April & May 2020 College News

FACULTY ACCOLADES Ann Burnette delivered a talk on the arguments used by woman sufrage leaders at the program “Selling Sufrage: Words and Symbols to Win the Vote and the ERA.” Te occasion was a fundraising event for the Turning Point Sufrage Memorial Association, which is raising money for a national memorial to commemorate the movement that secured women’s right to vote. She was also interviewed as an expert on presidential communication by the Washington Post for a piece entitled, “From ‘my generals’ to ‘my Kevin,’ Trump's preferred possessive can be a sign of afection or control.” Michael Burns was the keynote speaker at Te Ohio State University's Academic Leadership Forum. [ 1 ] He guided the provost and every vice president, dean, and chair/director at Ohio State through a workshop focused on best practices for conducting interdisciplinary research. Tis workshop was based of of the CoSearch program he developed with Marian Houser. Manusheela Pokharel [ 2 ] published “Cancer information overload: Discriminant validity and relationship to sun safe behaviors,” in Patient Education and Counseling . Her article, “Health communication roles in Latino, Pacifc Islander, and Caucasian Families: A qualitative investigation” was recently published in the Journal of Genetic Counseling . STUDENT ACCOLADES M.A. students Sean Dyhre , Jorlanditha Austin , and Noah Dawson travelled with Dr. Stephanie Dailey to the Organizational Communication Mini Conference at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. [ 3] 4 Cassandra LeClair presenting her TEDx Talk titled "Being Open about Trauma, Crisis, and Stress" 5 Russ Lang presenting his TEDx Talk titled "Deception, Magical Tinking, and Pseudoscience in Autism" 6 Rachel Runnels presenting her TEDx Talk titled "Conspiracy Teories and the Quest for Truth" 6 | April & May | College News tax returns and consolidated fnancial statements in real time. BaCo’s current focus is working to assist clients in applying for Small Business Administration loans during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure their viability and success. Recently, Kaitlyn authored a piece that was published on a prestigious accounting website/magazine, CPA Practice Advisor . DEPARTMENT ACCOLADES Te talks from the fourth annual TEDx Texas State University conference are now available to view online: • TEDx 2020 General Recap Video • Cassandra LeClair (Faculty, Department of Communication Studies) - Being Open about Trauma, Crisis, and Stress [4] • Erin Cargile (KXAN Investigative Journalist) - How Being Told “No” Can Lead to Change • Russ Lang (Faculty, College of Education) - Deception, Magical Tinking, and Pseudoscience in Autism [ 5 ] • Kayli Head (Owner of the Bloom Bar and Floral Artist) - Is Social Media Ruining the Modern Wedding • Ray Fisk (Faculty, College of Business) - How Serving Each Other Can Save Humanity • Jessica Soukup (LBTQIA+ Activist & Texas State University Staf Member) - Overcoming the Dystopia of a Transgender Childhood • Maria Tahir (Graduate Student - Sociology) - Why Don’t We Talk About Menstruation • Mueni Rudd (Graduate Student - Social Work) - Who Taught you to Hate Yourself: Understanding Skin Bleaching • Rachel Runnels (Conspiracy Teory Researcher and Enthusiast) - Conspiracy Teories and the Quest for Truth [6] • Hector Ruiz (Retired Executive Texas Instruments, Motorola, and AMD) - Unprecedented Power, Unprecedented Responsibility HAVE AN IDEA ?! CONTACT MatthewWinn, M.A. Proposal Development 512.245.0040 mwinn@txstate.edu RESOURCE GUIDE: Lisa Westerbeck, M.P.A. Award Management 512.245.6719 lisa@txstate.edu Te Resource Guide was created to help faculty fnd and obtain funding and provide support in managing awards for research and creative projects. C3 The Center for Communication, Collaboration & Creativit y (C3) THE C3 TEAM WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER Do not forgot that the C3 Team will be available during the summer months to help you with all of your Pre-Award and Post-Award needs. For example, if you are interested in applying for any internal or external grants that are anticipated to be due in the early fall, such as the Research Enhancement Program (REP) or the San Marcos Arts Commission Grant, and would like to get started creating your narrative and budget, the C3 Team would be more than happy to help you! Additionally, the team is also available to talk with you about your long-term project and funding goals either via phone or email. If you have any questions or if you would like to discuss possible funding opportunities with the C3 team, please contact: • Matthew Winn at mwinn@txstate.edu • Lisa Westerbeck at lisa@txstate.edu C3’S EXTERNAL FUNDING PAGE Looking for funding opportunities can be tedious and time-consuming work. Fortunately, the C3 Team’s External Funding page gives you the tools you need, such as a consistently updated list of funding opportunities organized by academic unit, as well as search tools such as PIVOT and Foundation Directory Online. If you do fnd a funding opportunity that you think might be a good ft for your project, please reach out to your Pre-Award Research Coordinator, Matthew Winn , to discuss how to proceed. Upcoming and Anticipated Funding Opportunities: • NEH: Digital Projects for the Public – June 10 • Texas Commission of the Arts: Arts Respond – July 15 • Humanities Texas: Major Grants – August 15 • Research Enhancement Program – Mid October • TXST: MIRG Competition – November/December College of Fine Arts and Communication | 7