Recent Refereed Conference Presentations By Speech Communication Students

NorthWest Communication Association Conference, 2005

Women as Means to an End: A Feminist Analysis of two “American Pie” Movies

Ashley J. Beck

Rachel Carson: A Rhetorical Storyteller

Joel Coupens

The Man Who Would Have Been President: John Kerry’s Concession at Fanuiel Hall

Robert Estabrook

Barack Obama: A Skinny Kid with a Funny Name Calls for Unification of the Nation

Maria Nelson

Hillary Rodham Clinton: Activist for International Women Rights

Danielle Newell

The Day Women Worldwide Took on the Patriarchy: An Analysis of Hillary Rodham

Clinton's Speech to the World Women's Conference

Jamie Richards

Bush’s Failure to Enact the Presidency

Steven Sharp

What Does It Take to Be a Woman? A Feminist Analysis of “Miss Congeniality”

Regina M. Vandehey

Top Undergraduate Paper Award Finalist

Gun Control Advocate Sarah Brady: Fighting to Save American Lives

Stacie Wells

NorthWest Communication Association Conference, 2004

The Social Dynamics of Groupthink-bullying

Molly Underwood

Media Speak: An Analysis of Mediated Language Use

Jerry Ambris

What You Don’t See Can Hurt You: A Feminist Criticism of George W. Bush’s Welfare Reform Rhetoric

Robert C. Estabrook III

Portraying Organizational Culture Through Language: A Case Study of Primerica

Jerry Ambris

The Dangers of Ethnocentrism and the Importance of Cultural Awareness: Unexpected Lessons Learned from the X-Men (2000)

Krista Anderson

Here’s the Story of the Hurricane; A Rhetorical Analysis of Bob Dylan’s Song

Chris Logan

NorthWest Communication Association Conference, 2002

The Consent of the Governed: A Rhetorical Analysis of Society in America

Ranae Maddox

The Reality of Feminist Christianity

Rachelle Gibb

Work Sucks: A Narrative Analysis of Mike Judge’s Office Space

Ryan P. Gleysteen

NorthWest Communication Association Conference, 2001

The Japanese Value of Harmony and its Effects on Verbal and NonverbalCommunication

Ty Peterson

Man Vs. Nature

Michelle Gribble

I Shall Not Be Moved: A Feminist Criticism of the Poetry of Maya Angelou

Rachelle Gibb

Top Undergraduate Paper Award Winner

The Complete Woman: A Rhetorical Oxymoron

Chastine Wright

Keeping Abreast of Success: A Feminist View of Erin Brockovich

Averie Cook