Publications:

Articles, Peer-Reviewed:
Goldfine, R. (2006). Maximizing student success in learning communities: Using common cognitive structures as the basis for linking learning community courses. Journal of Learning Communities, 1, 53-75.

Keleher, M., & M.C. Barnes. (2006). Ethics in conflict: Making the case for a critical pedagogy. Business Communication Quarterly, 69(2), 144-57.

Articles:

Under Review:
Book Chapter
Kinnick, K.N. (forthcoming, 2007). Pushing the envelope: The role of the mass media in the mainstreaming of pornography. In Mardia J. Bishop and Ann C. Hall (Eds.) Pop/Porn: The Proliferation of Pornography in American Pop Culture, Greenwood Press (a division of Praeger).

Reviewed in:
Kinnick, K.N. La tele-realite, nouvel outil d'apprentissage du leadership? (2006, July/August). Business Digest: Theories et Pratiques Innovantes en Management, 24-25 . (Translation: Reality television – the new leadership learning tool?) Article focused on my 2005 Business Communication Quarterly article with Sabrena Parton on the use of the television show The Apprentice as a teaching tool. Business Digest is an international publication based in France which reviews current scholarship from leading scholarly journals in the management field. The Apprentice has become a popular television show in France and other European countries.

Abstracted in:
Medlin, A., Shouthard, S & Bates, C. (2006, May). Technical Communication, 53(2), 264. Workplace communication: What The Apprentice teaches about communication skills, by K.N. Kinnick and S.R. Parton. Business Communication Quarterly 68(4), 429-456.

Requests from other researchers seeking to duplicate studies:
Rebecca Nelson, Rochester Institute of Technology student. Requested (Oct. 2006) use of my survey instrument for replication/adaptation as used in Kinnick, Krugman & Cameron (1996). Compassion fatigue: Communication and burnout toward social problems. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 73(3), 687-707.

Leah Mori, Colorado State University graduate student. Requested (Sept. 2006) coding instrument used in Kinnick (1998) for adaptation for her master's thesis. Kinnick (1998). Gender bias in newspaper profiles of 1996 Olympic athletes: A content analysis of five major dailies. Women's Studies in Communication 21(2), 212-237.

Professional Editing:
Wang, J. (2006). Soccer made easy: Fundamental through advanced play. Kennesaw, GA: Ameriscientific, Inc. Edited by Goldfine, R.

Presentations:

Conferences, International
Schmidt, D. (2006, March) Creating an effective conversation partners program. TESOL International. Tampa, Florida.

Conferences, National
Goldfine, R., & Hoerrner, K. (2006, November 3). Learning economics in English? A study of learning community effects. Presentation at the 11 th Annual Conference on Learning Communities and Collaboration, Bay City , MI , 3-4 November 2006.

Goldfine, R. (2006, February 25). Break the ice. One of ten presentations (and ten presenters) that comprised the Take 5! Great Ideas for Teaching First-Year Students panel, organized and led by Lynn Boettler at the 25th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, Atlanta, GA, 24-28 February 2006.

Kinnick, K.N. & Singer, D. (2006, February 27). Joint Enrollment Roundtable: Best practices, biggest challenges. National Conference on the First Year Experience, Atlanta, GA.

Kinnick, K.N. & Parton, S.R. (2006, April 14). Using The Apprentice as a crash-course on workplace communication. Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, Atlanta, GA.

Keleher, M. (2006, November). Knowing our students, redefining ourselves: What our students say about technology in the classroom. National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. Nashville, TN.

Schnur, L.M., & R. Goldfine, R. (2006, June 15). Caught off guard: Using group activities to reinforce learning outcomes. Presentation at the Houghton Mifflin Student Success Conference, Cincinnati, OH, 14-16 June 2006.

Conferences, Regional
Keleher, M. (2006, February). Moving the conversation: Using weblogs to build bridges between writing students, faculty and institutions. Meeting of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association & American Culture Association. Albuquerque, NM.

Keleher, M. (2006, February). Establishing a (virtual) connection: Using weblogs for peer-to-peer communication. CRLA Southeast Symposium. Kennesaw, GA.

Kinnick, K.N. (2006, November 11). When terrorism hits home: Corporate America’s rhetorical responses to September 11th. South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Charlotte, N.C.

Conferences, State
Keleher, M. (2006, April). With T. Jones and P. Naidu. Assessing learning support programming in a time of transition. Annual Learning Support Conference. St. Simons Island, GA.

Kinnick, K.N. (2006, February 18). Representations of professional women in news and entertainment programming. Georgia Communication Association, Toccoa Falls, GA.

Schmidt, D. (2006, February) Helping ESL students meet the challenge of academic literacy. Georgia Tutoring Association. Macon, Georgia.

Conferences, Local
Goldfine, R. (2006, May 15). Nuts and bolts of learning communities. Presentation at the Faculty Development Workshop, KSU 1101: Learning Communities, Kennesaw, GA, 15-16 May 2006.

Keleher, M. (2006, October). Redefining literate space: Using weblogs. Annual Composition Conference. Kennesaw, GA.

Grant Opportunities:

Hoerrner, K., Goldfine, R ., Buddie, A., Holler, E., Prochaska, N., & Wooten, B. (2006). Grant Proposal: National Project on Assessing Learning in Learning Communities. Submitted to the Washington Center at Evergreen College, Olympia, WA . Grant Awarded: $2000 for participation in national study on assessing learning in learning communities.

Hoerrner, K., Goldfine, R ., Buddie, A., Holler, E., Prochaska, N., & Wooten, B. (2006). Grant Proposal: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Team (STLT). Submitted to the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA. Granted Awarded: $1000 to fund research on learning communities.

Keleher, Mike. (2006, March). Improving language arts instruction through the use of weblogs. $45,000Grant funded by the “No Child Left Behind” Title II Part A Higher Education Improving Teacher Quality program.