SCHOLARSHIP & ENGAGEMENT FACULTY NEWS

VALÉRIE BÉLAIR-GAGNON has been working on a special issue with Digital Journalism on well-being and mental health in journalism. She was also awarded the Scholar of the College Award, named after Melvin and Gertrude Waldfogel. The award is presented annually by the College of Liberal Arts to recognize and celebrate outstanding achievement by faculty in the college. Scholars of the College are chosen on the basis of past accomplishments and contributions in the areas of scholarly research or other creative work, teaching, and service, and the promise of further achievement.

MATT CARLSON presented the Neil Shine Ethics Lecture titled “How Does Journalism Know? Journalistic Objectivity Debates as Epistemic Contests” at Michigan State University in March.

DIANE CORMANY is leading the unit’s ongoing Writing Enriched Curriculum work. The School earned a Writing Enriched Curriculum Legacy Plan grant of $10,000, which it has used to create an internal site with learning resources for the ongoing development of undergraduate writing. Initial resources focus on integrating research into writing and focusing on audiences.

RUTH DEFOSTER earned the 2022 Hubbard School Teaching Excellence Award for her strides in teaching and her work as the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

GAYLE (G.G.) GOLDEN, who co-chairs the Women’s Faculty Cabinet, talked with the Minnesota Daily about the group’s efforts to launch a gender equity report card in collaboration with the Provost’s Office.

In May 2023, JISU HUH visited Beijing, China. She gave a keynote speech at The Development of Future-Oriented Global Advertising Forum hosted by the School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University (PKU), celebrating the PKU advertising program’s 30th anniversary. She also gave public lectures at Peking University and Tsinghua University during her visit. In June, in her capacity as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Advertising, Huh, along with the editors-in-chief of the Journal of Advertising Research and the International Journal of Advertising, held the first Writer’s Workshop on Crafting Industry Relevant Research at the European Advertising Academy’s International Conference on Research in Advertising (ICORIA).

MARK JENSON earned the 2022 Marshall Tanick Teaching Excellence Award for his dedication to his students.

SHERRI JEAN KATZ, along with co-authors, had “Tobacco free nicotine vaping products: A study of health halo effects among middle school youth” accepted for publication in the Journal of Health Communication.

JANE KIRTLEY’s article “Why Fox News’ settlement with Dominion Voting Systems is good news for all media outlets,” was published in The Conversation and republished by nearly 10 other outlets. She also published “Dominion v. Fox News: A Referendum on the Future of

Journalism,” on Smerconish.com. Kirtley was interviewed by nearly 40 outlets about the Dominion v. Fox case and settlement.

SCOTT LIBIN spoke about American television news and journalism education to a group of international journalists visiting Murphy Hall under the auspices of the World Press Institute. He also conducted a day of training at the West Virginia Broadcasters Association Spring Meeting, hosting one-on-one coaching sessions and leading group sessions titled “Recruiting, Retaining and Motivating Across Generations” and “Is Objectivity Obsolete?” capital approach.” A chapter Saffer co-authored with Aimei Yang at USC-Annenberg titled “Network approaches to public relations theory & practice” was published in Public Relations Theory III

REGINA MCCOMBS was a judge for the Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles annual contest in February. In March, she presented virtually for The Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Seeds for the Future Program, a small grants competition to support innovative initiatives in Southeast Asia, to talk about using storytelling as the young grantees develop their projects.

REBEKAH NAGLER presented her team’s research titled “Communicating about the process of scientific discovery in the face of conflicting health information: An experimental test of potential message strategies” at the International Communication Association (ICA) annual conference held in Toronto in May; her doctoral advisees, Chloe Gansen and Le Wang, also presented some of the team’s research. Additionally, Nagler was invited to participate in an ICA panel celebrating the contributions of Joe Cappella and Bob Hornik to the field of health communication.

AMY O’CONNOR received the 202223 Hubbard School Graduate Student Organization’s Dedication to Graduate Students Award. The annual award recognizes Hubbard School faculty/staff for supporting graduate students. She also received the 2022 Hubbard School Outstanding Service Award.