October2018CollegeNews

College of Fine Arts and Communication | 7 EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR 1 Elizabeth K. Eger’s graduate students learning qualitative methods in the community 2 Brad Palmisano, featured guest speaker, at the Chief Learning Ofcer Symposium in Houston 3 M.A. student Jordan Taylor who was accepted into the Organizational Communication Mini- Conference at Rutgers University 6 | October | 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 Michael Burns traveled with the Undergraduate Admissions Ofce to the Dallas-Fort Worth area to serve as keynote speaker at two Counselor Updates. He spoke to over 200 high school guidance counselors and community college advisors about why their students should consider Texas State while highlighting the culture of the university. Susan Hazzard, the Director of Public Relations for USA Track and Field, spoke to Michael’s Sport Communication class about the value of communication skills in the sports and provided advice on ways to break into the sports industry. Elizabeth K. Eger gave an invited public lecture for the Texas State Society of Women Engineers on “Unconscious Bias in STEM Education.” Her Qualitative Research Methods and Communication graduate students practiced participant observation methods by visiting local organizations at LBJ and Sessom to learn qualitative methods in the community. [1] Marian Houser completed Texas State University’s 40-hour Foundations of Online Course Design and Development program. Completing the course is a prerequisite for being approved to teach in the online format and meets SACSCOC requirements for online instructors. She will teach Communication 2315: Interpersonal Communication in an online format during the spring 2019 semester. Maureen Keeley served as the representative for the Department of Communication Studies at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Field of Studies planning process. Tis set of meetings is a means for developing collaborative agreements about the courses that will transfer from Texas community colleges into 4-year university curricula. By working with the committee, Dr. Keeley helped identify courses that students can complete at a community college that will serve to meet lower-division degree requirements for the Bachelor’s degree at a 4-year university. STUDENT ACCOLADES M.A. student Trevor Kauer was co-author of a published chapter in Te Palgrave Handbook of Deceptive Communication entitled “Efects of deception on the deceiver: An interdisciplinary view.” M.A. student Brad Palmisano was a featured guest speaker at the Chief Learning Ofcer Symposium in Houston. Along with Shonna Waters, Regional Vice President of Behavioral Science at BetterUp, Brad shared research data to reveal how personalized coaching programs and earning interventions have changed employee behavior, allowing organizational members to thrive through periods of change and uncertainty. [2] M.A. student Jordan Taylor was accepted into the Organizational Communication Mini-Conference at Rutgers University. She will present a poster on her critical literature review entitled, “Women of Color: White- Collar Work.” [3] ALUMNI ACCOLADES Laura Brown (M.A. 2013) is fnishing a Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Evaluation at the University of Kentucky. She recently accepted the position of Senior Instructional Designer at Texas Woman’s University in Dallas. Dana Dinsmore (M.A. 2015) is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Arizona. Kristal Gault (B.A. 2003 & M.A., 2008) serves in the Department of the Air Force Public Afairs division. She has recently been promoted as a Department of the Air Force civilian and will be relocating to the Pentagon where she will work on Communication Strategy and Assessments for high-visibility, Air Force-wide programs. Holly Wallner (B.A. 2018) is the Aquatics Director at Southwest Pool Management in Spring, Texas. Jeremy Hutchins was honored with the Educator of the Year Award by the Texas Intercollegiate Forensics Association. Te award was presented at the Texas Speech Communication Association annual convention in Corpus Christi. Jeremy is a Senior Lecturer who teaches a variety of classes including Fundamentals of Human Communication, Small Group Communication, Public Speaking, Rhetorical Criticism, Argumentation and Debate, and Advanced Public Speaking. Jeremy is a past recipient of the Golden Apple Award for Undergraduate Teaching and a 5 time departmental nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching.