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Graduate Student Research Accomplishments

Current Graduate Students

Julissa González

Paper Presented

González, J. (February 2011). First generation Latina identity: Communicative and performative issues of assimilation. Competitive paper presented for the Performance Studies Interest Group at the Western States Communication Association Convention, Monterey, CA.

Awards

Recipient of Top Debut Paper Award in Performance Studies for "First generation Latina identity: Communicative and performative issues of assimilation.” Competitive paper presented for the Performance Studies Interest Group at the Western States Communication Association Convention, Monterey, CA.

 

Jonathan Hernandez

Paper Presented

Hernandez, J. (2011, February). Machismo: The role of Chicano rap in the construction of the Latino identity. Competitive paper presented at Western States Communication Association Convention, Monterey, CA.

 

Leticia Williams

Paper Presented

Williams, L. (2010, February). A seat for multiracial students in the classroom: Developing an understanding of multiracial students for educators. Competitive paper presented at Western States Communication Association Convention, Anchorage, AK.

Awards/Honors

Recipient of Division of Graduate Studies’ Graduate Equity Fellowship.
Member of Phi Kappa Phi, California State University, Fresno Chapter.

 

Graduate Student Alumni

 

Bradley Adame (MA 07)

Matriculated into the Doctoral Program in Communication at the University of Oklahoma
Papers Presented
Adame, B. J. (2007). Exactly like the double edge of a cold familiar knife. Competitive paper to be presented to the Intercultural Communication Interest Group of the Western States Communication Association, Seattle WA.

Adame, B. J. (2007). System satisfaction and long-term care: An initial exploration. Competitive panel to be presented to Health Communication Interest Group Western States Communication Association, Seattle WA.

Adame, B. J. (2005). We must kill, maim and mutilate our enemies: Business strategy as a child of war rhetoric. Competitive panel presented to the Political Communication Division, National Communication Association, Boston MA.

Adame, B. J. (2005). Bush’s America: An analysis of the Patriot Act as terrorism from above. Competitive paper presented to the Undergraduate Conference of the Western States Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

Adame, B. J. (2004). Reading vaginas rhetorically: Eve Ensler as a rhetorician. Competitive panel presented to the Women’s Caucus of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Awards/Scholarships

  • Recipient of the 2007 California State University System Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program.
  • California State University, Fresno. State University Grant. 2005 ($3102).
  • National Communication Association. Student of Color Travel Award. 2004 ($250). Travel expense aid.
  • State of California. Pell Grant. 2004 ($2200).
  • California State University, Fresno. State University Grant. 2004 ($2334).

 

Daniel Rex Bernard (MA '05)

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Matriculated in the Doctoral Program in Communication at the University of Oklahoma

Publications
Bernard, D. R. (2006). Thinking culture: The philosophy and communication of American cultural imperialism inBoudouris, K. (Ed.), The Philosophy of Culture vol. 1, Athens, Greece: Ionia Publication  

Papers Presented
Bernard, D. R. & Ayotte, K. J. (2006, November). Playing a soldier: The reconstruction of war rhetoric through video games.  Competitive panel paper to be presented to the Argumentation and Forensics Division of the National Communication Association.  San Antonio, TX.

Bernard, D. R. (2005, November). The terror of AIDS: War as metaphorical disease in George W. Bush’s 2003 State of the Union Address.  Competitive panel presented to the Argumentation and Forensics Division of the National Communication Association.  Boston, MA.

Bernard, D. R. (2005, November). …But words will never hurt me: Communicating “AIDS” and the material consequences of theoretical taxonomy.  Competitive panel presented to the Critical and Cultural Studies Division of the National Communication Association.  Boston, MA.

Bernard, D. R. (2005, August). Thinking culture: The philosophy and communication of American cultural imperialism.  Competitive paper presented to the 17th International Conference of Philosophy.  Samos-Patmos, Greece.

Bernard, D. R. (2005, April).  Empiricism during an epidemic: Communicating “AIDS” and the material consequences of monopolistic theory.  Competitive paper presented to the 32nd Communication Conference at California State University, Fresno.

Bernard, D. R. (2005, February).  The loss of the third world war(s): American exceptionalism and the need to reconstruct the narrative of American intervention.  Competitive paper presented to the Rhetoric and Public Address Interest Group of the Western States Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

Bernard, D. R. (2004, November). Conflict diamonds: Mining the rhetoric of consumption.  Competitive panel presented to the Critical and Cultural Studies Division of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Bernard, D. R. (2004, November). A time for war: A close textual analysis of George W. Bush’s State of the Union Address. Competitive Panel presented to the American Forensic Association of the National Communication Association., Chicago, IL.

Awards/Scholarships

  • Gene Anderson Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award (2005).
  • State University Grant (2004-2005). $2, 229.00
    Robert and Norma Craig Fellowship. (2004-2005) $1,000.00
  • Graduate Student Travel Grant (2004). $300.00
    State University Grant (2003-2004). $1, 782.00

Ruched Foronda (MA '05)

Papers Presented
Foronda, R.  (2004, November). The Vagina Monologues: Applying a multifaced theoretical perspective. Panel paper presented to the National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL.

Awards/Scholarships

  • Graduate Student Travel Grant, Division of Graduate Studies (2004)

Leslie Collins Hester (MA '07)

Publications
Collins-Hester, L. (Spring 2006). The spiritual gift of silencing. Voices: By Women About Women For Us All, 36-42.

Papers Presented

Collins-Hester, L. (November 2007). “An Invitation for Argument: The Rhetoric of Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.” Competitive paper to be presented at the National Communication Convention, Chicago, IL.

Collins-Hester, L. (2007). “Rebellious Revelry: The Rhetorical Functions of Humor in the Speeches of Anna Howard Shaw.” Research presented at the Graduate Student Exposition at California State University, Fresno.

Collins-Hester, L. (February 2007). “The Spiritual Gift of Silencing: An (Auto)Ethnographic Journey into a Southern Baptist Church.” Competitive paper presented at the Western States Communication Association Convention, Seattle, WA.

Awards/Scholarships

  • Recipient of an International Communication Association Graduate Student Teaching Award (May 2007)
  • Recognized by the Fresno County Board of Supervisors’ for Academic Excellence in the Field of Communication (2007)
  • Recognized for Outstanding Research from the California State University, Fresno Graduate Student Exposition (2007).

Mary Husain (MA '05)

Publications
Husain, M.E., & Moore, S. D. (2007). Communication and childhood cancer. In D. O’Hair, G.L. Kreps, & L. Sparks (Eds.), Cancer care and communication. Hampton Press in conjunction with the National Cancer Institute.

Ayotte, K.J., & Husain, M. E. (in press). Securing Afghani women: Neo-Colonialism, epistemic violence, and the rhetoric of the veil. National Women’s Studies Association.

Papers Presented
(2004, November). The rhetoric of the veil. Panel paper presented to the National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL.

Awards/Scholarships

  • Dean’s Graduate Medalist Nominee for College of Arts and Humanities (2005)
  • Graduate Student Travel Grant, Division of Graduate Studies (2004)
    CSU Fresno Service Learning Grant (2004)

Kherstin Kahn

Papers Presented

Khan, K. (2006, November).  The effects of militant discourse in social movements: A study in women's suffrage.  Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.

Khan, K. (2007, April).  Questions, answers and processes: A graduate student's grappling with theory.  Paper presented at the meeting of Central California Research Symposium, Fresno, CA.

 

Stacy Moore (MA '07)

Papers Presented

Moore, Stacie L.  (2007, Febuary). Western 2007 "Public Speaking Textbooks: Conceptualizing Race."  Paper presented at the Annual Western States
Communication Association Conference, Seattle, WA.

 

Adam Perry (MA '05)

Matriculated into the Doctoral Program in Communication at Penn State

Papers Presented
Perry, A. L. (2005, February). Anti-Flag and NOFX: The Punk Scene as a Collective Rhetoric.  Competitive paper presented to the Media Studies Interest Group at Western States Communication Association convention, San Francisco, CA.

Perry, A. L. (2004, November). Bush's State of the Union Language Strategies.  Competitive panel presented to American Forensic Association of the National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL

Awards/Scholarships

  • Gene Anderson Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award (2005)
  • Anthony J. Perella Jr. Memorial Scholarship (2002-2003)$1,000.00
  • Charles Taylor Memorial Scholarship (2002-2003) $1,000.00
  • State University Grant (2003-2004) $1,308.00
  • Radin Community Service Scholarship (2003-2004) $1,200.00
  • State University Grant (2004-2005) $2,229.00

 

Tiffany Upton

Papers Presented

Upton, T. (February 2008). "Fighting for Freedom of Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis of Churchill's Discourse" (Top Debut Paper).  Competitive paper to be presented to the Rhetoric and Public Address Interest Group at the Western States Communication Convention, Denver, CO, 2008.

Awards/Scholarships

  • Recipient of Top Debut Paper Award in Rhetoric and Public Address for "Fighting for Freedom of Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis of Churchill's Discourse."