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NCA 2008: PR Division Schedule of Panels and Presentations

2008 PRide Award Winners:

Best Book : Hansen-Horn, T.L., & Neff, B. (2007). Public relations from theory to practice. Boston, Allyn & Bacon.

Best Textbook: no award

Best Article: Oyvind, I. (2007). Building on Bourdieu: A sociological grasp of public relations. Public Relations Review, 33(3), pp. 269-274.

2008 Top Student Papers:

Women and Ethnic Diversity in Public Relations: The Unconventional Role of Public Relations in Advancing Diversity (pdf), Jeanetta D. Sims (University of Central Oklahoma) & Atoya Sims (University of Central Oklahoma)* TOP PAPER

An Examination of Michael Vick's Speech of Apologia: Implications for the Study of Sports Apologia and Image Repair (pdf), Kevin R. Meyer (Ohio University)

Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America: A framing analysis, Amy Carwile, University of Alabama)

Attributions in Crisis Communication: A Test of Attribution Model and Situational Crisis Communication Theory, Se-Hoon Jeong (Univ of Pennsylvania).

2008 Top Faculty Papers:

An Extended Rhetorical Typology of Crisis Communication: Managing the Roman Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis (pdf), Suzanne E. Boys (University of Cincinnati)* TOP PAPER

Classifying Publics: Communication Behaviors and Problem-Solving Characteristics in Controversial Issues (pdf), Lan Ni (University of Houston), Jeong-Nam Kim (Purdue University), Eun-Ju Lee (Korea Press Foundation)

The Dialogic Turn in Public Relations: Toward a Theory of Dialogic Practice, Michael L. Kent (University of Oklahoma).

2008-2009 Officers

Chair: Michael Smith

Immediate Past Chair: Denise Ferguson

Vice-Chair:Susan Waters

Vice-Chair Elect: Katerina Tsetsura

Secretary: Brigitta Brunner

Web site editor: Mihaela Vorvoreanu