Wednesday November 16, 2011 - National Communication ...

Risk and Crisis Communication: Applying Communication Theory
Sponsors: Applied Communication Division, Public Relations Division
Chair: Susan Tomasovic, George Mason Univ
Respondent: Michael J. Palenchar, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville
"'A Dog in Both Sides of the Fight:' Layered Voices in Expert Risk Communication about Security and Civil Uses of
Radio-Isotopes" Dorothy Collins Andreas, Pepperdine University
"Clearing the Air: Journalists and Emergency Managers Discuss Disaster Response" Shari R. Veil, University of
Kentucky
"Microblogging to Provide Informative, Explanatory, and Persuasive Voice in Crisis Communication: Technical
Explanations in the BP Oil Spill" Keri Stephens, Univ of Texas, Austin; Ashley K. Barrett, Univ of Texas, Austin;
Maegan Quejada, National Instruments; Will Ragan, University of Texas, Austin
"The Impact of Uncertainty and Communal Coping on Mental Health Following Natural Disasters" Walid Afifi, Univ of
California, Santa Barbara; Erika Felix, University of California, Santa Barbara; Tamara Afifi, University of California,
Santa Barbara
210115 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM Sheraton New Orleans Borgne - Third Floor
Changing Voices in Media: Mainstreaming Nontraditional Gendered Voices in Media about the
Supernatural
Sponsor: Mass Communication Division
Chair: Valerie R. Renegar, San Diego State Univ
Respondent: Valerie R. Renegar, San Diego State Univ
"All Tangled Up: Mainstreaming Feminist Fairy Tales and Challenging Traditional Gender Roles in Disney’s
Tangled" Sarah Partlow-Lefevre, Idaho State University
"Heteronormative Violence in How to Train Your Dragon" Jimmie Manning, Northern Kentucky University
"Jinkies! Zoinks! Velma and Shaggy are Dating? Gender Roles and Relationships in Cartoon Network’s Scooby-Doo!
Mystery Incorporated" Julie A. Davis, College of Charleston; Robert Westerfelhaus, College of Charleston; Celeste
Lacroix, College of Charleston
"Sacrificial Sookie: A Feminist Analysis of HBO’s True Blood" Stephanie Kelley-Romano College, Bates
210121 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM Sheraton New Orleans Bayside A - Fourth Floor
Resisting Democracy: Voicing the Problems and Possibilities with Publics
Sponsor: American Studies Division
Chair: Jeff Motter, Appalachian State Univ
Respondent: Ronald Walter Greene, Univ of Minnesota, Twin Cities
"Constitutive Erasure: Agrarian Appropriation in the Tea Party’s Assertion of Authentic Democracy" Jeff Motter,
Appalachian State Univ
"Contested Freedom: The National Indian Youth Council and Counterhegemonic Struggle in Indian Affairs" Casey
Kelly, Butler University
"Delinking Democracy: The Young Lords, Decoloniality, and Radical Democratic Voice" Darrel Enck-Wanzer,
University of North Texas
"Rhetorical Wildcats: Class Struggle and the No-Strike Pledge during World War II" Matt May, North Carolina State
University
210122 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM Sheraton New Orleans Bayside B - Fourth Floor
Exploring Modes and Practices of Memory: Vernacular Voices and Local Publics
Sponsor: Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division