November & December 2019 College News

College of Fine Arts and Communication | 9 4 Roseann Mandziuk with alumna Emi Kanemoto at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore 5 Roseann Mandziuk with alums Trent Webb and Goyland Williams at the National Communication Association conference 6 Alumna Marsha Catron Espinosa (M.A. 2007) who was recently named Chief of Staf for U.S. Representative Linda T. Sánchez 10 | November & December | College News Rebekah Fox presented “Current issues in freedom of expression” to the Freedom of Expression Division at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. She chaired a panel entitled “Environmental Risks and Ecological Futures: Visual Representations of Human-Nature Crises in Horror Films” sponsored by the Environmental Communication Division. Rebekah also presented “Fifty years of student speech: Student activism from Tinker to Parkland” to the Freedom of Expression Division. Marian Houser presented “Communication for survival and instruction” to the Instructional Development Division Top Paper Panel at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. Roseann Mandziuk presented “Survive or thrive? Workshop on gender and race in commercials” to the Visual Communication Division at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. [4 - 5 ] She presented “Womentoring: Navigating the emotional labor of committee and service work” and “What’s a wife to do? Communication to survive scandal” to the Women's Caucus. Roseann also presented “Pursuing Fulbright grants” to the International and Intercultural Communication Division. She served as a respondent on the “Making Sense of the #MeToo Movement” panel sponsored by the Feminist and Women Studies Division. At the International Research Conference for Graduate Students at Texas State University, Roseann was one of three featured faculty panelists in the session, "Finding Truth in Research." Josh Miller presented “Surviving the weaponization of Twitter: Analyzing Trump, Ocasio-Cortez, the Conways, and the politically charged minefeld of modern social media warfare to the Political Communication Division at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. He also chaired a panel discussion entitled “Surviving Graduate School as a Debate Coach.” Mark Paz presented “Triving instead of surviving? Te role of theory of planned behavior in assessing the basic course” at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. Melinda Villagran presented “LGBTQIAP+ peer advocates’ health communication for student health outreach and intersectional identities” to the Health Communication Division at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. STUDENT ACCOLADES Luke Dye presented, “Te Hero’s Journey of T’Challa: Marvel’s Black Panther as Contemporary Mythmaking” to the National Communication Association annual convention in Baltimore. He also presented “Te Language of Truth: An Exploration of Metaphors in Te Abolition of Man ” to the Religious Communication Association annual conference in Baltimore. Sean Dyhre presented “Triving instead of surviving? Te role of theory of planned behavior in assessing the basic course” at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. Katherine Head 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. She also presented “Say what you meme: How memes communicate emotion in status updates” at the conference. Alan Grant presented “Taking the feld: A rhetorical analysis of how Black athletes at San Jose State College used a football game as a means of protest” at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. Victoria Miller presented “Survival after Hurricane Maria: Myth and narrative in Trump’s crisis response” at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. She also presented “Representation matters: Negotiating intersectionality via a critical cultural textual analysis of NBC’s ‘Superstore’” at the conference. Jaysen Sneed presented “Surviving communication education: Te Black male perspective” at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. ALUMNI ACCOLADES Logan Carpenter (M.A. 2018) completed her HASTAC Scholar fellowship for 2017-2019. Focusing on sexual violence in universities and organizations, her fnal blog addressed the need for trauma informed university instruction entitled, “Te Price to Pay for being a Survivor: Te Need for Trauma-Informed Universities.” Marsha Catron Espinosa (M.A. 2007) [6] was recently named Chief of Staf for U.S. Representative Linda T. Sánchez. She previously served as Chief of Staf for Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán and as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Afairs at the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to that, she worked for Senator Dianne Feinstein and Bill Richardson. Kara Holsinger (B.A. 2005) currently practices Administrative Law in the Texas State Attorney General’s Ofce. She recently presented a talk to the Honors College describing her journey from her frst year at Texas State to the Attorney General’s Ofce. Lauren Lee (M.A. 2019) completed her HASTAC Scholar fellowship for 2017-2019. Focusing on disability and inclusion in teaching, work, and life, her fnal blog was co-written with M.A. alumna Jacqui Parchois called, “AcCOMModating Disabilities: Best Practices for Organizational Communication about Disability Accommodation at Work.” She also presented “Communication about sexual histories between MSM and WSW: An exploration of heterosexual, gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals” at the National Communication Association conference in Baltimore. #ALUMNISPOTLIGHT Megan Pope (M.A. 2008) is a Lecturer with Texas A&M University-San Antonio. She was recently honored with a Cicero Award, a national speechwriting award, for writing a TEDx Talk entitled “#MenToo: Breaking the Silence of Male Trauma Survivors.” She also served as a TEDx coach for the event. 11