September 2023 College News

Zoom to Sacramento State University on “Ethnography and Research Ethics.” Elizabeth welcomed six visiting Communication Studies scholars to her COMM 5303: Qualitative Research Methods in Communication seminar, including: Shawna Malvini Redden, Robert Gutierrez-Perez, Michael Tristano Jr., Ana Terminel Iberri, and TXST alumni Emily Pollard and Lauren Lee. Kristen Farris had "Employee culture of health perceptions and the development of a training intervention" accepted to the International Journal of Workplace Health Management . The piece was co- authored with Tricia Burke and Michael Burns . She also published “Pandemic pedagogy and turbulence in the teacher-student relationship” in the Texas Speech Communication Journal with co-authors Marian Houser and Erik Timmerman . Nikkie Saldivar Hodgson joins the Department of Communication Studies this fall as an Assistant Professor of Practice. Nikkie earned a B.A. in Journalism from Texas State University, an M.A. in Communication Studies from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and a Ph.D. focusing on Organizational Leadership from Our Lady of the Lake University. [1] Marian Houser published “The student veteran instructional communication training (SVIC): An analysis of student veteran instructional needs and corresponding instructional behaviors” in The Journal of Communication Pedagogy with M.A. alum Trevor Kauer. She also published “Pandemic pedagogy and turbulence in the teacher-student relationship” in the Texas Speech Communication Journal with co-authors Kristen Farris and Erik Timmerman . Marian Houser , Kristen Farris , and Matthew Winn along with Fine Arts faculty Daris Hale and Ian Davidson led 40 students to London and Paris. 36 undergrad students were enrolled in both COMM 1310 and MU 2313 (Intro to Fine Arts), three COMM College of Fine Arts and Communication | 9 graduate students were enrolled in COMM 5324 (Instructional COMM), and one music graduate student was enrolled in a music pedagogy course. [2] Roseann Mandziuk received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Professor/Associate Professor rank. Marek Muller received the Top Overall Paper award for the Conference on Communication & The Environment held by the International Environmental Communication Association. The paper, “Woke sausages at the Cracker Barrel,” is a rhetorical analysis of the summer 2022 social media backlash against Cracker Barrel by patrons angry at the inclusion of meatless sausage on the breakfast menu. Manu Pokharel and Johnny Angel Vasallo monitored several OSHA-funded safety trainings on Temperature Extremes. Johnny assisted with the grant activities over the summer, culminating in a training organized for CPS Energy San Antonio. The training was facilitated by two OSHA trainers, a graduate student from Engineering Technology, Johnny, and Manu. The project was funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor in 2022. [3] Philip Salem published Organizational Communication Dynamics and Higher Education . The book provides an analysis, synthesis, and application of over 50 years of organizational communication higher education research. Topics range from burnout and morale to student recruitment and organizational change. The volume addresses a current and pressing need at research universities, undergraduate programs, and community colleges and helps higher education scholars, researchers, and administrators confront organizational communication challenges. Erik Timmerman published “Pandemic pedagogy and turbulence in the teacher-student relationship” in the Texas Speech Communication Journal with co-authors Kristen Farris and Marian Houser .