Faculty and Staff

Innovation award recognizes heroic advising during the pandemic
Twenty-seven employees with student services or academic advising roles are recipients of Iowa State's Innovation and Exceptional Advising During COVID Award. The recognition, organized in the provost's office, honors employees who "went above and beyond in their academic advising from spring 2020 through fall 2021" in response to the COVID-19 world pandemic. Read More

February 15, 2022
Boyles named faculty fellow for high impact practices
Jan Lauren Boyles, associate professor and director of graduate education in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, has been named faculty fellow in the office of the senior vice president and provost for a two-year term. Read More

November 18, 2021
Greenlee faculty and staff named recipients of 2021 Liberal Arts and Sciences and Iowa State University awards
Greenlee faculty and staff have been named 2021 Iowa State University and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences award recipients. Read More

September 7, 2021
Debra Solberg Gibson named Greenlee School’s 2021 James W. Schwartz Award recipient
The Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University has named Debra Solberg Gibson the recipient of its 2021 James W. Schwartz Award. Gibson will be recognized at the Oct. 1 Greenlee School Advisory Council Meeting and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Honors and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 21. Read More

September 7, 2021
Andy J. King receives National Cancer Institute grant to study colon cancer screening messaging
Greenlee Assistant Profesor Andy J. King was awarded a $396,908 grant from the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute (NCI) to study communication related to colon cancer screening (CRCS). King will lead a team of researchers from Iowa State, Cornell University and New York University to monitor and evaluate public information and communication disparities about CRCS. Read More

May 24, 2021
Giles Fowler posthumously awarded ISUAA 2021 Faculty/Staff Inspiration Award
The late Giles Fowler, associate professor emeritus of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, has been posthumously named a recipient of 2021 Faculty/Staff Inspiration Award by the Iowa State University Alumni Association. Fowler and the other awardees will be recognized Friday, June 4, during a virtual ceremony. Registration closes at noon on June 3. Read More

May 6, 2021
Navigating risk communications during a pandemic
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic a year ago, Dara Wald, assistant professor of environmental communication in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, had no idea how relevant her course Risk Perceptions and Communication (JLMC 560) would be for the graduate students in her class then and now. Read More

April 22, 2021
Narratives can help science counter misinformation on vaccines
As public health agencies ramp up efforts to educate people about the COVID-19 vaccines, narratives can be a powerful tool. In a paper published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ISU's Michael Dahlstrom examined how narratives or storytelling can help counter misinformation and provide a connection between science and the human experience. Read More

April 22, 2021
Graduate students study relationship between food and media in Greenlee seminar course
Graduate students learned how media products can be used to tell stories, share news and unite people for a greater cause around food systems in a course taught by Laura Witzling, assistant professor in the Greenlee School. Read More

January 7, 2021
Novotny Lawrence to present LAS Dean’s Lecture Nov. 5
Associate Professor Novotny Lawrence will present the Fall 2020 Dean’s Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. online. The lecture, “White Mansions, Black Bodies: Jordan Peele’s 'Get Out' and the New Age Slave Plantation,” will discuss the horror thriller, demonstrating the ways in which the director employs traditional filmmaking storytelling tropes to examine contemporary racial politics. Read More

October 15, 2020