Dozens of USC Annenberg scholars will attend the National Communication Association’s 97th Annual Convention this weekend in New Orleans. The convention will be held from Nov. 17-20. The participants will engage in discussions focusing on communication research, teaching concepts and much more. The full list of USC Annenberg professors and students taking part in this year's NCA Conference is after the jump.

Doctoral student Yasuhito Abe will be attending “The Politics of Oppression, Aggression, and Reconciliation: Studies of Japan-U.S. Relations” session on Nov. 19 from 11-12:45 a.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. He will be discussing his paper “Parody Diplomacy: A Civic Participatory Diplomacy.”

Doctoral student Alexandrina Agloro will be attending “Scholar to Scholar: Rhetorical Scholar to Scholar Perspectives” on Nov. 18 from 9-10:30 a.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. She will be discussing her paper “Revisiting the Beating of Rodney King Through the Murder of Oscar Grant.”

Doctoral student Styles Akira will present his study “Modern Day Crowds: Packs, Units, Mobs, and the Construction of Audience and Fan-base” at the “Socially Constructing Mediated Reality” session. It will be held at the Sheraton New Orleans on Nov. 20 from 8-9:15 a.m.

Doctoral student Laura Alberti will discuss her study "The Making of the Tea Party: Agenda Setting and Framing through the Lenses of Media System Dependency Theory" at "A Meeting of the Minds: Framing Theory and Rhetorical Analysis" session at the Sheraton New Orleans on Nov. 17 from 9:30-10:45 a.m. Following the session, Alberti will present her essay "09. Information’s Death Panels: The Roles of Factual Information and Ideology in the Correction of Political Misperceptions" at the "Scholar to Scholar: Communication, Popular Culture, and Politics" discussion on Nov. 19 from 1-2:30 p.m. Theodore Albiniak, assistant director of forensics and debate, will be attending “Rhetorical Approaches to GLBTQ Issues and Lives” on Nov. 20 from 8-9:15 a.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. He will be discussing his paper "Playing with Voice: New Notes on Camp.”

Doctoral student Zheng An will be attending “Transcending Potential Cultural Barriers in Online Communication” on Nov. 19 from 8-9:15 a.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. She will be discussing her paper "Cultural Differences in Communication Competence: A Comparison of Online and Offline Communication Traits.”

Second year doctoral student Janeane Anderson is scheduled to present her project “’I Love What I’ve Got on Top’: Afrocentric Analysis of Black Hair Narratives and New Media” during the “Unmuting our Voices: Perception of Race and Identity Negotiation” discussion. The session will be at the New Orleans Marriott on Nov. 20 from 8-9:15 a.m.

Doctoral student Shoko Hayashi Barnes will be attending “Supportive, Protective, and Effective Communication Strategies to Manage Risk, Conflict and Opportunities” on Nov. 18 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. She will be discussing her paper “Voice of Japanese Hikikomori (Social Withdrawal).” Annenberg undergraduate senior Eun-Gyuhl Bae will be presenting her study “TV News coverage of Dementia from 2000 to 2009: The Case of South Korean (Top Paper)” during the “Korean American Communication Association Paper Session” on Nov. 18 from 11-12:15 p.m. at Sheraton New Orleans.

Doctoral student Patrick Belanger will be attending “Giving Voice to Peacebuilding in Communication: An Interactive Roundtable” on Nov. 17 from 3:30-4:45 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. He will act as presenter during the session. He will also attend the session titled “Environmental Communication Division: Top Four Papers” on Nov. 19 from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. He will be discussing his paper "Defending the Fort: Michael Crichton, Pulp Fiction, and Green Conspiracy.”

Doctoral student Beth Boser will be attending “Weapons and Words: The Debate over Civility Following the Tucson Shootings” on Nov. 18 from 12:30-1:45 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. She will be discussing her paper “America’s Enduring Strength' and the Debate over the Role of Political Discourse in the Violence in Tucson.”

Professor Nicholas Cull will be attending “Measurement and Evaluation in Public Diplomacy: A Political Communication Approach” on Nov. 20 from 8-9:15 a.m. at the New Orleans Sheraton. He will act as presenter during the session.

Doctoral student Laurel Felt will be attending “Rhetorical/Visual/Textual Analyses and Applied Communication Research” on Nov. 17 from 9:30-10:45 a.m. at the New Orleans Sheraton. She will be discussing her paper “What Counts? For Whom? Valuing Cultural Scorecards.”

Professor Robeson Taj Frazier will be presenting his analysis “Authentically Speaking: Constructions of Afro-Asia in African American Media During the Cold War” at the “ Authentically Speaking: Making Claims to Authentic Voices in Transnational Contexts” at the Sheraton New Orleans on Nov. 17 from 12:30-1:45 p.m.

Professor G. Thomas Goodnight will be attending “Nineteenth Century Rhetoric and Political Economy” session on Nov. 17 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the New Orleans Sheraton. He will act as presenter during the session. Goodnight will also present during the “Voices of Japan-US Relationships: Reflecting the Past, Considering the Present, and Envisioning the Future” session on Nov. 19 from 8-9:15 a.m. at the New Orleans Marriott, and the session titled “In the Event: Alain Badiou and Re-imagining Communication Theory” on Nov. 19 from 9:30-10:45 a.m. at the New Orleans Sheraton. During the session titled "Our Currency is Not this Town’s Currency": Exploring the Altered State(ment)s of Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart,” on Nov. 20 from 9:30-10:45 a.m. at the New Orleans Marriott, he will act as respondent.

Professor and vice dean Larry Gross will be attending “Emerging Voices in GLBTQ Scholarship: How can we Create a Dissertation Award to Recognize their Work?” on Nov. 17 from 12:30-1:45 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. He will act as presenter during the session.

Professor Andrea B. Hollingshead will be attending “Examining Voices of Experts in Organizations: What Organizational Communication Can Contribute to the Study of Expertise” on Nov. 18 from 12:30-1:45 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. She will be discussing her paper "Stereotypes, Communication, and the Perceptions of Expertise in Teams.”

Professor Lian Jian will be attending “What Journalism was and what Journalism is: Tracing the Evolution of Journalistic Practice over Time” on Nov. 17 from 9:30-10:45 a.m. at the New Orleans Sheraton. She will be discussing her paper “Community-funded Journalism.”

Professor Kwan M. Lee will be attending “Scholar to Scholar: Communication and Technologically Diverse Media” on Nov. 17 from 9-10:30 a.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. He will be discussing his paper “Self-Presentation on Social Network Sites: Development of a Self-Identity Expression Scale and its Relationship with Social Competence.”

Doctoral student Ioana Literat is scheduled to present her paper “Integrating Communication Infrastructure Theory with Entertainment-Education: An Ecological Solution to Common Challenges” at the “Media and Source Effects: Outcomes of Health Messages” session at Sheraton New Orleans on Nov. 19 from 12:30-1:45 p.m.

Doctoral student Wenlin Liu will discuss her individual submission “Does Deliberative Space Exist under an Authoritarian Regime? The Idea of Authoritarian Deliberation and a Case Study” at the “Exploring Concepts of Chinese Communication Studies” session. It will be held on Nov. 17 from 2-3:15 p.m. at New Orleans Marriott. In addition, Liu will be presenting her research “19. Political Brokering in the Domestic Sphere: Examining the Role of Children in Immigrant Political Socialization and Participation” at the “Scholar to Scholar: Communication, Popular Culture, and Politics” conference on Nov. 19 from 1-2:30 p.m. at New Orleans Marriott.

Doctoral student Lori Kido Lopez will be attending “Examining Asian American Identity: Memorial, Museum, and Media Activism” on Nov. 19 from 9:30-10:45 a.m. at the New Orleans Sheraton. She will be discussing her paper "Reimagining Asian American Media Activism.”

Doctoral student William McClain will be attending “Top Student Papers: Nominees for the Joanna Ploeger Memorial Award” on Nov. 18 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the New Orleans Sheraton. He will be discussing his paper "Chat: On Writing the History of an Interface.”

A group of researchers led by professor Margaret McLaughlin will be attending “Scholar to Scholar: Communication and Technologically Diverse Media” on Nov. 17 from 9-10:30 a.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. They will be discussing their paper “A Videosharing Social Networking Intervention for Young Adult Cancer Survivors.”

Professors Peter R. Monge and Janet L. Fulk will be attending “Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Cyberinfrastructure, Virtual Research Environment, and Virtual Organizing for e- Science, e-Social Science, and Digital Humanities” on Nov. 17 from 11 to 12:15 p.m. at the New Orleans Sheraton. They will serve as respondents for the panel during the discussion. Monge will also attend the “Intra- and Interorganizational Relations” session on Nov. 18 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the New Orleans Sheraton. He will act as presenter during the session.

Doctoral student Yujung Nam will be attending “Online Social Support in Health Contexts” on Nov. 17 from 12:30-1:45 p.m. at the New Orleans Sheraton. She will be discussing her paper "Weak-ties of Psychological Well-being: Social Capital in Online Patient Support Groups on DailyStrength.com.”

Professor Patricia Riley will be attending “Advancing Institutional Theory” on Nov. 19 from 2-3:15 p.m. at the New Orleans Sheraton. She will act respondent during the session. She will also attend “A Tribute to Japanese Disaster Victims: Cross-Cultural Voices of Crisis Management of the 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, and Radiation Leak,” on Nov. 19 from 3:30-4:45 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott.

Doctoral student Angeline Sangalang will be attending “Examining it All: A Fresh Look at Realism, Audience Involvement, Message Ambiguity, Believability and Equivalence in Mass Communication Research” on Nov. 17 from 2-3:15 p.m. at the New Orleans Sheraton. She will be discussing her paper "Audience Involvement with Entertainment-Education Programs: Multifaceted and Influential.”

Professor Ken Sereno and doctoral student Adam S. Kahn will be attending “Perceptions, Expectations and Curriculum” on Nov. 19 from 12:30-1:45 p.m. at the New Orleans Sheraton. They will be discussing their paper "It’s All Greek to Me: (Mis)perceptions of the Field of Communication and Communication Students.”

Doctoral student Jieun Shin will be attending “Symbolic Interaction and Communication” on Nov. 18 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. She will be discussing her paper "Emoticons as Politeness Functions: The Impacts of Non-verbal Cues on Perceived Politeness in Computer Mediated Communication.”

Doctoral student Francesca Marie Smith and professor Thomas A. Hollihan will be attending “Weapons and Words: The Debate over Civility Following the Tucson Shootings” on Nov. 18 from 12:30-1:45 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. They will be discussing their paper "Human Agency and Mental Illness: Conflicting Conservative Arguments in Locating Responsibility for the Tucson Massacre.”

Doctoral student Laurance Paul Strait will be attending “Identifying the Available Means of Persuasion: Using Rhetoric to Make Sense of Conflict” on Nov. 18 from 12:30-1:45 p.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. He will be discussing his paper "Rhetorical Time and Memory in the Aftermath of Genocide: A Study of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Timor- Leste.”

Doctoral student Neta Kligler Vilenchik will be attending “Scholar to Scholar: Rhetorical Scholar to Scholar Perspectives” on Nov. 18 from 9-10:30 a.m. at the New Orleans Marriott. She will be discussing her paper “The Seven Sins of Collective Memory (and Forgetting).”

Doctoral student Cynthia Wang will be attending “Do We Have a Voice? Images and Construction of Asians and Asian Americans in the (New) Media” on Nov. 18 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the New Orleans Sheraton. She will be discussing her paper "Making Space, Negotiating Identities, Being Seen: Asian American Musicians in the Age of Digital Media and the Internet.”

Doctoral student Diana Winkelman will be presenting her individual submission “Climate Change and Human Rights as Rhetorical Appropriation of Risk in Late Modernity” at “Environmental Communication Division” on Nov. 18 from 11-12:15 p.m. at New Orleans Marriott.

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