisis negotiation process: A qualitative study of their roles and effects. Paper presented at the bi-annual Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Global Security, Istanbul, Turkey.

Richardson, B. K., & McGlynn, J. (2006, November). Blowing the whistle off the field of play: An exploratory investigation of whistle-blowers in the intercollegiate athletics industry. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

Richardson, B. K., & McGlynn, J. (2007, May). Gendered retaliation, irrationality, and structured isolation: Whistle-blowing as a gendered process. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

Richardson, B. K., & Taylor J. (2006, February). Sexual harassment at the point of intersectionality in the raced organization: A grounded theory model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association, Palm Springs, CA. (Top paper panel in organizational communication).

Richardson, B. K., Wheeless, L. W., & Cunningham, C. (2006, April). Tattling on the teacher: the influence of confidence, attitudes, receptivity and organizational culture on peer reporting. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Shukla, P. (2005, November). Improving the health of the discipline through mentoring: A celebration of Everett M. Rogers’ contributions to minority scholarship. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA.

Taylor, K. (2005, April). Losing my religion: Performance and ethics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Taylor, K. (director). (2006, April). The petrified man. Performance presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Taylor, K. (2007, June). Role-playing techniques in mediation training for first responding officers. Paper presented at the bi-annual Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Global Security, Istanbul, Turkey.

Taylor, K. (performer). (2007, November). Performances in honor of Molly Ivins. Performance presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Thompson, S., & Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M. (2005, November). Advice giving and uncertainty management among cancer survivors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA.

Treat, S. (2005, April). Enthymematic pop-aganda in a pop-culture polis: The mythic rhetoric of Dubya’s battle. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Baton Rouge, LA.

Treat, S. (2005, August). Urban cowboys and cinematic cyborgs: The emergent cyborganic rhetoric of the postmodern superhero. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Louisiana Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Treat, S. (2006, April). On becoming Darth Vader: Postmodern fantasy culturetypes and the unconscious rhizomatic rhetoric of the cyborganic superhero. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Treat, S. (2007, April). A post-Katrina walk through New Orleans in McMemphis: Touring Pat O’Brien’s as Gentrification Simulacra. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Louisville, KY.

Treat, S. (2007, April). Shifting circumference and frames of the gridiron: The Confederate battle flag and S.E.C. football. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Louisville, KY.

Treat, S., & Gunn, J. (2007, November). 28 Days Later: Retheorizing Psycho-Rhetorical Dynamics of Ideological Subjectification. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Treat, S., & Mohammadi, O. (2005, February). A mystory HIStory of Muslim others in American media. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the EGSA Mardi Gras Conference, Baton Rouge, LA.

Trudeau, J. T. (2005, April). My grandfather was an artist. Paper presented at the Southern States Communication Association, Baton Rouge, LA.

Trudeau, J. T. (2006, April). Specters in the rear-view: Haunting identity in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. Paper presented at the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Trudeau, J. T. (2006 November). Haunting whiteness in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

Trudeau, J. T. (2006, November). Writing through absence: Jack Kerouac’s story of the ghost. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

Trudeau, J. T. (adaptor, director, and performer). (2007, November). Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex. Performance presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Villagran, M. M., Wittenberg-Lyles, E., & Baldwin, P. (2007, November). Communicating support: Ad hoc volunteerism in natural disasters. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Villagran, M. M., Wittenberg-Lyles, E., & Hajek, C., (2007, November). The impact of communication, attitudes, and acculturation on Advance Directives decision making. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Wang, Z. (2005, April). Personality strength, network size, and network heterogeneity: Linking predispositions and structural influences on civic participation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Pittsburg, PA.

Wang, Z. (2005, May). Biotechnology, media and trust: What drives citizens to support biotechnology? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Miami Beach, FL.

Wang, Z., (2006, November). The assessment of interpersonal attraction and group identification in virtual groups. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

Wang, Z. (2007, May). Anonymity effects and implications in the social identity model of deindividuation: From crowd to computer-mediated communication. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

Wang, Z. (2007, November). Interpersonal and group level measures in attraction and group identification: A factor analysis approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. (Top paper panel in group communication)

Wang, Z., & Loh, T. (2006, May). Demonizing China or stigmatizing the U.S.?: A comparison of news coverage of China’s bid for American oil company Unocal in both countries. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the World Association for Public Opinion Research, Montreal, Canada.

Wang, Z., Loh, T., & Walther, J. (2005, May). Interpersonal attraction and intergroup identification: Cognitive effects of group distribution and their measurement issues. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, New York, NY.

Wang, Z., & Walther, J. (2007, November). Interpersonal perception in virtual groups: Examining homophily, identification and individual attraction using social relations model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Wang, Z., Walther, J., & Hancock, J. (2008, May). Social identification and interpersonal perceptionin computer-mediated communication: Who you are versus what you do in virtual groups. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada.

Wang, Z., Walther, J., Pingree, S., & Hawkins, R. (2006, June). Health information, credibility, homophily, and influence via the Internet: Web sites versus discussion groups. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany.

Warren, J. (2007, April). The living, breathing rubric: Effective teaching through the use of digital and functional instruction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M. (2005, February). Information sharing in interdisciplinary team meetings: An evaluation of hospice goals. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M. (2005, April). Information sharing in interdisciplinary team meetings. Paper presented at the Clinical Team Conference of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Atlanta, GA.

Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M. (2005, November). Communication apprehension with dying: Perspectives of hospice volunteers. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA.

Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M., (2006, November). End-of-life communication from interdisciplinary perspectives: Learning to take care of the patient’s lived body. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of American, Dallas, TX.

Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M. (2006, November). End-of-life communication. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M., Gee, G. C., & Parker Oliver, D. (2007, November). What patients and families don’t hear: Backstage communication in hospice interdisciplinary team meetings. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M., Greene, K., & Sanchez-Reilly, S. (2006, April). The palliative power of story-telling: Using published narratives as a teaching tool in end-of-life care. Paper presented at bi-annual meeting of the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, Lexington, KY.

Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M., & Parker Oliver, D. (2006, June). The power of interdisciplinary collaboration in hospice.  Presented at the research forum of the European Association for Palliative Care, Venice, Italy.

Wittenberg-Lyles, E., Parker Oliver, D., Demiris, G., Rodriquez, D., & Klein, C. (2008, February). Exploring the relational dimension of information sharing in small groups: Relational control in hospice interdisciplinary team meetings. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association, Denver, CO. (Top paper in group communication).

Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M., Rodriqez, D., & Sanchez-Reilly, S. (2007, February). ‘There are many, many things that you cannot solve with a pill’: Exploring the voice of the lifeworld through interdisciplinary perspectives. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association, Seattle, WA.

Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M., & Sanchez-Reilly, S. (2007, March). Palliative care early assessment for advanced cancer elderly patients. Paper presented at the Health Literacy across the Continuum of Cancer Care Symposium, Orange, CA.

Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M., & Thompson, S. (2005, November). Understanding enrollment conversations: The role of the hospice admission representative. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA.

Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M., Villagran, M. M., & Hajek, C. (2007, February). Communicating about advance directives: Cultural differences between Latinos and European-Americans. Paper presented at the annual assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care, Salt Lake City, UT.