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News Archives James P. Zappen: Recent Publishings - 08.08.2005 LL&C Associate Prof. James P. Zappen recently published the following papers: "On the Formation of Democratic Citizens: Rethinking the Rhetorical Tradition in a Digital Age" -- James P. Zappen, William Hart-Davidson, and S. Michael Halloran (LL&C Prof. Emeritus). The Viability of the Rhetorical Tradition. Ed. Richard Graff, Arthur E. Walzer, and Janet M. Atwill. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005. 125-40. "Intention and Motive in Information-System Design: Toward a Theory and Method for Assessing Users' Needs" -- James P. Zappen, Teresa M. Harrison. Digital Cities 3: Information Technologies for Social Capital. Ed. Peter van den Besselaar and Satoshi Koizumi. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3081. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2005. 354-68. "Digital Rhetoric: Toward an Integrated Theory" -- James P. Zappen. Ed. Laura Gurak and Alan Gross. Special Issue: The State of Rhetoric of Science and Technology, Technical Communication Quarterly 14 (2005): 319-25.
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Jason Waite Presented Paper at Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition - 08.08.2005 LL&C doctoral student Jason Waite, under the direction of Profs. Cheryl Geisler and James P. Zappen, presented a paper, "A Locus of Motives: Internal Persuasion and the Formation of Post-Appalachian Self and Community in Foxfire," at the Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition.
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Junho Choi Presents at Pace University's Environmental and Religious Studies Conference - 08.08.2005 LL&C Assistant Prof. Junho Choi presented a paper titled "Intercity Networks of Internet Backbone and Air Transportations: The World Cities of Information and Human Flows in 1999 and in 2002," at Pace University's Institute for Environmental and Regional Studies (PIERS) annual conference -- The Globalization of Place: A Contest Between Transnational Anonymity and Presence.
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Katherine Isbister Presents Her Research on Social Gaming - 08.08.2005 LL&C Associate Prof. Katherine Isbister presented a talk and a workshop on her research on social gaming at the Digital Games Research Association annual conference in Vancouver, Canada; and she participated in a panel at the International Communication Association's annual conference in New York City where she outlined the H&SS approach to developing an undergraduate games major at Rensselaer.
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Priya Nambisan Presents an Audio/Tactile Statistics Curriculum at Human-Computer Interaction International 2005 Conference - 08.08.2005 LL&C graduate student Priya Nambisan presented "A Model for Enhancing Graphical Learning for Students with Print Disabilities: An Audio/Tactile Statistics Curriculum," (with Watt, J.H., Gourgey, K., Landau, S., and Gourgey, A.) at the Human-Computer Interaction International 2005 conference held July 22-27, 2005, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference objective was "to provide an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of scientific information on theoretical, generic, and applied areas of HCI, usability, internationalization, virtual reality, universal access and cognitive ergonomics." For more information on the conference, visit: www.hci-international.org
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Robert Krull Selected for Who's Who in Humanities Higher Education - 08.08.2005 LL&C Prof. Robert Krull has been selected for Academic Keys Who's Who in Humanities Higher Education. Academic Keys is a comprehensive database of faculty and administrators in higher education. For more information, visit: Who's Who in the Humanities
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Ekaterina Haskins Publishes Article Titled "Pythagorean Women" - 07.06.2005 Ekaterina Haskins, Assistant Prof. in LL&C, published "Pythagorean Women" in 'Classical Rhetorics and Rhetoricians', ed. by Michelle Ballif and Michael Moran (2005).
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Binod Sundararajan Receives Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award at ICA Conference - 07.05.2005 Binod Sundararajan, LL&C doctoral student, received the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the Instructional and Developmental Communication division at the annual International Communication Association (ICA) conference in New York, May 28, 2005.
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James Watt Elected Chair of Game Studies Special Interest Group - 07.05.2005 James Watt, Prof. of LL&C and Director of the Social and Behavioral Research Lab, was elected Chair of the Game Studies Special Interest Group at the International Communication Association (ICA) annual conference in New York on May 27. The new SIG was approved by the ICA Board of Directors at the conference and begins with over 100 members.
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Junho Choi Appointed Secretary of Korea-America Communication Association - 07.05.2005 Junho Choi, Assistant Prof. in LL&C, was appointed secretary of the Korea-America Communication Association (KACA). The goal of the Association is to facilitate international and cross-cultural research on the communication issues between Korea and the U.S.
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LL&C Doctoral Students Participate in Media Ecology Association Conference - 07.05.2005 LL&C doctoral students Gabriele Bechtel, Sandrine Dincki, and Liza Potts recently participated in the 6th Annual Media Ecology Association's "The Biases of the Media" conference in New York City in June 2005. Each student presented her paper on the panel entitled "Media Bias and the Emerging Online Communities". Gabriele Bechtel -- "www.auswanderer-forum.com: How an Online Forum Turns into a Site of Struggle over National Identity" Sandrine Dincki -- "Reconciling esprit de corps and individuality? Blogs as an escape from military conformity for American soldiers in Iraq" Liza Potts -- "Celebrity Bloggers and Blogging Celebrities: Identity and Community through Interactive Conversation"
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Audrey Bennett Presents Her Design Lab Book at AIGA Conference - 06.23.2005 LL&C Associate Prof. Audrey Bennett presented "Design Lab Book: Teaching Collaborative Designing with Empirical Inquiry" at Revolution: Philadelphia, AIGA's National Design Education Conference in Philadelphia, June 3-4, 2005. Bennett's student project proposal was one of four (out of 28) proposals accepted for a main-stage presentation at the conference. Each juror's top ranked project was presented at the conference, and Professor Emeritus Kenneth Hiebert ranked Bennett's project number one. The project description and supporting graphics will be posted at the conference website: revolutionphiladelphia.aiga.org
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Hani Lim Wins Ad Club Scholarship - 06.23.2005 Hani Lim, an EMAC student, was one of two students to win a prestigious Ad Club scholarship for $2500. "The Ad Club of Albany offers two students who are entering their sophomore, junior, or senior year at an accredited, local-area, four-year college or university a $2,500 scholarship for educational expenses. Applicants must have a registered major in one of the following fields of study: communications, marketing, advertising, graphic arts, public relations, or any other specifically-related communications curriculum. The scholarships are awarded by a panel of active communication professionals who use the following criteria to select the winners: clearly demonstrated interest in communications, academic achievements, community and social involvement, and personal recommendations." To learn more about Hani Lim's work, visit: www.hanilim.com
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Binod Sundararajan Selected to Participate in National Communication Association Doctoral Honors Seminar - 06.15.2005 LL&C doctoral student Binod Sundararajan has been accepted as participant in the National Communication Association Doctoral Honors Seminar in the Communication Theory and Research group. Sundararajan was one of 11 doctoral students selected nationwide. Professors Roxanne Parrot (Penn State), Austin Babrow (Indiana/Purdue) and Sandra Petronio (Purdue) will be chairing the workshop sessions to be held in Norman, Oklahoma on July 25-28, 2005. Sundararajan also received a graduate teaching award from the Instructional and Developmental Communication division of the International Communication Association (ICA) at its annual conference in New York City, May 2005.
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James Watt Presents Paper on Web Ads at ICA Conference - 06.15.2005 LL&C Prof. James Watt presented "Impact of the pragmatic value of Web ads on the conventional model of advertising effects" to the Information Systems division of the International Communication Association (ICA) at its annual conference in New York City on May 27. The paper was co-authored by LL&C graduate student Priya Nambisan. For an abstract of the paper, visit: Individual Presentations
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Katherine Isbister Exhibits Her SimBee and SimGallery Projects - 06.15.2005 LL&C Assistant Prof. Katherine Isbister had two public exhibitions of her work: a showing of SimBee in New York City at the Interactive Multimedia Culture Expo at the Chelsea Art Museum, April 2005; and a showing of SimGallery project in Prague at the International Festival of Art and New Technologies, May 2005. She also co-chaired a Workshop on Innovative Approaches to Affective Evaluation at the ACM Computer-Human Interaction (SigCHI) conference, April 2005. For more information on the SimGallery project, visit: www.simgallery.net
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Katherine Isbister Publishes in Applied Artificial Intelligence Journal - 06.15.2005 LL&C Assistant Prof. Katherine Isbister published an article, "Sensitizing Social Agents for Virtual Training", in the March 2005 issue of Applied Artificial Intelligence (Vol. 19, Num. 3-4, Pages 341-361) with Nakanishi, H. and Shimizu, S. For an abstract of the article, visit: Applied Artificial Intelligence
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Priya Nambisan Receives Post-Doctoral Position in CHSRA, University of Wisconsin-Madison - 06.15.2005 LL&C doctoral student Priya Nambisan has been awarded a one-year post-doctoral position in the Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis (CHSRA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She will assume this position after completing her dissertation in August 2005. For more information on CHSRA, visit: http://www.chsra.wisc.edu/
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Priya Nambisan Selected to Participate in American Medical Informatics Association Doctoral Consortium - 06.15.2005 LL&C doctoral student Priya Nambisan has been selected to participate in the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Doctoral Consortium to be held in Washington D.C. in October 2005. Based on a competitve selection process, this doctoral consortium brings together 10 doctoral students from across the country to participate in a one-day workshop that will be led by senior scholars in the area. Priya was selected based on her paper submission titled "Online Customer Communities and HMOs: A Knowledge Management & Knowledge Socialization Perspective".
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Junho Choi and Sin-Hwa Kang to Present Paper on Cross-Cultural Internet Use and Age: U.S. and South Korea - 05.04.2005 LL&C Assistant Prof. Junho Choi and LL&C doctoral student Sin-Hwa Kang will co-present their research paper "Internet Use and Age: A Cross-Cultural Approach -- the U.S. and South Korea" at the International Communication Association (ICA) conference in New York, NY, on May 26-30, 2005.
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