Recent Presentations (2005-Present)

Whitten, P., Buis, L., Love, B., & Mackert, M. (2007) “An Internet-Based Health Information Intervention for Individuals With Varying Degrees of Health Literacy” presented at the International Communication Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, May.

Kahlor, L. (2007) "Predicting Risk Information Seeking." Impact of Science Communication Research Pre-conference, the Science Communication Interest Group of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, DC, August.

Mackert, M., Whitten, P., Love, B., and Buis, L. (2007) “Advancing Research into e-Health Interventions Targeting Low Health Literate Audiences” presented at the 2007 Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations in Austin, TX, February.

Hatley-Major, L., & Coleman, R. (2006). From the Doctor’s Office to the Pulpit: Creating More Effective HIV/AIDS Messages for African Americans by Examining Source Credibility and Evidence Format. Top faculty paper in the Minorities & Communication Division of AEJMC, August 2006.

Silk, K., Westerman, D., Kingsley, C., Strom, R., and Mackert, M. (2006) “A Test of Competing Models: Mindfulness as a Moderator of Past Behavior in the Theory of Planned Behavior” presented at the 2006 NCA National Convention in San Antonio, TX, November.

Hatley-Major, L., & Coleman, R. From the Doctor’s Office to the Pulpit: Creating More Effective HIV/AIDS Messages for African Americans by Examining Source Credibility and Evidence Format. Top faculty paper in the Minorities & Communication Division of AEJMC, August 2006.

Wilkins, L. & Coleman, R. The moral development of public relations practitioners: A comparison with other professions. Presented to the Public Relations Division of AEJMC, August 2006.

Whitten, P., Buis, L., Love, B. & Mackert, M. (2006) “Health Websites for Low-literate Communities: Analysis of a Diabetes Website for Disadvantaged High School Students” presented at the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication in Lexington, KY, April.

McGlone, M.S., Beck, G.A., & Pfiester, R.A. (2006). Contamination and camouflage in the career of euphemism. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany.

Hawkins, R., Kahlor, L., Pingree, S., Gustafson, D., Boberg, E., Serlin, R., Lu, H. Y. “Interactive Health Communication as a Support for Prostate Cancer Patients.” Presented to the Health Communication Division of the International Communication Association Annual Meeting, New York, May 2005.

Silk, K., Westerman, D., Kingsley, C., and Mackert, M. (2005) “The Role of Mindfulness and Past Behavior in the Theory of Planned Behavior” presented at the 2005 NCA National Convention in Boston, MA, November.

Whitten, P., Winn, B., Nakagawa, A., Mackert, M., and Love, B. (2005) “Diabetes and You: Designing a Website to Deliver Diabetes Information to Low-Literate Adults” presented at the 2005 NCA National Convention in Boston, MA, November.

Whitten, P., Mackert, M., Love, B., & Winn, B. (2005) “Internet Generation by Disparities: Ensuring Low-Literate Adult Access to Online Health Information” presented at Association of Internet Researchers in Chicago, IL, October.

Whitten, P., Mackert, M., & Love, B. (2005) “Ensuring Low-Literate Adult Access to Online Diabetes Education – A Research Program” presented at the 12th International Conference on Learning in Granada, Spain, July.

Whitten, P., Mackert, M., & Love, B. (2005) “Using New Technologies to Deliver Diabetes Information to Low-Literate Adults” presented at the AcademyHealth Conference in Boston, MA, June.

Whitten, P., Mackert, M., Love, B. (2005) “Low-Literate Adult Access to Online Health Information: Developing a Research Design” presented at the 7th International Conference in General Online Research in Zurich, Switzerland, March.