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SSCA 2017 87th Annual Convention Southern States Communication Association 27th Annual Theodore Clevenger Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference April 5-9, 2017 The Hyatt Regency Greenville, South Carolina the department Of COmmuniCatiOn studies We Offer an Outstanding COmmuniCatiOn studies m.a. degree GRADUATE PROGRAM AREAS: COMPETITIVE GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS: n Communication Training & Development n Interpersonal Communication n Instructional Communication n Organizational Communication n Rhetorical Studies n Teaching Fundamentals of Human Communication n Working in the Communication Lab n Assisting the Basic Course Director n Assisting the Director of Forensics texas state COmmuniCatiOn studies graduate faCulty Roseann M. Mandziuk, Ph.D. Interim Department Chair Rhetorical & Media Criticism Rhetorical Theory Feminist Studies Ann E. Burnette, Ph.D. Rhetorical Criticism Political Communication American Public Address Stephanie Dailey, Ph.D. Rebekah L. Fox, Ph.D. Rhetorical Methods Rhetorical Theory Organizational Rhetoric Sean Horan, Ph.D. Small Group Communication Communication Training Instructional Communication Organizational Communication Communication Technologies in the Workplace Training & Development Health Communication Organizational Communication Interpersonal Communication Tricia Burke, Ph.D. Cathy Fleuriet, Ph.D. Marian L. Houser, Ph.D. Steven A. Beebe, Ph.D. Interpersonal Communication Health Communication Instructional Communication Leadership Instructional Communication Interpersonal Communication Research Methods Maureen P. Keeley, Ph.D. Interpersonal Communication Nonverbal Communication Gender & Family Communication Philip J. Salem, Ph.D. Organizational Communication Interpersonal Communication Communication & Technology Miriam Sobre-Denton, Ph.D. Intercultural Communication Gender Studies For More InForMatIon ContaCt the texas state UnIversIty DepartMent oF CoMMUnICatIon stUDIes: Dr. roseann ManDzIUk, InterIM ChaIr: [email protected] or Dr. MaUreen keeley, DIreCtor oF GraDUate stUDIes: [email protected] Texas State University 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666-4616 phone: 512-245-2165 http://www.commstudies.txstate.edu/academic-programs/graduate.html Melinda Villagran, Ph.D. Health Communication Organizational Communication M. Lee Williams, Ph.D. Organizational Communication Persuasion Theory COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Official Journal of the Southern States Communication Association Published by Routledge SPECIAL OFFERS Southern Communication Journal Southern Communication Journal is the nationally and internationally read scholarly publication of the Southern States Communication Association (SSCA). The journal publishes original scholarship that makes significant contributions to understanding human condition. Southern Communication Journal is not limited with regard to topic, context, methodology, or theoretical perspectives on communication, yet articles published must establish the importance of the topic, soundness of the methodology, and the appropriateness of the theoretical perspective. Southern Communication Journal publishes manuscripts and book reviews that will be of interest to scholars, researchers, teachers, and practitioners across the communication field. Volume 82, 2017, 5 issues per year Print ISSN: 1041-794X, Online ISSN: 1930-3203 www.tandfonline.com/RSJC Read and download the following articles for FREE until June 30, 2017. FREE ACCESS • Persuading Me to Eat Healthy: A Content Analysis of YouTube Public Service Announcements Grounded in the Health Belief Model • Predicting Affectionate and Aggressive Teasing Motivation on the Basis of Self-Esteem and Imagined Interactions With the Teasing Victim • That Is So Gross and I Have to Post About It: Exemplification Effects and User Comments on a News Story To access these articles, visit: www.tandfonline.com/RSJC and click on the News and Offers button. Visit the Routledge Communication Studies News Page at: http://explore.tandfonline.com/snp/communication Like us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/RoutledgeCommunication Follow us on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/Routledge_Comms EDITOR-IN-CHIEF LEROY G. DORSEY Texas A&M University BOOK REVIEW EDITOR BELINDA A. STILLION SOUTHARD University of Georgia www.ssca.net Contact information in the US: Taylor & Francis, Inc. Attn: Journals Customer Service 530 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Call Toll Free: 1-800-354-1420, press “4” Fax: (215) 625-8914 Email: [email protected] www.tandfonline.com/RSJC Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 3 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 87th Annual Convention Southern States Communication Association 27th Annual Theodore Clevenger Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference April 5-9, 2017 • The Hyatt Regency • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION PRESIDENT: Roseann Mandziuk, Texas State University FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: Victoria Gallagher, North Carolina State University SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: Jason Munsell, Columbia College, SC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Jerold L. Hale, College of Charleston TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 UHC Welcome and Acknowledgements. . . . . . 8 Hotel Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Exhibit Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Division & Interest Group Programs Index. . . 12 Business Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Wednesday Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Thursday Sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Friday Sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Saturday Sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Sunday Sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Association Officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Representatives to NCA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Divisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Interest Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Charter Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Executive Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 SCJ Editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 SSCA Presidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Award Recipients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Past Conventions and Hotels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Life Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Patron Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Emeritus Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Institutional Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Constitution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Advertiser Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Index of Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 2017 Call for Papers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 This symbol denotes Undergraduate Honors Panel Cover photos (left to right, top to bottom): Bell tower by Matt Bateman/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Greenville SC Downtown Riverwalk Panoramic View by Matthew Rings/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Old Greenville County Courthouse by Nicolas Henderson/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, 2016-04-05 14.31.52 by Matt Glaman/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, 2016-04-05 14.13.26 by Matt Glaman/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, The Green Room by Nicolas Henderson/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Landscape by Jerry Hale, Fluor Field by Nicolas Henderson/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 4 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Delta Center for Economic Development College of Liberal Arts & Communication Delta Center for Join Development the more than 14,000 other Arkansas State students Economic earning bachelor, master’s & Ph.D. degrees in Jonesboro. • Art & Design • Communication • Criminology, Sociology and Geography • English, Philosophy and World Languages • Heritage Studies • History • Media • Music • Political Science • Theatre Special Congratulations to A-State’s Scott Anderson who won a top paper award and is on a panel called “Top papers in Rhetoric and Public Address” to present “Irony in Charleston: “Barack Obama’s Eulogy for Clementa C. Pinckney, June 26, 2015” for more information: Dean’s Office College of Liberal Arts & Communication P.O. Box 1150 State University, AR 72467-1150 870-972-3973 fax: 870-972-3976 email: [email protected] Delta Center for Economic Development AState.edu Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 5 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Congratulations to Dr. Victoria J. Gallagher, SSCA First Vice President and 2017 Convention Planner Along with her world-class faculty colleagues in the Department of Communication, Dr. Gallagher inspires students to explore unanswered questions, dig deeper, reach higher. Our B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees turn students into leaders and scholars. Join us. NC State University promotes equal opportunity and prohibits discrimination and harassment based upon one’s age, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation and veteran status. 6 NC State. Think and do. Learn more at ncsu.edu Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Welcome to the 87th Annual SSCA Convention Welcome to Greenville, South Carolina. What a pleasure to welcome you to Greenville, SC, a city historically tied to innovations in industry, and more recently, to innovations in environmental restoration, urban planning, cultural development, and medicine. Once called the Textile Capital of the World, Greenville is now the American headquarters for a variety of automotive and technology-based enterprises. It is also an enjoyable, walk-able city that has received recognition for its environmental recovery project, “Falls Park on the Reedy” (a Top 10 Best Park in the US) and for its amazing downtown (Top 10 America’s Best Main Streets in O Magazine). Greenville thus provides a felicitous location for SSCA and for our convention theme, “Communication and Innovation.” It is a setting that is full of vitality and possibilities. Thank you for joining us as we GO GREENVILLE. Our convention features 192 panels and sessions that address all aspects of communication and innovation. As you consider the many offerings available during the convention, I want to draw your attention to several panels that feature the city of Greenville and/or the conference hotel including, “Communicating Greenville as Innovative Space: From Southern to Global Village” (2312), hosted by our colleagues from Furman University on Thursday morning. This panel and tour promises to provide conference attendees with a fulsome introduction to the convention city. A companion panel scheduled for Friday around noon explores Greenville as a “Communicative City” case study (3301) and features urban communication scholars in conversation with local Greenville leaders and activists. On Saturday, our colleagues from Greenville Technical College will put on an original, site specific performance titled, “Too Perfect?: The Cyborg Who Schooled Me” (4102) to further engage us in our convention location. And on Sunday morning, an art/performance installation titled “Afterlife” will be available all morning long at the hotel for viewing/ experiencing. These programs feature not only innovative approaches to communication research and pedagogy but also, innovations in the types of panels we feature during our conventions. I hope you will join us for one or more of these site-specific programs. Of special note are the Vice President Spotlight Panels scheduled for Thursday (2701) and Friday (3601). On Thursday, we host Dr. Rhondda Robinson Thomas, a faculty member at Clemson University whose research on commemoration, race, and place is the focus of a conversation between Dr. Thomas and SSCA members Drs. Jason Black, Carole Blair and Cynthia Nixon. And on Friday, Michael McCurry, Distinguished Professor of Public Theology at Wesley Seminary, head of the presidential debate commission, and former White House Press Secretary to President Bill Clinton, joins us for a conversation about communication and innovations in presidential campaigns. Both of these special panels are scheduled late in the day with few if any other panels programmed against them and, conveniently, right before our opening reception and business meetings respectively so…BE THERE. You won’t want to miss them! Additional special events include the SSCA Awards Luncheon on Saturday (4401) featuring our convention keynote speaker, Dr. Michael Waltman. Mike’s book and continuing scholarship on hate speech is particularly significant at this moment in our cultural and political history. Mike will address the role of innovations in communication technology, research and pedagogy that may help us to more productively and civilly communicate in our lives, in our classrooms and in our institutions. Given the significant changes in our disciplines and sub-disciplines, our institutions, and our communities, let alone the shifts in how and where we do our scholarly and pedagogical work, it is more important than even to take the time to be together, to rejoice with and to congratulate our colleagues for their fine work and contributions. Please make every effort to join us for this important event in the life of our SSCA community. There is so much more that this convention program has to offer, including the annual SSCA Town Hall Debate (4504), the 2017 Multi Media Showcase (3602), an adaptation and staging of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s “The Little Prince” (4712), panels honoring the excellent work of individual scholars (e.g., 4204, 4508), the President’s Spotlight Panel (4601) featuring a conversation on politics, civility and conscience…..and much, much more! Certainly, planning a convention like this is the work of many hands and minds. Thank you to all of the division and interest group planners, to our SSCA Executive Director Jerry Hale, to Christine Ragusa, his able (and awesome) assistant at the College of Charleston, and to Janet Fisher of ConferenceDirect for their assistance and support throughout the planning process. Thanks also to SSCA Second Vice President Jason Munsell for planning an excellent slate of programs for the Clevenger Undergraduate Honors Conference and to President Roseann Mandziuk and Past President Jean DeHart for their advice and support. Finally, no list of thanks would be complete without acknowledging the support of the Department of Communication at North Carolina State University, especially my department head, Dr. Ken Zagacki, my research assistant (and capable google drive buddy) Chandra Maldonado, and the Communication Department executive assistant, Laura Kelly. Without them, this program would not have made it into its fully realized form. So…its time to dig in! From the wonderful food available up and down Main Street, to the Greenville County Art Museum, from the Peace Center for performing arts to the Greensboro Drive baseball stadium, from Falls Park on the Reedy to the wonderful hotel accommodations at the Hyatt, Greenville – Yeah,That Greenville – has it all! Enjoy! Victoria J. Gallagher, North Carolina State University SSCA First Vice-President and 2017 Program Planner Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 7 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION UHC Welcome and Acknowledgements Dear Undergraduate Honors Conference Participants: Welcome to the 27th annual Theodore Clevenger Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference [UHC] and the 87th annual convention of the Southern States Communication Association [SSCA]. The members of SSCA welcome you to the conference, and we look forward to your presentations. We are very proud of you and the work that you have done. All of you are Rock Stars; you are some of the best undergraduate students in the country and you should be very proud of yourselves. While you are at the conference we encourage you to really engage all aspects of this special occasion and attend panels not only sponsored by the UHC, but also SSCA panels by faculty scholars. You don’t have to pay any extra fee if you want to go to the fancy faculty stuff; just go to whatever panel you want to go to. Further, we hope that you take this opportunity to meet other students, network with faculty from other colleges and universities, and explore the very cool city of Greenville. Mainly, we hope you have fun. Enjoy yourselves! But don’t do anything stupid!! There are three specific events you are invited (and expected) to attend (and all the cool kids will be there!): the Welcome Reception on Thursday evening (if you’re in town by then—a lot of students are not in town and we understand), the UHC Breakfast on Saturday morning (You must be there!!! Do NOT sleep in!!), and the Osborn Reception on Saturday evening. I especially look forward to meeting with you at the Saturday breakfast that begins our second day of UHC research presentations. That is the foremost time for all of us to gather to recognize you, your fellow UHC participants, and your faculty mentors and to celebrate your selection as participants in the Undergraduate Honors Conference. There will also be graduate programs with tables there recruiting you; so sort of like a graduate school fair! Further, at that special breakfast (again, Saturday morning!) we will call your name and you will get a certificate--If you ain’t there because you slept in; well, it will be noticed. We will also announce the winner of the coveted Franklin Shirley Award. So, this breakfast is important. Be there. And enjoy the delightful grits. Regarding awards, for the first time in the UHC’s history, we have designated the Top Paper Panels as Clevenger Panels and each student presenting on those panels have been designated as Clevenger Scholars. This honors the student scholars as well as the legacy of Theodore Clevenger, Jr. We will make those announcements at the breakfast as well. There are a few more things that are special about this conference. First, don’t be too nervous. You’ve done good work and we’re here to celebrate you! Second, the number of submissions exceeded our expectations! Third, we expanded the number of reviewers this year by about +20%. I asked countless colleagues to review for the UHC for the first time and we have the most diverse pool of reviewers in ages. Therefore, reviewers could focus on fewer submissions and offer (in most cases) more in-depth reviewer comments. Fourth, we continued to pilot our digital submissions by adding performance submissions. We look forward to that innovative panel. Fifth, and again, You Rock! I love SSCA. It’s a wonderful academic organization. My first SSCA was in 1994. It was in Norfolk, VA. I was a young punk. Now I’m an old punk. I hope you have fond memories of this experience. This is a safe zone to present your research and a safe zone to be yourself. As cheesy as it sounds, SSCA has sort of become a family to me. Maybe it will be the same for you. Whatever the situation, present your work well, listen well, make new friends, be safe, and have fun! Finally (really finally), I offer wholehearted thanks to my faculty colleagues who served as reviewers for your UHC submissions this year. I’m astounded by their service. There’s no paycheck in this work; only a strong passion for teaching and mentoring. Additionally, some of them have graciously volunteered to serve as respondents to your panels. Behold your respondents! They want you to make your work even better! Please join me in recognizing and thanking them: Katie Anthony, University of Southern Mississippi Bill Balthrop, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Wesley Buerkle, East Tennessee State University Abby Brooks, Georgia Southern University Ann Burnette, Texas State University Joan Conners, Randolph-Macon College Lisa Corrigan, University of Arkansas Linda Crumley, Southern Adventist University Jean DeHart, Appalachian State University Renee Edwards, Louisiana State University Joshua Gunn, University of Texas at Austin Patricia Fancher, University of California, Santa Barbara Lisa Flanagan, Xavier University of Louisiana Sherry Ford, University of Montevallo Beau Foutz, Alcorn University Tom Frentz, University of Arkansas J. Dean Farmer, Campbell University Chris Geyerman, Georgia Southern University Brian Gilchrist, Mount St. Mary’s University Dan Grano, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Michelle Groover, Georgia Southern University Trudy Hanson, West Texas A&M University Janie Harden Fritz, Duquesne University Sally Hardig, University of Montevallo William Harlow, University Texas, Permian Basin Casey B. Hart, Stephen F. Austin University Bing Han, University of South Carolina, Aiken Stephen Heidt, Florida Atlantic University Jade C. Huell, Columbia College SC Kristen Hungerford, Miami University of Ohio, Hamilton Campus Brandon Inabinet, Furman University Cynthia King, Furman University Jennifer Kopfman, College of Charleston Richard Leeman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Melody Lehn, University of South Carolina Bill Lipscomb, Troy University Kyle Love, Columbia College SC Kevin Marinelli, Davidson College Nina-Jo Moore, Appalachian State University Christi Moss, University of Memphis David Nelson, Valdosta State University Susan Opt, James Madison University Mike Osborn, University of Memphis Ray Ozley, University of Montevallo Emily A. Paskewitz, University of Tennessee Loretta Pecchioni, Louisiana State University Jelena Petrovic, Stetson University Richard Ranta, University of Memphis Kellie W. Roberts, University of Florida John Saunders, Central Arkansas University Barry Smith, Mississippi University for Women Thomas Socha, Old Dominion University Belinda Stillion- Southard, University of Georgia David Terry, Louisiana State University Shaun Treat, Independent Scholar Patrick G. Wheaton, Georgia Southern University Danielle Williams, Georgia Gwinett College Emily Winderman, North Carolina State University Ken Zagacki, North Carolina State University I wish you all my best for a wonderful conference. Please let me know if I can help in any way. Dr. Jason B. Munsell, Professor of Communication, Columbia College, SC Second Vice President of SSCA and Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Planner Second VP letter 8 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION WHY J OI N T H E N AT I O N A L C OM M U N I CAT I O N A S SO C I AT I O N ? 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Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 9 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION The Hyatt Regency Floor Plan First Floor 10 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION The Hyatt Regency Floor Plan Second Floor Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 11 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Registration Hours Registration may be found first floor, lobby level, Meeting Planner space Wednesday, April 5 . . . . . . . .3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Thursday, April 6 . . . . . . . . . .7:30 am – 4:00 pm Friday, April 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 am – 4:00 pm Saturday April 8 . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 am – 3:00 pm Exhibit Schedule Please visit our exhibitors; we value their presence and support for SSCA. Thursday April 6 . . . . . . . . . .12:00 noon – 5:00 pm Friday, April 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .10:00 am – 5:00 pm Saturday, April 8 . . . . . . . . . .9:00 am – 12:00 noon Programs and Business Meetings by Sponsor (Bold Numbers = Division or Interest Group Business Meeting) Applied Communication Division: 2205, 2207, 2305, 2405, 2605, 2701, 3206, 3301, 3506, 4106, 4205, 4305, 4507, 4704, 5207 Association for Communication Administration Interest Group: 3710, 2701 Communication Theory Division: 2211, 3305, 3402, 3502, 3509, 4204 Community College Division: 2308, 3406, 4103, 4202, 4302, 4308, 4503, 4709, 5203 Ethnography Interest Group: 2407, 3209, 4110, 4506, 4701 Freedom of Speech Division: 2602, 2610, 3304, 4111, 4210, 4306, 4707 12 Gender Studies Division: 2306, 2310, 2410, 2507, 2608, 4303, 4702, 5209 GIFTS (Great Ideas for Teaching Students): 4103, 4202, 4302, 4503 Instructional Development Division: 2212, 2311, 2412, 2509, 2512, 2611, 3310, 3401, 3508, 3706, 4201, 4509 Intercultural Communication Division: 2206, 2406, 2506, 2606, 2609, 3204, 3308, 3404, 3507, 4109, 4209, 4705, 5208 Interpersonal Communication Division: 2208, 2307, 2408, 3307, 4107, 4208, 4510, 4710 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Kenneth Burke Society Interest Group: 3202, 3601, 3701, 4309 Language and Social Interaction Division: 3203, 3707, 4304, 4505, 5106 Mass Communication Division: 2209, 2210, 2504, 2603, 3306, 4711, 5104, 5206 Performance Studies Division: 2201, 2301, 2401, 2501, 2601, 3201, 3303, 3501, 3703, 4102, 4301, 4712, 5103,5202, 5301 Philosophy and Ethics of Communication Interest Group: 2302, 2502, 2602, 2701, 3207,3601, 3704, 5204 Political Communication Division: 2204, 2304, 2701, 3211, 3311, 3409, 3505, 3601, 3705, 4112 Popular Communication Division: 2203, 2303, 2403, 2503,2701, 3314, 3503, 3601, 3702, 4104, 4203, 5205 Southern States Communication Association: 1101 (Administrative Committee), 1201, 2101 (Executive Council), 2801 (Welcome Reception), 3101 (SSCA Breakfast Business Meeting), 3302 (Past Presidents’ Luncheon), 3511 (NCA), 4101 (UHC Breakfast), 4401 (SSCA Annual Awards Luncheon), 4611 (Planning meeting) 4801 (Osborn Reception) 5101 (Nominating Committee), 5102 (Convention Planning Meeting), 5201 (Committee on Committees Meeting), 5203 (Time and Place Committee), States Advisory Council Interest Group: 4602, 4708 Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference of SSCA (Second Vice President): 3212, 3213, 3313, 3314, 3410, 3411, 3512, 3513, 4101, 4211,4212, 4311, 4312, 4501,4512, 4603, 4604 Vice President Spotlight Panels: 2701, 3301, 3601 President’s Panel: 4601 Public Relations Division: 2508, 2604, 3210, 3708, 4310, 5105 Rhetoric and Public Address Division: 2305, 2309, 2312, 2510,2607,2701,3205, 3208,3309, 3312,3405, 3408, 3504, 3601, 4105, 4207, 4307,4508, 4703, 5210 Southern Argumentation and Forensics Division: 2409, 2511, 3407,3510, 3601,4504, 4706 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 13 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Division and Interest Group Business Meetings American Society for the History of Rhetoric Interest Group 3709 Language and Social Interaction Division 3707 Applied Communication Division 4704 Mass Communication Division 4711 Association for Communication Administration Interest Group 3710 Performance Studies Division 3703 Communication Theory Division 3509 Philosophy and Ethics of Communication Interest Group 3704 Community College Division 4709 Political Communication Division 3705 Ethnography Interest Group 4701 Popular Communication Division 3702 Freedom of Speech Division 4707 Public Relations Division 3708 Gender Studies Division 4702 Rhetoric and Public Address Division 4703 Instructional Development Division 3706 Southern Argumentation and Forensics Division 4706 Intercultural Communication Division 4705 Interpersonal Communication Division 4710 States Advisory Council Interest Group 4708 Kenneth Burke Society Interest Group 3701 14 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION The College of Charleston thanks Dean Jerry Hale for his service as SSCA Executive Director. The Department of Communication at the College of Charleston offers undergraduate and graduate programs that develop leaders prepared for a constantly changing and challenging information era. • Distinctive integrated curriculum • Personalized education and high impact student experiences • Professional immersion opportunities, community-based research teams, and creative independent-study projects • Nationally recognized Advisory Council FOR MORE INFORMATION Jenifer Kopfman, PhD Chair, Department of Communication [email protected] 843.953.7017 communication.cofc.edu Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 15 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Our Distinguished Faculty Joy Anderson-O’Steen, M.A. Marjorie Buckner, Ph.D. Mark Gring, Ph.D. Amy Heuman, Ph.D. Patrick Hughes, Ph.D. Amy Koerber, Ph.D. LeAnne Lagasse, M.A. Catherine Langford, Ph.D. Gordana Lazić, Ph.D. Luke LeFebvre, Ph.D. Bolanle Olaniran, Ph.D. Brian L. Ott, Ph.D. Narissra Punyanunt-Carter, Ph.D. David Roach, Ph.D. Jenna Shimkowski, Ph.D. Rob Stewart, Ph.D. Adam Testerman, M.A. My Adventure. My Degree. My CoMC. 16 comc.ttu.edu facebook.com/ttumcom twitter.com/ttu_comc Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION STU D IES COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION The Department of Communication Studies at Texas Tech University is committed to promoting effective communication in students' personal, professional, and public lives. It features a dynamic and diverse curriculum that spans interpersonal and intercultural communication, organizational and small group communication, and rhetoric and public affairs. The Department offers B.A. and M.A. degrees in Communication Studies and participates in a college-wide Ph.D. in Media and Communication. PLEA SE V ISIT US AT: comc.ttu.edu/programs/commstudies/ Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 17 Wednesday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION DAY 1 Wednesday, April 5, 2017 1101 Wednesday • 2:00 pm-3:45 pm Room: Regency C Administrative Committee Meeting Sponsor: Southern States Communication Association Presiding: Roseann Mandziuk, President Participants: Victoria Gallagher, First Vice President Jason Munsell, Second Vice President Jean DeHart, Immediate Past President Jerold L. Hale, Executive Director Jennifer Mize Smith, Marketing Director Leroy Dorsey, SCJ Editor Shawn Long, Finance Committee Chair Carl Cates, Immediate Past Executive Director 1201 Wednesday • 4:00 pm-6:45 pm Room: Regency C Executive Council Meeting, Part 1 Sponsor: Southern States Communication Association Presiding: Roseann Mandziuk, President Participants: Victoria Gallagher, First Vice President Jason Munsell, Second Vice President Jean DeHart, Immediate Past President Jerold L. Hale, Executive Director Jennifer Mize Smith, Marketing Director Leroy Dorsey, SCJ Editor Shawn Long, Finance Committee Chair Carl Cates, Immediate Past Executive Director Raymond Ozley, Applied Communication Chair Shaughn Keaton, Communication Theory Chair Nakia Welch, Community College Chair David Dewberry, Freedom of Speech Chair Leland G. Spencer, Gender Studies Chair Linda Pysher Jurczak, Instructional Development Chair Mary Grace Antony, Intercultural Communication Chair Carrie L. West, Interpersonal Communication Chair Craig O. Stewart, Language and Social Interaction Chair 18 Melissa M. Smith, Mass Communication Chair Brianne Waychoff, Performance Studies Chair Darrell Roe, Political Communication Chair Dave R. Nelson, Popular Communication Chair Christopher J. McCollough, Public Relations Chair Meredith Bagley, Rhetoric and Public Address Chair Kevin Bryant, Southern Argumentation and Forensics Chair Cole Franklin, Association for Communication Administrators Chair Melody Lehn, American Society for the History of Rhetoric Chair Deborah Cunningham Breede, Ethnography Chair Ryan McGeough, Kenneth Burke Society Chair Molly Stoltz, Philosophy and Ethics of Communication Chair John H. Saunders, States Association Chair Jennifer Edwards, Constitution Committee Chair Kandi L. Walker, Publications Committee Chair Melissa M. Smith, Finance Committee Chair Verlaine McDonald, Resolutions Committee Chair Greg G. Armfield, Time and Place Committee Chair Sherry Ford, Resource Development Committee Chair Kristy Cates, SSCA K-12 Representative to NCA Brad Bailey, SSCA Community College Representative to NCA Linda Pysher Jurczak, SSCA 4 Year College/University Representative to NCA Mary Stuckey, NCA Nominating Committee Representative Shanshan Lou, NCA Spectra Representative DAY 2 Thursday, April 6, 2017 2101 Thursday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Regency C Executive Council Meeting, Part 2 Sponsor: Southern States Communication Association Presiding: Roseann Mandziuk, President Participants: Victoria Gallagher, First Vice President Jason Munsell, Second Vice President Jean DeHart, Immediate Past President Jerold L. Hale, Executive Director Jennifer Mize Smith, Marketing Director Leroy Dorsey, SCJ Editor Shawn Long, Finance Committee Chair Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 2201 Thursday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Think Tank at NOMA-AV The Stranger Things Video Mash-Up Symphony Sponsor: Performance Studies Division Chair: Joey Watson, Georgia Southwestern University Panelists: Joey Watson, Georgia Southwestern University Imani Bennett, Georgia Southwestern University Caylin McCubbin, Georgia Southwestern University Darlene Brock, Georgia Southwestern University DJ Dupree, Georgia Southwestern University Respondent: Rebecca Walker, Southern Illinois University This panel weaves together five central themes from the process of “vidding.” Using the Netflix original series Stranger Things (2016) as the primary source text, various artifacts from the show (bodies, camera angles, props, costumes, characters, dialogue, music, etc.) have been identified as relays for mash-up/vidding performance construction. Panelists address the power of nostalgia and authenticity, the ramifications of convergent/emergent media technologies, the limitations of storytelling, the relationship(s) between vidding and corporeal bodies, and the concept(s) of ownership in viding. The final performer will create a live mix/vid of the four performances that precede it as a symphonic movement. Thursday Carl Cates, Immediate Past Executive Director Raymond Ozley, Applied Communication Chair Shaughn Keaton, Communication Theory Chair Nakia Welch, Community College Chair David Dewberry, Freedom of Speech Chair Leland G. Spencer, Gender Studies Chair Linda Pysher Jurczak, Instructional Development Chair Mary Grace Antony, Intercultural Communication Chair Carrie L. West, Interpersonal Communication Chair Craig O. Stewart, Language and Social Interaction Chair Melissa M. Smith, Mass Communication Chair Brianne Waychoff, Performance Studies Chair Darrell Roe, Political Communication Chair Dave R. Nelson, Popular Communication Chair Christopher J. McCollough, Public Relations Chair Meredith Bagley, Rhetoric and Public Address Chair Kevin Bryant, Southern Argumentation and Forensics Chair Cole Franklin, Association for Communication Administrators Chair Melody Lehn, American Society for the History of Rhetoric Chair Deborah Cunningham Breede, Ethnography Chair Ryan McGeough, Kenneth Burke Society Chair Molly Stoltz, Philosophy and Ethics of Communication Chair John H. Saunders, States Association Chair Jennifer Edwards, Constitution Committee Chair Kandi L. Walker, Publications Committee Chair Melissa M. Smith, Finance Committee Chair Verlaine McDonald, Resolutions Committee Chair Greg G. Armfield, Time and Place Committee Chair Sherry Ford, Resource Development Committee Chair Kristy Cates, SSCA K-12 Representative to NCA Brad Bailey, SSCA Community College Representative to NCA Linda Pysher Jurczak, SSCA 4 Year College/University Representative to NCA Mary Stuckey, NCA Nominating Committee Representative Shanshan Lou, NCA Spectra Representative 2202 Thursday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Studio 220@NOMA B and C Innovative Program Development Models: Supporting Faculty Research, Teaching, and Service While Advancing University Missions Sponsor: Association of College Administrators Chair: Danna M. Gibson, Columbus State University NPACE: Addressing 21st Century Institutional Demands through Creative Outreach Models Danna M. Gibson, Columbus State University Service Learning: Cultivating Opportunities for Faculty, Students, and Academic Programs Christopher J. McCollough, Columbus State University Experiential Learning and Entry-Level Communicators: An Employer’s Perspective Marion Scott, Columbus Regional Health Spurring Economic Development and Advancing the University Mission: Assessing the Impact of Experiential Learning and Community Storefront Centers across Academic Programs and in the Region Richard L. Baxter, Columbus State University Expanding the Classroom to Include University Partnerships to Offer Graduate Communication Curriculum David R. Nelson, Valdosta State University Increasing Self-Efficacy of Students in the First-Year Seminar: A Case Study Trudy Hanson, West Texas A&M University Kristina Drumheller, West Texas A&M University Nicholas Gerlich, West Texas A&M University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 19 Thursday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION It’s More than Just a Paycheck: Changing Practices to Improve the Lives of Adjunct Instructors Mary Carver, University of Central Oklahoma Rozilyn Miller, University of Central Oklahoma Christy Vincent, University of Central Oklahoma 2203 Thursday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Regency D-E AV A Eulogy for the Grammar of Gender: An Examination of Gender Fluidity through Popular Media and Performance Sponsor: Popular Communication Chair: Jacob Abraham, University of South Florida Emcee Jacob Abraham, University of South Florida In Praise of Respectability Alisha Menzies, University of Tampa Disappearing Gender Amanda LeBlanc, University of South Florida Forwarding the Monster: A Queer Phenomenology of the Grammar of Gender Sam(ira) Obeid, ANYTOWN Coordinator, Community Tampa Bay Respondent: Mary Dickman, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2204 Thursday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Regency F Communication and Innovation: Assessing Presidential Debate in the Digital Age Sponsor: Political Communication Division Chair: Stephen J. Heidt, Florida Atlantic University Attacks v. Acclaims and Issues v. Images in the 2016 Presidential General Election Debates: A Functional Theory Analysis Patrick G. Wheaton, Georgia Southern University Trumpian Presidential Politics in the Post-Cold War: Vladimir Putin’s Presence in NBC’s Military Town Hall Hays Watson, University of Georgia Moderators in the 2016 Presidential Debates: Referees or Partisan Advocates? Edward Panetta, University of Georgia Unfit to serve as President: Innovating political rhetoric on health in the 2016 Presidential debates Logan Gramzinski, University of Georgia 20 Respondent: Jefferson Walker, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2205 Thursday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Regency G But Really… How Important is Culture? Understanding Communication in Various Cultural Contexts Sponsor: Applied Communication Division Chair: Brian Perna, The University of Southern Mississippi Communication and Integration: Intercultural Communication in Crisis Contexts Andrew S. Pyle, Clemson University Exploring Communicative Strategies Used in Racial Discrimination Complaints through Co-Cultural Theory Leslie Rodriguez, Angelo State University At the Intersections: Evaluation of the Communication Challenges experienced during Kentucky Wine Production Ben Triana, University of South Carolina—Aiken Chinese Male Adolescents Resisting Cigarettes from Peers: Tactics, Perceptions, and Contextual Characteristics Vivian C. Sheer, Hong Kong Baptist University Chang Mao, Ohio State University Jay Chang, Hong Kong Baptist University Respondent: John Nicholson, Mississippi State University 2206 Thursday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Regency H Deconstructing Food as an Intercultural Artifact Sponsor: Intercultural Communication Division Chair: Mark Ward Sr., University of Houston-Victoria Marinate, Masticate, Contemplate: Using Mindfulness to Savor Food Mary Grace Antony, Schreiner University Food as a Gateway to Intercultural Learning Mary M. Meares, University of Alabama From Arroz con Pollo and Goulash to Homemade Apple Pie: The Importance of Food Rituals in the Performance of Cultural Identity Amy N. Heuman, Texas Tech University ‘More Sweet Tea?’: Family Identity Negotiation and Maintenance in the South Tina Harris, University of Georgia Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION As a cultural artifact, food encompasses the seemingly disparate realms of biological utility, social status, religious doctrine, political engagement, ethnic performativity, civic engagement, and environmental stewardship. These factors, among others, underscore the fact that food – including its cultivation, preparation, and consumption – underscores and embodies the quintessential essence of cultural identity. Notable scholarship has engaged the manner in which mediated representations of food can propagate problematic ideologies (Shugart, 2008; Swenson, 2009), the ways in which food can be harnessed to resist public health agendas (Phillipov, 2013), and individual performative resistance to and through food (Cooks, 2009). 2207 Pavica Sheldon, University of Alabama, Huntsville James Adam Lessley, University of Alabama, Huntsville Emerging Adults’ Use of Relational Maintenance Behaviors Associated with Perceived Felt Obligation Mary E. Donato, West Virginia University Scott A. Myers, West Virginia University Gelotophobia, Gelotophilia, Katagelasticism, and Pride: Do Authentic and Hubristic Pride Influence Your Sense of Humor? Jenna Dunlap, Western Illinois University Jessica Hample, Western Illinois University Nathan Miczo, Western Illinois University Happily Never After: An Analysis of Romanticized Violence in Twilight Fanfiction Mary-Kate Hovanic, Christopher Newport University Thursday Eat, Drink, and Feel Who I am Eun Young Lee, Florida Gulf Coast University ‘Here, You MUST have Some More:’ Food, Hospitality, and Cultural Identity Nurhayat Bilge, Florida International University Respondent: Timothy Worley, Murray State University Thursday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Red Bud A How to Publish Your Research: Getting to Print Sponsor: Applied Communication Division Chair: Kandi L. Walker, University of Louisville Monitoring and tracking the manuscript through the review process Lynne M. Webb, Florida International University Following up on the manuscript under long-term review. Ken Cissna, University of South Florida Responding to reviewers’ comments Joy L. Hart, University of Louisville Deciding when and how to move on to the next journal Frances E. Brandau, Sam Houston State University Inventive publication outlets: Beyond the journals Marceline Thompson Hayes, Arkansas State University This “how to” panel will proceed round-table style with brief remarks from the panelists followed by comments across the panel as well as an extensive question-and-answer session with the audience. 2209 Thursday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Red Bud C How Individuals Use Media to Foster Communities and Discussions Sponsor: Mass Communication Division Chair: Melissa M. Smith, Mississippi University for Women Tweeting Through the Game Day Experience Steven Young, University of Southern Mississippi Religion and New Media: A Uses and Gratifications Approach Amanda Jo Ratcliff, Tyler Junior College Josh McCarty, Regent University Matt Ritter, High Point University A Content Analysis on Weibo Reposts of Social Issues Zhou Shan, University of Alabama Explore Search Engine Ethics: A Case Study of Baidu Shanshan Lou and Jiangxue Han, Appalachian State University Respondent: William F. Harlow, University of Texas of the Permian Basin 2208 Thursday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Red Bud B 2210 Interpreting Difficult Interpersonal Messages Thursday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Dogwood Sponsor: Interpersonal Communication Division Chair: Terry M. Thibodeaux, Sam Houston State University Innovation, Renovation, and Endurance: The Lasting Appeal of Major Mediated Fandoms A Typology of Hurtful Events and the Use of Forgiveness Strategies in Marital and Dating Relationships Chair: Brian C. Brantley, Texas A&M University-San Antonio Sponsor: Mass Communication Division Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 21 Thursday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Participants: Lauren Reichart Smith, Indiana University Kenny D. Smith, Indiana University Brian C. Brantley, Texas A&M University-San Antonio Van T. Roberts, Mississippi University for Women Barry P. Smith, Mississippi University for Women Star Wars, Star Trek, and Doctor Who – these are science fiction franchises that have lasted for decades with enduring appeals for several generations of fans. This panel explores how these and other media franchises (James Bond, superheroes, etc.) have managed to maintain, grow, and develop consecutive generations of fans by communicating stories with timeless appeal while innovating in the presentation of these stories. 2211 Thursday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Magnolia A Roundtable on Advances in Interpersonal Communication Theory Sponsor: Communication Theory Division Chair: Michael R. Kotowski, University of Tennessee Panelists: Timothy Levine, University of Alabama, Birmingham Steven McCornack, University of Alabama Birmingham Jennifer Samp, University of Georgia Panelists will discuss innovations in interpersonal communication theory and research. Audience participation encouraged. 2212 Thursday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Gardenia Top Paper Panel: Innovations in Pedagogy, Practice, Program Assessment and Student Outcomes Sponsor: Instructional Development Division Chair: Michelle E. Garland, University of South Carolina Upstate Social Media Usability and Communication Overload in the College Classroom: Examining #AffectiveLearning Marjorie M. Buckner, Texas Tech University Renee Kaufmann, University of Kentucky Investigating Hidden Diversity in Classroom Management: African American and White Faculty Perceptions of Teacher-Student Interaction in an HBCU Fang-Yi Flora Wei, Clark Atlanta University Katherine Grace Hendrix, University of Memphis Communication Center Effectiveness: The Impact of Tutoring on Speech Performance Alyssa Davis, Clemson University Darren L. Linvill, Clemson University Melissa E. Jacobs, Clemson University 22 Accounting for Students’ Classroom Effort and Agency: The Development of the Classroom Behavioral Engagement Instrument ** Nicholas T. Tatum, University of Kentucky T. Kody Frey, University of Kentucky Anna-Carrie Beck, University of Kentucky An Innovative Approach to Program Assessment: Turning Points in the Communication Studies Major* Tiffany R. Wang, University of Montevallo Raymond R. Ozley, University of Montevallo Sherry G. Ford, University of Montevallo Sally Bennett Hardig, University of Montevallo Rebecca B. Leach, Texas Christian University Respondent: Stephanie Kelly, North Carolina A & T State University * Top Paper ** Top Student Paper 2301 Thursday • 11:00 am -12:15 pm Room: Think Tank@NOMA AV Breakfast of Champions: Taylorism, Masochism and Academic Labor Sponsor: Performance Studies Division Chair: Ryan McGeough, University of Northern Iowa Participants: David Terry, Louisiana State University Ariel Gratch, Georgia College & State University Lyndsay Michalik Gratch, Georgia Gwinett College Jennifer L. Erdely, Prairie View A&M University Ryan McGeough, University of Northern Iowa Jason Munsell, Columbia College This very-serious performance panel focuses on the professionalism of academic labor. Panelists explore the often dehumanizing (and sometimes hidden) types of labor required of graduate students and faculty members at various points throughout our academic careers. We offer very-serious reflections on the absurd ways in which scholarship and teaching are converted to productivity and customer satisfaction. 2302 Thursday • 11:00 am -12:15 pm Room: Studio 220@NOMA B and C Philosophy of Communication and Inquiry into Innovation and the Rhetoric of Progress Sponsor: Philosophy and Ethics of Communication Interest Group Chair: James R. Pickett, Flagler College Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 2303 Thursday • 11:00 am -12:15 pm Room: Regency D-E AV Gender, Race, and Religion on Contemporary Television Sponsor: Popular Communication Chair: Phillip Poe, Mississippi State University “I’m a Good Christian Woman Who’s Standing Here Trying not to Cuss Your Ass Out”: Examining Religion on Tyler Perry’s The Haves and Have Nots Danielle E. Williams, Georgia Gwinnett College Representations of African American Women on The Biggest Loser: Neoliberalism and the Strong Black Woman Steve Herro, College of Southern Nevada Discourses of Horror TV: Kolchak, Twin Peaks, and the Supernatural Drama Andrew F. Herrmann, East Tennessee State University Dramatic Convenient Loss: Miscarriage on Grey’s Anatomy Jennifer B. Gray, Appalachian State University A Return to Feminism: Mad Men, Betty(s), and a Convergence of Waves Aya Farhat, Baylor University Respondent: Alisha Menzies, University of Tampa 2304 Thursday • 11:00 am -12:15 pm Room: Regency F Innovative Campaign Rhetoric in the Face of Novel Political Exigencies: The 2016 Presidential Election Sponsor: Political Communication Division Chair: Patrick G. Wheaton, Georgia Southern University Sanders and the Apologetic Endorsement: Factions and Unity at the 2016 DNC Benjamin Clancy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bold-Speaking as Inventional Resource in the 2016 Presidential Election Blake Faulkner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A New Protector for the American Family? A Metaphoric and Narrative Analysis of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Campaign Announcement Speech Matthew Winn, Texas State University, San Marcos Playing the Trump Card: Trump’s Narrative about America Overpower His Factual Inaccuracies George Fitzpatrick, Texas State University 2305 Thursday • 11:00 am -12:15 pm Room: Regency G Thursday Conjoined God-Terms: Innovation as Progress/ Imagination Richard Thames, Duquesne University The “Progress” for Which Thomas S. Szasz Argued Richard Vatz, Towson University Against “Progress”: Christopher Lasch and the Political Economy of Civic Virtue James R. Pickett, Flagler College The Rhetoric and Communication of Innovation Sponsor: Applied Communication Division; Rhetoric and Public Address Chair: Mary Beth Asbury, Middle Tennessee State University Innovation Capital in Higher Education: From Top Down to Across the Classroom Lisa Fall, Pellissippi State Community College Golden Rule’ Jones as Innovator of Social Change Donald B. Simmons, Asbury University Exploring the Rhetoric of Athletes and Sports Teams as Change Agents Influencing Social Change Greg G. Armfield, New Mexico State University William Hoffman, University of Kansas Impacting Innovation with Intent: Exploring Communication and Leadership as the Great Inspiration Abby M. Brooks, Georgia Southern University Imagining a world without innovation is challenging indeed. As a matter of fact, we think it normal that the world changes; that something old is replaced by something new. The proposed Rhetoric of Innovation panel addresses the ways rhetoric of innovation has changed the world and with what effect. Our interest, then, lies in understanding rhetorical practice with innovation being the driving force. We see, in various rhetorical contexts, that innovation invites shared values and a commitment to creating opportunity. Rhetorical outcomes reveal individuals being more interconnected, empowering each other. 2306 Thursday • 11:00 am -12:15 pm Room: Red Bud A The Value of Forging Women-Centered Spaces for Women in the Academy Sponsor: Gender Studies Division Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 23 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Thursday Chair: Amy N. Heuman, Texas Tech University From Pen and Paper to Academic Press: The Importance of Women-Centered Circles for Academic Writing and Research Amy N. Heuman, Texas Tech University Building a Bright Future Among a Community of Women: Experiences of a First Year Faculty Member Marjorie Buckner, Texas Tech University Getting to Tenure, to Associate, and Ultimately to Full Professor Lynne Webb, Florida International University Creating A Home Space for Women on Tenure Track While Negotiating My Own Status as Pre-Tenure (Wo) Mentor Carolina Rosas Webber, University of South Carolina, Upstate The Rocky Mountain Writers as a Women-Centered Space Amy Koerber, Texas Tech University Inspiration & Perspiration: Women-Centered Fitness as Supportive Spaces for Female Academics Mary Grace Antony, Schreiner University 2307 Thursday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Red Bud B Health and Hope in Interpersonal Relationships Sponsor: Interpersonal Communication Division Chair: Abby Brooks, Georgia Southern State University Transitions from Higher Education and Employment– Seeking: Exploring Hope Theory through Expressions of Goals and Plans of Emerging Adults Gary A. Beck, Old Dominion University Joshua Pederson, University of Alabama Patient-Provider Interactions: Person Centered Approaches to Patient Diversity Hannah Allison Watts, University of South Carolina Medical School-Greenville Patricia Amason, University of Arkansas Ambiguous and Disapproving Communication as it Relates to Adolescent Substance Abuse Jamie Osborn, University of Tennessee Nancy Buerkel-Rothfuss, Central Michigan University Michael Kotowski, University of Tennessee Shared Decision Making and Ovarian Cancer Care: Opportunities for Improved Health Outcomes Dinah Tetteh, Arkansas State University Respondent: Robert J. Green, Stephen F. Austin State University 24 2308 Thursday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Red Bud C Raindrops on Roses…Revisited!: Innovation of Teaching Theories at its Best! Sponsor: Community College Division Chair: Dena Horne, Sam Houston State University Panelists: Jean DeHart, Appalacian State University Todd Goen, Christopher Newport University Monette Callaway, Hinds Community College Richard Bello, Sam Houston State University Stephanie Coopman, San Jose State University Frances E. Brandau, Sam Houston State University David R. Nelson, Valdosta State University S. Brad Bailey, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College This roundtable continues discussion that began at SSCA-Norfolk and continued at SSCA-Memphis and many after that. Part IV offers an engaging and refreshing presentation of how communication professors have taken communication theories and designed innovated strategies for the classroom. Each scholar will open discussion on one of their favorite communication theories in an attempt to provide a glimpse into one of the hardest to define terms of today: communication. “My Favorite Communication Theory IV” invites participants and audience members to examine said theories, how they are approached in the classroom and how students react to them in the classroom. Good Times Await You! 2309 Thursday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Dogwood What’s ‘the Body’ Anyhow? : ReInnovating Embodiment as Visual Rhetoric Sponsor: Rhetoric and Public Address Division Chair: Jason Edward Black. University of North Carolina, Charlotte Laboring Bodies Beyond Representation in UserGenerated Videos of Urban Agriculture Dustin A. Greenwalt, Pennsylvania State University Techno-Body on the Electric Frontier: Revisiting the Cyborg Body Heather Suzanne Woods, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill The Sight of the Sovereign Body: Body-Mounted Police Cameras and the Decline of Symbolic Efficiency Alex McVey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION This panel draws its focus from the following questions: When rhetorical scholars invoke “the body,” what exigencies or ethical dilemmas do they implicitly reference or critique? If at all, what is revolutionary about “the body” as an object of inquiry? In what ways do certain theoretical descriptions of “the body” place communication scholars today at loggerheads with humanistic and/ or STEM traditions of scholarship? Each presenter will offer a brief exposition and/or case study to inflect their understanding of the relationship between “the body” and public contexts of technological, communicative innovation. 2310 Thursday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Magnolia Feminist Perspectives, Purposes, and Practices in the Archives: An Interactive Roundtable Discussion Sponsor: Gender Studies Division Chair: Melody Lehn, University of South Carolina, Extended University Panelists: Melody Lehn, University of South Carolina, Extended University Camille Lewis, Independent Scholar Sandra J. Sarkela, University of Memphis Caroline E. Sawyer, University of South Carolina, Beaufort Sarah Mayberry Scott, Arkansas State University Lori Stallings, University of Memphis In a roundtable format, presenters consider how feminist perspectives, purposes, and practices inform and complicate archival research on women. As feminist critics with varying levels of archival experience, presenters will explain a current research project and deliver a response to three organizing questions based on that project, followed by discussion. 2311 Thursday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Gardenia Innovative Ways to Make the Most of the Classroom Experience: Culture, Curriculum, and Public Speaking Contexts Sponsor: Instructional Development Division Chair: Scott Christen, Tennessee Technological University Romans… in Space! Using Serious Games on the Advanced Public Speaking Classroom Edgar D. Johnson III, Augusta University An Evaluation of High Impact Learning Practices: Student Reflections about Student Learning in Communication Studies Trudy L. Hanson, West Texas A&M University Carolyn Baum, West Texas A&M University Transforming the Capstone: Transformative Learning as a Pedagogical Framework and Vehicle for Ethical Reflection in the Capstone Course Michael G. Strawser, Bellarmine University Exploring Students’ Mindsets, Beliefs, and Attitudes about Public Speaking Craig O. Stewart, University of Memphis John R. McConnell, III, Austin Peay State University Lori Stallings, University of Memphis Rod D. Roscoe, Arizona State University – Polytechnic Campus A World at Your Doorstep: Innovative Globalizing Initiatives at a Small Liberal Arts University Mary Grace Antony, Schreiner University Sonja Land, Schreiner University Thursday The Body as Drive: The Subtraction of Biology from Embodiment in Zero Days (2016) and Eye in the Sky (2015) Atilla Hallsby, North Carolina State University Respondent: Linda Pysher Jurczak, Valdosta State University 2312 Thursday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Regency H Communicating Greenville as Innovative Space: From Southern to Global Village Sponsor: Rhetoric and Public Address Greenville’s reputation is put to critical interrogation by a panel of local faculty who use the city daily for research and teaching. Scholars evaluate the narratives of Greenville’s transition from small textile village to global hub by leading a tour of sites along Main Street. Chair: Brandon Inabinet, Furman University Focus: Greenville News decline in the face of the Internet and conservative talk radio John Armstrong, Furman University Focus: Max Heller and City Hall as “Bipartisan” Space Glen Halva-Nebauer, Furman University Focus: Springwood Cemetery and the remembrance of regional Confederate history Cynthia King, Furman University Focus: Sterling High School statue and Civil Rights in Greenville memory Steve O’Neill, Furman University Focus: Textile dyes and geology in the Reedy River Bill Ranson, Furman University Focus: Mill villages as financial landscape Steve Richardson, Furman University Focus: Willie Earle Lynching and the sociology of remembrance/forgetting Claire Whitlinger, Furman University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 25 Thursday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Focus: Furman and Clemson University as community innovation partners Mike Winiski, Furman University 2401 Thursday • 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Room: Room: Think Tank@NOMA AV Working through the Vagenda: Feminist Communication and Innovation Sponsor: Performance Studies Division Co-Chairs: Brianne Waychoff, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY Rebecca Walker, Southern Illinois University Panelists: Emily Graves, Louisiana State University Jade C. Huell, Columbia College, Columbia, SC Sarah K. Jackson, Southern University at New Orleans Danielle Dick McGeough, University of Northern Iowa Lyndsay Michalik Gratch, Georgia Gwinnett College Holley Vaughn, University of North Texas Rebecca Walker, Southern Illinois University Brianne Waychoff, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY Recently, a meme surfaced on the Internet containing a startling image from a few years ago – a lettered sign for a Maine gunsmith stating, “Beware The Beast: Hildabeast Clinton and Its Vagenda of Manocide” (sic). In this panel, we reclaim the term “vagenda” from those intent on using it as an insult, and explore the various ways in which innovative feminist discourse contributes to the national political (and academic) conversation. Each performance represents a specific genre of feminist praxis (for example, a diatribe, a personal narrative, a silent body-based performance, a dance, a mixed media piece, poetry, prose, etc.). Join us as we work through our vagenda. 2402 Thursday • 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Room: Studio 220@NOMA B and C Transitioning Between Roles of Faculty and Administration Sponsor: Association of Communication Administrators Chair: Todd Lee Goen, Christopher Newport Uniersity Panelists: Carl Cates, Arkansas State University Sherry Ford, University of Montevallo Robert (Bob) Frank, Longwood University – retired Linda D. Manning, Christopher Newport University Nina-Jo Moore, Appalachian State University 26 2403 Thursday • 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Room: Regency D-E AV Hip Hop and America Will Never Be the Same - The Music and Message of Kendrick Lamar Sponsor: Popular Communication Black Survival: Examining the Life, Lyrics and Lived Experience of an Inner-City Youth Marquese McFerguson, University of South Florida Falling Victim to a Revolutionary Song: Kendrick Lamar and the Rhetoric of Black Radicalism Max W. Plumpton, University of South Florida Sonic Social Justice: To Pimp a Butterfly’s Auditory Critique of the Rationalized State A.G. Hughes, University of Memphis Will everything be Alright? The political-personal dynamic in Kendrick Lamar’s 2016 Grammy Performance Christina Blankenship, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro 2404 Thursday • 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Room: Regency F Locating Rhetorical Invention in Southern Stereotypes: NASCAR, Appalachian Foodways, Small Town Museums, and Festivals Sponsor: American Society for the History of Rhetoric Interest Group Chair: Dan Grano, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Blueberry Queens and Hot Tamales: The Epideictic Function of Regional Festivals Wendy Atkins-Sayre, University of Southern Mississippi Wreckers or Checkers?: Hegemonic and Emancipatory Potential in NASCAR’s Culturally Revisionist Rhetoric Jason Edward Black, University of North CarolinaCharlotte Mom Cooked Beans and Cornbread: The CoConstitutive Relationship between Popular Memory and Appalachian Identity Ashli Quesinberry Stokes, University of North Carolina-Charlotte “You Get Black Belt in Your Soul:” Storytelling, Remembrance, and Revision at the Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum Jefferson Walker, University of Alabama at Birmingham Respondent: Jean DeHart, Appalachian State University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 2405 Thursday • 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Room: Regency G Communication and Innovation as Imperatives for Activism and for Organizational Responses Sponsor: Applied Communication Division Chair: Chris Geyerman, Georgia Southern University YouTube as Innovation in Activism: Analysis of Message Sophistication in Reactions to the Gardasil 9 Vaccination Pamela Bourland-Davis, Georgia Southern University Beom Jun Bae, Georgia Southern University Beverly Graham, Georgia Southern University Camille Broadway, Georgia Southern University Melissa Carrion, Georgia Southern University A Critical Analysis of Gardasil 9 Advertising Beverly Graham, Georgia Southern University Melissa Carrion, Georgia Southern University Hospitable Innovation: The Travel Industry Launches Various Strategic Communication Campaigns to Illustrate its Support of Same Sex Marriage Law Lisa Fall, Pellissippi State Community College Public Relations and Policing the Police: #BlackLivesMatter as Activism Hazel Cole, West Georgia University Teaching Activism during Conflict: How to Encourage Dialog in a Space of Anger Jenni Simon, University of North Carolina at Greensboro This panel will provide an opportunity to examine communication applied in a variety of contemporary activism-oriented issues to examine the impact of messaging and contemporary communication as innovation. Ultimately, grassroots communication – with some level of sophistication – continues to have an impact on issues and organizations. This panel concludes with suggestions for addressing activist issues in the classroom. Hip Hopping Across the Globe: Postcolonial Theory and Hip Hop Patrick D. Bennett, Midlands Technical College Anxiety, Uncertainty, and Attitudes toward Refugees from Syria Mirjana Pantic, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Whitney L. Tipton, University of Tennessee, Knoxville If She is That Big, She Can Cook: Comparison between White and Black Young Adults Pavica Sheldon, University of Alabama in Huntsville Respondent: Yanrong (Yvonne) Chang, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley 2407 Thursday • 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Room: Red Bud A Narrative Approaches to Understanding Cultural Scripts Sponsor: Ethnography Interest Group Chair: Elizabeth Stephens, Middle Tennessee State University Playing on the Margins: Communicating about Death through Ghostly Play* Christine S. Davis, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Deborah Cunningham Breede, Coastal Carolina University Mindful Dwelling, Socio-Structural Interdependence and Nomadic Mutualism: Being In, With, and Through Place Charlotte G. Burke, Bob Jones University Austin D. Burke, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Broken Promises: An Autoethnography of Psychological Contract Breach and Organizational Exit Andrew F. Herrmann, East Tennessee State University Respondent: Elizabeth Stephens, Middle Tennessee State University 2406 Thursday • 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Room: Regency H Intercultural Communication: A MultiFaceted Look at Issues of Real Life * Top Paper 2408 Sponsor: Intercultural Communication Division Thursday • 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Room: Red Bud B Chair: Terry M. Thibodeaux, Sam Houston State University Shared Perspectives on Finding Perspective on the Tenure Track Do #AllTweetsMatter? A Content Analysis of Tweets Using the #AllLivesMatter Hashtag Colleen Bartos, Virginia Tech Maureen Lawrence-Kuether, Virginia Tech Rich Polikoff, Virginia Tech James D. Ivory, Virginia Tech Sponsor: Interpersonal Communication Division Chair: Carrie L. West, Schreiner University Program Description: This panel represents four different phases of the academic journey: a PhD candidate, two paths through Assistant Professorship, Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 27 Thursday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION and a Full Professor. In response to the stresses present in academic life at these various stages, the panelists will discuss the use of interconnectivity, application of interpersonal communication scholarship, and the use of innovative technologies, to construct a path to resilience. Group discussion will address the challenges of balancing emotional, intellectual and creative energy while managing the often overwhelming, sometimes narrow and sometimes nebulas definition of academic success. Prana Chat: Bending Social Media to our Needs Sally Hannay, Schreiner University A Stitch Just in Time Silke Feltz, Michigan Technological University Decorating the Ivory Tower Carrie L. West, Schreiner University Reflections in Wellness Kristen McAlexander, Reflections Wellness Respondent: This will be an open discussion with the audience after brief presentations from the panelists. The goal of this panel is to generate peer to peer discussion about experiences constructing and maintaining resilience in Higher Ed. Panelists will share methods and strategies to do more than survive academic challenges, but thrive and support each other through application of interpersonal communication scholarship, interconnectivity, and social media. 2409 Thursday • 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Room: Red Bud C Herding (Virtual) Cats: Faculty Leadership and Instructor Development John A. McArthur, Queens University of Charlotte Can Online Programs Boost Enrollment and Increase Course Access? Candy J. Noltensmeyer, Western Carolina University Online, Hybrid, and Face-to-Face Communication Classes: Can they Co-Exist in the Same Program? April Chatham-Carpenter, University of Arkansas at Little Rock How Teaching Online Made Me a Better Teacher OnCampus Kim Weller, Queens University of Charlotte Be Careful What You Wish For: Balancing Online Success with On-Campus Development Mark Ward Sr., University of Houston-Victoria The Potential Disaster of Increased Emphasis on Fully Online Courses Thomas M. Steinfatt, University of Miami Forging Forward: Opportunities and Challenges of Online Education Program Administration Diane Monahan, Saint Leo University From Gator Speech and Debate to Gator Fulbrighters: Honoring the Legacy of University of Florida Professor Emeritus Donald E. Williams, Ph.D. Thursday • 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Room: Gardenia Sponsor: Southern Argumentation and Forensics Division Innovate or Stagnate?: Battle Royal for the Classroom Chair: Kellie W. Roberts, University of Florida Sponsor: Instructional Development Division Don Williams and My Fabulous Fulbright to Malaysia Edmund Kellerman, Ed.D. University of Florida A Gator Visits Budapest: Maximizing the FulbrightHayes Experience for Research, Teaching, and Service Todd S. Frobish, Fayetteville State University Going Global: My Fulbright Experiences in Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait via the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program Ty Adams, Fayetteville State University Chair: S. Brad Bailey, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Respondent: Kellie W. Roberts, University of Florida It’s round 2. Last year we only got started. So let’s get ready to rumble again, as passionately face off to discuss best practices in teaching. Some ideas we love, while some we immediately reject. We have all heard of a classroom practice which we have immediately rejected as blasphemy, but politely kept our angst to ourselves. Well, not in this panel! 2410 Thursday • 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Room: Dogwood Online Education and Innovation in Program Administration Sponsor: Association of Communication Administrators 28 Chair: John A. McArthur, Queens University of Charlotte 2412 Panelists: Beau Foutz, Alcorn State University Linda Pysher Jurczak, Valdosta State University William Maze, Northwest Mississippi Community College Laurie D. Metcalf, Blinn College Molly Stoltz, Valdosta State University This panel intends to discuss, debate, even outright argue about many of the controversial classroom and pedagogical practices that you might have heard about at a conference like this one. No verbal punches will be pulled and feelings will be checked at the door. If you want to have a frank, honest discussion about contro- Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 2501 Thursday • 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Room: Think Tank @NOMA AV Top Student Performances in Performance Studies I Sponsor: Performance Studies Division Chair: Danielle Dick McGeough, University of Northern Iowa “On my Long Journey Home”: Understanding Videogame Narratives through Evocative Autoethnography Jake Beck, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale My Makeshift Mother Cynthia Sampson, Louisiana State University Handing Her Over Montana Jean Smith, Louisiana State University Respondent: Danielle Dick McGeough, University of Northern Iowa 2502 Thursday • 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Room: Studio 220@NOMA B and C Philosophy and Ethics of Communication in the Public Sphere Sponsor: Philosophy and Ethics of Communication Interest Group Chair: Molly Stolz, Valdosta State University Becoming Gebildete: Living-through Interaction Pat Arneson, Duquesne University Communicative Shock: An Unethical Challenge to Narrative Engagement* Andrew Tinker, Duquesne University Expanding the Moral Horizon through Rhetorical Ecologies Silke Feltz, Michigan Technological University The Challenges of Integrated Marketing Communication and Innovation: Communication Ethics and Privacy Jeanne M. Persuit, University of North CarolinaWilmington *Top Graduate Student Paper in Philosophy and Ethics of Communication 2503 Thursday • 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Room: Regency D-E AV “All Aboard!” The Cultural Transformation of Train and Railroad Imagery from Historical Transport to Modern Innovation Sponsor: Popular Communication Chair: Kellie W. Roberts, University of Florida Movin’ On from Folsom to New Orleans: The Communication of Emotion and Place Through Train Images in Country Music Jean L. DeHart, Appalachian State University Ride the Tourism Train: Temporality, Public Memory, and the South Carolina Railroad Museum Jason B. Munsell, Columbia College Switching Tracks: Navigating Nature and Media in the Transformation of Tweetsie Railroad from Commercial Train to Amusement Park David Spiceland, Appalachian State University Modern-day Transportation Icons: The Innovative Reinvention of Trains as Contemporary Conduits in Southern Cities Kelli L. Fellows, Pfeiffer University Thursday versial issues that are important, but aren’t often discussed openly and honestly, then join us for this friendly, yet feisty discussion. If you choose to join us, prepare to take off your jackets, roll up your sleeves, and join the skirmish. 2504 Thursday • 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Room: Regency F Campaign Advertisements in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Sponsor: Mass Communication Division Chair: Brian C. Brantley, Texas A&M University-San Antonio Making the presidency great again: In pursuit of the presidential narrative of Donald J. Trump Melissa M. Smith, Mississippi University for Women I’m with her: Hillary Clinton’s attempts to define herself and her opponent Lauren Reichart Smith, Indiana University The confused narrative of Gary Johnson’s attempts to appeal to both sides of the political aisle William F. Harlow, University of Texas of the Permian Basin Me too: Attempts by smaller political parties to join the presidential discussion Barry P. Smith, Mississippi University for Women Candidate advocacy by outside organizations Patrick G. Wheaton, Georgia Southern University Respondent: Michael Frawley, University of Texas of the Permian Basin Panelists will discuss attempts by those involved in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to exercise and expand their influence through campaign advertisements. Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 29 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Thursday 2505 Thursday • 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Room: Regency G Organizations Come in All Shapes and Sizes: The Role of Communication in Diverse Organizational Contexts. Sponsor: Applied Division Chair: Abby Brooks, Georgia Southern University It’ll Be OK, Because We Belong Together: The Influence of Person-Organization Fit on Interpretation of BadNews Messages and Source Credibility Jonathon K. Frost, Louisiana State University Renee Edwards, Louisiana State University Healthcare Organizations and Ethical Behavior: A Multiple Case Study Approach to First and Second Things Carrie Reif, The University of Southern Mississippi Julie Lasslo, Eastern Kentucky University Web Metrics to Inform Organizational Communication Audits Amy L. Forrester, University of Tennessee John W. Haas, University of Tennessee Mission Statements as Naming Proposals: Applying an RSI Approach Susan Opt, James Madison University Respondent: Kristina Drumheller, West Texas A&M University 2506 Thursday • 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Room: Regency H Diversity Training for Faculty: Intentional, Inclusive, and Impactful Sponsor: Intercultural Communication Division Chair: Hsiu-Jung “Mindy” Chang, Western New England University Panelists: Yvonne Bogle, Western New England University Jessica H. Carlson, Western New England University Hsiu-Jung “Mindy” Chang, Western New England University Josie A. Brown-Rose, Western New England University Cheryl I. Smith, Western New England University This round table discussion features a panel of University faculty and administrators who have served in a variety of leadership roles at the level of department, School, and University-wide Diversity training initiative. This collaborative panel will involve a hands-on demonstration of a diversity training session conducted during university new faculty orientation. Panelists will investigate diver- 30 sity training within the context of a university setting. Although diversity training is an important initiative in organizations today, it has received little attention in the realm of higher education. Faculty and administrators are often expected to work with a diverse student population with little to no training. Panelists will guide participants through a faculty inclusion workshop, comprised of activities, scenarios based on actual classroom situations involving diversity issues and discussion. Data regarding program effectiveness will also be shared. This diversity training is recommended as a strategy for universities to improve campus climate and employee attitudes about diversity 2507 Thursday • 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Room: Red Bud A Rhetorical approaches to gender studies Sponsor: Gender Studies Division Chair: Linda Levitt, Stephen F. Austin State University Professional Instincts: Negotiating Motherhood and Professional Identity in Late Nineteenth-Century Women’s Magazines Sarah W. Walden, Baylor University In Defense of Women’s Health Care: Cecile Richards as the Voice of Planned Parenthood Emmalene Carberry, Texas State University-San Marcos Divergent Discourse: A Case Study Analyzing the Effects of Campus Communication About Sexual Assault Melissa H. Nipper, East Tennessee State University Using the Heterosexual Questionnaire as a tool for LGBTQ issue awareness: A rhetorical analysis of responses Sheree’ Keith, Middle Georgia State University 2508 Thursday • 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Room: Red Bud B Innovation in Public Relations in Cultural Arts and Entertainment-related Industries Sponsor: Public Relations Chair: Corey A. Hickerson, James Madison University Adapting Travel and Tourism Promotions for Millennials & Gen Y: Going Where They Go Pam Bourland-Davis and Megan George, Georgia Southern University Happy 100th Birthday to America’s National Parks! A PR Case Study of this Special Centenarian Celebration Lisa Fall, Pellissippi State Community College Tracey Farr, Pellissippi State Community College Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION While traditional public relations models focus on entertainmentrelated industries as relying on one-way communication with little research, contemporary practices suggest that such a perspective may miss the mark. Many practitioners in these fields maintain strategic message development (especially in crises), detailed audience analysis, and any number of other research-based, data driven analyses of information - much of which contributes to strategic, two-way communication by public relations professionals. This panel will provide an assessment of some of the contemporary, innovative communication practices within these industries. 2509 Thursday • 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Room: Red Bud C Innovative Mentoring Practices Sponsor: Instructional Development Division Allies in the Academy: Communicating for Democratically-based Mentoring Relationships Spoma Jovanovic, University of North Carolina Greensboro Vincent Russell, University of North Carolina Greensboro Mentorship in Career Development Holly K. Ott, University of South Carolina Joon Kyoung Kim, University of South Carolina Inspiring a Love for Research Lynsey K. Romo, North Carolina State University Meredith Foulke, North Carolina State University Mentorship in Service Learning Matthew S. VanDyke, Appalachian State University Emily Blevins, Appalachian State University Four professor-student dyads from four different universities will discuss the innovative mentorships and partnerships that have emerged between professor and student both with respect to academic and community pursuits. Participants will share mentoring best practices on academic research projects, how to establish a democratically-based mentoring relationship, how to more effectively work side by side on service learning projects (including tips for promoting mentorship in service-learning courses), and the importance of career mentoring for academia and practice (with regard to preparation for internships, jobs, networking, professional development, etc., and how career mentorship is mutually beneficial for both faculty and students). 2510 Thursday • 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Room: Dogwood Rhetorical Perspectives on Music, Art, Literature and Poetry Sponsor: Rhetoric and Public Address Division Chair: Bill Balthrop, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Epic Nationalism: Visualizing Constitutive Rhetoric Through Alphonse Mucha’s The Slav Epic Kelly Williams, Baylor University A Village as a Martyr: My Lai and Visual Rhetoric Ryan Kor, University of Georgia Digital Literary Public Spheres: Citizen and “Citizen Critics” Nikki Orth, Pennsylvania State University Sound Studies’ Aural Fixation: A Potential Cure Sarah Scott, Arkansas State University Thursday A priori Public Relations: Reverse Engineering Media Relations Principles to Develop Cultural Arts Programming William Thompson, Louisville Celebrities Connecting with Their Fandom: Who Is Running Their Social Media Accounts? Michelle Groover, Georgia Southern University Haphazard or Deliberate: An Examination of Strategic Engagement by Sports Organizations Christie M. Kleinmann, Belmont University Respondent: Ryan Neville-Shepard, University of Arkansas 2511 Thursday • 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Room: Magnolia “The Great Debates(?):” Fallacy, Foible, and Major Party Foisting in the 2016 Presidential Election Sponsor: Southern Argumentation and Forensics Division Chair: Rich Knight, Shippensburg State University Panelists: Gary Deaton, Transylvania University Jacob Metz, Tennessee Technological University Bob Glenn, Owensboro Community and Technical College Kevin Bryan, University of Southern Mississippi Taylor Deaton, Valdosta State University Brian Powell, University of Montana Respondent: Misty Knight, Shippensburg State University This panel will utilize Argumentation Theory to analyze what happened in the 2016 Presidential race, including the primaries, but focusing on the general election Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 31 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Thursday 2512 2602 Thursday • 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Room: Gardenia Thursday • 3:30 pm-4:45 pm Room: Studio 220@NOMA B and C Using Data Analytics as a Pedagogical Metaphor: How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Cell Phones in the Classroom and Love the Selfie Perspectives on Communicative Engagement Sponsor: Instructional Development Division Panelists: William Faux, Valdosta State University Ashley Myers-Cooper, Valdosta State University David R. Nelson, Valdosta State University Unknowingly two entry level survey communication summer classes combined forces to create an environment where learning extended out of the classrooms and into online social networks. It happened when two professors accidentally stumbled onto ways to engage students in a summer class. Through the use of Instagram and a few other apps that students help load on to their professors’ phones and a little encouragement from the first year program coordinator an innovative learning experience was created. Reflecting of the summer teaching experience, ideas used to navigate the world of social media and data analytics became useful pedagogical metaphors to examine and explore the positive student engagement. 2601 Thursday • 3:30 pm-4:45 pm Room: Think Tank@NOMA AV Top Student Performances in Performance Studies II Sponsor: Performance Studies Division Chair: Danielle Dick McGeough, University of Northern Iowa Of Mics and Men Joshua Steinberg, University of North Texas Guide Star Anna Marsden, University of North Texas Red June Sunrise: A Performative Poetic Response to the Orlando Gay Club Shooting Colin Whitworth, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Of the Self, Toward the Other: An Autoethnographic Performance Starting with Underwear Gregory Langner, Louisiana State University Colin Whitworth, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Respondent: Danielle Dick McGeough, University of Northern Iowa Co-Sponsors: Philosophy and Ethics of Communication Interest Group and Freedom of Speech Division Chair: Molly Stoltz, Valdosta State University Ally Communication in Action: Communicative Engagement and the Black Lives Matter Movement Sarah J. Constant, Duquesne University Engaging Hate Speech in the Public Sphere Austin Hestdalen, Duquesne University The Transformative Possibilities of Engaging Students in Community: Arneson’s Communicative Engagement and Social Liberation Linda Pysher Jurczak, Valdosta State University When Poiesis is Missing: The Difference Between Communicative Engagement and Communication Molly Stoltz, Valdosta State University Buffer Zones and “Safe Spaces”: Communicative Engagement in Private and Public Proximities Andrew Tinker, Duquesne University Respondent: Pat Arneson, Duquesne University 2603 Thursday • 3:30 pm-4:45 pm Room: Regency D-E AV Jesus on the Small Screen: The Portrayal of Christianity on Television Sponsor: Mass Communication Division Chair: Alison Slade, Faulkner State Community College Christianity in Tyler Perry’s television shows Danielle Williams, Georgia Gwinnett College But…you’re the savior”: Christian imagery within Once Upon a Time Alison Slade, Faulkner State Community College Scott Chappuis, Bowling Green State University Biblical allegories, religious symbolism, and Old Testament suffering in The Walking Dead Garret Castleberry, Oklahoma City University Kristopher Copeland, Northeastern State University Savior of the Squared Circle: CM Punk’s Televised Vilification of Faith Jason Peterson, Charleston Southern University Panelists will explore the abundance of modern-day morality plays gracing our 21st-century screens and discuss whether it’s still the norm to see good rewarded and sin punished. 32 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 2604 Top Papers in Public Relations Sponsor: Public Relations Division Chair: Ashli Quesinberry Stokes, UNC Charlotte Evaluation of the NFL’s NO MORE Campaign: Investigating Influence on Bystander Intentions and Rape Myth Acceptance* Sharlene Thompson Richards, Ph.D, James Madison University Corey A. Hickerson, Ph.D., James Madison University Live streaming: Social Media and Crisis Response Joe R. Downing, Ph.D., Penn State University (York Campus) The 2014 General Motors Recalls: Understanding General Motors’ Crisis Communication Strategies** Grace Ellen Brannon, Texas A&M University Gabriel Esteban Pantoja, Texas A&M University The “beautiful game” or the “bountiful game”? A public relations approach to sport-based corporate social responsibility Chelsea Woods, University of Kentucky Respondent: Christopher J. McCollough, Columbus State University *Top Paper **Top Student Paper 2605 Thursday • 3:30 pm-4:45 pm Room: Regency G It Could Happen on Your Campus: A case Study of Campus Terrorism, Media Convergence, and Crisis Communication Sponsor: Applied Communication Division Chair: Dr. Brett Borton, University of South Carolina Beaufort Terroristic Threats on College Campuses: EKU Case Study, Part 1 Gary D. Folckemer, Eastern Kentucky University Media Convergence, Contagion, and Escalation of Terror: EKU Case Study, Part 2 Jayne L. Violette, University of South Carolina Beaufort Campus Terrorism and Crisis Communication Strategies: EKU Case Study, Part 3 Jim Gleason, Eastern Kentucky University Panelists will discuss campus threats as communication events, featuring an actual terroristic occurrence which happened at Eastern Kentucky University in October of 2015. A summary of the event 2606 Thursday • 3:30 pm-4:45 pm Room: Regency H Communication, Innovation and Sustainable Development: Trends, Perspectives and Challenges from the Global South Sponsor: Intercultural Communication Division Thursday Thursday • 3:30 pm-4:45 pm Room: Regency F and rationale behind the communication decisions made during the event will be offered, along with a theory-framed explanation of social media’s role in the case, and a final analysis of the crisis communication lessons learned from the experience. Chair: Janet D. Kwami, Furman University Communication and Development in an African Market: Ethnographic Study of Ghanaian Women Traders’ Mobile Phone Use Janet D. Kwami, Furman University Challenging Political Development in Kenya: A Failure of the Rule of Law and of its Innovation Lindsay Harroff, University of Kansas 19 Coups and What’s a Monk to Do? Religious and Academic Responses to Thai Paternalism Brandon Inabinet, Furman University Sustainable Peace-Building? Possibilities and Limitations of Journalism and User-generated Content Marta N. Lukacovic, Furman University Culturally Grounding Sexual Health Initiatives among Panamanian Adolescents Deborah Sellnow-Richmond, Columbus State University Amanda Gabster, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud Economic and political development in Ghana, Kenya, Panama, and Thailand and the Global South more broadly are based on the interplay between individual practices on the one hand and governmental or media policies and reporting on the other. Panelists critically analyze four scenes with an emphasis on communicative practices “from below” that create social change through grassroots practice. 2607 Thursday • 3:30 pm-4:45 pm Room: Red Bud A Rhetoric and the Black Public Sphere Sponsor: Rhetoric and Public Address Division Chair: Roseann Mandziuk, Texas State University, San Marcos Crafting an African American (Trans)national Identity: Frederick Douglass at the World’s Columbian Exposition Anna Dudney Deeb, University of Georgia Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 33 Thursday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Judge J. Waties Waring’s Transcendent Persona in “The Struggle for Negro Rights” Wanda Fenimore, University of South Carolina – Sumter The Subject of the Unsung: Remembering Slavery at the University of North Carolina Alex McVey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Respondent: Andre E. Johnson, University of Memphis 2608 Thursday • 3:30 pm-4:45 pm Room: Red Bud B Considering gender in the public sphere Sponsor: Gender Studies Division Chair: Leland G. Spencer, Miami University Should I Be Kissing A Woman Instead?”: Michael Sam and Masculinity in the National Football League Jeff Nagel, Baylor University Gender, Sexuality, and Environmental Injustice: Understanding the Intersectional Activism of “Queers for the Climate” Mollie Murphy, University of Georgia Voice of Resistance: SlutWalk Little Rock Janine Armstrong, Pulaski Technical College On Having a House in Virginia: Anachronistically Racist Reimagining of History in the State of Missouri v. Michael L. Johnson Cordarrell Self, Louisiana State University 2609 Thursday • 3:30-4:45 pm Room: Dogwood Top Papers in Intercultural Communication Sponsor: Intercultural Communication Division Chair: Hsiu-Jung “Mindy” Chang, Western New England University Nicaragua: A Perspective on Disaster Communication** Rhett Richardson, University of North Texas Do You Care for A Relationship? A Qualitative Study of Hispanic Students’ College Experiences* Yanrong (Yvonne) Chang, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Students Writing Culture: Strategies for Illuminating Pluralistic Voices Through Critical Intercultural Communication Pedagogy Amy N. Heuman, Texas Tech University 34 Respondent: Mary M. Meares, University of Alabama *Top Paper **Top Student Paper 2610 Thursday • 3:30 pm-4:45 pm Room: Magnolia Murder, Lies and Deception: The tales we tell in the courtroom and then dissect in innovative communication forms Sponsor: Freedom of Speech Division Chair: Laura Brown, University of Kentucky Deception in “Serial,” “Undisclosed,” “Truth & Justice,” “Making a Murderer” Laura Brown, University of Kentucky The social construction of reality in the courtroom Amy Thieme, Eastern Kentucky University The rhetorical nature of evidence as advocacy in documentary Chandra Maldonado, North Carolina State University The rhetoric of criminality, criminal justice policy reform, and stigma in the formerly incarcerated Susannah Bannon, University of Texas, Austin Dramatism and Murder Kailin Regutti, Florida Atlantic University 2611 Thursday • 3:30 pm-4:45 pm Room: Gardenia When You Aren’t An Old White Guy in Academe: Exploring the Challenges Faced by Female Faculty In and Out of the Classroom Sponsor: Instructional Development Division Panelists: Michelle T. Violanti, University of Tennessee Carolina Rosas Webber, University of South Carolina Upstate Stephanie Kelly, North Carolina A & T State University Laura E. Miller, University of Tennessee Michelle E. Garland, University of South Carolina Upstate This panel explores the many challenges faced by female faculty in and out of the classroom and in tenured and tenure-track positions. Panelists come from a variety of work environments: teaching- and research-focused institutions as well as traditional and historically black universities. Discussion topics include socialization experiences, teacher-student communication, promotion and Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 2701 Thursday • 5:00 pm-6:15 pm Room: Regency D&E Vice President Spotlight Panel: Innovative approaches to Commemoration, Race, and Place: A Conversation with Rhondda Robinson Thomas Respondents: Dr. Jason Black, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Dr. Carole Blair, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Dr. Cynthia King, Furman University Dr. Thomas will present her work, discussing topics related to how archival research and digital technologies may be employed to excavate histories and places that have been hidden, lost, or covered over; the identification of efficient and effective processes in using the archive (and other materials) to better understand how commemoration and cultural heritage sites—along with other historical texts—preserve national and cultural identities, especially in terms of gender, race and class relations, and the innovations in scholarship made possible by partnerships between humanities scholars and colleagues in architecture and design. Co-sponsors: Applied Communication, Community College, Intercultural Communication, Political Communication, Popular Communication, Rhetoric and Public Address, Ethnography, Philosophy and Ethics of Communication, Association for Communication Administrators, American Society for the History of Rhetoric Drs. Carole Blair, Jason Black, and Cynthia King will to respond to Dr. Thomas’ work, based on the methodological, critical, and theoretical insights they have developed from (and in relation to) their own work. Chair: Victoria J. Gallagher, North Carolina State University SSCA Welcome Reception Thursday tenure processes, roles and expectations, classroom management, Latina experiences, and work/life balance to name a few. The goal of this panel is to share our experiences to not only empower new and upcoming female faculty but also to encourage all faculty and administrators to create better, more innovative, strategies for training, socialization, and classroom management practices. 2801 Thursday • 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Teal Ballroom Presenter: Rhondda Robbinson Thomas, Clemson University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 35 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 36 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 37 Friday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION DAY 3 Friday, April 7, 2017 3101 Friday • 8:00 am-10:00 am Room: Regency C 87th Annual Southern States Communication Association Breakfast and Business Meeting Sponsor: Southern States Communication Association Presiding: Roseann Mandzuik, Texas State University Please join us for breakfast, the association’s annual members’ business meeting, and President Mandzuik’s address. 3201 Friday • 10:15 am-11:30 am Room: Think Tank@NOMA AV Exploring Identity, Family Narrative, and Performance Sponsor: Performance Studies Division Chair: Montana Smith, Louisiana State University Friday • 10:15 am-11:30 am Room: Studio 220@NOMA B Rhetorical Innovations in Policy, Law and Order: Burke and the American Political Mind Sponsor: Kenneth Burke Society Chair: Ryan McGeough, University of Northern Iowa The Metaphoric Construction of the Space Frontier: Politics of Scientific Innovation Alexander Morales, University of South Florida The (Burkean) Irony of American History: Niebuhr and American Political Realism Cody Hawley, University of South Florida What’s Love Got to Do with It?’: Love as Order in Capitalist Society Jamie Robb, University of South Florida Dis-able-ing the ADA: Giving Voice to Disabled Populations with Help from Burke Max Plumpton, Independent Scholar Heath Ledger’s Joker: A Burkean Hero Jacob Abraham, University of South Florida Respondent: David Payne, University of South Florida 3203 Fat: A Family Tree Colin Whitworth, Southern Illinois University Just Breathe Montana Jean Smith, Louisiana State University Grandmama Says Nicole Constantini, Louisiana State University Strangers Les Delgado, Southern Illinois University Friday • 10:15 am-11:30 am Room: Studio 220@NOMA C Respondent: Brianne Waychoff, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY Whose Choice is it Anyway? Contemplating the Ways in Which Methods and Design Influence Degrees of Freedom in the Production of Deceptive Messages Kelly Morrison, University of Alabama at Birmingham Steven McCornack, University of Alabama at Birmingham Applying the Activation-Decision- Construction-Action Theory of Deception to Understand Development of the Ability to Deceive Jeffrey J. Walczyk, Louisiana Tech University The Truth-Default Theory Perspective on Human Deception Detection Timothy R. Levine, University of Alabama at Birmingham Family narratives create a family’s group identity and aid in the creation of personal identities. Individuals revisit family stories as a way to teach family history as well as situate personal identities within a larger, societal context. The telling and retelling of these family narratives becomes a performance that shapes and reshapes our language, identity, and experiences. Through the use of personal family narratives, the members of this panel use performance as a way to embody their own family stories and to share that embodiment with others. In a transformative personal performance, the performers fuse together identity, family narrative, and performance. 38 3202 Theoretical and Methodological Innovations in Deception Research Sponsor: Language and Social Interaction Division Chair: Kelly Morrison, University of Alabama at Birmingham Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Paul Stob, Vanderbilt University Sandra J. Sarkela, The University of Memphis This panel reviews current theoretical and methodological innovations in three different areas of deception research: deceptive message production, deception detection, and perception of deception. The panelists from two different fields, communication and psychology, will present their most recent findings, and discuss their recommendations for how we should move deception research forward both theoretically and methodologically. Women’s suffrage only made the Senate floor once in the nineteenth century, in 1887. It was fitting that the opposition, against Susan B. Anthony’s testimony, was led by a man born locally, in Pickens, South Carolina, Joseph Emerson Brown. In his speech “Against the Women’s Suffrage Amendment,” as printed in Wrage and Baskerville’s American Forum: Speeches on Historic Issues, 1788-1900, Brown uses all of the standard topoi of the era to deny a woman like Anthony her standing, her voice, and her argument. 3204 Friday • 10:15 am-11:30 am Room: Regency D-E AV Social & Media Representation and Choices to Communicate Cross-Culturally Sponsor: : Intercultural Communication Division Chair: Patrick D. Bennett, Midlands Technical College Black Patrons Matter: Insight into the Negro Green Social Media Guide Tracey Vaughan, Old Dominion University Striving for Universal Content: Transforming the NBA’s Visual Nature Joseph Moss, Georgia State University Evolution of Racial Representations in Vogue Magazine Advertisements: Women and Whiteness Elizabeth H. Hurst, University of Tennessee, Knoxville The Influence of High/Low Context Culture on Choice of Communication Media: Students’ Media Choice to Communicate with Professors in China and the United States Xiaoxu Yang, University of Alabama Yi Jasmine Wang, University of Louisville Margaret D’Silva, University of Louisville Respondent: Pavica Sheldon, University of Alabama in Huntsville 3205 Friday • 10:15 am-11:30 am Room: Regency F ‘A Woman’s Place,’ With Love from South Carolina, Joseph E. Brown Southern Colloquium on Rhetoric Sponsors: Rhetoric and Public Address Division and the American Society for the History of Rhetoric Chair: James Darsey, Georgia State University Panelists: Ann Burnette, Texas State University Brandon Inabinet, Furman University This year’s Southern Colloquium on Rhetoric SSCA seminar uses the occasion of Greenville, SC, to take up this more obscure text from South Carolina’s most infamous century. With its well-known first female governor today, this location serves a timely opportunity to view the long inventional history of gender in the state, in the southeast, and in the larger national and global culture. Distinguished panelists of women’s suffrage, gender politics, nineteenth century culture, and regional history take up this text with brief position statements to spur a conversation. All are invited to participate. As with all good seminars, our SCoR/SSCA meetings are best when everyone has done the reading and comes prepared to join the discussion. Links to the readings can be found at the SCoR Website: www.southerncolloqrhetoric.net. Friday Culture, Deception, and Cognitive Structure Elena Bessarabova, University of Oklahoma 3206 Friday • 10:15 am-11:30 am Room: Regency G Innovation Against Oppression Sponsor: Applied Communication Division Chair(s): Dr. Michael Waltman, (Co-Chair), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Dr. Kenneth S. Zagacki, (Co-Chair), North Carolina State University Racist is to Racist Behavior as Rapist is to…: Innovative Communication Resources to Address Sexual Violence & Consent Practices Nicole T. Castro, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Re-Centering Whiteness: GIRLS Benjamin Clancy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Inter)Playing with Race: Art and Play as Communicative Social Justice Strategies Daniel Dilliplane, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Queering Black (im) Possibility: Black Lives Matter vs. Blue Lives Matter Goyland Williams, New York City College of Technology This round-table panel highlights the work of emerging scholars in the fields of rhetoric, interpersonal communication, and performance studies to investigate the communicative and civic requirements of activist-scholars; special attention is paid to theories of oppression and topics of sexual violence, re-centering whiteness, theater of the oppressed, and social movements. Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 39 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Friday 3207 3209 Friday • 10:15 am-11:30 am Room: Regency H Friday • 10:15 am-11:30 am Room: Red Bud B Top Three Papers in Philosophy and Ethics of Communication Innovations in the Ethnographic Gaze: Identity, Space, and Performative Ethnography Sponsor: Philosophy and Ethics of Communication Interest Group Sponsor: Ethnography Interest Group Chair: Pat Arneson, Duquesne University Chair: Adolfo Lagomasino, University of South Florida Kierkegaardian Seductions: Ambiguity and Edification in the Student-Teacher Relationship* Andrew F. Herrmann, East Tennessee State University War within the Margins: A Confrontation between Faith and Reason Mark Ward Sr., University of Houston-Victoria Communication Ethics: The Interplay of Cultural Relativism and Cultural Universalism Ronald C. Arnett, Duquesne University Blue and Green and All Else In Between Deborah Cunningham Breede, Coastal Carolina University A Str8 Subject in Mayor Milk’s Court – Intersectionality, Archival Queering, and World Making in an LGBTQ Anthology Project Jason Edward Black, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Soul For Sale: A Reflection on the NCA Graduate School Fair Adam Key, Texas A&M University Queering Space: A Performance of Gender in the Classroom Cara T. Mackie, Florida Southern College *Top Competitive Paper in Philosophy and Ethics of Communication 3208 Friday • 10:15 am-11:30 am Room: Red Bud A Rhetoric in the Age of Obama Sponsor: Rhetoric and Public Address Division Respondent: Beth Bradford, Florida Southern College 3210 Chair: Patrick G. Wheaton, Georgia Southern University Friday • 10:15 am-11:30 am Room: Red Bud C Droning On: Barack Obama’s Definitional Discourse Justifying Procedures for Lethal Operations Outside of War Zones Stephen J. Heidt, Florida Atlantic University Race, the Movement and the Bully Pulpit: Barack Obama and Addressing Black Audiences Andre E. Johnson, University of Memphis Bringing Visibility to a Broken System: Barack Obama’s Visit to El Reno Federal Correctional Institution Matthew Klingbeil, Georgia State University “You fit in here:” A Close Textual Analysis of President Barack Obama’s Address to the Islamic Society of Baltimore Matthew Winn, Texas State University, San Marcos Graduate Papers in Public Relations Respondent: Sam Perry, Baylor University Sponsor: Public Relations Division Chair: Amber Smallwood, University of West Georgia The Contingency Theory of Conflict Management: The Innovative Life and Growth of a Meta Theory of Public Relations Douglas Wilbur, University of Missouri at Columbia Crafting a Faculty and Staff Fundraising Campaign: Predictors of Giving, Donor Motivations and Effective Strategies Piyawan Charoensap-Kelly, University of Southern Mississippi Talking Tough: The White House Response to the 2013 Government Shutdown Erik Brooks, University of North Carolina at Charlotte University Advertising and Universality in Messaging Stan Diel and Stephen Katsinas, Ph.D., University of Alabama Respondent: Pam Bourland-Davis, Georgia Southern University 40 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 3211 Top Faculty Papers in Political Communication Sponsor: Political Communication Division Chair: Larry Powell, University of Alabama at Birmingham Weighing our options: Unintended ramifications of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move first lady initiative Christine M. Spinetta, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Susan H. Sarapin, Troy University Fact-checking political candidates: An analysis of PolitiFact patterns 2010-2014* Joan L. Conners, Randolph-Macon College Tweet to the Primaries: A Narrative Analysis of Presidential Candidates J. Scott Smith, Christopher Newport University Anna Brinkley, Christopher Newport University Respondent: Barry P. Smith, Mississippi University for Women *Top Faculty Paper 3212 Friday • 10:15 am-11:30 am Room: Magnolia Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go: Adventures in Survey and Applied Research Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Chair: Abby Brooks, Georgia Southern University The Power of Stigmatizing Language Surrounding Substance Use Disorder Thomas Johnston, Georgetown College The Success of Online Dating Versus Traditional Dating Among College Students Kaitlin Colon, Southern Adventist University Shaina Rantung, Southern Adventist University Ashley Rich, Southern Adventist University Cheyenne Silvers, Southern Adventist University An Investigation of Bullying Perpetrators and Victims’ Usage of Imagined Interactions Colton Krawietz, Louisiana State University Promoting Communication within a Learning Environment among Toddlers and Preschoolers Christie Johnson, University of Montevallo Respondent: Abby Brooks, Georgia Southern University 3213 Friday • 10:15 am-11:30 am Room: Gardenia Friday Friday • 10:15 am-11:30 am Room: Dogwood Spillover and Cell Phones: The Development of the Digital Single Market in the European Union Melissa Temple, Furman University and Vesalius College The Politics are Dancing: Innovative Work in Political Communication Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Chair: Christina Moss, University of Memphis Narrative Criticism of President Obama’s Address on Osama bin Laden Julie A. Rakowitz, Texas A&M University Defining Physical Fitness Politically: A Discussion of Image and a Rhetorical Analysis of Political Discourse Katie Mathewson, Appalachian State University Mother In Chief: Gender, Hillary Clinton, and the Rhetoric of the 2016 DNC Lainey Wood, Columbia College SC Colin Kaepernick Protesting the National Anthem Nichole West, Schreiner University Koral Riggs, Schreiner University Apocalypse to Innovation: Detecting a Shift in Climate Change Rhetoric John McNair, Appalachian State University Respondent: Christina Moss, University of Memphis 3301 Friday • 11:45 am-1:00 pm Room: Regency D-E Vice President Spotlight Panel Communicative Cities in the 21st Century: A Roundtable Discussion and Assessment of Greenville, SC as an Innovative Case Study Co-sponsors: Applied Communication, Ethnography Chair/Facilitator: Brandon Inabinet, Furman University Urban Communication Scholars: Susan Drucker, Hofstra University Gary Gumpert, Urban Communication Foundation and Professor Emeritus, Queens College, CUNY Victoria Gallagher,North Carolina State University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 41 Friday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Max Renner, North Carolina State University Matthew Matsaganis, State University of New York, Albany This panel features local leaders from the city of Greenville interacting with communication scholars whose work on Urban Communication and related issues/topics provide innovative assessments and innovative opportunities for urban planning, urban infrastructure and urban life. Invited panelist will discuss the potentialities that can emerge from the joining of academic and community organizations and also discuss how communication scholars have and can continue to contribute to conversations related to issues of community well-being, access to resources for all regardless of socioeconomic status, and structures which can produce better civic engagement within and between communities. Topics for this panel include historical and structural developments of Greenville, public transportation and access, economic sustainability efforts and public policy. 3302 Friday • 11:35 am-2:00 pm Studio 220@NOMA A Past Presidents’ Luncheon 3303 Friday • 11:45 am-1:00 pm Room: Think Tank @NOMA AV New Parenting Innovations and Some Good Old-Fashioned Stories Sponsor: Performance Studies Division Chair: Lyndsay Michalik Gratch, Georgia Gwinnett College Oh Baby, Baby How Was I Supposed to Know: A Birth Partner’s Guide to Negotiating Anxiety, Uncertainty and Masculinity in Case Someone Happens to Ask You Charles Parrott, Kennesaw State University Tube: An Accounting of the Quantified Baby Lyndsay Michalik Gratch, Georgia Gwinnett College Born into a Metaphor: Inscribing and Incorporating Practices in the CCHD Community Ariel Gratch, Georgia College & State University Respondents: Danielle Dick McGeough, University of Northern Iowa Loretta Pecchioni, Louisiana State University This panel demonstrates how storytelling can perform family and open dialogue about the parts of new-parenthood that are often left unspoken. The performers on this panel are all new at doing family, at least in the role of parent. Their stories are political acts of memory and revelation that make visible what other stories hide Topics include: the medicalization of birth from a father’s point of view, technological innovations used to keep a critically ill newborn alive, and the pressure to thrust identities onto children before they can choose their own. The two panel respondents address the performances from performance studies and health communication perspectives. 42 3304 Friday • 11:45 am-1:00 pm Room: Studio 220@NOMA B Top Papers in Freedom of Speech Sponsor: Freedom of Speech Division Chair: Grant Cos, Rochester Institute of Technology #DoYourJob: Fairness, Freedom, and the Rhetoric of Victimhood* Christopher J. Vincent, Louisiana State University [Rolling] Stone may break my bones, but its words should never hurt me: Can a case of defamation lead to innovation in communication law? Susan H. Sarapin, Ph.D., Troy University Larry the Cable Guy: The Public Advocate of the Anti– Political Correct Free Speech Crowd David Dewberry, Rider University “Taking a Knee” and Other Acts of Symbolic Expression: Gender and Race Constraints in Colin Kaepernick’s National Anthem Protest Grant Cos, Rochester Institute of Technology R. Pierre Rodgers, George Mason University * Top Student Paper 3305 Friday • 11:45 am-1:00 pm Room: Studio 22@NOMA C Communication Innovations in Race, Gender, and Identity Theory Sponsor: Communication Theory Division Chair: Alison Slade, Faulkner State Community College An Ethnographic Exploration of the Layered Identities of Syrian Refugees* Elizabeth H. Hurst, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Courtney N. Wright, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Counterpublics and the Universal Audience Aaron Dicker, Georgia State University A Uses and Gratifications Theoretical Examination of Gender, Race, and Sexual Orientation in Shondaland Eletra S. Gilchrist-Petty, The University of Alabama in Huntsville Kathy Barclay, The University of Alabama in Huntsville Organizational Identification and the Willingness to Censor College News Media Christopher Mapp, University of Louisiana at Monroe Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION * Top Paper 3306 Friday • 11:45 am-1:00 pm Room: Regency F Top Papers in Mass Communication Sponsor: Mass Communication Division Chair: Brian C. Brantley, Texas A&M University-San Antonio Trends in Higher Education Communication Tools Katherine P. Saxon, University of Tennessee “Four Homegrown Muslim Terrorists on a Mission from Hell”: Law Enforcement Gatekeeping and News Framing of the Newburgh Four J. Scott Smith and Kyle Angelet, Christopher Newport University Emotions, Mental Health and Advertising: An Analysis of the Advertising Campaign for Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out* Emma Butterworth, University of North Carolina at Charlotte “Paving the Way”: How Newspaper Coverage of Fracking in Florida Supports Fossil Fuels** Alex Huebner and Jennifer Proffitt, Florida State University Respondent: Lauren Reichart Smith, Indiana University *Top Student Paper in Mass Communication **Top Paper in Mass Communication 3307 Friday • 11:45 am-1:00 pm Room: Regency G Competitive Papers in Interpersonal Communication Sponsor: Interpersonal Communication Division Chair: Gary Beck, Old Dominion University Health and Relationship Beliefs in Family Discourses about Purity Pledges: Gender, Faith Values, and the Communicative Constitution of Reality Jimmie Manning, Northern Illinois University The Stickiness of Weight Stigma: An Examination of Residual Weight Stigma, Stigma Targets, and Willingness to Date Mary Beth Asbury, Middle Tennessee State University Jessica M. W. Kratzer, Northern Kentucky University Thomas M. Brinthaupt, Middle Tennessee State University Toward a Theory of Moral Injury and Relational Framing among Post-deployment Soldiers in Close Relationships: A Preliminary Study Jennifer A. Samp, University of Georgia Andrew I. Cohen, Georgia State University Rejection Sensitivity, Complaint-related Communication, and Relational Satisfaction: A Mediation Analysis Timothy Worley, Murray State University Jennifer Samp, University of Georgia Managing Family Communication Paradigm Shift: Family Members’ Cell Phone Use, Affective Responsiveness, Affective Involvement, and General Family Functioning Thomas Socha, Old Dominion University Tracey Vaughan, Old Dominion University Amal Aldawoud, Old Dominion University Ericha Forest, Old Dominion University Christian Kendall, Old Dominion University Brian Patrick Kurisky, Old Dominion University Amy Matzke-Fawcett, Old Dominion University Joseph G. Ponthieux, Old Dominion University Bernard Pruden, Old Dominion University Ryan Webb, Old Dominion University Friday A Rhetorical Theory of Identity Piyawan (Pui) Charoensap-Kelly, University of Southern Mississippi A More Complete Model Predicting Breastfeeding Intentions?: Combining the Theory of Planned Behavior and Uses and Gratifications Elizabeth Johnson-Young, University of Mary Washington Respondent: Linda D. Manning, Christopher Newport University 3308 Friday • 11:45 am-1:00 pm Room: Regency H Critical Pedagogical Innovations in the Intercultural Communication Classroom: Stories of Reflexivity and Praxis Sponsor: Intercultural Communication Division Chair: Chad Nelson, Florida Gulf Coast University Panelists: EunYoung Lee, Florida Gulf Coast University Theon Hill, Wheaton College Chad Nelson, Florida Gulf Coast University Billy Huff, University of South Florida, Tampa Jon Braddy, Florida Gulf Coast University United by our commitment to practice what Deanna Fassett and John Warren (2007) call critical communication pedagogy, panelists explore both opportunities and obstacles to performing criti- Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 43 Friday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION cal communication pedagogy in the intercultural communication classroom. Guided by autoethnographic methodologies, panelists wrestle with how their positionalities mutually inform their pedagogies in the intercultural communication classroom. This panel also opens up a conversation about the use of personal stories to innovate the ways in which we teach and engage in intercultural communication. 3309 Friday • 11:45 am-1:00 pm Room: Red Bud A Innovation and Interruption: Rhetorical Interventions in Abortion Discourse, 2013-2016 Sponsor: Rhetoric and Public Address Division Panelists: Laura Roberts, North Carolina State University Kelly M. O’Donnell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Molly McCormack, University of Arkansas Skye de Saint Felix, University of Arkansas The National Association of College Employers (NACE) Job Outlook for 2016 indicates employers want communication skills. Great news for our majors, but how do we help them put their best foot forward? This panel discusses the changing job market landscape and how to prepare students of various academic degree levels for the job market. 3311 Respondent: Lisa M. Corrigan, University of Arkansas Friday • 11:45 am-1:00 pm Room: Red Bud C Forty-three years after the landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade (1973), America has seen a revitalized conservative campaign to rollback reproductive rights, making abortion one of the most heavily regulated procedures in the United States. The contemporary battle over abortion rights peaked with the June 2016 Supreme Court decision in Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which struck down Texas’ House Bill 2, a law that shutdown numerous clinics across the state. In response to increased legislation regulating and limiting abortion access, some filmmakers have released new documentaries to shed light on the impact these laws have on women, doctors, and ability to access abortion care. This panel will explore and critique the rhetorical strategies embedded in both popular and political discourses that have shaped the current political landscape and narratives on reproductive justice. Scholars on this panel are located at southern universities in states where repressive laws and harmful popular representations about abortion abound. Top Student Papers in Political Communication 3310 Friday • 11:45 am-1:00 pm Room: Red Bud B The Changing Landscape of the Job Market: Preparing Communication Students for the Job Search Sponsor: Instructional Development Division Chair: Jacob Metz, Tennessee Tech University Using Persuasion to Increase Your Marketability? Michelle T. Violanti, University of Tennessee Résumé/Vita and the Digital Revolution Scott Christen, Tennessee Tech University 44 Dressing to Impress May not Mean a Suit and Tie Stephanie Kelly, North Carolina A and T State University Prepare to Impress: Prepping Students for the Job Interview Colleen Mestayer, Tennessee Technological University Dealing with Rejection: How to Bounce Back When You Do Not Get the Offer Christina Williams, North Carolina A & T State University Dressing for the Masquerade: Balancing Who You Are and Who They Want in the Pursuit of a Position Michelle Garland, University of South Carolina Upstate Sponsor: Political Communication Division Chair: Marcus J. Coleman, University of Southern Mississippi Softer Shades of Propaganda: The Innovation of the Islamic State’s Recruitment Rhetoric Austin Allen, Texas State University Towards a conflicting Weibo sphere: an entertainmentoriented agenda and networked political deliberation** Zhou Shan, University of Alabama Factors Predicting the Internet Adoption Worldwide: A Longitudinal Analysis between 2000 and 2013 Hongliang Chen, Texas A&M University The ‘War’ on Terror and Disease: President Obama’s Metaphoric Securitization of Ebola Logan Gramzinski, University of Georgia Respondent: Stephanie Martin, Southern Methodist University ** Top Student Paper 3312 Friday • 11:45 am-1:00 pm Room: Dogwood Gendering Rhetorical Practice Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Sponsor: Rhetoric and Public Address Division Approaching the Analysis of Space via the Visual Rhetoric of Lady Justice: Understanding Jurisprudence Through ‘Metonymic Tokens” Bradley Knox, University of Memphis Watson’s Invitation to the Oppressor: The Implications of Audience on Invitational Rhetoric Cassidy D. Ellis, University of Alabama A Woman’s Place: Redefining Republican Motherhood Through Katherine G. Howard’s “On Being a Woman” Krystal Fogle, Texas A & M University Respondent: Ashli Quesinberry Stokes, University of North Carolina, Charlotte 3313 Friday • 11:45 am-1:00 pm Room: Magnolia We are Living in a Media World: Research on Media and Innovation Chair: Jade C. Huell, Columbia College SC Bitter Sweet Lemonade Cayla D. Jones, Berea College A Love Song, a Death Rattle, a Battle Cry: I Am a Man, No Matter How You Define It Patrick “Paddy” Murphy, Florida Gulf Coast University Risky Parable: A Metaphoric Criticism of The Front Bottoms’ song, Twin Size Mattress Juanita Ceyann Boone, West Texas A&M University Collegiate a Cappella Culture: The Sing Off, Pitch Perfect and the Role of Secondary Socialization in Creating Strong Cultures Hannah Star, College of Charleston Power and Women of Color on Primetime Television Joy E. Mattocks, Fayetteville State University Respondent: Jade C. Huell, Columbia College SC 3401 Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Friday • 1:15 pm-2:30 pm Room: Think Tank @NOMA AV Chair: Dean Farmer, Campbell University Innovations in Communication Pedagogy – Platforms, Partnerships, and Praxis Constructing Knowledge Outside of the Education and Medical Systems: Young Women’s Understandings of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Media Representation Ambria King, Berea College Survival of the Fittest: Evolution of the Relationship Between Media and the Public Through Social Media Katelyn Brooks, Middle Tennessee State University Beyond an Online Community: Exploring the Role of Social Media in the Formation of Fan Culture in Sports Lauren Shear, The George Washington University Ethical Implications of Blogging in Public Relations Practices Cierra Seid, College of Charleston Vanity and Victimization: The Paris Robbery and Media Portrayal of Kim Kardashian-West Madeline Bronstein, The George Washington University Respondent: Dean Farmer, Campbell University 3314 Friday • 11:45 am-1:00 pm Room: Gardenia Music and Television for the Masses: Innovative Work in Popular Communication Friday Chair: Wendy Atkins-Sayre, University of Southern Mississippi Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Sponsor: Instructional Development Division Chair: Christopher J. McCollough, Columbus State University Applying Praxis in the 21st Century Communication Curriculum: Opportunities, Challenges, and Examples Danna M. Gibson, Columbus State University What is Old is New: Using the Structural Differential Model from General Semantics, and Other Lessons from Communication, to Train K-20 Educators on 21st Century Pedagogical Principles Bridget Markwood, Columbus State University From the Boardroom to the Classroom: Innovative Community Partnerships bringing Fortune 500s to the Classroom Marion Scott, Columbus State University Service-Learning Spurring Economic Development: Applying Competitive Assessment of Service-Learning to Achieve Mutual Benefit in Town-Gown Relationships Christopher J. McCollough, Columbus State University Experiential Learning and the Online Classroom: Student Perceptions of a Cross-University, Team-Based Project Amber K. Smallwood, University of West Georgia Brigitta R. Brunner, Auburn University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 45 Friday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION This panel offers a cross-institutional perspective of faculty on community partnerships and bringing praxis to a variety of teaching platforms, contexts, and levels of education, as well as exploring innovative means of evaluation. After a brief discussion of the value of praxis in the classroom, faculty members will discuss how their community partnership development and innovative teaching models. Among the topics covered will be partnership cultivation, partner roles in the classroom, assessment of community-based class projects, and the application of practices to diverse classroom settings, as well as the use of communication principles in reforming public education. 3402 Friday • 1:15 pm-2:30 pm Room: Studio 220@NOMA C How to Publish a Research Report: The Submission Process Sponsor: Communication Theory Division Chair/Facilitator: Fran C. Dickson, Eastern Kentucky University How to select the appropriate journal Tina A. Harris, University of Georgia Tailoring the manuscript to the journal Amanda Nell Edgar, University of Memphis Dividing the study/essay into multiple submission Amy N. Heuman, Texas Tech University Composing the perfect cover letter Richard Bello, Sam Houston State University Navigating the sticky wicket of authorship credit Craig O. Stewart, University of Memphis This “how to” panel will proceed round-table style with brief remarks from the panelists followed by comments across the panel as well as an extensive question-and-answer session with the audience. Affairs at Morehead State University. He is a professor of communication and a scholar in the field of communication theory and research. 3404 Friday • 1:15 pm-2:30 pm Room: Regency F Undergraduate Research at Sea as an Innovative High-Impact Educational Practice Sponsor: Intercultural Communication Division Chair: Jennifer T. Edwards, Tarleton State University Panelists: Jeff Nwidobie, Tarleton State University Aissa Martinez, Tarleton State University Christian Rocha, Tarleton State University David Gillespie, Tarleton State University Respondent: Karley Goen, Tarleton State University Through this panel discussion, participants will discover the benefits, disadvantages, and best practices of low-cost, short-term study abroad programming for communication studies students (especially first-generation college students). The three faculty members and seven students traveled to Honduras and Mexico as part of a joint “Travel, Tourism, and Study Abroad” experience focused on undergraduate research. This session will feature several low-cost study abroad options (including cruises), a sample syllabus, the course agenda for each day abroad, best practices, student perspectives of the experience, and how to infuse high-impact educational practices in communication courses. This single-institution panel will provide in-depth knowledge from administrators, faculty, and staff who engage in their experience on their campus. 3405 Friday • 1:15 pm-2:30 pm Room: Regency H 3403 Friday • 1:15 pm-2:30 pm Room: Regency D-E AV Concerns for Administrators from Communication: A Panel Featuring Brian McGee, Constance LeDoux Book and Steven Ralston Sponsor: Association of Communication Administrators Chair: Carl Cates, Arkansas State University Brian R. McGee is Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs of the College of Charleston. He is a professor of communication and a faculty associate in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program. Connie LeDoux Book is the Provost and Dean of the College at The Citadel. She also professor and researcher in the field of telecommunications. 46 Steven Ralston is the Provost and Vice President of Academic Innovative Social Movements and Innovations in Social Movement Theories Sponsor: Rhetoric and Public Address Division Chair: Dr. Emily Winderman, North Carolina State University “Vote Climate!”: Slogans, Planetary Anxieties, and The Green- Washing of Environmental Politics Dustin A. Greenwalt, Pennsylvania State University Rethinking Articulation Theory Through the Podemos Party’s Activist Praxis Brittany R. Leach, University of Virginia #blacklivesmatter: Innovations in Social Media, Activism, and World-Making Jason G. Williamson, University of Georgia Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Respondent: Lee Pierce, University of Georgia Social movement discourses have provided persistent grounds for generating new rhetorical theories, methods, and areas of inquiry, many of which have influenced the trajectory of the discipline as a whole. With the recent emergence of activism among members of Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wall Street and similar groups across the globe, a variety of Women’s Movement’s, as well as organizations concerned with climate change, our contemporary context provides an important opportunity to evaluate and build upon these accomplishments. As such, this panel seeks to revisit disciplinary inquiries associated with social movements, develop new scholarly pathways, and interrogate how shifting technological, political, and social contexts enable or constrain these attempts to spur social change. 3406 Friday • 1:15 pm-2:30 pm Room: Red Bud A Innovative General Education Course Designs Sponsor: Community College Division Chair: S. Brad Bailey, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Panelists: Greg G. Armfield, New Mexico State University Patrick Breslin, Santa Fe College Nakia Welch, San Jacinto Community College Whether you are a seasoned instructor in search of different ideas to design your general education class or an instructor new to the classroom, this panel is exactly what you are looking for! The panelists will share innovative course designs for teaching four of the more common classes offered at community colleges across the nation. Panelists will share their successful experiences implementing and offering these innovatively designed courses. These are not individual assignment ideas akin to those available in a GIFTS session, they are (re)design approaches/formats for the entire course! English Is Not Enough: Language and Accessibility Within Debate Spaces Hannah Tabrizi, Valdosta State University Michael Eaves, Valdosta State University Competition and Inclusion: Addressing the Needs of People with Disabilities in the Competitive Forensics Austin Allen, Texas State University – San Marcos To Eat or Not to Eat: A Content analysis of Forensic Tournament Invitations Kevin Bryant, University of Southern Mississippi Friday Stigmatization and Social Movements: Mapping the Pro-Choice Fracture in the #ShoutYourAbortion Campaign. Emily Winderman, North Carolina State University 3408 Friday • 1:15 pm-2:30 pm Room: Dogwood New Directions in Political Rhetoric Sponsor: Rhetoric and Public Address Division Chair, Dan Grano, University of North Carolina, Charlotte The Rhetoric of the New Southern Strategy: Rand Paul at Howard University Ryan Neville-Shepard, University of Arkansas “I am the NRA”: Values Advocacy and Identification Strategies of the Freedom’s Safest Place Campaign Liz Ballard, University of North Carolina – Charlotte Martí’s Parrhesia: A Dream Sequestered Adolfo Lagomasino, University of South Florida Intersecting Globalization & Security: A Rhetorical Analysis of Free Trade Agreements Clay Stewart, University of Georgia The Senator Who Cried “Communist”: Joseph McCarthy and the “Enemies from Within” Kelly Williams, Baylor University Respondent: Dan Grano, University of North Carolina, Charlotte 3409 Friday • 1:15 pm-2:30 pm Room: Regency G 3407 Friday • 1:15 pm-2:30 pm Room: Red Bud B Exploring Elements of Recent Presidential Campaigns Invisible Barriers and Exclusivity in Forensics Sponsor: Political Communication Division Sponsor: Argumentation and Forensics Division Chair: Keven Rudrow, University of Memphis Unintelligible Barriers: A Critical Analysis of Racialized and Sexualized Exclusion in Competitive Debate Christopher J. Vincent, Louisiana State University Keven J. Rudrow, University of Memphis Chair: Kayla Hastrup, Louisiana State University Barack Obama’s Response to the ‘Angry Black Man’ Race Card: A Critical Analysis of ‘A More Perfect Union’ Ronald Lee, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Aysel Morin, East Carolina University Slicing the 2016 Campaign News Pie: Front-page election coverage Joan Conners, Randolph-Macon College Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 47 Friday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION The Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton: Terministic Screens and Antagonistic Worldviews Jim A. Kuypers, Virginia Tech John F. Kennedy and Identification in Houston J. David Trebing, Kent State University Intensity of Face Threats in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 US Presidential Debates Edward A. Hinck, Central Michigan University Shelly S. Hinck, Central Michigan University William O. Dailey, Central Michigan University Talk About the Passion: Research on Family and Gender ‘No Sexual Revolution Here’: How Birth Control Advertisements Control Consumers Laura Daley, Transylvania University Deaf Patient and Healthcare Practitioner Communication: Deaf Patients’ Experiences in a Small Southeastern City Tess LaRie Ellis, University of South Carolina Upstate “I’m Just Using Everything at My Disposal”: A Qualitative Analysis of the Narratives Surrounding Prescription Stimulant Misuse on College Campuses Gretchen Bauermeister, The George Washington University Disclosure Patterns Among Gynecologic Patients Clint G. Graves, The University of Tennessee Critical Analysis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Explication and Dissection of Stigma Taylor E. McKaig, Campbell University Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Respondent: Kathryn E. Anthony, University of Southern Mississippi 3410 Friday • 1:15 pm-2:30 pm Room: Magnolia Chair: Patrick G. Wheaton, Georgia Southern University The Bravery Deficit: Reshma Saujani’s TED Talk on Teaching Young Girls Bravery Rather than Perfection Meghan Brophy, Furman University For Better or for Worse: A Generic Criticism of American Family-Centered Sitcoms and Associated Ideological Influence Lauren Lee, Texas State University An Exploration of Dominance in Rape Culture: A Feminist Criticism of the Stanford Rape Case Letters Kassidy Payne, West Texas A&M University Christmas Letters as Eulogy and Redemption Stella Childress, Murray State University Suitable for Adults: An Analysis of Borrowed Time Using Narrative Criticism Kelsey Knight, West Texas A&M University Respondent: Patrick G. Wheaton, Georgia Southern University 3411 Friday • 1:15 pm-2:30 pm Room: Gardenia Doctor, Doctor: Research in Innovative Health Communication Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Chair: Kathryn E. Anthony, University of Southern Mississippi 48 3501 Friday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Think Tank@NOMA AV Don’t Forget to Play: Celebrating the Legacy of Dr. Kelly Taylor Sponsor: Performance Studies Division Chair: Rebecca Walker, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Panelists Jay Allison, University of North Texas Andrea Baldwin, University of Houston- Clear Lake Garret Castleberry, Oklahoma State University – Oklahoma City Sharon Croft, Capital University Dan Heaton, Capital University Leigh Anne Howard, University of Southern Indiana Holley Vaughn, University of North Texas Rebecca Walker, Southern Illinois University Dr. Kelly Taylor taught for almost twenty years in the Communication Studies department at the University of North Texas. During that time, her work as a performance studies scholar and practitioner made her a vital part of the performance studies field, particularly throughout the southern region of the United States. A former chair of the Performance Studies Division when it was still called the Interpretation Division, Dr. Taylor has a long history of service to SSCA. Although she recently retired, her creative research and mentorship impacted so many members of the Southern States Communication Association’s larger community, that this panel was created to honor her lasting influence on multiple generations of communication and performance studies scholar-practitioners. Featuring former students and colleagues, this panel celebrates Dr. Taylor’s legacy in performance, through performance. Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 3502 Innovation is Ruining How I Teach Theory!: A Roundtable Discussion on How Social Media and Technology is Changing the Ways We Explain Older Communication Theories Sponsor: Communication Theory Division Panelists: John H. Saunders, University of Central Arkansas Alison Slade, Faulkner State Community College Christopher Mapp, University of Louisiana at Monroe Carl Thameling, University of Louisiana at Monroe Many of the communication theories that we teach, and are highlighted in most introductory and advanced theory textbooks, were created prior to the invention of the world-wide web and all the following technology that has forever changed how humans communicate. Because these theories are still very workable, we continue to teach them. However, due to technology, our students communicate differently now than most faculty members did when we first learned these theories. This change means that faculty are being forced to find different ways to explain and apply older theories. This roundtable encourages discussion in the innovation of new methods in teaching communication theory with the advent of social media impacting this education and application of theory in the classroom. 3503 Friday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Regency D-E Top Papers in Popular Communication Sponsor: Popular Communication Chair: Emily D. Ryalls, Mississippi State University The Perfect Affair: Ashley Madison’s Simulation Terri Manley, Texas Tech University “I Didn’t See It, but I Know What It’s About”: The Motion Picture Trailer and Problematic Synecdoche C. Wesley Buerkle, East Tennessee State University A Thankless Compromise: You Tube, Uber, Gary Vayherchuk, and the Language of Hustle John Moist, Baylor University Co-opting Voice and Cultivating Fantasy: Contextualizing and Critiquing the A Gay Girl in Damascus Hoax Blog* Gordon Alley-Young, Kingsborough Community College – City University of New York Star Trek, Metaphor, and Social Change: An Innovative Approach to Social Commentary in the 1960s and Beyond ** Joseph G. Ponthieux, Old Dominion University Respondent: Emily D. Ryalls, Mississippi State University *Top Paer ** Top Student Paper Friday Friday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Studio 220@NOMA C 3504 Friday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Regency F Pathos, Public Address, and Political Invention: Advancing Rhetorical Theory & Criticism Sponsor: Rhetoric and Public Address Division Chair: Emily Winderman, North Carolina State University “Osama bin Laden’s Angry Rhetoric” Celeste M. Condit, University of Georgia “We celebrate our own funeral, the discovery of America: Pathos, Promise, and Constraint in Simon Pokagon’s (Potawatomie) Resistance to the 1893 World’s Fair” Jason Edward Black, University of North Carolina, Charlotte “Gendered Empathy and the Rhetorical Production of Disgust: Pathos in the Center for Medical Progress’ Planned Parenthood Videos.” Emily Winderman, North Carolina State University Laura Roberts, North Carolina State University “’This is Great, but We’re Not Crazy’: NAMI’s Muted Anger at ACA’s Mental Health Stigma” Sally Spaulding, University of Georgia Respondent: Kevin Marinelli, Davidson College In the past several years, critics have turned towards the study of emotion in order to expand our understanding of how human social boundaries are made and unmade through rhetorical action. While affect theory has helpfully complicated some of our calcified intellectual traditions, pathos remains an under-theorized resource for critics. To continue addressing this lacuna, our panel focuses on pathos from a number of perspectives ranging from bio-symbolicity to rhetorical history. Each panelist examines pathos as both a vector of critique and a mode of inventional resource, considering the political implications of public emotions and their strategic deployment. This panel suggests that pathos could be a valuable theoretical export to interdisciplinary affect studies insofar as it calls for a consideration of emotional historicity, corporeal materiality, and political invention. Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 49 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION BIG HERO IMAGE HERE GRADUATE STUDIES AT MEMPHIS MA concentrations in Film & Video Production and Communication Studies. PhD in Communication Studies with emphases in Rhetoric & Media Studies and Health & Relational Communication. Competitive stipends, funding for conference travel, and cash awards for excellence in teaching, research, and creative work. Driven by doing. The University of Memphis, a Tennessee Board of Regents institution, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action University. It is committed to education of a non-racially identifiable student body. 50 memphis.edu/communication Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION HEALTH COMMUNICATION AT MEMPHIS Research opportunities in the city's 19 hospitals, including St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and two of the largest healthcare systems in the country, Methodist LeBonheur and Baptist Memorial. Interdisciplinary collaboration with UofM's School of Public Health and University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Programmatic focus on translating and implementing communication research both locally and nationally. Driven by doing. The University of Memphis, a Tennessee Board of Regents institution, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action University. It is committed to education of a non-racially identifiable student body. memphis.edu/communication Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 51 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Friday 3505 Friday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Regency G Innovation vs. Dissolution: A Roundtable Discussion of the 2016 US Presidential Election Sponsor: Political Communication Division Chair: Marcus J. Coleman, University of Southern Mississippi Participants: Larry Powell, University of Alabama at Birmingham Melissa M. Smith, Mississippi University for Women Marcus J. Coleman, University of Southern Mississippi William F. Harlow, University of Texas of the Permian Basin Lauren Reichart Smith, Indiana University Brian C. Brantley, Texas A&M University – San Antonio Kenny D. Smith, Indiana University Barry P. Smith, Mississippi University for Women Patrick G. Wheaton, Georgia Southern University Panelists will discuss the candidates, issues, strategies, and outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. This election featured a major-party female nominee, a real-estate magnate turned realityTV star nominee, a historic level of mistrust in both parties’ nominees, and an unconventional campaign season that defied easy analysis. Does this election presage innovation or dissolution of the familiar electoral process? 3506 Friday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Regency H Innovations in Supporting Public Engagement with Science: Methodological, Institutional, Educational Sponsor: Applied Communication Division Chair: Jean Goodwin, North Carolina State University Breaking Maslow’s hammer: Cross-training public engagement students in rhetoric and ethnography Pat J. Gehrke, University of South Carolina Prosaic voices: Accounting for Vernacular Data in Rhetoric of Science Research Adam Lerner, The University of South Carolina Leadership in Public Science at NCSU: An institutional mechanism for integrating research and education in science and in communication Jean Goodwin, North Carolina State University Bring the healers, scientists, techies, builders, mathematicians, as well as all others: An institutional center for enhancing (science) communication at TTU Luke LeFebvre, Texas Tech University 52 Scientists should improve their public communication efforts; communication scholars should be able to help. This panel reports on the methodological, institutional and educational innovations that promise to allow communication scholars to better support the communication of science to broader publics. 3507 Friday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Red Bud A Innovative Ideas for Helping Students with Language Barriers Navigate the Basic Course Sponsor: Intercultural Communication Division Chair: Jill Bergeron, University of Tennessee Innovative Strategies for Meeting the Needs of International Students Jill Bergeron, University of Tennessee Gamification in the ESL classroom: Diminishing speaking anxiety through play Mary Grace Antony, Schreiner University Innovation and Basic Communication: An Inductive Pedagogy for Public Speaking Mark Ward Sr., University of Houston-Victoria The purpose of this roundtable discussion is to explore creative and innovative ways to help students with language barriers, such as ESL students, succeed in the basic course. So often these students are mainstreamed into the basic course with native speakers and are left behind because of the fast pace of the course and a lack of mastery in the English language. Panelists briefly discuss their experience in this area and offer pedagogical strategies that have worked for their students; then open the floor for members of the audience to ask questions and contribute their ideas and insights. 3508 Friday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Red Bud B Innovations in Training Graduate Students, Teaching Undergraduates, Curricular Design and Assessment Sponsor: Instructional Development Division Chair: Steven McCornack, University of Alabama at Birmingham Panelists: Andrew Pyle, Clemson University Kelly Morrison, University of Alabama at Birmingham Erin Ash, Clemson University Beth Goodier, College of Charleston Jennifer Kopfman, College of Charleston Jayne L. Violette, University of South Carolina Beaufort To truly innovate instruction we must consider each dimension influencing delivery. This roundtable provides useful suggestions Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 3509 Friday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Red Bud C Communication Theory Division Business Meeting Chair: Shaughn Keaton, Young Harris College 3510 Friday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Dogwood Top Papers in Argumentation and Forensics Sponsor: Southern Argumentation and Forensics Division Chair: Adam Key, Texas A&M University The Either/Or Fallacy of Binary Voting in Competitive Academic Debate Nakia Welch, San Jacinto Community College Reduction and Decadence: Implications of Reduction on Universalist and Nominalist Argument Cody R. Hawley, University of South Florida #Urban: Student Voices and Conflicting Social Identities in a Critical Ethnography of an Urban Debate League* Sara M. Mathis, Auburn University Forensics and Anthropocentrism: Envisioning a Posthuman Debate Space ** Keven Rudrow, University of Memphis Hannah Tabrizi, Valdosta State University Respondent: Forrest Rule, Texas A&M University *Top Paer ** Top Student Paper Participants: Ron Jackson, NCA First Vice President Jimmie Manning, NCA Inclusivity Task Force Kathleen J. Turner, NCA Inclusivity Task Force Paaige K. Turner, NCA Executive Director This panel features NCA National Office staff and elected leadership who will highlight the resources available through NCA to support teaching, research, and career development in communication. The panel will dedicate time for attendees to share input and ask questions about NCA. Friday across each dimension. We begin by exploring how we train graduate students, examining ways to facilitate their comprehension and application of research, and how to use communication theory to enhance instructional techniques. Next, we review the use of group collaboration and internships in undergraduate education. Creative curricular design is considered, with specific suggestions for flexibly streamlining design choices. Finally, we address assessment, describing an innovative approach to individual student assessment that also may be used for program assessment. 3512 Friday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Magnolia People are People: Innovations in Ethnography, Culture, and Organizations Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Chair: Susan Opt, James Madison University African American Teen and Adolescent Communication in the African American Roller Skating Subculture Hannah Jobe, Southern Adventist University Gavin Finch, Southern Adventist University Up in the Air: A Look into the Positive Effects of Aerial Dance on Self-concept, Self-esteem, and Identity Caitlyn Anderson, Columbia College SC Sexual Assault: An Autoethography about Survivors as a Muted Group Cassandra B. Weckerly, Berea College Sporting Gender: Blowing the Whistle on Gendered Communication in the Player-Coach Devon Walter, Columbia College SC Newsroom Culture in a Time of Change Megan Foster, Coastal Carolina University Lindsey Hanks, Coastal Carolina University Respondent: Susan Opt, James Madison University 3513 Friday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Gardenia It’s Not the Rhetoric of Failure: Innovations in Theory and Rhetoric 3511 Friday • 2:45 pm-4:00pm Room: NOMA B National Communication Association: Initiatives and Member Resources Chair: Trevor Parry-Giles, University of Maryland Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Chair: Richard Leeman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte The Constitutive Rhetoric of Daniel Webster’s Reply John Michael Kauth, Florida Gulf Coast University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 53 Friday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Beyond the Utilitarian Principle: Tragic Oedipus, Farcical Christ, and Prosthetic Hamlet Austin D. Burke, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Chris Murphy’s Filibuster on Guns: An Effective Narrative for Change Natalie Swimmer, Furman University Dying to Live: Challenging the Rhetoric of Gendered Motivation in Suicide Bombing Dina Hamadi, University of Houston Somos España: Building a New Spanish Identity Lakelyn Taylor, University of Southern Mississippi Respondent: Richard Leeman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte 3601 Friday • 4:15 pm-5:30 pm Room: Regency D-E Vice President Spotlight Panel – Communication and Innovation in Presidential Campaigns: A Conversation with Michael McCurry Co-Sponsor: Community College, Political Communication, Popular Communication, Rhetoric and Public Address, (Southern) Argumentation / Forensics, Kenneth Burke Society, Philosophy and Ethics of Communication Moderator: Mary Stuckey, Georgia State University Featured Guest: Michael McCurry, Distinguished Professor of Public Theology at Wesley Seminary and former White House Press Secretary Panelists: Navita Cummings James, University of South Florida Jennifer Mercieca, Texas A&M University Kenneth Zagacki, North Carolina State University Description: This panel will feature Mike McCurry, currently Distinguished Professor of Public Theology at Wesley Seminary, former press secretary for President Bill Clinton, and current head of the presidential debate commission, in conversation with presidential, rhetorical and media studies scholars (including Drs. Jennifer Mercieca, Kenneth S. Zagacki, and Navita Cummings James) to provide a post mortem reflection on the communication innovations and challenges that characterized the 2016 presidential campaign. Topics will include comparing and contrast strategies of past presidential campaigns with recent approaches, as well as assessment of the measures taken to represent a collective understanding of a candidate’s identity. This is a moderated discussion with Dr. Mary Stuckey serving as moderator. 54 3602 Friday • 4:15 pm-5:30 pm Room: Think Tank @NOMA AV The 2017 Multimedia Production Showcase Moderator: Barry P. Smith, Mississippi University for Women The 2017 Multimedia Production Showcase highlights student works from video production and media design courses. These works are presented as pedagogical examples to spur discussion and innovation in such courses. The producers and/or course instructors for various works will discuss the background of each work and how it fits into a production curriculum. Projection equipment will be required for this panel. 3701 Friday, 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Studio 220@NOMA Think Tank Kenneth Burke Society Business Meeting 3702 Friday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Regency F Popular Communication Division Business Meeting 3703 Friday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Regency G Performance Studies Division Business Meeting 3704 Friday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Rege pmncy H Philosophy and Ethics in Communication Interest Group Business Meeting 3705 Friday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Red Bud A Political Communication Division Business Meeting Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 3706 3709 Friday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Magnolia Instructional Development Division Business Meeting American Society for the History of Rhetoric Business Meeting 3707 3710 Friday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Red Bud C Friday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Gardenia Language and Social Interaction Division Business Meeting Association of Communication Administrators Business Meeting Friday Friday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Red Bud B 3708 Friday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Dogwood Public Relations Division Business Meeting Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 55 Saturday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION DAY 4 Saturday, April 8, 2017 4101 Saturday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Regency C Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Breakfast Presiding: Jason Munsell, Vice President-Elect UHC Participants, their registered guests, and their faculty sponsors are invited. 4104 Saturday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Regency D-E AV Entertainment and Representation in Popular Culture Sponsor: Popular Communication Chair: Danielle E. Williams, Georgia Gwinnett College 4102 Saturday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Think Tank@NOMA AV TOO PERFECT?: The Cyborg Who Schooled Me ( An Original, Site-Specific play) Sponsor: Performance Studies Division Chair: David Burke, Greenville Technical College Director: David Burke, Greenville Technical College Performers: Carli Gaughf, Greenville Technical College Bobbi Lee, Greenville Technical College David Burke, Greenville Technical College Rebecca Ferguson, Greenville Technical College Dan Robbins, Greenville Technical College “She Invited Other People to that Space”: Social Justice and Place in Beyonce’s Lemonade Audience Communities Amanda Nell Edgar, University of Memphis Ashton Toone, University of Memphis ‘Cause Stone Cold Said So: Austin 3:16 as Prophetic Aphorism Adam Key, Texas A&M University Astral Projections: On being Haunted by Ghosts from the Future Kevin Ells, Texas A& M University-Texarkana The Supercam Mythology and Cam Newton’s Performance of Blackness: The Controversial Superbowl 50 Post-Game Press Conference Serena Daya, Wake Forest University Respondent: Danielle E. Williams, Georgia Gwinnett College 4103 Saturday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Studio 220@NOMA B and C GIFTS: Great Ideas For Teaching Students Sponsor: Community College Division Chair: Monette Callaway, Hinds Community College Building A Promotional Campaign Andrew S. Pyle, Clemson University D. Travers Scott, Clemson University Isn’t That Pinteresting?: Innovating with Pinterest to Broaden Course Impact Laurie D. Metcalf, Blinn College Playing Cards For Status Jill Stapleton Bergeron, University of Tennessee Using TED Talks to Teach Outlining Jay Pedregosa, Blinn College Melissa Meek, Blinn College 56 Teaching PowerPoint as a Visual Aid to Create Study Guides Stephanie Kelly, North Carolina A & T University #Communication: Making Class a Social Media Experience Nakia Welch, San Jacinto Community College 4105 Saturday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Regency F Advances and Innovations in Rhetoric and Religion Sponsor: American Society for the History of Rhetoric Interest Group and Rhetoric and Public Address Division Chair: Vernon Ray Harrison, Central Alabama Community College “An Abominable Conclave of Negro Hating Demons”: Bishop Henry McNeal Turner, the Supreme Court and the Plessy Decision Andre E. Johnson, University of Memphis Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Saturday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Regency G Mothers’ Beliefs about the Importance and Impact of Family Sexual Communication Katrina L. Pariera, George Washington University Family, Identity and Home: Retrospective Narratives of Child Immigrants Linda D. Manning, Christopher Newport University Heather L. Bridges, The Virginia Gazette A Silver Lining: A Quantitative Study of the Relationship between Personality Factors and Post Traumatic Growth Following the Death of a Spouse. Carrie L. West, Schreiner University Grandparents and Grandchildren at Play: Video Games as Conduit for Family Communication Sanela Osmanovic, Louisiana State University Loretta Pecchioni, Louisiana State University Targeting, Organizing, & Resisting: Stakeholders and Group Communication Respondent: Thomas Socha, Old Dominion University Respondent: Laura Alberti-Strait, University of Southern Mississippi 4106 Sponsor: Applied Communication Division Chair: Carrie Reif, University of Southern Mississippi SnowedOut Atlanta: Examining the Development of Digital Emergent Citizen Groups Meredith Morgoch, Clemson University Andrew S. Pyle, Clemson University Brandon Boatwright, Clemson University They’re With Us: Bullying and the Role of Group Affiliation Trevor Setvin, Community College of Baltimore County Young Millennials and Food Companies: Product Purchasing and Word of Mouth Behaviors Sadie Moore, University of Arkansas Kelly W. Conley, University of Arkansas Zeyu Lu, University of Arkansas Myria W. Allen, University of Arkansas Pins and Publicity: Exploring Public Relations Best Practices for Pinterest Cathlin V. Clark-Gordon, West Virginia University Andrew S. Pyle, Clemson University Respondent: Marjorie Buckner, Texas Tech University 4107 Saturday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Regency H Family Conversations and Unique Interactions Saturday Ethical Innovation in Religious Rhetoric: First Peter’s Challenge to Household Codes Steven Tramel Gaines, University of Memphis The Jeremiah Wright Controversy, Obama’s Loss of Religious Identity, and Rhetorical Invention Sam Perry, Baylor University Evolution and Creation: A Civilized Debate? Andrew Judson Hart, University of Georgia 4108 Saturday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Red Bud A Prisons and the Public: Criminal Justice Rhetoric and its Political Consequences Sponsor: Rhetoric and Public Address Division Chair: Ryan Kor, University of Georgia #KellyOnMyMind: Religion and Gender Discourse in Capital Punishment Abolitionist Campaigns Jason G. Williamson, University of Georgia Searching for a National Community: Barack Obama’s Rhetoric on Race and Prison Reform Matthew Klingbeil, Georgia State University Race, Mass Incarceration, and the Book Review: A Genre Analysis of Reform Scholarship Debates Sara Baugh Harris, University of Denver The Visible Criminal and the Specter of Willie Horton: Changing Perspectives of Justice within the Civic Imaginary Emily Kofoed, University of South Carolina Upstate This panel considers public rhetoric about U.S. prisons and the people within the prison-industrial complex. In looking to criminal justice discourse in presidential rhetoric, social media, and literature, these papers consider the role of correctional facilities in shaping society and culture. Sponsor: Interpersonal Communication Division Chair: Josh Pederson, University of Alabama Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 57 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Saturday 4109 4111 Saturday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Red Bud B Saturday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Magnolia The Need for Innovation in Crafting Educational Responses to Terror Strikes Incorporating Free Speech in the Curriculum Sponsor: Intercultural Communication Division Sponsor: Freedom of Speech Division Chair: Todd Lee Goen, Christopher Newport University Chair: Grant Cos, Rochester Institute of Technology Panelists: Todd Lee Goen, Christopher Newport University Joy L. Hart, University of Louisville Linda D. Manning, Christopher Newport University Nina-Jo Moore, Appalachian State University Kandi L. Walker, University of Louisville Free Speech in the Basic Course David R. Dewberry, Rider University Free Speech in Organizational Communication Courses Rebekah L. Fox, Texas State University Free Speech in Political Communication Courses Ann Burnette, Texas State University Free Speech in the Journalism Courses Mark Grabowski, Adelphi University Free Speech is the Methodology Courses Stephen A. Smith, University of Arkansas Free Speech in the Communication Ethics Courses Pat Arneson, Duquesne University Terror attacks during the 2015-2016 academic year required many intercultural and education abroad programs to craft messages addressing fears for safety and security. This panel will explore concerns communication scholars working in a variety of intercultural capacities must consider when crafting messages to address these fears. Specifically, the panel will address the roles of media coverage in creating barriers to intercultural understanding, institutional concerns regarding intercultural programs, and a potential lack of intercultural competence amongst the target for the messages. The panel will also address the need for innovative strategies to ensure messages create greater intercultural awareness and understanding while simultaneously addressing concerns raised by parents, students, administrators, etc. Saturday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Gardenia Politics as Story Telling 4110 Saturday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Red Bud C Is Perception Reality? A Look at How Perception Shapes Our Thinking, Actions, and Innovative Practices Sponsor: Ethnography Interest Group Chair: Christine S. Davis, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Augmenting Singularity through 360 Video William Allen, Florida Southern College Bounce Back Discourse: The Significant Connection Between Communication and Resilience Pamela Dykes, Florida Southern College The Iron Will in Fitness Beth Bradford, Florida Southern College Portrayals of the Middle East from Abroad: The Truth and the Lies Theresa MacNeil, Florida Southern College Respondent: Deborah Cunningham Breede, Coastal Carolina University 58 4112 Sponsor: Political Communication Division Chair: Marcus J. Coleman, University of Southern Mississippi Narrativizing the Iraq Surge: A Rhetorical History John P. Banister, University of Georgia Donald Trump and the (De)Evolution of the Strict Father in Conservative Political Rhetoric Nick Rangel, Houston Community College Instagram, Hillary Clinton, and Femininity: Examining Follower Preferences in Social Media Krystal Fogle, Texas A&M University Respondent: Melissa M. Smith, Mississippi University for Women 4201 Saturday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Think Tank @NOMA AV Innovations in Teaching Public Speaking: Digital and Critical Sponsor: Instructional Development Division Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION This panel presents the research of four active teacher-scholars proposing and practicing major innovations in teaching public speaking. These papers present not only practical guidance on how the course can better serve its mission in our current age, but also macro-level reorganizations and reorientations of the course. These innovations together indicate the beginning of a revolution in how we think about and teach one of our discipline’s most important and most common courses 4202 Saturday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Studio 220@NOMA B and C GIFTS: Great Ideas For Teaching Students Sponsor: Community College Division Chair: S. Brad Bailey, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Understanding How We Present Ourselves to Others: An Exercise in Identity Management Jacob Metz, Tennessee Technological College The Passion Speech Steven Herro, College of Southern Nevada Two Truths and a Lie—Increasing Student Interaction with Professor and Peers During the First Weeks of Class in Blended and Online Classes Ruth Martin, Blinn College Lights. Camera, Communicate: Assigning Student Videos to Build A Learning Community in a Hybrid or Online Communication Course Anne O. Campbell, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Pinterest Visualization and Audience Analysis Assignment Scott A. Eldredge, Western Carolina University 4203 Saturday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Regency D-E AV On the Frontiers of Feminism: Contesting Post-Feminist Rhetoric and Gender Performativity in Popular Culture Sponsor: Popular Communication Chair: Cynde Carrico Rausch, Florida Atlantic University Bits and Bites of Play: An Exploration of the Online Paratextual Practices Surrounding Female Gameplay of Telltale’s The Walking Dead (2012) Kristina Bell, High Point University A Woman’s Place in the Octagon: Audience Reception of Gender and Sexuality as Depicted in Representations of Female UFC Fighters Temiela Blackman, Independent Scholar #FarmHer and the Hybrid Rhetoric of the 21st Century Female Farmer Krystin Gollihue, North Carolina State University The Frontier and the Rhetoric of Gender Performativity in Early 20th Century Visual Culture Chandra Maldonado, North Carolina State University Saturday Avoiding a Faustian Bargain: Using Critical Communication Pedagogy in the Required Public Speaking Course Juliane Mora, University of Tampa Transforming the Pedagogy of the Basic Course: A Team-Based Learning Approach Luke LeFebvre, Texas Tech University Public Speaking in the 21st Century: Leveraging the Digital for Rhetorical Excellence Davis W. Houck, Florida State University Rhetorical innovation for the digital era: Meeting the civic/commercial duties through online pedagogy Pat J. Gehrke, University of South Carolina Respondent: Cynde Carrico Rausch, Florida Atlantic University 4204 Saturday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Regency F Panel in Honor of Outstanding Scholar in Communication Theory: Courtney N. Wright Sponsor: Communication Theory Division Chair: Shaughan Keaton, Young Harris College This program honors Dr. Courtney Wright for her contributions to our knowledge and understanding of communication theory. Dr. Wright’s research program focuses on relational communication and conflict in close relationships and instructional settings. She is primarily interested in manifestations of the darker sides of human interaction in social influence, social confrontation, and paradoxical forms of communication (e.g., the silent treatment, teasing behavior). Please join us as we celebrate Dr. Wright’s accomplishments. Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 59 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Saturday 4205 4207 Saturday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Regency G Saturday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Red Bud A Top Papers in Applied Communication Top Papers in Rhetoric and Public Address Sponsor: Applied Communication Division Sponsor: Rhetoric and Public Address Division Chair: Kathryn E. Anthony Chair: Lisa M. Corrigan, University of Arkansas Emotions and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Exploring the Emotional Predictors of Interpersonal OCB* Emily Paskewitz, University of Tennessee Family Caregiver Communication in the ICU: Toward a Relational View of Health Literacy Mandy Young, University of Memphis Elizabeth Stephens, Middle Tennessee State University Joy Goldsmith, University of Memphis Dress for Their Success: Thematic Analysis of Gender Bias Dress Codes** Anna-Carrie Beck, The University of Kentucky Communicating an Elimination Diet Madison Ray, Armstrong State University Irony in Charleston: Barack Obama’s Eulogy for Clementa C. Pinckney, June 26, 2015 Scott Anderson, Arkansas State University* “Dumbing” the Jocks: Exploring Opportunities for Nonverbal Athlete Protest Rhetoric Meredith Bagley, University of Alabama Performing Late Liberal Prudence: Rehnquist and Due Process Tim Barouch, Georgia State University Sirleaf’s Rhetorical Transformations during Liberia’s Ebola Crisis Julia Spiker, University of Akron Respondent: Raymond R. Ozley, University of Montevallo *Top Faculty Paper ** Top Student Paper 4206 *Top Paper 4208 Saturday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Red Bud B Saturday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Regency H Top Papers in Interpersonal Communication Top Papers in the History of Rhetoric Sponsor: Interpersonal Communication Division Sponsor: American Society for the History of Rhetoric Interest Group Chair: Fran C. Dickson, Eastern Kentucky University Chair: Jefferson Walker, University of Alabama at Birmingham The Readiness Paradigm: An Innovative Approach to Rhetorical Education from Classical Sources Thomas Duke, University of Alabama The Manhattan Project National Historical Park: Technofetish Tourism at the Hanford B-Reactor Wade Walker, Auburn University A Public without Community? Toward a Rapprochement of Two Critical Concepts** Cody R. Hawley, University of South Florida Money Matters: Rhetorics of Money and the Criticism of Economic Discourse* William O. Saas, Louisiana State University Respondent: Melody Lehn, University of South Carolina, Extended University *Top Paper **Top Student Paper 60 Respondent: Kevin Marinelli, Davidson College Transgenerational Patterns of Communication Orientations and Depression among Mothers and Adult Children* Timothy Curran, University of Georgia Jennifer A. Samp, University of Georgia Anastacia Janovec, University of Georgia Memorable Messages and the Evaluation of Relational Transgressions Nathan Miczo, Western Illinois University Nonverbal Politeness Scale: Development and Validation Andrew C. Tollison, Merrimack College Kenneth J. Levine, Michigan State University Abby M. Brooks, Georgia Southern University Mary Beth Asbury, Middle Tennessee State University A Proposed Model of College Students’ Mental Health Help-Seeking Attitudes and Intentions** Jacob J. Matig, University of Kentucky Michele K. Olson, University of Kentucky Sarah E. Sheff, University of Kentucky Chelsea L. Woods, University of Kentucky Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Respondent: Carrie L. West, Schreiner University 4211 4209 Saturday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Red Bud C Construction of the “Other” through Influence, Writing, and Recruitment Interculturally Sponsor: Intercultural Communication Division Chair: Ramesh N. Rao, Columbus State University Covering Others: For what purpose, and with what intent? Ramesh N. Rao, Columbus State University Persuasive Tactics of the STOP ERA Campaign: Gaining Compliance through the Six Principles of Influence Kayla J. Hastrup, Louisiana State University Social Media Practices and Intercultural Communication for Employee Recruitment in the Cruise Industry Jennifer T. Edwards, Tarleton State University Travel journalism as global media discourse: Constructions of the “other” in travel writing Philip S. Poe, Mississippi State University Respondent: Mary Grace Antony, Schreiner University Clevenger Panel One: Top Papers in Media and Popular Communication* Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Chair: Brandon Inabinet, Furman University Law & Order: SVU, Rape Culture, and the Rhetoric of Guilt Palmer Reynolds, Columbia College SC The Bro Code: Masculinity Construction and Communication in How I Met Your Mother Cameron Brown, The University of Memphis A Rhetorical Criticism of M.I.A.’s “Borders” Mollie Murphy, North Carolina State University Piper Chapman: How Performativity and Intersectionality Interact within the Women-In-Prison Genre Kennedy Wilks, University of North Texas Tracing Narrative Blueprints: How Audience Lines Allow for Map Projections to Become Reality Estefania Castro, North Carolina State University Saturday Saturday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Magnolia *Top Paper ** Top Student Paper Respondent: Brandon Inabinet, Furman University *This year, the UHC Top Paper panels are designated as Clevenger Panels. Each student presenting on theses panels is recognized as a Clevenger Scholar. 4212 4210 Saturday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Dogwood Free Speech Issues: Societal Stasis and Flux Sponsor: Freedom of Speech Division Chair: Pat Arneson, Duquesne University The Public Platform as Fundamental to Freedom of Expression: Access to the Opportunity to Influence Pat Arneson, Duquesne University Hyper Vigilance or Hyper Vigilantism: Why is the Press Preoccupied with Clinton Scandals? David R. Dewberry, Rider University Cacophony of Gunfire: Competing Frames of Campus Carry Discourse Rebekah L. Fox, Texas State University Ann E. Burnette, Texas State University The Importance and Necessity of Primary Research in Researching Free Speech and Politics Stephen A. Smith, University of Arkansas Saturday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Gardenia Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Research in Innovative Political Rhetoric and Nationalism Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Chair: Kellie W. Roberts, University of Florida Decent Exposure: An In-Depth Analysis of David Horsey’s Political Cartoon Olivia Rudiak, North Carolina State University Social Media and Its Effects on the 2016 Presidential Election Victoria Newbill, Flagler College I Want to Thank You for What I Have Done and What I Will Do Tim Hare, Georgia Southern University The Fabled Fabric Sarah Mohr, Furman University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 61 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 62 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION GRADUATE STUDIES at THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Offering students a supportive environment for advancing their education and careers The University of Southern Mississippi, founded in 1910 as a teachers’ college, has grown into a competitive doctoral and reasearch institution with a diverse student body and award-winning faculty members. The university’s main campus is located in Hattiesburg, Miss. The region offers a variety of outdoor activities (including a 40-mile hike/bike trail and rivers), live music events, museums, shopping and an excellent culinary scene. Additionally, the city is centrally located and offers easy access to beautiful beaches, New Orleans, Jackson, Mobile and Biloxi. Find out more about the region at www.hattiesburg.org. For information about our Ph.D. and M.A. programs, contact Dr. Steven Venette The University of Southern Mississippi Department of Communication Studies 118 College Drive #5131 Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001 [email protected] 601.266.4325 www.usm.edu/communication-studies WELCOMING AND THANKING Laura Stengrim Charles H. Tardy Ph.D., University of Illinois Rhetoric, director of the Speaking Center Ph.D., University of Iowa Upon his retirement, for 16 years of service as our department chair, and 37 years of service to the profession and The University of Southern Mississippi FROM THE FACULTY Kathryn Anthony Ph.D., University of Kentucky Health communication, interpersonal communication Wendy Atkins-Sayre Ph.D., University of Georgia Department chair Rhetoric, social movements Marcus Coleman Ph.D., University of Georgia Political communication, interdisciplinary studies Casey Maugh Funderburk Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Rhetoric, feminist criticism Lawrence A. Hosman Ph.D., University of Iowa Persuasion, language and social influence Eura Jung Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Intercultural and interpersonal communication John C. Meyer Ph.D., University of Kansas Organizational communication, humor Laurance Paul Strait Ph.D., University of Southern California Rhetoric, director of forensics Steven J. Venette Ph.D., North Dakota State University Organizational communication, risk and crisis communication Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina AA/EOE/ADAI UC 75770.5131 12.16 63 Saturday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Communication as a First Lady: Anticipating the Style of Melania Trump Anna Bundy, Appalachian State University Respondent: Kellie W. Roberts, University of Florida 4301 Saturday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Think Tank@NOMA AV Top Student Papers in Performance Studies Sponsor: Performance Studies Division 4303 Chair: Danielle Dick McGeough, University of Northern Iowa Saturday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Regency D-E AV Trapped in A Doll House: How Nora’s Slammed Door Left the Men Behind Naomi Bennett, Louisiana State University Reflexive Intersectionality Anna Marsden, University of North Texas Finding my Front Porch: An Autoethnography of Performing Intersections of Queer and Regional Identity Colin Whitworth, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Hermanas del Arte, Sisters of Art Olivia G. Perez-Langley, Angelo State University** Coping with Cancer’s Narrative Uncertainty: A Narrative and Performative Model for Coping with Cancer Patrick E. McElearney A Sampling of Outstanding Scholarship: Top Papers in the Gender Studies Division Respondent: Danielle Dick McGeough, University of Northern Iowa 4302 Saturday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Studio 220@NOMA B and C GIFTS: Great Ideas For Teaching Students Sponsor: Community College Division 64 Innovative Ideas from the Cult Classic Motion Picture Friday: Persuasion Theory as Taught by “Professor Smokey” S. Brad Bailey, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Using Jimmy Carter’s Call to Action to Increase Awareness of Issues Facing Women and Girls Mary Carver, University of Central Oklahoma Innovation and Creativity in Video and Audio: how Film and T.V. Clips Craft Communication Learning Beau Foutz, Alcorn State University Chair: Linda Levitt, Stephen F. Austin State University The Politics and Potentialities of Queer Decorum: Exploring Gabriel García Román’s Queer Icons* Megan Elizabeth Morrissey, University of North Texas The Best of All Worlds: Containing Miley Cyrus through the (White) Male Gaze** Montana Jean Smith, Louisiana State University Transing Communication Education: A Chorus of Voices for Innovating Transgender Pedagogy Jamie Capuzza, University of Mount Union Leland G. Spencer, Miami University E. Tristan Booth, Arizona State University Lucy Miller, Texas A&M University T.J. Billard, University of Southern California Sarah Jones, Arizona State University Matthew Heinz, Royal Roads University Camping the “Post-” on Scream Queens Emily D. Ryalls, Mississippi State University *Outstanding faculty paper ** Outstanding student paper 4304 Chair: Frances E. Brandau, Sam Houston State University Saturday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Regency F Who Made Up These Rules?: Understanding the Rules of Family Communication Isaac Evans, Tennessee Technological University Scott Christen, Tennessee Technological University The Empathy Map: An Innovative Approach for Teaching Students Communication Skills Courtney R. Brazile, Eastfield College Mary F. Forrest, Eastfield College Discourses of Hate Sponsor: Language and Social Interaction Division Chair: Caroline E. Sawyer, University of South Carolina - Beaufort Rhetoric, Race, and the Reconstruction of Black Lives Matter as a Hate Group Andre E. Johnson, University of Memphis Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Respondent: Amanda Nell Edgar, University of Memphis From the rise of Donald Trump and Hillary-bashing in the 2016 presidential campaign, to the backlash against anti-racist movements such as Black Lives Matter, hate has been a salient feature of U.S. public discourse in the past year. Drawing on critical and rhetorical discourse studies perspectives, the presenters on this panel will analyze how conservatives attempt to reframe the Black Lives Matter as a hate group, how liberal women enact “Hillary-hate,” how White Nationalists respond to Trump’s political discourse, and how Trump and Clinton make and respond to accusations of racism. 4306 Saturday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Regency H Contemporary Issues in Free Speech Sponsor: Freedom of Speech Division Chair: R. Pierre Rodgers, George Mason University Laura Brown, University of Kentucky Pat Arneson, Duquesne University Stephen A. Smith, Univeristy of Arkansas Chandra Maldonado, North Carolina State University Grant Cos, Rochester Institute of Technology Saturday Patriarchy in Sheep’s Clothing: Hillary Clinton, Liberal Women, and Discourses of Hate Melody Lehn, University of South Carolina, Extended University Donald Trump and Hitler: How Modern White Nationalists Perceive ‘The Donald.’ Claire D. Rhodes, Florida State College at Jacksonville Discourses of Race/ism in the 2016 Presidential Campaign Craig O. Stewart, University of Memphis 4307 Saturday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Red Bud A Top Student Papers in Rhetoric and Public Address Chair: Lisa M. Corrigan, University of Arkansas 4305 Saturday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Regency G Social Norms and Mores: Papers on Health Communication Sponsor: Applied Communication Division Chair: Cathlin V. Clark-Gordon, West Virginia University Why Do People with Diabetes Adapt or Avoid eHealth?: A Qualitative Approach towards Examining Communication Patterns Grace Ellen Brannon, Texas A&M University E-cigarette Users: Better Health through Vaping? Clara G. Sears, University of Louisville Joy L. Hart, University of Louisville Kandi L. Walker, University of Louisville Alexander S. Lee, University of Louisville S. Lee Ridner, University of Louisville Rachel J. Keith, University of Louisville Coping with Stress through Humor in Emergency Medical Services Brian Perna, The University of Southern Mississippi Daily communication and eating: exploring media use, parental rules and peer influence on minority children’s healthy eating Xueying Zhang, University of Alabama Kim Baker, University of Alabama Sarah Pember, University of Alabama Kim Bissell, University of Alabama Respondent: Rebekah L. Fox, Texas State University Forgetting Stonewall: Public Memory and the Loss of Militancy in Queer Activism ** Jeff Nagel, Baylor University “An Awesome Responsibility to Withstand her Barrage”: William F. Buckley, Jr. and the Conservative Critique of Higher Education John Moist, Baylor University “The Role of Cold War Nostalgia in the Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on ‘Global Challenges and the U.S. National Security Strategy.” Breena Brockmann, University of Georgia “Father Charles E. Coughlin’s “Menace of The World Court” Speech and the Mobilizing Role of Fear in Depression Era Rhetoric” Milene Ortega, Georgia State University Respondent: Stephen J. Heidt, Florida Atlantic University **Top student paper 4308 Saturday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Red Bud B Stop!: We Have Explored Innovative Approaches to Apprehension, Emotions, and the Public Speaking Curriculum… and the Results are in! Sponsor: Community College Division Chair: Steven Herro, College of Southern Nevada Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 65 Saturday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Exploring Communication Apprehension Among College Students Colin Croat, Western Carolina University Candy J. Noltensmeyer, Western Carolina University Suzon Hawley, Western Carolina University Association Among Community College Students’ Technology Apprehension and Achievement Emotions in Developmental Education Courses Sara G. Crocker, Clemson University Joseph P. Mazer, Clemson University An Integrally Informed Approach to the Public Speaking Curriculum Patrick Breslin, Santa Fe College Respondent: Nakia Welch, San Jacinto Community College 4309 Saturday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Red Bud C Top Papers in the Kenneth Burke Society Chair: Ryan Erik McGeough, University of Northern Iowa Floor Debates of the 1910 Mann Act: A Contest of Scene and Agent Ben Swenson-Weiner, Texas State University Skyrim and Immersion into the Scene: Kenneth Burke and Environmental Potential Within Role-Playing Video Games Sam Watson, Baylor University Bloody Bogalusa and the Fight for a Bi-Racial Lumber Union: A Study in the Burkean Rebirth Cycle Josie A. Burks, University of Alabama Rejecting the ‘New South’: Ida B. Wells’s New Moral Order for Civil Rights* Anna M. Dudney Deeb, University of Georgia I, Soldier: The Military Mythos of the TALOS Project** Johanna M. Broussard, Louisiana State University *Top Student Paper in the Kenneth Burke Society **Top Paper in the Kenneth Burke Society 4310 Saturday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Dogwood Creating and Sustaining a StudentRun Social Media Research Institute: Benefits, Opportunities, and Supports, a Roundtable Discussion Sponsor: Public Relations Division Participants: Jeff Nwidobie, Tarleton State University Nwidobie is an undergraduate student majoring in engineering at Tarleton State University. He serves as the Executive Social Media Coach for the Texas Social Media Research Institute. Aissa Martinez, Tarleton State University Martinez is an undergraduate student majoring in communication at Tarleton State University. She serves as a fourth-semester, Social Media Coach for the Texas Social Media Research Institute. Christian Rocha, Tarleton State University Rocha is an undergraduate student majoring in communication at Tarleton State University. She serves as a fourth-semester, Social Media Coach for the Texas Social Media Research Institute. David Gillespie, Tarleton State University Gillespie is an undergraduate student majoring in communication at Tarleton State University. He serves as a second-semester, Social Media Coach for the Texas Social Media Research Institute. Respondent: Dr. Kaley Goen, Tarleton State University, Co-Director of the Texas Social Media Research Institute (TSMRI) College students who attend higher education institutions located in a rural environment do not typically have opportunities to connect with industry professionals through company internships. The Texas Social Media Research Institute provides opportunities for students to gaining experience working with faculty members on external social media accounts while never leaving their campus. Through this panel, the student panelists will provide the structure of TSMRI, the goals of the organization, and how universities can form their own institute. 4311 Saturday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Magnolia Clevenger Panel 2: Top Papers in Survey and Applied Research* Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Chair: Thomas Socha, Old Dominion University Fighting Islamophobia: Prejudice Reduction through Contact Simulation with Written Narrative Nejla Day, The George Washington University The Baltimore Riots as Crisis Management Case Study Alena Kairys, Flagler College HPV Vaccination Receptivity: How Provider Messaging Influences Patient Receptivity Katie D. Scott, University of Tennessee Social Media: The Use of Social Media in Social Justice Movements Monica Crawford, Appalachian State University Adaptation of International Students: View Change on the LGBTQI Community Sheyla Finkelshteynn, Berea College Chair: Jennifer Edwards, Tarleton State University 66 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Respondent: Thomas Socha, Old Dominion University 4312 Did Video Really Kill the Radio Star? Adventures in Digital and Performance Submissions Saturday • 11:00 am-12:15 pm Room: Gardenia Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Clevenger Panel 3: Top Papers in Rhetorical Theory and Criticism* Chair: Ariel Gratch, Georgia College & State University Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Praye(red) Les Delgado, Southern Illinois University S.O.S. Food Pantry PSA Kaitlyn Word, Austin Peay State University Who is Spring & Sprout? Lesley Goodaker, Transylvania University “Authentic Inauthenticity”: A Rhetorical Critique of Buzzfeed’s T asty and Lifestyle Video Tutorials Jordan Long, Transylvania University Chair: Dan Grano, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Human Rights Theory: Making the Case for the Inclusion of Adam Smith Kelsey Orr, Furman University The Growing Threat of Terrorism Inside of Our Borders’: A Fantasy-Theme Criticism of Donald Trump’s Interpretation of the 2016 Orlando Nightclub Shooting Kiara Walker, Transylvania University Obama and American Exceptionalism: The Shaping of an American Identity Jessica Chaplain, Appalachian State University A Question to Society: ‘Whether the Art of Medicine as It Has Been Usually Practiced Has Contributed to the Advancement of Mankind’ Kayla Wiles, Furman University Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion as Controversial Rhetoric Jocelyn Boulware, Furman University Respondent: Dan Grano, University of North Carolina, Charlotte *This year, the UHC Top Paper panels are designated as Clevenger Panels. Each student presenting on theses panels is recognized as a Clevenger Scholar. Respondent: Ariel Gratch, Georgia College & State University 4502 Saturday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Dogwood Planning Meeting for 2018 SSCA Convention Chair: Jason Munsell, Second Vice President All division and interest group planners for 2018 should attend this meeting or the one on Sunday morning at 8am. 4503 Saturday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Studio 220@NOMA B and C GIFTS: Great Ideas For Teaching Students 4401 Saturday • 12:30 pm-2:30 pm Room: Regency C Southern States Communication Association 87th Annual Awards Luncheon Presiding: Roseann Mandzuick, President Keynote Speaker: Michael Waltmann *This is a ticketed event* Saturday *This year, the UHC Top Paper panels are designated as Clevenger Panels. Each student presenting on theses panels is recognized as a Clevenger Scholar. 4501 Saturday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Think Tank@NOMA AV Sponsor: Community College Division Chair: Laurie D. Metcalf, Blinn College Teaching t-tests, ANOVA, and Correlations Through Throwing Timothy Worley, Murray State University Discovering Cultural Differences Through A Rigged Board Game Jeff Sorrels, East Texas Baptist University Inquiry-Based Civil Discourse Education Darren L. Linvill, Clemson University Andrew S. Pyle, Clemson University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 67 Saturday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Street Ethnography Using Tumblr D. Travers Scott, Clemson University Andrew S. Pyle, Clemson University Drastic Measures: Teaching Effective Delivery Through Phil Davison T. Kody Frey, University of Kentucky Teaching with TED Talks Donata Worrell, Rockingham Community College 4504 Saturday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Regency D-E AV *Top Paper in Language and Social Interaction ** Top Student Paper in Language and Social Interaction 4506 Saturday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Regency G Writing Evocative Autoethnography: Writing Lives, Telling Stories Sponsor: Ethnography Interest Group Town Hall Debate Chair: Cara T. Mackie, Florida Southern College Sponsor: Southern Argumentation and Forensics Division Panelists: Art Bochner, University of South Florida Carolyn Ellis, University of South Florida Moderator: Michael Eaves, Valdosta State University Panelists: Christopher J. Vincent, Louisiana State University Taylor Deaton, Valdosta State University Ty Adam, Fayetteville State University Stephen A. Smith, University of Arkansas (Retired) An annual tradition of the Argumentation & Forensics Division, the Town Hall Debate features members of the Division arguing on a resolution related to current events in teams of two. This year’s resolution will concern the theme of the conference, Communication & Innovation. Audience members will be asked to participate both through comments and questions after the debate as well as voting to decide the winner. 4505 Saturday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Regency F Management of Contradiction, Contingency, and Ambiguity in Public Discourses Sponsor: Language and Social Interaction Division Chair: Jelena Petrovic, Stetson University #OscarsSoWhite: A thematic and visual analysis of Tweets during Chris Rock’s 2016 Academy Award Monologue Catherine E. Bahn, Arkansas State University Co-Constructing Constituent Relations in Town Hall Meetings: The Pursuit of Political Accountability in Question and Answer Exchanges* Robert J. Green, Stephen F. Austin State University The Inherent Visual Nature of Language** Joseph G. Ponthieux, Old Dominion University The Absence/Presence of the Transgender Identity in the Political Discourse of March 23, 2016… The Day North Carolina’s “Bathroom Bill” Passed Deborah Thomson, East Carolina University 68 Respondent: Bryan Crow, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Respondents: Andrew F. Herrmann, East Tennessee State University Chris Patti, Appalachian State University Bochner and Ellis will provide a detailed account of the development and writing of their latest book, Evocative Autoethnography. They will discuss such issues as how they function as collaborators and writing partners; deficiencies in the norms of scholarly writing in the human sciences; the rise of autoethnography and narrative inquiry; how to evaluate autoethnography; writing as method; truth and memory in narrative writing; overspecialization in communication studies; what it means to live a writing life; and how they teach autoethnography and narrative inquiry. Respondents will lead discussion of issues related to the future of autoethnography in communication research. 4507 Saturday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Regency H “There’s No ‘I’ in Team:” The Role of Communication in Sports and Volunteerism Sponsor: Applied Communication Division Chair: Greg G. Armfield, New Mexico State University Motivation Gets Them in the Door, But What Keeps Them There? Exploring A New Model of Volunteer Satisfaction Colleen Mestayer, Tennessee Technological University Development and testing of the NASCAR Fan Motivation Model Thomas Mueller, Appalachian State University Volunteer Socialization: Rethinking the Training of American Cancer Society Volunteers Haley Miller, Western Kentucky University Jennifer Mize Smith, Western Kentucky University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Respondent: Andrew S. Pyle, Clemson University 4508 4510 Saturday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Red Bud C Student Papers on Interpersonal Communication Processes Sponsor: Interpersonal Communication Division Chair: Fran C. Dickson, Eastern Kentucky University Saturday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Red Bud A Prison and the Rhetoric of Black Liberation Sponsors: Rhetoric and Public Address Division and the American Society for the History of Rhetoric Chair: Carole Blair, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Panelists: Carole Blair, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Davis W. Houck, Florida State University Sean O’Rourke, Sewanee, The University of the South Mary Stuckey, Georgia State University Respondent: Lisa M. Corrigan, University of Arkansas This panel examines Lisa M. Corrigan’s new book Prison Power: How Prison Influenced the Movement for Black Liberation (UPM: 2016) to assess the book’s excavation of the changing role of prison politics in the black freedom struggle. The Relationship between Aggressive and Assertive Communication Behaviors: Examination and Scale Development of the Aggressive Assertive Communication Instrument (AACI) Valerie Berenice Coles Cone, University of Georgia Seeking vs. Avoidance: How Young Adults Manage Uncertainty Regarding the Affordable Care Act Gemme Campbell, Texas A&M University Smartphones and Interpersonal Relationships: An Exploratory and Descriptive Examination of How Texting Plays a Role in Face-to-Face Communication Matthew Robins, Arkansas State University Managing Political Differences within Marriage: Does Shared Family Identity Help? Jennifer Schon, University of Kansas Saturday High School Athletes’ Relationships with Head Coaches and Teammates as Predictors of their Expressions of Upward and Lateral Dissent Gregory A. Cranmer, Clemson University Marjorie Buckner, Texas Tech University Respondent: Mary Beth Asbury, Middle Tennessee State University 4511 Saturday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Magnolia 4509 Saturday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Red Bud B Finding Your Voice: A Workshop on Public Speaking as Innovative Empowerment Sponsor: Instructional Development Division Panelists: Kathleen J. Turner, Davidson College Randall Osborn, Independent Scholar Michael Osborn, University of Memphis Suzanne Osborn, University of Memphis Despite the fear and trembling with which many student approach public speaking courses, we understand the value of public speaking as a way to provide innovative empowerment for them personally, professionally, and as members of the body politic. This workshop will develop a list of challenges facing students (and faculty!) in each of the five rhetorical canons, brainstorm solutions in smaller groups, and share insights as a whole. Issues of gender in digital spaces Chair: Ashton Mouton, Purdue University “Does This Lab Coat Make Me Look #DistractinglySexy?”: A Critical Discourse Analysis of a Feminist Hashtag Campaign Alex Rister, University of Central Florida Player-Avatar Sex Congruity and Game Enjoyment Duncan V. Prettyman, University of Delaware Social Media and Gender Issues Lynne M. Webb, Florida International University Nicholas M. Temple, Central Washington University Transgender Consciousness-Raising on YouTube: Experience, Testimony, and Vu’s Oeuvre Evan Schares, Louisiana State University Respondent: Ashton Mouton, Purdue University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 69 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 4602 Saturday 4512 Saturday • 2:45 pm-4:00 pm Room: Gardenia Saturday • 4:15 pm-5:30 pm Room: Red Bud C Culture Club: Innovations in Culture and Communication Research Making Your Mark: Utilizing Innovation and Technology to Market Your State Association Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Chair: Caroline Sawyer, University of South Carolina, Beaufort The Influence of Cultural Dimensions on Conflict Communication Patterns Alexandra Nelson, University of Tennessee Chris Stovall, University of Tennessee Karlie Crawford, University of Tennessee Lizzie Davis, University of Tennessee Leah French, University of Tennessee Does China Run on Dunkin? Alexandra Balcom, High Point University The Rhetoric of Black Women’s Hair as a Personal Identity Jamal Mentor, Georgia Southern University Airbnb: Digital Discrimination Chloe Medina, Flagler College Universality of Facial Expression of Emotion Kelley Smith, Young Harris College Respondent: Caroline Sawyer, University of South Carolina, Beaufort 4601 Saturday • 4:15 pm-5:30 pm Room: Regency D-E AV President’s Spotlight Panel: A Conversation on Politics, Civility, and Conscience Sponsor: SSCA President Chair: Roseann Mandziuk, Texas State University Panelists: Vanessa Beasley, Vanderbilt University Carole Blair, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Michael Osborne, University of Memphis Mary Stuckey, Georgia State University Description: This panel brings together scholars who through their research and professional service examine the intersections between communication and conscience, including engaging questions of social justice, equality, conservation, caring, and civic responsibility. As our region continues to grow and diversify, this is a particularly opportune moment for SSCA members to come together to determine how to promote the value of communication scholarship and communication competencies. This conversation continues the excellent work we shared together at the 2016 convention in Austin. 70 Sponsor: State Association Interest Group Moderator: Carl Cates, Arkansas State University Panelists: Leslie Rasmussen, Xavier University S. Brad Bailey, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Keith Perry, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College John H. Saunders, University of Central Arkansas The focus of this roundtable is to discuss different ways that state associations have used technology to promote their respective association. The panel will discuss what has worked, what has not worked, and how emerging technologies might further promote state associations. Our discussion will primarily focus on social media, but will also discuss other technologies that have been used. 4603 Saturday • 4:15 pm-5:30 pm Room: Magnolia It’s the End of the World as We Know It: Adventures in Innovative Research on Technology, Culture, Politics and Education Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Chair: Jean DeHart, Appalachian State University Tweeting for Presidency: Donald Trump’s Sophist Rhetoric Ashley Whittemore, Georgia Southern University Saving Innovation: Examining the Technology Gap Through the Lens of Symbolic Interactionism Sierra Marling, Berea College Developing and Promoting Two Interdisciplinary Minors Austin Hunter Morgenroth, Schreiner University From Blacksmiths to Dentists: An Examination of the Scientific Method and Rhetoric in The Natural History of Human Teeth James Ricke, Furman University The Publicity of Privacy: Why Sexuality Shouldn’t Be News Anne K. Walker, Northwest Arkansas Community College Respondent: Jean DeHart, Appalachian State University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 4604 4704 Saturday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Regency G We’re Not Gonna Take It!: Innovative Research on Gender, Race and Culture Applied Communication Division Business Meeting Sponsor: Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference Chair: C. Wesley Buerkle, East Tennessee State University Something New and Something Old: The Progression and Regression of Modern Representations of African American Femininity in Romance Films Rosemary Coskrey, Furman University She’s the ‘Boss’—Not: Rhetoric, Gender and Managerial Styles in 30 Rock Ashley Robinson, Columbia College SC Just Because We’re Magic Doesn’t Mean We’re Not Real: Deciphering Jesse Williams’ 2016 BET Awards Speech Blair Williams, North Carolina State University Tell Me How You Really Feel: How the Ideals of “Love” Promoted in Romantic Comedies Alter the Communication Tendencies of Romantic Relationships Emily Arnold, Georgia Southern University Observation of Gender Roles in the Media: Dissection of the 1984 Classic Ghostbusters and 2016 Remake Ghostbusters Elysia Leos, Schreiner University Kathryn Bushman, Schreiner University Respondent: C. Wesley Buerkle, East Tennessee State University 4705 Saturday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Regency H Intercultural Communication Business Meeting 4706 Saturday Saturday • 4:15 pm-5:30 pm Room: Gardenia Saturday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Red Bud A Southern Argumentation and Forensics Business Meeting 4707 Saturday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Red Bud B Freedom of Speech Division Business Meeting 4708 Saturday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Red Bud C States Advisory Interest Group Business Meeting 4709 4701 Saturday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Studio 220@NOMA B Saturday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Dogwood Ethnography Interest Group Business Meeting Community College Division Business Meeting 4710 4702 Saturday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Studio 220@NOMA C Saturday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Magnolia Gender Division Business Meeting Interpersonal Communication Division Business Meeting 4703 Saturday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Regency F Rhetoric and Public Address Division Business Meeting 4711 Saturday • 5:45 pm-7:00 pm Room: Gardenia Mass Communication Division Business Meeting Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 71 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 72 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 4712 Page to Stage: Adapting and Staging Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince Sponsor: Performance Studies Division Chair: Ruth Laurion Bowman, Louisiana State University Adapting and Staging Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince Melanie Kitchens O’Meara, Augusta University Respondent: Ruth Laurion Bowman, Louisiana State University DAY 5 Sunday, April 9, 20175101 5101 Sunday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Gardenia Nominating Committee Meeting Chair: Roseann Mandzuik, SSCA Immediate Past President Sunday Saturday • 5:45 pm-7:00pm Room: Think Tank@NOMA Participants: Immediate Past Chairs of SSCA Divisions 5102 Sunday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Magnolia 4801 Saturday • 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Room: Studio 220@ NOMA A The Annual SSCA Osborn Reception Sponsors: Drs. Michael and Suzanne Osborn, University of Memphis, and Pearson Publishing 2017 Convention Planning Meeting Chair: Jason Munsell, Vice President All division and interest group planners for 2017 should attend this meeting or the one on Saturday afternoon at 2:45 pm. 5103 Sunday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Think Tank @NOMA-AV Installation: Afterlife Sponsor: Performance Studies Division Artist/Chair: Jennifer Tuder, St. Cloud State University 5104 Sunday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Regency F Speaking Out by Kneeling Down: Professional Athletes and Political Protest Sponsor: Mass Communication Division Chair: Lauren Reichart Smith, Indiana University Panelists: Brian C. Brantley, Texas A&M University-San Antonio Lauren Reichart Smith, Indiana University Matthew Stilwell, University of South Carolina Panelists will discuss various acts of protest centering on the U.S. national anthem initiated by professional athletes, as well as the wide range of reaction to those protests by members of the media and the public. Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 73 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Sunday 5105 5201 Sunday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Dogwood Sunday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Gardenia Measuring Public Relations Education’s ROI: Best Practices in Program Assessment Committee on Committees Meeting Sponsor: Public Relations Division Moderator: Christie M. Kleinmann, Ph.D., APR, Belmont University Participants: Pamela G. Bourland-Davis, Ph.D., Georgia Southern University Corey A. Hickerson, Ph.D. James Madison University Kevin S. Trowbridge, Ph.D., APR, Belmont University Christie M. Kleinmann, Ph.D., APR, Belmont University In the era of big data, public relations is expected to demonstrate business results through its strategies and tactics. In response, public relations educators teach students how to establish return on investment (ROI) in the boardroom, but how well do we illustrate our own ROI in the classroom and on our campuses? This panel focuses on how educators can assess and validate the effectiveness of a public relations program. 5106 Sunday • 8:00 am-9:15 am Room: Red Bud B Interrogation and Communication: Questions as Social Action in Online Discourse Sponsor: Language and Social Interaction Division Chair: Linda Di Desidero, Marine Corps University Q&A in the Online Classroom: How Questions Build Relationships and Create Community Mark Ward Sr,, University of Houston-Victoria Questions as Teaching Tools in Online Classes Andrew Pyle, Clemson University Social Action and Epistemic Stance in Peer to Peer Online Discourse Linda Di Desidero, Marine Corps University Respondent: Eugenie Almeida, Fayetteville State University Panelists all develop insights about the role of questions in online interaction. All presentations characterize the online communication environment as a unique context, not simply as an extension of face-to- face communication. They argue that understanding the nature and function of questions in online social interaction can strengthen the ways in which we view, design, and structure these interactions in contexts such as the online classroom. 74 Presiding: Victoria Gallagher, President Participants: Jason Munsell, Vice President Roseann Mandzuik, Immediate Past President Jerold L. Hale, Executive Director Ashli Quesinberry Stokes, Marketing Director Leroy Dorsey, SCJ Editor Melissa M. Smith, Finance Committee Chair 5202 Sunday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Think Tank@NOMA-AV Contributed Performances in Performances Studies Sponsor: Performance Studies Division Chair: Danielle Dick McGeough Change Ring Sarah McGreevey Hannay, Schreiner University “The Water is Wide”: A Celebration of Pat Conroy’s Memoir Jayne L. Violette, University of South Carolina Beaufort Libby Ricardo, University of South Carolina Beaufort George Pate, University of South Carolina Beaufort Ellen Malphrus, University of South Carolina Beaufort Afterlife: A Performative Documentation of Suicide Punchline Jennifer Tuder, St. Cloud State University Respondent: Ron Shields, Sam Houston State University 5203 Sunday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Red Bud C Time and Place Committee Meeting Participants: Greg Armfield, New Mexico State Jason Black, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Frances Brandau, Sam Houston State University Jerold L. Hale, College of Charleston Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 5204 5206 Sunday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Regency F The Falling Academic Spectacle: Giving Our Regards to the Phantom Power Structure of Higher Education in Order to Foster Civic Innovation and Disciplinary Rebirth How Groups Use Media to Inform and Persuade Their Communities Sponsor: Philosophy and Ethics of Communication Interest Group Digital Religion and Media Economics: Concentration and Convergence in the Electronic Church Mark Ward, University of Houston-Victoria Chronic Disease in the National Football League: An Analysis of the NFL’s Health Information Using Identification Theory Paige B. Gloeckner, Texas A&M University Grace Ellen Brannon, Texas A&M University The Influence of Time of Year on the Tweeting Behavior of Major League Baseball Teams Zachary W. Arth, University of Alabama Gregory D. Saxton, University at Buffalo, SUNY Free-to-Play? Considering a Model of Functional Factors in Video Game Design Influencing the Economic Effectiveness of Microtransactions Casey Hart, Stephen F. Austin State University Chair: Caryn L. Winters, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Disillusion at the Trailhead of Innovation: The Four Noble Truths and the Possibility of Compassion in an Ambivalent Gaze Charles Womelsdorf, South Louisiana Community College Regarding Academic Duty: What Faculty Owe Students, Society, and Ourselves Caryn L. Winters, University of Louisiana at Lafayette The Melissa Click Conundrum: Must We Choose Between Laws and Circumstances? Christopher M. Toula, Georgia State University 5205 Sunday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Regency D-E AV Explorations of Online Marketing, Gaming, Filtering & Entertaining Sponsor: Popular Communication Chair: Steve Herro, College of Southern Nevada You Got Macros in my News Story: Buzzfeed and the Continued Success of Infotainment Victoria Stiegel, Texas A&M University Popular Culture and the Progress of Modern-Day Pilgrimages Melissa H. Nipper, East Tennessee State University #Transformation Tuesday: Investigating the “Female Gaze” on Female Fitness Ideals Katie Nelson, Wake Forest University Gender Issues in Online Gaming Nicholas M. Temple, Central Washington University Lynne M. Webb, Florida International University Respondent: Amanda Nell Edgar, University of Memphis Sponsor: Mass Communication Division Chair: Kenny D. Smith, Indiana University Sunday Sunday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Studio 220 @ NOMA B Respondent: Barry P. Smith, Mississippi University for Women 5207 Sunday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Regency G Discussions and Applications: Examining Cases from the Book, Issues of Culture and Conflict: Case Studies in Organizational Communication Sponsor: Applied Communication Division Chair: Matthew C. Ramsey, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania A Crisis at the Counseling Center Matthew C. Ramsey, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Between a Rock and a Hard Place Kathryn E. Anthony, University of Southern Mississippi Alyssa M. Sloan, King College An Athletic Director’s Dilemma Kara Laskowski, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania No Victory: Leadership and Dissention in Church John C. Meyer, University of Southern Mississippi Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 75 Saturday COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION How Do We Tell the Family? Laura E. Miller, University of Tennessee ‘Do No Harm’: Futility in the ICU Stacey Passalacqua, University of Texas at San Antonio Panelists (case study authors) will overview their cases and outline the potential applications for the new organizational communication case study book, Issues of Culture and Conflict: Case Studies in Organizational Communication, published by Kendall Hunt. 5208 Sunday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Regency H Innovative Communities: Constructing Co-Cultural Communities through New Media Sponsor: Intercultural Communication Division Chair: Cassidy D. Ellis, The University of Alabama Panelists: Natalee M. Briscoe Pounders, The University of Alabama Benjamin A. Ray, The University of Alabama Peyton E. Magruder, The University of Alabama Cassidy D. Ellis, The University of Alabama Research has shown that when ostracized by society-at-large, cocultural groups often find community online. But what does it mean to find community in the age of new media? How does the advent of innovative communication such as Facebook Live and Twitter, which can reach millions of people in real-time, impact co-cultural groups’ online communities, and how do these communities respond in times of crisis or hardship? Projects presented on this interdisciplinary panel will attempt to grapple with such questions. Utilizing intercultural communication theories, as well as feminist and queer theories, projects included on this panel will present both probing theoretical research as well as mixed-methods content analyses. During a time in which people are particularly divided by issues of race, gender, sexuality, and class, this panel will illuminate the sometimes subversive ways in which support can be found and agency can be reclaimed by “othered” groups online. 5210 Sunday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Dogwood Innovations in Rhetorical Theory Sponsor: Rhetoric and Public Address Division Chair: Lisa Corrigan, University of Arkansas On the Invention of a Scientific Romance: Thomas H. Huxley’s “Origin of Species” Thomas Lessl, University of Georgia Playing Offense and Defense: The NFL (National Football League) and the Concussive Crisis in Player Safety Jeff Nagel, Baylor University The “Ghostly Traces” of Racism: Visual Rhetoric and Negotiating Iconophilia and Iconoclasm John Russell, Georgia State University A Call for an Agrarian Reevaluation of Richard M. Weaver McKay Stangler, Berry College 5301 Sunday • 11:00 am-12:15 am Room: Think Tank@NOMA-AV Installation: Afterlife Sponsor: Performance Studies Division Artist/Chair: Jennifer Tuder, St. Cloud State University Thank you for being part of SSCA! Safe travels! 5209 Sunday • 9:30 am-10:45 am Room: Red Bud A Communicating the Body Sponsor: Gender Studies Division Chair: Heather Suzanne Woods, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Panelists: Kristiana Lilly Baez, Baylor University Nicole Castro, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Jackie Poapst, George Mason University Emily Winderman, North Carolina State University 76 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION The Texas State University Department of Communication Studies Congratulates DR. ROSEANN MANDZIUK SSCA President Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 77 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION OFFERING: Doctor of Philosophy Degree Master of Science Degree Bachelor of Arts Degree 78 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Graduate Program Areas Social Influence Organizational Culture, Privacy Mgmt. Interpersonal Health Communication Group and Team Communication Leadership Relational Conflict Pedagogy Hate Speech, Social Identity Communication Studies Graduate Faculty John Haas, Ph.D., Director Michael Kotowski, Ph.D., Associate Professor Virginia Kupritz, Ph.D., Professor Laura Miller, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emily Paskewitz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Joan Rentsch, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Dean Michelle Violanti, Ph.D., Associate Professor Courtney Wright, Ph.D., Associate Professor For more information contact: Michael Kotowski, Graduate Program Coordinator School of Communication Studies University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996 Email: [email protected] Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 79 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION ASSOCIATION OFFICERS Immediate Past President Jean DeHart, Appalachian State University President Roseann M. Mandziuk, Texas State University Vice President/Convention Planner Victoria Gallagher, North Carolina State University Vice President-Elect/Undergraduate Honors Convention Planner Jason Munsell, Columbia College South Carolina Executive Director Jerry Hale, College of Charleston Past Executive Director Carl Cates, Arkansas State University SCJ Editor Leroy Dorsey, University of Memphis Marketing Director Jennifer Mize Smith, Western Kentucky University Finance Chair Shawn Long, UNCC SSCA REPRESENTATIVES TO NCA SSCA K-12 REPRESENTATIVE Kristy Cates, Lowndes High School, Georgia SSCA COMMUNITY COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVE Brad Bailey, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College SSCA 4 YEAR COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVE Linda Jurczak, Valdosta State University NCA NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE Mary Stuckey, Georgia State University NCA SPECTRA REPRESENTATIVE Shanshan Lou, Appalachian State University 2015-2016 SSCA COMMITTEES STANDING COMMITTEES COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES Chair: President Roseann M. Mandziuk, Texas State University Immediate Past President Jean DeHart, Appalachian State University Vice President/Convention Planner Victoria Gallagher, North Carolina State University Vice President-Elect/Undergraduate Honors Convention Planner Jason Munsell, Columbia College South Carolina Executive Director Jerry Hale, College of Charleston Past Executive Director Carl Cates, Arkansas State University SCJ Editor Leroy Dorsey, University of Memphis Marketing Director Jennifer Mize Smith, Western Kentucky University CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE Chair: Jennifer Edwards, Tarleton State University Linda DiDesidero, Marine Corps University Lesli Pace, University of Louisiana, Monroe FINANCE Chair: Melissa Smith, Mississippi University for Women Joy Hart, University of Louisville Wendy Atkins-Sayre, University of Southern Mississippi Jerold Hale, College of Charleston NOMINATING COMMITTEE Chair: Jean DeHart,Appalachian State University PUBLICATIONS Chair: Kandi Walker, University of Louisville Janie Harden Fritz, Duquesne University Dan Grano, University of North Carolina, Charlotte RESOLUTIONS Chair: Verlaine McDonald, Berea College Chris Patti, Appalachian State University Larry Moore, Auburn University at Montgomery RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Chair: Sherry G. Ford, University of Montevallo Abby M. Brooks, Georgia Southern University Melissa Smith, Mississippi State University Gina Ercolini, University of South Carolina Frances Brandau, Sam Houston State University Jason Black, University of Alabama Carl Cates, Arkansas State University TIME AND PLACE Chair: Greg Armfield, New Mexico State University Jason Black, University of Alabama Frances Brandau, Sam Houston State University Jerry Hale, College of Charleston ROSE B. JOHNSON SCJ ARTICLE AWARD SCJ Editor and Editorial Board DWIGHT L. FRESHLEY OUTSTANDING NEW TEACHER AWARD Chair: Courtney Wright, University of Tennessee Linda Jurczak, Valdosta State University Margart D’Silva, University of Louisville THE JOHN I. SISCO EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD Chair: Rich, UNC Charlotte Jennifer Samp, University of Georgia Cynthia KingLeeman, Furman University JANICE HOCKER RUSHING EARLY CAREER RESEARCH AWARD Chair: Graham Bodie, Louisiana State University Pavica Sheldon, University of Alabama at Huntsville Rebekah Fox, Texas State University OUTREACH AWARD Chair: Jefferson Walke, Louisiana Tech University Tina Harris, University of Georgia Beth Eschenfelder, University of Tampa T. EARLE JOHNSON – EDWIN PAGET DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Chair: Nina-Jo Moore, Appalachian State University Charles Tardy, University of Southern Mississippi Trudy Hanson, West Texas A&M University MICHAEL M. OSBORN TEACHER-SCHOLAR AWARD Chair: Marty Medhurst, Baylor University Stephanie Coopman , San Jose State University Ann Burnette, Texas State University Finance Chair Shawn Long, UNCC 80 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION MINORITY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AWARD Chair: Courtney Brazile, Eastfield College Linda Vangelis, Christopher Newport University John Haas, University of Tennessee SUZANNE OSBORN COMMUNITY COLLEGE OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR AWARD Chair: Richard Quianthy, Broward Community College Monette Callaway, Hinds Community College Deborah Hefferin, Broward Community College J. DONALD RAGSDALE AWARD FOR MENTORING Chair: Michelle Violanti, University of Tennessee Andrew Pyle, Clemson University Rick Bello, Sam Houston State University Vice Chair / Program Planner Grant Cos, Rochester Institute of Technology Vice Chair Elect John Drew, Adelphi University Secretary Bradley Wilson, Midwestern State University GENDER STUDIES Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating CommitteeRepresentative Ashley Barrett, Baylor University Chair Leland Spencer, Miami University [email protected] SSCA DIVISIONS Vice Chair / Program Planner Linda Levitt, Stephen F. Austin University APPLIED COMMUNICATION Vice Chair Elect Ashley Mouton, Purdue University Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating Committee Representative Patrick Dillon, University of Memphis Chair Raymond Ozley, University of Montevallo Secretary Beth Bradford, Florida Southern College INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT Vice Chair / Program Planner Kathryn Anthony, University of Southern Mississippi Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating Committee Representative Stephanie Kelly, North Carolina A&T State University Vice Chair Elect Andrew Pyle, Clemson University Chair linda pysher jurczak, Valdosta State University Secretary Brian Perna, University of Southern Mississippi Vice Chair / Program Planner Michelle Epstein Garland, University of South Carolina Upstate COMMUNICATION THEORY Vice Chair Elect Scott Christen, Tennessee Technological University Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating Committee Representative Pavica Sheldon, University of Alabama at Huntsville Chair Shaughn Keaton, Young Harris College Secretary Kevin Bryant, University of Southern Mississippi INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION Vice Chair / Program Planner Chris Mapp, University of Lousiana at Monroe Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating Committee Representative Mary Meares, University of Alabama Vice Chair Elect Phillip Madison, Stephen F. Austin State University Chair Mary Grace Antony, Schreiner University Secretary Sherry Ford, University of Montevallo Vice Chair / Program Planner Hsiu-Jung “Mindy” Chang, Western New England University COMMUNITY COLLEGE Vice Chair Elect Mary M. Meares, University of Alabama Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating Committee Representative Richard Falvo, El Paso Community College Chair Nakia Welch, San Jacinto College Secretary Jill Bergeron, University of Tennessee INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION Vice Chair / Program Planner Monette Callaway, Hinds Community College Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating Committee Representative Mary Beth Asbury, Middle Tennessee State University Vice Chair Elect Laurie Metcalf, Blinn College Chair Carrie West, Schreiner University Secretary Dena Horne, Sam Houston State University Vice Chair / Program Planner Fran Dickson, Eastern Kentuckey University FREEDOM OF SPEECH Vice Chair Elect Gary Beck, Old Dominion University Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating Committee Representative Mark Grabowski, Adelphi University Chair David Dewberry, Rider University Secretary Timothy R. Worley, Murray State University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 81 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating Committee Representative Linda Di Desidero, Marine Corps University PUBLIC RELATIONS Chair Craig Stewart, University of Memphis Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating Committee Representative Shirley Serini, Valdosta State University Vice Chair / Program Planner Jelena Petrovic, Stetson University Chair Chris McCollough, Columbus State Vice Chair Elect Lori Stallings, University of Memphis Vice Chair / Program Planner Ashli Stokes, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Secretary Mark Waard, University of Houston-Victoria Vice Chair Elect Amber Smallwood, University of West Georgia MASS COMMUNICATION Secretary Mia Long Anderson, University of South Alambama Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating Committee Representative Gyromas Newman, University of Mobile RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS Chair Melissa Smith, Mississippi University for Women Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating Committee Representative Christi Moss, University of Memphis-Lambuth Vice Chair / Program Planner Brian Brantley, Texas A&M - San Antonio Chair Meredith Bagley, University of Alabama Vice Chair Elect/Secretary Dean Cummings, Georgia Southern University Vice Chair / Program Planner Lisa Corrigan, University of Arkansas PERFORMANCE STUDIES Vice Chair Elect Kevin Marinelli, Davidson College Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating Committee Representative Rebecca Walker, Southern Illinois University Chair Brianne Waychoff, CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College Secretary Melody Lehn, University of South Carolina SOUTHERN ARGUMENTATION AND FORENSICS Vice Chair Danielle Dick McGeough, University of Northern Iowa Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating Committee Representative Patrick Wheaton, Georgia Southern University Vice Chair Elect Sarah Jackson, Southern University at New Orleans Chair Kevin Bryant, University of Southern Mississippi Secretary Holley Vaughn, University of North Texas Vice Chair / Program Planner Adam Key, Texas A&M University POLITICAL COMMUNICATION Vice Chair Elect Keven Rudrow, University of Memphis Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating Committee Representative Lauren Reichart Smith, AuburnUniversity Chair Darrell Roe, Eastern New Mexico University Vice Chair / Program Planner Marcus J. Coleman, University of Southern Mississippi Vice Chair Elect Nick Rangel, Houston Community College Secretary Jon Ezell, Tennessee Tech University POPULAR COMMUNICATION Immediate Past-Chair / Nominating Committee Representative Matt Ramsey, Shippensburg University Chair Dave Nelson, Valdosta State University Vice Chair / Program Planner Emily Ryalls, Mississippi State University Vice Chair Elect Garrett Castleberry, Oklahoma City University 82 Secretary Garrett Castleberry, Oklahoma City University Secretary Chris Vincent, Louisiana State University SSCA INTEREST GROUPS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION ADMINISTRATORS (ACA) Immediate Past-Chair Sally Hardig, University of Montevallo Chair Cole Franklin, East Texas Baptist University Vice Chair / Program Planner Nelle Bedner,Central Arkansas University Vice Chair-Elect Pam Bourland-Davis, Georgia Southern AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF RHETORIC Immediate Past-Chair Ray Harrison, Central Alabama Community College Chair Melody Lehn, University of South Carolina - Extended University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Vice Chair / Program Planner Jefferson Walker, Louisianna Tech University Vice Chair-Elect Andrew Johnson, University of Memphis Secretary Adam Sharples Brooks, University of Ala ETHNOGRAPHY Immediate Past Chair Liz Edgecomb, Xavier University of Louisiana Chair Deborah Cunningham Breede, Coastal Carolina University Vice-Chair Cara Mackie, Florida Southern College Vice-Chair Elect Elizabeth Stephens, Middle Tennessee State University Secretary Adolfo Lagomasino, University of South Florida, Oglethorpe University KENNETH BURKE SOCIETY Immediate Past-Chair Anna Turnage, Bloomsburg University Chair Ryan McGeough, University of Northern Iowa Vice Chair / Program Planner Ryan McGeough, Northern Iowa University Vice Chair-Elect Jonathan Broussard, Louisiana State University Secretary Jonathan Broussard, Louisiana State University PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS OF COMMUNICATION Immediate Past-Chair Brian Gilchrist, Eastern University Chair Molly Stoltz, Valdosta State University Vice Chair Pat Arneson, Duquesne University STATE ASSOCIATION Chair John Saunders, Central Arkansas University Vice-chair Darrell Roe, Eastern New Mexico University Vice-chair Elect Keith Perry, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Secretary Brad Bailey, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College SSCA CHARTER MEMBERS MAY 2, 1930 BIRMINGHAM, AL Annie Boyett, Howard College Ellen Haven Gould, Alabama College Rose B. Johnson, Woodlawn High School (Ala.) T. Earle Johnson, University of Alabama Mrs. Earle G. McLin, Birmingham Southern College Helen Osbond, Alabama College Edwin Paget, North Carolina State College De Witt Ashton, Mississippi State College for Women Virgil Baker, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Marvin G. Bauer, Washington & Lee University Mrs. Artemus Calloway H. P. Constans, University of Florida Mildred Ford, Montgomery, Alabama Frances Gooch, Scott College Wilhelmina Hedde, Sunset High School in Texas F. D. Mellen Vera Alice Paul, State Teachers College, Athens, Georgia J. W. Raine, Berea College John D. Shaver, Alabama Polytechnic Institute Nan Stephens, Agnes Scott College Irving Stover, Stetson University E. Turner Stump, Marshall College Laura Suydom, Alabama Claude M. Wise, Louisiana State University SSCA EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS 1930 - T. Earle Johnson, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 1931 - M. F. Evan, Alabama 1933 Louise A. Blymer, Berea College 1935 - T. Earle Johnson, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 1936 - A. A. Hopkins, University of Florida 1938 - Louis H. Swain, Furman University 1941 - A. C. LaFollette, Murray State College 1944 - George Neely, Marion Institute 1945 - George Totten, Southwestern at Memphis 1948 - J. T. Daniel, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 1949 - T. Earle Johnson, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 1953 - Delwin Dusenbury, University of Florida 1955 - Paul Brandes, University of Southern Mississippi 1957 - Mary Louise Gehring, Stetson University 1961 - L. L. Zimmerman, University of Florida 1962 - Kevin Kearney, University of South Florida 1963 - Dwight L. Freshley, University of Georgia 1966 - Kevin Kearney, University of South Florida 1969 - Julian Burroughs, Jr., Wake Forrest University 1972 - Jerry L. Tarver, University of Richmond 1975 - G. Allan Yeomans, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1978 - W. Stuart Towns, University of West Florida 1981 - John I. Sisco, University of South Florida 1985 - Howard Dorgan, Appalachian State University 1990 - Susan A. Siltanen, University of Southern Mississippi 1995 - Richard R. Ranta, University of Memphis 2000 - Hal W. Fulmer, Georgia Southern University 2005 - J. Emmett Winn, Auburn University 2010 - Carl M. Cates, Valdosta State University 2015 - Jerold L. Hale, College of Charleston SOUTHERN COMMUNICATION JOURNAL EDITORS 1935 - Rose B. Johnson, Woodlawn High School, Birmingham, Alabama 1938 - Robert B. Capel, Hendrix College 1942 - Claude Kantner, Louisiana State University 1944 - Claude Shaver, Louisiana State University 1948 - Dallas Dickey, University of Florida Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 83 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 1951 - Howard Townsend, University of Texas, Austin 1954 - Douglas inger, University of Florida 1957 - Charles Getchell, University of Mississippi 1960 - Eugene White, University of Miami 1961 - Owen Peterson, Louisiana State University 1966 - Gregg Phifer, Florida State University 1969 - Dwight L. Freshley, University of Georgia 1972 - BerEhnt E. Bradley, Auburn University 1975 - Ralph T. Eubanks, University of West Florida 1978 - Jerry E. Tarver, University of Richmond 1981 - Howard Dorgan, Appalachian State University 1984 - Martha M. Solomon, Auburn University 1987 - Dale G. Leathers, University of Georgia 1990 - Keith V. Erickson, University of Southern Mississippi 1993 - Andrew A. King, Louisiana State University 1996 - Craig Allen Smith, University of North Carolina, Greensboro 1999 - Kenneth Cissna, University of South Florida 2003 - Joy Hart, University of Louisville 2006 - John C. Meyer, University of Southern Mississippi 2009 - Mary Stuckey, Georgia State University 2012 - J.D. Ragsdale, Sam Houston State University 2015 - Leroy Dorsey, University of Memphis SSCA PRESIDENTS 1930 - Edwin Paget, North Carolina State University 1931 - Edwin Paget, North Carolina State University 1932 - Frances K. Gooch, Agnes Scott College 1933 - Henry P. Constans, University of Florida 1934 - C. M. Wise, Louisiana State University 1935 - Rose B. Johnson, Woodlawn High School (Alabama) 1936 - Giles W. Gray, Louisiana State University 1937 - Orville C. Miller, Vanderbilt University 1938 - James Watt Raine, Berea College 1939 - T. Earle Johnson, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 1940 - Louise A. Sawyer, Georgia State Women’s College 1941 - Dallas C. Dickey, University of Florida Albert M. Harris, Vanderbilt University (Honorary) 1942 - Leroy Lewis, Duke University 1943 - Paul L. Soper, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1944 - Robert B. Capel, Northwestern State College 1945 - Robert B. Capel, Northwestern State College 1946 - Hazel Abbot, Converse College 1947 - Lester L. Hale, University of Florida 1948- Charles A. McGlon, Baptist Theological Seminary 1949 - Glenn R. Capp, Baylor University 1950 - Claude L. Shaver, Louisiana State University 1951 - Betty May Collins, Memphis Technological High School 1952 - Batsell B. Baxter, David Lipscomb College 1953 - Charles M. Getchell, University of Mississippi 1954 - Louise Davison, Davison School of Speech Correction 1955 - Frank B. Davis, Alabama Polytechnic Institute 1956 - Elton Abernathy, Southwest Texas State University 1957 - Thomas R. Lewis, Florida State University 1958 - H. Hardy Perritt, University of Alabama 1959 - McDonald Held, Howard Payne College 1960 - Joseph C. Wetherby, Duke University 1961 - William S. Smith, Auburn University 1962 - Roy E. Tew, University of Florida 1963 - Roy D. Murphy, University of Southwestern Louisiana 1964 - Carroll B. Ellis, David Lipscomb College 1965 - James E. Popvich, University of South Florida 1966 - Franklin Shirley, Wake Forrest University 1967 - L. L. Zimmerman, University of Florida 1968 - Marguerite Metcalf, Catholic High School (Arkansas) 84 1969 - Waldo W. Braden, Louisiana State University 1970 - Gregg Phifer, Florida State University 1971 - E. Samuel Dudley, Mississippi State University 1972 - John I. Sisco, University of South Florida 1973 - Wayne N. Thompson, University of Houston 1974 - Dwight L. Freshley, University of Georgia 1975 - Beverly Whitaker Long, University of Texas, Austin 1976 - Calvin M. Logue, University of Georgia 1977 - J. Donald Ragsdale, Louisiana State University 1978 - Bert E. Bradley, Auburn University 1979 - Carl L. Kell, Western Kentucky University 1980 - Mary Frances Hopkins, Louisiana State University 1981 - Ralph T. Eubanks, University of West Florida 1982 - Michael M. Osborn, University of Memphis 1983 - Jerry L. Tarver, University of Richmond 1984 - Dale G. Leathers, University of Georgia 1985 - Robert N. Bostrom, University of Kentucky 1986 - Keith V. Erickson, University of Southern Mississippi 1987 - Richard R. Ranta, University of Memphis 1988 - Martha Solomon, Auburn University 1989 - James L. Applegate, University of Kentucky 1990 - E. Culpepper Clark, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 1991 - Howard Dorgan, Appalachian State University 1992 - Lawrence A. Hosman, University of Southern Mississippi 1993 - Navita Cummings James, University of South Florida 1994 - Thomas S. Frentz, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 1995 - Lynne M. Webb, University of Memphis 1996 - Nina-Jo Moore, Appalachian State University 1997 - Renee Edwards, Louisiana State University 1998 - Susan Siltanen, University of Southern Mississippi 1999 - Gary A. Copeland, University of Alabama 2000 - Mary Evelyn Collins, Sam Houston State University 2001 - Trudy L. Hanson, West Texas A & M University 2002 - Katherine W. Hawkins, Wichita State University 2003 - Marilyn Young, Florida State University 2004 - Terry Thibodeaux, Sam Houston State University 2005 - Kenneth N. Cissna, University of South Florida 2006 - Charles H. Tardy, University of Southern Mississippi 2007 - Craig Allen Smith, North Carolina State University 2008 - Jerry Hale, University of Georgia 2009 - Patricia Amason, University of Arkansas 2010 - Tom Socha, Old Dominion University 2011 - Frances Brandau-Brown, Sam Houston State University 2012 - Monette Callaway, Hinds Community College 2013 - John C. Meyer, University of Southern Mississippi 2014 - John Haas, University of Tennessee 2015 - Jean DeHart, Appalachian State University 2016 - Roseann M. Mandziuk, Texas State University AWARD RECIPIENTS ROBERT BOSTROM YOUNG SCHOLAR AWARD honors the most outstanding paper submitted to the convention each year by a graduate student. The recipient of this award is determined by the Vice President through a process established by the Vice President. 2016 - Daniel P. Overton 2015 - Jonathan M. Broussard 2014 - Nick J. Sciullo, Georgia State University 2012 - Jennifer Lynne Cronin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2012 - Timothy B. Worley, University of Georgia 2011 - Ryan Erik McGeough, Louisiana State University 2010 - Carly T. McKenzie, University of Alabama Cynthia Nichols, University of Alabama 2009 - Lauren Reichart, University of Alabama 2008 - None given 2007 - Anna Turnage, North Carolina State University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 2006 - Zac Gershberg, Louisiana State University 2005 - Carey L. Powers, City University of New York 2004 - Kelli L. Fellows, University of Georgia 2003 - Kelli L. Fellows, University of Georgia 2002 - Mark A. Williams, Texas A & M University 2001 - William Harlow, Texas A & M University 2000 - Pat Ferguson, University of Memphis 1999 - Martin Carcasson, Texas A & M University 1998 - Christie Trinastich, University of Texas, Austin 1997 - Preston Coleman, University of Iowa 1996 - Garth Pauley, Penn State University 1995 - Dionel Cotanda, University of South Florida 1994 - Raka Shome, University of Georgia 1993 - E. M. I. Sefcovic, University of Georgia 1992 - Kathryn Greene, University of Georgia Rhonda G. Parker, University of Georgia 1991 - Kim E. Freeman, University of Florida 1990 - Cindy J. Kistenberg, Louisiana State University Krystyna Strzyzewski, University of Arizona 1989 - Regina M. Hoffman, Louisiana State University 1988 - Roy J. Schwartzman, University of Iowa 1987 - Stephanie Zimmerman, University of Kentucky DWIGHT L. FRESHLEY OUTSTANDING NEW TEACHER AWARD honors SSCA members who have demonstrated teaching excellence early in their careers. Nominees must teach courses in communication and have taught full- time for at least two and not more than five years. In addition to the requirements noted above, each nominee must submit a statement of not more than 500 words on his or her “Philosophy and Practice of Teaching.” 2016 - Ryan McGeough 2015 - Mary Beth Asbury 2014 - Siobhan Smith, University of Louisville 2013 - David P. Terry, San Jose State University 2012 - Casey Malone Maugh, University of Southern Mississippi - Gulf Coast 2011 - Minsun Shim, University of Georgia 2010 - Lora B. Helvie-Mason, Southern University at New Orleans 2009 - Deborah Cunningham Walker, Coastal Carolina University 2008 - Monica Pombo, Appalachian State University 2007 - Billy Wooten, Berea College 2006 - Marcyrose Chvasta, University of South Florida 2005 - Daryl W. Wiesman, Clemson University 2004 - Kandi L. Walker, University of Louisville 2003 - None given 2002 - Frances Brandau-Brown, Sam Houston State University 2001 - Melanie Morgan, University of Louisville 2000 - Vanessa Beasley, Texas A & M University 1999 - Karla K. Jensen, Texas Tech University 1998 - Charla Markhum Shaw, University of Texas, Arlington 1997 - None given 1996 - Carl M. Cates, Valdosta State University 1995 - Enrique D. Rigsby, Texas A & M University ROSE B. JOHNSON SCJ ARTICLE AWARD honors the author or authors of an outstanding, significant article published in the Southern Communication Journal. The recipient of this award is determined by the Editor and editorial board of SCJ through a process established by the Editor. 2016 - Zoë Hess Carney & Mary E. Stuckey 2015 - Kathleen Hunt 2014 - Patricia Davis, Georgia State University 2013 - Wendy Atkins-Sayre, University of Southern Mississippi 2012 - Page Toller, University of Nebraska-Omaha 2011 - Daniel A. Grano, University of North Carolina at Charlotte 2010 - Deborah Thomson, East Carolina University 2009 - Christina R. Foust, University of Denver 2008 - James J. Kimble, Seton Hall University 2007 - Todd McDorman, Wabash College 2006 - Katherine Hendrix, University of Memphis 2005 - Michael Waltman, University of North Carolina 2004 - Carol B. Mills, Northern Illinois University Austin S. Babrow, Purdue University 2003 - Kathryn M. Olsen, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 2002 - Suzanne Fitch, Southwest Texas State University Roseann M. Mandziuk, Southwest Texas State University 2001 - John R. Stewart and Karen Zediker, University of Washington 2000 - Jacquline Bacon 1999 - Michael Pfau, University of Wisconsin Patricia Moy, University of Wisconsin Barry Radler, University of Wisconsin Michael K. Bridgeman, University of Wisconsin 1998 - Robert E. Terrill, Indiana University David Zarefsky, Northwestern University Marouf Hasian, Jr., Arizona State University Lisa A. Flores, Arizona State University 1997 - William Bailey, University of Arizona 1996 - Jill Taft Kaufman, Central Michigan University 1995 - Abran J. Salazar, Texas A & M University Samuel L. Becker, University of Iowa Virginia Daughety, University of Iowa 1994 - Calvin M. Logue, University of Georgia Thurmon Garner, University of Georgia 1993 - Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar, University of Illinois 1987 - Charles R. Conrad, Texas A & M University 1984 - David Zarefsky, Northwestern University T. EARLE JOHNSON-EDWIN PAGET DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD honors SSCA members who, through their service and leadership to the Association and the profession, have made significant contributions and merit recognition. 2016 - Charles H. Tardy 2015 - John Meyer 2014 - J. Donald Ragsdale, Sam Houston State University 2013 - Emmet Winn, Auburn University 2012 - Trudy Hanson, West Texas A&M University 2011 - Michael and Suzanne Osborn, University of Memphis 2010 - Mark Hickson III, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2009 - Thomas Frentz, University of Arkansas 2008 - None given 2007 - Kenneth Cissna, University of South Florida 2006 - Marilyn Young, Florida State University 2005 - None given 2004 - Mary Evelyn Collins, Sam Houston State University 2003 - Richard L. Conville, University of Southern Mississippi 2002 - Nina-Jo Moore, Appalachian State University 2001 - Richard Ranta, University of Memphis 2000 - Susan Siltanen, University of Southern Mississippi 1999 - Bert Bradley, Auburn University 1998 - Keith Erickson, University of Southern Mississippi 1997 - Jerry Tarver, University of Richmond 1996 - Dwight Freshley, University of Georgia Gregg Phifer, Florida State University 1995 - Howard Dorgan, Appalachian State University 1994 - John I. Sisco, Southwest Missouri State University MINORITY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AWARD honors institutions that have demonstrated noteworthy commitment to the recruitment and retention of minority students for their campuses. 2016 - University of Louisiana - Lafayette 2015 - None given 2014 - None given 2013 - School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Southern Mississippi 2012 - None given Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 85 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 2011 - None given 2010 - Department of Communication Studies, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte 2009 - Department of Communication and Journalism, College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University 2008 - None given 2007 - None given 2006 - None given MICHAEL M. OSBORN TEACHER-SCHOLAR AWARD honors SSCA members who have balanced professional careers, having achieved excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. 2016 - Mary Stuckey 2015 - Lynne Webb 2104 - Roseann Manduziuk, Texas State University 2013 - Kenneth N. Cissna, University of South Florida 2012 - Katherine Hendrix, University of Memphis 2011 - Kathleen J. Turner, Davidson College 2010 - Jerry Hale, University of Georgia 2009 - None given 2008 - Art Bochner, University of South Florida 2007 - Martin Medhurst, Baylor University 2006 - None given 2005 - Marilyn Young, Florida State University 2004 - Julia T. Woods, University of North Carolina 2003 - Robert E. Denton, Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute 2002 - None given 2001 - Janice Rushing, University of Arkansas 2000 - None given 1999 - Ronald H. Carpenter, University of Florida 1998 - Mary Frances Hopkins (emeritus), Louisiana State University 1997 - Tom Frentz, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 1996 - None given 1995 - Beverly Whitaker Long, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1994 - Michael M. Osborn, University of Memphis OUTREACH AWARD honors SSCA members who have made significant contributions to the profession by facilitating the success and access of under-represented populations or the integration of specific groups of students, professionals, or scholars into the communication discipline or professional organizations. The significant contribution may be the initiation of a major activity, the completion of a major project, or represent a lifetime of work with numerous individuals or on numerous meaningful activities. The scope of the activity may be national, regional, or local, and might involve mentoring, advising, liaison, or other activities. 2016 - Sean O’Rourke 2015 - None given 2014 - None given 2013 - Jimmie Manning, Northern Illinois University 2012 - Dominique Gendrin, Xavier University 2011 - Sean Long, University of North Carolina at Charlotte 2010 - Tina Harris, University of Georgia 2009 - William Thompson, University of Louisville 2008 - Margaret D’Silva, University of Louisville 2007 - None given 2006 - Carol Winkler, Georgia State University 2005 - Steve Madden, Clemson University 2004 - None given 2003 - None given 2002 - Marsha Houston, University of Alabama 2001 - None given 2000 - Tyrone L. Adams, University of Louisiana, Lafayette 1999 - Robert Denton, Viginia Tech 1998 - Suzanne Osborn 86 1997 - Lynne M. Webb, University of Memphis 1996 - Andrew King, Louisiana State University 1995 - E. Culpepper Clark, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 1994 - Theodore Clevenger, Jr., Florida State University JANICE HOCKER RUSHING EARLY CAREER RESEARCH AWARD honors SSCA members who have demonstrated exceptional scholarly ability through research and publication early in their academic careers. Nominees must be untenured, assistant professors in the field of communication, and no more than five years shall have passed between nominee’s appointment to the rank of assistant professor (or receipt of terminal degree) and the time of the award. In addition, nominees must have participated in the program of the annual convention at least twice (or participated once in the convention program and published an article in the Southern Communication Journal). In addition to the requirements noted above, a maximum of three (3) representative publications by the nominee must be submitted. 2016 - Shaughan A. Keaton 2015 - Pavica Sheldon 2014 - Rebekah Fox, Texas State University Po-Lin Pan, Arkansas State University 2013 - Graham Bodie, Louisiana State University E. Johanna Hartelius, University of Pittsburgh 2012 - Megan Foley, Mississippi State University Brandon Inabinet, Furman University 2011 - Ambar Basu, University of South Florida 2010 - None given 2009 - Dan Grano, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Ashli Q. Stokes, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte 2008 - Jason Edward Black, University of Alabama Cris Davis, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte 2007 - Elissa Foster, San Jose State University 2006 - Stacy Holman Jones, University of South Florida 2005 - Arthur Raney, Florida State University 2004 - Michael I. Arrington, Ohio University 2003 - Kevin Wright, University of Memphis 2002 - None given 2001 - None given 2000 - None given 1999 - Jim Kuypers, Dartmouth College 1998 - Jennifer Monahan, University of Georgia 1997 - Kathryn Greene, East Carolina University 1996 - Sean Patrick O’Rourke, Vanderbilt University 1995 - Cindy J. Kistenberg, University of Houston, Downtown Roxanne L. Parrot, University of Georgia FRANKLIN SHIRLEY AWARD FOR THE TOP UNDERGRADUATE HONORS CONFERENCE PAPER honors the most outstanding paper submitted each year to the Theodore Clevenger Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference. The recipient of this award is determined by the Vice President Elect through a process established by the Vice President Elect. 2016 - Samantha Grainger Shuba 2015 - Polina Larina 2014 - Terrell Jake Dionne, University of North Texas 2013 - Kirsten Clark, Millsaps College 2012 - Monica Lawson, Transylvania University 2011 - Diana Lynde, Columbia College 2010 - Brad Griffith 2009 - Lateshia Beachum, Columbia College 2008 - Kattrina Baldus, James Madison University 2007 - Judith Novak, University of Kentucky Drew Anderson, Georgia Southern University 2006 - Alex Teh, University of Georgia 2005 - Jennifer Bafundo, Furman University Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 2004 - Lindsey Ilion, George Washington University 2003 - Andrew Thomas Ross, George Washington University 2002 - Cynthia Ledford, University of Kentucky 2001 - Sara Bakker, George Washington University 2000 - Melanie Dotson, Samford University 1999 - Mark T. Witko, University of Wyoming 1998 - Kevin Hooper, North Carolina State University 1997 - Amy Tilton, University of Texas, Corpus Christi 1996 - Andrea Doughty and Kelli Jones, University of Alabama at Birmingham 1995 - Blaine Hummel and Garret Ulosevich, Trinity University 1994 - Gerard Pfannensteil, Trinity University 1993 - Joshua Boyd, David Lipscomb University 1992 - Lorice Evans, Trinity University JOHN I. SISCO EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD honors SSCA members who have consistently demonstrated excellence in teaching communication throughout their academic careers. Nominees must be employed full-time teaching courses in communication for a minimum of ten years. In addition to the requirements noted above, each nominee must submit a statement of not more than 500 words on his or her “Philosophy and Practice of Teaching.” 2016 - Ann Burnette 2015 - Carol Thompson 2014 - Leigh Anne Howard, University of Southern Illinois 2013 - Michael I. Arrington, University of Kentucky 2012 - Jennifer A. Samp, Auburn University 2011 - Barbara Biesecker, University of Georgia 2010 - Deanna Dannels, North Carolina State University 2009 - Sean O’Rourke, Furman University 2008 - Joy Hart, University of Louisville 2007 - Elizabeth Bell, University of South Florida 2006 - Mary E. Stuckey, Georgia State University 2005 - None Given 2004 - Stephen Braden, Georgia State University 2003 - None Given 2002 - Katherine Hendrix, University of Memphis 2001 - Bonnie J. Dow, University of Georgia 2000 - James A. Aune, Texas A & M University 1999 - Lawrence A. Hosman, University of Mississippi 1998 - Mark Hickson III, University of Alabama, Birmingham 1997 - George Grice, Radford University 1996 - Nina-Jo Moore, Appalachian State University 1995 - Calvin M. Logue, University of Georgia 1994 - Marsha L. Vanderford, University of South Florida OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR IN COMMUNICATION THEORY AWARD 2016 - None given 2015 - None given 2014 - Lynne M. Webb, University of Arkansas 2013 - James Honeycutt, Louisiana State University 2012 - Ronald C. Arnett, Duquesne University 2011 - Jerry Hale, University of Michigan, Dearborn 2010 - John C. Meyer, University of Southern Mississippi 2009 - Pamela Kalbfleisch, University of North Dakota 2008 - William G. Powers, Texas Christian University 2007 - None given 2006 - None given 2005 - James C. McCroskey, West Virginia University 2004 - Richard Conville, University of Southern Mississippi 2003 - J. Donald Ragsdale, Sam Houston State University 2002 - Kenneth N. Cissna, University of South Florida 2001 - Ralph Behnke, Texas Christian University 2000 - Lynne M. Webb, University of Arkansas 1999 - Joann Keyton, University of Memphis 1998 - Charles H. Tardy, University of Southern Mississippi 1997 - Renee Edwards, Louisiana State University 1996 - James L. Applegate, University of Kentucky 1995 - Mark L. Knapp, University of Texas 1994 - Theodore Clevenger, Jr., Florida State University GENDER STUDIES SCHOLAR OF THE YEAR 2016 - None given 2015 - Jason Edward Black, University of Maryland 2014 - None given 2013 - Jane Jorgenson, University of South Florida 2012 - None given 2011 - Marion Meyers, Georgia State University 2010 - Janis Edwards, University of Alabama 2009 - Carole Blair, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2008 - Roseann M. Mandziuk, Texas State University 2007 - Julia T. Wood, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2006 - Elizabeth Allen Bell, University of South Florida 2005 - Sonja K. Foss, University of Colorado at Denver Karen A. Foss, University of New Mexico 2004 - Donna Nudd, Florida State University 2003 - None given 2002 - Diana K. Ivy, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi 2001 - Lynne Webb, University of Arkansas 2000 - None given 1999 - Trudy L. Hanson, West Texas A&M University 1998 - Katherine Hawkins, Wichita State University 1997 - Susan Stiltanen, University of Southern Mississippi 1996 - Marsha Vanderford, University of South Florida 1995 - Renee Edwards, Louisiana State University 1994 - Julia T. Wood, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1993 - Carol J. Jablonski, University of South Florida 1992 - Mary Frances HopKins, Louisiana State University 1991 - Navita Cummings James, University of South Florida 1990 - Marsha Houston, Tulane University 1989 - Virginia E. Wheeless, Morehead State University 1988 - Kathleen J. Turner, Tulane University SUZANNE OSBORN COMMUNITY COLLEGE OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR AWARD Committee, whose purpose shall be to solicit nominees for the award, evaluate them based on the criteria established in the “Awards Guideline” and designate a recipient or recipients, unless none of the nominees meets the criteria. 2016 - Deborah Hefferin 2015 - Monette Callaway J. DONALD RAGSDALE AWARD FOR MENTORING Committee, whose purpose shall be to solicit nominees for the award, evaluate them based on the criteria established in the “Awards Guideline” and designate a recipient or recipients, unless none of the nominees meets the criteria. 2016 - Wendy Atkins-Sayre Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 87 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION PAST CONVENTIONS & HOTELS 1930 BIRMINGHAM, AL Thomas Jefferson Hotel 1931 ATLANTA, GA Henry Grady Hotel 1932 ASHEVILLE, NC 1933 BEREA, KY Boone Tavern 1934 BIRMINGHAM, AL Thomas Jefferson Hotel 1935 NEW ORLEANS, LA Stevens Hotel with NATS 1936 GAINESVILLE, FL Thomas Hotel 1937 NASHVILLE, TN Andrew Jackson Hotel 1938 ATLANTA, GA Henry Grady Hotel 1939 BATON ROUGE, LA Heidelberg Hotel 1940 CHATTANOOGA, TN Patten Hotel 1941 BIRMINGHAM, AL Tutwiler Hotel 1942 ATLANTA, GA Henry Grady Hotel 1943 JACKSON, MS Heidelberg Hotel 1944 JACKSON, MS Heidelberg Hotel 1945 CLEVELAND, TN (CANCELLED) Cherokee Hotel 1946 ATLANTA, GA Henry Grady Hotel 1947 BATON ROUGE, LA Heidelberg Hotel 1948 NASHVILLE, TN Maxwell Hotel 1949 WACO, TX Roosevelt Hotel 1950 BIRMINGHAM, AL Tutwiler Hotel 1951 GAINESVILLE, FL Thomas Hotel 1952 JACKSON, MS Heidelberg Hotel 1953 GREENVILLE, SC Poinsett Hotel 1954 DALLAS, TX Adolphus Hotel 1955 MEMPHIS, TN Peabody Hotel 1956 HATTIESBURG, MS Forrest Hotel 1957 ATHENS, GA Georgia Center for Cont. Education 1958 HOUSTON, TX Rice Hotel 1959 LOUISVILLE, KY Sheraton Seelbach Hotel 88 1960 WINSTON-SALEM, NC Robert E. Lee Hotel 1961 MIAMI, FL Everglades Hotel 1962 AUSTIN, TX Driskell Hotel 1963 NASHVILLE, TN Andrew Jackson Hotel 1964 HOUSTON, TX Texas State Hotel 1965 DURHAM, NC Jack Tar Hotel 1966 MIAMI, FL Everglades Hotel 1967 LITTLE ROCK, AR Marion Hotel 1968 MEMPHIS, TN (CANCELLED) Peabody Hotel 1969 MEMPHIS, TN Peabody Hotel 1970 WINSTON-SALEM, NC Robert E. Lee Hotel 1971 NEW ORLEANS, LA Roosevelt Hotel 1972 SAN ANTONIO, TX El Tropicano Hotel 1973 LEXINGTON, KY Phoenix Hotel 1974 RICHMOND, VA John Marshall Hotel 1975 TALLAHASSEE, FL Tallahassee Hilton Hotel 1976 SAN ANTONIO, TX El Tropicano Hotel 1977 KNOXVILLE, TN Hyatt Regency Hotel 1978 ATLANTA, GA Sheraton Biltmore Hotel 84 Southern States Communication Association 1979 BILOXI, MS Broadwater Beach Hotel 1980 BIRMINGHAM, AL Hyatt House Hotel 1981 AUSTIN, TX Hilton Palacio del Rio 1982 HOT SPRINGS, AR Arlington Hotel 1983 ORLANDO, FL Hilton Inn-Florida Center 1984 BATON ROUGE, LA Hilton Hotel 1985 WINSTON-SALEM, NC Hyatt House Hotel 1986 HOUSTON, TX Shamrock Hilton Hotel 1987 ST. LOUIS, MO Clarion Hotel with CSCA 1988 MEMPHIS, TN The Peabody Hotel 1989 LOUISVILLE, KY Brown Hotel 1990 BIRMINGHAM, AL Radisson Hotel 1991 TAMPA, FL Hyatt Regency 1992 SAN ANTONIO, TX St. Anthony Hotel 1993 LEXINGTON, KY Hyatt Regency & Radisson Plaza with CSCA 1994 NORFOLK, VA Omni Hotel 1995 NEW ORLEANS, LA The Monteleone Hotel 1996 MEMPHIS, TN The Peabody Hotel 1997 SAVANNAH, GA Hyatt Regency 1998 SAN ANTONIO, TX La Mansion del Rio 1999 ST. LOUIS, MO Adams Mark Hotel 2000 NEW ORLEANS, LA The Monteleone Hotel 2001 LEXINGTON, KY Radisson Plaza Hotel 2002 WINSTON-SALEM, NC The Adams Mark 2003 BIRMINGHAM, AL Sheraton Hotel 2004 TAMPA, FL Wyndam Harbour Island Hotel 2005 BATON ROUGE, LA Radisson Hotel 2006 DALLAS, TX Marriott Galleria-Addison 2007 LOUISVILLE, KY Marriott Downtown 2008 SAVANNAH, GA Hyatt Regency 2009 NORFOLK, VA Marriott Waterside 2010 MEMPHIS, TN The Peabody Hotel 2011 LITTLE ROCK, AR Doubletree Hotel 2012 SAN ANTONIO, TX The St. Anthony Hotel 2013 LOUISVILLE, KY The Seelbach Hilton 2014 NEW ORLEANS, LA The New Orleans Sheraton 2015 TAMPA, FL The Marriott Waterside 2016 AUSTIN, TX Hyatt Regency - Austin Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION LIFE MEMBERS Olson, Kathryn M. Croft, Blanton Andersen, Kenneth E. Osborn, Michael Eiland, Millard F. Arrington, Michael I. Osborn, Suzanne Freshley, Dwight L. Balthrop, Bill Phillips, Selene Hardig, Sally Bates, Benjamin Powell, Larry Hefferin, Deborah Brandau-Brown, Frances Pyle, Andrew Herndon, Rosanna T. Cardenas, Cristina Ranta, Richard R. Karns, C. Franklin Cates, Carl M. Sisco, John I. Kelly, Stephanie Chesebro, James Smith, Robert M. Loeffler, Donald L. Cissna, Kenneth N. Spencer, Leland Logue, Cal M. Collins, Mary Evelyn Stuckey, Mary E. Martin, Matt Condit, Celeste M. Tarver, Jerry L. Mixon, Harold D. Coopman, Stephanie Thibodeaux, Terry M. Nelson, Dave Darsey, James Towns, Stuart Quianthy, Richard L. DeHart, Jean Violanti, Michelle T. Reynolds, Beatrice Kay D’Silva, Margaret U. Webb, Lynne M. Ritter, Kurt Eaves, Michael Weiss, Steven Roach, Carol A. Edwards, Renee Wheaton, Patrick G. Smith, Stephen Edwards, William H. Winn, J. Emmett Sorrels, Jeff Erickson, Keith V. PATRON MEMBERS Faux II, William Vickery, Jim Waldhart, Enid Foster, John R. Steven Beebe Frank, Robert E. Amy Burt Fulmer, Hal W. Ramona Clower Hilliard INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS Guthrie, Russell A. Trudy Hanson Hart, Joy William Harlow Alabama Communication Association Hawkins, Katherine W. Roderick Hart Appalachian State University Hickson III, Mark. Wayne Kraemer Clemson University Hosman, Lawrence A. Marsha Matthews College of Charleston Jackson II, Ronald Jason Munsell Columbia College Kalbfleisch, Pamela J. David Sutton Georgia Southern University Korn, Jenny David Williams University of Louisiana at Monroe EMERITUS MEMBERS Methodist University Asmuth, M. Violet North Carolina State University Kuypers, Jim A. McGee, Brian R. McMahan, Eva M. Bangham, Jerry Medhurst, Martin Bock, E. Hope Moore, Nina-Jo Newcombe, P. Judson O’Rourke, Sean Patrick Borden, Amanda Young, Marilyn Texas State University Valdosta State University Western Kentucky University Cook, Norma Cox Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 89 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION SSCA CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I: NAME The name of the Association shall be the Southern States Communication Association. ARTICLE II: PURPOSE The purpose of the Association shall be to promote study, criticism, research, teaching, and application of the artistic, humanistic, and scientific principles of communication. The Association, a not-for-profit organization, exists for educational, scientific, and literary purposes only. No part of the net revenues of the Association, if any, may be used for the private benefit of any individual or group, except that the Executive Council may establish scholarships or research grants for projects or purposes appropriate to the Association. ARTICLE III: MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Individual Membership. Individual membership in the Association shall be open, upon application, to any interested person upon payment of the current annual dues. Regular membership, student membership, sustaining membership, patron membership, and lifetime membership are all individual memberships. Active individual membership is a requirement for all elected and appointed positions that support and represent the association. The Executive Council shall set services provided for the different categories of membership. ARTICLE IV: OFFICERS Section 1. Officers. The officers of this Association shall be:The Administrative Committee includes the President, the Vice President, the Vice President-Elect, the Executive Director, the Journal Editor, the Marketing Director, the Immediate Past President, and the Financial Committee Chair. Section 2. Term of Office. The terms of office of the President, Vice President, and Vice President-Elect shall be for one year; of the Journal Editor, the Marketing Director, and representatives to the National Communication Association (NCA), three years; and of the Executive Director, five years. Section 3. Succession. 1.The Vice President shall automatically succeed to the office of the President upon the expiration of the President’s term of office. The Vice President shall succeed the President should the President’s office become vacant through death, resignation, or disability. 2.The Vice President-Elect shall automatically succeed to the office of Vice President upon expiration of the Vice President’s term of office. The Vice President-Elect shall serve as assistant to the Vice President. The Vice-President-Elect shall succeed the Vice President should the Vice President’s office become vacant through death, resignation, or disability except as specified in Section 5. Section 4. Duties of Officers. 1.The President shall perform the following duties and such other related duties as shall arise: 1.Preside at all business meetings of the Association and of the Executive Council. 2.Appoint and notify all committees except those otherwise provided for. 3.Provide oversight of divisions and interest groups. 4.Serve as liaison officer between the Southern States Communication Association and all other national, regional, and associations with similar or related interests. 5.See that members of the profession receive notice of meetings and activities of the Association and of the Executive Council, unless the transmission of such notices has been otherwise assigned. 6.Facilitate the performance of the constitutional duties of all other officers and committees. 2.The Vice President shall perform the following duties and such other related duties as shall arise: 1.Prepare the program for the annual convention. 2.Serve as program coordinator of the sectional programs arranged by the officers of the recognized Divisions of the Association. The Vice President, as program chair, shall consider the recommendations of the Division Vice Chairs as to programs, but shall have final authority regarding the program and winner of the Robert Bostrom Award selection. 3.Assist the President in promoting the activities and interests of the Association as needed or requested. 3.The Vice President Elect shall perform the following duties and other such related duties as shall arise: 1. Be responsible for the annual recruitment efforts of the Association. 2. Assist the President and Vice President in promoting the activities and interests of the Association as needed or requested. 3. Plan the annual Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference and determine the Franklin Shirley Award winner. 4.The Executive Director shall perform all ordinary duties of the Secretary and Treasurer of the Association and of the Executive Council. 1.As Treasurer, the Executive Director shall furnish a financial report at each annual convention. The Executive Director shall incorporate into the report a financial accounting covering all publications and the results of the official independent accounting review. 2.The Executive Director shall notify the National Communication Association Executive Offices of the names and addresses of the newly elected High School, College, and Community/Two Year College Representatives to Legislative Assembly immediately after the election results have been announced. 3.The Executive Director shall appoint a newsletter editor and a Webpage Editor. 90 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 4.The Executive Director shall publish the SSCA newsletter and conduct Association elections in accordance with procedures outlined elsewhere in the Constitution. 5. The Executive Director shall negotiate and sign all contracts on behalf of the Association, subject to approval of the Association. 5.The Journal Editor shall direct and supervise the publication of the Southern Communication Journal as authorized by the Executive Council. 6.The Marketing Director shall be responsible for development, implementation, and evaluation of association marketing activities. These include, but are not limited to: strategic planning, preparing and implementing various marketing activities, membership development and maintenance, organizational branding, securing advertising, and expansion of state, regional, and national organizational awareness. 7.All SSCA representatives to NCA shall represent the interests of SSCA and its members at the national level, reporting to SSCA’s president. 8.The Immediate Past President shall chair the Nominating Committee and other duties accepted in consultation with the President. 9.The Administrative Committee includes the President, the Vice President, the Vice- President-Elect, the Executive Director, the Journal Editor, the Marketing Director, the Immediate Past President, and the Finance Committee Chair. Section 5. Vacancies. 1.The Executive Council shall have authority to fill any vacancy, other than the Presidency, created by the death, resignation, or disability of an elected officer of the Association. 2.In the event of multiple officer vacancies and/or a vacancy at a point after submissions have been received for the annual convention or undergraduate honors conference, the Administrative Council shall, at its discretion, select a replacement. 3.In the event of an Executive Director vacancy, the Executive Council shall put forward a replacement who would be ratified by the association membership. ARTICLE V: EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Section 1. Membership. The membership to the Executive Council of the Association shall be: 1.President, Vice President, Vice-President-Elect, Executive Director, Journal Editor, Marketing Director, Chair and members of the Finance Committee. 2.The chairs of the established Divisions of the Association. 3.The Immediate Past President, retiring Executive Director, and retiring Journal Editor, each for one year following that person’s term of office. 4.Three members elected at large by members of the Association for a three-year term to serve as representatives to the Legislative Assembly of the National Communication Association. On a three-year rotating basis, they shall be elected to represent the interests of High School, College, and Community/Two-Year College members. The High School, College, and Community/Two Year College Representatives to the Legislative Assembly of the National Communication Association shall present a report based on correspondence and notes from business meetings of the National Communication Association to the Executive Council at its first meeting at the annual convention. Section 2. Terms of Office. Newly elected officers and Council members shall assume office at the close of the annual convention with the exception of the Executive Director, who shall take office as provided in Article VII, Section 4B and 4C. Section 3. Meetings. The Executive Council shall normally meet at least three (3) times each year, twice at the annual convention prior to the Association business meetings, and once at the annual convention of the NCA. Section 4. Duties and Responsibilities. The Executive Council shall receive reports, recommend budgets, initiate action, establish scholarships or research grants for projects or purposes appropriate to the Association, and oversee the long-range planning for the Association. In the period between annual conventions, the Executive Council shall act for the membership of the Association. Section 5. Emergency Procedures. In case of an emergency that would make it either impossible or impractical for the president to convene the Executive Council, the President may empower an Emergency Council consisting of the President, the Immediate Past President, the Vice President, the Vice-President-Elect, and the Executive Director to act for the Executive Council. The President may consult each member to determine what action is to be taken on behalf of the Executive Council. Items not requiring an immediate decision are to be decided by polling the entire Executive Council. Section 6. Quorum. Those members of the Executive Council present at a regularly scheduled and announced meeting of the Executive Council shall constitute a quorum. ARTICLE VI: MEETINGS Section 1. Business Meetings. The Association shall hold at least two (2) business meetings at each annual convention. Section 2. 1.Annual Convention. The Association shall hold a convention and the Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference each year in the months of March or April, preferably during the first full week in April or as near thereto as feasible, at a time determined by the Executive Council upon recommendation by the Time and Place Committee as provided in Article IX, Section 1. 2.Regional Rotation. Whenever possible, the Time and Place Committee should seek to systematically rotate the Annual Convention site among the several geographical regions within the larger region covered by the Southern States Communication Association. 3.Local Arrangements. An SSCA member living in or near the host convention city shall chair a local committee to assist the Administrative Committee with convention arrangements. Section 3. Strategic Planning Meeting. Upon the call of the President, the Administrative Committee, Immediate Past Executive Director, Finance Committee Chair, and other appropriate members as designated by the President, shall meet for the purpose of strategic planning. No more than five years shall elapse between such meetings. The president is responsible for providing a summary report of the meeting to be filed with the Executive Director and to be presented at the subsequent annual convention’s business meeting. Section 4. Quorum. Those members of the Association present at a regularly scheduled and announced meeting of the Association shall constitute a quorum. Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 91 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION ARTICLE VII: NOMINATIONS, ELECTIONS, AND APPOINTMENTS Section 1. Nominating Committee. 1.Method of Selection. 1.The Nominating Committee shall consist of the Immediate Past President of the Association, as chair, and the Immediate Past Chairs of all Divisions. 2.All members shall serve for one year. 3.The Committee Chair or designee shall give a report to the Executive Council at its annual meeting during the National Communication Association convention. 2.Restrictions. A member of the Nominating Committee shall not be eligible for any office to be considered by that committee. 3.Responsibilities. 1.Nominations for the Slate of Officers may be made by the following methods: 1. By the Nominating Committee 2. Any SSCA member in good standing may make recommendations to the Nominating Committee. 3. Nominators may submit materials supporting nominees. 4. Other names may be added to the Slate of Officers by petition filed with the Nominating Committee at least six months before the annual convention. The petition shall state the names of the nominee and the office to which the person is being nominated and shall be signed by at least twenty-five (25) Association members in good standing at the time and who represent at least two states and five separate institutions. 2.The Nominating Committee shall check with all possible nominees to make each one aware of the responsibilities of the office to which the person is being nominated and to determine that the nominee will accept and assume the responsibility if elected. Nominees must be members in good standing at the time of the nomination. 3.The chair of the Nominating Committee shall submit to the Executive Director a list of nominees along with vita information on each candidate and platform statements from each candidate for the office of Vice President-Elect at least one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the annual convention. Section 2. Officers to be Elected. 1.Officers to be elected each year are the Vice President-Elect and one Member-at-Large to the Executive Council, who is also the representative to the Legislative Assembly of NCA (the High School, College, and Community/Two Year College Representative to the Legislative Assembly of the National Communication Association on a rotating basis). 2.Officers to be elected every three years are the representative to the NCA Nominating Committee. Section 3. Election. 1. First Ballot. 1. At least seventy (70) days before each annual convention the Executive Director shall make available a ballot to each member of the Association who is in good standing at the time. 2. This ballot shall contain the names of the candidates for the various offices for which the Nominating Committee is charged to present candidates. The vita information for each candidate and the platform statements of no more than 300 words for all candidates shall be made available to all members. 3. A deadline of at least thirty-five (35) days prior to the annual convention shall be set for voting. 4. To be valid, each ballot must be submitted by an association member in good standing and verified by the Executive Director at the close of voting. 2. Second Ballot. If a candidate does not receive a majority vote by the first ballot, a second ballot listing the two candidates who received the plurality of votes shall be taken in the same manner as the first ballot, except that the Executive Director shall open the voting at least thirty (30) days prior to the convention and close the voting at least fifteen (15) days prior to the convention. Tie Between Two Candidates. If two candidates are the only ones on the ballot and receive exactly the same number of votes or a majority is not achieved, the Executive Director shall contact both candidates prior to conducting a second election. The second election shall open the voting at least thirty (30) days prior to the convention and close the voting at least fifteen (15) days prior to the convention. In the event that another tie or lack of majority ensues, the Executive Director shall conduct an election at the annual convention business meeting. Section 4. Officers to be Appointed. 1. The Executive Director and the Marketing Director shall be appointed by the Executive Council upon recommendation of a sub-committee appointed by the President and ratified by the membership at the convention. 2. The Journal Editor shall be appointed by the Executive Council, upon the recommendation of the Publications Committee, and ratification by the membership at the convention. 3. The Executive Director and Journal Editor shall be appointed one year prior to taking office. 4. The term of the Executive Director shall correspond to the fiscal year of the Association, August 1 to July 31, and continue for five (5) consecutive fiscal years. 92 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION ARTICLE VIII: DUES AND FEES Section 1. Categories. 1. Dues and fees of the Association shall be established for the following categories: 1. Regular Membership 2. Student Membership 3. Sustaining Membership 4. Patron Membership 5. Institutional Membership 6. Life Membership 7. Convention Fees 8. Undergraduate Honors Conference Fee 2. Establishment of Rates: The rates for the dues and fees in each of the categories shall be established by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the membership voting at an annual convention business meeting. Section 2. The Executive Director and Marketing Director, in consultation with the Administrative Committee, shall set fees for the following: exhibitor fees, advertising fees for the convention program, and ads for job postings. ARTICLE IX: COMMITTEES Section 1. Standing Committees. 1. Committee and Purposes. The standing committees and their purposes shall be: 1. Committee on Committees, whose purpose shall be to make committee appointments at each convention, and to review assignments in the fall, filling committee vacancies as needed. While any committee may recommend new members, the power of appointment shall reside in the Committee on Committees. 2. Constitution Committee, whose purpose shall be to review the Constitution periodically and to recommend such amendments as may seem necessary to provide for new developments within the Association and in its relationship with the National Communication Association. 3. Finance Committee, whose purpose shall be to prepare an annual budget, present it to the Council for approval, maintain a balanced budget, and supervise its use. The Executive Director shall be an ex-officio member of the Finance Committee. The Finance Committee must approve payment for non-budgeted items in excess of $1,000. The Finance Committee shall make recommendations on the investment of money raised through the payment of Life Membership dues. 4. Nominating Committee, whose purpose shall be to nominate yearly a slate of one or more candidates for Vice-President-Elect, candidates for the other elected offices that may be vacant, and perform such duties as prescribed in Article VII, Section 1C. 5. Publications Committee, whose purpose shall be to monitor and make recommendations concerning the publication needs of the Association, to develop and approve policies related to the appearance, frequency, and graphic layout of the publications, and to recommend to the Executive Council editors of SSCA publications (other than the newsletter editor). 6. Resolutions Committee, whose purpose shall be to draft and present the standard and any special resolutions at the annual convention. 7. Time and Place Committee, whose purpose shall be to solicit and receive competitive bids from cities for the annual convention. 8. Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee, whose purpose is to recruit and retain underrepresented populations as members and determine the recipient of the Minority Recruitment/Retention Award. 9. Resource Development Committee, whose purpose is to research, plan, and develop financial resources and fundraisers to benefit the organization. The Executive Director shall serve as an ex-officio member of this committee. 10. T. Earle Johnson-Edwin Paget Distinguished Service Award Committee, whose purpose shall be to solicit nominees for the award, evaluate them based on criteria established by the Association in the “Guidelines for Awards,” and designate a recipient or recipients, unless none of the nominees meets the criteria. 11. Janice Hocker Rushing Early Career Research Award, whose purpose shall be to solicit nominees for the award, evaluate them based on criteria established by the Association in the “Guidelines for Awards,” and designate a recipient or recipients, unless none of the nominees meets the criteria. 12. John I. Sisco Excellence in Teaching Award Committee, whose purpose shall be to solicit nominees for the award, evaluate them based on the criteria established in the “Guidelines for Awards,” and designate a recipient or recipients, unless none of the nominees meets the criteria. 13. SSCA Outreach Award Committee, whose purpose shall be to solicit nominees for the award, evaluate them based on the criteria established in the “Guidelines for Awards,” and designate a recipient or recipients, unless none of the nominees meets the criteria. 14. Dwight L. Freshley Outstanding New Teacher Award, whose purpose shall be to solicit nominees for the award, evaluate them based on the criteria established in the “Guidelines for Awards,” and designate a recipient or recipients, unless none of the nominees meets the criteria. 15. Rose B. Johnson SCJ Article Award Committee, whose purpose is to determine the recipient or recipients based on criteria established by the Association in the “Guidelines for Awards.” 16. Michael M. Osborn Teacher-Scholar Award Committee, whose purpose shall be to solicit nominees for the award, evaluate them based on the criteria established in the “Guidelines for Awards” and designate a recipient or recipients, unless none of the nominees meets the criteria. Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 93 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 17. Suzanne Osborn Community College Outstanding Educator Award Committee, whose purpose shall be to solicit nominees for the award, evaluate them based on the criteria established in the “Awards Guideline” and designate a recipient or recipients, unless none of the nominees meets the criteria 18. J. Donald Ragsdale Award for Mentoring Committee, whose purpose shall be to solicit nominees for the award, evaluate them based on the criteria established in the “Awards Guideline” and designate a recipient or recipients, unless none of the nominees meets the criteria. 2.Appointment 1. The Committee on Committees shall consist of the Administrative Committee.. 2. Standing Committees should consist of three members in good standing. 3. Members of the Standing Committees, except the Nominating Committee, the Committee on Committees, and the Rose B. Johnson Award Committee, shall be appointed for a term of three years, with staggered terms, shall be eligible for reappointment, and shall have the retiring member serve as chair. 4. Members of the Rose B. Johnson SCJ Article Award Committee shall consist of the SCJ Editor and the Editorial Board. 3. Reports. Each committee shall present its reports to the Executive Council in session at the convention as requested by the President, and the President is empowered to require reports of progress during the year. Section 2. Special Ad Hoc Committees. The President may appoint special committees as deemed necessary and desirable to assist in carrying out the program for the year. Such appointments will expire with the end of the President’s term in office. The Executive Council may authorize the appointment of special committees to serve longer than one year. ARTICLE X: DIVISIONS Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of the Division structure of the Association shall be to recognize and to encourage the spheres of interest and activities of the specialties of communication. Section 2. Division Names. Each Division will represent a major specialization of communication. In order to be an officially recognized Division of the Southern States Communication Association, at least 5% of the Association’s membership shall have indicated membership in the Division. Any Division failing to attract 5% of the membership (determined 60 days prior to the meeting of the Administrative Committee at the annual convention) shall be placed on a one-year probationary status during which time it has the opportunity to achieve the minimum. The Executive Director shall notify divisions of probationary status when membership falls below 5%. Failing to achieve the minimum or failing to elect officers shall result in the Divisional status being revoked and the division becoming an Interest Group. The following Divisions are recognized and shall be guaranteed space on the convention program, which will be allocated based on division size: 1. Communication Theory 2. Freedom of Speech 3. Intercultural Communication 4. Performance Studies 5. Mass Communication 6. Rhetoric and Public Address 7. Southern Argumentation and Forensics 8. Language and Social Interaction 9. Instructional Development 10. Applied Communication 11. Gender Studies 12. Popular Communication 13. Interpersonal Communication 14. Public Relations 15. Community College 16. Political Communication Section 3. Each member of the Association shall be an official member of up to two (2) Divisions and may affiliate with additional divisions for a fee set by the Finance Committee. Section 4. Meetings. At each annual convention there will be a designated time in the program for a business meeting of each Division. Section 5. Officers. Members of each Division shall elect the officers for the Division. 1. The officers and their responsibilities shall be: 1. The Chair, who shall be the chief officer of a Division and shall be responsible to the President of the Association. 2. The Vice Chair, who shall serve as program chair for the section programs at the annual convention and shall be responsible to the Vice President of the Association and ascends to the office of Chair. 3. The Vice Chair-Elect, who ascends to the office of Vice Chair and assists the Chair with divisional responsibilities. 4. The Secretary, who shall take minutes and publicize activities of the Division and shall be responsible to the Executive Director of the Association. 94 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION 2. Activities and specialty interests within each Division shall be directed by the officers of that Division. Section 6. Establishment of New Divisions. New Divisions of the Association may be arranged by concerned individuals petitioning the Executive Council for such recognition, detailing the academic rationale for such status, and indicating specifically the membership of the proposed division. A new Division cannot be recognized until 5% of the membership of the Association has indicated their desire to join such a division. ARTICLE XI: INTEREST GROUPS Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of the Interest Group structure of the Association shall be to recognize and to encourage the spheres of interest and activities of the expanding specialties of communication. Section 2. Interest Group Names. Each Interest Group will represent a major or emerging specialization of communication. In order to be an officially recognized Interest Group of the Southern States Communication Association, at least 2% of the Association’s membership shall have indicated membership in the Interest Group. Any Interest Group failing to attract 2% of the membership (as determined 60 days prior to the meeting of the Administrative Committee at the time of the annual convention) shall be placed on a one-year probationary status during which time it has the opportunity to achieve the minimum. Any Interest Group failing to achieve the minimum a second year or failing to elect officers or failing to submit a program will have its status as an Interest Group revoked. The list of recognized Interest Groups will be kept by the Executive Director. Recognized Interest Groups will be guaranteed one program slot and one business meeting at the annual convention. Additional time slots may be allocated if available, based on the size of the membership in the Interest Group. Section 3. Membership. Each member of the association may be an official member of up to 2 Interest Groups and may affiliate with other Interest Groups for an additional fee set by the Finance Committee. Section 4. Meetings. At each annual convention there will be a designated time in the program for either a program or a business meeting of each Interest Group (see Section 2 above). Section 5. Officers. Members of each Interest Group shall elect the officers for the Interest Group. 1. The officers and their responsibilities shall be: 1. The Chair, who shall be the chief officer of an Interest Group and shall be responsible to the President of the Association. 2. The Vice-Chair, who shall serve as program chair for the Interest Group program(s) at the annual convention and shall be responsible to the VicePresident of the Association. 3. The Interest Group shall take minutes and publicize activities of the Interest Group and shall be responsible to the Executive Director of the Association. 2. Activities and specialty interests within each Interest Group shall be directed by the officers of that Interest Group. Section 6. Establishment of New Interest Groups. New Interest Groups of the Association may be arranged by concerned individuals petitioning the Executive Council for such recognition, detailing the academic rationale for such status, and indicating specifically the membership of the proposed Interest Group. A new Interest Group cannot be recognized until 2% of the membership of the Association has indicated the desire to join such an Interest Group. ARTICLE XII: PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY Section 1. The American Institute of Parliamentarians Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, most recent edition, shall be the parliamentary authority for all matters of procedure not specifically covered in this Constitution. Section 2. Parliamentarian. The President may appoint a parliamentarian to serve at the President’s pleasure. ARTICLE XIII: AMENDMENT This Constitution may be amended: 1. By majority approval of the Executive Council and two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast at an annual convention business meeting, or 2. By a majority vote at two consecutive annual convention business meetings, or 3. By two-thirds (2/3) approval of the Executive Council and a majority of the votes cast at the annual convention business meeting, or 4. By majority approval of the Executive Council and a majority of the votes cast at an annual convention business meeting provided the Amendment had prior approval of the Constitution Committee and was circulated among the membership at least thirty (30) days before the date of the annual convention. ARTICLE XIV: DISSOLUTION Section 1. Dissolution by Vote. The Association may be dissolved only at a special meeting called for that purpose, and in the manner prescribed by the relevant state laws, by vote of three-fourths (3/4) of the members present. Subject to compliance with the applicable provisions of such laws, upon any such dissolution of the Association all its property remaining after satisfaction of all its obligations shall be distributed to one or more corporations, funds, foundations, or learned societies such as the Executive Council may select, organized or operated exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder, member or individual, and which does not carry on propaganda or participate or intervene in any political campaign. Section 2. Dissolution by Inaction. If for any reason the Association shall be unable to elect officers and conduct business in the manner prescribed by its Constitution, including Section 1 above, all property remaining after satisfaction of all its obligations shall be turned over to the National Communication Association, the national organization with which this regional association is affiliated. Revised April 2014 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 95 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Arkansas State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Clemson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 College of Charleston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 East Tennessee State University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Georgia State University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 NCA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 North Carolina State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Purdue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back Cover Routledge/Taylor Francis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sam Houston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Texas State University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Front Cover, 77 Texas Tech University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 17 Towson University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 University of Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 University of Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 University of Memphis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 51 University of North Carolina at Charlotte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back Cover University of South Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 University of Southern Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 University of Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78, 79 Valdosta State University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Virginia Tech University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Western Kentucky University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 96 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 97 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION INDEX OF PARTICIPANTS • SSCA 2017 *= Clevenger UHC Participant Abraham, Jacob. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2203, 3202 Adams, Ty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2409, 4504 Alberti-Strait, Laura. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4105 Aldawoud, Amal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307 Allen, Austin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3311, 3407 Allen, Myria W.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4106 Allen, William. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4110 Allison, Jay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 Alley-Young, Gordon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3503 Almeida, Eugenie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5106 Amason, Patricia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2307 Anderson, Caitlyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3512 Anderson, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4207 Angelet, Kyle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306 Anthony, Kathryn E.. . . . . . 3411, 4205, 5207 Antony, Mary Grace. . . . . . . 1201, 2101,2206, 2306, 2311, 3507, 4209 Armfield, Greg G.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 2305, 3406, 4507 Armstrong, Janine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2608 Armstrong, John. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2312 Arneson, Pat. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2502, 2602, 3207, 4111, 4210, 4306 Arnett, Ronald C.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3207 Arnold, Emily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4604 Arth, Zachary W.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5206 Asbury, Mary Beth. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305, 3307, 4208, 4510 Ash, Erin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3508 Atkins-Sayre, Wendy. . . . . . . . . . . . 2404, 3312 Bae, Beom Jun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405 Baez, Kristiana Lilly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5209 Bagley, Meredith . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 4207 Bahn, Catherine E.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4505 Bailey, S. Brad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308,2412, 3406,4202,4302, 4602 Baker, Kim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4305 Balcom, Alexandra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4512 Baldwin, Andrea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 Ballard, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3408 Balthrop, Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2510 Banister, John P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4112 Bannon, Susannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2610 Barclay, Kathy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3305 Barouch, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4207 Bartos, Colleen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406 Bauermeister, Gretchen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3411 Baum, Carolyn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311 Baxter, Richard L.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202 Beasley, Vanessa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4601 Beck, Anna- Carrie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2212, 4205 Beck, Gary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2307, 3307 Beck, Jake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2501 Bell, Kristina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4203 Bello, Richard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308, 3402 Bennett, Imani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2201 98 Bennett, Noami. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4301 Bennett, Patrick D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406, 3204 Bergeron, Jill Stapleton. . . . . . . . . 3507, 4103 Bessarabova, Elena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3203 Bilge, Nurhayat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2206 Billard, T.J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4303 Bissell, Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4305 Black, Jason Edward. . . . . . . . . . . 2309, 2404, 2701, 3209, 3504 Blackman, Temiela. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4203 Blair, Carole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2701, 4508, 4601 Blankenship, Christina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403 Blevins, Emily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2509 Boatwright, Brandon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4106 Bochner, Art. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4506 Bogle, Yvonne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2506 Book, Connie Ledoux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3403 Boone, Juanita Ceyann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3314 Booth, E. Tristan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4303 Borton, Brett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2605 Boulware, Jocelyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4312 Bourland-Davis, Pam . . . . . . . . . . 2405, 2508, 3210, 5105 Bowman, Ruth Laurion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4712 Braddy, Jon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3308 Bradford, Beth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3209, 4110 Brandau, Frances E.. . . . . . . 2207, 2308, 4302 Brannon, Grace Ellen. . . . . . 2604, 4305, 5206 Brantley, Brian C.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2210, 2504, 3306, 3505, 5104 Brazile, Courtney R.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4302 Breede, Deborah C.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 2407, 3209, 4110 Breslin, Patrick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3406, 4308 Bridges, Heather L.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4107 Brinkley, Anna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3211 Brinthaupt, Thomas M.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307 Broadway, Camille. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405 Brock, Darlene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2201 Brockmann, Breena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4307 Bronstein, Madeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3313 Brooks, Abby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305, 2307,2 505,3212, 4208 Brooks, Erik. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3210 Brooks, Katelyn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3313 Brophy, Meghan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3410 Broussard, Johanna M.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4309 Brown, Cameron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4211 Brown, Laura. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2610, 4306 Brown-Rose, Josie A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2506 Brunner, Brigitta R.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3401 Bryant, Kevin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 2511, 3407 Buckner, Marjorie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2212, 2306, 4106, 4507 Buerkel- Rothfuss, Nancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2307 Buerkle, C. Wesley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3503, 4604 Bundy, Anna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4212 Burke, Austin D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2407, 3513 Burke, Charlotte G.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2407 Burke, David. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4102 Burks, Josie A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4309 Burnette, Ann E.. . . . . . . . . . 3205, 4111, 4210 Bushman, Kathryn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4604 Butterworth, Emma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306 Callaway, Monette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308, 4103 Campbell, Anne O.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4202 Campbell, Gemme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4510 Capuzza, Jamie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4303 Carberry, Emmalene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2507 Carlson, Jessica H.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2506 Carrion, Melissa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405 Carver, Mary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202, 4302 Castleberry, Garret. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603, 3501 Castro, Estefania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4211 Castro, Nicole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3206, 5209 Cates, Carl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1101,1201, 2101, 2402, 3403, 4602 Cates, Kristy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101 Chang, Hsiu- Jung “Mindy”. . . . . . 2506, 2609 Chang, Jay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2205 Chang, Yanrong (Yvonne). . . . . . . 2406, 2609 Chaplain, Jessica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4312 Chappuis, Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603 Charoensap-Kelly, Piyawan . . . . . 3210, 3305 Chatham-Carpenter, April. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2410 Chen, Hongliang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3311 Childress, Stella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3410 Christen, Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . 2311, 3310, 4302 Cissna, Ken. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2207 Clancy, Benjamin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304, 3206 Clark-Gordon, Cathlin V.. . . . . . . . . 4106, 4305 Cohen, Andrew I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307 Cole, Hazel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405 Coleman, Marcus J.. . . . . . . 3311, 3505, 4112 Colon, Kaitlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3212 Condit, Celeste M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3504 Cone, Valerie Berenice Coles . . . . . . . . . . 4510 Conley, Kelly W.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4106 Conners, Joan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3211, 3409 Constant, Sarah J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2602 Constantini, Nicole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3201 Coopman, Stephanie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308 Copeland, Kristopher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603 Corrigan, Lisa M.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3309, 4207, 4307,4508, 5210 Cos, Grant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3304, 4111, 4306 Coskrey, Rosemary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4604 Cranmer, Gregory A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4507 Crawford, Karlie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4512 Crawford, Monica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4311 Croat, Colin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4308 Crocker, Sara G.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4308 Croft, Sharon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 Crow, Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4505 Curran, Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4208 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION D’Silva, Margaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3204 Dailey, William O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3409 Daley, Laura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3411 Darsey, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3205 Davis, Alyssa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2212 Davis, Christine S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2407, 4110 Davis, Lizzie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4512 Day, Nejla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4311 Daya, Serena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4104 de Saint Felix, Skye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3309 Deaton, Gary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2511 Deaton, Taylor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2511, 4504 Deeb, Anna M. Dudney. . . . . . . . . 2607, 4309 DeHart, Jean. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1101, 1201, 2101, 2308, 2404, 2503, 4603 Delgado, Les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3201, 4501 Desidero, Linda Di. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5106 Dewberry, David. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201,2101, 3304, 4111, 4210 Dicker, Aaron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3305 Dickman, Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2203 Dickson, Fran C.. . . . . . . . . . . 3402, 4208, 4510 Diel, Stan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3210 Dilliplane, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3206 Donato, Mary E.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2208 Dorsey, Leroy. . . . . . . 1101, 1201, 2101, 5201 Downing, Joe R.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2604 Drucker, Susan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3301 Drumheller, Kristina. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202, 2505 Duke, Thomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4206 Dunlap, Jenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2208 Dupree,DJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2201 Dykes, Pamela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4110 Eaves, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3407, 4504 Edgar, Amanda Nell. . . . . . . . . . . . 3402, 4104, 4304, 5205 Edwards, Jennifer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 3404, 4209, 4310 Edwards, Renee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2505 Eldredge, Scott A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4202 Ellis, Carolyn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4506 Ellis, Cassidy D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3312, 5208 Ells, Kevin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4104 Ellis, Tess LaRie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3411 Erdely, Jennifer L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2301 Evans, Isaac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4302 Fall, Lisa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305, 2405, 2508 Farhat, Aya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303 Farmer, Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3313 Farr, Tracey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2508 Faulkner, Blake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304 Faux, William. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2512 Fellows, Kelli L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2503 Feltz, Silke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2408, 2502 Fenimore, Wanda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2607 Ferguson, Rebecca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4102 Finch, Gavin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3512 Finkelshteynn, Sheyla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4311 Fitzpatrick, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304 Fogle, Krystal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3312, 4112 Folckemer, Gary D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2605 Ford, Sherry . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 2212, 2402 Forest, Ericha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307 Forrest, Mary F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4302 Forrester, Amy L.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2505 Foster, Megan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3512 Foulke, Meredith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2509 Foutz, Beau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2412, 4302 Fox, Rebekah. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4111, 4210, 4305 Frank, Robert (Bob). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2402 Franklin, Cole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101 Frawley, Michael. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2504 French, Leah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4512 Frey, T. Kody. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2212, 4503 Frobish, Todd S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2409 Frost, Jonathon K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2505 Gabster, Amanda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606 Gaines, Steven Tramel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4105 Gallagher, Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1101, 1201, 2101, 2701, 3301, 5201 Garland, Michelle. . . . . . . . . 2212, 2611, 3310 Gaughf, Carli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4102 Gehrke, Pat J.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3506, 4201 George, Megan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2508 Gerlich, Nicholas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202 Geyerman, Chris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405 Gibson, Danna M.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202, 3401 Gilchrist-Petty, Eletra S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3305 Gillespie, David. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3404, 4310 Gleason, Jim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2605 Glenn, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2511 Gloeckner, Paige B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5206 Goen, Karley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3404, 4310 Goen, Todd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308, 2402, 4109 Goldsmith, Joy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4205 Gollihue, Krystin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4203 Goodaker, Lesley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4501 Goodier, Beth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3508 Goodwin, Jean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3506 Grabowski, Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4111 Graham, Beverly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405 Gramzinski, Logan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2204, 3311 Grano, Dan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2404, 3408, 4312 Gratch, Ariel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2301, 3303, 4501 Gratch, Lyndsay Michalik. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2301, 2401, 3303 Graves, Clint G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3411 Graves, Emily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2401 Gray, Jennifer B.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303 Green, Robert J.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2307, 4505 Greenwalt, Dustin A.. . . . . . . . . . . . 2309, 3405 Groover, Michelle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2508 Gumpert, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3301 Haas, John W.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2505 Hale, Jerold M. . . . . . 1101, 1201, 2101, 5201 Hallsby, Atilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2309 Hamadi, Dina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3513 Hample, Jessica. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2208 Han, Jiangxue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2209 Hanks, Lindsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3512 Hannay, Sally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2408 Hannay, Sarah McGreevey. . . . . . . . . . . . 5202 Hanson, Trudy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202, 2311 Hardig, Sally Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2212 Hare, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4212 Harlow, William F.. . . . . . . . . 2209, 2504, 3505 Harris, Sara Baugh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4108 Harris, Tina A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2206, 3402 Harrison, Vernon Ray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4105 Harroff, Lindsay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606 Hart, Andrew Judson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4105 Hart, Casey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5206 Hart, Joy L.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2207, 4109, 4305 Kayla J.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3409, 4209 Halva-Nebauer, Glen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2312 Hawley, Cody. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3202, 3510, 4206 Hawley, Suzon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4308 Hayes, Marceline Thompson. . . . . . . . . . 2207 Heaton, Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 Heidt, Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . 2204, 3208, 4307 Heinz, Matthew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4303 Hendrix, Katherine Grace. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2212 Herrmann, Andrew F.. . . . . . . . . . 2303, 2407, 3207, 4506 Herro, Steve. . . . . . . . . 2303,4202,4308, 5205 Hestdalen, Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2602 Heuman, Amy N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2206, 2306, 2609, 3402 Hickerson, Corey. . . . . . . . . . 2508, 2604, 5105 Hill, Theon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3308 Hinck, Edward A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3409 Hinck, Shelly S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3409 Hoffman, William. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305 Horne, Dena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2308 Houck, Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4201, 4508 Hovanic, Mary-Kate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2208 Howard, Leigh Anne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3501 Huebner, Alex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306 Huell, Jade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2401, 3314 Huff, Billy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3308 Hughes, A.G.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403 Hurst, Elizabeth H.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3204, 3305 Inabinet, Brandon. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2312, 2606, 3205, 3301, 4211 Ivory, James D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406 Jackson, Ronald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3511 Jackson, Sarah K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2401 Jacobs, Melissa E.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2212 James, Navita Cummings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3601 Janovec, Anastacia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4208 Jobe, Hannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3512 Johnson III, Edgar D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311 Johnson, Andre. . . . . 2607, 3208, 4105, 4304 Johnson, Christie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3212 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 99 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Johnston, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3212 Jones, Cayla D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3314 Jones, Sarah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4303 Jovanovic, Spoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2509 Jurczak, Linda Pysher. . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 2311, 2412, 2602 Kairys, Alena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4311 Katsinas, Stephen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3210 Kaufmann, Renee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2212 Kauth, John Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3513 Keaton, Shaughn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 3509, 4204 Keith, Rachel J.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4305 Keith, Sheree’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2507 Kellerman, Edmund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2409 Kelly, Stephanie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2212, 2611, 3310, 4103 Kendall, Christian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307 Key, Adam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3209, 3510, 4104 Kim, Joon Kyoung. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2509 King, Ambria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3313 King, Cynthia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2312,2701 Kleinmann, Christie M. . . . . . . . . . 2508, 5105 Klingbeil, Matthew . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3208, 4108 Knight, Kelsey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3410 Knight, Misty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2511 Knight, Rich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2511 Knox, Bradley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3312 Koerber, Amy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2306 Kofoed, Emily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4108 Kopfman, Jennifer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3508 Kor, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2510, 4108 Kotowski, Michael. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2211, 2307 Kratzer, Jessica M.W.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307 Krawietz, Colton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3212 Kurisky, Brian Patrick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307 Kuypers, Jim A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3409 Kwami, Janet D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606 Lagomasino, Adolfo. . . . . . . . . . . . 3209, 3408 Land, Sonja. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311 Laskowski, Kara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5207 Lasslo, Julie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2505 Lawrence-Kuether, Maureen. . . . . . . . . . 2406 Leach, Brittany R.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3405 Leach, Rebecca B.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2212 LeBlanc, Amanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2203 Lee, Alexander S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4305 Lee, Bobbi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4102 Lee, Eun Young. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2206, 3308 Lee, Lauren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3410 Lee, Ronald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3410 Leeman, Richard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3513 LeFebvre, Luke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3506, 4201 Lehn, Melody. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 2310, 4206, 4304 Loes, Elysia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4604 Lerner, Adam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3506 Lessl, Thomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5210 100 Lessley, James, Adam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2208 Levine, Kenneth J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4208 Levine, Timothy R.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2211, 3203 Levitt, Linda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2507, 4303 Lewis, Camille. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2310 Linvill, Darren L.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2212, 4503 Long, Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4501 Long, Shawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1101, 1201, 2101 Lou, Shanshan. . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2102, 2209 Lu, Zeyu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4106 Lukacovic, Marta N.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2606 Mackie, Cara T.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3209, 4506 MacNeil, Theresa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4110 Magruder, Peyton E.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5208 Maldonado, Chandra. . . . . 2610, 4203, 4306 Malphrus, Ellen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5202 Mandziuk, Roseann. . . . . . . . . . . . 1101, 1201, 2101, 2607, 4601 Manley, Terri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3503 Manning, Jimmie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307, 3511 Manning, Linda D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2402, 3307, 4107, 4109 Mao, Chang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2205 Mapp, Christopher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3305, 3502 Marinelli, Kevin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3504, 4207 Markwood, Bridget. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3401 Marling, Sierra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4603 Marsden, Anna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2601, 4301 Martin, Ruth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4202 Martin, Stephanie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3311 Martinez, Aissa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3404, 4310 Mathewson, Katie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3213 Mathis, Sara M.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3510 Matig, Jacob J.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4208 Matsaganis, Matthew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3301 Mattocks, Joy E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3314 Matzke-Fawcett, Amy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307 Maze, William. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2412 Mazer, Joseph P.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4308 McAlexander, Kristen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2408 McArthur, John A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2410 McCarty, Josh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2209 McCollough, Christopher J. . . . . . 1201,2101, 2202, 2604, 3401 McConnell III, John R.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311 McCormack, Molly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3309 McCornack, Steven. . . . . . . 2211, 3203, 3508 McCubbin, Caylin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2201 McCurry, Michael. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3601 McElearney, Patrick E.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4301 McFerguson, Marquese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403 McGee, Brian R.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3403 McGeough, Danielle. . . . . . . . . . . 2401, 2501, 2601, 3303, 4301, 5202 McGeough, Ryan Erik. . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 2301, 3202, 4309 McKaig, Taylor E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3411 McNair, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3213 McVey, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2309, 2607 Meares, Mary M.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2206, 2609 Medina, Chloe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4512 Meek, Melissa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4103 Mentor, Jamal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4512 Menzies, Alisha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2203, 2303 Mercieca, Jennifer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3601 Mestayer, Colleen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3310, 4507 Metcalf, Laura D.. . . . . . . . . . 2412, 4103, 4503 Metz, Jacob. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2511, 3310, 4202 Meyer, John C.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5207 Miczo, Nathan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2208, 4208 Miller, Haley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4507 Miller, Laura. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2611, 5207 Miller, Lucy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4303 Miller, Rozilyn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202 Mohr, Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4212 Moist, John. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3503, 4307 Monahan, Diane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2410 Moore, Nina- Jo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2402, 4109 Moore, Sadie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4106 Mora, Juliane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4201 Morales, Alexander. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3202 Moregenroth, Austin Hunter. . . . . . . . . 4603 Morgoch, Meredith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4106 Morin, Aysel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3409 Morrison, Kelly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3203, 3508 Morrissey, Megan Elizabeth. . . . . . . . . . . 4303 Moss, Christina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3213 Moss, Joseph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3204 Mouton, Ashton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4511 Mueller, Thomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4507 Munsell, Jason. . . . . 1101, 1201, 2101, 2301, 2503, 4101, 4502, 5102, 5201 Murphy, Mollie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2608 Murphy, Mollie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4211 Murphy, Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3314 Myers, Scott A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2208 Myers-Cooper, Ashley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2512 Nagel, Jeff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2608, 4307, 5210 Nelson, Alexandra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4512 Nelson, Chad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3308 Nelson, David. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 2202, 2308, 2512 Nelson, Katie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5205 Neville-Shepard, Ryan. . . . . . . . . . 2510, 3408 Newbill, Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4212 Nicholson, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2205 Nipper, Melissa H.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2507, 5205 Noltensmeyer, Candy J.. . . . . . . . . 2410, 4308 Nwidobie, Jeff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3404, 4310 O’Donnell, Kelly M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3309 O’Meara, Melanie Kitchens. . . . . . . . . . . . 4712 O’Neill, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2312 O’Rourke, Sean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4508 Obeid, Sam(ira) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2203 Olson, Michele K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4208 Opt, Susan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2505, 3512 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Orr, Kelsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4312 Orth, Nikki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2510 Osborn, Jamie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2307 Osborn, Michael. . . . . . . . . . 4509, 4601, 4801 Osborn, Randall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4509 Osborn, Suzanne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4509, 4801 Osmanovic, Sanela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4107 Ott, Holly K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2509 Ozley, Raymond R.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 2212, 4205 Reynolds, Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4211 Panetta, Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2204 Pantic, Mirjana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406 Pantoja, Gabriel Esteban . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2604 Pariera, Katrina L.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4107 Parry-Giles, Trevor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3511 Parrott, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3303 Paskewitz, Emily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4205 Passalacqua, Stacey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5207 Pate, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5202 Patti, Chris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4506 Payne, David. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3202 Payne, Kassidy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3410 Pecchioni, Loretta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3303, 4107 Pederson, Josh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2307, 4107 Pedregosa, Jay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4103 Pember, Sarah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4305 Perez-Langley, Olivia G.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4301 Perna, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2205, 4305 Perry, Keith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4602 Perry, Sam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3208, 4105 Persuit, Jeanne M.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2502 Peterson, Jason. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603 Petrovic, Jelena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4505 Pickett, James R.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2302 Pierce, Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3405 Plumpton, Max. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2403, 3202 Poapst, Jackie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5209 Poe, Phillip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2303, 4209 Polikoff, Rich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406 Ponthieux, Joseph G. . . . . . 3307, 3503, 4505 Pounders, Natalee M. Briscoe . . . . . . . . . 5208 Powell, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2511 Powell, Larry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3211, 3505 Prettyman, Duncan V.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4511 Proffitt, Jennifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306 Pruden, Bernard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307 Pyle, Andrew. . . . . . . . . . . . 2205, 3508, 4103, 4106, 4503, 4507, 5106 Rakowitz, Julie A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3213 Ralston, Steven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3403 Ramsey, Matthew C.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5207 Rangel, Nick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4112 Ranson, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2312 Rantung, Shaina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3212 Rao, Ramesh N.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4209 Rasmussen, Leslie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4602 Ratcliff, Amanda Jo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2209 Rausch, Cynde Carrico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4203 Ray, Benjamin A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5208 Ray, Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4205 Reif, Carrie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2505, 4106 Renner, Max. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3301 Rhodes, Claire D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4304 Ricardo, Libby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5202 Rich, Ashley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3212 Richards, Sharlene Thompson. . . . . . . . . 2604 Richardson, Rhett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2609 Richardson, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2312 Ricke, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4603 Ridner, S. Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4305 Riggs, Koral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3213 Rister, Alex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4511 Ritter, Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2209 Robb, Jamie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3202 Robbins, Dan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4102 Roberts, Kellie W.. . . . . . . . . 2409, 2503, 4212 Roberts, Laura. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3309, 3504 Roberts, Van T.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2210 Robins, Matthew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4510 Robinson, Ashley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4604 Rocha, Christian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3404, 4310 Rodgers, R. Pierre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3304, 4306 Rodriguez, Leslie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2205 Roe, Darrell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101 Romo, Lynsey K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2509 Roscoe, Rod D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311 Rudiak, Olivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4212 Rudrow, Keven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3407, 3510 Rule, Forrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3510 Russell, John. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5210 Russell, Vincent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2509 Ryalls, Emily D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3503, 4303 Saas, William O.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4206 Samp, Jennifer A.. . . . . . . . . 2211, 3307, 4208 Sampson, Cynthia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2501 Sarapin, Susan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3211, 3304 Sarkela, Sandra J.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2310, 3205 Saunders, John H.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 3502, 4602 Sawyer, Caroline. . . . . . . . . . 2310, 4304,4512 Saxon, Katherine P.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3306 Saxton, Gregory D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5206 Schares, Evan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4511 Schon, Jennifer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4510 Scott, D. Travers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4103, 4503 Scott, Katie D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4311 Scott, Marion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202, 3401 Scott, Sarah Mayberry. . . . . . . . . . 2310, 2510 Sears, Clara G.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4305 Seid, Cierra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3313 Sellnow-Richmond, Deborah. . . . . . . . . 2606 Setvin, Trevor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4106 Shan, Zhou. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2209, 3311 Shear, Lauren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3313 Sheer, Vivian C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2205 Sheff, Sarah E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4208 Sheldon, Pavica. . . . . . . . . . . 2208, 2406, 3204 Shields, Ron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5202 Silvers, Cheyenne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3212 Simmons, Donald B.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2305 Simon, Jenni. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2405 Slade, Alison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2603, 3305, 3502 Sloan, Alyssa M.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5207 Smallwood, Amber. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3210, 3401 Smith, Barry P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2210, 2504, 3211, 3505, 3602, 5206 Smith, Cheryl I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2506 Smith, J. Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3211, 3306 Smith, Jennifer Mize. . . . . . . . . . . 1101, 1201, 2101, 4507 Smith, Kelley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4512 Smith, Kenny D.. . . . . . . . . . . 2210, 3505, 5206 Smith, Lauren Reichart. . . . . . . . . . 2210,2504, 3306, 3505,5104 Smith, Melissa M.. . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 2209, 2504, 3505, 4112, 5201 Smith, Montana. . . . . . . . . . 2501, 3201, 4303 Smith, Stephen A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4111, 4210, 4306, 4504 Socha, Thomas. . . . . . . . . . . 3307, 4107, 4311 Sorrels, Jeff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4503 Spaulding, Sally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3504 Spencer, Leland G.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 2608, 4303 Spiceland, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2503 Spiker, Julia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4207 Spinetta, Christine M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3211 Stallings, Lori. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2310, 2311 Stangler, McKay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5210 Star, Hannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3314 Steinberg, Joshua. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2601 Steinfatt, Thomas M.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2410 Stephens, Elizabeth. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2407, 4205 Stewart, Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3408 Stewart, Craig O.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 2311, 3402, 4304 Stiegel, Victoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5205 Stilwell, Matthew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5104 Stob, Paul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3205 Stokes, Ashli Quesinberry. . . . . . 2404, 2604, 3312, 5201 Stoltz, Molly. . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 2412, 2602 Stovall, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4512 Strawser, Michael G.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2311 Stuckey, Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201,2101, 3601, 4508, 4601 Swenson-Weiner, Ben. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4309 Swimmer, Natalie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3513 Tabrizi, Hannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3407, 3510 Tatum, Nicholas T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2212 Taylor, Lakelyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3513 Temple, Melissa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3212 Temple, Nicholas M. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4511,5205 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 101 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Terry, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2301 Tetteh, Dinah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2307 Thameling, Carl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3502 Thames, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2302 Thibodeaux, Terry M. . . . . . . . . . . . 2208, 2406 Thieme, Amy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2610 Thomas, Rhondda R.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2701 Thompson, William. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2508 Thomson, Deborah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4505 Tinker, Andrew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2502, 2602 Tipton, Whitney L.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2406 Tollison, Andrew C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4208 Toone, Ashton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4104 Toula, Christopher M.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5204 Trebing, J. David. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3409 Triana, Ben . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2205 Trowbridge, Kevin S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5105 Tuder, Jennifer. . . . . . . . . . . . 5103, 5202, 5301 Turner, Kathleen J.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3511, 4509 Turner, Paaige K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3511 VanDyke, Matthew S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2509 Vatz, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2302 Vaughan, Tracey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3204,3307 Vaughn, Holley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2401, 3501 Vincent, Christopher J.. . . . . 3304,3407,4504 Vincent, Christy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2202 Violanti, Michelle T.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2611, 3310 Violette, Jayne L.. . . . . . . . . . 2605,3508, 5202 Walczyk, Jeffrey J.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3203 Walden, Sarah W.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2507 Walker, Anne K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4603 102 Walker, Jefferson . . . . . . . . . 2204, 2404, 4206 Walker, Kandi L.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 2207, 4109, 4305 Walker, Kiara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4312 Walker, Rebecca. . . . . . . . . . 2201, 2401,3501 Walker, Wade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4206 Walter, Devon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3512 Waltman, Michael. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3206, 4401 Wang, Tiffany R.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2212 Wang, Yi Jasmine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3204 Ward Sr., Mark. . . . . . . . . . . 2206, 2410, 3207, 3507, 5106, 5206 Watson, Hays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2204 Watson, Joey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2201 Watson, Sam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4309 Watts, Hannah Allison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2307 Waychoff, Brianne. . 1201, 2101, 2401, 3201 Webb, Lynne . . . . . . . 2207, 2306, 4511, 5205 Webb, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3307 Webber, Carolina Rosas. . . . . . . . . 2306, 2611 Weckerly, Cassandra B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3512 Wei, Fang-Yi Flora. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2212 Welch, Nakia. . . . . . . . . . . . .1201, 2101, 3406, 3510, 4103, 4308 Weller, Kim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2410 West, Carrie L. . . . . . . . . . . . 1201, 2101, 2408, 3510, 4107, 4208 West, Nichole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3213 Wheaton, Patrick G.. . . . . . 2204, 2304, 2504, 3208, 3410, 3505 Whitlinger, Claire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2312 Whittemore, Ashley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4603 Whitworth, Colin. . . . . . . . . . 2601,3201,4301 Wilbur, Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3210 Wiles, Kayla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4312 Wilks, Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4211 Williams, Blair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4604 Williams, Christina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3310 Williams, Danielle E.. . . . . . .2303, 2603,4104 Williams, Goyland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3206 Williams, Kelly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2510, 3408 Williamson, Jason G.. . . . . . . . . . . . 3405,4108 Winderman, Emily. . . . . . . . 3405, 3504,5209 Winiski, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2312 Winn, Matthew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2304, 3208 Winters, Caryn L.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5204 Womelsdorf, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5204 Wood, Lainey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3213 Woods, Chelsea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2604, 4208 Woods, Heather Suzanne. . . . . . . 2309, 5209 Word, Kaitlyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4501 Worley, Timothy. . . . . . . . . . 2208, 3307, 4503 Worrell, Donata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4503 Wright, Courtney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3305, 4204 Yang, Xiaoxu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3204 Young, Mandy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4205 Young, Steven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2209 Zagacki, Kenneth S. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3206, 3601 Zhang, Xueying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4305 Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION SSCA 88th Annual Convention Call for Participation “Muses and Musings in the Music City” April 4-8, 2018 | Sheraton Downtown | Nashville, Tennessee Homer begins The Oddessy with something like “Sing to me, Oh Muse…” The theme “Muses and Musings in the Music City” (a strategic tongue twisting alliteration) calls on us all to consider inspiration, engage in reflection, and to listen to each other. “Muses and Musings” as a theme invokes kairos and provokes inspiration. Contemporary times demand invention and discovery requires a muse; a telos of passion. This conference theme asks us to sustain and stimulate enthusiasm in our craft(s), to offer motivational research and pedagogy, and to create art and action. Of course the conference theme—and themes are themselves muses--offers us many avenues of scholarly inquiry starting, of course, with the mythic muses. Generally, the muses inspired works of both art and science. Pausanias seemingly told of the original three: melete (practice), mneme (memory), and aeode (song). We also have the well-known mythic nine muses/goddesses and all their mythic doings: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania. Can the original three muses and the well-known nine offer us inspiration for our scholarship, our teaching, our everyday lives? And, by the way, any interesting scholarly work on Xanadu is fair game and magical. Of course, we can also consider work in mythology generally for this conference; the cultural stories we tell and re-tell impact all aspects of our lives. Further, considering that many of our contemporary practices/places/thoughts have their linguistic genealogy in “muse,” we can consider the voice of muse as she sings in such “rows” as museums, amusements, and music. The state capital of Tennessee, Nashville bills itself as “Music City, USA” and its music industry is the second largest in the United States. There are countless opportunities to submit work in the area of music and communication from multiple interests and epistemological stances. But Nashville’s biggest industry is healthcare. That makes sense since a lot of folks get sick of all that country music; though countless genres of music thrive in Nashville. Nashville is also home to an ever growing automotive industry as well as home to the headquarters of the United Methodist Church and Southern Baptist Convention. Even more, Nashville is indeed home to a number of well-known museums (like the Johnny Cash Museum) and auditoriums, including the coveted Grand Ole Opry. Nashville has several civil war sites and, linking us back to the ancients, a full-scale reproduction of the Parthenon. I have also heard that there are some colleges and universities in Nashville. Therefore, given the theme and the site, Nashville is an inspirational location for not only mindful reflection on communication research, scholarship, and pedagogy, but also inspired new work that will inspire others. Each division and interest group is encouraged to program at least one panel consistent with the conference theme. Cosponsored panels where thematic presentations cut across divisions or interest groups are also welcome. In addition to traditional panels of papers, the Vice President is interested in workshops and interactive programs that maximize opportunities for intellectual engagement and professional development. Where entire panels are proposed, submitters are encouraged to diversify the institutional affiliation of the panel participants. Program proposals that do not fit within SSCA’s divisional and interest group structure may be submitted directly to the Vice President for consideration as part of the Vice President’s Spotlight Series. The deadline for all submissions is September 8, 2017. The complete call for papers will be posted in June 2017. For more information, contact Dr. Jason Munsell by email at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you in Nashville in 2017! Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 103 COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION -=- 11 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA '1' " 1!] • II l!1 : University of Arkansas Department of Communication 1!11.., 1!1 ��. � ��- - FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: UARK_COMM Dr. Myria Allen, Graduate Director � (479)575-3046 m [email protected] FACULTY PROFESSORS Allen, Myria W. : organizational, intercultural, sustainability communication Frentz, Thomas S.: rhetorical studies, communication, and culture Scheide, Frank M. : film and film history Wicks, Robert H. : mass communication theory and research ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS Amason, Patricia : interpersonal, group, health communication, communication theory Brady, Robert M.: persuasion, communication theory, consulting and training, media effects Corrigan, Lisa : rhetorical studies, gender studies, LLI u z <C _J (.!J <( t <C As an intellectual community, at the graduate level we focus on civic engagement. We define it broadly, but seek to study and use communication to create more inclusive organizations, more resilient communities, and more informed and engaged citizens. Rosteck, Thomas : rhetorical studies, communication, and culture Schulte, Stephanie: new media, history of technology, popular culture and American studies Warren, Ron : media processes and effects, socialization, research methods We study film, media, rhetoric, organizational, environmental, health, interpersonal, intercultural and political issues using interpretive, quantitative, rhetorical, and critical lenses. We offer competitive graduate assistantships which include a full tuition waiver and an annual stipend. Incoming graduate students can apply for one of up to six $1,000$2,000 awards: the Janice Rushing award, the LPHAC awards in Civic Engagement, or the Arnold Graduate Fellowship. Admission application reviews start March 1st for the Fall semester, and October 1st for the Spring semester. Award applications review starts March 1st. � communication.uark.edu 104 power ASSISTANT PROFESSORS Aloia, Lindsey S. : interpersonal communication theory and research Decarvalho, Lauren J. : film and television studies, critical cultural studies, feminist theory Neville-Shepard, Ryan : rhetorical studies, political communication, presidential rhetoric Spialek, Matthew L.: disaster communication, communication ecology, quantitative research methods CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSORS Neville-Shepard, Meredith : rhetorical studies, social movements Walker, Kasey L. : organizational, small group and leadership communication, social network analysis Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION Southern States Communication Association • April 5-9, 2017 • Greenville, South Carolina 105 BRIAN LAMB Purdue Graduate and C-SPAN Founder BRIAN LAMB SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION THAT MATTERS The BRIAN LAMB SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION (BLSC) continues Purdue University’s strong tradition of excellence in communication scholarship, education, leadership and engagement while supporting the values of openness and innovation in communication. The BLSC offers tailored M.A. AND Ph.D. PROGRAMS that fit each graduate student’s academic interests and professional goals. Concentrations include: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Health Communication Interpersonal Communication Media Technology and Society Organizational Communication Public Relations Congratulations to our recent Ph.D. students who have accepted faculty positions: Lindsey DiTirro University of Southern Indiana Heather Fedesco Colorado College Brooke Friley Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi Patricia Gettings Indiana University Southeast Andrew Iliadis University of Ontario Institute of Technology & Decimal Lab Megan Kinney Feister California State University, Channel Islands Arunima Krishna Boston University Kurtis Miller Tusculum College Jessica Sturgess Northern Illionois University Elizabeth Wilhoit Auburn University Brian Lamb School of Communication 100 N. University St. West Lafayette, IN 47907-2098 765-494-3429 www.cla.purdue.edu/communication EA/EOU Communication Studies M.A. Program Located at North Carolina’s urban research institute, the Communication Studies program at UNC Charlotte offers a premier setting in which to study the blend of communication theory and practice. Our generalist program allows for students to take classes within different subfields of the discipline, including: health communication, public relations, media studies/rhetoric and organizational communication. Together, faculty and students make up our community of scholars who are committed to furthering communication studies. Graduate Faculty: Erin Basinger (Ph.D., U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Health, Interpersonal Comm. Jason Black (Ph.D., University of Maryland) Rhetorical Studies and Social Change Jaime Bochantin (Ph.D., Texas A&M University) Organizational & Interpersonal Comm.; Stress & Burnout, Work-life Balance Jonathan L. Crane (Ph. D., University of Illinois) Media Studies, Film Theory and Cultural Studies Christine S. Davis (Ph. D., University of South Florida) Communication in Health, Disability, & End-of-life Contexts Tiffany Gallicano (Ph.D., University of Maryland) PR, Public Engagement Loril M. Gossett (Ph.D., University of Colorado- Boulder) Organizational Comm. & Virtual Work Daniel A. Grano (Ph.D., Louisiana State University) Rhetoric and Sports Culture Min Jiang (Ph.D., Purdue University) International Media & Media Technology Dean Kruckeberg (Ph.D., University of Iowa) International Public Relations & Ethics Richard W. Leeman (Ph.D., University of Maryland) Rhetoric & Public Address Stephanie Norander (Ph.D., Ohio University) Org. Comm., Comm across curriculum Rachel Plotnick (Ph.D., Northwestern University) History of Information, Comm. & Media Technologies Margaret M. Quinlan (Ph.D., Ohio University) Health, Disability & Gender Clifton Scott (Ph.D., Arizona State University) Organizational Comm., Meetings & High Reliability Organizing Ashli Q. Stokes (Ph.D., University of Georgia) PR, Rhetoric & Health Campaigns www.gradcomm.uncc.edu For more information, contact: Dr. Christine Davis, Graduate Program Director [email protected] | (704) 687-0760 Courses Offered: A sampling from our innovative communication curriculum: 4 required: Professional Seminar, Communication Theory, Research Methods, Adv. Research Methods Other courses: Issues Management; Interpersonal Processes in Health Contexts; Power, Control and Dissent in Organizations; Rhetorical Criticism; Dark Side of Organizational Comm.; Textual Analysis; Ethics, Power and Discourse; Healthcare Narratives; Qualitative Research Methods; Media and Society—and many more!