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Communication and Culture will be the keynote address presentedby Dr. Carolyn Calloway-Thomas,IU Bloomington professor during CommunicationWeek (Nov. 13-17) at Indiana University Northwest.On Nov. 16 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.  Calloway-Thomas will speak to thecampus and community members on communication and culture in the LibraryConference Center. A reception will follow the address. 

Calloway-Thomas is an associate professor of communicationand culture, and adjunct professor of Afro-American Studies. Her researchinterests are intercultural communication, African American rhetoric, andpublic dialogue in America. She has won several fellowships including aNational Research Council Ford Postdoctoral Fellowship and a FulbrightScholarship to Nigeria where she examined the question, “What is AfricanAbout African-American Communication?”

During the week other scheduled events will take place and include:

• Nov. 13 - Electronic Communication: The Double-Edged Sword, paneldiscussion, 1:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., MoraineStudent Center
• Nov. 14 – Is New Communication Communicating?, noon to 1 p.m. inthe Women’s Resource Center, SavannahCenter. Experts will speak on How Technology is Changing NonverbalObjects Used in Our Social Space, Messages About Predicting the Futureare Folly-Current Language vs. Futuristic Ideas, How futuristic TechnologyWill Influence Political Campaigns, and Technological Influencesof the Waco Incident.
• Nov. 14 – Preparing Yourself for a Career as a Communication Professional,4 to 5 p.m., Hawthorn Hall105
• Nov. 15 – Preparing a Path for User-Friendly Communication InterfaceAs We Move Forward in the Virtual World, 1 to 2:15 p.m., LibraryConference Center. Experts will discuss MOO’s and MUDs – Communicationon the Web, Mass Media and Computer Technology in Communication Education,Awareness as the First-Step Toward Media Literacy, and Virtual RealityReplaces Virtually Everything: Searching for the Disappearing Oral Cultureof the 21st Century.