Stories From 2015
Congratulations to Melinda Leonardo, PhD!
She successfully defended her doctoral dissertation titled: Lost in transfer: How training participant narratives reveal training transfer experiences. Her committee consisted of Jessica Jameson (chair), Bill Kinsella, Susan Katz, Jason Swarts, and External Consultant Kathy Sturgis.
Calling all Dissertating PhD students!
If you are due to defend your dissertation, please consider applying for the Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant which would cover the period of July 1, 2015-December 31, 2015. To apply or get more information click here.
Congratulations to Johanne Laboy, PhD!
She successfully defended her doctoral dissertation titled: Irrational Health Beliefs and Type 2 Diabetes: Their Source, Nature, and Impact in the Hispanic Community. Johanne’s committee included Ken Zagacki, James Kiwanuka-Tondo, Huiling Ding, Teresa Thompson (the University of Dayton), and Kami […]
Congratulations to PhD student Larissa Carneiro!
She had her article “The Implication of Technology in Mediatization and Mediation Approaches to Religious Studies” accepted for publication in the journal Culture and Religion.
Congratulations to PhD student Adele Hite!
She was quoted in a New York Times story on the new federal dietary guidelines! You can read the full article here.
Congratulations to PhD students Gwendolynne Reid and Keon Pettiway!
They presented “Checking the Pulse of Multimodal Pedagogy: A Genre-based Inquiry of Rhetoric Across the Disciplines” at this year’s North Carolina Symposium on Teaching Writing. Gwendolynne Reid also presented “Digital Academic Genres in the FYC Classroom: A Pedagogical Thought Experiment” […]
Congratulations to PhD student Elizabeth Johnson-Young!
She had an article “Collective efficacy and the regulatory framing of health messages: Influences on concern for body image” published in the Journal of Health Communication.
Congratulations to PhD student Hector Rendon and Professor Melissa Johnson!
They had their paper “Media Coverage of Children at the Border: A “Minor” Problem” accepted to the Ethnicity and Race Division of the International Communication Association, taking place in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Congratulations to PhD student Larissa Carneiro and Professor Melissa Johnson!
They had their article “Ethnic Past and Ethnic Now: the representation of memory in ethnic museum websites,” accepted for publication by the Public Relations Inquiry journal.
Congratulations to PhD student Hector Rendon!
He is a 2104-2015 HASTAC Scholar grantee.