CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Ackerman-Edelen, Francey. (2006, August). The communication of college diversity: A content analysis of public college and university viewbooks in the United States. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication convention, Washington, DC;

Anarbaeva, Samara. (2007, April). Experiences of an international teaching assistant: Intercultural experiences, teaching styles, and introductory-level communication courses. Panel paper presented at the Central States Communication Association conference, Minneapolis, MN;

Billman, Brett. (2006, November). Others performing in a normative space: An ethnographic in(queer)y. Panel paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, San Antonio, TX;

Billman, Brett. (2007, November). Cowboys and drag kings: The rhetoric of masculinity and sexuality in “Brokeback Mountain.” Paper to be presented at the National Communication Association conference, Chicago, Il;

Butterworth, Michel & Moskal, Stormi. (2007, November). Putting the “Fun” Back in College Football: The Armed Forces Bowl and the Rhetoric of War. Paper to be presented at the NASSS (North American Society for the Sociology of Sport), Pittsburgh, PA;

Chao, Chin-Chun. (2006, November). “Self” in the stories of vice president Hsiu-Lien Lu of Taiwan. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, San Antonio, TX;

Chao, Chin-Chun. (2006, November). Afrocentricity and Asiacentricity: Methodological issues. Panel discussion presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX;

Chao, Chin-Chun. (2006, November). Mulan in Americans' mind: A narrative criticism from a feminist perspective. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, San Antonio, TX;

Chao, Chin-Chun. (2006, November). Styles of female leadership in nonprofit organizations. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, San Antonio, TX;

Chao, Chin-Chun. (2007, October). When Romeo meets Mulan: A cross-cultural dating study. Paper to be presented at the Ohio Communication Association Annual Conference, Boardman, OH.

Croucher, Stephen, Long, Bridget, Meredith, Michael, Lamb, Matt, Steele, Emily, Oommen, Deepa. (2007, November). Organizational identification and social identification in intercollegiate forensics: An analysis of how identifying with a forensics team can influence social identity. Paper to be presented at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL

Dako-Gyeke, Phyllis, Munos, Candice, Kang, Sun, & Tian, Dexin. (2007, May). The other side of the wall: Constructing meaning and identity in the mural making process. Paper presented at Third International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry conference at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Il;

Gajjala, Radhika, Dako-Gyeke, Phyllis, & Zhang, Yahui. (2007, August). Representing women's empowerment online: Postcolonial feminist critiques. Presented at the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communicationconference, Wasgington, DC;

Igboaka, Primus. (2006, October). BET –Viacom acquisition: A paradox of media pluralism and content diversity. Paper presented at the Graduate Student Conference, School of Communication Studies, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Oh;

Igboaka, Primus. (2007, October). Facilitating knowledge creation and dissemination among Nigerian diasporas and farmers with broadband Internet: A pilot study. Paper to be presented at the New Media and the Global Diaspora Symposium, Bristol, RI;

Igboaka, Primus. (2007, October). Facilitating knowledge creation and transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa: A knowledge center pilot study. Paper presented at Ebenezer Soola Conference on Communication (ESCOC), Conference Center, University of Ibadan.

Long, Bridget, & Singer, Ross. (2007). Counterpublic attack on making the private-public more public: Control and resistance in facebook’s news feed/mini-feed controversy. Panel paper presented at the Central States Communication Association conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Long, Bridget. (2007, April). “Can we leave early?”: Dealing with expectations and maintaining the attention of Generation NeXters. Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association Conference, Minneapolis, MN;

Long, Bridget. (2007, April). Women’s romance novel readership: Motivations, expectations, and relationship satisfaction. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL;

Melkote, Shrinivas, Turner, Jacob, & Meredith, Michael. (2006, May). Objectivity in News during a Time of Impending War: An Examination of Coverage in the New York Times prior to 2003 Iraq War. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA. Top paper in International Communication Division for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Media Consumption.

Meredith, Michael. (2007, October). Building and expanding the influence of business communication: identifying gaps and seizing need opportunities for differentiation in the discipline. Paper to be presented at the annual conference of the Association for Business Communication, Washington, D.C.

Merill, Stephen. (2007, April). College radio and the challenges of convergence. Paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association conference, Las Vegas, NE. Top debut Paper for Audio and Radio Division.

Mitra, Rahul. (2008, March). Examining ruptures in nationhood: An ethnographic study of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India. Paper presented at the "Citizenship in the 21^st Century" conference organized by the Graduate Program for Cultural Studies, University of Pittsburgh.

Mitra, Rahul. (2008, March). Straddling boundaries of citizenship: Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India negotiating nationhood. Paper presented at the “Boundaries of Citizenship” conference, organized by the Center for the Study of Citizenship, Wayne State University.

Moskal, Stormi. (2006, November). Creating spaces: A group auto-ethnography exploring internet community and identity formation. Panel Paper presented at the National Communication Association convention, San Antonio, TX. Panel Chair.

Moskal, Stormi. (2007, April). Fantasy rhetoric and American nationalism: A rhetorical analysis of Army recruitment commercials. Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association convention, Minneapolis, MN;

Moskal, Stormi. (2007, April). Mac the Knife: A feminist rhetorical analysis of Commander in Chief. Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association convention April 2007, Minneapolis, MN;

Oommen, Deepa. (2007). Group decision-making through the use of instant messenger. Paper presented at the 77th annual convention of the Southern States Communication Association Conference, Louisville, KY.

Rybas, Natalia & Gajjala, Radhika. (2007, April). Racing the interface: Race, ethnicity and gender in online social networking.Panel: Critical perspectives on cyberidentity and social responsibility in social networking systems. Paper presented at Central States Communication Association conference, Media Studies Division, Minneapolis, MN;

Rybas, Natalia, & Rybas, Sergey. (2006, November). Professional electronic portfolios as a locus of power: A technofeminist approach. Paper presented at the National Communication Association convention, American Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology Division, San Antonio, TX;

Rybas, Natalia. (2007, June). Technocultural practices in social network systems: Mobilizing identity and difference. Presentation for the workshop Public Practices, Social Software: Examining social practices in networked publics at the Third International Conference on Communities and Technologies, East Lansing, MI;

Singer, Ross. (2006, November). Democratic organizing for the state against the state: Rhetoric of late capitalism in the Sugarbeet Farmers’ Cooperative Movement. Double Panel Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, San Antonio, TX;

Singer, Ross. (2006, November). The new anti-managerial rhetoric and the old criticisms: A recent film’s attack on wal-mart. Paper presented at the National Communication Association convention, San Antonio, TX;

Smith, Amy. (2006, November). Who is really “straight” at queer night? (Hetero)sexual identity in a queer space. Paper presented at the National Communication Association convention, San Antonio, TX;

Smith, Amy. (2006, October). Ethical concerns of autoethnography: Examining guilt in presenting racist family narratives. Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender Conference, St. Louis, MO;

Smith, Amy. (2007). Exploring patriarchy through artifact. Paper presented at the Women’s Studies Symposium, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH;

Smith, Amy. (2007, February). A 2nd wave feminist, born too late. Paper presented at the Western States Communication Association conference, Seattle, WA.

Smith, Amy. (2007, June). Picking up sticks: Feminism through knitting. Paper presented at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference, St. Charles, IL.

Smith, Amy. (2007, November). Branching the family tree: Women’s genealogical explorations on the internet. Paper to be presented at the National Communication Association convention, Chicago, IL;

Tian, Dexin, & Knecht, Richard. (2006, May). American and Chinese intellectual copyright law, variants and perspectives. Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Global Studies Conference at DePaul University, Chicago, Il;

Tian, Dexin. (2007, June). The American hegemonic responses to the U.S.-China Mid-air plane collision. Paper presented at the Chinese Communication Symposium: West China and the Globalization at Sichuan University, Chengdu, P.R. China;

Tian, Dexin. (2007, November). U.S. and NATO apologies for the Chinese embassy bombing: A categorical analysis. Paper to be presented at the National Communication Convention, Chicago, IL;

Turner, Jacob. (2007, April). An assessment of the quality of information on ESPN’s SportsCenter: A comparison of the content of ESPNNEWS and SportsCenter. Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association Conference, Minneapolis, MN;

Turner, Jacob. (2007, November). Dating online bodies: Corporeality and women’s bodies during the internet dating experience. Paper to be presented at the National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL;

Zhang, Y. (2006, November). An invitational rhetorical analysis of The good women of China. Paper presented at National Communication Association 92^nd Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX;

Zhang, Yahui. (2006, November). Constitution of Chinese women in the nation building of China. Paper presented at National Communication Association Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX;

Zhang, Yahui. (2006, October). Challenges and opportunities when teaching and learning go online. Panel discussion at Ohio Communication Association 70^th Annual Conference, Perrysburg, OH;

Zhang, Yahui. (2006, October). Chinese women in their transition to motherhood in a virtual community. Top graduate paper presented at Ohio Communication Association 70^th Annual Conference, Perrysburg, OH.

Zhang, Yahui. (2006, October). Public communication campaign for “International Fair” organized by World Student Association at Bowling Green State University. Paper presented at Ohio Communication Association 70^th Annual Conference, Perrysburg, OH

Zhang, Yahui. (2007, March). Deconstructing the ideological binary in U.S. media coverage of one-child policy in China. Paper presented at Central States Communication Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN;

Zhang, Yahui. (2007, March). Feminist readings of one-child policy in China. Paper presented at Central States Communication Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN;

Zhang, Yahui**. (2007, March). Nation, population, and Chinese women. Paper presented at Central States Communication Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN;