August 2005 – present	Associate Professor, University of Georgia, Dept. of Speech Communication
August 1998 – 2004	Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, Dept. of Speech Communication
August 1995 - August 1998	Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University, Department of Interpersonal Communication
August 1992 - May 1995	Teaching Assistant, University of Kentucky, Dept. of Speech Communication
September 1990 - June 1992	Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia, Athens

*Asterisk notes convention papers submitted for publication and/or published.

Harris, T. M. (forthcoming). 21^st Century Representations of Race in Television Programming.  Encyclopedia of Race and Racism.

*Harris, T. M. (2007). Black Feminist Thought and Cultural Contracts: Theoretical Frameworks for Understanding Professional Identity Negotiation in the Academy.  New Directions for Teaching and Learning.

*Harris, T. M, Weiner, J., & Parrott, R. (2006). Human genes and race in the age of “The X-   Files.” American Journal of Health Studies.

*Parrott, R. L., Silk, K., Dorgan, K., Condit, C. & Harris, T. M. (2005). Risk Comprehension and Judgments of Statistical Evidentiary Appeals: When a Picture is Not Worth a Thousand Words. Human Communication Research, 31(3), 423-452.

*Miller, A. & Harris, T. M. (2005). Communicating to Develop White Racial Identity in an Interracial Communication Class. Communication Education, 54(3), 233-242.

*Bates, B. R., & Harris, T. M. (2004). The Tuskegee study of untreated syphilis and public perceptions of biomedical research: A focus group study. Journal of the National Medical Association, 96(8), 1051-1064.

Parrott, R., Condit, C., & Harris, T. M. (2004). Culture’s role in Shaping Perceptions of Genetic Discrimination and Genetic Racism. Journal of National Medical Association.

Condit, C. M., Parrott, R. L.,  Harris, T. M., Lynch, J., & Dubriwny, T. (2004). The role of “genetics” in popular understandings of race in the United States.  Public Understanding of Science, 13, 249-272.

Bates, B.R., Poirot, K., Harris, T.M., Achter, P.J., & Condit, C.M. (2004). Evaluating direct-to-consumer marketing of race-based pharmacogenomics: A focus group study of public understandings of applied genomic medication. Journal of Health Communication, 9, 541-559.

*Harris, T. M., Miller, A., & Trego, A. (2004). A co-cultural examination of community building in the interracial communication classroom. Journal of Intergroup Relations, 31, 39-63.

Parrott, R., Krieger, J. R., A., Silk, K., Harris, T. M., Condit, C. M. (2004). Behavioral Health Outcomes Associated with Religious Faith and Media Exposure about Human Genetics. Health Communication, 16, 29-46.

Harris, T. M., Parrott, R. L., & K. Dorgan (2004). Talking about Human Genetics within Religious Frameworks. Health Communication, 16, 105-116.

Parrott, R., Silk, K., Weiner, Condit, C., Harris, T. M., & Bernhardt, J. (2004). Deriving Lay Models of Uncertainty about Genes' Role in Illness Causation to Guide Communication about Human Genetics. Journal of Communication, 54, 105-122.

Parrott, R. L., Silk, K., Dillow, M. R., Harris, T. M. & Condit, C. M. (2004).  Development and validation of tools to assess genetic discrimination and genetically based racism.  Journal of the National Medical Association, 97(7), 980-90.

Harris, T. M. (2003).  Impacting Student Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward Race in the Interracial Communication Course. Communication Education, 52, 311-317.

Bevan, J. L., Lynch, J. A., Dubriwny, T. N., Harris, T. M., Achter, P. J., Reeder, A., & Condit, C. (2003). Informed Lay Preferences for Delivery of Racially Varied Pharmacogenomics. Genetics in Medicine, 5, 393-399.

Condit, C., Templeton, A., Bates, B., Bevan, J. & Harris, T. M. (2003). An exploration of attitudinal barriers to delivery of race-targeted pharmacogenomics among informed lay persons. Genetics in Medicine, 5, 385-392.

Bates, B., Templeton, R., Achter, P., Harris, T. M., & Condit, C. M. (2003). What Does “A Gene for Heart Disease” Mean? A Focus Group Study of Public Understandings of Genetic Risk Factors.  American Journal of Medical Genetics, 119A(2), 156-161.

Dorgan, K. A., Williams, S., Parrott, R., and, Harris, T. M. (2003). Hope and Despair in Pandora’s Box:  Perceiving Reproductive Reward and Risk of Genetics Technologies and Information. Women's Studies in Communication, Spring, 26(1).

Condit, C. M., Parrott, R., & Harris, T. M. (2002). Lay Understanding of the Relationship Between Race and Genetics. Public Understanding of Science, 11, 373-387.

*Harris, T. M. (2001). Student reactions to the visual texts “the color of fear” and “rosewood” in the interracial classroom. Howard Journal of Communications, 12(2), 101-117.

*Harris, T. M. & P. Kalbfleisch (2000). Interracial Dating: The Implications of Race Within Romantic Relationships. Howard Journal of Communications, 11, 49-64.

*Harris, T. M. & D. Donmoyer (2000). Is Art Imitating Life?: The Construction of  Gender and Racial Identity in Imitation of Life. Women’s Studies In Communication, 23(1), 91-110.

Harris, T. M. (1999). Interrogating the Representation of African American Female Identity in the Films Waiting to Exhale and Set It Off. Popular Culture Review, 10(2), 43-53.

*Harris, T. M. (1998, April). Waiting to Exhale and Set It Off: Dialectical Tensions in    Cinematic Portrayals of African American Women. Encore, 38, 22-24.

*Harris, T. M. & P. S. Hill (1998). “Waiting to Exhale” or “Breath(ing) Again”: A Search for Identity, Empowerment, and Love in the 1990's. Women and Language, Fall, 11(2), 9-20.

*Parrott, R., Lemieux, R., Harris, T., & Travillion, L. (1997). Interfacing Interpersonal and Mediated Communication in Personal Ads: Active and Strategic Self-Disclosure. Southern Communication Journal, 62(4), 319-332.

Harris, T. M., Brown-Givens, S., & Dorgan, K. (current). Understanding Standpoint Theory Through the Experiences of African American Graduate Students “Surviving” at a Predominately White University. Submission to the Howard Journal of Communications.

Bates, B. & Harris, T. M. (current). “I've got a responsibility to the people of this community”: Pam Grier and the politics of Blaxploitation. Revision for Howard Journal of Communications.

Wong, N. & Harris, T. M. (current). Contact, Cultivation, or Dependency: Three Competing Explanations for the Formation of Our Interracial Dating Attitudes. Submission to the Western Journal of Communication.

Harris, T. M., Samp, J., Bates, B. & Edwards, E. (2003). A Comparison of Student Attitudes Towards Race Relations.

Harris, T. M., Silk, K., Parrott, R., & Condit, C. (current). Media Exposure and Attitudes About Human Genetic Research.

Bates, B. R., Kristan A. Poirot, K. A., Harris, T. M., Achter, P. J., & Condit, C. M. (current). Evaluating Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Race-Based Pharmacogenomics: A Focus Group Study of Public Understandings of Functional Genomic Medication.

Harris, T. M. (current). A Place to Call Home: The System of Communication Among African American Sorority Members on a Predominantly White College Campus.

Orbe, M. & Harris, T. M. (2007, 2nd ed.). Interracial Communication: Theory To Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Orbe, M. & Harris, T. M. (2001). Interracial Communication: Theory To Practice. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.

Harris, T. M. (2000, May). Bringing ethnicity, class, gender, and age from the margins to the center 1999. Communication Theory, 10(2), 251-257.

Harris, T. M., Groscurth, C., & Trego, A. (2007). Coloring Outside the Lines: Unmasking Performances of White Identity through Classroom Role-Play. In Leda M. Cooks and Jennifer S. Simpson (Ed.). Whiteness, Performance, Pedagogy: Dis/Placing Race: Lexington Books (a division of Rowman & Littlefield), 169-191.

Harris, T. M. & Harris, J. K. (in-press). Religious Concepts in Health Beliefs among African American Women: Implications for Health Care, Policy, and Promotion. In Margaret Wills (ed.), Speaking Of Spirituality: Perspectives on Health from the Religious to the Numinous. Hampton Press.

Harris, T. M. (current). Dialectical Tensions Between Family and Individual Identities in the Movie Soul Food. Submission to Lawrence Rubin (Ed.). Food for Thought: Cross-Disciplinary Essays on Eating and Culture (Publisher).

Harris, T. M., Groscurth, C., & Trego, A. (forthcoming). Coloring Outside the Lines: Unmasking Performances of White Identity through Classroom Role-Play. In Leda M. Cooks and Jennifer S. Simpson (Ed.). Whiteness, Performance, Pedagogy. Lexington Books (a division of Rowman & Littlefield).

Harris, T. M. & Harris, J. K. (in-press). Religious Concepts in Health Beliefs among African American Women: Implications for Health Care, Policy, and Promotion. In Margaret Wills (ed.), Speaking Of Spirituality: Perspectives on Health from the Religious to the Numinous. Hampton Press.

Condit, C. M., Parrott, R. L., & Harris, T. M. (2006). Lay people’s resources for dealing with behavior genetics. In Erik Parens, Audrey R. Chapman, & Nancy Press, Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics: Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation. The John Hopkins University Press.

Harris, T. & Kalbfleisch, P. (2004).  Interracial dating: The implications of race for initiating a romantic relationship. In R. L. Jackson (Ed.). African American Communication and Identities: Essential Readings. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (Reprint of Harris & Kalbfleisch in 2000).

Harris, T. (2004). Interrogating the representation of African American female identity in the films “Waiting to Exhale” and “Set It Off.”  In R. L. Jackson, R. L. (Ed.), African American Communication and Identities: Essential Readings . Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (Reprint of Harris in 2000).

Kalbfleisch, P. J., Bonnell, K., & Harris, T. M. (1996). Media portrayals of women's menstrual health issues. Chapter published in R. Parrott and C. Condit Evaluating Women’s Heath Messages (pp.279-292), Champagne, Urbana: University of Illinois Press.

Harris, T. M. (2000). “I Know It Was the Blood”: Defining the Biracial self in a Euro-   American Society. Chapter published in (2^nd ed.) A. Gonzalez, M. Houston, and V. Chen. Our Voices: Essays in Culture, Ethnicity and Communication: An Intercultural Anthology. (p. 149-156) Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing Company.

Condit, C. M., Harris, T. M., Shen, L., Gronnvoll, M., Groscurth, C. R., Landau, J., Avery, R., & Wright, L. (2006). Non-Fatalism-Enhancing Messages and Lay Models of Gene-Environment Interaction. Lecture presented as part of the invited lecture of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant to the Southern Center for Communication, Health & Poverty, Department of Speech Communication Colloquia, Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., March 28, 2006

Harris, T. M. “Linguistic Strategies Used in Discourse About Genes and Race” (2003). Presentation at the ELSI Consortium on Human Genetic Research, Feb. 3.

Harris, T. M. (1997). Ways of Knowing: Racializing the Communicative Process. National Communication Association 1997 Summer Conference Proceedings: Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the 21st Century, 53-64.

Harris, T. M. (1997). Mentoring in the Discipline: Recruiting and Retaining Students and Faculty Members of Color. National Communication Association 1997 Summer Conference Proceedings: Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the 21st Century, 159-169.

*Harris, T. M. (1992). A Campaign for Cultural Diversity Within Law Schools, Faculty, and Law Firms Across the Nation: Can the Dream Become A Reality? Published in the Ninth Annual Intercultural and International Communication Conference proceedings, Miami, Florida, 167-169.

Harris, T. M. (2006). Lay and Expert Models of Gene-Environment Interactions (NIH 1 R01 HG003961-01). Three-year $1 million dollar grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health.

Harris, T. M. (2005-2008). Southern Center for Communication, Health and Poverty (5P01CD000242). Three-year $3.5 million grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create a new center aimed at improving the health of the poor and near poor living in the South through better health communication and marketing. Area coordinator for Qualitative research methods.

Harris, T. M. (2005). Understanding the Role of Religious Frameworks in Race and Ethnic Disparities in U. S. Health Care. Awarded a Senior UGARF through the Center for Humanities and Arts ($3,800.00).

Harris, T. M. (2004). Religious Beliefs, Health behaviors, and Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Implications for Health Care, Policy, and Promotion. Internal grant ($3,500) in aid of research from the Institute for Behavioral Research.

Harris, T. M. (2002-2003). University of Georgia’s IBR Mentoring Program. A $3,000 fund plus course release is offered for participation.

Parrott, R. L, Condit, C., Harris, T. M., & Duncan, V. (2000). Communicating to the Lay Public about Human Genetic Research. Federally funded grant from the Centers for Disease Control, #CCR41729, $778,284, October 1999-September 2002. (Funding for first year only).

Condit, C., Parrott, R. L., Harris, T. M., Bernhardt, J., Jinn-Jonp, B., Templeton, A. R., & Reeder, A. (June 2001). Race and Public Communication about Human Variation. Grant funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute branch of the National Institutes of Health.

Harris, T. M. (May 2005). A Culturally Sensitive Approach to Hypertension Intervention Program(s) in a Faith-Based Organization. Proposal submission (PA-05-026) to the Dept. of Health and Human Services. Proposed budget is $100,000 (Year One) and $150,000 (Year Two).

Harris, T. M. (2004). Genetics and Race in the Media. An R03 grant proposal submission to the NIH (ELSI). Proposed budget is $50,000 (each year for two years).

Harris, T. M. (2005). The Intersection of Religious Frameworks, Health, and Genetics in African American Faith Based Organizations (FBO’s). A Community Genetics Forum contract proposal submitted to the National Human Genome Research Institute ($100,000.00   budget).

Mayor’s Race Summit, October 2006, Tallahassee, FL. Does Race Really Matter: Understanding the Importance of Effective Interracial Communication. Tina M. Harris and Venessa Tymes.

Mayor’s Race Summit, October 2006, Tallahassee, FL. Removing the Social Barriers to Interracial Romantic Relationships. Tina M. Harris and Venessa Tymes.

Ohlone College, April 23-27, 2002, Keynote Speaker for Unity Week. “Building Interracial Alliances: Bridging the Gap of Ignorance in World of Intolerance.”

Savannah State College, April 7-9, 2002. “Waiting to Exhale” or “Breath(ing) Again”: A Search for Identity, Empowerment, and Love in the 1990's.”

Vanderbilt University, March 18, 2002. "Building Interracial Bridges: Understanding Racial Differences in Various Social Contexts"

Vanderbilt University, March 18, 2002. “Student Reactions to the Visual Texts 'The Color of Fear' and 'Rosewood' in the Interracial Classroom."

Wayne State University, Department of Communication (College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts), April 10-14, 2001. Invited Lecturer for “Communication Week” program.

Virginia Tech, “First National Conference on Stepping” funded by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, April 6-8, 2001.

Towson University, Department of Mass Communication and Communication Studies, Oct. 25-31, 2000.

Recipient (2005) of the Georgia Board of Regents’ 2005 Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning ($5,000.00 award).

Outstanding Teacher (Fall 2001) recognition by University of Georgia’s Student Government Association (SGA).

“Third Annual Student Government Teacher Recognition Banquet”, Dec. 6, 2001.

Outstanding Teacher (Fall 2000) recognition by University of Georgia’s Student Government Association (SGA). Reception held to honor recipients at the “Second Annual Student Government Teacher Recognition Banquet” on Monday, Nov. 20, 2000.

Mortar Board National Honor Society (Spring 1998) recognition by Bowling Green State University undergraduates for excellence in teaching and dedication to the pursuit of education.

"Teaching Assistant of the Year” for Teaching Excellence in the College of Communications. Spring 1993. Award also included a $200.00 stipend. University of Kentucky, Lexington.

NCMHD Health Disparities Scholars (Fall 2005 – until). Recognition by the National Center on Minority Health & Health Disparities as a Scholar. Division of the Department of Health and Human Services.

“Honorary Educational Program of the Year,” (Feb. 24, 2003), UGA National Residence Hall program facilitated for the Residence Hall Association. “Slavery Reparations in the 21^st Century.”

“Media Exposure and Attitudes About Human Genetic Research” (2003). Tina M. Harris, University of Georgia; Kami Silk, Pennsylvania State University; Roxanne L. Parrott, Pennsylvania State University; and Celeste Condit, University of Georgia. Selected as the “Top Faculty Paper” for the Mass Communication Division of SSCA.

“Contact, Cultivation, or Dependency: Three Competing Explanations For the Formation of Our Interracial Dating Attitudes” (2003). Norman C. H. Wong & Tina M. Harris, University of Georgia. “Top Student Paper” for the Interpersonal Communication Division of SSCA.

2002-2003 Mentoring Fellow, The Institute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia.

"2001 Image Award" (May, 2001). Recognition by the University of Georgia Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for dedication to the chapter as Advisor for the 2000-2001 academic year.

Recognition of Scholarship and Publication” (Nov. 1999) from the African American Communication and Culture Commission and the Black Caucus of NCA.

"Top Ranked Panel Proposal Award" (April 1999) from the Instructional Development Division of SSCA.

Recipient of Award for a “Top 15 Programs” from the South Atlantic Affiliate of College University Residence Halls (Nov. 12, 1994). Program presented was “Ebony & Ivory,” which addressed the issue of interracial dating on predominantly White campuses, and occurred in Lexington, Kentucky, sponsored by Residence Hall Association in the Office of Residence Life, Univ. of Kentucky.

Lyman T. Johnson Graduate School Scholastic Fellowship for $3,000 (1994--1995). Awarded for scholarly achievements while completing work towards the doctorate by the University of Kentucky Graduate School.

Lyman T. Johnson Graduate School Scholastic Fellowship for $1,500 (Summer, 1994). Awarded for scholarly achievements while working toward a doctorate by the University of Kentucky Graduate School.

Patricia Roberts-Harris Fellowship Grant ($500). Awarded for the purpose of developing a convention paper with potential for publication. The title of the work was “Implications of Speech Accommodation Theory in Relation to the Speech Behaviors of African American Ministers.” University of Georgia, Athens.


*An asterisk notes conference papers that have been submitted and/or accepted for publication.

Center for Research & Educational Development (RED), UGA (Fall 2006)

Harris, T. M. (2000).  Engaging Students in the Interracial Communication Classroom. Short-course conducted at NCA in Seattle, Washington.

Dorgan, K., Silk, K., Harris, T. M., & Orbe, M. (2000). “Interracial Communication: Theory    To Practice” Instructor’s manual. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.

Harris, T. M., Coleman, C. & J. F. Wood (1999). Racializing Communication: Teaching Interracial Communication on the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels. Short-course taught at NCA in Chicago, Il.

Harris, T. M., Coleman, C. & J. F. Wood (1998). Racializing Communication: Teaching Interracial Communication on the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels. Short-course taught at NCA in New York, NY.

Harris, T. M. & Trego, A. (2006). Something Old, Something New: Cinematic   Representations of Interracial Romance in the 21^st Century. Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, San Antonio, TX.

Harris, T M. (2006). Addressing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health through the    Development of Culturally Sensitive Health Intervention Models. Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, San Antonio , TX .

Condit, C. M., Gronnvoll, M, Landau, J., Groscurth, C. R., Harris, T. M., Shen, L., & Wright, L. “Low-Income Americans’ Understandings of the Relationship of Genes and Behavior in Producing Health Outcomes.” Paper accepted by the American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting, New Orleans, October 9-13, 2006

Condit, C. M., Harris, T. M., Shen, L., Gronnvoll, M., Groscurth, C. R., Landau, J., Avery, R., & Wright, L. (2006). Non-Fatalism-Enhancing Messages and Lay Models of Gene-Environment Interaction. Lecture presented as part of the Southern Center for Communication, Health & Poverty’s presentation to the National Advisory Board at the annual National Advisory Board meeting for Health Protection Research Initiative grantees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, May 17-19, 2006

Harris, T. M., Groscurth, C., & Trego, A. (2005). “The Crayola Activity”: A Pedagogical Strategy for College Student Enlightenment about Racial/Ethnic Difference. Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Boston, MA.

Groscurth, C. R. & Harris, T. M. (2005). “Understanding White Identity Development: A   Dialogic Approach.” Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Boston, MA.

Harris, T. M. (2005). “Unchained Memories: Transmitting Family and/or Cultural Identities Through Oral Presentations of Slave Narratives. Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Boston, MA

Reid, S. & Harris, T. M. (2005). “‘Black Buck Got Loose in the Big House’”: Race and     Representation of the Interracial Relationship in the Film ‘O.’ Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Boston, MA

Harris, T. M., Trego, A., Stargell, C., & Condit, C. M. (2004). Public Discourse, Private Thoughts: The Function of Racial Identity in Discussions about Genes and Race. Paper presented at the International/Intercultural Communication conference in New Orleans, LA.

Harris, T. M., Miller, A., & Trego, A. (2003). “An Examination of Boundary Management and Community Building in the Interracial Communication Classroom.” Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Miami, FL.

Harris, T. M., Samp, J., Bates, B. & Edwards, E. (2003). “A Comparison of Student Attitudes Towards Race Relations.” Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Miami, FL.

Harris, T. M., Silk, K., Parrott, R., & Condit, C. (2003). Media Exposure and Attitudes About Human Genetic Research. Paper presented at the Southern States Communication Association, Birmingham, AL.

Jennifer L. Bevan, John A. Lynch, Tasha N. Dubriwny, Tina M. Harris, Paul J. Achter, Amy L. Reeder, Celeste M. Condit, (2003). Informed Lay Preferences for Delivery of Racially Varied Pharmacogenomics. Paper presented at the Eastern Communication Association Conference, received “Top Student Paper” award from the Health Communication Division, Washington, D.C.

Bates, B., Poirot, K., Harris, T. M., Achter, P. J. & Condit, C. M. (2003)  Evaluating Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Race-Based Pharmacogenomics: A Focus Group Study of Public Understandings of Applied Genomic Medication. Paper presentation at the Genetics Services and Tests, Genetic Screening, and Public Policy section of the American Society of Human Genetics 52nd Annual Meeting, Baltimore , MD.

Silk, K., Parrott, R., Weiner, Condit, C., Harris, T. M., & Bernhardt, J. (2002). Assessing Public Perceptions of Genetic Determinism For Potential as an Audience Segmentation Strategy. Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, New Orleans, LA.

Dorgan, K. A., Williams, S., Parrott, R., and, Harris, T. M. (2002). Hope and Despair in Pandora’s Box:  Perceiving Reproductive Reward and Risk of Genetics Technologies and Information. Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, New Orleans, LA.

Harris, T. M. & Martin, S. (2002) Religious Concepts in Health Beliefs Among African American Women: Implications For Health Care, Policy, And Promotion. Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, New Orleans, LA.

Bates, B. R., Templeton, A., Achter,  P. J., Harris, T. M., & Condit, C. M. (2002). A Focus Group Study Of Public Understanding Of Genetic Risk Factors: The Case Of A Gene For Heart Disease.

Harris, T. M. & Coleman, C. (2001). Students, Race, and the College Classroom: A Qualitative Study of Student Perceptions of An Interracial Communication Course. Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Atlanta, GA.

*Harris, T. M., Brown-Givens, Sonja, & K. Dorgan (2001). Coping from the Margins: African American Graduate Students Communicating About Coping at a Predominately White University. Paper presented at SSCA, Lexington, KY.  

*Harris, T. M., Parrott, R. L., & Watson, L. S. (2000). The Influence of Religion and   Spirituality on Attitudes Toward Human Genetic Research. Paper presented at NCA, Seattle, Washington.

*Harris, T. M. (1999). Reactions to visual texts in the interracial classroom. Paper presented at NCA Media Series Forum.

Harris, T. M. (1999). A cluster analysis of “Windows” in Essence Magazine. Paper presented at NCA in Chicago, Ill.

*Harris, T. M. & R. Cantu (1999). Cooking is Life Food For the Soul: The Cultural Maintenance of Family in the Films Soul Food and Eat, Drink, Man, Woman. Paper presented at NCA in Chicago, Ill. (Family Communication Division).

*Harris, T. M. (1998). Dialectical Tensions Between Family and Individual Identities in the Movie Soul Food. Paper presented at NCA in New York, NY.

Harris, T. M. (1998). Portrayals of African American Women in 1990's Sitcoms. Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association conference held in Chicago, Ill.

*Harris, T. M. (1997). Black Sitcom of the 1990's: Friend or Foe?. Paper presented at the 50^th Anniversary Sitcom Conference, Bowling Green State University , Bowling Green , Ohio , September.

*Harris, T. M. (1997). A Place to Call Home: The System of Communication Among African American Sorority Members on a Predominantly White College Campus. Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference in Chicago, Ill.

Harris, T. M. (1997). Ethnic and Racial Identity in the Classroom: Ebonics as a Transitional Language System in Speech Communication. Paper presented at the annual National Communication Association in Chicago, Ill.

Harris, T. M. (1997). African American Identity and Black Feminist Theory in   Communication Research. Paper presented at the annual National Communication   Association conference in Chicago, Ill.

*Harris, T. M. (1997). Is it Real? Or Memorex?: Cinematic Portrayals of African American
Women “Waiting To Exhale” and “Set(ting) It Off.” Paper presented at the annual National Communication Association conference in Chicago, Ill.

*Harris, T. M. (1997). Lethal Weapon Four, Advertising Genocide: The Application of the Asocial Elaboration Theory to Malt Liquor Ads. Paper presented at the Central States Communication Association conference, St. Louis, Missouri.

*Harris, T. M. & P. Kalbfleisch (1997). Interracial Dating: The Implications of Race Within Romantic Relationships. Paper presented at the International Communication Association conference held in Montreal, Canada.

*Harris, T. M. (1996). “Waiting to Exhale” or “Breath(ing) Again”: A Search for Identity, Empowerment, and Love in the 1990's. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Midwest Popular Culture and American Culture Associations at Bowling Green State University.

Harris, T. M. (1995). The Outsider Within: Neglect of the Many Facets of the African   American Woman. Paper presented at the Annual Speech Communication Association conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Harris, T. M. (1995). Interracial Dating: The Implications of Race Within Romantic Relationships. Paper presented at the First Annual Black Graduate and Professional Student Association Symposium at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY.

Kalbfleisch, P. J., Bonnell, K., & Harris, T. M. (1994). Media portrayals of women's menstrual health issues. Paper presented at the Annual Speech Communication Association conference in New Orleans, LA.

Harris, T. M. (1994). Date Initiation: A Q-Sort Analysis of Dating Behaviors in Same Race and Interracial Intimate Relationships. Paper presented at the Annual Speech Communication Association conference in New Orleans, LA.

Harris, T. M. and Parrott, R. (1994). A persuasive campaign against the underrepresentation of people of color in the nation's law schools. Paper presented at the Southern States Communication Association Conference, Intercultural Division, in Norfolk, VA.

Harris, T. M. (1994). The Psychosocial Plight of the African American Student on a Predominantly White University Campus: A Mentoring Program for Undergraduate and Graduate Students. A paper presented at the Southern States Communication Association Conference, Communication Theory Division, in Norfolk, VA.

Harris, T. M. (1992). A Campaign for Cultural Diversity Within Law Schools, Faculty, and Law Firms Across the Nation: Affirmative Action Revisited. Paper presented to the Southern States Communication Association Convention in San Antonio, TX.

Harris, T. M. (1992). A campaign for cultural diversity within law schools, faculty, and law firms across the nation continued: Affirmative action revisited: Can the dream become a reality? A Second-part paper presented at the International and Intercultural Communication Association Conference in May in Miami, FLA.

Parker, R., Vaughn, L., Harris, T. M., Rewalt, D., & Travillion, L. (1992). An exploration of crying as a communication construct. Paper presented at the 1992 Speech Communication Association's 78th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Ill.

Parrott, R., Harris, T. M., Travillion, L., & Lemieux, R. (1992). Interfacing Interpersonal and Mediated Communication in Personal Ads: Active and