Conference Schedule

Friday, October 4

1:30-5:00   Preconference, “A social science introduction to machine learning” View the programmed preconferences here.
Lincoln Hall 1064

6:00-7:30  Opening Reception
Lincoln Hall Atrium, First Floor

Saturday, October 5

8:00-8:30  Breakfast & Welcome
Altgeld Hall 314

8:45-10:00 Speaker Panel 1: Crisis Management
Altgeld Hall 314

Brett W. Robertson, University of Texas at Austin, Developing resilience through communication and community: Natural disaster preparedness among older adults

Kyosuke Tanaka, Northwestern University, The origins and consequences of network routing errors in organizations

Hallie Workman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Negotiating organizational hiddenness

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:05 Speaker Panel 2: Identiy
Altgeld Hall 314

Caitlyn Jarvis, Purdue University, Narratives of (in)fertility: Developing resilience through tenuous identities

Hyunsook Youn, Rutgers University, The role of identification on volunteer engagement: A communication network perspective

11:05-12:30 Time for poster presenters to set up posters
Illini Union 407

11:30-12:30 Lunch Served
Illini Union 314 A & B

12:30-1:30 Panel Session: Leading Your Career in Organizational Communication
Co-Sponsored by the Robert L. Husband Leadership in Communication Initiative
Altgeld 314

Elizabeth Carlson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Central Michigan University

Angela N. Gist-Mackey, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Kansas

Robert Husband, Ph.D. Co-Founder and Principal of the Aslan Group, and an emeritus faculty member of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1:30-1:45 Break

1:45-3:00 Speaker Panel 3: Culture Shock and Organizational Culture
Altgeld 314

Tyler Sorg, University of Missouri, Dismantling bystander intervention shortcomings through culture: A new hope

William T. Howe Jr., University of Oklahoma, Measuring the communicative ability of military members post-exit

Joe Lybarger, University of Tennessee, Investigating the joint effects of a leaders verbally aggressive messages and nonverbal immediacy behaviors on organizational outcomes

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15-4:30 Speaker Panel 4: Professional Identity
Altgeld 314

Marcus W. Ferguson Jr., University of Missouri at Columbia, Mixed messages: Conflicting discussions of black professionals

Matt Giles, University of California, Santa Barbara, The role of identity in police work: Expanding beyond membership negotiation in Four Flows

Ann L. Bryan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Professional automation: Being a physician in the era of electronic health records

4:30-4:40 Break

4:40-5:15 Lightning Talks for Poster Session
Altgeld 314

Each poster presenter will give a one-minute, lightning-fast preview of their project.

5:30-6:30 Poster Session & Cocktail Hour
Illini Union 407

6:30-8:30 Dinner and Entertainment
Illini Union 314 A & B

Entertainment provided by local artists,  Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective

Sunday, October 6
All Sunday events in Altgeld 314

8:00-8:30 Breakfast

8:30-9:45 Speaker Panel 5: Improving Teams and Organizations

Diego Gomez-Zara, Northwestern University, The diversity paradox: How perceived diversity affects group formation

Rob Razzante, Arizona State University, Co-Creating a vision for workplace inclusion

Yuanxin Wang et al., Peking University, Dynamics of team processes and team performance on social media enterprise

9:45-10:00 Break

10:00-10:50 Speaker Panel 6: Big Connections

Jeff Proulx, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, The coevolution of perceived and observed communication networks: Toward a process theory of change in organizations

Larry Zhiming Xu, University of Southern California, A multitheoretical multilevel explication of crowd organizations

10:50-11:00 Break

11:00-12:00 Discussion Session: The Future of Org. Comm.

12:00-12:30  Announcements, Closing Remarks and Lunch To-Go