Wednesday November 16, 2011 - National Communication ...

Texas, Austin
"I’m Hot, You’re Not: Exploring the 'Dark Side' of Weight Loss in Couples’ Relationships" Lynsey Kluever Romo, Univ
of Texas, Austin; Rene Dailey, Univ of Texas, Austin
"'There’s Something Wrong about the Way You Look, There’s Something Wrong with You': Memorable Messages
Concerning Identity and Body Weight" Scott Richmond, University of Denver; Autumn P. Edwards, Western Michigan
Univ
505110 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM Sheraton New Orleans Napoleon D1 - Third Floor
Sponsor: Basic Course Division
Chair: Robert Becker, Northwest College
Presenters:
Gina Iberri-Shea, U.S. Air Force Academy
Scott L. Jensen, Webster University
Amy Nana Jung, Azusa Pacific University
Daniel Mortenson, Edgewood College
Jeannie Hunt, Northwest College
Helping Students Find Their Voice in Public Speaking
505121 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM Sheraton New Orleans Bayside A - Fourth Floor
Local, Community, and Policy-Based Health Communication Initiatives
Sponsor: Health Communication Division
Chair: Jenn Anderson, Michigan State University
"Complex Attributions of Responsibility in Narratives Designed to Increase Support for Policies to Reduce Rates of
Obesity" Jeff Niederdeppe, Cornell University; Michael A. Shapiro, Cornell University; Hye Kyung Kim, Cornell
University; Danielle Bartolo, Columbia University; Norman Porticella, Cornell University
"What is a medical emergency? Exploring how healthcare workers and the residents in a low-income urban
community they serve define emergency" Holley Wilkin, Georgia State University; Michael Tannebaum, Georgia State
University; Elizabeth L. Cohen, Georgia State University
"Rural food insecurity in the U.S. as an overlooked site of struggle in health communication" Vandhana Ramadurai,
Texas A&M Univ; Barbara F. Sharf, Texas A&M Univ
"Internet Health Literacy, Information Quality, and Health Self-Efficacy in the Context of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act of 2010" Nicole Lieppman, Chapman University; Jennifer Bevan, Chapman University
"Local Resistance to the Global Eradication of Polio: Newspaper Coverage of the 2003-2004 Vaccination Stoppage in
Northern Nigeria" James O. Olufowote, Boston College
505122 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM Sheraton New Orleans Bayside B - Fourth Floor
Exploring "The House of My Sojourn: Rhetoric, Women, and the Question of Authority"
Sponsor: Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division
Chair: Mari Lee Mifsud, University of Richmond
Presenters:
Thomas S. Frentz, Univ of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Mari Lee Mifsud, University of Richmond
Michelle Ballif, University of Georgia
Joshua Gunn, Univ of Texas, Austin
Victor J. Vitanza, Clemson University
Respondent: Jane S. Sutton, Penn State York