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What is going on in the Department of Communication

Dr. Shawn Wahl, head of Department of Communication
Dr. Shawn Wahl, COM head

COM Faculty and Graduate Student Research and Regional Leadership

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Dr. Shawn Wahl, head of Department of Communication
Dr. Shawn Wahl,
COM head

I am pleased to announce that a group of COM faculty and graduate students have just returned from presenting peer selected research papers and panels at the Central States Communication Association (CSCA) convention in Kansas City (see list of faculty and graduate student papers below). I am also pleased to announce that Dr. Randy Dillon was elected to another term as Chair of the CSCA States Advisory Council—congratulations to Dr. Dillon for being elected to this important regional leadership position. In addition, I will be on ballot for the 2nd Vice President position of CSCA—this association has been my regional academic home for many years so I am honored to be considered for this position. In all, the MSU Department of Communication was well represented at this important research conference.

Congratulations to all on a job well done! Go Bears!

Shawn Wahl

Faculty and graduate student research and panels

  • Dr. Nick Carcioppolo, Assistant Professor of Communication
    • Presented “Entertainment Television and Persuasion: The Mediational Role of Discrete Emotion in the Media Influence Process” in the Competitive Papers in Health Communication panel
  • Dr. Randy Dillon, Professor of Communication/Director of Graduate Studies
    • Participant in Central States Communication Association Executive Committee Meeting as the States Advisory Council Chair
    • Chair for State of Missouri Showcase—Teaching Politics: The Applicability of Political Discourse to the Communication Classroom
    • Chair for State of Missouri Showcase—Performance Across The Curriculum: Pathways to Enriched Learning
    • Chair for the States Advisory Council Business Meeting
    • Respondent for Undergraduate Honors Research Conference Poster Session I
    • Participant in Central States Communication Association Executive Committee Meeting as the States Advisory Council Chair
  • Dana Dominguez (COM graduate student)
    • Presented “Rhetoric in the Vernacular: Identification and Symbolic Convergence in Robert Kenner’s Food, Inc.” in the Modes for Change: Shaping Social Issues through Communication and Media panel
  • Dr. Elizabeth Dudash, Associate Professor of Communication
    • Presented “Constructing Civility: A Citizen-Centered Inquiry” in Playing Nice: The Political Civility of Citizens and Politicians
    • Chair for Modes for Change: Shaping Social Issues through Communication and Media
    • Presented “Doing Women a Disservice? Feminine Style, the Cult of Domesticity, and Political Identity” in Competitive Papers in the Women’s Caucus II with Dr. Susan Waters
  • Carmen Garcia (COM graduate student)
    • Presented “The Predominance of Scene and Purpose in Environmental Rhetoric: Burke’s Pentad Applied to Al Gore’s Power Shift 2011 Speech” in the Modes for Change: Shaping Social Issues through Communication and Media panel
  • Kelly Nickel (COM graduate student)
    • Presented “The Meaning behind the Metaphor: Analysis of the 2011 News Coverage of the “Arab Spring’” in Prayer, Public Memory, and Politics: Communication Constructs the Possible
    • Presented “Media Conceptualizations of Women’s Health Issues: Contraceptive Coverage in the Affordable Care Act” in the Modes for Change: Shaping Social Issues through Communication and Media panel
  • Kate Shellenberg (COM graduate student)
    • Presented “The Meaning behind the Metaphor: Analysis of the 2011 News Coverage of the ‘Arab Spring’” in Prayer, Public Memory, and Politics: Communication Constructs the Possible
  • David Van Bebber (MA in COM alum)
    • Presented “The Koran on the Cross: A Qualitative Analysis of Islamophobia and Evangelicalism” in Communicating the Possible in Divergent Cultural Contexts
  • Dr. Shawn Wahl, Professor of Communication/Department Head
    • Chair for Practices, Philosophies, and Possibilities of Performative Collaborative Writing.
    • Respondent for Communication Education Top Papers
    • Presented “Teaching the College Persuasion Course”
  • Dr. Kelly Wood, Associate Professor of Communication
    • Presented “Talk to Your Doctor About Whether This is Right for You: Physician Perceptions of Communication with Their Patients about Direct-to-Consumer Advertisements” in Competitive Papers in Health Communication with Dr. Maria L. Cronley