Wednesday November 15, 2006 - National Communication ...

Rosa Eberly, Penn State University"Re-reading Malcolm X's "Ballot or the Bullet": A Rhetorical-Historical Inquiry." Scott Varda, University of Iowa"Visibility and Rhetoric in the Life Magazine Photographs of the Selma March of 1965." Victoria Gallagher, North Carolina State University;Kenneth Zagacki, North Carolina State University""Vengeance in My Heart": Close Textual Analysis of Dave Dennis' Eulogy for James Chaney." William H Lawson, Florida State University"Transforming the Field for Agency: Curt Flood, the Rhetoric of Place, and The Humanist Spirit of St. Louis." Abraham Khan, Univ ofMinnesota, Twin Cities20508 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm Hilton Mezzanine La CoronaFROM MAJOR TROPES TO HUMBLE TROPES: IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN A MINOR KEY.Sponsor: Rhetorical and Communication Theory DivisionChair: Erik Robert Johnson, Northwestern UniversityRespondent:Robert Terrill, Indiana UniversityThis panel explores a range of self-fashioning that operates within minor tropes. As opposed to the often-examined canon of "master" tropes,we recuperate a range of figurative processes that turn constitution through a minor key. We explicate humble tropology in terms of areconsideration of character in relation to a polity, a replacement of character within discourse, and an evacuation of a sense of a particularcharacter in media and circulation.20509 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm Hilton Lobby Hacienda INARRATIVE, ARCHETYPE AND THE OBJET A: MODES OF COLLECTIVITY IN PSYCHOANALYSIS.Sponsor: Association for PsychoanalysisChair: Elizabeth Galewski, Univ of Wisconsin, Madison"How Can Lacan’s "Objet petit a" Inform Theories of Intersubjectivity?" Elizabeth Galewski, Univ of Wisconsin, Madison"Structures of Time and Structures of Crime: Narrative, Realism and Fantasy in Law and Order and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." GrantDavid Bollmer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"The Wise Old Man: Diversifying the Archetype in Science Fiction." Brent Yergensen, University of Nebraska- Lincoln20510 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm Hilton Lobby Hacienda IIPUBLIC SITES FOR CONNECTION: ETHICS, MEDIA, AND THE MARKETPLACE.Sponsor: Communication Ethics DivisionChair: Karen Zediker, Univ of Puget SoundRespondent:Annette Holba, Plymouth State Univ"Communication Ethics: Connecting in the Classroom to Create Action in the Marketplace." Leeanne Bell, Duquesne University"Contractual Justice and the Morality of Sport." Daniel Grano, University of North Carolina, Charlotte"Natural Law and an Ethical Rhetoric of Advertising." Jeanne Marie Persuit, Duquesne University"Blogging: Future Public Relations Tactic or Public Relations Threat." Barbara Ellen Flick, Xavier University20511 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm Marriott Riverwalk Second Level Salon AGENDER, FEMINISM, AND INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP.Sponsors: Feminist and Women's Studies Division, International and Intercultural Communication DivisionChair: Bhavana Upadhyaya, University of New MexicoRespondent:Marlene Fine, Simmons College"Styles of Female Leadership in Non-Profit Organization: A Study of Rotary Clubs in Taiwan." Chin-Chung Chao, Bowling Green State Univ"Perceived Gendered Nature of Leadership Styles and Gender Equality in the Taiwanese Public Relations Field: Comparing Male and FemalePublic Relations Practitioners' Views." Ming-Yi Wu, Western Illinois University"Creating sites for feminist connection and action worldwide: Female Russian professionals' constructions of feminism." Katerina Tsetsura,University of Oklahoma"Reading Winnie Mandela as a Rhetorical Widow." Linda Horwitz, Lake Forest College20512 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm Marriott Riverwalk Second Level Salon B