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Spring 2002
| February 15 |
Dr. Priscilla Murphy, Temple
University |
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"Chaos and
Continuity in Communication Theory" |
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 Holding
degrees from Smith College and Brown University, Dr. Priscilla Murphy
is currently a Professor of Journalism and Executive Director of Research
& Granting for the School of Communication and Theater at Temple
University. Dr. Murphy has previously taught at Drexel University
and the University of Delaware. An expert in game theory and its applicability
to public relations, Dr. Murphy's research has appeared in Health
Communication, Public Relations Review,
the Journal of Communication Management,
the Journal of Public Relations Research,
and the Journal of Applied Communication Research. |
| March 1 |
Dr. Angharad Valdivia, University
of Illinois |
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"Brain, Brow, or Bootie:
Latinas in Contemporary Popular Culture" |
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 Currently
a Research Associate Professor at the Institute for Communications
Research, University of Illinois, Angharad Valdivia is also affiliated
with the Women's Studies Program, the Latina/Latino Studies Program,
and the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies at the same
university. She holds degrees from the University of California-San
Diego and the University of Illinois and she has been a visiting scholar
at York University (Canada) and the University of Cambridge (UK).
The author or editor of five books, Dr. Valdivia's research has also
appeared in a wide range of scholarly journals, including Critical
Studies in Media Communication, Feminist
Media Studies, Sociological Quarterly,
Camera Obscura, and the Journal
of Communication Inquiry. |
| March 8 |
Dr. Eytan Gilboa, Bar-Ilan
University, Israel |
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"Global Television and
Decision-Making in Defense and Foreign Affairs" |
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 Eytan
Gilboa is a professor of international communication at Bar-Ilan University
in Israel and he is currently a Shorenstein Research Fellow at the
Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University.
Prof. Gilboa holds degrees from the Hebrew University and Harvard
University. He is the author of several books including Mass
Communication and Conflicts, The United States and Israel,
and American Public Opinion toward Israel and
the Arab-Israeli Conflict. His research has also appeared in
Communication Theory, the Journal
of Communication, The Harvard International
Journal of Press/Politics, Political Communication,
Public Opinion, Political
Science Quarterly, Presidential Studies
Quarterly, and The Yale Review. |
| March 15 |
Diane Hemmings, University
of Maryland |
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"Corporate Advocacy
and the Information Age: The Rhetoric of Bill Gates" |
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Diane Hemmings is a doctoral student in
the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland. She
holds degrees from McGill University in Canada and from the Elliott
School of Communication at Wichita State University. Ms. Hemmings
has published articles in the Kansas Speech Journal,
the Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal,
and the Journal of Psychiatric Nursing.
Her research has also been presented at the National Communication
Association and the Fourth International Conference on Organizational
Discourse. |
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Michael Phillips, University
of Maryland |
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"Wit and Presidential
Politics" |
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Michael Phillips is also a doctoral student
in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland.
He received his B. A. from George Mason University and his M. A. from
the Graduate Institute in Liberal Education at St. John's College.
Mr. Phillips has received two teaching awards from the Department
of Communication. He has presented his research at the International
Communication Association and at the Rhetoric Society of America. |
| April 12 |
Dr. Edward Schiappa, University
of Minnesota |
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"Beyond Representational
Correctness: Thoughts on Evaluating Representations in Popular Culture" |
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 Currently
the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Speech-Communication
at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Schiappa also holds the Paul W.
Frenzel Chair of Liberal Arts. He received his Ph.D. from Northwestern
University. A well-known scholar of both classical rhetorical theory
and contemporary public address, Dr. Schiappa is the author or editor
of five books. His research has appeared in Philosophy
& Rhetoric, the Quarterly Journal
of Speech, Rhetoric Review, Argumentation,
the American Journal of Philology, and
Communication Theory. He received the
Outstanding Dissertation Award in 1989 and the Douglas Ehninger Distinguished
Rhetorical Scholar Award in 2000, both from the National Communication
Association. |
| April 26 |
Dr. Michael Pfau, University
of Oklahoma |
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"Inoculation and Resistance
to Influence: Theory and Applications" |
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 Dr.
Michael Pfau is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication
at the University of Oklahoma. He received his Ph.D. from the University
of Arizona. His theoretical work dealing with inoculation has appeared
in Communication Monographs, Human
Communication Research and other journals and as book chapters
in The Handbook of Persuasion, Progress
in Communication Sciences, and other edited volumes. One of
his articles on inoculation won the National Communication Association's
1991 Golden Anniversary Monographs Award. Dr. Pfau's applied research
on the uses of inoculation in political campaigns, health campaigns,
commercial advertising, and public relations has appeared in such
journals as Communication Monographs,
Communication Research, Human
Communication Research, and other outlets, and as book chapters
in Designing Health Messages, Evaluating
Women's Health Messages, and Public Relations
Theory II. |
| May 10 |
Dr. Charles E. Morris, III,
Vanderbilt University |
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"My Old Kentucky Homo:
Lincoln and the Politics of Queer Memory" |
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 Currently
teaching at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Morris is Phi Beta Kappa graduate
of Boston College. He received his M. A. and Ph. D. from the Pennsylvania
State University. Dr. Morris is the co-editor of one book and his
research has appeared in such journals as the Quarterly
Journal of Speech, Women's' Studies in
Communication, and Free Speech Yearbook.
Dr. Morris is currently the Book Review Editor for Argumentation
& Advocacy and a Research Fellow at the Robert Penn Warren
Center for the Humanities. He also received the 2001 Karl Wallace
Award from the National Communication Association and the 1995 Kenneth
Burke Prize in Rhetorical Studies from Penn State's Department of
English. |
Fall 2001
| September 14 |
Dr. Mitchell Stephens - Dept.
of Journalism and Mass Communication, New York University |
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"A Historical Perspective
on the Future of Video and the Web" |
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Called a "visionary thinker"
by the San Francisco Chronicle, Professor Mitchell Stephens is the
author of five books and over 50 articles. He is currently a professor
in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at New York
University. Stephens' most recent book, The Rise
of the Image the Fall of the Word (Oxford), was hailed by the
Wilson Quarterly as a "fascinating,
counterintuitive tour-de-force." |
| September 28 |
Dr. Lee Sigelman - Dept.
of Political Science, George Washington University |
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"The Rational Attacker:
Negative Campaigning in Russia (and the U.S.)" |
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Dr. Sigelman taught at Texas Tech, the
University of Arizona, and the University of Kentucky before coming
to George Washington University in 1991. Professor Sigelman received
the Trachtenberg Prize, presented annually to a single George Washington
faculty member for distinguished research contributions. He is currently
a Columbian Professor of Political Science. Dr. Sigelman is the author
or editor of eight books and has written scores of articles published
in such journals as Public Opinion Quarterly,
Presidential Studies Quarterly, and Communication
Monographs. |
| October 12 |
Dr. Julia Wood - Dept. of
Communication Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
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"Love and Violence:
Personal and Cultural Narratives of Violent Heterosexual Relationships" |
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Julia T. Wood presents "Love and
Violence: Personal and Cultural Narratives of Violent Heterosexual
Relationships." A pioneer in the study of gender and communication,
Dr. Wood is currently Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in
the Communication Studies Department at the University of North Carolina.
She was named Scholar of the Year by Duquesne University in 2000,
received the National Communication Association's Francine Merritt
Award, and is a member of the University of North Carolina's Academy
of Distinguished Teaching Scholars. |
| October 26 |
Dr. John Durham Peters -
Dept. of Communication Studies, University of Iowa |
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"The Conversationalization
of Media and the Mediation of Conversation" |
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John Durham Peters, University of Iowa,
presents "The Conversationalization of Media and the Mediation
of Conversation." Dr. Peters' most recent work is Speaking Into
the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication. Praised by James
Carey as "an absolutely splendid book" filled with "depth,
subtlety, and discrimination," Speaking Into the Air received
the 2000 Winans-Wichelns Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric
and Public Address from the National Communication Association. |
| December 7 |
Vicki Freimuth, Director
- Office of Communication, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Atlanta, GA. |
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"Health Communication
in the 21st Century" |
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