Update from Dept. of Communication

December 20, 2011

Michael Hazen

• Allan Louden gave a Skype lecture to the American Resource Center (administered by the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy) in Chisinau, Moldova. He also discussed Rick Perry’s campaign gaffe in an NPR story. He also predicted the end of the Trump Debate. He is quoted here »
• Mary M. Dalton presented “Knitting Lessons: Weaving Communities with Yarn and Personal Stories” at the 32nd Annual National Women’s Studies Association Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Michael Hazen chaired the panel “Voices of Japan-US Relationships: Reflecting the Past, Considering the Present, and Envisioning the Future” and responded to the panels “Exploring Concepts of Chinese Communication: Old and New Magical Thinking and the Illusion of Control,” and “Symbolism in Popular Culture: For Good or for Ill?” at the National Communication Association Conference in New Orleans, LA.
• Clay Hassler and wife Tif produced a new project for the Piedmont Triad Film Commission. Read more
• Jarrod Atchison presented the papers “Open Source Debating: Assessing the First Year of Innovation” and “Stability, Silence, and Media in Eric King Watts’s Theory of Voice” at the National Communication Association Conference in New Orleans, LA. He also chaired the panel “Cross Examination Debate Association Executive Committee Meeting.”
• Alessandra Beasley Von Burg presented the papers “Hannah Arendt and Human Rights” and “The Renovation of Citizenship: Immigrants Fight for What Was Their Village.” She also participated in the panel “Transatlantic Voices of Leadership and Engagement: A Discussion Panel on the Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute (BFTF)” at the National Communication Association Conference in New Orleans, LA.
• Michael Hyde presented the paper “Heidegger’s Rhetorical and Moral Incompetence in His Rector Address” at the National Communication Association Conference in New Orleans, LA.
• Marina Krcmar responded to the panel “Top Papers in Mass Communication Research” at the National Communication Association Conference in New Orleans, LA.
• John Llewellyn presented the paper “Clash of the Voices: Class Warfare in the Media’s Political Choir” at the National Communication Association Conference in New Orleans, LA.
• Allan Louden chaired and participated in the panels “Transatlantic Voices of Leadership and Engagement: A Discussion Panel on the Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute (BFTF)” and “Open Source Debating: Assessing the First Year of Innovation” at the National Communication Association Conference in New Orleans, LA.
• Ananda Mitra presented the paper “Narbs as Collective Historical Narratives” at the National Communication Association Conference in New Orleans, La.
• Margaret Zulick presented the paper “Figuring the Sacred Voice: Paul Ricoeur and the Study of Religious Communication” at the National Communication Association Conference in New Orleans, LA.