Gay, Lesbian, Stitch 'N Bitch Segregationists!
This panel was presented by four talented students including the Rock Star, Coley Ray! Tom Frentz was the respondent. Overall, the students did an awesome job! Their presentations were exetemporaneous for the most part and I was eager to read their papers after hearing their presentations.
One of the presentations by Kelley Draper focused on the Rhetoric of Fear in the 1860s and 1972 (Successionists and Opponents to the ERA). I found it very interesting particularly the perspective of tying the racists comments to the anti-ERA comments and the common theme (she alleges) of fear.
Another paper, authored by Sarah Elizabeth Santa Cruz, focused on the exclusion of lesbianism and the victimization of the queer community in communication studies. Sarah Elizabeth's presentation was very animated and lively. I agreed with Dr. Frentz' assessment that less is more. While she did a great deal of research on a multitude of channels - military, education, athletics, I felt as if there wasn't enough meat to chew on. I would be interested in seeing her tackle maybe two areas like military and athletics and developing the exclusion of lesbianism a bit more. But, again, it was a great presentation and she made me want to read her paper!
Dumbledore is Gay, by Anna Wiederhold was a bit of crossroads for me. While I enjoyed the presentation, I wasn't quite sure what her point was. Was she saying that the author was ignoring the explicit labeling of Dumbledore to create normalcy of sexuality or just commenting on the idea that we view text almost exclusively from a heteronormative lens? Blah....who knows. It would be interesting to read her entire paper to answer that question she left us with...
On to the main act...Coley Ray! She rocked her presentation...In Dr. Tate's words, "She was brilliant". She gave a wonderful preview and signposts to tell us where we going! Very organized and extemporaneously given. Go Koala! I think she even influenced the last speaker, Kelley Draper, to start of with a preview and a few signposts but wasn't nearly as effective at keeping us on track as Coley was. Big kudos and a job well done!
One of the presentations by Kelley Draper focused on the Rhetoric of Fear in the 1860s and 1972 (Successionists and Opponents to the ERA). I found it very interesting particularly the perspective of tying the racists comments to the anti-ERA comments and the common theme (she alleges) of fear.
Another paper, authored by Sarah Elizabeth Santa Cruz, focused on the exclusion of lesbianism and the victimization of the queer community in communication studies. Sarah Elizabeth's presentation was very animated and lively. I agreed with Dr. Frentz' assessment that less is more. While she did a great deal of research on a multitude of channels - military, education, athletics, I felt as if there wasn't enough meat to chew on. I would be interested in seeing her tackle maybe two areas like military and athletics and developing the exclusion of lesbianism a bit more. But, again, it was a great presentation and she made me want to read her paper!
Dumbledore is Gay, by Anna Wiederhold was a bit of crossroads for me. While I enjoyed the presentation, I wasn't quite sure what her point was. Was she saying that the author was ignoring the explicit labeling of Dumbledore to create normalcy of sexuality or just commenting on the idea that we view text almost exclusively from a heteronormative lens? Blah....who knows. It would be interesting to read her entire paper to answer that question she left us with...
On to the main act...Coley Ray! She rocked her presentation...In Dr. Tate's words, "She was brilliant". She gave a wonderful preview and signposts to tell us where we going! Very organized and extemporaneously given. Go Koala! I think she even influenced the last speaker, Kelley Draper, to start of with a preview and a few signposts but wasn't nearly as effective at keeping us on track as Coley was. Big kudos and a job well done!
posted by Anita Mixon | 8:32 AM
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