2015-06-24 • Wednesday
07:00 PM • Welcome reception and announcements
- Trischa Goodnow, Oregon State University
- Stuart Kaplan, Lewis & Clark College
2015-06-25 • Thursday
08:00 – 09:00 AM • Breakfast
09:00 – 10:30 AM • Images of News, Gender, and War
Chair: Stuart Kaplan, Lewis & Clark College
- War, Trauma, Remembering, and Forgetting: Rithy Panh and the Missing Picture – Debra Pentacost, Vancouver Island University.
- Framing Still and Moving Images Across Media Platforms – Carol Schwabe, University of Arizona.
- Picturing Gender in America’s Next Top Model: Guys vs. Girls – Trischa Goodnow & Erin Cook, Oregon State University.
10:30 – 10:45 AM • Break
10:45 – 12:00 PM • Quantitative Studies of Visual Communication I
Chair: Erik Palmer, Southern Oregon University
- From the Walls to the Web: Aesthetic Factors in Audience Attention in the Representation of Art Works on Art Museum Websites – Nicole Dahman, University of Oregon.
- Images of Multiculturalism: A Visual Content Analysis of Hispanic and Latino Nonprofit Websites – Melissa Adams, North Carolina State University.
- How Reader Comments on News Sites Influence User Behavior – Jennifer Toomer-Cook & Sheree Josephson, Weber State University.
NOON – 01:00 PM • Lunch
01:00 – 02:00 PM • Quantitative Studies of Visual Communication II
Chair: Sheree Josephson, Weber State University
- Perceptions of Divorced Fathers – Jessica Troilo, West Virginia University.
- Evaluating Issue Oriented Video Journalism Techniques – Richard Schaefer & Natalia Joaquez, University of New Mexico.
02:00 – 03:15 PM • Aesthetic Theory & Criticism
Chair: Lorna Roth, Concordia University, Montreal
- Is Photography Water? – Erik Palmer, Southern Oregon University.
- Wabi Sabi, the Art of Imperfection – Barbara Mason, Oregon State University.
- Seeing China, Photographic Views and Viewpoints – Howard Bossen, Michigan State University.
03:15 – 03:30 PM • Break
03:30 – 5:00 PM • Visual Ethnography and Cultural Awareness
Chair & Respondent: Lorna Roth, Concordia University, Montreal
- Embracing Visual Images of Saudi Culture Through SnapChat – Precious Yamaguchi, Southern Oregon University.
- The Blackfoot Mobile Project: Encouraging Multimedia Storytelling Through Smartphone Apps as a Way to Visualize Tribal Culture – Ben Shors, Washington State University; Torsten Kjellstrand, University of Oregon; and Brett Oppegard, University of Hawaii.
- Increasing Cultural Awareness for Effective Global Communication Via Graphic Design Practice and Instruction – Nikki Arnell, Arkansas State University.
- Alternative Selves: Envisioning an Alzheimer’s Community – Scott Selberg, University of Michigan.
05:30 PM – No host Social Hour
06:30 – 08:00 PM • Dinner
08:30 – 10:00 PM • Night Viewing
- Videography in China: The Trials and Tribulations of International Work – Andrew Baker.
2015-06-26 • Friday
08:00 – 09:00 AM • Breakfast
09:00 – 10:00 AM • Visual Communication Pedagogy
Chair: Nikki Arnell, Arkansas State University
- Visual Pedagogy and/as Civic Education: Exploring Possibilities for Fostering Civic Friendship Through Visual Rhetoric in the Classroom – Phillip Perdue, Indiana University.
- Teaching Visual Communication: Digital Resource Management Challenges – Katherine Hepworth, University of Nevada, Reno.
- Visualizing Culture – Roxanne O’Connell, Roger Williams University.
10:00 – 10:15 AM • Break
10:15 – 12:00 PM • Visual Rhetoric
Chair: Virginia Kidd, Sacramento State University
- The Art of Jim Moran’s Cartoons – Michael Brown, University of Wyoming.
- Categorizing Positive Frames in an Anti-Smoking Campaign – Jinhoo Joo.
- Dog’gone Starbucks Cup: A Comparative Analysis of the Visual Rhetoric in Presidential Salutes – Conroy Stout, University of Wyoming.
PechKucha (6 min 40 sec) Southern Oregon University Marketing Website – Erik Palmer, Southern Oregon University.
12:00 – 01:30 PM • Lunch
*** Afternoon and Evening Off to Explore Cannon Beach & the Oregon Coast ***
(No evening meal available at Tolavana)
2015-06-27 • Saturday
08:00 – 09:00 AM • Breakfast
09:00 – 10:30 AM • On the Digital Trail of Space, Place, and Identity
Chair: Roxanne O’Connell, Roger Williams University
- Michael Jackson is Just Here for the Comments: Visual Meme Comments on Facebook News Page Posts – Bob Britten, West Virginia University.
- Stolen Valor: A Visual Analysis of Public Shaming Videos – Chris Miller & Nicholas Burnett, Sacramento State University.
- Recreating Landscapes from Drawings and Digital Map Data – Conrad Smith, University of Wyoming.
- Temporary Totems: The Role of Viral Images in World Making – Julie Snyder-Yuly, University of Utah.
10:30 – 10:45 AM • Break
10:45 – 12:00 PM • Visual Storytelling
Chair: Conrad Smith, University of Wyoming
- The Warwick Experiential: A Multimedia Memoir – Michael Scully, Roger Williams University.
- The Dating and Marriage of Words and Images: Is the Romance Viable? – Marilyn Starrett, Metropolitan State University Denver.
- All the Script That’s Fit to Shoot: Visual Language in “His Girl Friday” – Andrew Gay, Southern Oregon University.
- Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover Photo: Understanding How Facebook Users Negotiate Identity through a Visual Anthropology Approach – Sarah-Rose Marcus, Rutgers School of Communication.
12:00 – 01:00 PM • Lunch
01:00 – 02:00 PM • Lightning Session
Chair: Michael Brown, University of Wyoming
- Fantastic Freakish Fusion – Marjorie Yambor, Western Kentucky University.
- Teaching Mainstream Multimedia – Peg Achterman, Seattle Pacific University.
- Visual Rhetoric in Agricultural Films – Joanne Littlefield, Colorado State University.
- Images of the U-T San Diego War on Filner – Louis Rumpf, National University.
02:00 – 03:15 PM • Visual Communication Theory
Chair: Richard Schaefer, University of New Mexico
- Riding the Rails With C. S. Peirce: A Semiotic Analysis of Kurt Vile’s Album Art – Nic Dyer, University of Wyoming.
- Pattern, Emergence, and Meaning: An Embodied Aesthetics of Visual Communication – Jeremy Swartz, University of Oregon.
- Creating Complexity – Simon Downs, Loughboro University, United Kingdom.
03:00 – 03:15 PM • Break
03:15 – 04:45 PM • Screening
- Photo Books and Poster Series of Kawergosk – Xiawei Chen, He Wu, & Liang Zhao, Valparaiso University
05:30 PM – Town Hall Meeting followed by No Host Social Hour
06:30 – 08:00 PM • Dinner Sponsored by Oregon State University
08:30 – 10:00 PM • Night Viewing
- Waterline: Landscape With Voices – Bette Kauffman, University of Louisiana at Monroe.
2015-06-28 • Sunday
08:00 – 09:00 AM • Breakfast
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