Top Papers

Communication and Persuasion
Kyle M. Truscott, Ithaca College Environmentalism v. Environmentalism:  The Parallel Rhetoric of Cape Wind

Communication and Technology:
Lea Khavari, Rochester Institute of Technology IDK My BFF Jill: The Social Phenomenon of Text Messaging and Its Effect on Interpersonal Communication

Communication and Media
Melissa Mazzeo, Boston College Orientalism, Control, and Media/Government Relations: A Textual Analysis of Iranian, American, and British News Media Portrayal of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Top Posters

Amanda E. Hamilton, SUNY Geneseo Analysis of College-aged Women's Values Perceived through Relational and Communicative Engagement

Kristina Roth, P.J. Scott, Kelly Raneri, and Lauren Sirkey, Ithaca College Corporate Evolution and the Capitalist Dilemma: A Critical Paradigm for CSR

The Conference for Undergraduate Research in Communication, which began in 2004 as a small gathering of communication students from western New York, has grown into a vibrant regional conference.  Sponsored by the Department of Communication and held annually at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), the conference has drawn nearly 200 undergraduate scholars from colleges and universities in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Virginia.

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The Conference for Undergraduate Research in Communication functions to renew our shared commitment to communication research and to underscore our appreciation for the students whose research touches all edges of the discipline’s broad boundaries.