PRESENTATIONS AND DIVISION LEADERSHIP BY
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - LINCOLN
FACULTY AND STUDENTS
National Communication Association Meeting
November 14 - 18, 2007 Chicago, Illinois
Thursday, November 15, 2007
8:00 am - 9:15 am
- Cultural Connections and Social Re-Actions in American Mainstream Media: Manipulating Perceptions of Reality
Ronald E. Lee (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"Orthodox Christianity, Elite Media, and the Reception of Mel Gibson's 'The Passion of the Christ'"
- Organizational Communication and Ethical Action
Michelle Marie Maresh (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"'What They Don't Know Won't Hurt Them': An Analysis of the Ethics of Deception and Secrecy in Organizational Crises"
- New Avenues for Communication Theory: Exploring Communication in the Context of Sport
Jason Thompson (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"College academic/athletic advisors management of student-athletes' private information: An application of Petronio's Communication Privacy Management theory"
9:30 am - 10:45 am
- Responses to Relational Transgression: Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Revenge
Dawn O. Braithwaite (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"Forgiveness in Stepfamilies"
- Crisis Communication III: Moving Beyond Image Repair Strategies
Michelle Marie Maresh (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), David E. Williams (Texas Tech Univ)
"Toward an Industry-Specific Crisis Response Mode: A Look at the Oil Crises of British Petroleum and Phillips Petroleum"
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
- Issues of Openness and Relationships in Social Networking Sites
Jenna L Catlett (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"An Analysis of Female University Students' Communicative Management of Privacy Online via Facebook"
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
- Communicating Peace in a Time of War: Presidential Campaign Rhetoric and the Antiwar Movement
Ronald E. Lee (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"Social Movements and Party Reform: The Influence of the Rule Changes on Anti-War Discourse"
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
- Focus on the Teacher
Michelle Marie Maresh (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) "Hurt Feelings in the Classroom: Facework in Student Communicative Responses to College Instructors' Hurtful Messages"
Friday, November 16, 2007
8:00 am - 9:15 am
- Communicating with Adolescents: Disclosures, Norms, and Implications for Well-Being
Colleen Warner Colaner (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Steven M. Giles (Wakeforest University)
"Predicting adolescent body esteem and weight control behaviors from direct and indirect parent norms"
- Organizing in Religious Settings
Joshua R Hammonds (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), David Montgomerie (University of North Carolina)
"'It's Like a Conversation': The Housechurch as a Dialogic Organization"
- Training and Development Division Business Meeting
Angela Marie Nunziata (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
9:30 am - 10:45 am
- Communicating and Embracing Difference in Families
Darren L. Epping (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Joshua R. Hammonds (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"An Examination of the Communication and Privacy Rules of GLBT Individuals with their Parents"Jordan Soliz (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Elizabeth N. Ribarsky (University of Illinois-Springfield), Meredith Marko (SUNY, Geneseo), Stacy Tye-Williams (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"Family Communication with Gay and Lesbian Family Members: Predictors of Relational Satisfaction and Implications for Outgroup Attitudes"
- G.I.F.T.S. #1: Great Ideas for Teaching Speech
Sarah Steimel (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) (Top Three Presentation)
"In Good Faith: Exploring Academic Dishonesty with Undergraduates"
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
- Instructional and Developmental Division Business Meeting
Angela Marie Nunziata (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
- Communicating "Family" Views: The Top Four Papers in Family Communication
Allison Renae Thorson (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Christine E. Rittenour (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Jody Koenig Kellas (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), April R. Trees
"Utilizing Multilevel Modeling: Illuminating Family Communication Intricacies"
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
- Family Communication Division Business Meeting
Jody Koenig Kellas (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
- Communication and Aging Division Business Meeting
Jordan Soliz (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Christine E. Rittenour (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
- Communicating the Worldviews of Adolescents and Families
Rebecca A DiVerniero (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"Dialectical Tensions in Communication with Extended Stepfamily Members"
5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
- Of Class and Collars: Issues in Labor and Blue-Collar Work
Kristen Lucas ( University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"Discourses of downturn: Socializing blue-collar kids for postindustrial careers"
Saturday, November 17, 2007
8:00 am - 9:15 am
- Parents, Parenting, and Parenthood
Allison R Thorson (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"Attributions for Parental Infidelity: Adult Children's Experiences"
9:30 am - 10:45 am
- Studies in the Rhetorical Potential and Limitations of Liberalism and Radicalism in Democracy
Kane Click (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"Liberalism and Democracy in post-reform America: The Women of the Brookside Strike of 1974"
- Having Faith in Students' Intellect: The Top Four Student Papers in Family Communication
Rebecca A DiVerniero (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"Stepchildrens' Communication to Manage Uncertainty in Stepfamilies" (Top Paper)
Erin K Willer (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"Communication and Closeness in Mother-Adolescent Daughter Relationships: A Turning Point Analysis"
12:30 pm -1:45 pm
- G.I.F.T.S. #3: Great Ideas for Teaching Speech
Kristen Lucas (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"The Bad Communication Story"''
- Top Papers in Instructional and Developmental Communication
Angela Marie Nunziata (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"College Student Perceptions of Instructor Communication Privacy Management" (Top Paper)
- Constructing Identity in Family Relationships: Parents (In-Law) and Children (In-Law)
Christine E. Rittenour (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Jordan Soliz (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"Communicative Predictors of Shared Family Identity, Future Contact, and Caregiving Intentions in Mother-in-Law/Daughter-in-Law Relationships"
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
- Communicating Relational Views in Stepfamilies: Rituals, Identities, and External Boundaries
Leslie A. Baxter (University of Iowa), Dawn O. Braithwaite (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Jody Koenig Kellas (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Cassandra LeClair-Underberg (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Emily N Lamb Normand (Illinois State University), Tracy R Routsong (University of Iowa), Matthew S Thatcher (Ferris State University)
"Empty Ritual: Young-Adult Stepchildren's Perceptions of the Remarriage Ceremony"
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
- Peadagocial Practices and Innovations
Joseph Mazer (Ohio University), Richard Murphy (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), Cheri J. Simonds (Illinois State University)
"The Effects of Teacher Self-Disclosure via "Facebook" on Perceptions of Teacher Credibility"
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
- Papers on Media and Public Discourse: Soviet Union, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States
Aaron M. Duncan (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"The Rhetoric of Orthodoxy and Heresy: An Examination of Lenin's writing in What is to be Done?"
- Semiotics and the Ethical: Women, Children and the Symbolic
Brent Yergensen (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"I Have An Epiphany! The Sexist Structure of Problem Solving Heroes in Shyamalan's Plot Twisting Supernatural Thrillers"
Sunday, November 18, 2007
8:00 am - 9:15 am
- American Popular Culture & Christianity: A Complex, Ever-Evolving Relationship
Brent Yergensen (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"Christian Window Dressing: Advertising Secular Movies for the Religious Audience"
- Applying Training and Development Course Content: A Student and Industry Perspective
Angela Marie Nunziata (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"The Training Gig: Connecting Coursework, Application, and Research"
9:30 am - 10:15 am
- Leaps of Faith: Difficult Dialogues in the Family
Maria Brann ( West Virginia University), Scott A Myers ( West Virginia University), Christine E. Rittenour (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"Caring for the One Who Cared for You: Parent-Child Discussions about Caregiving"
- Extending Burke’s Theory: Examinations of “Equipment for Living” in Popular Cultural Texts
Brent Yergensen ( University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"Cinematic Scripture: Ethical Crisis in Using Fantasy as Equipment for Militant Ideology"
- New Theoretical Approaches to Social Movement Studies
Sarah Steimel (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"From Pre-Inception to a Social Movement: An Extension of Existing Theory"
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
- Developing and Maintaining Focus in Group Discussions: Motivation, Facilitation, and Creativity in Groups
Jason Thompson (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"'You don't want to be considered just a jock': Family communication and motivating college student-athletes toward academic success"
