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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