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1 Te selected Star Storytellers, Susannah Bannon (Top Left), Emma Swonke, James Ortiz and Robert Boley 2 Te second faculty-led event, entitled “AccessABILITY: Confronting Assumptions About Diference" 3 Ann Burnette's (Top Left) presentation "From the Bully Pulpit to the Tweeter-in-Chief: One Hundred Years of the Rhetorical Presidency" 6 | 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 Susannah Bannon was selected as one of four Star Storytellers by the University Star . [ 1 ] “Star Stories: True Stories of Life at Texas State” features true personal narratives that reveal something about our community’s greatest challenges and greatest opportunities. Michael Burns was the keynote speaker at the opening ceremonies for the Southwest Afliate of College and University Resident Halls. He spoke about the value of relational leadership and how it can help us thrive in 2020. Over 200 students from four states and Mexico attended the event. Elizabeth K. Eger published "Reimagining qualitative analysis and writing via a comparative constructed focus group method" in Departures in Critical Qualitative Research . Te article compares research addressing youth organizations and work-life using a newly-developed method of qualitative data analysis and writing based around retrospectively constructed focus groups and researcher dialogue. Kristen Farris published, “Te road to hel(l)icopter teaching: How do instructors make sense of their helicopter teaching behaviors and student efects?” in Qualitative Research Reports in Communication . Te paper was co- authored with Marian Houser and M.A. alums Trevor Kauer and Logan Carpenter Kennedy . Kristen presented “'Parties happen a lot less than what the movies say they do': Expectancy violations of First-Generation College Students" to the Instructional Development Division of the National Communication Association convention. Te paper was co-authored with Stephanie Dailey and M.A. alum, Jorlanditha Austin . She also presented research surrounding faculty and student interactions during the transition to virtual learning due to the novel coronavirus pandemic on a spotlight panel at the National Communication Association convention entitled, “Communication at the Crossroads Series: COVID-19 and Implications for the Instruction of Communication.” Te piece was co-authored with Marian Houser and Erik Timmerman . Kristen presented to a group of Ph.D. students at the University of Texas at Austin on an alumni panel entitled, “Te Academic Job Search.” Cassandra LeClair provided relational communication advice that was cited across several popular press outlets, such as Women’s Health, Yahoo, MSN, Bustle, and Best Life. She also presented a workshop on establishing boundaries and interpersonal needs to Austin Professional Women in Building. Cassandra was featured as a communication expert on the podcasts FemmeRadio and Te Death of a Dream. Roseann Mandziuk received the 2020 T. Earle Johnson-Edwin Paget Distinguished Service Award from the Southern States Communication Association. Te award honors SSCA members who, through their service and leadership to the Association and the profession, have made signifcant contributions. STUDENT ACCOLADES M.A. students Luke Dye and Daniel Galindo presented their research paper entitled, “Te Emotional Impact of Computer-Mediated Communication: Using Emotional Response Teory to Explain Emojis as Emotion Evoking Lexicons" in a Scholar-to-Scholar session of the National Communication Association's annual convention. M.A. students Madeline Martinson and Jovana Andelkovic presented their research paper entitled, “Assessing Students’ Perceptions of Instructor Requests for Forms of Address and Likelihood of Future Interaction” to the Instructional Development Division of the National Communication Association's annual convention. M.A. students Yifan Xu , Michael Cavanagh , and Toni Yrlas presented their research paper entitled, “Te Infuence of Leadership Styles and Supervisor Communication on Employee Burnout” to the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association's annual convention. ALUMNI ACCOLADES Megan Pope (B.A., 2006 & M.A. 2008). Is currently a lecturer at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. She recently launched her speechwriting website, Te Communication Revolution, which provides customized speechwriting and public speaking coaching. DEPARTMENT ACCOLADES Te Department of Communication Studies hosted the frst three faculty-led events in an ongoing series that focuses upon scholarship and practice addressing diversity and inclusion. Te frst event was called, “Te Tree I’s of Privilege: Identify, Impact, and Internalize.” Participants engaged in active discussion of these issues to better understand diferent experiences of all members of our university community. Te second event, entitled “AccessABILITY: Confronting Assumptions About Diference.” [ 2 ] Te event featured facilitated exercises and conversations centered on deconstructing assumptions about disability accessibility at Texas State, and how we can take concrete steps towards inclusivity. Te third event was “Communicating (In)Justice: Native American Transgender and Non- binary Experiences of Discrimination, Violence, and DEAN ' S SEMINAR Ann Burnette delivered a Dean's Seminar presentation entitled "From the Bully Pulpit to the Tweeter-in-Chief: One Hundred Years of the Rhetorical Presidency." Te Dean's Seminar was conducted via Zoom. [ 3] To view her presentation, click here. College of Fine Arts and Communication | 7