April May 2021 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 TEDx Texas State University 2021 speaker, Melodie Graves 5 TEDx Texas State University 2021 speaker, Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez 6 TEDx Texas State University 2021 speaker, Sean Huiet 6 | April & May | College News Schultz , Tianna Cobb , Adeyinka Yarbough , Rob Patterson , Kuro Tawil , Susan Cunningham , Christine Kirsch , and Angel Armijo . Te Department of Communication Studies hosted three spring semester faculty-led events in an ongoing series that focuses upon taking action to advance and sustain Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Te event, entitled, “After Diversity: Notes on Language, Identity, and Politics,” featured topics such as: equity and inclusion, privilege vs. power, the failure to act, social justice as a pillar for learning, and operationalizing advocacy. Faculty and students were also invited to engage in discussion to refect on their own teaching practices to determine their commitment to diversity and inclusion in the classroom and providing mentoring for marginalized students. Te event featured two guest speakers, M.A. alum Goyland Williams and Dillon Nettles . TEDX 2021 Te TEDx team recognized this last year has been flled with lots of noise and unfortunately, through all the noise, some ideas and voices are not heard. Te goal of this year’s TEDx was to AMPLIFY these voices. Te talks from the ffth annual TEDx Texas State University conference are now available to view on the ofcial TEDx YouTube channel. • Melodie Graves [4] – “Te Power of the Amplifed Voice” • Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez [ 5 ] – “Why Can’t Government Be More Like Us?” • Shailen Singh – “Parenting a Disabled Child: Nurturing Self-Worth” • Qy’Darrius McEachern – “Performative Activism’s Issues” • Marcus Peoples – “Proud to Be In Between: Why Identity is a Superpower” • Sean Huiet [6] – "Adoption and Diference: Our Family’s Story” • Jenni Johnson – “Making Digital Room for the Neurodivergent in Classes” HAVE AN IDEA ?! CONTACT MatthewWinn, M.A. Proposal Development 512.245.0040 mwinn@txstate.edu RESOURCE GUIDE: 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) SPRING SOCIAL ON THE RIVER Te C3 Team and the C3 Advisory Board invite all CoFAC faculty to Spring Social on the River. Tis informal end-of-the-semester event will be held on Tuesday, May 18, from noon to 2 PM at 121 Riviera Street, San Marcos. A faculty-led event, the Spring Social on the River is a great way to celebrate the end of the spring semester as well as meet the C3 Team, the C3 Advisory Board, and your fellow CoFAC colleagues. Te entire event will be held outside, along the San Marcos River, and masks are recommended when attendees are not eating and drinking. Te Spring Social on the River is a Potluck style event. If you plan on attending, you are encouraged to add the item(s) you would like to bring to the potluck list. Additionally, please bring your own reusable water bottles, chairs, towels, hats, sunscreen, and other outdoor/river necessities, to the event. We look forward to seeing you there! THE C3 TEAM WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER Do not forget 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), and would like to get started creating your narrative and budget, the C3 Team would be more than happy to help you! Additionally, the C3 Team is also available to talk with you about your long-term project and funding goals either via phone, email, or video meeting. 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. College of Fine Arts and Communication | 7