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Anaya-Johnston, N., Chen, Y-W., & Muwanguzi, S. (2005, November). International teaching assistants: A distinctive experience of challenges and success. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA.

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., & 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.

Brown, R. R. (2006, April). Drawing connections: Exploring the role of learner-to-learner immediacy in online classrooms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Brown, R. R., Calk, M. Guleyupoglu, E., Okigbo, E., Prince, K., Smith, S., & Wells, C. (2006, April). Transactional teaching: Understanding our students. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Brown, R. R. (2005, November). Computer-mediated communication: An examination of message construction and decoding. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA.

Chen, Y-W. (2005, November). A dialectical perspective onhelping behavior in friendship between Americans, Taiwanese international students, and Taiwanese. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA.

Gitau, H., Gordon, C., Kimball, K. Y., Perez, O. G., Rhidenour, K., & Wachsmann, E. (2008, February).  Disciplining the feminine style and narrative phronesis in contemporary rhetorical culture. Roundtable discussion at the annual Symposium of Rhetoric of the Federation Rhetoric Committee of the Federation of North Texas Universities, Denton, 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.

Haber, J. (2008, February). The virtual realities and ideologies of cyborg gaming. Paper presented at the annual Symposium of Rhetoric of the Federation Rhetoric Committee of the Federation of North Texas Universities, Denton, TX.

Haddad, N. I. (2006, April). From hip-hop to rap and back: A reply to Greg Dimitriadis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Haddad, N. I. (2006, November).  Hip-hop debate activism: Creating sites for connection and action. Debate and roundtable discussion presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

Haddad, N. I. (2006, November). Collective fragments: Derrida and deep dick. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

Haddad, N. I., Register, D., & Saindon, B. A. (2006, November). Production and consumption in visual studies: Making images, consuming discourses and changing the image-economy. Roundtable discussion presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

Hawkins, J. (2008, February). Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect and the rhetorical limits of humor. Paper presented at the annual Symposium of Rhetoric of the Federation Rhetoric Committee of the Federation of North Texas Universities, Denton, TX.

Holmes, S. J. (2006, November). Fired or just fitting in: Constructing gendered identities through reality television. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

James, E. (2007, April). The relationship between Latino family influence and post high school graduation rates. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New Perspectives, New Voices Student Research Conference, Denton, TX.

James, E., & Prince, K. (2007, April). The Katrina blame game 2005: A content alaysis of letters to the editor during and immediately after Hurricane Katrina. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Louisville, KY.

Kimball, K. Y. (2006, April). Keep the faith – keep a scrapbook: The scrapbook trend as reaction to a postmodern world. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX. (Top 3 Student Papers in History of Rhetoric)

Kimball, K. Y. (2006, November). Indecent expression? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

Kimball, K. Y. (2006, November). Keep the faith – keep a scrapbook: The scrapbook trend as reaction to a postmodern world(revised). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

Kimball, K. Y. (2007, November).  The war on the good mother: The infant-feeding decision and the shift from private to public motherhood. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Kimball, K. Y. (2008, February).  Art at the breast: Images as rhetorical reflections on breastfeeding.  Paper presented at the annual Symposium of Rhetoric of the Federation Rhetoric Committee of the Federation of North Texas Universities, Denton, TX.

McGlynn, J. (2005, November). E-courage and emotional paper trails: An analysis of CMC’s effects on self-disclosure. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA. (Top 5 Interpersonal Paper Award, Competitive Student Division)

McGlynn, J., & Brown, R. R. (2005, November). It’s getting hot in here: The relationship between communication satisfaction and employee burnout. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA. (Top 5 Organizational Paper Award, Competitive Student Division)

Muwanguzi, S. (November, 2007). The acculturation of Ugandan Immigrants in the USA: An exploration of the intersection between communication accommodation and social adaptation theories in Cultural Change. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
 
Muwanguzi, S. (November, 2007). The collapse of Enron: How the corporation communicatively responded publicly to accusations of wrongdoing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. 

Muwanguzi, S., & Shukla, P. (November, 2006). Symbolic Interactionism and sense making of the control and prevention of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: A case study of Uganda. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX. 

Shukla, P., & Muwanguzi, S.  (November, 2006). The glocalization of HIV/AIDS: An
explication of the diffusion of innovation theory in the control and prevention of the epidemic in Uganda. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX. 

Muwanguzi, S., & Shukla, P. (June, 2006). The acculturation of HIV/AIDS: The role of communication in the control and prevention of the epidemic in Uganda. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany. 

Noteboom, K. (2006, November). “And all the hills echoed”: A comparison of the Greek rhapsode and contemporary counter-culture. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

Noteboom, K. (2006, November). Whose line is it anyway? Commedia dell’Arte and its influence on American popular culture. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

Noteboom, K. (writer, director, performer), & Perez, O. G. (performer). (2007, February). The mockingbird. Performance presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed, Minneapolis, MN.

Noteboom, K. (2007, November). Losing the cape: Reframing the ‘hero’ in American culture after September 11th. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Noteboom, K. (2008, February). Satire vs. cynicism and the Daily Show’s Jon Steward. Paper presented at the annual Symposium of Rhetoric of the Federation Rhetoric Committee of the Federation of North Texas Universities, Denton, TX.

Okigbo, E. Y. (2006, November). West African storytellers: Maintaining Griot tribal history with the onset of urban entertainment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

Perez, O. G. (2005, June). Interconnections between Gaia and Ecofeminist Theories. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Women’s Studies Association, Orlando, FL.

Perez, O. G. (2008, April). Brideland. Performance presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Savannah, GA.

Perez, O. G. (2008, April). Shut up and pose. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Savannah, GA.

Polanco, R. (2008, February). Fighting feminisms in The Little Mermaid. Paper presented at the annual Symposium of Rhetoric of the Federation Rhetoric Committee of the Federation of North Texas Universities, Denton, TX.

Rhidenour, K. (2007, April). <Collateral Damage>: Implications of the administration’s language during the conflict in Iraq. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New Perspectives, New Voices Student Research Conference, Denton, 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. (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., & 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., 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.

Saindon, B. A. (2005, November). Conceptual gaps in the application of ideographic criticism: Animal liberation as case study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association,  Boston, MA.

Saindon, B. A. (2006, April). Authorship, mass consciousness, and fragmented ideographs: Animal liberation as a case study in ideographic criticism in the post-modern condition. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association.

Smeaton, K. (2007, September). Cross-examination debate basics. Workshop presented at the University Interscholastic League Student Activities Conference, Denton, TX.

Smeaton, K. (2007, November). An introduction in extemporaneous speaking. Workshop presented at the University Interscholastic League Student Activities Conference, Huntsville, TX.

Smeaton, K. (2007, November). Cross-examination debate basics. Workshop presented at the University Interscholastic League Student Activities Conference, Huntsville, TX.

Smeaton, K., & Bobb, C. (2007, November). Generational culture and language activity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Taylor, K. S. (director), Brown, R. R., Snyder, E., & Wells, C. (performers). (2006, April). The Petrified Man. Performance presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Taylor, K. S. (director), Noteboom, K., & Perez, O. G. (performers). (2007). Frida Kahlo in love. Peer reviewed production. Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Louisville, KY; presented at the Petit Jean Performance Festival, Morrilton, AR; presented at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX.

Trudeau, J. T. (director), Perez, O.G. (assistant director), Chibueze, N., & Noteboom, K. (performers). (2006). Feet on the Street: Rambles Around New Orleans.  Peer-reviewed production. Presented at the Patti Pace Performance Festival, New Orleans, LA; presented at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX.

Trudeau, J. T. (director), Perez, O. G. (assistant director), Noteboom, K. (technical director). (2008). Wild Ducks Flying Backward. Peer reviewed production. Performance presented at the Patti Pace Performance Festival, Baton Rouge, LA; presented at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX.

Wells, C. (2006, April). Building relationships in an online course: Examining the function of instructor immediacy, clarity, humor, and feedback in online discussion forums. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Dallas, TX.

Wells, C. (2006, November). Storytelling at ‘The Faire’: Analyzing Renaissance Festival Tales. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.