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Greenlee School Achievements - October 2008Lulu Rodriguez attends first All-Africa Congress on BiotechnologyProfessor Lulu Rodriquez traveled this fall to Nairobi to attend the All-Africa Congress on Biotechnology where she delivered a paper about attitudes concerning biotechnology in Africa. The congress sponsored by the African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum, the Agricultural Biotechnology Network in Africa, and the African Union's Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture discussed how to harness the potential of biotechnology for food security and socio-economic development in Africa. At the convention, in a program of presentations under the rubric “Communication, Awareness and Networking,” chaired by Prof. James Ochanda of the University of Nairobi, Lulu presented a paper titled "Communication, public understanding and attitudes toward biotechnology in the African continent." For more about the All-Africa Congress on Biotechnology, visit: http://abneta.org/congress Other Good News Concerning:
Jeff BlevinJeff Blevins reports: Article publication
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Contact: Jeff Blevins, Assistant Professor blevins@iastate.edu Michael BugejaMichael Bugeja spoke about the high cost of tuition and fees for a special edition of “Marketplace” by American Public Media. His book, Interpersonal Divide: The Search for Community in a Technological Age, will be the focus of an hour interview by Mars Hill Productions, an audio magazine produced by Ken Myers, formerly with National Public Radio and a producer for Morning Edition whose guests in the past have included Neil Postman, David Nye, James Howard Kunstler, and Albert Borgmann. Michael gave several interviews on topics associated with the interpersonal divide, including one on juicycampus.com in the Des Moines Register and another on Second Life in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. He has begun reviewing scholarly articles at the request of Steve Jones at New Media and Society and was also appointed editor for NewsTrust.net, a social network preserving ethical values in news. Contact: Michael Bugeja, Director bugeja@iastate.edu David BullaDavid Bulla reports these accomplishments: ResearchDavid Bulla will participate in the Symposium on the 19th-Century press, the Civil, and Freedom of Expression at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Nov. 13-15. He will present a paper titled "The Mid-Atlantic Copperhead Press" and will serve on a panel titled "Sensationalism in the Nineteenth-Century Press." Service/OutreachDavid, along with Lindsay Gilbert, represented the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at the Iowa High School Press Association regional conference in Cedar Rapids on Oct. 13. David, Lindsay, and Mark Witherspoon attended the Des Moines Regional of IHSPA on Oct. 28 at Drake University. Lindsay made a presentation about First Amendment Day at both conferences. David also visited Ames High School social studies classes on Constitution Day, Sept. 17. David joined students from the Leo Mores Chapter of SPJ, Iowa State Daily staff members, and Daily adviser Mark Witherspoon to discuss the First Amendment with AHS students. Greenlee students worked as facilitators in small groups before the whole class discussed what it would be like not to have these rights. Federal law requires every university, college and high school to have activities on Constitution Day. David also reviewed a historical manuscript for Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. TeachingBulla's 202 intermediate reporting class covered the Ames High football game against Mason City on Sept. 19. Students learned how to systematically cover a sports event, interview the principles involved in the game and aggregate statistical data. Then they returned to Hamilton Hall to write their stories on deadline. Contact: David W. Bulla, Assistant Professor dbulla@iastate.edu Dennis ChamberlinDennis Chamberlin coordinated two major photojournalism events within one week, the hugely successful Chamberlin Lecture on the American President by Susan Biddle of the Washington Post and the historic presentation about Robert Kennedy and 1968 by Bill Eppridge. Dennis also secured a series of grants that underwrote the Eppridge visit. He also was responsible for displaying and otherwise facilitating the Associated Press exhibit gracing the halls now of Hamilton Hall. Contact: Dennis Chamberlin, Assistant Professor dennisch@iastate.eduWeb: http://www.jlmc.iastate.edu/faculty/chamberlin.shtml Daniela DimitrovaDaniela Dimitrova reports these new contributions: ResearchDaniela received a small grant from LAS to conduct a phone survey of Iowa voters (together with Jacob Groshek and Kim Smith). The survey will investigate the effects of various media on voter knowledge, campaign interest and mobilization. TeachingBased on positive feedback from both ISU and Bulgarian students, Daniela is in the process of setting up another online collaboration with Sofia University for World Communication Systems. ServiceDaniela has agreed to served as a paper reviewer for ICA's Political Communication division. Contact: Daniela Dimitrova, Assistant Professor danielad@iastate.edu Lindsay GilbertLindsay Gilbert and David Bulla attended the Iowa High School Press Association's regional conference in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. They presented a presentation prepared by Emily Keats, senior in journalism and mass communication, to advisers from area high schools to recruit high school students and advisers to the Greenlee School's annual First Amendment Day in April. Davenport Central High School, Pleasant Valley High School and Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School confirmed they would attend the day's events. Bulla and Gilbert will attend the central and western Iowa High School Press Association's regional conference at Drake University in Des Moines, IA on Tuesday, Oct. 28 to continue their recruiting efforts. Contact: Lindsay Gilbert, Academic Adviser lsg@iastate.edu Jacob GroshekJacob Groshek is serving as a reviewer for New Media & Society and The Information Society. He also received a small grant award and is working with Daniela Dimitrova and Kim Smith to conduct a phone survey of Iowa voters. Contact: Jacob Groshek, Assistant Professor jgroshek@iastate.edu Beth HaagBeth Haag notes that on Monday, Sept. 15, her Jl MC 321 students met with Jennifer Garrett, coordinator of leadership and service for the Memorial Union, to learn more about the Keep Iowa State Beautiful initiative. For the rest of the semester, the students will be working on a communication plan and developing public relations tactics to increase awareness among students, faculty, alumni and campus visitors about the Keep Iowa State Beautiful program. Beth also is featured on the back cover of the summer 2008 "Adviser Update," a publication that goes to 5,000 high school journalism teachers and publications advisers.
Here’s a link to that Adviser Update Contact: Beth Haag, Lecturer bhaag@iastate.edu Jay NewellJay Newell reports the following: ResearchThe "Mass media displacement and saturation" article that he did with Joe Pilotta from Ohio State and our own John Thomas is picking up some press in advance of its publication in the International Journal on Media Management. Radio stations in particular seem to like the finding that media consumption is more a matter of new media being layered on top of old media than old media dying off. I've done interviews with radio stations in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and Ames. TeachingThe students in the Advertising Principles class have been following the adventures of a Greenlee intern in Hollywood. Kadie Gibson has been reporting back via video conference and audio conference about her internship in the product placement industry. Her latest adventure was meeting Ellen DeGeneres. The project is being supported by a Miller Faculty grant. In the Media Planning class, social media expert and Iowa State alum Hillary Brown stopped by for a guest lecture on the newest of new media. ServiceJay has submitted reviews to the Journal of Advertising and the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. Additionally, he co-authored with Sherri Broyles (North Texas) an article in the AEJMC advertising newsletter that was a recap of the plenary session, "All I needed to know about Millennials I learned in Chicago." The article covers research from a Chicago-based advertising agency and the observations of Missouri's Cynthia Frisby on how to deal with the newest (who sometime think they're the greatest) generation. Contact: Jay Newell, Assistant Professor newelljj@iastate.edu Marcia Prior-MillerMarcia Prior Miller was part of the Visitors Committee (Advisory Council), Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas, Friday, October 24. Marcia served as chair for this year's meeting. Contact: Marcia Prior-Miller, Associate Professor mpm@iastate.edu Sela SarSela Sar presented the following paper to the Association for Consumer Research Annual Conference in San Francisco: Meyers, Jun and Sela Sar (2008). The Influence of Consumer Mood State on Metal Imagery Processing of Advertisement and Brand Evaluation. Paper presented. Additionally, he reports an LAS small grant and this forthcoming publication: Tsan-Kuo Chang, Jisu Huh, Kristine McKinney, Sela Sar, Wei Wei, and Adina Schneeweis. Culture and its Influence on Advertising? Misguided Framework, Inadequate Comparative Design and Dubious Knowledge Claim. International Communication Gazette. Contact: Sela Saar, Assistant Professor selasar@iastate.edu Erin WilgenbuschErin Wilgenbusch notes that PRSSA hosted Tim Menke on Oct. 14. ISU alum Tim Menke ('86), a senior publicist for 20th Century Fox, talked about how to publicize a movie. Additionally, PRSSA is organizing PR Week Nov. 12 - 14 with Alumni Events, Professional Networking lunch at Hamilton Hall and sponsorship of a lecture by Ed Nicholson, APR, Director of Community and Public Relations. Erin writes, “The theme of Ed's speech, and of the rest of the week, is hunger relief and we'll be collecting food and money for local food pantries at each of our events.” Also, three PRSSA members visited Detroit this for the annual conference. At the event, Erin writes, “our Central Iowa PRSA chapter liaison is being given the ‘Professional Advisor of the Year’ award (we nominated her last spring). Also, our PRSSA chapter has two local public relations professionals lined up to serve as advisors to this year's Bateman teams. “This is a great opportunity for our students to work with area professionals.” Finally, Erin also notes that she had the “fun privilege of being a judge for First Cuts of the "Yell like Hell" competition for ISU's Homecoming. Contact: Erin Wilgenbusch, Lecturer eew@iastate.edu 2008-10-28 |
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