Congratulations to 2nd year PhD student, Ben Brojakowski, on winning the Top Graduate Student Paper at the Ohio Communication Association Conference this past weekend. Fantastic news!
Communication Department Homecoming Meet & Greet
Looking forward to Communication Homecoming Meet & Greet today, October 3, from 3:00-5:00pm in 121 West Hall. Food, games, door prizes, and conversation with communication alumni, current students, faculty, and friends. Event is organized by Association for Women in Communications: BGSU Chapter and the Department of Communication.
Fan Zhang, a second-year SMC doctoral student, had her paper selected for presentation at the Honors Graduate Student Seminar
Fan Zhang, a second-year SMC doctoral student, had her paper selected for presentation at the Honors Graduate Student Seminar sponsored by the NCA International and Intercultural Communication Division (IICD). The paper will be later published in a special issue of the International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies(IJICST). Congratulations!
SMC Research Colloquium 10/3/2014, 3:00 PM @ 314 BTSU: Demystifying Academic Book Publishing
SMC Research Colloquium
October 3, 2014, Friday, 3:00-4:15 PM,314 BTSU*(room change this time only)
Demystifying Academic Book Publishing (3:00-4:00)
Panelists: Drs. Al Gonzalez & Thomas Mascaro
Dr. Gonzalez is Professor in the School of Media and Communication. His research is best located at the intersection of rhetorical criticism and intercultural communication. This Friday, he will speak primarily from his experiences writing these books: Planting the Future: The Rhetorical Legacy of Wangari Maathai, (under contract with Troubador Publishing); Intercultural Communication For Everyday Life (2014), Wiley-Blackwell; Mediating Cultures: Parenting in Intercultural Contexts (2013), Lexington Books; Our Voices: Essays in Culture, Ethnicity and Communication, 5th Edition, (2012), Oxford University Press.
Dr. Mascaro is Professor in the School of Media and Communication. He earned his MA from the University of Michigan (1990) and Ph.D. from Wayne State University (1994). His dissertation was on TV documentaries in the Reagan years. Most recently, he wrote Into the Fray: How NBC’s Washington Documentary Unit Reinvented the News (Washington, D.C., Potomac Books, 2012—now University of Nebraska Press) and was nationally recognized for the work.
Epilogue (4:00-4:20)
Presenter: Sasha Allgayer
Sasha Allgayer is first-year doctoral student and will be presenting his research at the Global Fusion conference to be held in UT-Austin, Oct. 24-26. Before going to the conference, he would like to share his research entitled, “#OGiganteAcordou (#TheGiantHasAwoken): Memes During the 2013 Brazilian Protests,” first with his professors and fellow graduate students. Your attention and feedback will be appreciated.
Dr. Ha and Ph.D. students co-authored the refereed “International Advertising” entry in Oxford Online Bibliographies
BGSU School of Media and Communication faculty Louisa Ha and Ph.D. students Mohammad Abuljadail and Weiwei Jiang co-authored the refereed “International Advertising” entry in Oxford Online Bibliographies.
It is published and available at http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756841/obo-9780199756841-0153.xml#obo-9780199756841-0153-bibItem-0005
Panel discussion on freedom of speech, Friday, Sept. 26, 3:30-4:30, Union Theater, room 206.
How do we foster a climate of inclusion while respecting freedom of speech? Come to a panel discussion followed by Q&A.
The Office of Equity and Diversity will host a panel discussion followed by Q&A with representation from the BGSU Police, Office of General Counsel, Counseling Center, Department of Journalism, Not In Our Town, and The BG News.
Friday, Sept. 26, from 3:30-4:30 in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union Theater, room 206.
All BGSU faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend and participate.
HA NAMED JMCQ EDITOR
Dr. Louisa Ha, chair of the telecommunications department in the School of Media and Communication, will assume her position on Oct. 1 as editor-in-chief of Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, the flagship journal of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). Her term runs for three years.
She has been an associate editor of the journal since 2007 and is a fellow with the AEJMC Leadership Institute for Diversity, created to provide training and mentoring for women and people of color interested in becoming academic administrators in journalism and mass communication.
At BGSU, she is the founder and chair of the Emerging Media Cluster in the school, and is leading a four-year study of northwest Ohio media use.
Dr. Park and Dr. Magsamen-Conrad in President Mazey’s State of the Union address
The School of Media and Communication made an appearance in President Mazey’s State of the Union address Tuesday, with Telecommunications professor Dr. Park mentioned (around 21 minutes) for her excellent Media and Communication International Summer Institute and Communication professor Dr. Magsamen-Conrad mentioned (around 24 minutes) for winning the College of Arts and Sciences Diversity Award, and the SMC new South Hall building mentioned (around 28 minutes)!
Click here for the video
https://dvss.bgsu.edu/public/publicPlayer.php?movie_id=5c89db84d38fd48b9c700fe3222196e0
A research article by Dr. Magsamen-Conrad and other communication scholars featured in Cancer Weekly
A research article by Drs. Maria Venetis (Purdue), Magsamen-Conrad (BGSU), Checton (College of St. Elizabeth), and Greene (Rutgers) was featured in Cancer Weekly: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-376311544.html
Congrats, DocMC and colleagues!
Venetis, M. K., Magsamen-Conrad, K., Checton, M. G., & Greene, K. (2014). Cancer communication and partner burden: An exploratory study. Journal of Communication, 64, 82-102. doi: 10.1111/jcom.12069
Franklin Yartey, 2012 graduate of SMC doctoral program, receives the Outstanding New Teacher Award for 2014 from the Iowa Communication Association
Franklin Yartey, Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Dubuque, was selected by the Iowa Communication Association to receive the Outstanding New Teacher Award for 2014. This award is presented to an exceptional speech communication teacher in the state of Iowa who has been teaching professionally for fewer than seven years. The decision is based on teaching philosophy, teaching strategies, contributions to his/her institution and to the communication discipline, and recommendations by other faculty, administration, and students.
Yartey, originally from Ghana in West Africa, began teaching at the University of Dubuque in the fall of 2012. Yartey teaches several courses which include Intercultural Communication, Language and Social Identity, Public Speaking, and Communication Careers. He has proposed a new course to advance the digital communication studies track within the major. In addition, he advises undergraduate students in the department, is an advisor for Lambda Pi Eta, and serves as advisor for the Black Student Union and as a mentor for the University of Dubuque Wendt Center’s Character Scholars’ Program. Yartey has authored numerous communication articles and book chapters and presented several conference presentations and professional lectures. Yartey earned his Bachelor’s degree in Communication at Northwestern College in Iowa, his Master’s in Communication from Indiana State University, and his Doctorate in Communication from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
Yartey will receive his award during the Awards Banquet of the Iowa Communication Association’s Annual Conference on Friday, September 19, 2014, at the Conference Center on the Ankeny campus of Des Moines Area Community College.