Conference Experience and Research Opportunities

Conferences:

Maryland Communication Association - http://www.marylandcomm.org/

Eastern Communication Association - http://www.ecasite.org/aws/ECA/pt/sp/p_Home_Page
The next conference is in Pittsburgh, PA, April 24-28, 2013. Proposals for the Undergraduate Scholars' Conference were due December 19, 2012.

National Communication Association - www.natcom.org
The next conference is in Washington, D.C., November 21-24, 2013. Proposals are due March 27, 2013 by 11:59pm pacific time.

FSU Undergraduate Research Symposium - http://www.frostburg.edu/colleges/clas/research/
This conference highlights FSU students as they present posters illustrating their research in a comfortable atmosphere. The next conference is in the Lane Center on May 3, 2013. Download the Proposal Form, and submit proposals to Dr. Karen Keller (klkeller@frostburg.edu) via email by February 22, 2013.

Student Journals:

Activist Journal of Undergraduate Research
Submission deadline: February 15, 2013.
Current Call

Dialectics: Journal of Leadership, Politics, and Society
Link: http://www.abington.psu.edu/dialectics/index.html

Past Research Experience by FSU CMST Majors and Minors:

Publications:

Beard, Heather. “How to slay the monster of AIDS: A rhetorical analysis of Mary Fisher’s speech ‘a whisper of AIDS’.” Activist: Undergraduate Research Journal 2011.

Phillips, Ashley. “I used to love him: Fantasy-theme criticism.” Activist: Undergraduate Research Journal 2011.

Presentations:

Rice, Bryan. “A Conflict Management Systems Approach in Becoming a Resident Assistant.” Undergraduate Research Symposium. Frostburg, MD. May 2012.

Rice, Bryan. “A Conflict Management Systems Approach in Becoming a Resident Assistant.” Eastern Communication Association. Cambridge, MA. April 2012.

Shepherd, Brett. “ Vicarious Experience: How social media and internet advertising works against us.” Eastern Communication Association. Cambridge, MA. April 2012.

Beard, Heather. “How to slay the monster of AIDS: A rhetorical analysis of Mary Fisher’s speech ‘a whisper of AIDS’.” Eastern Communication Association. Washington, DC. April 2011.

Phillips, Ashley. “I used to love him: Fantasy-theme criticism.” Eastern Communication Association. Washington, DC. April 2011.

Beard, Heather, Bryan Rice, Anastasia Otranto, Ashley Phillips, Vincent DiCarlo, and Scholastique Koolimo. “Chatting about student leadership and communication in campus organizations: Frostburg state university student perspectives.” Maryland Communication Association. Frostburg, MD. October 2010.