Environmental Communication Division
NCA Conference
Chicago, November 11-14, 2004

The Environment and Culture: Places, Practices and Protest

Thursday, 11/11/2004 from 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. in Conference Room 5A, Fifth Floor, Chicago Hilton
Participant(s):
1.Josh J Frye (Purdue University) Title: A Holistic Analysis of US Organic Food Movement Persuasion
2.Usama Kahf (California State University, Long Beach), Matthew D. Taylor (California State Univ, Long Beach) Title: Ecofeminist Performance and the Sexualization of the Motherhood Archetype
3.David A. Tschida (Minnesota State Univ, Moorhead) Title: 'The Jeff Corwin Experience' and 'The Crocodile Hunter': Exploring the 'Nature' of the Nature Narrative in Environmental Television Programming
4.Mark Meister - North Dakota State Univ (Respondent)
5.Alan Razee - Cal Poly Tech State Univ (Chair)
6.Rungrat Chaisamrej (University of Kentucky) Title: Environmentalism in Thailand: The Role of Buddhism in Thai Politicized Environment

Environmentalism and Environmental Justice: Contrary or Complementary?

Thursday, 11/11/2004 from 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. in Lake Huron, Eighth Floor, Chicago Hilton
Participant(s):
1.Phaedra C. Pezzullo (Indiana University), Ron Sandler (Northeastern University) Title: Conflicts and Coalitions: An Overview of Environmental and Environmental Justice Movements
2.Kevin M. Deluca (University of Georgia) Title: The Value of Wilderness: Contesting the Infinite Self-Absorption of Humans
3.Steven J. Schwarze (Univ of Montana) Title: The Many Silences of Asbestos
4.J. Robert Cox (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Title: Agencies of Struggle and Dilemmas of Antagonism: International Environmental and Environmental Justice Barriers 10 Years after NAFTA
5.Phaedra C. Pezzullo - Indiana University (Chair)

Agency and Social Change: Tools from the Past, Forces for the Future

Friday, 11/12/2004 from 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. in Conference Room 4C, Fourth Floor, Chicago Hilton
Participant(s):
1.Steven J. Schwarze - Univ of Montana (Chair)
2.Emily J. Plec (Western Oregon University) Title: Moving Forward, Looking Back: Action and Reflection in the Environmental Communication Course
3.Barbara E. Willard (DePaul University) Title: Looking Back to 'A Sand County Almanac': Aldo Leopold's Legacy of Environmental Agency
4.Gregg B Walker (Oregon State University) Title: The Simulation as a Teaching Tool in the Environmental Communication, Conflict Resolution, and Decision-Making Course
5.Tracy Marafiote (University of Utah) Title: Looking Back at Environmental Activists/isms: Moving Forward to New Understandings of Environmental Agency
6.Steven J. Schwarze - Univ of Montana (Respondent)

Environmental Deliberation: Crafting Environmental Policy

Saturday, 11/13/2004 from 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. in McCormick Board Room, Fourth Floor, Chicago Hilton
Participant(s):
1.Jose L Benitez (Ohio University) Title: Natural Disasters and Communication: Considerations for Communication Strategies and Research in Central America
2.Oyvind Ihlen (University of Oslo) Title: Substitution or Pollution? A Dispute over Environmental Rhetoric Ownership
3.Jennifer Duffield Hamilton - Univ of Cincinnati (Chair)
4.James G. Cantrill - Northern Michigan Univ (Respondent)
5.Dylan P Wolfe (University of Georgia) Title: Bush Fire: Rhetorical Strategy and Visual Rhetoric in Fire Policy Discourse
6.Cindy Koenig (Northwestern University) Title: Salmon as Part, Patient, and Product: Root Metaphors in the Discourse of 'The Oregon Plan'

Environmental Communication Division Business Meeting

Saturday, 11/13/2004 from 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. in Pullman Board Room, Fourth Floor, Chicago Hilton
Participant(s):
1.Steven J. Schwarze - Univ of Montana (Chair)
2.Barbara E. Willard (DePaul University)
3.Alan Razee (Cal Poly Tech State Univ)
4.Stephen P. Depoe (Univ of Cincinnati)

Top Papers in Environmental Communication

Sunday, 11/14/2004 from 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. in Conference Room 5I, Fifth Floor, Chicago Hilton
Participant(s):
1.Jakob D Jensen (Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ryan J Hurley (Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Title: I Won't, but They Will: Behavioral Intentions Following Exposure to Environmental Conflict Coverage (Top Student Paper);
2.Richard D Besel (Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Title: Testimony and Rhetoric of Science: James Hansen as Global Climate Change Hero (Top Paper);
3.Patricia C. Foley (Gallaudet University) Title: The Gift of Mt. Holyoke: Creating a Sense of Place Through Ritual Communication
4.Alan Razee (Cal Poly Tech State Univ) Title: Constructing Contexts in Government Hearings: Assessing the 1997 Glen Canyon Dam Decommissioning Hearing
5.Bruce J. Weaver - Albion College (Chair)
6.Tarla Rai Peterson - University of Utah (Respondent)

Public Participation Policies, Methods and Technologies: Current Trends and the Future of Public Participation

Sunday, 11/14/2004 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. in Conference Room 5I, Fifth Floor, Chicago Hilton
Participant(s):
1.Stephen P. Depoe (Univ of Cincinnati) Title: The Demise of the Fernald Citizens Advisory Board: Resource Starvation and Policy Re-Alignment within the Department of Energy
2.Jennifer Duffield Hamilton (Univ of Cincinnati) Title: The Quality of Dialogue and the Practice of Public Participation
3.Phaedra C. Pezzullo (Indiana University) Title: Time for Touring in Public Participation
4.Rebecca J Franks (University of Utah) Title: Reducing Interactive Forums and Opportunities for Public Participation in Public Lands Grazing Issues
5.Pauline Spiegel (Indiana University) Title: Reproducing the Citizen: The Federal Highway Administration's Discourse of Public Participation
6.Anne Marie Todd (San Jose State University) Title: The Changing Face of Radical Environmentalism: Earth First!'s Online Headwaters Forest Campaign
7.Gregg B Walker - Oregon State University (Chair)
8.Caitlin M. Wills Toker (Gainesville College) Title: Maps, Scientists and Citizens: The Impact of Technology on Public Participation

Environmental Communication Division NCA Conference Chicago, November 11-14, 2004