ANNUAL REPORT ON
GRADUATE STUDENT PRODUCTIVITY:
Department of Communication
University of Maryland
2007-2008
Publications
Journal Articles(14)
Adams, Heather. "Eleanor Roosevelt: Address By Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt—The Chicago Civil Liberties Committee (1940)." Voices of Democracy [on-line journal], forthcoming
Barney, Tim. "Adlai E. Stevenson, 'A New America,' Acceptance Address at the Democratic National Convention (17 August 1956)." Voices of Democracy [online journal], forthcoming.
Cionea, Ioana A. "The Banality of Nationhood: Visual Rhetoric and Ethnic Nationalism in Post-Communist Romania. Controversia 5 (2007): 77-92.
Shen, Hongmei, & Elizabeth L. Toth (2008). “An ideal public relations master's curriculum: Expectations and status quo.”Public Relations Review, in press.
Stillion Southard, Belinda A., "Beyond the Backlash: Sex and the City and Three Feminist Struggles," Communication Quarterly (2007), in press.
Stillion Southard, Belinda A., "Militancy, Power, & Identity: The Silent Sentinels as Women Fighting for Political Voice," Rhetoric & Public Affairs 10(3) (2007), in 399-417.
Stillion Southard, Belinda A. "To Transform and be Transformed: Elizabeth Cady Stanton's 'Address on Woman's Rights,' 1848." Voices of Democracy [online journal], forthcoming.
Stillion Southard, Bjørn F., and Belinda A. Stillion Southard. "Genres at Gettysburg: Abraham Lincoln, Edward Everett, and the War-Time Eulogy." Voices of Democracy [online journal], forthcoming.
Underhill, Stephen. "J. Edgar Hoover: 'The Menace of the Communist Party' (1947)." Voices of Democracy [online journal], forthcoming.
McCown, Nance. “The Role of Public Relations with Internal Activists,” Journal of PublicRelations Research, January 2007, pp. 47-68.
Smith S. W., Atkin, C., Munday, S., Skubisz, Christine., & Stohl, C. “The Impact of Personal and/or Close Relationship Experience on Memorable Messages about Breast Cancer and the Perceived Speech Acts of the Sender.” Journal of CancerEducation, in press.
Pfau, Michael, Semmler, Shane, Deatrick, Leslie., Mason, Alicia, Nisbett, Gwen, Lane, Lindsay, Craig, Elizabeth, Underhill, Jill, & Banas, John. "Nuances about the Role and Impact of Affect in Inoculation." Communication Monographs, in press.
Vardeman, Jennifer E., and Linda Aldoory. "A Qualitative Study of How Women Make Meaning of Contradictory Media Messages About the Risks of Eating Fish. Health Communication, in press.
Zhang, Ai. "Growing English Studies: Current Reality in China." Analytical Reports in International Education, 1(1), 2007, 21-31.
Book Chapters (5)
Chai, Sabine, & Zhong, M. (2008). Born at the crossroads – Chinese American ethnic and cultural identity. In L. A. Samovar, R. E. Porter, & E. R. McDaniel (Eds.), Intercultural communication: A Reader (12th ed.).Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.
Donofrio, Theresa. “The Voice of Loss: The Transformative Rhetoric of Take Back the Memorial.” In The Rhetoric of Western Thought. James L. Golden, Goodwin F. Berquist, William E. Coleman, & J. Michael Sproule, eds. (10th ed.) Kendall/Hunt Publising Company, 2010, in press.
Lamm, Erica Jane and Andrew D. Wolvin. "The Tirangulated Group Interview Project." In Teaching Ideas for the Basic Communication Course, v. 12. Eds Hugenburg and Hugenburg. (Kendall/Hunt).
Stillion Southard, Bjorn. “Arguing Benevolence in the Colonization Debate, 1816.” In P.Riley (Ed.) Engaging Argument (Washington, DC: National Communication Association, 2007): 148-154.
Walker, M. Karen. “New Media’s Influence on the Assessment of Publicly Communicated Terrorist Threats.” In Information Warfare 2.0: How States and Armed Groups Compete for Strategic Influence, edited by JamesJ.F.Forest. Westport, CT: Praeger Security, 2008, in press.
Published Book Reviews (11)
Adams, Heather B. Review of the Book The Rhetoric of Space: Politics and Place in Nineteenth-Century Urban America. The Review of Communication, 2007.
Barney, Timothy. Review of Morning in America: How Ronald Reagan Invented the 1980s, by Gil Troy. Rhetoric & Public Affairs 10, no. 1 (2007): 237–239.
Cionea, Ioana A. "Explaining History through a Rhetorical Lens." The Review of Communication, 7(2007): 197-200.
Donofrio, Theresa A. “Review Shadowed Ground: America’s Landscape of Violence and Tragedy by Kenneth Foote. Rhetoric Society Quarterly 37, no. 2 (2007): 213-216.
Hobler, Mara. Social Consequences of Internet Use: Access, Involvement, and Interaction.ResourceCenter for Cyberculture Studies, 2007.
Krueger, Ben. Review of Hanging out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships Online by Lori Kendall. Resource Center For Cyberculture Studies Website ( in press.
Patel, Sejal. Review of Encounters by Donald W. Klopf and James McCroskey. Review of Communication, in press.
Schloss, Renata F. Review of the book Communicating health: Strategies for health promotion. Public Relations Review, in press.
Skubisz, Christine. A New Framework for Health Literacy. The Review of Communication, in press.
Smith, Brian G. “The Politics of Words” Review of the Book The Right Words: Great Republican Speeches that Shaped History. Review of Communication (2007).
Stillion Southard, Bjorn. Review of the essay From the Plaint to the Comic: Kenneth Burke’s Toward a Better Life. KB Journal [electronic journal] 3.2 Available at
Awards & Honors(26)
Adams, Heather Brook. Masters Graduate Award. American Association of University Women, College Park chapter, MD, April 2008.
Adams, Heather Brook. Center for Teaching Excellence Travel Grant (to Lilly-East Conference), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 2008.
Barney, Tim. Laureate Essayist (Top Three Paper), James L. Golden Essay Competition, National Communication Association, November 2007.
Cionea, Ioana. Second Place in Environmental Issues, Climate Change and Sustainable Development. Graduate Research Interaction Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2008.
Cionea, Ioana, Arts and Humanities Travel Grant Recipient, University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.
Donofrio, Theresa A. J.L. Golden Award (Top Student Paper in Rhetoric), National Communication Association, 2007.
Epkins, Heather. Top Paper in Public Policy. Graduate Research Interaction Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2008.
Epkins, Heather. National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) Fellowship Recipient. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2008.
Han, Bing. Top Three Student Paper in Intercultural Communication. International Communication Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 2008.
Herbig, Arthur W. IV. Top Paper in Interpreting Visual Culture and Images. Graduate Research Interaction Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2008.
Jiang, Hua. Center for Teaching Excellence Travel Grant (to Lilly-East Conference), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 2008.
Place, Katie. Top Three Student Papers in Public Relations, National Communication Association, 2007.
Schloss, Renata. Center for Teaching Excellence Travel Grant (to Lilly-East Conference), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 2008.
Shen, Hongmei and Erica Lamm (equal contributions). Center for Teaching Excellence Grant ($3,200) for “Enhancing Teaching Excellence of International Graduate Students in Communication,"University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2008.
Shen, Hongmei. Top Student Paper, International Communication Association, 2007.
Shen, Hongmei. Inez Kaiser Student of Color Award, AEJMC's Public Relations Division, 2007.
Shen, Hongmei andElizabeth L. Toth,First Place Teaching Paper, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2007.
Skubisz, Christine. Interpersonal Division Thesis Award for a Master’s Thesis, International Communication Association, 2007.
Smith, Brian G. Ketchum Excellence in PR Research Award, Awarded by the Institute for Public Relations, 2007.
Smith, Brian G. Top Student Paper to be presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada, May 2008.
Stillion Southard, Belinda A. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship ($10,000), Graduate School, University of Maryland, College Park, May 2008. [Declined due to acceptance of a tenure-track position]
Stillion Southard, Bjørn F. National Communication Association’s Doctoral Honors Seminar. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, June 2008.
Underhill, Stephen. National Communication Association’s Doctoral Honors Seminar. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, June 2008.
Vardeman, Jennifer E. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship ($10,000), Graduate School, University of Maryland, College Park, May 2008.
Zhang, Ai. Hongmei Shen, and Hua Jiang,First Place Award in High Density, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2007.
Zhang, A. (2007, August). An Exploratory Study of International Ethics: A Chinese Perspective.
Receipt of the Susanne A. Roschwalb Grant by the Public Relations Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in WashingtonDC, USA.
Conference Presentations (94)
Adams, Heather Brook. “The Recalculation of Gendered Space in Eleanor Roosevelt’s ‘Civil Liberties’ Address.” Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Adams, Heather Brook. “Talking (Back) About Home: Considering the Discourse of Class in Academia.” Presentation, annual convention of Rhetoric Society of American, Seattle, WA, May 2008.
Adams, Heather Brook. “Transgression and Presidential Spectacle: Franklin D. Roosevelt's ‘Address at Arthurdale.’” Presentation, annual convention of Eastern States Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2008.
Allen, Susan D. “Can Emotion Derail Intercultural Negotiations? An Examination of Theory and Findings in an Understudied Research Stream.” Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Austin, Lucinda L., Lubran, M., Patel, Sejal, & Skubisz, Christine. “The effect of ‘At-a-glance’ nutrition symbols and nutrition information on cognitive processing and purchase intent: An Eye-Tracking Approach.” Paper to be presented to the NCA Summer Conference 2008: Methods and Measures for Communication and Cognition Research, College Park, MD, July 2008.
Austin, Lucinda L. “Exploring Compassion and Public Relations: A Case Study of High-Emotion Conflict.”Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Austin, Lucinda L. “Enabling marginalized voices in public relations graduate education.” Presented as part of a discussion panel at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 90th Annual Convention, Washington, DC, August, 2007.
Austin, Lucinda, and Erik Halvorsen. “What Drives Political Activity in College Students? An Application of the Situational Theory of Publics.”Presentation, Graduate Research Interaction Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 2008.
Austin, Lucinda, and Erik Halvorsen. “What Drives Political Activity in College Students? An Application of the Situational Theory of Publics.” Paper to be presented to the 58th Annual International Communication Association, Public Relations Division, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2008.
Barney, Timothy, “An Illinois Egghead Challenges King Eisenhower’s Court: Adlai Stevenson and the ‘New America’ at the 1956 Democratic National Convention.” Presentation, annual convention of Eastern States Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2008.
Bessarabova, Elena. “‘You Ain’t Guilting Me into Nothing:’ Guilt, Adolescents, and Reactance.” Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Bessarabova, Elena. “Social Cognitive Approaches to Communication Interventions.” Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Cionea, Ioana. “An Argumentation Perspective on Negotiation: Review of Current Literature and Direction for Future Research.” Presentation, International Association for Conflict Management, Budapest, Hungary, 2007.
Cionea, Ioana. “Argumentation and Culture: A Typology of Current Research Directions.” Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Cionea, Ioana. “Factors Influencing Intercultural Communication Competence: The Effect of Individual Predictors and Expectancy Violations.” Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Cionea, Ioana. “Red, Yellow and Blue: A Case Study in Romanian Nationalism Employing Kenneth Burke’s Concept of Identification.”Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Cionea, Ioana and Leah Waks. “A Profile of Energy Consumption Behaviors among Undergraduates at the University of Maryland.” Presentation, Graduate Research Interaction Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 2008.
Depritis, Abbe. “Bridging the Cultural Gap: Changing Instructional Methods.” Presentation, Southern States Communication Association, Savannah, GA, April 2008.
Depritis, Abbe and Erica Lamm “Toward a Theory of Communication Teaching Competency.” Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007. (Wolvin, Andrew, Erica Lamm, Abbe Depretis, and Janna Whitney. “Toward a Theory of Communication Teaching Competency.” Presented at the 2007 National Communication Association Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.)
Donofrio, Theresa A. “Citizenship and Consumption in Kenneth Cole’s 9/11 Advertising.” Presentation, Graduate Research Interaction Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 2008.
Donofrio, Theresa A. “For the Sake of the Fetus or for the ‘Health’ of the Nation? Two Threads of Antiabortion Rights Discourse.” Presentation, Southern States Communication Association, Savannah, GA, April 2008.
Donofrio, Theresa A. “Questioning the Bounds of Interactivity: Commemoration and Consumption at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial.”Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Donofrio, Theresa A. “The Rhetorical Process of 'Bearing Witness’: The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Speakers Bureau Workshop Series.”Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Donofrio, Theresa A. “Spatial Authority & Agentic Loss: 9/11 Families’ Claim to Ground Zero through ‘Take Back the Memorial.’”Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Donofrio, Theresa A. “‘Today Is Not a Dress Rehearsal’: Citizenship and Consumption in Kenneth Cole’s 9/11 Advertising.” Working Paper accepted to Rutger’s University Invitational Masters Student Institute, New Brunswick, NJ, October 2007.
Epkins, Heather. “How National Security Reporters Make Meaning of Terrorism Information.” Presentation, Department of Homeland Security Academic Summit, Washington, DC, March 2008.
Epkins, Heather. "How Capitol Hill Staffers Make Meaning of the Discover America Partnership Campaign: An Extension of the Situational Theory of Publics." Publics Relations Society of AmericaEducatorsAcademy Convention, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.
Epkins, Heather. “How National Security Reporters Make Meaning of Terrorism Information.” Presentation, Graduate Research Interaction Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 2008.
Fritz, Sabine. “Developing a Typology of Interaction Goals in Negotiation.” Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Fritz, Sabine.“Ethnic Identity Transference in 2nd Generation Chinese Americans: A Comparison of Male and Female Patterns.” Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Han, Bing. “Face Goals in Conflict Avoidance: A Cross-Cultural Analysis.” Paper to be presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 2008. (Top Three Student Paper in Intercultural Communication.)
Han, Bing. “How to Become a Professor: Faculty Perceptions of Communication PhD Student Characteristics Needed to Succeed in Academia.” Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Han, Bing. “The Relative Effect of Positive and Negative Humorous Gossip on Perceptions of Gossiper and the Target of Gossip.” Paper to be presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 2008.
Han, Bing. “A Typology of Emphatic Communication: Reviewing Empathy as a Communicative Act.” Paper to be presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 2008.
Herbig, Arthur W. IV, “Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Equality, and The American Dream: Rhetorical Ideographs and Narratives.” Presentation, annual convention of Eastern States Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2008.
Herbig, Arthur W. IV. “Dan Quayle and ‘The Media’: The Oversimplification of Complex Meanings.” Presentation, annual convention of Eastern States Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2008.
Herbig, Arthur W. IV. “Whatever Happened to Spearchucker? The Television Program M*A*S*H and the Issue of Racial Representation.” Presentation, Graduate Research Interaction Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 2008.
Hobler, Mara. (2008). "Games, gender, and community: a case study of identity and representations." Mid-Winter Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Pittsburgh, PA, February 29- March 1, 2008.
Jiang, Hua. “Gender, Leadership, and Teams: Examining Female Leadership from an unCONVENTIONAL Perspective.” Presentation, Graduate Research Interaction Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 2008.
Jiang, Hua. “Toward an Integrated Model: Linking Employee Communication, P-O Fit, Sensemaking, Organizational Identification, and EOR Outcomes.” Paper to be presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 2008.
Aldoory, Linda, Jiang, Hua, Toth, Elizabeth L., & Sha, B.-L. “Work-Family Discourse in PublicRelations: Development of a Work-Personal Continuum for Gender Theory.” Presentation at the convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, DC, August 2007.
Krueger, Ben. "Evil That Good May Come: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Moral Theory of Thomas Aquinas." Presentation, NCA/AFA Summer Conference on Argumentation, Alta, Utah, August 2007.
Krueger, Ben. “Evil That Good May Come? A Rhetorical analysis of the Moral Reasoning of George W. Bush.” Presentation, annual convention of Rhetoric Society of American, Seattle, WA, May 2008.
Krueger, Ben. “John F. Kennedy's Commencement Address to AmericanUniversity.” Presentation, annual convention of Rhetoric Society of American, Seattle, WA, May 2008.
Lamm, Erica. “"A Test of Listenability in College Lectures.” Presentation, International Listening Association, Portland, ME, March 2008.
Luo, Yi. “The Role of Communication in Transformational Change: A Multilevel Model Linking Communication, Sensemaking and Emotions,” Presentation, Graduate Research Interaction Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 2008.
Luo, Yi.“Toward an Integrated Model: Linking Employee Communication, P-O Fit, Sensemaking, Organizational Identification, and EOR Outcomes.”Paper presented at the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada, May 2008.
Mason, Michele. “Delivery and the Integrated Art of Rhetoric.” Presentation, annual convention of Rhetoric Society of American, Seattle, WA, May 2008.
McCown, Nance. “Opening eyes through communication technology: Enhancing humanity through two-way public relationships.” Faculty-student colloquia presented at the Spring Humanities Symposium, MessiahCollegeCenter for Public Humanities, Grantham, PA, February 2008.
Patel, Sejal. “Are Dichotomized Cultural Studies Missing Something? Exploring Hybrid Cultures in Trust and Intercultural Negotiation.” Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Patel, Sejal. “State of the Knowledge about Trust in Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Research.” Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.
Patel, Sejal.“What Do We Think of Gossipers? The Impact of Gossip Valence and Relationship Type on Liking and Trustworthiness.”Paper presented at the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada, May 2008.
Payne, David. “The Relative Effect of Positive and Negative Humorous Gossip on Perceptions of Gossiper and the Target of Gossip.” Paper to be presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 2008.
Place, Katie R. “A Local Community and How They Make Meaning of a Grassroots Public Relations Campaign.” Presentation, Graduate Research Interaction Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 2008.
Place, Katie R.“Public Relations Practitioners and Power-Control: How They Make Meaning of Power in an Organization.” Presentation, annual convention of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, November 2007.