January February 2023 College News

College of Fine Arts and Communication | 11 FACULTY ACCOLADES Ann Burnette delivered a talk on the arguments used by woman suffrage leaders at the program “Selling Suffrage: Words and Symbols to Win the Vote and the ERA.” The occasion was a fundraising event for the Turning Point Suffrage 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 affection or control.” Michael Burns was the keynote speaker at The 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. This workshop was based off 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, Pacific 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] C3 The Center for Communication, Collaboration & Creativit y (C3) SPRING SOCIAL AT INDUSTRY The C3 Team will be hosting a Spring Social at local restaurant, Industry, from 4 PM to 6 PM on Wednesday, March 8. All CoFAC faculty are welcome to attend this informal come-and-go event and enjoy some appetizers courtesy of Dean Fleming. Faculty will have the opportunity to catch up with colleagues from all five units in the college and ask the C3 Team questions about pursuing internal and external funding opportunities. The spring semester is going fast and Spring Break is right around the corner. Take some time to enjoy yourself and have some great conversations with the rest of our wonderful CoFAC faculty! If you have any questions about this event please contact the C3 Team. OFF ICE OF RESEARCH AND SPONSORED PROGRAMS IS NOW THE DIVISION OF RESEARCH In early February, Texas State University President, Dr. Kelly Damphousse, announced that the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs would be elevated and renamed the Division of Research. The head of the newly named Division of Research, Dr. Shreek Mandayam will now assume the role of Vice President for Research and serve on the president’s cabinet. These changes are being made as a part of the university’s goal to “Run to R1” which would be accomplished by TXST earning the designation of one of the most active research institutions in the country. C3 will continue to work with the knowledgeable and hardworking staff at the Division of Research to pursue external funding for CoFAC faculty and manage their funds after an award has been granted. Any CoFAC faculty who are interested in pursing external funding should reach out to Matthew Winn at mwinn@txstate.edu . HAVE AN IDEA ?! CONTACT MatthewWinn C3 Team 512.245.0040 mwinn@txstate.edu RESOURCE GUIDE: The Resource Guide was created to help faculty find and obtain funding and provide support in managing awards for research and creative projects. Meredith Williams C3 Team 512.245.6719 mc65@txstate.edu