2004 Carolinas Communication Conference
September 24th & 25th
Madren Center Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634
Conference Schedule
FRIDAY EVENTS
Conference Registration: North Lobby / 9 - 4:00
Morning Refreshments: North Lobby / 9-11:00
 coffee (regular and decaf), tea, assorted sodas, fresh fruit, assorted granola bars
Session I: Seminar Room I / 10-11:00
G.I.F.T.S Panel A:
Chair: Kathleen J. Turner
" Experiential learning and news judgments," Kathleen J Turner, Davidson College.
"Using student voices to teach group communication," Kimberly M. Cuny, and Sarah M. Wilde, UNC
Greensboro.
"Exploring cultural, denotative, and connotative meanings of popular college slang," Richard G. Jones,
UNC Greensboro.
Session I: Seminar Room II / 10-11:00
G.I.F.T.S. Panel B:
Chair: Steve Madden, Clemson University
"Public speaking Metaphor: The sandwich," Paige Collins and Jessica Moss, UNC Greensboro.
"Debate, Eulogies, Create a word, Fibber!, Charades, Short reading," Amy Smith, UNC Greensboro.
"The game", Steven J. Madden, Clemson University.
Session I: Training Room II / 10-11:00
TBA
Power Lunch / North Lobby / 11-12:30
> assorted fruit yogurts, assorted granola bars, fancy mixed nuts, "chunky chicken salad" ( chefs
special southern recipe), assorted breads and rolls, sweet and unsweet tea, assorted sodas, regular
and decaf coffee.
Afternoon Refreshments / North Lobby / 12:30-4:00
> pretzels, assorted beverages, assorted fresh baked gourmet cookies.
Session II: Seminar Room I / 11:30-12:30
Ray Camp Research Panel
Chair: Teresa Holder, CCA President, Peace College
"The corporate auter: The branding of Pixar on the Monsters, Inc. DVD," Robert Alan Brookey, Northern
Illinois University and Robert Westerfelhaus, College of Charleston.
"The rhetorical Jackie Kennedy: A speech chronology and analysis," Jody Natalle, UNC Greensboro.
" George Bush vs John Kerry: A test of the heroic and reflective models of political leadership," David B.
McLennan, Peace College.
Session II: Seminar Room II / 11:30-12:30
A Celebration of the Teaching Professor and Administrator:
A Panel Dedicated to the Memory of Dr. Charles Porterfield
Chair:
Panelist:
Jean L. DeHart, Appalachian State University
Terry Cole, Appalachian State University
Howard Dorgan, Appalachian State University
Audience Members
Session II: Training Room II / 11:30-12:30
The Science of Communicating from The University Speaking Center
Description: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s (UNCG) University Speaking Center’s
mission is to empower its clients with communication confidence and competence. This can be done
through the center’s reactive and proactive services offered for UNCG students, faculty, employees, and
members of the Greensboro community. Assistance is offered in the preparation and delivery of
speeches, the development of knowledge and skills in interpersonal communication, and overall success
in group or team communication situations. The speaking center is an undergraduate student employee
run organization. This panel will offer details about these services and provide its participants with a better
understanding of how orientations, workshops, and consultations are conducted at UNCG and the skills
that the junior consultants learn when they take the Communication Across the Curriculum class, a
requirement to be a communication consultant at UNCG’s University Speaking Center. This panel will
also discuss some of the more specialized workshops prepared and presented for classes across the
curriculum, the topics covered during our free, evening workshop series, and go over some of the
community outreach activities that have been completed this past academic year.
Panelist:
Sarah Wilde, Paige Collins, Kim Cuny, Jessica Moss: UNCG
Session III: Seminar Room I / 12:45-2:00
Mary E. Jarrard Panel of Graduate & Undergraduate Research (top papers)
Chair: Andy Billings, Clemson University
" Establishment and maintenance of gender in a virtual weight-lose community," Amy Smith, UNC
Greensboro, Graduate Student.
"Journey through the travel channel: A rhetorical analysis," Kacy Goff, Appalachian State University,
Undergraduate Student.
" Drag queens, drama queens, and friends: Drama and performance as a solidarity building function in
gay male friendship circles," Richard G. Jones, UNC Greensboro, Graduate Student.
" Speaking conventions in the arts and performing arts: A discipline specific look at how noncommunication majors communicate," Sarah M. Wilde, UNC Greensboro, Graduate Student.
Session III: Seminar Room II / 12:45-2:00
Cultural Influences on Communication Behaviors in Educational Settings
Description: Each of these presenters has taught college courses in different countries and in this
program will discuss the impact of culture on communication practices and patterns in various educational
contexts.
Chair: Sandy Hochel, USC Aiken
" Manifestations of 'Logam' in the Swedish classroom", Elizabeth J. Natalle, UNC Greensboro.
" Enacting cultural values/meanings: An examination of interactions between teachers and students in
China," Yanrong Chang, USC Aiken.
" Teaching cross-cultural learners in Spain," Celeste C. Lacroic, College of Charleston.
" The impact of the legacy of communism in classrooms in Hungary," Sandy Hochel, USC Aiken.
Session III: Training Room II / 12:45-2:00
Competative Rhetoric Papers
Chair: Peggy Bowers, Clemson University
" Moralism and humanism in objectivist and subjectivist rhetorical theories," Pat J. Gehrke, University of
South Carolina.
" A Burkean analysis of the oracles of the Prophet Jeremiah," Fredrick W. Podris (Honors Student)
College of Charleston and Robert Westerfelhaus, College of Charleston.
" A Toulmin process for analyzing and the creation of a rhetoric of knowing," Keith H. Griffin, USCA.
Session IV: Seminar Room I / 2:15-3:30
"Fanny" Adapted and performed by Anne Fox (College of Charleston) based on the "Journal of a
residence on a Georgian Plantation by Frances Anne Kemble (1809-1893). A one woman show on the
reality of slavery through the eyes of a British writer.
Session IV: Seminar Room II / 2:15-3:30
The Pearce Center for Professional Communication:
Examining the Past--Uncovering the Future
Description: Clemson University's Pearce Center for Professional Communication is nationally-renowned
for their work in promoting communication across the curriculum (written, oral, digital and visual) and in
communication education roles at the university, state, and national level. This panel will explain how the
Pearce Center works, outline past initiatives, explain the role of the new Class of 1941 Studio for Student
Communication, and identify areas which the Center plans to explore in the future.
Panelists:
Dr. Andrew C. Billings, Clemson University
Dr. S. Morgan Gresham, Clemson University
Dr. Art Young, Clemson University
Session IV: Training Room II / 2:15-3:30
Communication and Religion
Chair: Kate Hawkins, Communication Studies, Clemson University
Panelists: Nancy Hardesty, Philosophy and Religion, Clemson University; L. Keith Williamson,
Communication, Wichita State University.
This panel will consider such questions as:
* Why is inclusive language important for society in general?
* Why is inclusive religious language important?
* What is the relationship between inclusive language and God-language?
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3:45-5 / CCA Business Meeting / Training Room II
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5:15-6:30 / Meet and Greet Party on the Deck
> Domestic & imported cheese trays with crackers, spinach and artichoke dip w/ French bagette slices,
sweet tea, water, and "assorted beverages!".
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Hosted by the Department of Communication Studies, Clemson University.
SATUDAY EVENTS
Conference Registration: North Lobby / 9-11:00
Session V: Seminar Room I / 8:30-9:20
Mary E. Jarrard Panel of Graduate & Undergraduate Research (competitive papers)
Chair: Caroline Parsons, Clemson University
" The rhetorical strategy of reverse discourse: An analysis of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo," Billie J.
Murray, UNC Greensboro, Graduate Student.
" Performance pedagogy and improving the human condition: Creating social change through Freire's
concept of unfinishedness," Allison R. Smith. (graduate student) University of South Carolina.
"Conflict analysis: The mother and daughter," Lauren Klocko, (undergraduate paper), Clemson University.
Session V: Seminar Room II/ 9-10:30
Student Panel: "Integrating the media: Analysis of films, television and the "Science" of popular
culture".
Chair: Celeste Lacroix, College of Charleston
"28 days later . . . A critique of the horror genre," Elizabeth Thomas.
" Happiness: Rejecting the normal and finding sympathetic humor in the abnormal," Sara Bader.
" The conventions and innovations of the detective mystery genre in Mystic River," Carrie Keelty.
" The politics and producers in the West Wing," David Trausneck.
" Ideology and the music of Tupac," Jonathan Brown.
" Sex, drugs, and teenagers: Subordinate discourses and the cancellation of My So-Called Life," Anne
Pusey.
Respondent: Robert Westerfelhaus, College of Charleston.
Session VI: Seminar Room I / 9:30-10:40
Interdisciplinary Communication Doctoral Programs in the Carolinas
Co-chairs:
Panelist:
Katherine Hawkins, Clemson University
Sean Williams, Clemson University
Melissa Johnson, North Carolina State University
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CCA Luncheon: Meeting Rooms III & IV / 11-1:00.
> Garden salad, grilled Hawaiian chicken, vegetarian lasagna, wild rice, vegetable medley, dinner rolls,
white chocolate mousse, tea and coffee.
Keynote Speech: Communication: Crossroads of Curriculum, Culture and...God!
Speaker: L. Keith Williamson, Ph.D.; Associate Professor, Elliott School of Communication,
Wichita State University
Abstract: The field of Communication stands now at a crossroads, as indicated by the following questions
addressed in the keynote speech. Is our field primarily focused on teaching communication skills and
career values, or does it have a broader role to play in liberal education? How does the study of
communication show it to be central to culture? Indeed, how does the study of communication show it to
be central to our understanding of God? Our answers to these questions will help shape us as
communication professionals, the field of communication, and even society at large. All this, and lunch,
too!
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Executive Council Post Conference Meeting:
Seminar Room I / 1:30-2:30