Schedule

 

Friday, April 16, 2021

9:00 - 10:30 a.m. CST

Research Panel I: Campuses, Communities, and Relationships

Moderator: Jill Yamasaki, Ph.D.

 

The Gendered Impact of COVID-19: Communicative and Structural Challenges for the Transgender Community in India 

Satarupa Dasgupta, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Trans-National Therapy in the Time of COVID: A Relational-Cultural Examination of Relationships in Duress

Megan O’B­­­­yrne, Kutztown University
Paulina Swiatkowski, Northern Arizona University

Higher Education Is Not Immune to Messaging Mishaps: A Qualitative Rhetorical Analysis of COVID-19 Messaging on U.S. Campuses

Sam Robinson, California State University, Monterey Bay
Jesus Sanchez Orozco, California State University, Monterey Bay
Amelia Parker, California State University, Monterey Bay
Shantel Martinez, California State University, Monterey Bay
Kelly Medina-Lopez, California State University, Monterey Bay

Communities at the Fringes and the Politics of Exclusion: Polarizing Narratives from the COVID-19 Pandemic in India

Ruma Sen, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Satarupa Dasgupta, Ramapo College of New Jersey

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CST

Roundtable: Vaccine Hesitancy in Disadvantaged Communities: Mistrust and Misinformation

 

1:00 - 2:30 p.m. CST

Research Panel 2: Public Messaging, Trust, and Ideologies

Moderator: Zhiwen Xiao, Ph.D.

Integrative Complexity, COVID-19, and Political Ideology

Hayley McCullough, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Mediation of the COVID-Related Nationalism in Japan

Junki Nakahara, American University

COVID-19 and Health Inequality: Exploring Differences in Public Trust and Concern by Ethnicity and Protective Health Behaviors with Predictive Analytics

Ming-Yi Wu, Northeastern University

The Language Question in Public Health Communication: The Case of COVID-19 Pandemic Messaging in Kenya

Petronilla Mathooko, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

COVID-19: Shadowing the Marginalized through Propaganda and Misinformation

Mahbubul Haque Bhuiyan, Comilla University
Akm Atikuzzaman, Modhupok, Bangladesh

3:00 p.m. CST

Keynote Speaker: Mohan Dutta, Ph.D.

Director of the Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE)
Dean's Chair in Communication
School of Communication Journalism and Marketing
Massey University