Department News:
Summer 2015
New Faculty
The Department of Communication Studies welcomes new faculty members Aarti Arora, Erin Brummett, and Kai Kuang!
Publications
Miller, E. C. (2015). Phyllis Schlafly’s “Positive” Freedom: Liberty, Liberation, and the Equal Rights Amendment. Rhetoric and Public Affairs, 18, 277-300.
Miller, E. C. (2015). Divisive Discourse: The Extreme Rhetoric of Contemporary American Politics, by Joseph Zompetti. (Book Review.) Argumentation and Advocacy, 51, 132-134.
Miller, E. C. (2015). Beyond Religious Right and Secular Left Rhetoric: The Road to Compromise, by Karin Fry. (Book Review.) Politics and Religion, 8, 425-428.
Conference Presentations
Beerman, R. J. (2015, June). Seminar Participant in Rhetorics of Citizenship. Rhetoric Society of America's 6th Biennial Summer Institute, Madison, WI.
Beerman, R. J. (2015, June). Workshop Participant in Academic Publishing in Rhetorical Studies or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Sending Manuscripts Out for Review (with apologies to Stanley Kubrick). Rhetoric Society of America's 6th Biennial Summer Institute, Madison, WI.
King, M. E., & Estlein, R. (2015, June). Attachment avoidance and anxiety in adult romantic relationships and corresponding influence on relational uncertainty and partner interference. International Association of Relationship Research, New Brunswick, NJ.
Professional Development
Dr. La Valley and Dr. King completed the Teaching Online Certification Course (TOCC) in preparing for courses to be taught via D2L online technology
Student Achievement
Boe Kline was selected to receive the Bloomsburg University Department of Communication Studies “Brinley Crahall, Jr. Endowed Scholarship,” which is an annual scholarship given to outstanding Communication Studies students. Congrats, Boe!
Baby!
Dr. King and her husband Matt welcomed Wesley Matthew King on August 25th at 11:14pm, weighing in at 7lbs, 2 ounces and 20 inches long. Congratulations Mary and Matt!