Recent Presentations & Invited Lectures

Goldsmith, D. J. (2023 April). Health communication with family and friends. Dale Brashers Memorial Lecture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.

Goldsmith, D. J., & Munoz, K. (2023 March). The power of health narratives to illuminate social structures and lived experiences. Health Humanities Consortium Conference, Cleveland, OH.

Munoz, K., & Goldsmith, D. J. (2022 October). “Salud! to your health”: Beginning an open-access resource for teaching health narratives. The Examined Life Conference, University of Iowa Carver Medical School, Iowa City, IA.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2022 April). Imagining Family Life with Autism as an Open-ended Journey. Invited lecture, Oregon Bioethics and Humanities Colloquium, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2022 March). “Suffer the little children”: Analyzing uses and abuses of metaphorical language in pediatric medicine. Panel moderator, Conference on Medicine and Religion, Portland, OR.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2022 February). What is ‘Illness Identity,’ Why Do We Study It, and Why Should You? Panel participant, meeting of the Western States Communication Association, Portland, OR.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2021 November). Counter-narratives of an Open Future: Alternative Temporalities in Blogs by Mothers of Autistic Children. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association,  Seattle, WA.

Rehrmann, A., Hoverman, A., & Goldsmith, D.J. (2021 October).  Scribbling in the Margins: Developing the Narrative Scribe. Paper presented at the Examined Life Conference, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

Detweiller-Bedell, J., & Goldsmith, D. J. (October 2021). Not Merely the Absence of Disease or Infirmity: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Health. Presentation to YMCA Leadership Symposium, Portland, OR.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2020 February). Open-ended Journeys and Memorable Moments:  Alternative Temporalities in Blogs by Mothers of Autistic Children. Invited lecture, Department of Communication, Portland State University, Portland, OR.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2019 November). Surviving and thriving in support interactions: A conversation about applications of and future directions for the normative theory of social support. Panel respondent, Meeting of the National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2019 June). Sharenting: Social media and parenting in 2019. Invited lecture, Lewis & Clark College Alumni Reunion, Portland, OR.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2019 February). Personal and political: Blogging motherhood and autism.  Gravlee Lecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2017 March). Using social media to encourage participatory culture. Presentation at the Washington State Higher Education Building Bridges Technology Conference, Spokane, WA.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2016 November). Challenging ideology and creating community in blogs by mothers of autistic children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2016 May). Being an ally mom in the autism wars: A rhetorical analysis of blogs by neurotypical mothers of autistic children. Workshop presentation at the 2016 Pacific and Western Disability Studies Symposium, Seattle, WA.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2016 April). Being an ally mom in the autism wars: A normative rhetorical analysis of blogs. Keynote address to the University of Texas Conflict Conference, Austin, TX.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2015 October). Mommy blogs as challenging the ideology of motherhood. Paper presented at Pacific University’s Center for Gender Equity and Gender & Sexuality Studies Third Biennial Conference. Forest Grove, OR.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2015 June). Blogging our way to a new understanding of autism: How technological affordances and rhetorical practices resist dichotomies in the representation of autism. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Disability Studies, Atlanta, GA.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2015 May). Teaching with social media. Lecture at the NW5 729 Miles of Technology conference, Reed College, Portland, OR.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2014 November). Creating virtual teams using Google docs. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2013 November). Resisting and performing intensive mothering in blogs by mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Goldsmith, D. J., & Miller, G. A. (2013 November). Should I tell you how I feel? A mixed method analysis of couples’ talk about cancer. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2013 April). Talking about health problems and behavior change. Keynote address at the NICHD sponsored Symposium on Health Communication and Family Dynamics. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2013 March). Divining the meaning of the “good mother” in blogs by mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Paper presented at the Lewis & Clark Gender Studies Symposium, Portland, OR.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2012 April). “Open communication” among couples coping with a health crisis: Re-evaluating common sense and clinical advice. Invited lecture. University of Portland, Portland, OR.

Goldsmith, D. J., & Domann-Scholz, K. (2011 November). The meanings of “open communication” among couples coping with a cardiac event. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.

Goldsmith, D. J., & Miller, G. A. (2010 April). How couples talk about cancer: Questioning constructs and describing what works. Paper presented at the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, Lexington, KY.

Goldsmth, D. J. (2009 November). Uncertainty and communication in couples coping with serious illness. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2009 April). Communicating social support. Keynote address to the Bay Area Conference for Undergraduate Communication Research, San Jose, CA.

Goldsmith, D. J., & Moriarty, C. M. (2008 May). Partner involvement in cancer treatment decision-making. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Montreal, QC.

Brashers, D. E., Rintamaki, L. S., Peterson, J. L., Goldsmith, D. J., & Neidig, J. L. (2008 April). Peer support, uncertainty management, and treatment decision-making for people living with HIV or AIDS. Paper presented at the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, Lexington, KY.

Goldsmith, D. J., Bute, J. J., & Lindholm, K. A. (2007 November). Couples’ strategies for talking about lifestyle change following a cardiac event. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Goldsmith, D. J., Brashers, D. E., Kosenko, K. A., & O’Keefe, D. J. (2007 May). Social support and living with HIV: Findings from qualitative studies. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, San Franciso, CA.

Goldsmith, D. J. (2007 May). Communicating about a heart healthy lifestyle: Challenges and strategies among couples coping with a cardiac event. Thomas M. Scheidel Faculty Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

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