SSCA - Interpersonal Communication

Scholarship: Making a Difference in our Communities

Sponsor: Interpersonal Communication Division; Chair: Tamara Bollis-Pecci, Columbus State University
Internalizing Media Stereotypes: Caucasian-Americans' Learned Perceptions of African-Americans. Le'Wanna Heard, University of Arkansas
Spacially Defined Gender Roles: The Role of the Veil in Muslim Societies. Rebekah Huss, University of Arkansas
A Separated Family: Did They Fail to Perceive the Predictors of Separation and Divorce? Emily E. Story, University of Arkansas: Respondent: Ron Warren, University of Arkansas

Sponsor: Interpersonal Communication Division; Chair: Christina D. McGehee, University of Arkansas
Breaking Up: Rules, Competing Tensions, and Dialectics. John H. Nicholson, Angelo State University
When Mommy Goes Back to School: The Children's Perspective. Tamara Bollis-Pecci, Columbus State University
Back In The Saddle Again: Dating in Later Life. Kandi L. Walker, David Shaw, Corrina Philhower, Randi Neuman, Adrienne Ohlmann, and Valerie Pacanowski, University of Louisville
Ethnic Differences in the Construction of Medical Treatment for ADHD: A Communication Approach. Danna M. Gibson, Columbus State University and Lynne M. Webb, University of Arkansas
Who's the Real Offender? My Journey with a Juvenile Sex Offender. Steven A. Fox, University of Arkansas

Co-Sponsors: Communication Theory Division and Interpersonal Communication Division; Chair: Rodney A. Reynolds, Pepperdine University; Panel Participants:
Jerold L. Hale, University of Georgia
Lawrence A. Hosman, University of Southern Mississippi
Kathy Kellermann, University of California, Santa Barbara
Rodney A. Reynolds, Pepperdine University
usan A. Siltanen, University of Southern Mississippi
Michael S. Waltman, University of North Carolina

Sponsor: Interpersonal Communication Division; Chair: J. Donald Ragsdale, Sam Houston State University
Is Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict the Necessary and Sufficient Cause of Interpersonal Equivocation? Richard Bello, Nicholls State University
Commitment in Close Relationships: The Development of a Theoretical Model. Marceline Thompson-Hayes, Western Illinois University and Lynne M. Webb, University of Arkansas
The Value of Instrumental and Affective Communication Skills in Different Relational Stages. Amber Hollingsworth and William G. Powers, Texas Christian University
The Evaluation of Advice in Supportive Interactions: Effects of Facework, Evaluator Sex, Target Responsibility and Effort, and Advice Content. Erina L. MacGeorge, Rochelle M. Lichtman, and Lauren C. Pressey, George Washington University: Respondent: J. Donald Ragsdale, Sam Houston State University

Sponsor: Interpersonal Communication Division; Chair: Terry M. Thibodeaux, Sam Houston State University; Panel Participants:
Judy H. Carter, Amarillo College
Richard Conville, University of Southern Mississippi
William H. Edwards, Columbus State University
Jerold L. Hale, University of Georgia
Lynne M. Webb, University of Arkansas

Sponsor: Interpersonal Communication Division; Chair: Amber L. Walker, University of Arkansas
Social Support During Pregnancy: Pregnant Women's Perceptions of Social Support from Their Female Friends. Sara Baker Sander and Patricia Amason, University of Arkansas
'She's Expecting...': Female Friends' Stories as Social Comparison and Anticipatory Socialization. Elissa Foster, University of South Florida
Constructing Pregnancy through Cyber-Space. Kirsten E. Leysieffer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Respondent: Sally Bennett Bell, University of Memphis

Sponsor: Interpersonal Communication Division and Communication Theory Division; Chair: Kenneth N. Cissna, University of South Florida
Creating a Space for Dialogue: Individual, Relational, and Organizational Factors that Contribute to the Occurrence of Dialogic Moments. Margie West, University of South Florida
A Dialogic Farewell: End of Life Dialogue Enhancing the 'I-Thou' Quality of Parent-Child Relationship. Christine S. Davis, University of South Florida
Narratives of Workers on the Crisis Line: Dialogic Conversations about Domestic Violence. Elizabeth A. Curry, University of South Florida: Respondent: Dan H. DeGooyer, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Sponsor: Interpersonal Communication Division; Chair: Sally Bennett Bell, University of Memphis
Theorizing about Family Communication Across Levels of Analysis. Ron Warren, Patricia Amason and Lynne M. Webb, University of Arkansas
Simultaneously Researching Issues of Family Communication Relevant to Both Interpersonal Communication as well as Mass Communication Scholars. Danna M. Gibson, Columbus State University, and Marceline Thompson-Hayes, Western Illinois University
Teaching Family Communication Incorporating Media Representations of Family. Frances Brandau-Brown, Sam Houston State University
Publishing Scholarship in Family Communication: How to Evaluate It All. Thomas J. Socha, Old Dominion University