Building Bridges

         Students pose along the Ohio River

Eastern Communication Association Conference
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 2018

Three undergraduate students presented a total of five papers at this conference. One of these students’ papers was selected for the top paper panel. Undergraduate students who presented at this conference included:

• Emily Counts (Senior), “How Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” Became a Black Lives Matter Anthem”
• Jacqueline DeMuynck (Senior), “Analyzing the Catholic Church’s 2002 Crisis Response Strategies”
• Jacqueline DeMuynck (Senior), “The Feed that Feeds: A Rhetorical Analysis of @NourishAndEat’s Body Positive Instagram Campaign and Its Effect of Self-Image” — Selected for the Top Paper Panel at the Undergraduate Scholars Conference
• Rachel Runnels (’17), “But I Believe Females Can Save The World: A Rhetorical Analysis of Female Empowerment in Avatar: The Last Airbender”
• Rachel Runnels (’17), “Navigating Turbulence: An Analysis of the JetBlue Ice Storm Crisis Response”

Four graduate students gave four presentations and one chaired a panel at this conference:

• Madeline Fortner, “Innovating the Public Speaking Course: Delivering High-Quality Courses that are Flexible, Affordable & Efficient”
• Kim Martinez, “The Chick-fil-A Same-Sex Marriage Crisis and Image Repair Theory”
• Kim Martinez, “Speak in the Box” — Delivery Activity
• Taylor Powers, “Too Little, Too Late: Analysis of Susan G. Komen’s Crisis Response”