Achievements

Michael Bruner, Laura Hahn, Nicole Sheldon

Communication

Communication Professors Michael Bruner and Laura Hahn and alumna Nicole Sheldon have published their essay, "Unhappy with your Food? Communicate!" in Vol. 9 Issue 5 of Communication Currents.

The essay is translated from the scholarly article: Bruner, M., Hahn, L., & Sheldon, N. (2014). _The petition clause and food advocacy. First Amendment Studies, 48, 61-76._

The essay is available "online at the National Communication Association website":http://www.natcom.org/CommCurrentsArticle.aspx?id=5382.

Dr. Michael S. Bruner

Communication

Communication Professor Michael S. Bruner has been appointed to the Editorial Board of the journal, "Argumentation and Advocacy." Bruner joins a group of scholars from across the nation in support of one of the leading communication journals on advocacy, argumentation, debate, public discourse, and public deliberation.

Armeda Reitzel

Communication

Dr. Armeda Reitzel, professor of Communication, will present her paper "Connections in the Co-creation of Identity in Internationally Adopted Youth" at the International Communication Association conference in Seattle, WA May 22-26, 2014. This paper combines Dr. Reitzel's research areas of intercultural communication and adolescent communication.

James Floss

Communication

Communication Lecturer James Floss brought the acclaimed novella "Fup" by Jim Dodge to stage in a word-for-word production over the last two weekends. The current Book of the Year adaptation featured alumni of the Chamber Readers and was presented in classic readers theatre style.

Armeda Reitzel

Communication

Armeda Reitzel, professor of Communication, presented her paper on "The colorful trends of tie-dye as fashion, subcultural artifact, and metaphor" at the Popular Culture Association Conference in Chicago, IL on April 18, 2014. Her paper was part of a panel session on "Fashion, Style, Appearance, Consumption and Design I: Global Subcultural Style."

Michael S. Bruner, Laura K. Hahn, Nicole B. Sheldon

Communication

Michael S. Bruner, Laura K. Hahn and Nicole B. Sheldon had their essay, “The Petition Clause and Food Advocacy" published in First Amendment Studies, Vol. 8, Issue 1 (2014): 61-76. The essay explores California Proposition 37 (for labeling GM food), presents a model of "petition" and breaks new ground by expanding First Amendment studies beyond "freedom of speech."

Laura Hahn & Michael Bruner

Communication

Communication Professors Dr. Laura Hahn and Dr. Michael Bruner published the lead article in Teaching Media Quarterly (Winter 2014). The article, "Film Food and Finances: Students Engaging in Food Insecurity," presents a pedagogical strategy situated at the nexus of food media and students’ personal engagement with food security, food insecurity and food landscapes in the U.S.

Tiffany Longcor and Kayla Trotter

Communication

Tiffany Longcor and Kayla Trotter, senior Communication majors, helped to conduct a survey of visitors at The Morris Graves Museum of Art during ARTS ALIVE! on March 1, 2014. The research project, directed by Dr. Michael Bruner, explored the organization-community relationship and will provide potentially useful information to the Museum. This project is an example of the College's support of undergraduate research and commitment to the arts.

Michal S. Bruner, Laura K.Hahn, Nicole B. Sheldon

Communication

Communication professors Michael Bruner, Laura Hahn and student Nicole Sheldon authored "The Petition Cause and Food Advocacy." The essay will be published in the journal, "First Amendment Studies."

Armeda Reitzel

Communication

Armeda Reitzel, Professor of Communication, has been chosen to participate in the National Communication Association's Student Learning Outcomes in Communication Project. The goals of the project are to productively support curriculum planning and improvement within the Communication discipline, and to help position Communication centrally in institutions’ general education curriculum development efforts. The project is funded by a grant that the National Communication Association received from the Lumina Foundation.