CGSA’s March Dates to Remember

3/1 Spring travel grant applications due; contact emunz@purdue.edu with questions

3/3 First Wednesday Research Colloquium with Sorin Matei, Beering 1222, 2:30pm

3/5 FAC at Cox’s Pub, 2401 Schuyler Ave. in Lafayette, 8pm

3/10 CGSA Board Meeting, Beering 1202, 2:30pm

3/12 NO FAC—Spring Break begins at 5pm

3/19 NO FAC—Spring Break still happening

3/22 First day of classes back from Spring Break

3/22 CGSA Board Meeting, Beering 1202, 12:30pm

3/27 CGSA Research Conference, Discovery Learning Research Center, details online

3/27 Saturday FAC at Spurlock’s, 721 Main St. in Lafayette, Time TBD

3/29 Nominations for next year’s CGSA board begin; nominations to ajking@purdue.edu

If you have any questions about events, or need a ride to FAC, feel free to contact one of your friendly CGSA board members.

**UPDATE: LINK TO CONFERENCE SIGN-UP SHEET:

http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/DPUDYCVCNCWLCLJMBYEX/PGSCCCR

Preliminary Conference Schedule

9:00 – 9:30 — registration open

9:30 – 9:45 — welcoming remarks

9:45 – 11:00 Panel 1– Intersections of Method and Place: Localizing communicative practices
LaShara Davis “Sadness, Guilt, Fear, or Happiness: Exploring the effectiveness of emotion-eliciting messages on decisions to become an organ donor”
Jerri Faris “An Institutional Ethnography of a Reentry Court: Relations of ruling
Lalatendu Acharya “Exploring Constructions of HIV/AIDS in indigenous tribes of Koraput
Lisa M. Guntzviller “The Impact of Situation and Emotional Factors on Advice-Giver Goals”

11:00 – 11:15 — Break

11:15 – 12:15 — Keynote Address by Corey Anton

12:15 – 1:30 — Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 — Round table — Coloring Outside the Lines: The rewards and obstacles of interdisciplinary research
Panelists: Lisa Hanasono, Brian Kanouse, Torsten Reimer, & Jim Tyler

2:30 – 2:45 — Break

2:45 – 4:00 — Panel 2 — Negotiating Identity and Secrecy: Communicative perspectives on self and other
R.J. Green “Understanding and Secrecy: Excellence and rhetorical approaches to public relations” ** Top Paper
Erin F. Doss “Knitting Together: Leisure groups as communities of practice”
Theon E. Hill “Constitution at the Intersections of Identity Negotiation and Ideological Interpellation

4:00 – 4:15 — Break

4:14 — 5:30 — Panel 3 — Engaged Communication Scholarship: Applying our research in the local community
Jerri Faris, Rebecca Dohrman, Christina Jones, Patricia North

6:00 — Special Edition S.A.C./ Reception at Spurlocks, Lafayette