TCA

                                                        Schedule of Events  |  Programs

                                                                  2002 Photographs

President: Linda Lyle, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

President-Elect: Norma Cook, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Executive Director: Dorotha Norton, University of Tennessee, Martin

Newsletter Editor: Richard Ranta, University of Memphis

Webmaster: Dave Warner, Volunteer State Community College

Immediate Past President: Len Assante, Volunteer State Community College

Argumentation and Forensics:  Mike Gotcher, Austin Peay State University

Corporate and Organizational Communication:  Diane McFarland, Buffalo State SUNY

Curriculum and Instruction:  Faye Julian, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Interpersonal and Small Group Communication:  Janine Dunlap, Freed-Hardeman University

Mass Communication:  Steve Beverly, Union University

Rhetoric and Public Address:  David Walker, Middle Tennessee State University

11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Registration

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Rhetoric and Public Address Panel

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Mass Communication Panel

3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Refreshment Break

3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Curriculum and Instruction Panel

5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Student Papers

6:30 p.m. Dinner

7:30 p.m. - 8:25 p.m. The Legend of Cousin Tuny, a documentary on the region's pioneer female broadcaster; produced by Steve Beverly, Union University

Memphis party in the Osborn's suite at the Garden Plaza Hotel afterwards

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Registration

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Panel

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Corporate and Organizational Communication Panel

10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Curriculum and Instruction Panel

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Panel on "Oral Communication Competencies"

Standing Committee on Oral Communication

12:30 p.m. --- Awards Luncheon and Business Meeting - Linda Lyle

"Monism and the Subjective/Objective Distinction: Exploring the Flip-Side of the Sermonic Thesis"

Ryan Clark, University of Memphis

"Lewis Carroll in Wonderland: Revisiting the Psycho-Rhetorical Perspective"

Joe Delfin, University of Memphis

"The Wounded Story Teller"

Peg McCree, Middle Tennessee State University

"The Rhetoric and Reception of Kevin Smith's Dogma"

Jason Phillips, University of Memphis

"Rhetorical Choices in Publishing a Textbook in Communication"

Michael Osborn and Suzanne Osborn, University of Memphis

"Molded by the Movies"

Chris Blair, Union University

"Rascals or Role Models? Case Studies in Prime Time Legal Ethics"

Jerald Ogg, University of Tennessee at Martin

"The Internet for Speech Communication"

Amanda Box, Freed-Hardeman University

"Parental Mediation of News Events after 9/11"

Janine Dunlap, Freed-Hardeman University

"American Idol: The Impact and Lessons Learned"

Steve Beverly, Union University

"Maximizing Discussion: Connecting with Your Online Students"

Sharon Smith and Greg Simerly, Middle Tennessee State University

"The Use of Multimedia Tools in the Speech Communication Classroom"

Malcolm McAvoy and Randolph Handel, Walters State Community College

"Using the CA Questionnaire as a Tool to Reduce Students' Speech Anxiety"

Halina Ablamowicz, Tennessee Technological University

"Classroom Authoritarianism: The Use and Effectiveness of the 'Iron Fist'"

Eletra Gilchrist, University of Memphis

"A Critical Commentary on Deconstruction from the Perspective of Human Dialogue and the Polis"

Roger Duke, Baptist College of Health Sciences

"Living on the Margins of Society: Palestinian Refugees' Use of Narratives in Search of Identity"

Ahlam Muhtaseb, University of Memphis

"Stella Ting-Toomey's Face-Negotiation Theory: An Analysis and Review"

Sharon D. Caton, Middle Tennessee State University

"Communication Factors Affecting Student Achievement: Teacher Management Communicator Style, Immediacy, Instructional Delivery, Perceived Caring"

Renee Robinson, University of Memphis

"An Application of the Extended Parallel Process Model in an Interpersonal Context: Compliance Seeking Strategies College Students Use to Get Their Partners to Engage in Safe Sex Practices"

William Maze, University of Memphis

"Digital Imaging in the Classroom: Using Photo Essays in Interpersonal Communications"

Teresa Collard and Rodney Freed, University of Tennessee at Martin

Papers:

"The Soul of Scholarship"

Kina S. Mallard, Union University

"An Honors College as a Learning Community: A Study of Identification"

Russell T. Church, Middle Tennessee State University

Respondents:

Richard R. Ranta, University of Memphis

Shellie Michael, Volunteer State Community College

Malcolm McAvoy, Walters State Community College

"Course Communication Standards for 'Distance' Courses"

Skip Sparkman, Volunteer State Community College

"Department-Based Distance Education Course-Development"

Dave Warner presenting for Len Assante, Volunteer State Community College

"Developing Assignments and Materials for Distance Education"

Shellie Michael, Volunteer State Community College

"Developing 'Classroom Climate' in a Distance Education Course"

Dave Warner, Volunteer State Community College

"Developing a 'Site' and Employing Web-Based Communication Tools: Faculty Concerns"

Renee Dauer, Volunteer State Community College

Debra S. Jones, Department Head for Speech, Reading and Foreign Languages, Chattanooga State Technical Community College

Dorotha Norton, Professor, Communications, University of Tennessee at Martin

Beth R. Stewart, Chair of the Department of Communication and Fine Arts, Jackson State Community College

Russell Church, Dean, Communications, Middle Tennessee State University

Malcolm McAvoy, Head, Department of Speech Communication, Walters State Community College

Richard R. Ranta, Dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts, University of Memphis

Michael Osborn, Professor Emeritus, University of Memphis