November & December 2019 College News

1 Michael hosting a CoSearch competition with the theme “Te Farm of the Future” 2 Stephanie Dailey and Katherine Head at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore 3 Dean, John Fleming and Dr. Rebekah Fox at her Dean's Seminar Presentation 8 | November & December | 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 Steven Beebe published Communicating in Small Groups: Principles and Practices, (12th edition) . He presented "Te search for the core of the Communication discipline: A resource survival kit" to the National Communication Association Conference in Baltimore. Steven presented “A Leader's Skill in Listening" to the Governor of Texas Executive Development Program in Galveston. He also presented "We've Got To Stop Meeting Like Tis!" to the staf of the Ofce of Student Afairs at the University of Texas-Austin. Ann Burnette presented “Current issues in freedom of expression” to the Freedom of Expression Division at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. She also presented “Rhetorical histories and the frames of politics” to the American Society for the History of Rhetoric. Michael Burns hosted the frst “Communication Studies Career Readiness Networking Event.” Tis event was part of the new COMM Career Readiness program for both undergraduate and graduate students who receive specialized career advising and are also paired with an Alumni Mentor. Over 40 people attended the event, including 15 Alumni Mentors. He also presented research focused on using theory in Basic Course Assessment at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. Michael hosted a CoSearch competition at North Dakota State University, guiding 25 faculty through the CoSearch process. Proposed research ideas focused on the theme, “Te Farm of the Future.” Te event was featured in Agriculture Week , a weekly agricultural and food science research newspaper reporting on the latest developments in agriculture and food production. [ 1 ] Stephanie Dailey published “Upward social comparisons and posting under the infuence: Investigating social media behaviors of U.S. adults with Generalized Anxiety Disorder” in S potlight on Mental Health Research . Te paper has been featured on KVUE news, the Texas State Newsroom, and Bobcat Update. She also presented “Surviving scrutiny: Incorporating research & practice into T&D programs” to the Training and Development Division Top Paper Panel at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. [ 2 ] Elizabeth K. Eger published, “Pushing beyond positionalities and through ‘failures’ in qualitative organizational communication: Experiences and lessons on identities in ethnographic praxis” in Management Communication Quarterly . Tis piece explores vignettes of ethnography in organizational communication and creates collective lessons for future ethnography research. Elizabeth presented “Examining university leaders’ applied communication about faculty diversity and inclusion” to the Applied Communication Division at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. She presented “LGBTQIAP+ peer advocates’ health communication for student health outreach and intersectional identities” to the Health Communication Division. Elizabeth also presented “Representation matters: Negotiating intersectionality via a critical cultural textual analysis of NBC’s ‘Superstore’” to the Critical and Cultural Studies Division. She presented “Surviving the binary? Teaching gender communication in a gender fuid world” to the Women's Caucus. Kristen Farris presented “Interpersonal communication and coping with cancer: A preliminary systematic integrative review” to the Interpersonal Communication Division at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. She also presented “Triving instead of surviving? Te role of theory of planned behavior in assessing the basic course.” Kristen participated on a panel entitled “More than survival: Using basic course retention research to strengthen the role of the basic course for colleges and universities.” She also served as a respondent on a panel in the Instructional Development Division entitled, “Communication predictors and processes that infuence academic outcomes and success: Exploring cognitive, psychological, and behavioral links.” DEANS SEMINAR On October 30, 2019, Associate Professor Dr. Rebekah Fox gave her Dean's Seminar presentaion titled "Rhetoric and Resilience: Learning from Unintended Outcomes and the Vital Role of Narrative." For over twenty years, Dr. Fox has studied and taught about how humans infuence one another through the power of rhetoric. For over a decade, she has studied how wildland frefghters communicate before, during, and after unplanned events. In this presentation, Dr. Fox discussed how each area of inquiry has informed the other with a particular focus on the role of storytelling in building resilience. College of Fine Arts and Communication | 9