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ROSEANN MANDZIUK Where Femininity Meets Hate: Exposing the Rhetoric of Women and White Supremacy In this Dean’s Seminar Distinguished Achievement presentation, Roseann Mandziuk examines how hate and extremism tend to be viewed as the province of violent men with torches and tattoos, but these assumptions obscure the prominent place of women in white supremacy. This presentation focuses upon archival research projects that examine the rhetoric of two significant women’s organizations, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Women of the Ku Klux Klan. These analyses reveal discourses that weave intersections of gender, racism, religion, patriotism, and a perverse sense of feminism into potent persuasive appeals that persist in FACULTY ACCOLADES Jasmine Austin gave an invited lecture for Baruch College as part of the SUNY system. Her lecture centered on critical qualitative data analysis strategies. Jasmine presented a training entitled “Say it with your chest: Having difficult conversations in a respectful, collaborative, and considerate manner” at the 2023 TXST Stem Conference. The training was co-facilitated with M.A. students Gavin Thomson and Cesar Mejia Aguilar . She also presented “Finding Common Ground for Difficult Conversations” to the 2023 Student Academic Support Programs Conference. Attendees identified 8 contributors to conflict, learned 5 strategies for approaching difficult conversations, and practiced the 3 D’s for handling difficult conversations that may be unmanageable. [1] Tricia Burke had "Employee culture of health perceptions and the development of a training intervention" accepted to the International Journal of Workplace Health Management . The piece was co- authored with Michael Burns and Kristen Farris . Ana Burnette served as Vice President and Planner for the 2023 Annual Convention of the Southern States Communication Association in St. Petersburg. She issued the call for scholarly papers, oversaw the review of over 400 submissions, and scheduled the papers, speakers, business meetings, and other events. At the conclusion of the 2023 convention, she became the President of SSCA. She also presented "Kamala Harris and the 2024 Presidential Election" to the Southern States Communication Association Convention. Ann presented, "The Genius of America and the Model Immigrant: Barack Obama's Rhetorical 1 2 3 Jasmine Austin gave a lecture at Baruch College Michael Burns won the "Friend of Student Success Award" Roseann Mandziuk presented in the spring as the Dean’s Seminar Distinguished Achievement recipient 8 | April & May 2023 | College News COMMUNICATION STUDIES Communication Studies, Health Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Leadership Studies, Organizational Communication, Persuasive Communication, Political Communication, & Teacher Certif ication in Communication Studies