Ohio University – Partner News, Spring 2020
- Congratulations to the OU Speech and Debate Team! They won the State Championship this past weekend at Heidelberg University.
- After Dinner Speaking – Cassie Wirtz – 3rd, Cassidy Bruns – 4th, Spencer Johnson – 2nd
- Broadcast Journalism – Jack Cross – 1st
- Dramatic Interpretation – Kaitlyn Cummings – 3rd, Jack Cross – 2nd, Grace Miller – 4th, Cassie Wirtz – 6th
- DUO Interpretation – Spencer Johnson and Grace Miller – 3rd, Katie gold and Mackenzie Joseph – 6th
- Extemporaneous Speaking– Katie Gold – 5th, Søren Starkey – 6th
- Impromptu Speaking – Søren Starkey – 5th, Cassie Wirtz – 1st
- Informative Speaking – Mackenzie Joseph – 5th, Jack Cross – 2nd
- Persuasion – Katie Gold – 5th, Mackenzie Joseph – 3rd, Grace Lach – 4th
- Poetry Interpretation – Tori Smith – 3rd
- Program of Oral Interpretation – Jack Cross – 1st, Cassidy Bruns – 6th, Tori Smith – 4th, Kaitlyn Cummings – 3rd
- Prose Interpretation – Jack Cross – 2nd
- Rhetorical Criticism – Cassidy Bruns – 4th, Jack Cross – 2nd, Søren Starkey – 5th, Grace Lach – 6th
- Trithon (Overall top speaker) – Cassie Wirtz 3rd, Jack Cross 1st
- Also in attendance – Savannah Okray and Morgan Miller
- Dr. Benjamin Bates published a new article: Bates, B. R., Nieto-Sanchez, C., Marvel, D. L., Guerrero, D., Baus, E. G., & Grijalva, M. J. (2019). Broadening ‘Media’ for Development Communication: Alternative Channels Employed in Loja, Ecuador. Asia Pacific Media Educator, 29(2), 201–213.
- Dr. Bill Rawlins was interviewed for an article in The Atlantic, on parenthood and friendship.
- Congratulations to Jason Crane for his recent publication in Health Communication.
- Crane, J. (2020). Rhythmic interventions, musical returns: The health benefits of music as an embodied, everyday practice. Health Communication.
- Dr. Pamela Kaylor, Dr. Candice Thomas-Maddox, and Dr. Laurie Lach were awarded a $10,000 grant from the Women’s Fund of Central Ohio. This grant will be used to do the study, “The Status of Women in Southeast Central Ohio”. This is also the first grant awarded by the WFCO at Ohio University.
- Dr. Ben Bates published an article, Determinants of intentions to prevent triatomine infestation based on the health belief model: An application in rural southern Ecuador. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases with Anita G. Villacís, Angela Mendez-Trivino, Luis E. Mendoza, and Mario J. Grijalva.
- Alyx McLuckie published a book chapter with his former advisor, Communication, Kink, and Sexual Education: What Young Women Learned from Fifty Shades of Grey, in Understanding the Influence of the Fifty Shades of Grey Phenomenon (Communication Perspectives in Popular Culture)
- Dr. Sarah Jones published an article, Negotiating Transgender Identity at Work: A Movement to Theorize a Transgender Standpoint Epistemology, in the latest issue of Management Communication Quarterly.
- Dr. Lynn Harter published an article, Narrating across the lifespan: Temporal pressures, aesthetic presence, and consummation of the other, in Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies with a former student who is now an assistant professor at James Madison University.
- Congratulations to Carson Kay whose paper, Teaching Tensions & Transcendent Eloquence: The Graduate Student Instructor’s Navigation of Political Difference in the Classroom, was selected as the Top Student Paper in Political Communication at Southern States Communication Association.
- Dr. Benjamin Bates received three “Top Papers” in the upcoming Eastern Communication Association conference:
- Top Paper in Intercultural Communication with Yadong Ji.
- Top Three Paper in Political Communication with Heather Stassen.
- Top Four Paper in Rhetoric & Public Address
- Dr. Judith Lee is presenting a lecture, “The Humor of the New Yorker Magazine” on Sunday, March 29th at 2 p.m. at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio,145 E. Main St., Lancaster, Ohio. See http://www.decartsohio.org/exhibitions.html for more information the lecture and exhibit. The lecture and exhibit are free and open to the public.
Carson Kay had two paper accepted at Southern States Communication Association: Teaching Tensions & Transcendent Eloquence: The Graduate Student Instructor’s Navigation of Political Difference in the Classroom and Social Media Spectacle: Reconceptualizing the Medium and the Message of Online Political Spectacles
Dr. Angela M. Hosek published with a team of Basic Course Directors, a multi-year project, on Measuring Essential Learning Outcomes for Public Speaking in the Basic Communication Course Annual. The project was funded by an NCA Advancing the Discipline grant and profiles numerous measures as to the ways in which they can be mapped on to essential learning outcomes for the fundamentals course.
Dr. Angela M. Hosek, Grace Oforiwa Sikapokoo and Iman Ikram received the Top Panel in the Basic Course division from Central States Communication Association.
Ritika Popli and Elizabeth M. Jenkins have the Top Panel in the Communication & Technology division from Central States Communication Association.
Dr. Jerry Miller was elected to serve a three term as a board member on the Ohio Debate Commission.
