March 2023 College News

College of Fine Arts and Communication | 5 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) DONT SAY R.I.P TO YOUR REP WORKSHOP ON FRIDAY APRIL 21 AT 3 P.M. All faculty are invited to learn more about how they can take an unawarded Research Enhancement Program (REP) proposal and turn it into a successful internal or externally funded project. College of Fine Arts and Communication (CoFAC) Pre-Award Research Coordinator, Matthew Winn will lead this workshop. Matthew has successfully helped faculty reapply for REP projects and pursue external funding over the past six years. The hour-long workshop will be held via Zoom on Friday, April 21 at 3 PM. This workshop will include a discussion on how to obtain and use REP feedback, revising and resubmitting a REP application, looking for external funding, and writing a work plan and letter of intent. Although this workshop is primarily designed for faculty who have applied for the REP, any faculty who are hoping to find funding for their research or creative project will benefit from participating. If you are interested in resurrecting your REP, please sign up for the Don’t Say R.I.P. to your REP Workshop on the C3 Center’s website! If you are unable to attend this workshop, a recorded video will be posted to C3’s website in the days after. Please email Matthew Winn (mwinn@ txstate.edu ) if you have any questions. F IND GRANT FUNDING RELATED TO YOUR UNIT OF C3 ’S EXTERNAL FUNDING PAGE Looking for funding opportunities can be tedious and time-consuming work. Fortunately, the C3 Team’s External Funding page gives you the tools you need, such as a consistently updated list of funding opportunities organized by academic unit, as well as search tools such as PIVOT (see recorded PIVOT Workshop) and Foundation Directory Online. If you do find a funding opportunity that you think might be a good fit for your project, please reach out to your Pre-Award Research Coordinator, Matthew Winn (mwinn@txstate.edu ), to discuss how to proceed. 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