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Find out what our students, faculty, and staff are being recognized for.
Joshua Frye
Communication
Joshua Frye recently published a peer-reviewed journal article in the KB Journal. The KB journal is the journal of the Kenneth Burke Society and is an online scholarly journal dedicated to the study of 20th Century rhetorical theorist and critic Kenneth Burke. Frye's article examines the ascendent rhetoric of the transhumanist movement. In particular, the essay critiques transhumanism's teleological assumption of a technological utopia and the profound political implications for its entelechy of human-machine convergence. The article can be accessed at kbjournal.org/frye
Armeda Reitzel
Communication
On October 25, 2017 Dr. Armeda Reitzel was elected to the position of Chair of the Access Humboldt Board of Directors for 2017-2018. This is Dr. Reitzel's fourth year in a row to serve as the Chair of the Board of Directors.
Armeda Reitzel, Michael Bruner
Communication
Dr. Armeda Reitzel presented the paper that she and Dr. Michael Bruner co-authored titled "I Have a Farm to Run: Climate Change Discourse in the Midwest" at the Midwest Popular Culture Association conference on October 19, 2017. Dr. Reitzel is subject area chair of the Midwestern Culture area of the Midwest Popular Culture Association.
Dr. Michael S. Bruner
Communication
COMM Professor Michael Bruner was cited on skinny-shaming and constant body judgment in a recent E! News article commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Ally McBeal TV show. Bruner and COMM alumni, Karissa Valine and Bernice Ceja, had previously published a related article on the experience of Rachel Frederickson on the TV show The Biggest Loser. See www.eonline.com/news
Joshua Frye and Macy Suchan
Communication
Dr. Joshua Frye and Macy Suchan (student) recently published an article entitled "Nobel Peace Speech" in a special issue of the French/English international ESSACHESS Journal for Communication Studies. The special issue focuses on rhetorics of peace in public and civil discourse in contemporary global cultures. They analyze the discourse of Nobel peace speech inductively and argue that the organizing principle of the Nobel peace speech genre is the repetitive form of normative liberal principles and values that function as rhetorical topoi. These topoi include freedom and justice and appeal to the inviolable, inborn right of human beings to exercise certain political and civil liberties.
Armeda Reitzel
Communication
Dr. Armeda Reitzel, Professor of Communication had her “Capstone Manuscript Speech” assignment published by the National Institute on Learning Outcomes Assessment at https://www.assignmentlibrary.org/assignments/5894ee23ce45f3e600000004. Materials in the assignment library go through a three-stage review process. The first stage is undertaken by the NILOA project team. Those selected for a second stage of review are shared with faculty peers who have experience with assignment design. They provide feedback for revision. After making revisions, authors resubmit their materials to NILOA, where they pass through a final review. The finished materials are then published to the site.
Armeda Reitzel and Kyra Vollger
Communication
Dr. Armeda Reitzel and her undergraduate research assistant, Kyra Vollger, presented their paper entitled "“The Rhetoric of Official and ‘Unofficial’ National Anthems” on April 15th at the 2017 national conference of the Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Associations which was held in San Diego, CA.
Brittany Stuckey
Communication
Brittany Stuckey (COMM & Studio Art, 2016) had her photograph, "Cucumbers," and "The Story of This Image" published in the Newsletter of the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS).
April 2017, Issue 5, page 4.
Armeda C. Reitzel, Kim Vincent-Layton, and Pamela Dougherty
Communication
Dr. Armeda C. Reitzel, Chair of Communication, was the lead presenter of an education session titled "Yes, you can teach public speaking online! The process of redesigning a face-to-face public speaking course into a successful fully online course!" at the Online Learning Consortium Innovate 2017 Conference in New Orleans, LA on April 6, 2017. Her two HSU instructional designers, Kim Vincent-Layton (via Zoom) and Pam Dougherty (onsite), joined her in discussing the highlights of redesigning the fundamentals of speech communication course into an award-winning online offering.
James Floss
Communication
James Floss, Lecturer in the Communication Department, served on a panel for The Northern Humboldt Union High School District's Career Frontiers Program, in partnership with College of the Redwoods, the Decade of Difference Initiative, and Humboldt State University, who invited local high school students and their parents to a series of college information panels. He answered their questions and shared insights and perspectives about the differences between high school and college, along with his expectations for being successful in college. He also provided testimony from 25 of his current freshmen students on the rigors of being a college student.