Convention

boTHE AMERICAN FORENSIC ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL CONVENTION

Meeting concurrently with the National
Communication Association and other affiliated organizations

 

A block of rooms has been reserved for NCA
members at special rates

For more details, see the NCA web site:

http://www.natcom.org/

 

AFA Meetings, Saturday, 13 November 2010

Parc 55 Hotel, 55 Cyril Magnin Street
San
Francisco, CA 94102

 

Please check the AFA website for the most
current information:  HYPERLINK
"http://www.americanforensics.org" www.americanforensics.org

 

Wednesday
- November 16, 2011

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

American
Forensic Association Educational Development and Practices Committee

Business Meeting

Edgewood - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

American Forensic
Association Finance Committee

Business Meeting

Gallier A - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

American Forensic
Association Nominating Committee

Business Meeting

Oakley - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

American
Forensic Association Professional Development and Practices Committee

Business Meeting

Nottaway - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

American Forensic
Association Publications Committee

Business Meeting

Southdown - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

American Forensic
Association Research Committee

Business Meeting

Gallier B - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

NDT Board of Trustees Meeting

Business Meeting

Oak Alley - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

12:00 PM - 3:45 PM

AFA-NDT Committee Meeting

Business Meeting

Gallier A - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

12:00 PM - 3:45 PM

AFA-NIET
Committee Meeting

Business Meeting

Gallier B - Fourth Floor

12:00 PM - 3:45 PM

American
Forensic Association National Council

Business Meeting

Edgewood - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

American
Forensic Association Business Meeting

Business Meeting

Nottaway - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thursday,
November 17, 2011

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

AFA-NIET
District Chairs: Sharing Ideas to More Fully Represent the Voices of our
Districts

Panel Discussion

Oakley - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Transatlantic
Voices of Leadership and Engagement: A Discussion Panel on the Benjamin
Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute (BFTF)

Panel Discussion

Oakley - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

“Why Does Every
Interp Event Sound Like First-Person Prose?” Moving from “Genre” to
“Narrative Voice” as the Basis for Partitioning Competitive Oral
Interpretation Events

Paper Session

Salon 816 - Eighth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

00 PM - 3:15 PM

“Why Does Every
Interp Event Sound Like First-Person Prose?” Moving from “Genre” to
“Narrative Voice” as the Basis for Partitioning Competitive Oral
Interpretation Events

Paper Session

Salon 816 - Eighth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

American Forensic
Association - Selected Papers in the Practical Application of Forensic Voices

Paper Session

Oakley - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

 

Friday,
November 18, 2011

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

The
Pedagogical Implications of Voices Communicating Forensics

Paper Session

Edgewood - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Threading
Our Stories: A Communal Exploration of Women's Voices in Academic Debate

Panel Discussion

Jackson - Fifth Floor

New Orleans Marriott

 

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Voices
of Change: Critical Issues for Directors of Forensics

Paper Session

Gallier B - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

 

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Obama’s
Nuanced Voice: Race, Airstrikes, and Democracy

Paper Session

Salon 817 - Eighth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Saturday,
November 19, 2011

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

From
Monotony to Vocal Variety: Reclaiming Our Voices in the Oral Interpretation
of Literature

Panel Discussion

Salon 820 - Eighth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Is
It Over…Or Just Beginning? Making the Transition from Research for
Competition to Research for Scholarship

Panel Discussion

Edgewood - Fourth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

 

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

American
Forensic Association: National Parliamentary Debate Association Business
Meeting

Business Meeting

Salon 820 - Eighth Floor

Sheraton New Orleans

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

AFA National Business Meeting

New Orleans

November 15, 2010

4-7 p.m.

Nottaway - Fourth Floor - Sheraton New Orleans

 

Call to Order

Approval of Agenda

Appointment of
Parliamentarian

Approval of Minutes

 

Reports of Officers and
National Council Members

 

President – Rich Edwards,
Baylor University

Vice President  - Scott Harris, University of Kansas

Past President – Dan
Cronn-Mills, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Vice President for High
School Affairs  - Dan Lingel, Jesuit
College Preparatory School of Dallas

Two-Year College
Representative - M’Liss Hindman, Tyler Jr. College

Recording Secretary – Kate
Lavelle, University of Northern Iowa

Executive Secretary -
James W. Pratt, University of Wisconsin, River Falls

Historian – Jerry Sanders

Committee Reports

Standing Committees

Educational Development and Practices – Megan Houge Koch, Illinois State
University

Finance – Aaron Duncan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Professional Development and Support – Jason Warren, George Mason
University

Publications – Stephen Croucher, Marist
University

Argumentation & Advocacy – Cate Palczewski & John Fritch,
University of Northern Iowa

Research – James Dimock, Minnesota State
University, Mankato


Chartered Committees

NIET Committee – Frank Thompson, University of
Alabama

NDT Committee - Tim O'Donnell, Mary Washington
College

Old Business


New Business

(Items here to be determined by the
recommendations of the AFA Committees and the AFA National Council in meetings
earlier in the day)


Resolutions


Adjournment (to the AFA Reception at Oak Alley)dy