TIPI is going to the National Communication Association’s (NCA) 110th Annual Convention
By TIPI Staff, 9/20/2024
OVERVIEW
The National Communication Association (NCA) is hosting it’s 110th Annual Convention: Communication for Greater Regard from November 21st-24th in New Orleans, Louisiana.
TIPI affiliates have 12 papers accepted for presentation at the convention. These papers cover a diverse range of topics within the field of communication, including disaster preparedness among small business owners, the role of artificial intelligence in higher education, strategies for increasing HPV vaccination intentions, and the influence of cultural and structural elements on protective behaviors in Latina/o/x/e communities. Additionally, they feature research on new materialism and robotics, the impact of digital media in disaster scenarios, and the communicative practices fostering community resilience.
Funded by various prestigious institutions such as the IC2 Institute, NSF, and Merck Investigator Studies Program, these papers reflect cutting-edge research and innovative approaches to addressing contemporary communication challenges.
NCA Papers:
Carlson, Nancy H.; Muna, Sabiha; Andelkovic, Jovana; Stephens, Keri K.; Strover, Sharon; & Faust, K.
- “We’re like family”: Understanding stressors and communicative coping practices for disaster preparedness among small business owners.
- Funding: IC2 Institute
Liu, Xiaotong; Rabby, Mir; & Martin, J.
- Artificial intelligence in higher education: A thematic analysis of ChatGPT in discourse.
McGlone, M. S., Stephens, Keri K., Jia, M., Montagnolo, Carly; & Xu, Yifan
- Multiple messaging strategies for increasing child HPV vaccination intentions among English- and Spanish-speaking parents.
- Funding: Merck Investigator Studies Program
Mendez Murillo, R., Stephens, Keri K., Rabby, Mir, McGlone, M. S., Castellanos, S., & Faust, K. M.
- Embracing greater regard: Exploring the role of cultural and structural elements influencing protective behaviors in Spanish-speaking Latina/o/x/e children and adults.
- Funding: NSF Award #2228706
- “My love for humans will never fade”: Exploring new materialism, the beheading of hitchBOT, and robotics from a posthumanist perspective.
- Award: Communication and The Future Top Paper Award
Stephens, Keri K. has 2 papers
- Leveraging grant funding for greater regard: Building, maintaining, and innovating externally funded work within and outside of the academy.
- Funding: NSF Award #2219236
- Embracing transdisciplinary teamwork: Changing culture and team practices to drive new outcomes in institutional research.
- Funding: NSF Award #2219236
Stephens, Keri K., Rabby, Mir; Mendez Murillo, R., McGlone, M. S., Kreiser, A., Castellanos, S., & Faust, K.
- Wrapped pipe dreams: Using protection motivation theory to understand what motivates people to prepare for extreme cold weather.
- Funding: NSF Award #2228706
Su, Ruoxiao; Stephens, Keri K., McGlone, M. S., & Jia, M.
- One HPV vaccination message does not fit all: Differences between young adults deciding to be vaccinated and parents deciding for their children.
- Funding: Merck Investigator Studies Program, #61251
Sun, Jiayu has 3 papers:
- Expressions of resilience in online discourse during a cascading disaster: A structural topic modeling analysis.
- Fostering community resilience through hybrid communicative practices: The role of digital media in complex disaster scenarios.
- #CoronavirusSisterSupport: A case study of emergent organizing and female medical workers’ contextual vulnerability during crises.