Jarrod Atchison served as chair for the panel “Navigating Reasoned Argument Opportunities: New Developments from the 2009 National Debate Developmental Conference” at Alta Argumentation Conference, July 29-31, Snowbird, Utah. On that panel, he presented the paper “Pedagogical Functions of the Annual Resolution in Contemporary Policy […]
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Scholars, journalists, coaches, athletes, and athletic administrators will examine the complex racial issues affecting intercollegiate athletics during a major conference at Wake Forest April 13 and 14. The conference, “Losing to Win,” will be held in the Benson University Center. It is free and open […]
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More than 60 percent of parents say video games have no effect on their children. Not true, says Marina Krcmar, associate professor of communication at Wake Forest, who studies the impact of video games on children and teens.
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Ananda Mitra, chair and professor of communication, responded to the panel “Illuminating the Absent in Visual Argument” and presented the paper “Managing Narbs: a Pleasant Presence on Social Networks” at the National Communication Association Conference in San Francisco. He was also awarded a Wake Forest […]
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Allan Louden, professor of communication, has published the book “Navigating Opportunity: Policy Debate in the 21st Century” (IDEBATE Press, New York, 2010).
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Ananda Mitra, professor of communication, published the book “Alien Technology: Coping with Modern Mysteries” (Sage, 2010). He was quoted in an Arizona Republic article “Facebook, other social media give users ‘persona’ power.”
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Randy Rogan, professor of communication, published the article “Jihad Against Infidels and Democracy: A Frame Analysis of Jihadist Ideology and Jurisprudence for Martyrdom and Violent Jihad,” in Communication Monographs (77, pp. 393-413). He also presented the paper “Biased Objectivity: An Investigation of Differential Language in the […]
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Alessandra Beasley Von Burg, professor of communication, presented a paper, “Stochastic Citizenship: Rhetoric, Philosophy and Freedom of Movement,” at the Strangers, Aliens, Foreigners’ Conference at Oriel College, University of Oxford, England. She also chaired the panel “Twists and Turns in Identity.”
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John Llewellyn, professor of communciation, published “Paws, Pathos and Presidential Persuasion: Franklin Roosevelt’s ‘Fala Speech’ as Precursor and Model for Richard Nixon’s ‘Checkers Speech,’” in the journal of the Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota (Vol. 37, 2010). He also published the guest editorial […]
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Steve Giles and Gary Miller led a group of students on a service-learning trip to Nicaragua this summer. Giles is professor of communication, and Miller is a professor of health and exercise science. Giles also took a group of students on a service trip […]
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