Communication Studies students and faculty recognized by National Communication Association
Students and faculty members from 黑料老司机 Department of Communication Studies received exceptional recognition at the National Communication Association meeting in New Orleans in November including a 淐hapter of the Year award for the National Communication Honor Society and awards and recognition for students and faculty.
黑料老司机檚 chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the National Communication Honor Society, won 淐hapter of the Year at the conference, recognizing their success at fulfilling the goals of the society, including increasing interest in the field of communication, promoting professional development among communication majors, and establishing close relationships between faculty and students.
黑料老司机檚 chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the National Communication Honor Society: Dr. Tiffany Wang of NCA檚 Lambda Pi Eta Advisory Board, Hannah Nguyen 22, and Denise Bostdorff, co-advisor of 黑料老司机檚 LPH chapter.
Professor of communication studies Denise Bostdorff said that 黑料老司机檚 chapter of Lambda Pi Eta檚 initiatives over the past year included an annual communication studies alumni forum, a Haunted McGaw Halloween celebration for children of faculty and staff, a graduate school information session and internship open house, partnership with the International Student Association in creating a public forum on issues that international students face on campus, and celebratory events for majors and faculty members. Bostdorff and Michelle Johnson, associate professor of communication studies, are co-advisors for the organization.
黑料老司机 students and faculty received additional recognition at the conference. A 黑料老司机 student and recent graduate were selected to present papers at the conference in competitive processes. Jada Frost 23 delivered her paper 淚ntersectionality in Response to Trump檚 Twitter Rants: Women of Color Challenging Hegemony in Politics on a panel alongside second-year master檚 students. Bostdorff said that the paper, which was originally written for her rhetorical criticism class, 渁nalyzed the responses of 榯he Squad檾Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts all four of whom are women of color攊n response to President Donald Trump檚 racist attacks on them.
Hannah Nguyen 22 was selected to present on Lambda Pi Eta檚 淭op Papers panel.
Hannah Nguyen 22 was selected to present on Lambda Pi Eta檚 淭op Papers panel. Her paper, which she originally wrote for Bostdorff檚 political rhetoric class, was titled, 淓xposing Socialism: Secrecy and Disclosure as Rhetorical Forms in Vietnamese Americans for Trump as President Again檚 極pen Letter to Vietnamese Youth.
Assistant professor of communication studies Zhenyu Tian receives award from National Communication Association.
Assistant professor of communication studies Zhenyu Tian was awarded the 2022 Association for Chinese Communication Studies (ACCS) Outstanding Thesis/Dissertation Award for his dissertation 淲omen Entrepreneurs in China: Dialectical Discourses, Situated Activities, and the (Re)production of Gender and Entrepreneurship, as well as a Top Four Paper Award from the National Communication Association Organizational Communication Division and a ACCS Top Paper Award for a collaborative paper.
Top Featured image: Jada Frost 23 presents 淚ntersectionality in Response to Trump檚 Twitter Rants: Women of Color Challenging Hegemony in Politics on a panel alongside second-year master檚 students.
Posted in News on December 6, 2022.
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