Politics and international affairs professor Glenn Phelps, assistant professor Lori Poloni-Staudinger and chair Fred Solop presented papers at the Midwest Political Science Association meeting in Chicago. Graduate students Bennett Grubbs, Robert Sammons and Doris Schartmueller also presented at the meeting.
T. Mark Montoya, instructor of ethnic studies, presented a paper, "It Won't Be Long 'til We Belong: (Im)migrant Social Movements in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands," and chaired a panel, "Race and Ethnicity: Issues in Latino Politics." at the 91st annual meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association last month in Las Vegas.
Antonio De La Garza, speech communication master’s student and director of NAU’s Forensics Team, and T. Mark Montoya, instructor of ethnic studies, presented a paper, "But It's a Dry Fascism: Arizona's HR 2281 and the Banning Ethnic Studies," at the 39th annual conference of the National Ethnic Studies Association in Claremont, Calif.
Ethnic Studies Program Steering Committee members: Mark Beeman, professor of sociology and social work, Geeta Chowdhry, professor of politics and international affairs, Ricardo Guthrie, assistant professor of ethnic studies, Daisy Purdy, faculty in ethnic studies, and T. Mark Montoya, instructor of ethnic studies—presented a panel, "Surviving Arizona: Defending Ethnic Studies in a New Jim Crow Era?" at the 39th annual conference of the National Ethnic Studies Association in Claremont, Calif.
Ricardo Guthrie, assistant professor of ethnic studies, presented a paper, “The Pop Cultural Assault on Black America,” at the 35th annual conference of the National Council for Black Studies. The paper analyzed how failed social and educational policies are depicted in Academy Award-winning films such as The Blind Side and Precious.
Laura L. Camden, assistant professor of photography in the School of Communication, had a solo exhibit of her photographic work at the International Cultural Center at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The exhibit, “Mennonites in Texas: The Quiet in the Land,” contained more than 25 of Camden's original photographs.
Laura Umphrey, associate professor of communication, delivered the keynote speech entitled "Coping with Loss: Effective and Ineffective Communication" at the 2010 MISS Foundation Conference. The MISS Foundation is a volunteer-based nonprofit which provides support, education, advocacy and research after the death of a child at any age and from any cause.
Russ Gilbert, photography laboratory coordinator for the School of Communication and graduate student in Career and Technical Education, recently gave a lecture called “Landscape Photographers and the American Conservation Movement: A History.” The lecture addressed the barriers that early photographic pioneers encountered and how the results of their work have become a part of American history.
Kelly Campbell Rawlings, assistant professor of politics and international affairs, presented the paper "From Institutions to Interconnections: Revisiting, Reinvigorating, and Realizing Democracy as a Way of Life" as part of a panel titled "Toward Sustainable Institutions for Participative, Egalitarian Governance" at a recent American Society for Public Administration Conference in San Jose, California.
Lori Poloni-Staudinger, assistant professor of politics and international affairs, presented a keynote talk at the Altenmarkt Conference for American Studies in Altenmarkt im Pongau, Austria, April 22-25, titled, "The Transatlantic Alliance in the 21st Century: Closer Together or Further Apart?"
Annette McGivney, journalism lecturer, co-delivered a presentation, with Salt Lake City photographer James Kay, for the Utah museum of Natural History. McGivney was one of five presenters, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for the museum's annual "The Nature of Things" lecture series. The theme for the series was "Reports from the Front Lines," focusing on innovative technologies, business practices and government policies that encourage environmental sustainability and a passion for the outdoors.
School of Communication electronic media and film lecturer Charlie Hicks presented his paper, "Demystifying the 'It' Factor: Why Certain Audience Members Develop Preferences for Certain Broadcasters," at the 2010 Broadcast Education Association annual convention April 12-15 in Las Vegas.
Ricardo Guthrie, assistant professor of ethnic studies, presented a paper titled, "Orality and Racialized Embodiment in Toni Morrison's novel Jazz, and Doug Atchison's film Akeelah and the Bee," at the National Council for Black Studies' 34th annual conference. Guthrie’s paper investigates how African American history and lived experience embody knowledge practices, learning and intelligence that can be articulated through popular culture. Using theoretical analyses of embodied cognition, Black Vernacular Culture, and assessing the "Zone of Proximal Development," the paper suggests how visual and filmic texts can embody and promote strategies for achievement, success and harmony in racialized environments.
Mark Neumann, director of the School of Communication, delivered a keynote address, "Excavations of the Cinematic City: Between Evidence and Evocation," at the Mapping the City in Film conference at the University of Liverpool Feb. 24-26. The conference theme was "Mapping, Memory and the City," and the conference was a collaborative effort of the university's School of Architecture and its School of Politics and Communication Studies.
David Schlosberg Department of Politics and International Affairs, delivered the Henry M. Jackson Lecture, “Rethinking Global Climate Justice: Capabilities, Vulnerability, and Adaptation,” at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington as part of the college’s Conversations on Climate Change lecture series.
Patricia Murphey, Assistant Professor in Visual Communication, presented "Practical Learning: Designing for Clients in an Academic Environment" at the eighth annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.
Kimberly Melhus, Assistant Professor in Visual Communication, presented "The Rose of Ames: A Designer's Perspective a Series of Case Studies Involving the Design and Communication Within the Rose of Ames" and "The Importance of Cross-discipline in an Undergraduate Graphic Design Curriculum” at the eighth annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.
Judith Everett and Kristen Swanson, both professors in merchandising, presented "National Park Entrepreneurs: Facilitating the Early Tourist Experience" at the eighth annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.
Marie Baker-Ohler, lecturer, presented a paper titled, "Finding Meaning: An Invitation to Dialogue – Reaching Back, Reaching Within, Reaching Forward" at the 2009 annual meeting of the National Communication Association.
Dayle Hardy-Short and Brant Short, professors, presented a paper titled, “’Bless Us with Tears, Bless Us with Anger’: A Rhetorical Analysis of Bishop Gene Robinson’s Inaugural Prayer" at the 2009 annual meeting of the National Communication Association.
Jill Dubisch, a Regents' professor of anthropology, was the keynote speaker at the University of Michigan's eighth annual Platsis Symposium on the Greek Legacy: Honor & Shame. She presented "Towards a Poetics of Personhood: Beyond Honor and Shame."
Janna Jones, an associate professor in the School of Communication, gave the keynote address at Screen Australia and the Cultural Research Network's "In Transition: Media Distribution, Exhibition, and Consumption in Regional and Rural Australia" workshop in Sydney, Australia. Following the workshop, she presented a paper at the University of Wollongong about Tad Nichols' 1939 amateur film, Navajo Rug Weaving.
Brant Short, professor of speech communication, spoke at Glendale Community College on April 9 to approximately 200 students, faculty and staff in a lecture titled, "Communication Can Save Your Life: Five Life Lessons from Communication Theory." Short also met with seniors graduating in May through NAU and GCC's 2+2 degree program.
Four faculty members from the School of Communications presented papers at the Western Social Science Association annual meeting in Albuquerque, NM. Jerry Thull, lecturer in public relations, presented “Bridging the Media Divide in the Classroom: Instructional Strategies for Contemporary Students." Jonathan Torn, assistant professor of electronic media and film, presented "Give It Away Now: The World of New Media in the New Era of Free." Dayle Hardy-Short and Brant Short, professors of speech communication, both moderated panels and served as section coordinators for the Human Communication Studies section.
Marianne Nielsen, professor of criminology and criminal justice, was an invited attendee and consultant at the "Violence Against Indian Women in Indian Country Researchers' Workshop," sponsored by the National Institute of Justice in Washington D.C.
Ricardo Guthrie, assistant professor of ethnic studies, presented a paper, “The Great Debaters: Denzel Washington, Willie Lynch and the Narratives of History,” at the National Council for Black Studies' annual conference in Atlanta last month. Guthrie also exhibited his artwork at the Murdoch Community Center as part of Flagstaff's First Friday Artwalk this month. The exhibition, "We Wear the Mask," featured paintings inspired by the poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar and was the first art exhibit to be sponsored by the Murdoch Center.
Lori Poloni-Staudinger, assistant professor of politics and international affairs, and Katrina Taylor, doctoral student in politics and international affairs, presented the paper "Cooperation Among Women? Assessing Coordinated Activities Among Women's Groups in the United Kingdom, France and Germany," at this year's Midwest Political Science Association Conference in Chicago. Poloni-Staudinger also served on a panel at the conference, "Increasing Women's Representation: Proposals, Practices and Impacts,” and was re-elected to the office of treasurer at the Midwest Women's Caucus annual business meeting.
Geeta Chowdhry, professor of politics and international affairs participated in three roundtable discussions, “Postcolonial Feminist IR: A Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Critical Scholarship Recognition Panel,” “Gender, Globalization and (In)Security: Making Connections, Challenging Contradictions and Exploring Alternatives,” and “Feminist Interventions in the Economic Crisis,” at the International Studies Association Conference held in New York City in February. She also organized and chaired a panel, “Diversity and the teaching of International Relations.”
Richard A. "Tony" Parker, professor of speech communication in the School of Communication, presented a peer-reviewed scholarly paper, "Rhetorically Re-Visioning the Right of Free Expression: A Critical Analysis of Frazier vs. Boomsma," at the annual convention of the Western States Communication Association recently held in Mesa.
Kimberly Melhus, assistant professor of visual communication in the School of Communication, presented “Design for Aging Eyes: A Look at Fast-Food Outdoor Menu Displays” at the third International Conference on Design Principles and Practices in Berlin. The conference, held in February, brought together researchers, teachers and practitioners to discuss the nature and future of design.
David Schlosberg, professor of politics and international affairs, presented “From Environmental Justice to Ecological Justice,” in a series organized by the Diversity and Social Justice Project at Hamilton College. He also presented “Indigenous Struggles, Environmental Justice, and Community Capabilities,” at the recent International Studies Association Conference.
Richard "Tony" Parker, professor of speech communication in the School of Communication, presented an invited paper, “Immortal Metaphor: A Marketplace of Ideas for the 21st Century,” at the annual convention of the National Communication Association in San Diego.
Julie Kalil Schutten, lecturer in the School of Communication, spoke at a conference at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden. Her presentation, “Gender, Constructing the Natural World, and Natural Resource Management,” supported the conference theme, “The Changing Role of Natural Resource Managers.” Schutten also presented her research on ecofeminism to the Environmental Communication Unit at the university.
