Wednesday November 16, 2011 - National Communication ...

Jeremy Grossman, University of Georgia
Gregory Sean Hummel, Bloomsburg University
Alexis Pulos, Univ of New Mexico
Derek R. Sweet, Luther College
305093 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM Sheraton New Orleans Rhythms I - Second Floor
Multiple Voices Defining Self and Bridging Identity Through Research
Sponsors: Asian / Pacific American Communication Studies Division, Convention Theme Group
Chair: Dexin Tian, Savannah College of Art and Design
Respondent: Dexin Tian, Savannah College of Art and Design
"'We Chinese are not racist people, but…': Anti-black racial sentiments and discourse in contemporary Chinese social
space" Qi Tang, Tennessee State Univ; Jincao Yu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
"Building Bridges between the East and West: A critical examination of the major cultural differences between Asian
students and their American counterparts and the strategies to dealing with the differences in US classrooms" Chin-
Chung Chao, Univ of Nebraska, Omaha
"Identity development & communication strategies: How students of color survive and thrive in pre-dominant White
Division III private higher education institutions" Hsiu-Jung Mindy Chang, Western New England College
"Motherhood: A process of becoming better selves for Chinese mother bloggers" Yahui Zhang, Wayland Baptist
Univ
"To be a 'sea turtle' or not to be: Analysis of a Chinese immigrant online forum on possibilities to return" Janice Hua
Xu, Cabrini College
305095 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM Sheraton New Orleans Rhythms III - Second Floor
New Voices in the Church: How Marginalized Groups Join the Discussion
Sponsors: Convention Theme Group, Religious Communication Association
Chair: Eilene Wollslager, St. Mary's University
"Unwelcome Voices and Unwelcome Questions: The Pattern of Silencing Discussions that Challenge Conventional
Theology within the Evangelical Tradition" Jessica Ptomey, Kaplan Univ
"Giving Voice to Marginalized Individuals: How One Woman with Disabilities Found Her Voice In Church
Settings" Laura F. Sherwood, Oral Roberts University
"Women’s Voices in the Pulpit: A Qualitative Exploration of Women’s Journey from Pew to Pulpit" Eilene Wollslager,
St. Mary's University
305101 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM Sheraton New Orleans Napoleon A1 - Third Floor
Emerging Scholars in Critical and Cultural Studies
Sponsor: Critical and Cultural Studies Division
Chair: Radhika Gajjala, Bowling Green State Univ
Respondent: Kent A. Ono, Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
"Coming out of Closets, Coming out of Shadows: The Risky Rhetoric of Appropriation" Karma R. Chávez, Univ of
Wisconsin, Madison
"Durable Participants: A Generational Approach to Reality TV’s 'Ordinary' Labor Pool" Hugh Curnutt, Montclair State
Univ
"Reading the Danish Cartoons Affair against the Grain: Re-ontologizing the Social" Ferruh Yilmaz, Tulane University
"Thug Life: Outlaw Emotion and the Meaning(s) of Tupac Shakur" Bryan J. McCann, Wayne State University