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ICA congratulates Kim Stoltzfus, U of California-Santa Barbara, on winning the ICA Newsletter/DK Eyewitness Travel Crossword Puzzle contest. Kim will receive a free conference registration. Thanks also to all other entrants!
Annenberg Workshop on Games for Learning, Development & Change is delighted to announce the launch of its new Website: http://games.uscannenberg.org/AWGHome.php.
Professor Thomas J. Knutson, Department of Communication Studies at California State U, Sacramento, USA, received the Phi Beta Delta 2007 Award for Outstanding Contributions to International Education. Phi Beta Delta is the honor society for international scholars. Knutson is also Adjunct Professor of Graduate Studies at Bangkok U, Thailand.
Ming Jhang, 2006 M.A. graduate, U of Illinois at Chicago, is now working at Monroe Mendelsohn Research, New York City, as a marketing and media research project director for clients such as Bayer and Dove.
Patricia Harkin, U of Illinois at Chicago, will receive an inaugural Graduate Mentoring Award for 2007 at the Graduate Faculty Annual Meeting, April 25, 1 p.m., 613 SCE. The citation calls her "an outstanding and dedicated mentor to masters students in Communication, assuring their successful transition to advanced study."
Jim Sosnoski, U of Illinois at Chicago, Invited group organizer, Second Life virtual reality, Linden Lab.
Kevin Barnhurst, U of Illinois at Chicago, was nominated for the C. Peter Magrath Engagement Award, from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. His 2005 HUD-funded project with the North Lawndale Community News could win up to about $30,000 for use in expanding outreach in the qualitative methods course.
Jim Danowski, U of Illinois at Chicago, Participation Stipend, 2007 Online Conference for Teaching and Learning, Illinois Online Network (ION), February 14-16, 2007. Completed Master Online Teacher Certification, Making the Virtual Classroom a Reality (MVCR) Program, ION. Filed a Report of Research Discovery, “Software tools for word co-occurrence network analysis of large textual corpora” (Tech. ID No. DA070), with the UIC Office of Technology Management on January 25, 2007. Co-PI (with
Julia Gluesing, Katherine W. McCain, and Kenneth R. Riopelle) on a $750,000 NSF proposal submitted on Feb. 21, on “Mapping Perceptual, Semantic, and Citation Networks Associated with Generation of Scientific Innovations in NanoTechnology, Microbiology, and Biotechnology.” Extensive excerpt of his 1993 book chapter, “Network Analysis of Message Content,” forthcoming in a Content Analysis anthology by Klaus Krippendorff of the U of Pennsylvania.
Steve Jones, U of Illinois at Chicago, co-PI (with Jason Leigh, Andrew E. Johnson, Luc Renambot, Thomas A. DeFanti), won a NSF grant of $497,372 over 3 years to fund the project, "Collaborative Research: Towards Life-like Computer Interfaces that Learn" (Award No. CNS-0703916). He appeared on WLUP (97.9 FM) Jonathan Brandmeier Show, Feb. 28, to discuss technology, popular culture, privacy and the Internet.
New and Forthcoming publications from Sage:
Robert T. Craig (U of Colorado at Boulder) & Heidi L. Muller (U of Northern Colorado), Theorizing Communication: Readings Across Traditions, SAGE, 544pp, 978-1-4129-5237-8 (paper)
Eric M. Eisenberg (U of South Florida), Strategic Ambiguities: Essays on Communication, Organization, and Identity, SAGE, 328pp, 978-1-4129-2687-4 (cloth), 978-1-4129-2688-1 (paper)
Gail Fairhurst (U of Cincinnati), Discursive Leadership: In Conversation with Leadership Psychology, SAGE, 256pp, 978-1-4129-0424-7 (cloth), 978-1-4129-0425-4 (paper)
Laura K. Guerrero (Arizona State U), Peter A. Andersen (San Diego State U) & Walid A. Afifi (U of California, Santa Barbara), Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships, Second Edition, SAGE, 432p, 978-1-4129-4953-8 (paper), 978-1-4129-5750-2 (instructor’s resource CD-ROM)
Jake Harwood (U of Arizona), Understanding Communication and Aging: Developing Knowledge and Awareness, SAGE, 328pp, 978-1-4129-2609-6 (paper)
Tom Kelleher (U of Hawaii), Public Relations Online: Lasting Concepts for Changing Media, SAGE, 196pp, 978-1-4129-1417-8 (paper)
Joseph D. Straubhaar (U of Texas at Austin), World Television: From Global to Local, SAGE, 328pp, 978-0-8039-5462-5 (cloth); 978-0-8039-5463-2 (paper)
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