Conference
Program
Wednesday June 15
7:00 - 9:00pm | Tolovana Inn Building 2, Room 217
Welcome Reception
Thursday June 16
All presentations and roundtables take place in the Tolovana Inn Conference Center.
7:30 - 9:00am
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30am
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Photovoice: “It’s the End of the World as We Know It and I Feel Fine”
Facilitator: Trischa Goodnow-
Viscomm participants are asked to bring two photos that represent how they’re feeling about the state of the world these days.
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You should send your photos prior to the reception on Wednesday to erin.cook@oregonstate.edu
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10:30 - 10:45am
Break
10:45 - 11:45am​
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Connection through the Visual
Chair: Marilyn Starrett-
Ross Taylor | “Boulder Strong: Still Strong”
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Julie Grandjean | “Visually Framing Genocide”
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Shane Epping | “Visual Analysis of Living with Cancer as Seen Through a Lens of Poststructuralism”
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Noon - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30 - 2:45pm
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Roundtable Discussion:
Getting Tenure/Promotion
Facilitator: Erin Cook
2:45 - 3:00pm
Break
3:00 - 4:30pm
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Visual Rhetoric
Chair: Lawrence "S.T." Mullen-
Trischa Goodnow and Erin Cook | “To Wax or Not to Wax: An Examination of the Objectification of the Body in Female Athletics”
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Jeremy Swartz | "Curating René Magritte: The Semiotics of Pattern and Scale”
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Conrad Smith | “How Photography Changed Landscape Representation of the American West”
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5:00pm
Dinner
Friday June 17
All presentations and roundtables take place in the Tolovana Inn Conference Center.
7:30 - 9:00am
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30am​
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Films and Photographs
Chair: Leslie Parker-
David Nolan | “Child’s Play” (short film)
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Joe Gosen | “Free Press and Democracy Post-Arab Spring”
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Berkley Hudson | “A Viscom Success Story: Pruitt's Photographs of Trouble & Resilience in Possum"
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Afternoon and Evening Off
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You’re on your own for lunch, dinner, and shenanigans. Go explore and have fun! This has always been part of VisCom conferences, as they take place only in beautiful locations. ​
Saturday June 18
All presentations and roundtables take place in the Tolovana Inn Conference Center.
7:30 - 9:00am
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15am​
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Visual Design Pedagogy
Chair: Trischa Goodnow-
Erik Palmer | “Visual Pedagogy Today: Visual Thinking, Human-Centered Design & Remote Collaboration"
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Leslie Parker | “Design Entrepreneurship for the Rural University Student”
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Nikki Arnell | “Portfolio Capstone + Professional Practice = Co-Requisites For Design Student Success”
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10:15 - 10:30am
Break
10:30am - Noon
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Roundtable Discussion:
Publishing (and more about Tenure/Promotion) -
Facilitators: Berkley Hudson and Lawrence Mullen
Noon - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30 - 3:00pm
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COVID and Social Media (Not Necessarily Related)
Chair: Nikki Arnell-
Lawrence Mullen | “Using Social Network Analysis to Visualize Social Media Threads”
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Emmalee Reed | “Making Pictures in an Upturned World: An Analysis of Photojournalists’ Motivations for Covering COVID-19”
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Allison Kwesell | “Alcohol Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Visual Self-Narrative Longitudinal Study About Various Drinking Habits During COVID-19"
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