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NYSCA 66th Annual Conference
October 17-19, 2008
Hudson Valley Resort, Kerhonkson NY
Preliminary 2008 Schedule
Conference
theme: Is there too much separatism among areas of study? Does
specialization affect our ability to make a contribution to broad
social problems? How do we, or can we, integrate specialized areas?
Does there remain a common core of the discipline located among these
microcosms? How should we structure undergraduate and graduate
education within our discipline in order to promote any common ground?
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 2008
On Friday evening, Professor Diana Bartelli Carlin (U of Kansas) will speak and her address is entitled: Using Research Groups to Unify Unique Perspectives: A Case Study of Political Debates and Beyond.
Professor Carlin has a distinguished record of teaching and scholarship. She
currently is a Professor in the Communication Studies Department at the
University of Kansas, and served the past year as Dean-in-Residence for
the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington, D.C. While
at KU, Professor Carlin also served as Dean of the Graduate School and
International Programs, Interim Assistant Provost, and Acting Chair of
the Communication Studies Department. Additionally, she has a distinguished record of service at other universities as well as secondary teaching experience.
Professor Carlin is most well known for her guiding work on DebateWatch (national voter education project). Her
timely keynote address will discuss how DebateWatch has helped to unify
the numerous perspectives that stemmed from analyzing political
campaigns. Also important to recognize is her work as a
member of the Advisory Board of NCA Liaison to the Commission on
Presidential Debates since 1990. Much of her research and scholarship has been devoted to the analysis of presidential and political communication. Interestingly,
one of Professor Carlin’s grants was used to develop a training program
and prepare a manual to help establish a political debate tradition for
debates at all governmental levels in South Africa.
Professor
Carlin has been the recipient of numerous honors and grants, and she
has served in numerous positions of leadership in state, regional, and
national organizations. Her scholarship is evident in the
significant number of publications, conference papers, presentations,
and consulting opportunities that she has completed.
On Saturday evening Professor Terence Moran (NYU) will speak and his address is entitled: Understanding Communication History: A Media Ecology Approach.
Professor Moran also has an equally distinguished record of teaching and scholarship. He currently is a professor of media ecology in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. Notably, Professor Moran co-founded, along with Neil Postman, the M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Media Ecology at NYU. He
also served as a past Program Director of the Media Ecology programs
for both the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees, as well as being the Founding
Director of the Undergraduate Communication Studies Program at NYU.
Professor Moran may be best known nationally for his 2007 book (co-authored with Eugene Secunda), Selling War to America: From the Spanish American War to the Global War on Terror.
Teaching
both undergraduate and graduate courses in communication, Professor
Moran’s recent courses have examined mass persuasion, propaganda,
languages of communication, language and behavior, and the history of
communication.
Professor Moran has served as a communication consultant for numerous US and international organizations. Other
scholarly activity includes numerous articles, reviews, monographs,
editorships, guest lectures, and media experiences for local and other
television stations.
It
is important to recognize that Professor Moran has been awarded the
Louis Forsdale Award for Outstanding Educator in the Field of Media
Ecology, the New York University Steinhardt School of Education
Teaching Excellence Award, and the Special Teacher, Scholar, Mentor,
and Founder Award from NYSCA.
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