The Communication Department encourages undergraduate majors to present their research at appropriate academic conferences. As a tribute to our presenters, this page lists all student conference presentations. Due to the time delay between acceptance and the conference, some of the papers were not formally presented until after the student had graduated.
Beginning in 2007, the Communication Department began honoring all students selected to present their work with a Junior Scholar Award. This recognition is formally conferred at the Communication Honors Banquet, an event traditionally held on the first Sunday in May.
Conference presentations by Communication majors (in bold) since 2005:
National Communication Association,
November 2009
- Brenden Dougherty '10, "Poisoning the Learning Environment: Creating More Space for Student Speech," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
- Ashley Duggan, Ylisabyth Bradshaw, Shannon Carroll '09, Sara Rattigan, Matt Morris '09, Wayne Altman, "What Can I Learn from this Interaction? A Qualitative Analysis of Medical Student Self Reflection and Learning in a Standardized Patient Exercise about Disability," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
- Elizabeth Ann Glatzer '10, "A League of Their Own: Character Portrayals and Relationships in Female-Centered Sitcoms," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
- Kellen Elizabeth O'Gara '10, "Building from the Bottom Up: Crash as a Narrative Reconstruction of Identity Formation Post 9/11," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
- Michael M. Tuntevski '10, "God Hates Shock: Understanding Shirley Phelps-Roper's Motives through the Diatribe and Transcendence," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Eastern Communication Association,
April 2009
- Tula M. Batanchiev '09, "Informative or Oppressive? The Depiction of Domestic Violence on Television News," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
- Christina Cerutti '10, "Online Learning: Suicide 101 -- An Analysis of First Amendment Case Law and its Application to Dangerous Internet Websites," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
- Lisa De Gray '09, "Using Media Priming Theory to Evaluate the Men as Partners Program," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
- Ashley Duggan, Natalie Swergold, Kathleen Chanatry '08, Colleen Coburn '08, Shannon E. Carroll '09, Matthew Dunn '09, Aisling D. Francoeur '09, John Glass '08, Sara Weintraub '09, Hilary Weismann '08, Kathryn Zioto '08, Ylisabyth S. Bradshaw, and Wayne Altman, “When Rapport-building Goes Beyond Encouragement: Communicating Over-accommodation Toward Patients with Disabilities,” paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
- Kia A. Guarino '09, "The Nuremberg Files and the Future of Cyber Regulation: The Contextualization of Speech in an Increasingly Web-Based World," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
- Cooley A. Horner '09, "That's What She Said: A Study of Gender Roles on NBC's 'The Office,'" paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
- Katherine E. Julian '10, "An Unknown Future: Childhood Cancer Survivors and Uncertainty Reduction," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
- Nicole A. Long '10, "Finding a Voice: The Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood in Physician-Patient Interactions," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
- Ryan M. Morrison '10, "The Challenge for Cancer Patients to Disclose the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine to Physicians," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
- Alicia M. Parmentier '09, "Real Friends? Conceptualizations of Reality and the Effect of Cultivation on the Televised Sitcom," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
- Victoria H. Pascoe '09, "Discussions of Sexual Health Between Adolescent Girls and Health Providers: A Communication Privacy Management Integration," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
- Madeleine K. Rodriguez '09, "From Tinker's Armband to Frederick's Banner: A Narrative Analysis of Student Speech Rights," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
- Madeleine K. Rodriguez '09, "Intruding Upon the Rights of Other Students: Harper v. Poway and a New Standard for Evaluating Student Speech," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
- Kelly T. Skrodzki '09, "The Case for Offensive Speech: A Critique of Harper v. Poway Unified School District," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
- Molly C. Tormey '09, "Live Your Questions: An Exploration of Student Speech Rights," paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Conference for Undergraduate Research in Communication,
April 2009
- Melissa Mazzeo '09, "Orientalism, Control, and Media/Government Relations: A Textual Analysis of Iranian, American, and British News Media Portrayal of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad," paper presented at the 2009 Conference for Undergraduate Research in Communication, Rochester, NY.
National Communication Association,
November 2008
- Tula M. Batanchiev '09, "Entertainment or Oppression: Male and Female Representation in Films About Domestic Abuse," paper presented at the 2008 meeting of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
- Kia A. Guarino '09, "The American President and Humanitarian Crises: The U.S. Marginalization of the Rwandan Genocide," paper presented at the 2008 meeting of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
- Alicia M. Parmentier '09, "Once Upon a Time: CNN’s Coverage of the Minneapolis Bridge Tragedy," paper presented at the 2008 meeting of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
International Association for Relationship Research,
July 2008
- Ashley Duggan, Libby Bradsnaw, Hillary Weisman '08, and Colleen Coburn '08, "Medical Students’ Promoting Disclosure about the Relational Component of Illness for Patients with Disabilities," paper presented at the 2008 meeting of the International Association for Relationship Research, Providence, RI.
Eastern Communication Association,
April 2008
- Kimberly R. Walsh '08, "Beauty and the Patriarchal Beast: Gender Role Portrayals in Sitcoms Featuring Mismatched Couples," paper presented at the 2008 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Conference for Undergraduate Research in Communication,
April 2008
- Christina Parks '08, "The Portrayal of Iranian Women in the American Print Media," paper presented at the 2008 Conference for Undergraduate Research in Communication, Rochester, NY.
Eastern Communication Association,
April 2007
- Elizabeth Barnet '07, "Physician Substance Abuse and Communication Issues within the Medical Marriage," paper presented at the 2007 meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI.
- Emily Berg '06, "Hosty v. Carter: The Problems with Extending Hazelwood to a University Setting," paper presented at the 2007 meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI.
- Lindsey Day '07, "Malcolm X and Public Memory: The Legacy of Malcolm X Among the X-Hat Generation," paper presented at the 2007 meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI.
- Mary Elizabeth Findlay '07, "Bake Me a Wish: Betty Crocker's Warm Delights and the Depiction of the Single Woman’s Real Sexual Fantasy," paper presented at the 2007 meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI.
- Chris Hunker '07, "Zell Miller's 2004 RNC Keynote Address: An Analysis of the Rhetorical Configurations that Triggered the Tirade," paper presented at the 2007 meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI.
- Brady Littlefield '07, "'Try and Tear Me Down': The Berlin Wall Metaphor and its Impact on the Wholeness Narrative in Hedwig and the Angry Inch," paper presented at the 2007 meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI.
- Alexis Mark '07, "A Triangle of Trust: Doctor-Patient-Parent Communication within a Medical Visit Context," paper presented at the 2007 meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI.
- Erin Morley '07, "Freedom of Speech Revisited in Our Hi-Tech World: A New Standard for True Threats via the Internet," paper presented at the 2007 meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI.
- Elizabeth Pawelczyk '07, "True Threats in Planned Parenthood v. ACLA," paper presented at the 2007 meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI.
- Thomas Simmons '07, "The Fallacy of the American Dream: Disorder as Seen in Spike Lee's He Got Game," paper presented at the 2007 meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI.
National Communication Association,
November 2006
- Emily Berg '06, "The Rhetoric of Jefferson Davis and the Memory of the American Founding," paper presented at the 2006 meeting of the National Communication Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
- Ashley Duggan, Beth A. Le Poire, and Jennifer Gaze '06, "Nonverbal and Verbal Communication in Substance-abusive Relationships," paper presented at the 2006 meeting of the National Communication Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
- Christopher J. Hunker '07, "From Hazelwood to Hosty: Student Publications as Public Forums," paper presented at the 2006 meeting of the National Communication Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. NOTE: An expanded version of this paper was published in the Communication Law Review 7.1 (2007).
- Sara Ann Mehltretter '05 and Dale Herbeck, "Debating and the Great Debates of 1960: Presidential Libraries as Sites for Political Argumentation," paper presented at the 2006 meeting of the National Communication Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
American Public Health Association,
November 2006
- Ashley Duggan, Beth A. Le Poire, and Jennifer Gaze '06, "Communication Predictors of Substance Abuse Relapse, Persuasive Effectiveness, and Goal Attainment," paper presented at the 2006 meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA.
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication,
August 2006
- Kellie Cairns '06 and Dale Herbeck, "From PETA to Lamparello: The Chilling Effect of Trademark Law on Political Parody," paper presented at 2006 meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Convention, San Francisco, CA.
Eastern Communication Association,
April 2006
- Emily Berg '06, "Lincoln's First Inaugural Address: A Study of Coalition and Crisis," paper presented at the 2006 meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Western Communication Association,
February 2006
- Emily Berg '06, "Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address: A Study of Rhetoric and Reaction," paper presented at the 2006 meeting of the Western Communication Association, Palm Springs, CA.
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication,
August 2005
- Anne Trevethick '05 and Dale Herbeck, "The First Amendment and Internet Filters: A Study of Boston Public Libraries after Implementation of the Children's Internet Protection Act," paper presented at the 2005 meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Convention, San Antonio, TX.
International Communication Association,
May 2005
- Sara Ann Mehltretter '05 and Dale Herbeck, "'A Beard and a Pasty Forehead': Collective Memory of the First Kennedy-Nixon Debate," paper presented at the 2005 meeting of the International Communication Association Convention, New York, NY.
Eastern Communication Association,
April 2005
- Sara Ann Mehltretter '05 and Jonathan Bowman, "Ethos and Delivery: An Analysis of Colin Powell and the War in Iraq," paper presented at the 2005 meeting of the Eastern States Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.