The Machine-Gun and the Marshmallow: Some Thoughts on the Concept of Communication Effectiveness.  Western Speech Association, Honolulu, November 1972.

Human Communication and General Systems Theory: Provocations (with J. Y. Kim).  Northeast Division of the Society for General System Research, New York, NY, October 1973.

The Academic Convention: Notes Toward an Evaluative Framework  (with Gregory S. Andriate). lnternational Communication Association, Chicago, IL, April, 1975.  In Resources in Education, ED111032, January 1976.

Communication, Systems, and Conflict.  Eastern Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, March 1976.  Abstracted in Resources in Education, October, 1976.

A Sociology of Knowledge for Communication: Directions and Implications for a Method of lnquiry (with J. M. Wiemann).  Speech Communication Association, San Francisco, CA, December 1976.

Cross-Cultural Effectiveness: Interpersonal and Group Communication Dimensions (with L. R. Askling, and D. J. Kealey).  Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research, Chicago, February 1977.

Communication, Systems, and Simulation II (with L. C. Lederman).  Eastern Communication Association, Ocean City, MD, March 1978.

The Undergraduate Convention as a Communication Instruction Methodology  (with W. R. Todd-Mancillas and M. W. McBride). Eastern Communication Association, Ocean City, MD, March 1978.

Efficacite Interculturelle: Apercu General  (with L. R. Asking and D.  J. Kealey).  Presented to the Canadian International Development Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, 1978.

Culture Shock: The Skull and the Lady–Reflections on Cross-Cultural Adjustment and Stress. Society for Intercultural Training, Education, and Research, Mt. Pocono, PA, March 1980.