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Department of Communication Studies

Communication, Collaboration, Community

NCA Presentations

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PRESENTATIONS AND DIVISION LEADERSHIP BY

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - LINCOLN

FACULTY AND STUDENTS

National Communication Association Meeting

November 21 - 23, 2008 San Diego, California

Friday, November 21, 2008

9:30 am - 10:45 am

  • BEST PRACTICES FOR ESTABLISHING INTERDISCIPLINARY RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE BASIC COMMUNICATION COURSE

    Richard Murphy (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) 
    Angela M. Nunziata (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) 
    Roundtable Discussion Panel Participant

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm

  • NCA GRADUATE STUDENT HANDBOOK: MEET AND TALK WITH THE AUTHORS!

    Betsy Wackernagel Bach (University of Montana), Dawn O. Braithwaite (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Connie A. Bullis (University of Utah)
    "Selecting the Right Program for You"

    Patrice Buzzanell (Purdue University, Dawn O. Braithwaite (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Understanding and Applying for Grants"
  • UNCONVENTIONAL! SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES: GLBTQ STUDIES IN INTERPERSONAL, FAMILY, AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

    Diana Breshears (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Coming Out To/With Our Children: Discourse Of Lesbian Parents With Their Children Concerning Family Identity"
  • THE TOP STUDENT PAPERS IN FAMILY COMMUNICATION

    Allison R. Thorson (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "The Influence of Discovery Method on Relational Outcomes: A Study of Parental Infidelity"

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

  • COMMUNICATIVE INFLUENCES ON WOMEN’S CAREER POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITATIONS

    Sarah Steimel (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Kristen Lucas (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "A Competent Miner and a Woman: Construction of Female Blue-Collar Workers' Identities"

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm

  • NARRATIVE INHERITANCE: OUR STORIES, OUR SECRETS, OURSELVES

    Jody Koenig Kellas (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    Roundtable Discussion Panel Participant
  • CRITICAL APPROACHES TO MEDIA HISTORY

    Kane Click (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Utilizing Legitimacy, Transferring Ethos: The House Un-American Activities Committee's Investigation of Gary Cooper"

Saturday, November 22, 2008

8:00 am - 9:15 am

  • THEORIZING MEDIA: FILM, TELEVISION, AND CENSORSHIP

    Kane Click (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Free, Adult, Uncensored: A Genealogy for Contemporary Electronic Censorship"
  • UNCONVENTIONAL DYNAMICS: NEGOTIATING POWER IN THE COMMUNICATION CLASSROOM

    Angela M. Nunziata (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Student Power and Influence: Examining Student Behaviors and Perceptions of Power"
  • G.I.F.T.S.: GREAT IDEAS FOR TEACHING SPEECH, SESSION I

    Kristen Lucas (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Building Ice Cream Sundaes: An Unconventional Approach to Introducing Public Speaking"

9:00 - 10:30 am

  • SCHOLAR TO SCHOLAR SESSION 1

    Sarah Steimel (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Making Change through Dialogue: A Study of the Dialogic Tensions Experienced by the Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty"

9:30 am - 10:45 am

  • SUGGESTING A NEW INSTRUCTIONAL COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AGENDA: EMOTIONS AT THE CENTER OF THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS

    Angela M. Nunziata (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) 
    Roundtable Discussion Panel Participant
  • BUILDING AND EXTENDING ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION THEORIES

    Kathleen J. Krone (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Michael W. Kramer (University of Missouri, Columbia), Patricia Sias (Washington State University)
    "Assessing the Possibility of Theoretical Developments through Paradigmatic Pluralism in Organizational Communication Research"

  • FWSD COMPETITIVE PAPERS: GLOBALIZATION/NATIONALISM/CYBERSPACE

    Shireen S. Ghorbani (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "A Critical Reading of the Revolutionary Association for the Women of Afghanistan's (RAWA) Website"

12:30 pm – 1:45 pm

  • EMERGING FAMILY COMMUNICATION RESEARCH ON IN-LAW RELATIONSHIPS

    Christine E. Rittenour (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Communication Within and Surrounding Mother-in-law/Daughter-in-law Relationships: Implications for Relational Outcomes and Future Family Functioning"
  • ANALYZING THE NEW MEDIA LANDSCAPE: FROM BLOGS TO YOUTUBE
    Scott H. Church (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Tim Gray (Southern Utah University), Ben Wyeth (Brigham Young University-Idaho), Brad Jeppsen (University of Utah)
    "The Internet as a Medium of Political Influence: YouTube as a Political Web Site"

  • UNCONVENTIONAL INQUIRY: NOVEL METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS FOR STUDYING INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

    Jordan Soliz (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Utilizing Multilevel Modeling in Interpersonal Communication Research"

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

  • NORMALIZING THE SO-CALLED UNCONVENTIONAL: COMM. RESEARCH ON LGBT-HEADED FAMILIES

    Jody Koenig Kellas (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) 
    Roundtable Discussion Panel Participant

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm

  • UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM IN GTA TRAINING

    Angela M. Nunziata (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) 
    Roundtable Discussion Panel Participant
  • ETHICS AND FORENSICS: TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATION

    Aaron M. Duncan (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) 
    Roundtable Discussion Panel Participant
  • COMMUNICATION THAT MATTERS: CONCEPTUALIZING SOCIAL SUPPORT IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS

    Jody Koenig Kellas (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), April Trees, Paul Schrodt (Texas Christian University), Cassandra LeClair-Underberg (Texas State University San Marcos), Erin K. Willer (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Stories of Marital Stress: Predicting Individual and Relational Well-Being from Joint Storytelling Behaviors"
  • NEW UNCONVENTIONAL IDEAS FOR TEACHING: FIVE NOVEL INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES TOWARD FIVE DIFFERENT COURSES

    Arleen Bejerano (University of Nebraska, Lincoln; formerly of California State University, Long Beach) "Interpersonal Communication"

5:00 pm - 6:15 pm

  • AN UNCONVENTIONAL ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT INTERCULTURAL INSTRUCTION: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN LEARNING AND APPLYING COMMUNICATION

    Erin K. Willer (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) 
    Roundtable Discussion Panel Participant

6:30 - 7:45 pm

  • ETHICS AND FORENSICS: COMPETITION AND EDUCATION IN INTERPRETATION EVENTS

    Darren L. Epping (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    Roundtable Discussion Panel Participant

Sunday, November 23, 2008

8:00 am - 9:15 am

  • ONLINE COMMUNITIES: SOCIAL SUPPORT, NARRATIVES, AND SELF-DISCLOSURE

    Richard Murphy (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "The Isolated, Emotional, and Incomplete Storyteller: Message Board Narratives of Combat Veterans Living with PTSD"

9:00 am - 10:30 am

  • SCHOLAR TO SCHOLAR SESSION IV

    Arleen Bejerano (University of Nebraska, Lincoln; formerly of California State University, Long Beach)
    "The Effects of Computer-Mediated and Face-to-Face Instructor Evaluations on Students' Affect Toward the Teacher and Course Selection Decisions"

    Sarah Dirks (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Solidarity During the Launching Stage: An Examination of Siblings'and Friends' Solidarity During the Transition to College"

    Michelle Marie Maresh (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Richard Murphy (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) "Understanding the Self-Reliant Student: Communication and Relational Development in the Online Classroom"

    Angela M. Nunziata (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "The Treatment of Gender: A Synthesis of Recent Research in Communication Education"

    Allison R. Thorson (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "The Influence of Discovery Method on Relational Outcomes: A Study of Parental Infidelity"

9:30 am - 10:45 pm

  • REVISITING THE POLITICS OF AMERICAN PROTEST: THE UNCONVENTIONAL RHETORIC OF 1968

    Ronald E. Lee (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "1968 as Political Myth: The Cultural Tale of a Progressive People"

11:00 - 12:30 pm

  • SCHOLAR TO SCHOLAR SESSION V

    Angela M. Nunziata (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "The Treatment of Gender: A Synthesis of Recent Research in Communication Education"

    Michelle Marie Maresh (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Richard Murphy (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)  "Understanding the Self-Reliant Student: Communication and Relational Development in the Online Classroom"

12:30 - 1:45 pm

  • (GRAND)PARENTHOOD TRANSITIONS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

    Colleen Warner Colaner (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Turning Points in the Co-construction of Religious Identity in Evangelical Homes"

2:00 - 3:15 pm

  • ISSUES OF RACE AND POLITICS IN THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM: UNCONVENTIONAL OR SIMPLY UNADDRESSED?

    Richard Murphy (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Managing Identity in a Liberal Hegemony: A Grounded Theory of Students' Political Identity Development during the College Experience"
  • THE POWER OF LANGUAGE LITERALLY: EXPLORATIONS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN LINGUISTICS

    Aaron M. Duncan (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Abolishment or Recontextuatlization: The Rhetorical Fight to Ban the N-word"
  • DIVORCE AND BEYOND: MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES ON MARITAL DISSOLUTION AND STEPFAMILY LIFE

    Rebecca A. DiVerniero (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Relational Experiences with the 'New' Extended Stepfamily: The Residential Parents' Perspective"
  • BEHAVING BADLY IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS: TEASING, JEALOUSY, AGGRESSION, AND UNWANTED PURSUIT

    Sai Sato (University of Nebraska, Lincoln; formerly of Illinois State University)
    "The Role of Communication-Related Traits for Victims of Unwanted Relationship Pursuit"

3:30 - 4:45 pm

  • DEFINING THE (UN)CONVENTIONAL FAMILY: PERSONAL, LAY, MEDIATED AND PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES

    Dawn O. Braithwaite (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Betsy Wackernagel Bach (University of Montana), Leslie A. Baxter (University of Iowa), Rebecca A. DiVerniero (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Joshua R. Hammonds (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Angela M. Nunziata (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Erin K. Willer (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Bianca Wolf (University of Iowa)
    "Constructing Family: A Typology of Voluntary Kin"
  • RHETORIC, SCIENCE, AND PUBLIC

    Brent Yergensen (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
    "Scientizing Criticism: The 'Abuse of Casuistry' and Contradictory Organizational Discourses of the Childcare Action Project"