Category: Academic
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Service Update: Graduate Student Senate
I volunteered to represent the graduate students from the school of journalism and mass communication in the University of Iowa’s Graduate Student Senate. As a senator, I have two main responsibilities. First, I attend monthly meetings that detail a variety of institutional occurrences that affect graduate students. Second, I am required to serve on a…
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Conference Recap: AEJMC
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication met for their annual national conference in Chicago last week. It was my first time attending the conference, and I was thankful to receive feedback on my two presentations, connect/reconnect with friends and colleagues, and spend some time exploring Chicago.
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Conference Presentation: Identity and Labels in Grandfamilies
Dr. Jessica Freeman and I were awarded top paper in the Aging and Communication division of the National Communication Association. We will be presenting our paper, “Grandma or Mommy: Familial Labeling as Constructs of Identity in Grandfamilies,” in November at the NCA National Convention in Dallas, TX.
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Conference Presentation: Transmedia Storytelling and Niche Markets
As part of my ongoing research on Netflix, I wrote a paper looking at the relationship between Netflix’s transmedia shows and marketing to niche audiences. My paper, “Appealing to Niche Markets: A Typology of Transmedia Storytelling for Digital Television” was accepted to the 2017 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference in Chicago…
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Service Update: President of Journalism and Mass Communication Graduate Student Association
The journalism and mass communication graduate students at the University of Iowa voted for me to be the president of the our graduate student association beginning fall 2017. The job holds a variety of responsibilities including representing graduate student concerns to the faculty, planning events, and organizing grad student visits with guest scholars. I’m looking…
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Service Update: Advisory Board Member for the Journal of Communication Inquiry
I was recently selected to serve on the Journal of Communication Inquiry‘s advisory board. The journal focuses on publishing research that critically analyzes mass communication and culture from interdisciplinary perspectives. Well known authors including James Carey, Stuart Hall, Angela McRobbie, Vincent Mosco, Janet Wasko, and more have previously published in the journal, exploring how mass…
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Service Update: Secretary for Journalism and Mass Communication Graduate Student Association
I’ve volunteered to serve as the secretary for the Journalism and Mass Communication Graduate Student Association for the 2016-2017 school year. I’ll be the record keeper for GSA meetings and graduate student events. I’m excited to start working with the GSA to build the grad student culture at the University of Iowa, and I hope…
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New Class: Media Uses and Effects
I’ll be teaching the discussion sections for Media Uses and Effects as my first class at the University of Iowa. This general education class teaches students about the history of social scientific research on media, discussing how violence, sexuality, and other topics impact media users. While the class is largely arranged topically, the course naturally…
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Service Update: Executive Publishing Board Student Representative for Wichita State University’s The Sunflower
The Sunflower is a student newspaper published out of the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University. Every year, the director of the Elliott School nominates one graduate student to serve as a representative for the students on The Sunflower‘s Executive Publishing Board. Dr. Matt Cecil elected me as the student representative for the…
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Conference Presentation: Binge-Watching: The Emergence of Instant Gratification Television Culture
My paper “Binge-Watching: The Emergence of Instant Gratification Television Culture” was accepted into the 2015 Southwest Popular Culture Association regional conference as part of a panel entitled “What hath Netflix Wrought? Television in the New Digital Media Era.” This exploratory study explored how binge-watching has been described in the television industry and past academic research.…
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