November_Decemebr2022_CollegeNews

10 | November & December | College News Kirara Nagatsuka presented in the final round of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition Career Readiness hosted the fall CSCR Networking Event This year's TEDx theme is compleXity 4 5 6 Manu was named co-project director of an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Susan Harwood Targeted Topic Training Grant. The goal of the project is to educate diverse workers about heat and cold stress hazards, help them identify symptoms, and train them to manage and treat extreme temperature- related health issues. It also seeks to empower the workers by highlighting employee rights, employer responsibilities, whistleblower laws, OSHA’s Complaint Policies and Procedures, and anti-retaliation provisions through the training modules. Manu will develop promotional and training materials, advertise the training sessions, assist in revising training materials, and evaluate the effectiveness of the training. Manu presented “Using Narratives to Correct Politically Charged Health Misinformation and Address Affective Belief Echoes” to the Health Communication Division at the National Communication Association convention in New Orleans. She also presented “Depicted Regret, Character Death, and Vaccination Intentions: A Social Media Experiment” which was co-authored with M.A. student Kirara Nagatsuka. C. Erik Timmerman published "Illuminating the faculty voice: Lessons from the pandemic to prepare for future crises" in Qualitative Research Reports in Communication . The article was co-authored with Marian Houser and Kristen Farris, along with M.A. alum, Luke Dye. Melinda Villagran presented “Death and Dying during a Global Pandemic: Strategies for Renewing Commitment, and Transforming Fear to Hope, at End-of- Life” to the Communication and Aging Division at the National Communication Association convention in New Orleans. Melinda Villagran is the Executive Director of Texas State's Translational Health Research Center, leading applied health research programs with community partners to improve health and increase resilience in Texas.