Hello CSCA Health Communication Interest Group members!
I am writing to encourage to you to complete your conference registration before February 20 to take advantage of the early registration discount. You can complete your registration at the CSCA website:
http://www.csca-net.org/aws/CSCA/pt/sp/convention_reg
I also recommend you reserve your hotel room as soon as possible, given that no overflow hotels will be available this year. You can complete your hotel reservation at the following website:
https://aws.passkey.com/event/14719264/owner/1182/home
For quick reference, I am pasting below a schedule of the panels sponsored by (or of interest to) the Health Communication Interest Group. Thanks again to those who have contributed research, reviews, and lots of effort to make this conference happen. I look forward to seeing you in Minneapolis!
Brendan Young, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Chair and Program Planner, CSCA Health Communication Interest Group
Assistant Professor of Communication
Western Illinois University-Quad Cities
CSCA 2017 HEALTH COMMUNICATION PANELS
Thursday @ 9:30 a.m. in Lakeshore B: Creating Dialogue Around Challenging Health Topics: Research on Difficult Discussions (Includes Top Paper and Top Student Paper)
Thursday @ 11 a.m. in Lake Superior A: Women’s Reproductive Health: Choice, Desire, and Danger (co-sponsored with Women’s Caucus)
Thursday @ 5 p.m. in Greenway I: Creating the Future of Health Communication Scholarship: Debut Student Papers in Health Communication (co-sponsored with Graduate Student Caucus)
Friday @ 9:30 a.m. in Lake Superior B: Creating and Critiquing Evolutionary Practices of Defining and Providing Support for Eating Disorders
Friday @ 11 a.m. in Lake Superior B: Perspectives on Activity Trackers: Creating “Health” through Mobile Devices
Friday @ 2:30 p.m.in Lakeshore A: Creating Stigma Free Environments: Communicating About and Through Mental Health (Division Spotlight Panel)
Friday @ 4 p.m. in Greenway H: Theoretical Directions in Research Linking Health and Family Communication
Saturday @ 8 a.m. in Lakeshore C: Creating an Ethic of Care: Research on Evolving Caregiving Contexts (co-sponsored with Communication Ethics, Activism, and Social Justice Interest Group)
Saturday @ 9:30 a.m. in Greenway D: Health Communication Interest Group Business Meeting
Saturday @ 11 a.m. in Greenway F: Scholar’s Office Hour
Saturday @ 12:30 p.m. in Lakeshore B: Creating an Online Learning Environment: Lessons from Teaching Health Communication Online (Top Panel)
Saturday @ 2 p.m. in Greenway G: Creating Space for Caregivers
Saturday @ 2 p.m. in Greenway E: Short Course: Creating Bridges between Health Communication and International/cultural Communication: Innovative Connections and Approaches (sponsored by Blair Thompson, First Vice President)