Richard Buttny from the Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University was awarded a Fulbright Fellow to lecture on intercultural communication at Universiti Teknologi MARA in Malaysia beginning November 2008 through March 2009.
Jinbong Choi has been appointed Assistant Professor of the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at Texas State U, San Marcos. Dr. Choi formerly served as an assistant professor at Minnesota State U, Mankato. He earned his Ph.D. in Communication Studies from U of Minnesota.
James E. Grunig, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Communication at the University of Maryland is being honored as this year's Arthur W. Page Society's Distinguished Service Award winner. Widely recognized as one of the industry's leading scholars, Dr. Grunig is being honored for his contributions to the public relations profession for more than 30 years.
William K. Rawlins, Stocker Professor of Communication Studies at Ohio University, recently published The Compass of Friendship: Narratives, Identities, and Dialogues (Sage Publications). The book examines communication dialectically across private, personal friendships as well as public, political friendships. More information about the book is available at www.sagepub.com/rawlins.
Smita C. Banerjee (Senior Lecturer, U of Lincoln, UK) and Kathryn Greene (Rutgers U, USA) have received Social Science Small Grant from Nuffield Foundation, London, UK (£7,500.00). The title of the grant is: "My/our experience, your lesson: Using transportation theory to examine efficacy of anti- drug testimonials" (June 2008 to October 2009). Banerjee and Greene have also received Small Grant from Alcohol Education and Research Council (AERC), London, UK (£4,959.50). "The title of the grant is: It destroyed me/it destroyed my sister: Examining transportation and other traditional persuasion effects of anti-alcohol narratives" (October 2008 to December 2009).
