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COMM Kudos: Faculty and graduate student accomplishments
In 2010, Dr. Rob Anderson published
“Tao, Dialogue, and Cultural Tensions: The Oliver
Invitation,” in the volume Robert T. Oliver. In
addition, a stage adaptation of the 1957 Martin
Buber-Carl Rogers dialogue (taken from a 1997
book and transcript by Anderson and Cissna) appeared
in the European journal Yiunim Behinuch
(Studies in Education). Rob’s scholarship has now
been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean,
German, and Hebrew.
The SLU Ad Club placed fourth in the
National Student Advertising Competition district
competition in Kansas City on April 15.
Dr. Matt Carlson recently published his
book, “On the Condition of Anonymity: Unnamed
Sources and the Battle for Journalism” (University
of Illinois Press), which explores
the impact of a series of recent controversies
involving unnamed sources at
leading news organizations. From Deep
Throat to WMDs, this book questions not
only how problems with unnamed sources
arise, but also how discussions of sources
morph into a conversation aiming to
defi ne the role of journalism in the early
years of the 21st century.
Dr. Mary Gould, co-director of the SLU
College-in-Prison Program (SLU-CIPP), has received
a 2011 President’s Research Fund Grant
for her study “Assessing the social and intellectual
effects of a college education program at the
Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional
Center.” The research project is designed to assess
the immediate effect of a prison education
program on program participants and the prison
community by conducting mixed methodology research
focused on the fi rst year of the pilot AA degree
program sponsored by the SLU-CIPP.
Dr. Amber W. Hinsley has published an
article in Journalism. Gil de Zuniga, H., Lewis,
S., Willard, A., Valenzuela, S., Lee, J.K., and
Baresch, B.(2011). Blogging as a form of journalism:
A model linking perception, motivation, and
behavior. Journalism 12(5), 1-21. In August, Dr.
Hinsley will serve as a host committee member for
the 2011 Association for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference in
St. Louis in August.
Dr. Dan Kozlowski received the 2011 SLU
Robert A. Johnston, S.J. Award for Teaching in
Social Sciences. Kozlowski has also received a
research leave for the fall 2011 semester to complete
his book, “Originalism, Freedom of Expression,
and the U.S. Supreme Court.”
Dr. Elizabeth Richard presented a paper
entitled “Fighting a two-dimensional war: The case
of Flat Daddy” at the 2011 Western States Communication
Association conference, where she
also served as Chair for the Communication Theory
and Research interest group. Additionally, she
presenter her paper, “Digital media projects
and the Jesuit identity,” at the 2010 Association
of Jesuit Colleges and Universities-
Communication Conference.
Dr. Zach Schaefer has published a
book chapter. Schaefer, Z.A., Conrad, C.,
Cheney, C., May, S.K., & Ganesh, S. (2010).
Economic Justice and Communication
Ethics: Considering Multiple Points of
Intersection. In The handbook for communication
ethics (pp. 436-456). New York: Routledge.
Additionally, Dr. Schaefer will present two
papers at the 2011 International Communication
Association conference.
Dr. April Trees recently became the new
Director of Graduate Studies for the communication
department. In April, she presented a workshop
on Managing Confl ict Constructively for Vista
Volunteers from Missouri and Kansas. She is also
teaching an interpersonal communication class
through the Jesuit Commons distance learning
program for students living in a refugee camp in
Malawi this summer.
Professor Bill Tyler has published his fi rst
children’s book, “Who Let The Mongoose Loose?”
It is written in verse and colorfully illustrated
to encourage early reading. Tyler’s youngest
son is the artist. The book is
available on Amazon.com and
BarnesandNoble.com.
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