COM Faculty to Present Research at National Convention
I am pleased to announce that a team of communication graduate students have been selected to present on the Top Papers Panel by the National Communication Association (NCA) Training and Development Division. In addition, COM faculty and graduate students are scheduled to present peer selected research papers and panels at the NCA convention in Washington, D.C. November 21-24 (see list of faculty and graduate student papers below). In all, the MSU Department of Communication will have a strong national presence at this important research conference.
Congratulations to all on a job well done! Go Bears!
Dr. Stephanie Norander, Assistant Professor of Communication/Provost Fellow-Writing
Jaclyn Brandhorst (COM Graduate Student)
Jason Howard (COM Graduate Student)
Rathamanee Sukmuk (COM Graduate Student)
Shuyang Wei (COM Graduate Student)
NATIONAL TOP PAPER PANEL: “Creating Interdisciplinary Connections through Training and Development: A Working Research Report on Training Writing Project Teachers”
Dr. Stephanie Norander, Assistant Professor of Communication/Provost Fellow-Writing
Whitney Coker (COM Graduate Student)
Danae Malone (COM Graduate Student)
Paper/Panel: “Kaboom! Stories of Volunteer Participation”
Melissa Rice (COM Graduate Student)
Paper/Panel: “What Are We? Understanding Relationship Roles of an Open Marriage through an Autoethnographic Account”
Levi Costello (COM Graduate Student)
Andrew Frisbie (COM Graduate Student)
Paper/Panel: Framing Technology/Media Relations (Presented at OSCLG Conference)
Dr. Randy Dillon, Professor of Communication/Director of Graduate Studies
Respondent: “Creating Connections, Enhancing Learning, and Influencing the Academic Success of Students and Instructors”
Respondent: “Language, Identity, and Communication: Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Explorations”
Dr. Stephanie Norander, Assistant Professor of Communication/Provost Fellow-Writing
Paper/Panel: Recalling Reflexivities: Exploring Embodiment in the Field
Respondent: Applied communication research reports coalescing around student communication and the student experience
Dr. Eric Morris, Assistant Professor of Communication/Director of MSU Debate
Paper/Panel: “Making Professional Connections: Insider Advice on Navigating the Job Search Process”
Respondent: “Contemporary Energy Dilemmas: Bridging Debate and Academic Research”
Dr. Kelly Wood, Associate Professor of Communication
Paper/Panel: “Then and now: Examining how consumer communication and attitudes of direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising have changed in the last decade”
Paper/Panel: “Patient Satisfaction and Effectiveness of Teleneurology: A Pilot Investigation”
Dr. Shawn T. Wahl, Professor of Communication/Department Head
Paper/Panel: “Understanding the African-American Student Experience in Higher Education through a Relational Dialectics Perspective”
Shawn Wahl
