Communication Studies once again was well represented at the National Communication Association annual convention by numerous faculty, students and alumni who presented papers. There was a special program honoring the retirement of Becky, Alan and Jerry at the Kent State reception.  See additional story.

NCA 2004 Reception      Paul, Joe & Betsy

Rozell, Molly, Jim,      Dr. D Ray Heisey

Congratulations goes out to Dr. Mei-Chen Lin for winning the Best Dissertation in Communication and Aging Award for 2004. She will be honored at the Division of Communication and Aging Business Meeting at NCA on Friday, November 11 at 12:30 p.m.

Communication Studies had an impressive table display at Kent State's Homecoming Extravaganza 2004. See article.

Career Day 2004 and the Honors Banquet will be on Thursday, April 7, 2005. More information to follow soon.

Results of media research project. See Article.

Media research project makes the Record-Courier news. See article.

Erin Kleman won first place in the Graduate Student Paper Competition at the Speech Communication Association of Ohio Annual Convention.

Dr. Alan Rubin and Dr. Rebecca Rubin retire. See article.

Communiqué, our department newsletter, is now online and can be read by clicking here.

The Mock Trial team headed by Dr. Paul Haridakis competed in national tournament this spring.

Dr. Jerry Feezel retires effective Spring 2004.

The School of Communication Studies awarded its 100th Ph.D. degree at commencement on Saturday, December 13, 2003. Congratulations to Angie Planisek, our 100th Ph.D., who successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation, Testing an Interactional Model of Student Persuasion. Rebecca Rubin is Angie’s advisor. We are also very pleased that our 1st Ph.D., Dominic Infante, will help Becky Rubin and Jim Gaudino hood Angie at commencement.

100th Phd   100th & 1st PhD

NCA 2003 PROGRAM - Miami, Florida
Communication Studies was well represented at the National Communication Association annual convention by over 20 faculty and students and about 40 alumni on 116 convention programs. There were special programs for Jim Gaudino and Alan Rubin, a well-received Kent State reception, and even some sun. Adam Earnheardt, Mary Beth Earnheardt, Jackie Fisher, Paul Haridakis, Gwen Hullman Jeff Nelson, Angie Planisek, and Rebecca Rubin wrote papers designated among the best in their divisions. Tsui Chea, Nichole Egbert, Paul Haridakis, Tamara Jarrett, Robyn Parker, and Joe Watson were elected to various leadership positions in their divisions. Quite a Kent State showing!!

Jackie, Thomas, Joe, Justin, Denise

Qi, Jerry, Rachel

Dean Gaudino

The School of Communication Studies received the Distinguished Program Award from the Speech Communication Association of Ohio at the association’s annual conference in Westerville, OH, on October 11, 2003. According to the association’s announcement of the award, “Faculty, students, and alumni of Kent State’s School of Communication Studies are professionally involved and engaged, making significant contributions to their professions and communities in Ohio, the nation, and the world.”

SCAO Awards

The Communication Studies Forensics program, which has taken a brief hiatus, was awarded 3rd place in the 2003 President’s Division Sweepstakes by the Ohio Forensic Association, at that same conference.

Welcome to our newest full-time faculty members, Dr. Mei-Chen Lin on the Kent campus and Dr. Margaret Wick on the Stark campus.

Please also welcome Jung-Kee Kim, Visiting Scholar, from Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea, and Ho-Joon Lee, Communication Research Center Affiliate, from the Korean Broadcasting Commission. Dr. Lee will be here until November 15th and will be working on research exploring media audiences as determinants of broadcast policy. Dr. Kim, associate professor in journalism and mass communication, received his Ph.D. degree from our school in 1992. He will be here until February, researching media processes and applications.

Our 1st Annual School of Communication Studies Golf Outing held on August 15th was quite a success. We raised money to support student recognition and scholarships. See some of the pictures.

We welcome Dr. James Gaudino, who began his new role as Charter Dean of the College of Communication and Information on August 1st.

As a result of its performance at the regional tournament, one of our two KSU Mock Trial Teams, under the guidance of Paul Haridakis, received a bid to compete in the American Mock Trial national tournament at the end of the spring. The team performed exceptionally well, with four team members receiving individual awards: two outstanding attorney awards Phil Eckenrode and Anne Wilson and two outstanding witness awards Kathryn Grandstaff and Anne Wilson. This was an outstanding accomplishment for our students and Kent State University. 

The KSU Forensics team was nationally competitive last year, under the tutelage of Lee Tjelmeland. The team placed third or fourth in tournaments at Ohio University, Marshall University, and Ohio State University. Four team members qualified for the national tournament, with Amanda Sees participating in the event at Ball State University. This was quite an accomplishment for our students and Kent State University. 

Congratulations to Nicholas Shaheen, who was victorious in the Hyde Park Forum at the conclusion of the spring semester. Animesh Bhattacahrya, Holly Gibson, Sam Harper, and Matthew Montgomery were our other finalists. Other participants were Nyema Bedell, Tara Borrelli, Janice Brennan, Neil Burt, Douglas E. Carrier, Anna Cece, Brian Chojnowski, Jelani Dorsey, Jason Gottshall, Claire Johnson, Ariel Kapuscinski, Kelly Lohman, Bridgit McCafferty, John Paul, Melanie Prunier, Charles Thornton, Miranda Vesy, and Matthew Zaydand.

NCA 2002 PROGRAM - New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans NCA 2002
New Orleans NCA 2002

NCA 2001 PROGRAM - Atlanta, Georgia

Becky, S.A., Mary, Ronda at NCA 2001

Grad Students at NCA 2001

The Spring 2001 Newsletter

NCA 2000 PROGRAM - Seattle, Washington

The Spring 1995 Newsletter