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Communication News Passion leads to homeland security hen Karinda it. When Padgett recommended Washington (MA- that Washington check out posi- Communication ’10) tions with the federal government, was growing up in Washington took the challenge ,W she thought she would and applied for an external affairs work in the field of medicine. But position within DHS’s Private one rotation in an OB-GYN’s Sector Office. office made her rethink her plans. “I read the position description “It struck a chord in me that I and said, ‘This is so me,’ but I want to take care of people … but also thought, ‘I’ll never get this I want to take care of people who job,’” Washington said. Obvi- are alive,” she said. ously, she was wrong. She joined So Washington immediately the department in 2011. changed course. That new path In 2015, Washington received would lead to the nation’s capital the DHS Innovator of the Year and a position with the Depart- Award for implementing the ment of Homeland Security. department’s Loaned Executive Last year, Washington became Program and for creating Exem- the first permanent chief of staff plar, the department’s training- of the DHS Office of Partnership with-industry pilot program. and Engagement. The office The Loaned Executive Program coordinates DHS’s outreach allows DHS to bring in executives efforts with critical stakeholders and subject-matter experts from nationwide — including state, for-profit private sector entities to local, tribal and territorial gov- Washington’s graduate profes- Karinda Washington assist the agency in tackling some ernments; elected officials; law sor and adviser, Donyale Padgett, was inspired by her of its most challenging issues. enforcement; the private sector; Ph.D., gave her the impetus to graduate adviser to Washington now regularly con- and academia — to ensure a apply for a position at the agency. reach for a dream job. sults with other federal agencies unified approach to external Padgett, she says, urged students on how to establish their own engagement. to identify a dream job and go for versions of the programs. •

Department of Communication teaching and research honored

Numerous awards were bestowed upon Department State’s 2018 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching: of Communication faculty and students in 2018. Shelly Najor, Ph.D., senior lecturer and director of the Alicia Nails, lecturer and director of the Journalism undergraduate public relations program, and Kelly Institute for Media Diversity, was named 2018 National Young, Ph.D., associate professor of communication and Association of Black Journalists Educator of the Year. Nails director of forensics. Young also received the 2018 John was honored to be recognized by the NABJ, saying her T. Warren Mentorship Award from the Central States award is a testament to the amazing students and alumni Communication Association. of the Wayne State journalism program. In August, the department awarded Jaclyn Gaule the Alicia Nails Two department faculty members received Wayne See Communication Honors on page 7 FROM THE CHAIR | Katheryn C. Maguire

Change is the new normal

Department of Communication have collected much over the years, and chose to take it with me when I moved from 585 Manoogian Hall Denton to Austin to Fort Collins to Windsor to Cleveland, and finally to Detroit. As Detroit, MI 48201 II prepared to move into my current office, I sifted through boxes of teaching files, 313-577-2943 coursework (my own), research and memorabilia, reflecting on everything that has taken place since I began my academic journey 23 years ago. [email protected] Now, I am nearly overwhelmed by all the changes ahead as I continue my first year as chair. Thankfully, I have students, fac- ulty and staff to keep me grounded, excited and ready for what About us lies ahead. This year’s newsletter explains why I have such opti- The Department of Communication mism for the future. is part of Wayne State’s College of Fine, First, it is clear we have an amazing faculty. They have won Performing and Communication Arts. awards for their teaching and research (Page 1), earned presti- With approximately 630 undergraduate gious speaking invitations from universities around the world majors and 150 graduate students, the (Page 9), and published cutting-edge research in books and department is diverse and dynamic, journals (Pages 9-12). They have also inspired countless under- featuring programs in communication graduate and graduate students to achieve their goals. I have heard from a number of studies, media arts and studies, film, alumni recently and am excited to share their successes (Pages 14-15). journalism, public relations and dispute Second, we have dynamic programs and opportunities to help students succeed. Our resolution. forensics and debate program just celebrated its 100th year (Page 8). The department welcomed many acclaimed professionals, including filmmakers Stanley Nelson and Our students experience the benefit Roger Nygard (Page 8), and scholars Kirt Wilson (Page 6) and Bonnie Dow (Page 8). of a world-class education in a real-world Our undergraduate students continue to shine, earning internships and opportunities context. The department comprises (Pages 8 and 13). And our graduate students have worked on faculty-led research 30 tenure and tenure-track faculty and teams, becoming researchers in their own right (Page 13). 35 part-time faculty with strong back- Third, we have a great history of leadership. Dean Matt Seeger, Ph.D., broke new grounds in both scholarly and profes- ground this year on the long-awaited Hilberry-Gateway project (Page 3) and earned a sional approaches to communication. National Science Foundation grant (Page 7). Professor Emerita Lee Wilkins, Ph.D., who retired in April, leaves a lasting legacy thanks to the faculty she hired and initiatives Communication News she started while serving as chair. But the legacy that looms largest is that of Ed Pappas, Produced by the Department who died in July. He was a beloved chair, professor, teacher, scholar and mentor to of Communication countless individuals over the years (Page 6). He will be dearly missed. Department Chair: Katheryn C. Maguire It remains to be seen how the upcoming changes will unfold. My plan is to be ready Editor/Designer: Sheila Young Tomkowiak for what lies ahead so we can continue to thrive in an ever-changing environment. We Contributors: Allison Elam, Ellen Chamberlain are in the process of creating a five-year departmental vision and strategic plan. And we are reviewing our structure, policies and procedures to make sure we can fulfill the new plan. With the help and support of our alumni, faculty and staff, I am certain we will succeed in the months ahead. — Kat Maguire

A farewell to Lee Wilkins Professor Emerita Lee Wilkins, Ph.D., retired as chair of the Department of Communication in June. Wilkins, one of the top media ethicists in the field, served as chair from 2013-18. Prior to coming to Wayne State, Wilkins was a Curator’s Teaching Professor at the School of Journalism, University of Missouri; a faculty member at the University of Colorado, Boul- der; and a newspaper editor and reporter. The department celebrated her retirement with an on-campus party in April and a reception in Washington, D.C., during the annual meet- ing of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Wilkins is enjoying retirement with her husband, David, and visiting grandchildren in Oregon.

2 • Communication News • Fall 2018 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

A groundbreaking performance arts complex

onstruction of a new room for patrons, donors, The Gateway • Three new, state-of-the-art performing arts center parents and community mem- Performance Complex theaters — the Gretchen Valade Cat Wayne State is under- bers. The renovated space also will enhance the Center, a proscenium and way. Ground has been broken will enable the dance program growing and vibrant a studio theater. on a $65 million complex for to feature master classes and area just south of Wayne • New educational production theater, music, dance and lectures. State’s main campus. space for students to hone arts-related events. “This space will allow us their skills in performance, The Board of Governors to create synergy between our design and management. voted unanimously in February nationally recognized theater, • A modern café. to issue $55 million in bonds dance and music programs,” • A patron lounge. for the Gateway Performance Dean Matthew Seeger said. Complex, with the balance “It will also allow us to promote “The immense talent of our funded by private gifts, includ- Detroit’s legacy in the perform- students and faculty, at last, will ing generous support from ing arts — including jazz. In have the arts facilities to match,” Gretchen Valade, a Carhartt addition to creating our home President M. Roy Wilson said. heiress, philanthropist and chair for the 21st century, the “The Hilberry Complex will of the Detroit Jazz Festival Hilberry complex will further make Wayne State a true desti- Foundation. solidify Wayne State’s role as nation for culture and the arts, As part of the complex, the an artistic leader and serve as which supports our goals to historic Hilberry Theatre will a magnet for our committed provide leadership in the revi- be renovated to become the audiences and patrons.” talization of Detroit as well as Gretchen Valade Jazz Center, The new complex, located meaningful and mutually bene- a high-caliber venue for music on Cass at Forest adjacent to ficial interactions with our com- and dance performances. The the Hilberry Theatre, will munity. I can’t wait for opening 200-seat facility will offer ample include: night.” •

Fall 2018 • Communication News • 3 ALUMNI RECOGNITION

5 honored for outstanding arts achievements

he College of Fine,  Career Achievement Award: Performing and Communication TCommunication Sarah Ryley is the first communication graduate Arts honored five alumni to win a Pulitzer Prize, the 2017 journalism prize and former students at for public service. In conjunction with ProPublica its 39th Annual Arts and the New York Daily News, where she was a Achievement Awards cel- reporter at the time, she exposed the New York ebration in April. The Police Department’s abuse of eviction rules to honorees were recognized force hundreds of mostly poor minorities from for their dedication to their homes and businesses over alleged criminal and advocacy for the arts activities. The series led to the passage of 13 laws, and communication, and a class-action lawsuit and a city investigation. for achievements in their Her data-driven reporting at the Daily News respective fields. also resulted in sweeping reforms to the NYPD’s Broken Windows policing tactics, including the decriminalization of several minor offenses that put hundreds of thousands of mostly black and Hispanic people through the criminal justice sys- tem each year. She currently works as an investiga- tive reporter for The Trace, a national nonprofit journalism outlet that reports on American gun Sarah Ryley won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in violence. journalism for public service reporting.

 Career Achievement Award: Art and Art History Michael Luchs is one of Detroit’s most celebrated contemporary artists. In 2017, Luchs’ work was featured in a solo exhibition at the Simone DeSousa Gallery, in Midtown Detroit, and was included in the infamous “Kick Out the Jams: Detroit’s Cass Corridor, 1963-1977” exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Luchs continues to produce paint- ings and sculptures that are as relevant today as the work that cemented his reputation in the 1960s. His work is part of collections at several institu- tions, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, Wayne State University James Duffy Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art, and Cranbrook Acad- emy of Art Museum, as well as several private col- lections throughout the United States.

 Career Achievement Award: Music Contemporary artist Michael Michael Krajewski is a much sought-after conduc- Luchs had work featured in a tor of symphonic pops, known for his entertaining solo exhibition at the Simone programs and clever humor. He is the music direc- DeSousa Gallery, above. tor of The Philly Pops and principal pops conduc- tor of the Atlanta and Jacksonville symphonies. As a guest conductor, Krajewski has performed

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 CFPCA Arts Advocacy Award Howard Hertz is an entertainment lawyer and lead attorney for Hertz Schram’s Entertainment Practice Group. Since 1976, he has represented numerous artists and entities in the entertainment field, including Eminem, Jack White, George Clinton, Sippie Wallace, Marilyn Manson, The Romantics, The Bass Brothers, The GO, Mike Posner, Original 1265 Recordings, the Marshall Mathers Founda- tion, Warner Tamerlane and . Hertz is a 2004 recipient of the John Hensel Award Entertainment lawyer for significant contributions to the arts community Howard Hertz has and has been recognized by “Best Lawyers in represented notable America” and “Super Lawyers.” artists since 1976.

Conductor Michael Krajewski is known for his entertaining pops programs and clever humor.

nationally with the San Francisco, Baltimore, Detroit, Indianapolis, Seattle, Dallas, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and National symphonies, among others. He has worked internationally with several Canadian symphonies, the Ulster Orchestra in Ire- land, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Spain’s Bilbao Symphony Orchestra.

 Career Achievement Award: Theatre David Calhoun has been a house manager for the Nederlander Producing Company of America for 22 years, currently managing the David T. Neder- lander Theatre on Broadway. He also is a third- term president of the Association of Press Agents and Managers IATSE Local 18032. Calhoun’s first job was as the box office treasurer for the Manhat- tan Theatre Club. He worked as an assistant to the general manager assisting on the Broadway transfers of The House of Blue Leaves, Sarafina David Calhoun has managed more than 15 shows and Speed the Plow. He has managed more than on tour and on Broadway over the last 22 years. 15 shows on tour and on Broadway. •

Fall 2018 • Communication News • 5 IN MEMORIAM

Edward J. Pappas: Beloved teacher, administrator

dward J. Pappas (1931- came to town, he enjoyed shar- 2018) spent more than ing his loyalties with his son’s E30 years as a professor and hometown team. Pappas co- administrator at Wayne State. authored the book They Tasted During his tenure, he inspired Glory: Among the Missing at the students and motivated faculty Baseball Hall of Fame (1998) to pursue excellence, and took with Professor Wil A. Linkugel the basic communication course of the University of Kansas. to a new level. Pappas also served as president Pappas joined the Wayne State of the Michigan Speech Associa- faculty in December 1963 after tion (later Michigan Association distinguished service as a teacher of Speech Communication) in and debate coach at Detroit’s 1973-74 and was president of the Pershing High School. He became Central States Communication chair of the Department of Com- Association in 1985-86. munication in 1973. Under his “Everyone who knew Ed bene- leadership, the department accel- fited from his warmth, openness erated its growth and visibility, and relentless optimism,” Dean eventually becoming a nationally Ed Pappas with 2017. His specialty was commu- Matt Seeger said. “He was among recognized center for communica- “Grandma’s Blessing” nication education. the most supportive and helpful tion research and teaching. roses, grown in his Don Ritzenhein, Pappas’ close people I have ever worked with, “Ed Pappas was the best boss, garden and named in friend and former graduate stu- and he helped define the Wayne the best mentor and especially honor of his late wife, dent, said, “Ed taught as he said State culture as one that priori- the best friend one could have,” Eunice. others should teach — with grace, tized the success of students from said Vicki Dallas, academic ser- kindness, encouragement, open- all backgrounds.” vices officer. “During his long ness, insight and his ever-present In tribute, Wayne State has tenure as chair he not only cham- warm sense of humor. Plus, he established the Eunice and pioned and cared about students, rarely shared information without Edward J. Pappas Endowed but he also championed and making it a quiz first.” Scholarship for Excellence in cared about the faculty and staff An avid baseball fan, Pappas Communication. The university, in the department.” lectured broadly on the sport’s along with the Detroit Urban After serving as chair, Pappas history — especially about his Debate League and the Michigan rejoined the faculty in 1990 as beloved Detroit Tigers — to pub- Interscholastic Forensic Associa- a full-time professor until he lic and academic audiences alike. tion, also honors Pappas each fall retired as professor emeritus in Although Pappas was a die-hard by hosting the Edward J. Pappas 2001. He continued to teach Tigers’ fan, one of his sons lives Memorial Invitational High part time from 2002 through in ; whenever the Red Sox School Debate Tournament. •

Bernard L. Brock Memorial Lecture covers public discourse

Renowned scholars from across the country come to the public lecture, Wilson explored two forms of dis- Wayne State annually for the Bernard L. Brock Memorial course: the public conflict between President Donald Lecture, in honor of Professor Bernie Brock, Ph.D., who Trump and protesting NFL players, and the cultural rhet- taught at Wayne State for more than 35 years. This year’s oric of mainstream films includingThe Help (2011), event, organized by Assistant Professor Anita Mixon, Selma (2014) and Loving (2016). He also met with Ph.D., featured Kirt Wilson, Ph.D., director of graduate undergraduate students and spoke with graduate stu- studies and associate professor of rhetoric and political dents who benefited from his mentoring. communication at Pennsylvania State University. During Kirt Wilson 

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Team wins National Science Foundation grant

by Da’Stanza Murphy team also will explore how public health systems learn about and Wayne State University adapt to changes and how the research team has been public engages with those systems. A awarded a four-year, “This project builds on previ- $1.57 million grant from the ous work conducted in Wayne National Science Foundation for County and Flint, Michigan,” its project “Water and Health Seeger said. “We learned a great Infrastructure Resilience and deal about how water systems Learning.” function under stress and how The award is part of a multi- communities respond. This grant institutional $2 million collabora- will allow us to extend that tive project funded under the understanding.” NSF’s Critical Resilient Interde- In addition to studying inter­ pendent Infrastructure Systems action between public health sys- and Processes program and will tems, the project will assess how include researchers from the different kinds of disruptions — University of Michigan and the from routine challenges to large- Dean Matthew Seeger really frustrating is that we see a University of North Carolina. scale disasters — shape the leads the team that won lot of disasters and crises repeat The project — led by Dean community’s relationship with a $1.57 million National themselves. We make the same Matthew Seeger, Ph.D., and water systems. It also aims to Science Foundation mistakes over and over again, and Shawn McElmurry, Ph.D., associ- understand how closely related grant to study drinking there’s not much understanding ate professor of civil and environ- interdependent systems such as water and public health of how we learn from crises and mental engineering — will water and public health can help systems. disasters as we should. Part of examine the relationship between enhance resilience. this project is to see how these drinking water and public health “It’s a very exciting project,” can be learning events and can systems. It will provide insights Seeger said. “My personal work is change organizations and behav- into how those systems interact, in disaster and crisis communica- ior so we don’t make these same with a focus on crisis events. The tion, and one of the things that’s mistakes again.” •

communication honors | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Elizabeth G. Youngjohn Teaching Award Association. The Society of Professors Eberhard Award for Outstanding Paper in for Graduate Students and gave Colleen of Education Book Award went to Media & War at the 2018 American Jour- Ezzeddine, Ph.D., the Jeanne Findlater Brandon Hensley, Ph.D., for The Neolib­ nalism Historians Association annual con- Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching. eral Agenda and the Student Debt Crisis in vention in Salt Lake City. Ashleigh Day Professor Katheryn Maguire, Ph.D., U.S. Higher Education. And Assistant Pro- won the department’s Graduate Student received the Graduate Student Associa- fessor Elizabeth Stoycheff, Ph.D., and Research Award. tion Mentorship Award, and Associate Rahul Mitra each received the depart- Finally, Associate Professor Hayg Professor Kelly Donnellan received the ment’s 2018 Bernard Brock Award for Out- Oshagan, Ph.D., won Corp! magazine’s first Inspire Award for Teaching Excellence. standing Scholarship/Creative Activity. “Michigan’s Salute to Diversity Award — Several faculty members were recog- Students also received research honors. The Art of Inclusion” in September. Jamie nized for research. Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Michael Fuhlhage’s Cobb and Jake Nickell each received the Rahul Mitra, Ph.D., won the 2018 Linda research team of Tabitha Lynn Cassidy, Graduate Student Service Award, making L. Putnam Early Career Scholar Award from Erika Thrubis, Darryl Frazier, Scott this a year to remember for department the Organizational Communication Divi- Burgess and Keena Neal was recognized recognition. • sion of the International Communication with an honorable mention for the Wally

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Allesee Master Class and Lec- Filmmaker Roger the guest scholar at this year’s Sum- ture: Every year, noted profession- Nygard, right, visited mer Doctoral Seminar, organized by als in film and production fill the campus to teach Assistant Professor Kelly Jakes, Ph.D. Bob Allison (Allesee) Endowed students about creativity Thirteen students attended the Chair in Media. In Winter 2018, the and how to succeed seminar, studying the narratives that department welcomed Stanley Nel- in Hollywood. feminist scholars have produced son, a MacArthur Fellow and one of over the past 50 years and reflecting the foremost chroniclers of the Afri- on what has been covered and can American experience, to lead what has been left out. Ph.D. stu- the Allesee Lectures in Media class. dents from around the country are His films combine compelling narra- competitively selected to attend the tives with deeply researched histori- Nygard, famous for the Trekkies doc- annual event to learn from leaders cal detail, shining light on both umentary about obsessive sci-fi in the field. familiar and under-explored aspects fans, came to campus to teach of the American past. More than students about creativity and how 250 people enjoyed a screening of successful writers, directors, editors his filmJonestown: The Life and Death and producers succeed in Holly- of the People Temple at the Detroit wood. Nygard has edited feature Film Theatre in March. films such asBlack or White and has In Fall 2018, filmmaker Roger directed television shows including The Office, The Bernie Mac Show and MacArthur fellow Zeke and Luther. His latest documen- and filmmaker tary, The Truth About Marriage, had Stanley Nelson, its premiere at Wayne State. left, led the Allesee Lectures Summer Doctoral Seminar: in Media. Bonnie Dow, Ph.D., dean of human- Bonnie Dow was guest scholar at ities at Vanderbilt University, was the Summer Doctoral Seminar.

Student activities

PRSSA: Wayne State’s chapter of the Public Director Ron Stevenson, Ph.D., the foren- Debate Scholars awards for outstanding Relations Student Society of America pre- sics team won 155 individual and 17 team academic performance by an active sented a workshop, “How to Make Your awards. Graduating senior and now grad­ debater and 11 elimination debate appear- Chapter Warrior Strong,” at the national con- uate assistant coach Kevin Mardirosian ances, including a championship finish by ference in Austin, . In April, the chap- won two national championships in after- senior Jamie Kornosky and a semifinals ter presented its Alumni Achievement dinner speaking. Seniors Alex Azzopardi, appearance by seniors Katrail Davis and Award to Ray Day, former vice president Shannon Flory and John Burklow also Jennifer Anton. of global communications at Ford and finished strong at the NFA National Champi- now chief communications officer at IBM. onship and the AFA National IE Tournament, Broadcast Journalism: MetroArts Detroit, And in October, the chapter held its first where the team placed 20th overall, the a program produced with Wayne State Sweat for PRSSA 5K race, which students highest finish in its history. It was a fitting student crew for Detroit Public Tele­vision, hope to make an annual event. year for the program, which turned 100 in has entered its seventh season. The show 2018. The centennial was marked with a features musical guests, fine artists, and Forensics and Debate: The Wayne State reunion attended by more than 60 alumni people in fashion, dance, film, comedy speech and debate teams had a great 2017- and guests. and improv. Journalism Area Head Kim 18 season. Under the direction of Forensics The debate team also enjoyed great Piper-Aiken, Ph.D., serves as producer Director Kelly Young, Ph.D., and Debate success, earning three CEDA National and faculty adviser.

8 • Communication News • Fall 2018 FACULTY BRIEFS

Stine Eckert Western Democracies: Political Association of Education in Jour- Publications Women Bloggers in the United nalism and Mass Communication • Sopory P, Day A, Novak J, Eckert S, States, United Kingdom, Germany In the news (AEJMC), Annual Conference, Wilkins L, Padgett DR, Gamhewage and Switzerland,” in Blue Book of Assistant Professor Stine Washington, D.C., 2018. GM, “Communicating Uncertainty Media and Gender, 2017. Eckert made the news During Public Health Emergency • Steiner L, Eckert S, “The Potential twice this past year. In Michael Fuhlhage Events: A Systematic Review,” in Re­ of Feminist Twitter,” in Race and November 2017, she Publications view of Communication Research, 2018. Gender in Electronic Media: Chal­ was interviewed about • Fuhlhage M, J Watterson Torriello, • Eckert S, Steiner L, “Sexual lenges and Opportunities, Rout- net neutrality by Stephen “A Captured Confederate Journal- Harassment in Media Education,” ledge, 2017. Henderson for WDET’s ist’s Propaganda About the North: in Communication, Culture and • Eckert S, “Fighting Online Abuse radio program Detroit The Case of Edward A. Pollard,” Critique, 2018. Shouldn’t Be Up to the Victims,” Today. A few months in Southeastern Review of Journalism • Eckert S, Steiner L, “Teaching The Conversation, 2017. later, she was interviewed History, 2018. Girls Online Skills for Knowledge Grants by Jennifer Gerson • Fuhlhage M, “Review: The Black Projects: A Research-Based Fem­ • 2018 WSU College of Fine, Per- Uffalussy for an article Newspaper and the Chosen Na- inist Intervention,” in Feminist forming and Communication Arts in Yahoo LifeStyle on tion,” in American Journalism, 2018. Approaches to Media Theory and Summer Research Grant, project portrayals of Kim Yo Jung • Fuhlhage M, “Review: George Research, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave on backlash to #metoo movement. and Ivanka Trump in U.S. Bronson Rea, Propagandist: The Life Macmillan, 2018. Honors and Awards news media. and Times of a Mercenary Journal- • Eckert S, “Fluid Public Clusters in • 2018 Top Faculty Paper Award, ist,” in Journalism History, in press.

Wayne State scholars present research at home and abroad

Communication faculty and students Associate Professor Pradeep Sopory, Expression in an Age of Surveillance panel at have been on the road in 2018 discussing Ph.D., presented a four-week intensive course Columbia University in New York, and several their innovative research with audiences on health communication campaigns at the department members attended the Associa- worldwide. Department of Health, Behavior and Society tion for Education in Journalism and Mass Assistant Professor Stine Eckert, Ph.D., was at Jimma University in Ethiopia. “The Ph.D. Communication meeting in Washington, D.C. a keynote speaker at the 2018 German Com- students were smart, dedicated and highly Eckert presented two papers at the meeting, munication Association, Media, Public Sphere motivated, and it was a pleasure teaching one with graduate student Savannah Coco & Gender Division annual conference. “I got them,” Sopory said. and another with Jade Metzger. Similarly, Stoy- to meet all the colleges that I always read Several faculty and students traveled to cheff presented with Anissa Rochadiat on U.S. about in publications that I never got to speak Prague, Czech Republic, to present at the Muslim identity, while Clara Martucci, Scott to … and got to know them not just through International Communication Association’s Burgess and Stoycheff presented their paper their publications but through personal inter- annual meeting. Graduate students Sydney on online suppression technologies. action,” Eckert said. Wallace, Holly Purcell, Ashleigh Day, Finally, in November, several faculty and Seoul, South Korea, welcomed Professor Jade Metzger, Annisa Rochadiat, Kelsey students will present at the annual meeting Loraleigh Keashly, Ph.D., to present her Husnick and Scott Mitchell discussed topics of the National Communication Association research, “When Bullying Comes to Campus: such as substance abuse, rape culture, the in Salt Lake City. Faculty members Tong, Understanding and Addressing Academic Flint water crisis, non-monogamy, Muslim Rahul Mitra, Katheryn Maguire, Kelly Harassment,” on a panel at the Human Rights identity, reality television and material memo- Jakes and Julie Novak, along with several Center. “It’s really garnered a lot of attention ries. Professor Emerita Lee Wilkins, Ph.D.; MA and doctoral students, will be talking and it’s meaningful to people,” Keashly said Associate Professor Stephanie Tong, Ph.D.; about topics such as artificial intelligence and of her work. “There is value in research Assistant Professor Rosie Jahng, Ph.D.; and cancer screening, water access narratives, beyond our own scholarly reputations … Assistant Professor Elizabeth Stoycheff, transnational family maintenance, Jubilee that can have real meaning, impact and Ph.D., were on hand to discuss their research. singers, crisis communication, Jihadi John, value to people in terms of translating it A little closer to home, Stoycheff received human-animal relationships, serial arguments into practice.” an invitation to present on the Freedom of and the Flint water crisis.

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Grants • 2018 Joseph McKerns Research Grant highlights Grant Award from the American Civil War book • Shelly Najor, Ph.D., was approved for a project through the Ford Journalism Historians Association at Assistant Professor Community Corps program for the Fall 2018 term. A team of senior its annual meeting in Salt Lake City. Michael Fuhlhage is cur- students from her public relations capstone course worked with the rently writing a book nonprofit organization Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit to design Jessica Greenwald under contract with Peter and execute a PR campaign for the organization’s Little Libraries proj- Honors and Awards Lang Publishing titled ect. In the Winter 2018 term, a team from her capstone course that • Earned Employment Security Yankee Reporters and worked with the Detroit Metropolitan Diaper Group was also funded Status (equivalent to tenure for Southern Secrets: Journal­ through the Ford Community Corps program. academic staff), 2018. ism, Open Source Intelli­ • Associate Professor Kelly Donnellan and Juanita Anderson were gence and the Coming of co-investigators on a project funded by a WSU Arts and Humanities Brandon Hensley the American Civil War. Grant (with Anthropology’s Barry Lyons) for their documentary Publications Using archival evidence, project “Climate Change and Evangelical Christians: Public Engage- • H ensley B, “Building Your Voice: Fuhlhage explains the ment Through Film.” Donnellan was also co-investigator on grants Powerful Public Speaking in the practices and products of with Assistant Professor Rahul Mitra, Ph.D., through another WSU 21st Century,” in Great River Learn­ editors and undercover Arts and Humanities Grant and a Waterhouse Family Institute grant ing, 2018. reporters from New for their project “Public Sense-Making of Sustainable Water Access in • H ensley B, “Co-creating Com- England to the Deep Urban Communities.” munities of Faculty: Mobilizing South and across the Mis- • Assistant Professor Anita Mixon, Ph.D., Brandon Hensley, Ph.D., Adjunct Voices Through Con- sissippi who covered the and Denise Vultee, Ph.D., were awarded one of the first WSU nective Storytelling,” in Adjunct secession movement. He Assessment Grants for their project “Who Is Assessing the Assess- Faculty Voices: Cultivating Professional also tells how Union civil- ments: Improving Student Learning Outcomes for Communication Development and Community at ian and military leaders Studies.” Provost Keith Whitfield, Ph.D., who announced the the Front Lines of Higher Education, used news as intelligence grant, said, “The selected projects stood out for their clear focus on Stylus Publishing, 2018. to help answer the crisis. student learning through improvement to core program assessment • Collier D, Hensley B, Hartlep N, practices, broad engagement of stakeholders and high potential for a “Americans ‘Support’ the Idea of significant impact on students, faculty and staff.” Tuition-Free College: An Explora- tion of Sentiment and Political Iden- tity Signals Otherwise,” in Journal of tists Tweet for Change: Dialogic Counsel in the Age of Fake News.” Further and Higher Education, 2017. Communication and Collective • 2018 Faculty Creative/Research • H artlep N, Hensley B, Wells Mobilization Strategies by Flint Award by WSU College of Fine, K, Brewer J, Ball D, McLaren P, Water Study Scientists on Twitter,” Performing and Communication “Homophily in Higher Education: in Science Communication, 2018. Arts for a project that examines Historicizing the AERA Member- • Jahng MR, “From Reading Com- journalists’ understanding of fake to-Fellow Pipeline Using Theories ments to Seeking News: Exposure news and authentication processes of Social Reproduction and Social to Disagreements From Online of information on social media. Networks,” in Policy Futures in Comments and the Need for Education, 2017. Opinion Challenging News,” in Kelly Jakes Honors and Awards Journal of Information Technology Publications • Society of Professors of Education and Politics, 2018. • Jakes K, Strains of Dissent: Popular National Book Award for The Neo­ Grants Music and Everyday Resistance in liberal Agenda and the Student Debt • 2018 Arthur W. Page Center for WWII France, 1940-1945, Michigan Crisis in U.S. Higher Education. Integrity in Public Communication State University Press, 2019. Legacy Scholar with co-author Awards Rosie Jahng Hyunmin Lee, Ph.D. (Drexel Uni- • R esident Scholar, Humanities Publications versity). Project: “Understanding Center, WSU, 2017-18. • Jahng MR, Lee N, “When Scien- Public Relations Roles as the Ethics • Harriet Dowdell Bantz, Sandra

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Petronio and Charles R. Honors and Awards Water Access in Urban Commu­ Bantz Faculty Research Award, • 2018 Graduate Student Association nities,” $33,445. WSU Department of Commu­ Mentorship Award, Wayne State. New appointment • 2018 Dean’s Creative/Research nication, 2017. Assistant Professor Grant, WSU College of Fine, Per- Rahul Mitra Elizabeth Stoycheff was forming and Communication Arts, Loraleigh Keashly Publications elected as head (or “Organizing/Communicating for Publications • Cooper WP, Mitra R, “Religious president) of the Com- Urban Sustainability: The Detroit • Keashly L, “Bullying in Seniors’ Disengagement and Stigma munication Theory & Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.” Communities: What’s Identity Got Management by African-American Methodological Division $5,000. to Do With It?” in The Routledge Young Adults,” in Journal of Applied at the Association for • 2017-18 WSU Broadening Experi- Handbook of Communication and Communication Research, 2018. Education in Journalism ences in Scientific Training (BEST) Bullying, Routledge, forthcoming. • Mitra R, “Natural Resource and Mass Communica- & Graduate School Mini Grant • Keashly L, “In the E-presence Management in the U.S. Arctic: tion in August. This divi- for “Holistic Career Development of Others: Understanding and Sustainable Organizing Through sion has the oldest and for 21st Century Ph.D. Students: Developing Constructive Cyber­ Communicative Practices,” Man­ most rigorous reputation Research Skills for Nonacademic bystander Action,” in Cyberbullying agement Communication Quarterly, among the divisions of Careers,” $4,300. at University in International Contexts, 2018. AEJMC, making her elec- Honors and Awards Routledge, forthcoming. • Mitra R, “Communicative Manage- tion an unusual honor for • 2018 Linda L. Putnam Early Career • Wajngurt C, Keashly L, “When ment of Tensions by Multi-Stake- an assistant professor. Scholar Award, Organizational Faculty Bully: Understanding and holder Initiatives (MSIs) for Water Communication Division, Interna- Addressing Bullying in Higher Resilience,” Corporate Communica­ tional Communication Association. Education,” in Bullying: A Critical tions: An International Journal, 2018. • 2018 Brock Research Award, WSU Problem in Education, Work Environ­ • Mitra R, Buzzanell PM, “Implement- Department of Communication. ments and Society, Xlibis Publish- ing Sustainability in Organizations: • 2018-19 WSU Humanities Center ing, 2018. How Practitioners Discursively Faculty Fellowship, $6,000. • Keashly L, “Nature and Preva- Position Work,” in Management • 2018 Spring/Summer Ph.D. Stu- lence of Workplace Bullying and Communication Quarterly, 2018. dent Research Assistant Support, Mobbing in the U.S.: What Do • Mitra R, Moldavanova A, “Social WSU Department of Communica- the Numbers Mean?” in Workplace Institutions and Sustainability: A tion; funded Ph.D. student D. Felt- Bullying and Mobbing in the U.S., Transdisciplinary Perspective,” in ner, $2,500. (Study: “Organizing/ Praeger, 2018. Critical Sociology, 2018. Communicating for Urban Sustain- • Keashly L, Neuman JH, “Workplace • Mitra R, “Environmental Nonprofit ability: The Detroit Entrepreneurial Bullying and Mobbing in U.S. Organizations’ Communicative Ecosystem.”) Higher Education” in Workplace Negotiation of Local/Global • 2018-19 WSU Graduate School Bullying and Mobbing in the U.S., Spaces,” in Global Dialectics in graduate research assistant award; Praeger, 2018. Intercultural Communication: Case funded Ph.D. student D. Feltner Studies, Peter Lang, 2018. for 12 months, including $22,241 Katheryn Maguire Grants stipend. (Study: “Sustainable Publications • 2018 Waterhouse Family Insti- Lifestyles/Consumption for a Better • Barakji F, Maguire KC, Reiss H, tute. PI. “Public Sense-Making of World.”) Gaule J, Smith N, Pelliccio L, Sell- Sustainable Water Access in Urban now-Richmond S, Jeon J, Oshagan Communities: ‘Uneasy’ Story-Tell- Matt Seeger J, “Cultural and Transnational ing and Story-Making Through Publications Influences on the Use of Informa- Collaborative Transmedia Ethnog- • Seeger MW, Pechta LE, Price SM, tion Communication Technologies raphy,” $10,000. Lubell KM, Rose DA, Sapru S, Smith in Adult Long-Distance Family Re- • 2018-19 President’s Research BJ, “A Conceptual Model for Eval- lationships: An Extension of Media Enhancement Program Arts uating Emergency Risk Communi- Multiplexity Theory,” in Journal of & Humanities, WSU, “Public cation in Public Health,” in Health Family Communication, in press. Sense-Making of Sustainable Security, 2018.

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• Seeger MW, “Response to Special Issue on Communication and New faculty, staff Instruction Beyond the Traditional Mini grants The Department of Communication wel- Classroom,” in Communication Assistant Professor Rahul comed a new lecturer this year: Jasmine Education, 2018. Mitra earned a mini grant Rivera, MFA. An award-winning director, • Seeger MW, Sellnow TL, “Com­ to work with the Broaden- writer and producer, Rivera features munication in Times of Trouble,” ing Experiences in Scien- Detroit-related themes in her work: Nain Wiley Blackwell, 2019. tific Training (BEST) Grant Rouge (2011), American Prophet (2016), Jasmine Cleo Grants Program at WSU, and and Belle Isle Elegy (forthcoming). Rivera Moody • National Science Foundation Critical the Detroit Revitalization The department also welcomed Cleo Resilient Interdependent Infra- Fellows to create training Moody, Ph.D., as a graduate adviser. Her duties include advising structure Systems and Processes and learning connections newly admitted master’s students, assisting with recruitment and program for the project “Water and with local organizations for retention efforts, and developing best practices, policies and Health Infrastructure Resilience and Detroit’s rebirth. procedures to support the graduate program. Learning” (with Shawn McElmurry, he also obtained a mini Engineering), 2018-22. Funding: grant from WSU’s Gradu- $1,570,000. ate School, funded by Stephanie Tong and Maximizing,” in The State of the the National Institutes of Publications Union Is: Memorable Addresses of the Elizabeth Stoycheff Health’s BEST program, to • R ochadiat AMP, Tong ST, Corriero Last Fifty Years, CreateSpace, 2018. Publications organize two workshops EF, “Romance in the Mobile Age,” • Young K, “The Rhetorical Per­ • Stoycheff E, Burgess GS, Martucci for Ph.D. students and in Oxford Handbook of Mobile Com­ sona of the Water Protectors: Anti MC, “Online Censorship and Dig- postdocs universitywide, munication, Culture, and Informa­ Dakota Pipeline Resistance with ital Surveillance: The Relationship focused on nonacademic tion,Oxford University Press, 2018. Mirror Shields,” in Decolonizing Between Suppression Technologies careers. One was an • Tong ST, Corriero EF, Matheny Native American Rhetoric, Peter and Democratization Across Coun- interactive panel discus- RG, Hancock JT, “Online Daters’ Lang, 2018. tries,” Information, Communication & sion and résumé-writing Willingness to Use Recommender • Young K, Henry A, Koch J, “Why Society, in press. workshop for more Technology for Mate Selection Forensics Matters: The Develop- • Stoycheff E, Liu J, Xu K, Wibowo K, than 60 interdisciplinary Decisions,” in IntRS ’18: Joint ment of Emotional Competence “Privacy and the Panopticon: Online attendees, and the second Workshop on Interfaces and Human in Competitors,” National Forensic Mass Surveillance’s Deterrence and was a three-day workshop Decision Making for Recommender Journal, 2017. Chilling Effects,”Mass Communica­ teaching 16 participants Systems, in press. • Young K, “What Government Can tion & Society, in press. how to use their gradu- • R ochadiat AMP, Tong ST, Novak Do Because Government Must Do • Stoycheff E, Wibowo KA, Liu J, Xu ate school skills in urban JM, “Online Dating and Courtship More: President William J. Clinton’s K, “Online Surveillance’s Effect on resilience efforts. Among Muslim American Women: February 15, 1993, Address Before Support for Other Extraordinary Negotiating Technology, Religious a Joint Session of Congress,” in Mr. Measures to Prevent Terrorism,” Identity and Culture,” in New Speaker: The President of the United Mass Communication & Society, in Media & Society, 2018. States, CreateSpace, 2017. press. • Markowitz DM, Hancock JT, Tong • Young K, “Bill Clinton Second • Pingree RJ, Stoycheff E, Sui M, Peifer ST, “Interpersonal Dynamics in Inaugural Address, 1/20/1997,” JT, “Setting a Non-Agenda: Effects Online Dating: Profiles, Matching in I Solemnly Swear: Presidential of a Perceived Lack of Problems in and Discovery,” in A Networked Self: Inaugural Addresses of the Last Forty Recent News on Twitter,” Mass Com­ Love. Routledge, in press. Years, CreateSpace, 2017. munication & Society, in press. Honors and Awards • Stoycheff E, Pingree RJ, Peifer JT, Sui Kelly Young • 2018 WSU President’s Award for M, “Agenda Cueing Effects of News Publications Excellence in Teaching. and Social Media,” Media Psychology, • Young K, “One Year of Watergate • 2018 Central States Communica- in press. Is Enough: ’s 1974 tion Association John T. Warren State of the Union Address and the Mentorship Award. • Tactics of Distraction, Minimizing

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Scott Burgess, doctoral stu- She received funding that nication Association. The paper dent, has co-authored publications allowed her to work with com­ stems from research in Nowling’s with Elizabeth Stoycheff and Clara munity partners Michigan Edu­ 2017-18 Ph.D. master’s thesis. Martucci as well as a case study in cation Justice Coalition and the recipients the ethics textbook Media Ethics, Walter P. Reuther Library devel- • M inu Basnet (Bryan Lukas Pelliccio (ABD) is a vis- Issues and Cases, written by Lee oping two teaching ideas from McCann and Kelly iting assistant professor at Lincoln Wilkins. Burgess was also a key materials at the Reuther. Young, co-advisers) University in its mass communi- contributor to the second-place • A nna Maria Flores cation department. (Founded in paper “Spinning Toward Secession: Daniels Gustavo Navarro, (Pradeep Sopory, 1854, Lincoln University was the The Interplay of Editorial Bellicosity master’s student in media arts, has adviser) first degree-granting historically & Exchange News in Press Before been invited to the University of • Josh Guitar (Patricia black college and university in the the American Civil War,” which was Brasilia in Brazil to present his thesis McCormick, adviser) U.S.) He also published an article presented at the American Journal- project, “Music as Resistance: Tribe • Craig Hennigan with fellow doctoral student Jake ism Historians Association meeting Records and a Changing American (Kelly Young, adviser) Nickell, “A Critique of Anti-Bullying in October 2018. City” (Kelly Donnellan, adviser). • Scott Mitchell Campaigns: How Neoliberalism, (Kelly Young, adviser) Ostracism and Dissimilar Defini- Erecenia Friday, master’s stu- William Nowling, doctoral • Lukas Pelliccio tions Distort Campaign Rhetoric,” dent, is completing an internship student, will present his paper, (Katheryn Maguire, in Iowa Journal of Communication, in the Fall 2018 semester with “Government Communication adviser) 2018. Ford Community Corps, receiving in the Flint, Michigan, Drinking • Sherri Ter Molen funding for a project looking at Water Disaster: Sense-Making (Katheryn Maguire, Sydney O’Shay Wallace, doc- the impact of service learning on and Computer-Mediated Commu- adviser) toral student, has been awarded a nonprofit organizations. nication in Official Responses to • Kunto Wibowo fellowship with the Merrill Palmer Rising Risk Indicators” (with Matt (Lee Wilkins, adviser) Skillman Institute for Child and Jade Metzger (ABD) won a Seeger), during a panel discussion Family Development at WSU. This competitive spot in the NextGEN in the Applied Communication fellowship emphasizes interdisci- Humanities Internship program. Division of the National Commu- plinary scholarship and will provide her with training and professional development opportunities related Research teams produce papers, receive grants to grant writing, manuscript publi- cation and research skills. Several research teams have formed in the • Directed by Assistant Professor Rahul Mitra, department over the past four years. Ph.D., the Resilient Institutions and Sustain- Kai Xu (ABD) has published • R esearchers from the Social Media and Rela- able Environments (RISE) Lab allows research- commentaries on mainland China’s tional Technology (SMART) Labs directed by ers to study how communicative practices political environment in China in Associate Professor Stephanie Tong, Ph.D., enable resilience and sustainability in a variety Perspective, a publication of the explore how people use the internet and of organizations, including for-profit compa- Princeton China Initiative, and in mobile technology to develop, maintain and nies, nonprofits, religious organizations, Citizen in Power, a major platform dissolve personal relationships in modern-day purpose-driven consultancies, government calling for human rights. • society. The SMART Labs team has students agencies and institutions of higher education. from several disciplines and collaborates with The team researches how the social, environ- research teams across the country. The lab mental, economic and cultural dimensions of has produced eight peer-reviewed articles, sustainability intersect in both old and new 13 conference papers and four book chap- ways, shaping policy at the macro level and ters. It has been supported by grants from interpersonal sense-making at the micro level. the Wayne State Undergraduate Research Researchers have produced journal articles, a Opportunities Program, Central States Com- book chapter and five conference presenta- munication Association and National Science tions. Currently, the lab has seven master’s Foundation. and Ph.D. students working on four projects.

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1970s Chris Allen (BA ’76) was named by Madame Curie sculpture donated to Polish Room Crain’s Detroit Business as a co-winner Steven T. Plochocki (BA-Journalism ’73) and Linda Plochocki generously commissioned and in the administrator category for its donated a bronze sculpture of Madame Marie (Sklodowska) Curie to Manoogian Hall’s Polish Room, 2018 Health Care Hero feature. which features Polish heritage and works of art reflecting Polish culture. The sculpture, by Evelyn Bachorski-Bowman (MA ’81, MFA ’83), is the room’s first piece to celebrate a great Polish woman. 1980s Daniel J. Loepp (BA ’82, MA ’86) is the president and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. He was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Let- ters, honoris causa, at the 2014 com- mencement ceremonies. Timothy Sellnow (Ph.D. ’87) is a D a

professor of strategic communication ’S and graduate director in the Nicholson tan z a Mur p h y School of Communication and Media at the University of Central . Deanna Sellnow (Ph.D. ’87) is a professor of strategic communication From left: Susan Burns, development and alumni affairs; Steve Plochocki; Linda Plochocki; and is chairing the Communication Evelyn Bachorski-Bowman, sculptor; Matthew Seeger, dean; and Keith Whitfield, provost. Department in the Nicholson School of Communication and Media at the University of Central Florida. 2000s and Los Angeles. She completed a Ted Coutilish (BA ’87) was named Rana Elmir (BA ’04) was named one-year visiting professorship at Pep- vice chancellor, marketing and com- one of Crain’s Detroit Business’ perdine University and is developing munity relations, at Oakland Commu- “40 Under 40.” a global social media networking plat- nity College. Katherine Lavelle (Ph.D. ’06) is the form that connects educators to director of the Public Speaking Center potential guest speakers for in-class or 1990s and an associate professor at the Uni- online engagements. Jerome Vaughn (MA ’91), a WDET versity of Wisconsin-La Crosse (ten- Denise Oles-Acevedo (Ph.D. ’08) is news director and host, was inducted ured/promoted in Summer 2018). an assistant professor of teaching at into the Michigan Journalism Hall of She teaches in the public communica- Iowa State University. Fame in 2018. tion and advocacy emphasis area. Toni Cunningham (BA ’08) is a 2018 Kimberly Joy Chandler (Ph.D. ’07) Kresge Artist Fellow in Live Arts and completed more than a decade of Film and Music. Journalism Alumnus of the Year service to Xavier University of Louisi- Bowdeya Tweh (BA ’08), spot news edi- ana, where she was an associate pro- 2010s tor at , was named fessor of communication studies and Debbie James (Ph.D. ’11) is an asso- 2018 Journalism Alumnus of the Year. A affiliate faculty of women and gender ciate professor of media studies, and graduate of the Journalism Institute for studies. She is completing a graduate chair of the Center of Community Media Diversity, Tweh wrote for The degree in clinical mental health from Media, Governors State University. South End when he was at Wayne and Bradley University and is CEO and Nick Romerhausen (Ph.D. ’11) is an held multiple internships, earning the national Chips Quinn principal consultant at Chandler Edu- associate professor, an introductory scholarship, which included an internship at the Detroit Free cation Solutions LLC. course director and the director of the Press. He earned an MBA from Miami University (Ohio) in Komal Shah Kapoor (Ph.D. ’07) is a Equality Research Center at Eastern 2015 while reporting for the Cincinnati Enquirer and moved strategic planner, consumer anthro- Michigan University. to The Wall Street Journal last year as interactive news writer. pologist and serial ideator who has Christopher Gullen (MA ’08, Ph.D. He was promoted to editor within months. spent 15 years working in New York ’12) is an assistant professor of

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communication at Westfield State Daria La Fave (Ph.D. ’16) works as Southwest Michigan. Before joining University in Massachusetts. a lead speech instructor at Keiser MCAN she worked with AmeriCorps Robb Lauzon (MA ’13) earned University, and part time as a team Journalism VISTA, recruiting families into the a Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic lead and a communication adjunct students on the 21st Century Scholars program and Institute in 2018 and is now an at Southern New Hampshire national stage helping them complete scholarship assistant professor at County University. Kayla Cockrel was requirements. College of Morris. Renata Kolodziej-Smith (Ph.D. selected as a 2018 New Lauren Lukity (BA ’17) is a talent Kris Paal (Ph.D. ’13) is an assistant ’16) is a lecturer at the Nicholson York Times summer acquisition specialist at Allegis Global professor of Communication Studies School of Communication at the intern. Cockrel, one of Solutions in Troy, Michigan. at Longwood University in Virginia. University of Central Florida. 32 young journalists who Haley Barnes (BA ’17) is a new Jehoon Jeon (Ph.D. ’14) is an assis- Christiana Lumaj (BA ’16) became received a spot on the business development project coor- tant professor at Eastern Connecticut a fellow in the Ford “30 Under 30” newsroom team, served dinator and marketing specialist for State University. program. as the multiplatform edi- Magna Seating in Novi, Michigan. Lindsey Jara (BA ’14) is an account Janine Kenner (BA ’16) is currently tor. The journalists were Alaqua Hawkins (BA ’17) is the manager on the Chevy and GMC a master’s student at the University selected from thousands director of sales and marketing for accounts, handling all program- of Miami studying music business of worldwide applicants. the hospitality company Group 10 in matic media buying and planning and entertainment industries. Previ- Farmington Hills, Michigan. She is on behalf of GM for Amnet, a ously, she was a post-close auditor at pursuing a master’s in marketing at Dentsu Aegis Network agency. Quicken Loans. Walsh College. Ryan Stouffer (Ph.D. ’15) is an Juan Liu (Ph.D. ’17) is an assistant Kunto Adi Wibowo (Ph.D. ’18) is a assistant professor of communication professor at Columbus State Univer- tenure-track lecturer at Universitas studies at Longwood University. sity. Previously, she was a visiting Padjadjaran, Jatinangor, in Indonesia. Sadaf Siddiqui-Ali (Ph.D. ’15) assistant professor at Cleveland State He is also a pollster in Jakarta, Indo- is an associate professor and area University. nesia (Lembaga Survei KedaiKopi). head of digital media, cinema and Nathan Stewart (Ph.D. ’17) has Scott Mitchell (Ph.D. ’18) is an journalism at Eastern Michigan been an assistant professor of com- assistant professor of communication University. munication and program head at and media studies at the University Amna Alam Husain (MA ’15) is Lakeland University since Fall 2017. of Wisconsin-River Falls. teaching as an adjunct faculty mem- He is also faculty adviser to the stu- Craig Hennigan (Ph.D. ’18) is assis- ber at Wayne State University and dent government association and Iman Saleh was fea- tant director of forensics at Truman Oakland Community College. the Mirror (campus newspaper), and tured in the National State University. Ben Corona (BA ’15) is a 2018 continues to farm with his family in Geographic article “How Minu Basnet (Ph.D. ’18) is a lec- Kresge Artist Fellow in Film and Central Illinois. Muslims, Often Misun- turer at Colorado State University- Music. Stephanie Wideman (Ph.D. ’17) is derstood, Are Thriving in Pueblo. Prior to that, she was a Eliot Dolgin (BA ’15) is a marketing an assistant professor and director America.” Saleh’s portrait visiting assistant professor at Marist communications specialist at Barton of the forensics speech and was selected as the cover College. Malow Company in Detroit. debate team at the University of image for the magazine’s Josh Guitar (Ph.D. ’18) had a book Adam Cooper (BA ’15) is working Indianapolis. Arabiya edition. The fea- chapter, “The Visual Rhetoric of for Fiat Chrysler as a unit leader. Jared Hoehing (BA ’17) is a pro- ture sheds light on the White Abandonment,” accepted for Talya Slaw (BA ’15) is a second- ducer at KSAT-TV in San Antonio. growing Muslim pres- publication in City Slickers and Red­ year Ph.D. student at the University Angelica Mickens (BA ’17) is the ence represented in a necks: Viewing the Urban/Rural Divide of Kansas. territory manager for a youth sports number of communities Through a Rhetorical Lens. BrieAnn Bell (BA ’16) is the league and is currently enrolled at nationwide. Danielle Kaminski (BA ’18) is the new Grandmont Rosedale Devel­ Wayne State in the sports administra- community development manager opment Corp. Grand River Work- tion graduate program. at the American Cancer Society in Place manager. Willo Cain (BA ’17) is a college Southfield, Michigan. Simone Norton Brennan (MA ’04, adviser with the AdviseMI program Alexandra Leroux (BA ’18) is an Ph.D. ’16) is a learning skills specialist of the Michigan College Action Net- MMJ/reporter with KLTV 7 in Tyler, at Wayne State School of Medicine. work, serving at Niles High School in Texas. •

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