TENNESSEE COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION

2000 ANNUAL MEETING

VOLUNTEER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Gallatin, TN   September 29-30

 

1999-2000 Executive Committee

 

President:  Suzanne Osborn, University of Memphis

President Elect:  Leonard Assante, Volunteer State Comm. College

Immediate past President:  Kina Mallard, Union University

Executive Director:  Linda Lyle, University of Tennessee

Newsletter Editor:  Richard Ranta, University of Memphis

WebMaster:  Kevin Trowbridge

 

 

1999-2000 Interest Group Chairs:

 

Curriculum & Instruction:  Faye Julian, University of Tennessee

Rhetoric and Public Address:  John Campbell, University of Memphis

Interpersonal and Group:  Mike Gotcher, Austin Peay State University

Organizational Communication:  Michelle Violante, University of Tennessee

Mass Communication:  Janice Wood and Steve Beverly, Union University

Argumentation/Forensics:  Virginia Thigpen, Volunteer State Comm. College

Special Thanks to Mike Osborn, Houghton Mifflin Co., Dave Warner




PROGRAM OF EVENTS

 

Friday, September 29, 2000:

 

12:00-4:30:  Registration:  Rochelle Center Lobby

 

 

12:00-1:00:  Light lunch/refreshments in Rochelle Center lobby

David Warner, VSCC, will prepare a light lunch and refreshments for a social hour prior to the start of meetings.  Register, sit down, relax, and chat with friends and colleagues while enjoying a light lunch.

 

 

1:00-2:15:  Mass Communication panel – Steve Beverly

Jerald Ogg, University of Tennessee-Martin, "From Pilots to Primates:  Toward a New Doctrine of Media Self-Defense."

 

Marcus Hayes, Freed-Hardeman University, "Feminist Media Criticism."

 

Henry Onyejiaka, Tennessee State University, "The Historical Analysis of Herbert Hoover's Contributions to the Development of American System of Free Broadcasting ."

 

Steve Beverly, Union University, "The Shilling of 'Survivor' and the Boosting of 'Big Brother.' "

 

 

2:30-3:45:  Curriculum and Instruction – Faye Julian

Dorotha Norton, “Creativity?”

 

Michelle Violanti, “Presentation of Web-based Public Speaking Class”

                   

Dave Warner, “Bringing the Community to the Classroom - students' interviews with community/civic organizations.”

 

 

3:45-4:15:  Break sponsored by David Warner and Volunteer State Comm. College

            light food and drink

 

 

4:15-5:30:  Student panel – Kina Mallard

“Cicero’s Tennessee”

 

Mary Richardson, "Street Names and Front Porches: An Exploration of Rhetoric

and Community in Shelby County Interfaith¹s Neihemiah Neighborhood in

Memphis"

 

Ray Harris, "’Take My Argument Please!’: A Formal Theory of Humor in Cicero"

 

Peg McCree, "Opie Read: The Mark Twain of Tennessee"

 

Roger Duke, “A Critical Commentary on Deconstruction from the Perspective of Human Dialogue and the Polis"

 

 

5:30-7:30:  Dinner on your own. 

Ask a local or grab a Nashville Scene  (www.nashvillescene.com) for dining suggestions. 

(A handout with directions to various restaurant “hotspots” is in your packet.)

 

 

7:30-??:  Evening session/entertainment

  1. Carol Bucy, Assistant Professor and Chair, Department of History, Volunteer State Community College presents a program of story telling in Tennessee.
  2. Dennis Elkins and Ensemble, Walters State Community College, presents a “Musical Reader’s Theatre”

 

Get together at the Osborn’s suite afterwards

 

 

 

Saturday, September 30, 2000:

 

Breakfast provided by Holiday Inn

 

8:30-9:30:  Rhetoric panel – John Campbell

The Rhetorical Criticism of Popular Culture

 

Mark J. Volzer, "Rhetoric and Wrestling: A Rhetorical Analysis of

Professional Wrestling and the Rise of The Rock¹"

 

James J. O¹Donnell, "Blood and Burke: Burke¹s Pentad and Hitchcock¹s Horror"

 

Matthew M. Doggett, "Rhetoric¹s Hope: The Use of Identification to Create

Meaning,"

 

 

9:45-10:45:  Organizational Communication panel – Michelle Violanti

John Haas, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, "Re-Evaluating

Communication Competence in Organizations."

 

Diane MacFarland, "Participation in Decision Making: Perceptions of the

U.S., Canadian, & Mexican Workers"

 

Astrid Sheil, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, "Using HBDI Assessment

for Communication Team Building: A Case Study"

 

 

10:45-11:15:  Coffee break sponsored by Houghton Mifflin

 

 

11:15-12:15:  President’s panel discussion – Leonard Assante

            Panel discussion on a topic(s) of importance or interest to the TCA community.

 

 

12:30-??:  Luncheon and Business Meeting – Susie Osborn

There will be a buffet lunch served in the rear of the conference room.  Enjoy your lunch while we conduct the business meeting and present some awards.


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