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2023 ACU Undergraduate Research, Creativity, and Innovation Festival

0 Commentsby   |  05.12.23  |  Conferences, Research

At this year’s Undergraduate Research , Creativity, and Innovation Festival, we had six students from the department present their research, and they won three awards:

  • Elizabeth Bryant (Sociology minor),“Recent Trends in Confidence in Medicine from the General Social Survey,”
    Award: Outstanding poster presentation in the social science and
    “    What Would It Take for the United States to Adopt the French Healthcare System? A Social Theory Perspective”
  • Amelia Little (Sociology major), “Winners Rule, Losers Wear a Dress: Fantasy Football and White Masculinity”
  • Gracyn McGathy (Sociology major),“The Mark of the “Slut”: Iranian Women & Tattoos as Political Protest,”
    Award: Outstanding oral presentation in the social sciences
  • Caroline McKnight (Communication major), “Contradictory Responses and Late Apologies: Analyzing Facebook’s Privacy Crisis Response with Situational Crisis Communication Theory”
  • Hansen Penya (Sociology major), “HEARD IT HERE: Gangs, Poverty, & the Black Experience”
  • Abigayle Taylor (Communication major), “No Laughing Matter: Crisis at the Ellen Show,”
    Award: Top oral presentation in arts and humanities

ACU Undergraduate Research, Creativity, and Innovation Festival presenters and mentors

2023 Eastern Communication Association

0 Commentsby   |  05.12.23  |  Conferences, Research

This year’s Eastern Communication Association Convention was in Baltimore, Maryland. Four undergraduate students and two graduate students had their research accepted to present at the convention this year:

  • Braden Bossier (undergraduate) “When the Response Does Not Match the Mess: An Analysis of Hillsong’s Crisis Response Strategies Using Situational Crisis Communication Theory”
  • Chloe Brownell (undergraduate) “An Analysis of Activision Blizzard’s Unsuccessful Crisis Response through the Lens of Situational Crisis Communication Theory”
  • Heather Johnson (graduate student presenting paper written as an undergraduate) “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist: Grief and Mourning on TV”
  • Caroline McKnight (undergraduate) “Contradictory Responses and Late Apologies: Analyzing Facebook’s Privacy Crisis Response with Situational Crisis Communication Theory”
  • Sydney Risher (graduate student) “Too Little, Much Too Late: An Analysis of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Sexual Abuse Crisis” and
    “No Saint Ever Watched Over Me”: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Netflix’s Shadow and Bone”
  • Abigayle Taylor (undergraduate) “Lorde’s Lament: A Rhetorical Analysis of Fallen Fruit”

These students’ mentors include Dr. Jeff Hobbs, Dr. Lauren Lemley, and Dr. Lynette Sharp Penya.

Students enjoy a meal at the 2023 Eastern Communication Association Convention.

2022 National Communication Association Convention

0 Commentsby   |  05.02.23  |  Conferences, Research, Student Awards

This year’s National Communication Association Convention was in New Orleans, Louisiana. Two graduate students presented their research mentored by Dr. Lauren Lemley:

  • Sahori Hernandez-Quiñones, “Portrayals of Sexism & Misogyny in TV: A Rhetorical Analysis of The Queen’s Gambit”
  • Sydney Risher, “Hozier and Hegemonic Masculinity”

Heather Johnson, a graduate student, presented the research she conducted as an undergraduate entitled “A Frozen Fumble: An Analysis of the 2015 Blue Bell Creameries’ Listeria Crisis.” Dr. Sharp Penya was her research mentor.

2022 National Communication Association Convention, students with mentors