Graham Bodie, Amanda Holmstrom, and Jessica Rack, Ph.D. students, received first prize in the Purdue University Systemwide Student Research Competition for their paper “Exploring the effects of messages intended to provide emotional support: Two studies investigating the dual-process theory of supportive message outcomes.”
Alicia Bergman, Ph.D. student, won the CLA winter campus scene photography contest.
Jennifer Gill, Ph.D. student, published “Religious beliefs or equal rights? A narrative analysis of the same-sex marriage debate” in Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review.
Rebekah Fox and Josh Frye, Ph.D. students, received a Top Paper in Environmental Communication at NCA for “Toward Understanding Praxis: Exploring Tensions Movement Actors Face.”
Cory Palm, Ph.D. student, is in charge of web productions for purduesports.com, the official Web site of Purdue Athletics. This includes video features, weekly previews, and various other items for the site.
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| Graduate student Martina Mills and visiting scholar Roman Dubovitskiy of Moscow State University |
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Lorraine Kisselburgh and Brenda Berkelaar Van Pelt, Ph.D. students, along with Professor Patrice Buzzanell, received a Young Engineer Studies (YES) Grant of $44,985 for their proposal “Encouraging Science and Engineering Interests in Young Children: Toward a Taxonomy of Effective Career Messages and Stories” from the Purdue University Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning.
LaShara Davis, M.A. student, and Mark Di Corcia, Ph.D. student, co-authored with faculty members Tyler Harrison and Susan Morgan “Entertainment (mis)education: The framing of organ donation in entertainment television,” in Health Communication and earned a Top three paper award with the same co-authors for “The Workplace Partnership for Life: The effectiveness of high- and low-intensity worksite campaigns to promote organ donation,” from the Health Communication Division of the National Communication Association.
Ashley Jones Bodie, Ph.D. student, with Assistant Professor Melanie Morgan, Top Paper Award at Southern States Communication Association Conference (March 2007) in the Instructional Development Division for “Confirmation, Immediacy and Motivation in the Classroom: A Longitudinal Exploration.”
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| Graduate student LaShara Davis, right, and alumna Patricia Geist-Martin at the reception to celebrate the department's 60th anniversary. |
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