Friday November 18, 2011 - National Communication Association

Chair: Robert C. Rowland, University of KansasRespondent: David Zarefsky, Northwestern University"'America’s Enduring Strength' and the Debate over the Role of Political Discourse in the Violence in Tucson" Beth Boser, Univ ofSouthern California"At the Limits of Trauma: Barack Obama’s Tucson Memorial Speech, 12 January 2011" David A. Frank, University of Oregon"Civility, Democracy, and National Politics" Mary E. Stuckey, Georgia State University; Sean Patrick O'Rourke, Furman University"Human Agency and Mental Illness: Conflicting Conservative Arguments in Locating Responsibility for the Tucson Massacre" FrancescaMarie Smith, Univ of Southern California; Thomas A. Hollihan, Univ of Southern California310023 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM New Orleans Marriott Preservation Hall 2 - Second FloorVoicing Resistance: Performing Tactics, Rhetoric, and Taboo in Global ContextSponsors: Convention Theme Group, Performance Studies DivisionChair: Gregory Mitchell, Northwestern University"'Don’t Sing the Words You Left Behind:' Mobility, Voice and the Erasure of Identity in Musical Performance." Pavithra Prasad,Northwestern University"Acting Ign'ant: Negotiating Race, Gender, Sexuality and the Popular Panopticon" Riley Snorton, Northwestern University"Competing Voices: Culture War Performances and the Politics of Display" Jennifer Tyburczy, Rice University"The Romance of Performance: Critical Ethnography, Prostitution, and the Problem of Resistance" Gregory Mitchell, NorthwesternUniversity310028 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM New Orleans Marriott Preservation Hall 7 - Second FloorSponsor: Japan-U.S. Communication AssociationPresenters:Koji Fuse, University of North TexasChikako McLean, Oakton Community CollegeMakoto Saito, Westfield State UniversityRose G. Campbell, Butler UniversityPeter S. Lee, California State Univ, FullertonAkira Miyahara, Seinan Gakuin UniversityTatsuya Imai, Univ of Texas, AustinAkiko Fukumoto, Aichi Shukutoku UniversityJames Mueller, University of North TexasTakeshi Suzuki, Meiji UniversityJosh Nelson, San Diego State UnivJiro Takai, Nagoya UnivPaul Westbrook, Northeastern UniversityJapan-U.S. Communication Association Business Meeting310029 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM New Orleans Marriott Preservation Hall 8 - Second FloorSponsor: Scholarship of Teaching and LearningPresenters:Christopher Carey, Portland State UniversityMary Ann Danielson, Creighton UniversityAna M. Cruz, Univ of Nebraska, OmahaColleen Garside, Weber State UnivIrwin Mallin, Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ, Fort WayneScholarship of Teaching and Learning Business Meeting310031 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM New Orleans Marriott Preservation Hall 10 - Second Floor