College-News-September-2021

1 Rebekah Fox was a panelist for Te Wildfre Preparedness Town Hall Human Communication Technology 3rd Edition Philip J. Salem 2 Philip Salem published the third edition of his book Human Communication Technology. 3 Cheyenne Meyer (M.A., 2015) 6 | September | College News COMMUNICATION STUDIES Communication Studies, Health Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Leadership Studies, Organizational Communication, Persuasive Communication, Political Communication, & Teacher Certif ication in Communication Studies FACULTY ACCOLADES Ann Burnette and Wayne Kraemer published "Representing or 'Hispandering'?: Beto O'Rourke, political identity, and identifcation" in the book Local Teories of Argument. Michael Burns published "Teaching small group and team dynamics through Te Amazing Race experience" in the Carolinas Communication Annual with Kristen Farris, Marian Houser , and M.A. alums Katy Henrick and Brad Palmisano. Elizabeth K. Eger recently completed a study entitled,“Understanding communication about presenteeism in relationship to workers, occupations, organizations, and intersection of identities” that examines the phenomenon of “presenteeism” or “sickness presence.” Te study was featured on KXAN news and Elizabeth was also interviewed for th e piece. M.A. alums Tori Miller and Michael Tahmoressi co- authored the study. Read more about it here. She also received the College Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Assistant Professor Level. Kristen Farris authored a pedagogy manuscript entitled, "Evaluating communication theories in theory bowl competition" that was recently accepted for publication in Communication Teacher . Kristen, Marian Houser and C. Erik Timmerman are authors on a paper selected for a Top Paper/Panel Award at the upcoming conference of the National Communication Association. Te paper is titled, “Restoring the teacher-student relationship amidst turbulence.” Rebekah Fox [1] was a panelist for Te Wildfre Preparedness Town Hall which featured a panel of experts providing valuable information to help understand wildfre risks, best practices for wildfre preparedness, resources available to the public, how a neighborhood can become a Firewise Community, and what action can be taken to better protect homes. She and Ann Burnette published “Feel free to agree: Promoting American exceptionalism as educational ideology in the Texas Education Knowledge Standards” in the Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric . Rebekah presented “Te slow burn versus the wildfre: Toward understanding novel organizational crises and employee mental health via the USFS response to the COVID-19 pandemic” to the International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference. She also published “Pivoting in the time of COVID-19: An in-depth case study at the nexus of food insecurity, resilience, system re-organizing, and caring for the community" in the journal Frontiers in Communication. Marian Houser published "Teaching small group and team dynamics through Te Amazing Race experience" in the Carolinas Communication Annual with Kristen Farris, Michael Burns, and M.A. alums Katy Henrick and Brad Palmisano. Marian, Kristen Farris, and C. Erik Timmerman authored “Restoring the teacher- student relationship amidst turbulence.” Te paper was selected for a “Top Paper/Panel Award” at the upcoming conference of the National Communication Association Wayne Kraemer was elected president of the Board of Directors of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Museum of San Marcos. He and board member Ann Burnette were invited by the National Park Service to represent the museum during the wreath-laying ceremony at the gravesite of Lyndon Baines Johnson on the former president’s birthday. Josh Miller published a book chapter entitled “Christian communal parrhesia and the case of the 1965 Bloody Sunday March” in J. W. Vining (Ed.), New directions in rhetoric and religion: Exploring emerging intersections of religion, public discourse, and rhetorical scholarship. Manusheela Pokharel and M.A. alum Sophia Taylor- Burton co-authored “Visual communication and skin cancer prevention: Comparing personalized, stock, and non-ultraviolet images”. Te paper was selected for a Top Paper award in the Health Communication Division of the National Communication Association and will be presented at the annual conference. Philip Salem [2] published the third edition of his book Human Communication Technology . Te third edition updates and expands the research about core issues related to human communication technology by examining the nature of information, human communication and technology, and considers the confusion that can accompany hybrid reality. C. Erik Timmerman , Marian Houser, and Kristen Farris authored “Restoring the teacher- student relationship amidst turbulence.” Te paper was selected for a Top Paper/Panel Award at the upcoming conference of the National Communication Association. ALUMNI ACCOLADES Nancy Heise (M.A., 2020) earned the 2021 Outstanding Tesis Award from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language & Gender. Cheyenne Meyer [3] (M.A., 2015) is an Internal Communications Specialist with G.M. Financial. While recovering from a traumatic bike accident in 2016, Cheyenne became involved with organizations that empower athletes with disabilities by equipping them with resources and opportunities to participate in endurance sports and races, and she soon learned how to serve as a sighted running guide for athletes who are blind/visually impaired. Since then, Cheyenne has served as a guide for several athletes who have medaled in their respective events, most recently an athlete who took silver in the 2021 Paracycling Road National Championships. TEXAS STATE STUDENTS IMMERSED IN CIVIL RIGHTS Tis summer, Texas State students had the opportunity to virtually experience the Civil Rights Movement in Montgomery, Alabama through a course entitled, Good Trouble: Race, Memory, and Communication led by Dr. Josh Miller. Te course was ofered through the Study in America Program ofered through the Ofce of Distance and Extended Learning. 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