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Gibson Reports New Meredith Apprentice Positions, to Receive Faculty Inspiration Award

Meredith Professional in Residence Deb Gibson reports the following: It is with celebration and excitement that Gibson announces the addition of two new positions for the Meredith Apprentice Program, beginning fall 2016. These two apprenticeships will focus on digital and social media for Meredith titles, and will bring the total of ISU apprentices up to … Continue reading Gibson Reports New Meredith Apprentice Positions, to Receive Faculty Inspiration Award

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Geske Authors Paper on News Bias

Associate Director Joel Geske has had a paper accepted to Teaching Media Quarterly. It is a special edition on Teaching Black Lives Matter and titled “Riot vs. Revelry: News Bias through Visual Media.” He also was was re-appointed to the steering committee for Women’s and Gender Studies program.

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Dahlstrom Reports Two Acceptances to ICA Conference

Associate Professor Michael Dahlstrom reports two acceptances at the upcoming International Communication Association conference in Fukuoka, Japan: The first is a meta-analysis of narrative persuasion experiments between 2000 and 2013 and is co-authored with Jeff Niederdeppe of Cornell. The second is a study exploring the intersection between narrative persuasion and third person perceptions and is … Continue reading Dahlstrom Reports Two Acceptances to ICA Conference

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Bugeja Delivers INA Keynote, to Moderate Book Publication Panel

Director Michael Bugeja has agreed to be “jailed” by the Muscular Dystrophy Association to help raise funds to combat the debilitating disease. The Ames Lock Up takes place on March 18 at the Octagon Center for the Arts. “There will be a makeshift ‘jail’ at the center and I will stay there on that day … Continue reading Bugeja Delivers INA Keynote, to Moderate Book Publication Panel

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Boyles’s Paper Accepted to World Journalism Education Congress,

Assistant Professor Jan Lauren Boyles had a paper accepted to the upcoming World Journalism Education Congress, slated for this July in Auckland, New Zealand. The research focuses on how data journalists integrate new routines into daily news production, and how journalism educators can better prepare future graduates for the dynamic, data-driven newsroom. In teaching, Boyles … Continue reading Boyles’s Paper Accepted to World Journalism Education Congress,

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Wiegand Selected as NCORE Team Leader

Academic Adviser [Jason Wiegand]() has been selected to serve as a 2016-17 National Conference on Race and Ethnicity Team Leader. NCORE is the leading and most comprehensive national forum on issues of race and ethnicity in higher education, bringing together leading experts in the field. The conference assists institutions of higher education in creating inclusive … Continue reading Wiegand Selected as NCORE Team Leader

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Winfrey Gives Several Interviews on 2016 Election, to Host Elect Her Workshop

Assistant Professor Kelly Winfrey, an expert in political communication, has been very active during this presidential election year. She is hosting the “Elect Her” workshop at ISU on Jan. 23, 2016. The American Association of University Women sponsors the workshop and selected ISU as one of fifty locations to host. The workshop trains young women … Continue reading Winfrey Gives Several Interviews on 2016 Election, to Host Elect Her Workshop

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Wiegand Serving as Intertribal Staff Chair on American Indian Faculty and Staff Council; Will Present at ISCORE

Academic Adviser [Jason Wiegand]() has some exciting news. The American Indian Faculty and Staff Council has been approved and included in the Faculty and Staff Diversity Network. Wiegand is serving as Intertribal Staff Chair. Sebastian Braun, director of the American Indian Studies program, is Intertribal Faculty Chair. Wiegand also has two ISCORE proposal acceptances, “Creating … Continue reading Wiegand Serving as Intertribal Staff Chair on American Indian Faculty and Staff Council; Will Present at ISCORE

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Wald’s Collaborative Article, Manuscript to be Published

Assistant Professor [Dara Wald]() reports that a collaborative article exploring the challenges of network capture, shifting stakeholder boundaries and competing knowledge claims in natural resource conservation will be published as part of a special issue in Frontiers in Ecology and Environment. Another manuscript comparing risk perceptions and tolerance for non-native animals in Florida and Hawaii … Continue reading Wald’s Collaborative Article, Manuscript to be Published

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Lucht to have Chapter, Manuscript Published

Assistant Professor [Tracy Lucht]() co-authored a book chapter that will be published in the forthcoming Bad Men and Damaged Women: Gender, Violence, and 21st Century Television (Wayne State University Press, 2016). Her manuscript “From Sob Sister to Society Editor: The Storied Career of Dorothy Ashby Pownall” was accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed Annals of … Continue reading Lucht to have Chapter, Manuscript Published