2018 College Report

EXTERNAL GRANTS AWARDED: KELLY KAUFHOLD and team from Journalism and Mass Communication ( JUDY OSKAM , JENNY BUSCHHORN , KYM FOX , DAN SEED , JESSICA JAMES , MICHAEL DEVLIN , CLAY CRAIG , DALE BLASINGAME and PRISCA NGONDO ) will implement Phase II of the Medicare Improvements for Patients Act (MIPPA): Statewide Media Campaign and Associated Outreach Services. Total Award: $636,280. Sponsor: Texas Health and Human Services Commission. MELINDA VILLAGRAN (Communication Studies), JESSICA RALEY (Health Professions), MARSHA BURNEY (Communication Studies), and MAUREEN KEELEY (Communication Studies) - Networx: A Virtual Health Safety Net Community. Total Award $209,633. Sponsor: St. David’s Foundation. CINDY ROYAL (Mass Communication and Journalism) - Ph.Digital – Preparing Future Faculty to Lead Innovative Curriculum. Total Award: $75,000. Sponsor: Te Knight Foundation. KATHRYN MOORE (Art and Design) - Villa I Tatti - Te Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. Total Fellowship Award: $50,000. HANK HEHMSOTH (Music) and KEITH WINKING (Music) - Golden Era of the Big Band Jazz Musicians: Reminiscences of NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern. Total Award: $10,000. Sponsor: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)-Art Works. KEITH WINKING (Music) and HANK HEHMSOTH (Music) - Eddie Durham Jazz Festival. Total Award: $4,000. Sponsor: San Marcos Arts Commission. MIHYUN KIM (Art and Design) - Mermaid Tales: A Mobile App to Preserve History and Arts in San Marcos/Spatial Augmented Reality (SAR) Installation. Total Award: $3,000. Sponsor: San Marcos Arts Commission. JASON KWAK (Music-Festival Director) - 9th Annual Texas State International Piano Festival. Total Award: $3,000. Sponsor: San Marcos Arts Commission. EUGENE LEE (Teatre) – Black and Latino Playwrights Conference was awarded funding from 3 sources: (1) National Endowment for the Humanities (2) Texas State University Crowdfunding Campaign, (3) $4,500 from Humanities Texas. REBEKAH FOX (Communication Studies) and AIMEE ROUNDTREE (English) - Communicating about wildfre in the Wildland-Urban Interface for public safety and a healthy urban forest. Total Award: $20,110 (Year 2). Sponsor: City of Austin Urban Forest Grant/Austin Community Foundation. MELINDA VILLAGRAN (Communication Studies), PAUL VILLAGRAN (Journalism and Mass Communication) and MARSHA BURNEY (Communication Studies) – Project SHARE (Year 3 of 3). Total Award: $900,000. Sponsor: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Te Sexual Health Assessment and Risk Education (SHARE). INTERNAL GRANTS AWARDED: EUGENE LEE (Teatre) won an Equity & Access Grant – Black and Latino Playwrights Conference, $2,500. TOM GRIMES (Mass Communication and Journalism) and STEPHANIE DAILEY (Communication Studies) won a 2018 Health MIRG award along with their interdisciplinary team –Does Social Media Make Us Sick? A Pilot Study of the Efects of Social Media on Physiological Reactivity and Mental Health. COLLEGE REPORT 2018 | 41