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Conference
Program

Monday June 17

7:00-9:00 PM

WELCOME RECEPTION
 

  • Meeting location: Silver Saddle (terrace outside)
    Catch up with old friends and meet new people! 
     

*Appetizers provided. Alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. 

Conference Room TBD 

Food and drinks at meals listed below are available only for those who paid the VisCom registration fee. Snacks will also be provided throughout the conference sessions as part of this fee. 

Tuesday June 18

7:30 – 9:00 AM 

BREAKFAST

 

9:00 – 10:30 AM

PHOTOVOICE
Facilitator: Trischa Goodnow

“I felt deep within me that the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge or Virtue or Goodness or Victory but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!”

In the last couple of months we’ve seen a total eclipse of the sun and the Northern lights further South than they’ve been in a while – truly awesome sights.
 

  • Viscomm participants are asked to bring three photos that show what creates awe within you. You should send your photos prior to the reception on Monday to erin.cook@oregonstate.edu.

 

10:30 – 10:45 AM

BREAK

 

10:45 – 11:45 AM

THE FUTURE IS NOW 
Chair: Berkley Hudson
 

  • Lawrence Mullen, aka Visual Guru | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Vision in Motion: Highways, Human Visual Perception, Environment, and Society   Presenting via Zoom

  • Pat Clark | University of Colorado | Exploring the Boundaries: The Impact of 360-Degree Media on Visual Storytelling

  • Trischa Goodnow, Erin Cook, and Clay Williams | Oregon State University | Will the Real Michael Scully Please Stand Up?: Reimagining VISCOMM Immortality with AI

 

Noon – 1:30 PM

LUNCH

 

1:30 – 2:45 PM

POPCORN TIME
Chair: Tracy Rutledge
 

  • Scott Campbell | National University| Beneath the Sun: Exploring Diverse Communities Surrounding the Salton Sea through the Lens of a Drone

  • David Grewe | California State University, Northridge | Maintaining the Movement ...We are the Legacy of Cesar Chavez

 

2:45 – 3:00 PM

BREAK

 

3:00 – 4:30 PM

THE POWER OF IMAGES
Chair: Scott Campbell
 

  • Nikki Arnell | Arkansas State University| The Power of Thirds: The Importance of Information Graphics to Explain the Bauhaus

  • Heather Harris| St. Bonaventure University| Shape Language: Mood, Emotion, Power and Appeal

  • Tracy Rutledge | University of Tennessee at Martin | The Little Zine That Can Teach Big Things

 

6:00 PM

DINNER

Wednesday June 19

7:30 – 9:00 AM

BREAKFAST

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8:50 – 9:00 AM

Shane Epping (University of Wyoming) will explain Bobby Model, namesake of the Photojournalism Professorship Fund sponsoring VisCom38.

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9:00 – 11:00 AM

GET MORE POPCORN! WE'RE WATCHING MOVIES!
Chair: Julie Grandjean

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  • David Nolan | Texas State University| Russell Lee, Pie Town, and Saint Augustine: The Carraro/Weller Project  

  • Ross Taylor | University of Colorado | A Refuge of Scouting

  • Krishnan Vasudevan| University of Maryland | Reimagining Life in Industrial South Baltimore

  • Berkley Hudson | University of Missouri | Possum Town, A Documentary Connecting Jim Crow-era Mississippi Photographs by O.N.Pruitt with 21st Century Life in Northeast Mississippi
     

  • Nikki Arnell (Arkansas State University) will guide recognition of Juneteenth.

 

Noon

You’re on your own for lunch, dinner, and shenanigans.

*** Afternoon and Evening Off  

Thursday June 20

7:30 – 9:00 AM 

BREAKFAST

 

9:00 – 10:15 AM

A PAPER WITH A VIEW 
Chair: Shane Epping

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  • Hye Soo Nah | University of Wyoming | How Political Affiliation and Emotions Shape Responses to Politically Divisive News Images

  • Zhuozhi Shao | Rutgers University | Communication Visibility of Crime-Related Digital Visuals

  • Nur Hanisah Binte Hassim | University of Wyoming | Romantic Horrors of Hollywood: Disguised Harassment under Portrayals of Romantic Courtship

 

10:15 – 10:30 AM

BREAK

 

10:30 – 12:00 PM

THE POWER OF IMAGES
Chair: Virginia Kidd

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  • Eleazar Yisrael | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Hayti, Once America’s Black Wall Street, Struggles to Stake its Claim in Durham, NC and its Storied Place in History

  • Shane Epping | University of Wyoming | Made in Perú

  • Conrad Smith | University of Wyoming | 77 years of Photographic Change

 

Noon – 1:30 PM

LUNCH

 

1:30 – 3:00 PM

CRIME AND JUSTICE
Chair: Krishnan Vasudevan

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  • Julie Grandjean | Texas A&M University-Commerce | The Hidden Icon of Abu Ghraib

  • Michael Brown | University of Wyoming | Visual Culture of the Gulag

  • Cindy Price | University of Wyoming | See My Voice: Use of Visual Framing of Social Justice Themes by Women’s Basketball Teams in the Southeast Conference

  • Christine Miller | CSU, Sacramento | Crimefighters Unite! The Potential of Visual Communication Scholars to Contribute to the Field of Forensic Linguistics

 

3:00 – 3:15 PM

BREAK

 

3:15 – 4:30 PM

TOWN HALL

Where do we go next…both literally and figuratively?

 

6:30– 8:00 PM

DINNER

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The conference finishes after this meal.

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