Department News:
April 2021 Newsletter
Publication
Lillie, H. M., Chernichky-Karcher, S., & Venetis, M. K. (2021). Dyadic coping and discrete emotions during COVID-19: Connecting the communication theory of resilience with relational uncertainty. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, DOI: 02654075211009302. Select ways in which couples talk about a stressor, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, benefits couples more than others. This study demonstrates patterns of talk that promote resilience serve to maintain your sense of normalcy, support your identity, keep communication open, and stay positive help to support confidence in your relationship, manage emotions about your relationship, and help with overall coping.
Media Report
Dr. David Heineman was interviewed for the news article “Confessions of a 60-Year-Old Gamer.” https://www.nextavenue.org/confessions-of-a-60-year-old-gamer
Lambda Pi Eta (LPH) Research Colloquium
The 2021 Communication Studies Research Colloquium took place on Tuesday, April 27th via a Zoom webinar. This event was sponsored by the Department of Communication Studies Xi Omega Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta (LPH), the National Communication Honor Society. The chapter is advised by Dr. Erin Brummett. The Research Colloquium is an annual event in which the Xi Omega chapter solicits top student research paper submissions. Any student who wrote an individual or group research paper for a Communication Studies course within the past year (since January of 2020) was eligible to submit. The 14 submissions received this year were reviewed anonymously by three BU department faculty members. Each reviewer ranked the submissions, and the authors of the top three ranked papers were selected to present their research at the Colloquium. The authors of the papers selected this year include Lindsey Garnel, Jacob Iacovone, and Katelynn Kuijpers! The authors of the top papers selected last year (2020) also presented their research at this year's event since the Colloquium was unable to take place last spring due to the pandemic. Those students include Owen Faecher, Briahna Heintzelman, and Sydney Rimmer! The recipient of The Howard Schreier Award for Outstanding Student Scholarship for 2020 was Sydney Rimmer for her research paper entitled, "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile". The recipient of The Howard Schreier Award for Outstanding Student Scholarship for 2021 is Jacob Iacovone for his research paper entitled, "That isn't America".