January February 2022 College News

1 Jasmine Austin's book Communication Teory: Racially Diverse and Inclusive Perspectives 2 TEDx Texas State University speakers at the 6th TEDx event on February 12th 3 Department of Communication Studies team at the 6th TEDx event on February 12th 8 | January & February | 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 Jasmine Austin published Communication Teory: Racially Diverse and Inclusive Perspectives . [1] Te book features contributed chapters from established and emerging communication theorists with varied cultural backgrounds and identities. It ofers innovative conceptions of communication theorizing centered in and through the perspectives of African American/ Black, Latinx, Asian American, and Indigenous/First Nations people. Jasmine also served as moderator for “Pathway to Graduate School”, a virtual panel discussion aimed at supporting students who have an interest in pursuing graduate school. Te panel discussion covered the benefts of attending graduate school and how the experience can help students achieve their goals. Speakers shared their success stories and discussed the infuence of intersectional identities and how they overcame challenges in their journey through graduate school. Ann Burnette published “Retire like a man: Peyton Manning, Andrew Luck, and competing masculinities.” In D. Pompper (Ed.), Rhetoric of masculinity: Male body image, media, and gender role stress/confict . Michael Burns is working his 7th Olympic Games with NBC's Today Show . Dr. Burns is in Beijing, China for one month covering the 2022 Winter Olympics in the role of production/logistics manager. Te 2022 Olympics will be the most logistically challenging in history because of COVID-19 and Dr. Burns is part of a very small percentage of people worldwide who will be granted access to China for the Games. In addition, Michael’s COMM 5371 class (Communication Training and Development), will be working with a client, Texas State University Human Resources, to help them develop fve university-wide training programs this semester. Elizabeth Eger’s research on presenteeism (working while sick and/or with a health condition) was featured in four Austin live news programs and written articles in January 2022. She appeared in a live interview on KVUE news, Austin’s ABC afliate. KEYE TV (Austin’s CBS afliate) featured a profle of her research in an online article, and KXAN (Austin’s NBC afliate) featured a profle of her research in another online article. Her research was also featured in a national magazine interview for Dame magazine. Kristen Farris published "Exploring students’ perceptions of instructor requests for forms of address and likelihood of future interaction" in Communication Quarterly . Te manuscript was co-authored with three M.A. alumni: Madeline Martinson , Jovanna Andelkovic , and Luke Dye . STUDENT ACCOLADES Tree students from the Career Readiness program have secured paid internships at Schlitterbahn Waterpark this semester. Bianca Bautista Gonzalez and Kelsey Scott are interning in the Human Resources Department and Lance Spivey is interning in the Training Department. All three students found this internship through the Career Readiness program founded by Michael Burns . ALUMNI ACCOLADES Luis Vasquez (M.A., 2020) recently accepted a position with Asencion as a Qualitative Market and Communications Research Specialist. DEPARTMENT ACCOLADES Te Department of Communication Studies proudly hosted its 6th TEDx event on February 12th. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events around the world that bring people together to celebrate ideas worth spreading. Tis year’s virtual event focused on the theme: Green. Te talks represented a variety of felds and perspectives including climate issues, technology, health, the arts, media, social sciences, the humanities, and the hard sciences. Speakers were Emmy Award- winning meteorologist David Yeomans , professor in the College of Health Professions Larry Fulton , Texas State alumna Jaz Burgress , free-spirited 2nd grader Jayairus Bryant , graduate student Wren Vogel , and youth hunger advocate Ian McKenna . [2 - 3] FEBRUARY 12, 2022 TEDxTexasStateUniveristy by the numbers: • 303 tickets sold • $1,750 in outside sponsorships • 6 amazing speakers • 1 very talented undergrad MC ( Alex Pittner , Communication Studies major) • 3 past speakers were interviewed for the event • 3 acts ( Madeline Wong Perez , Te Beatnik Bandits , DJ Bartley ) kept the crowd entertained • 2 artists (undergraduates Anna Zust and Jenna Johnson ) shared displays of their work • 2 organizations set up tables during the event about recycling and composting College of Fine Arts and Communication | 9 TEDX TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY