Wednesday November 16, 2011 - National Communication ...

313013 3:30 PM to 4:45 PM New Orleans Marriott La Galerie 3 - Second Floor
Lift Every Voice: Nubian Women's Issues in Academe, the Media, and Government
Sponsor: Feminist and Women Studies Division
Chair: Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas, Armstrong Atlantic State University
"Disney's Princesses of Color: A Self-Sacrificing Narrative" Megan Tomei, Florida Atlantic Univ
"Gender Role Construction and Relations among Kenyan Immigrants to the United States" Consolata Nthemba
Mutua, Univ of New Mexico
"Gender, Race and Online Discussion by Americans of African Women in an International News Story" Augustina
Amakye, African University College of Communications; William J. Brown, Regent University
"In Whose Voice? The Historical Contexts of Women and Minorities in Electronic Media" Rebecca Ann Lind,
University of Illinois, Chicago
"Speaking of African Women’s Agency, Activism and Complementary Gender Roles: A Look at African
Feminism" Annie Duru, Howard University
"Spoketokenism: Black Women Talking Back About Graduate School Experiences" Subrina Robinson, California
State University, Long Beach
"What Makes a Mother? Race, Class and the Narratives of Mother/Daughter Relationships in Finding Christa and
Secrets and Lies" Dijana Jelaca, Univ of Massachusetts
313014 3:30 PM to 4:45 PM New Orleans Marriott La Galerie 4 - Second Floor
Challenges and Opportunities in Bridging the Digital Divide: Diverse Populations, Access, and Use
Sponsor: Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide
Chair: Jorge R. Schement, Rutgers University
"The Parent Factor: Parental Involvement in Children’s Computer Use in Low- and Middle-Income
Neighborhoods" Donna Celano, La Salle University
"Strivers 2.0: Digital Inequalities, Channel Preferences, & Opportunity Structures" Laura Robinson, Santa Clara
University
"Children of Immigrants and the Digital Divide: What Do We Know?" Vikki S Katz, Rutgers University
"Telecommunications Policy for the Digital Age: Diversity, Exclusion, and the Promise of Universal Internet
Access" Jorge R. Schement, Rutgers University; Susan B. Kretchmer, Johns Hopkins University
313015 3:30 PM to 4:45 PM New Orleans Marriott La Galerie 5 - Second Floor
Lambda Pi Eta: Top Student Papers
Sponsor: Lambda Pi Eta
Chair: Jeff Pierson, Bridgewater College
Respondent: Carl T. Hyden, Morgan State University
"From Chaos to Harmony: Metamorphosis in Pärt's 'Credo'" Daniel Saunders, Wheaton College
"Nationwide Newspaper Coverage of Healthy Eating: A Community Structure Approach" Erin Prendergast, College of
New Jersey; Kaitlin Connor, College of New Jersey; Melissa Redmond, College of New Jersey; Kelly Rossiter, College of
New Jersey; Kathleen Ward, College of New Jersey
"Nationwide Newspaper Coverage of Latino Immigration: A Community Structure Approach" Eboni Wingo, College
of New Jersey; Carolina Chica, College of New Jersey; John C. Pollock, College of New Jersey
"Nationwide Newspaper Coverage of Medicated Children: A Community Structure Approach" Kathleen Ward, College
of New Jersey; Julie Buxbaum, College of New Jersey; Elizabeth Fella, College of New Jersey; Arash Nouri, College of
New Jersey
"The Effectiveness of Word Completion Tasks as a Measure of Aggressive Cognitions" Britney N. Craighead,