Volume 4,
Issue 4
UCF
May/June 2010
Nicholson School of Communication
STUDENTS – pg. 1‐2 FACULTY – pg. 3‐4 ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Ad‐PR students gain exposure in national firms. Journalism professor appointed director of Women’s Studies. HONOR SOCIETIES & GRADUATION HONORS pg. 5‐6 ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ NSC honors students. by the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4As). With promotion and consistent recruiting by Ad‐PR Instructor Joan McCain, UCF Ad‐PR majors broke records for MAIP participation. In December 2009, a record 14 students applied. In February nine students were notified that they were semi‐finalists and would be granted an interview to determine if they are a MAIP finalist. This was the second record breaking news. By April, all nine students were offered positions — a UCF sweep. One student did decline the offer because it did not match his career goals. A UCF student was offered the only internship in public relations in the country, and another student secured the highly competitive creative position of copywriter. Three students will spend their summer in New York City; three will be in Chicago, one in Dearborn, Mich., and one in Los Angeles. The students began their internship on June 7, and will all meet in New York City at MAIP headquarters for a graduation ceremony on Aug. 12. "MAIP offers the students an incredibly opportunity," said McCain. "It will truly open doors for their professional futures. But it also enhances the reputation of UCF. These students will stand up at graduation — among other MAIP interns from older universities with larger programs — and say, 'I am from the University of Central Florida.' After hearing it eight times, those advertising professionals in the room will definitely know who we are — and how wonderful our students are." UCF Ad‐PR Students Gaining Exposure in National Firms Thanks to MAIP This summer, eight UCF Ad‐PR majors will have the career opportunity of a lifetime by securing internships with national firms through a highly competitive program called MAIP. The Multi‐cultural Advertising Internship Program (MAIP), recruits and places students of color in national advertising agencies each summer. MAIP interns are flown to each host city, then to New York City for graduation, provided housing and paid $4,000 for the 10‐week internship. Each summer, MAIP places about 130 interns from a pool of nearly 400 applicants. Between 2005 and 2009, 10 UCF students majoring in Advertising‐Public Relations were selected for this competitive national internship program sponsored 1
the Society of Professional Journalists for her work in producing what SPJ deemed to be the best college news Web site in the Southeast at the Central Florida Future. After her internship is complete and she graduates in August, Ashley will be headed to Ohio University where she is the recipient of a full‐ride graduate studies scholarship at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. 2010 MAIP Intern Placements: Marie Arias Media Planning GroupM, New York City Elizabeth Crespo Media Planning Universal McCann, Los Angeles Darius Lana Public Relations GolinHarris, Chicago, Ill. Vanessa Manzon Account Management The Kaplan Thaler Group, Ltd., New York City Gustavo Marrero Account Management Draft FCB, Chicago Ill. Sarah Peerani Account Management Dentsu McGarry Bowen, New York City Kristina Reyes Copywriting Team Detroit, Dearborn, Mich. Christina Thomas Media Planning Starcom MediaVest Group, Chicago, Ill. UCF Graduate Student Named 2010 Dinah Shore Trophy Award Recipient Pictured (left to right) Carol Corcoran, president of the LPGA foundation, Katie Detlefsen and UCF women's golf coach Courtney Trimble. Katie Detlefsen, a Mass Communication student, has been selected as the recipient of the 2010 Dinah Shore Trophy Award. The award is administered by The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Foundation. The Dinah Shore Trophy Award recognizes a female collegiate golfer who excels in both academics (a minimum 3.2 on a 4.0 scale) and athletics — playing in at least 50 percent of the team's scheduled events — while maintaining a 78.00 or less scoring average. The nominees must also demonstrate outstanding leader‐ ship skills and community service. Detlefsen has balanced an impressive college golf career while maintaining an impeccable community service record and a 4.0 GPA. She graduated from the UCF Ad‐PR undergraduate program in just two years and is currently pursuing a master's degree in mass communications. Detlefsen’s extensive community involvement includes service to the Central Florida Children’s Home, New Life Church of God, Second Harvest Food Bank, and an unpaid internship at the Orlando‐based House for Hope. McCain is already recruiting for next year's pool of MAIP applicants. UCF Lands a Third Dow Jones Internship UCF journalism student Ashley Carnifax has been appointed to a prestigious Dow Jones copy‐editing internship at The Palm Beach Post for this summer. She is one of three UCF journalism students who have been selected by Dow Jones this year. The others are Michelle Dendy and Mike Balducci. Ashley will complete her editing boot camp training in June at Penn State and then will spend 12 weeks at the Post. This is an honor for Ashley and for UCF. Please congratulate her when you see her. This follows her Mark of Excellence Award last month bestowed by 2
interactive personality, community outreach programs and familiarity with UCF’s policies and procedures have been contributing factors to the program’s success said Dr. Jose Fernandez, dean College of Arts & Humanities. Alumna Awarded the Commitment to the Graduate Program Award Gina Castle Bell, who earned her B.A. and M.A. (2008) at UCF is now a doctoral student at George Mason University. She was recently awarded the Commitment to the Graduate Program Award. She received the award for academic excellence, getting involved in research within her department, for her efforts toward publishing and for conducting independent research beyond the classroom. She was also acknowledged for mentoring new master’s students and connecting with incoming Ph.D. students and for embodying the spirit of the program. This was a new award. Bell also presented the paper, “Exploring the Role of Family Approval in Mitigating Face Threats for Black and White Interracial Couples,” a paper she co‐
authored with Dr. Sally Hastings. The paper was presented on April 24 at the Eastern Communication Association Conference in Baltimore, Md. Nicholson School Faculty Awarded Grants For FCTL Conference Pictured from left to right at the FCTL Summer Conference are: Karisa Workman, Stephan Idhe and Shari Hodgson. Members of Nicholson School of Communication attended the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Summer Conference, May 4‐7. Karisa Workman, Stephan Ihde and Shari Hodgson represented Nicholson’s “GEP” faculty. Other NSC participants were Steve Collins, Sally Hastings, John Malala, Joan McCain, Ann Miller, George Musambira and Kimberly Voss. Presenters included: Kimiko Akita, Tim Brown and Rick Brunson. Faculty all worked on innovative development of new or existing courses curriculums.
Internship News Kimberly Hudzina, a senior in the
Interpersonal-Organizational major was
hired on to the Orlando Magazine team
as a sales/ marketing/circulation intern
for the summer.
Appointment of Dr. Maria Cristina Santana as Women’s Studies Director Faculty Research and Publication Dr. Maria Cristina Santana has published and presented papers at national and international professional conferences on Latinas, and women’s roles as television reporters and in photojournalism. Dr. Santana is a graduate of the Diversity Initiatives Leadership Enhancement program and has been involved in the Women’s Studies program since 2001. Additionally, she was the Women’s Issues Representative for the National Press Photographer Association. Dr. Santana’s performance as interim director of the Women’s Studies program has been exemplary. Her Dr. Kimiko Akita has had two refereed scholarly chapters accepted for publication in separate books. “Tales From the Oh‐Oku: the Shogun’s Inner Palace and the Outer (Mediated) World” has been accepted for publication in the forthcoming Women and the Media: Global Perspectives. “Artistic Performance of Gender by Queer Male Entertainers in Japanese TV” has been accepted for publication in the forthcoming A Queer Gaze: Media and the Global GLBT Community. Akita’s co‐designed and co‐taught lesson plan has earned second prize in the 2010 AEJMC “Best (continued on pg.4) 3
Challenge to the Communication Discipline" accepted for publication in the Journal of International and Intercultural Communication. Reporting results of a survey of major communication departments in East Africa, the article describes the plethora of challenges that East African faculty face when they try to gain entry into the global research endeavor. Miller's co‐authored article with Kyalo wa Ngula, "Self‐
Disclosure of HIV Seropositivity in Kenya: Boundary Management by HIV‐Positive Kamba Men and Their Families" has been accepted for publication in a special issue of Southern Communication Journal focused on qualitative research. This paper is an extension of Miller's previous research on how, why, and to whom people living with HIV in Kenya reveal their diagnosis. Another paper, "An Exploration of Rural and Urban Kenyan Women’s Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Early Detection Measures," co‐authored with Ann Muthoni‐Thuo, has been accepted for publication in Health Care for Women International. Results of the study indicated that rural women especially held wide‐ranging misconceptions about the causes and symptoms of breast cancer, and many had not even heard of mammograms or clinical breast exams. Miller will be conducting additional research on health communication in the East African context with colleagues in Nairobi, Kenya from May 18 to June 9. Dr. John Morrison published an article, “Evaluating Factor Analysis Decisions for Scale Design in Communication Research” in the October 2009 issue of the Communication Methods and Measures. Faculty Research and Publication (Continued from pg.3) Practices in Teaching of Critical Thinking Competition” and will be presented at the AEJMC annual conference in Denver in August. Her team’s entry was titled “CSI: Planet Earth: A Lesson in Critical Thinking About Environmental Journalism.” She helped direct students in a Metro Reporting class last year to clean up trash along Rouse Road and to research and write about the possible origins of a single piece of garbage each student found. Dr. Rufus Barfield’s submission, Communication Processes in Team Meetings at a Multidisciplinary Cancer Center, has been accepted for oral presentation at the Research and Teaching Forum of the American Academy on Communication in Healthcare in October. Dr. Robert Chandler NSC Director, Dr. Robert C. Chandler's, co‐authored (with Dr. W.T. Coombs and Dr. Sherry Holladay both of Eastern Illinois University) paper “Application of Workplace Aggression Tolerance Questionnaire” presented at the international George Gerbner Conference on Communication, Conflict, and Aggression in Budapest Hungary, May 28‐29 was awarded the George Gerbner Excellence Award for the top competitive paper at the 2010 Conference. Dr. Chandler also presented two other co‐authored refereed papers at the international Conference: J. Garner, R. C. Chandler, and JD Wallace (2010) Preliminary Findings on the Use of Humor and Cynicism in Response to Workplace Incivility, Conflict, and Aggression, paper presented at The George Gerbner Conference on Communication, Conflict, and Aggression, May 28‐29, Budapest, Hungary. (Dr. Garner is from Texas Christian University and Dr. Wallace is from Abilene Christian University.) Coombs, W. T., S. J. Holladay, and R. C. Chandler (2010) Anger as a Managerial Advancement Strategy: Verbal Aggression as a Limitation, paper presented at The George Gerbner Conference on Communication, Conflict, and Aggression, May 28‐29, Budapest, Hungary. Dr. Ann Neville Miller and co‐authors Mary Kizito and Kyalo wa Ngula of Daystar University and African Nazarene University have had their article "Life and Work as a Communication Scholar in East Africa: A Congratulations! It is with great pleasure that we announce that Carlos Baez has been promoted from Accountant to Senior Accountant for the Nicholson School of Communication. 4
Kappa Tau Alpha Inductees Lambda Pi Eta, Sigma Eta Chapter Inductees for Fall 2009 & Spring 2010: The following Journalism students have qualified for membership in Kappa Tau Alpha, a national college honor society that recognizes academic excellence and promotes scholarship in journalism and mass communication. Selection for membership is a mark of highest distinction and honor. Dr. Kim Voss is the KTA chapter adviser at UCF. Virginia Kiddy Amanda Moore Jenna Rew Presley Adamson Kira Baldwin Kia Christian Troya Clark Felicia Combs Giovanna di Lauro Brittany Dixon Kaitlin Doulou Diana Escobar Shannon Felder Lyndsey Fiore Kristin Harris Aimee Hoyt Tiffany Justiniani Danielle Kaye Tina Kuhn Kim Long Alex May Christopher McGill‐Roberts Kelsey Moore Andrea Pollock Shirdricka Roberts Ana Salazar Alexandria Scott Tracey Stein Elliot Ann Taylor Laura Trad Carrie Wartmann Leigh Weaver Kelsey Wilson Lambda Pi Eta Induction Ceremony Thirty students were inducted into the UCF Sigma Eta chapter of Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society on April 16. Members of Lambda Pi Eta are undergraduate students who have declared an interest in the field of communication and have achieved a high level of academic excellence. Each chapter may elect to induct a person who has demonstrated the highest standard of excellence and dedication in the field of communication as an honorary member. This year, the UCF Chapter chose to induct Boyd Lindsley, Assistant Director of the Nicholson of Communication. During the ceremony he was introduced by Adrian Nesbeth, the first Sigma Eta, Lambda Pi Eta chapter president. New chapter officers include: Tiffany Justiniani as president, Elliot Taylor as vice president and Laura Trad as secretary treasurer. We want to hear from you. Please send any newsworthy info to: tuorto@mail.ucf.edu 5
Congratulations to All Spring 2010 Graduates! The following NSC students graduated with honors: Summa Cum Laude: Elizabeth Ann Crespo (Ad‐PR) Lauri Anna Gagnon (Ad‐PR) Jennifer Carmen Marquez (Ad‐PR) Raquel Lee Rodriguez (R‐TV) Beth Ann Ruffi (I‐O) Natalie Elise Yrisarry (I‐O) Magna Cum Laude: Kristina Michelle Brown (Ad‐PR) Anne E. Dalles (Ad‐PR) Giovani Escudero (Ad‐PR) Stephanie Marie Hayes (Ad‐PR) Kacie Alexandria Hohnadell (Ad‐PR) Tasneem Hudda (Ad‐PR) Virginia Elizabeth Kiddy (JOU) Caitlin Marie Meade (R‐TV) Eva N. Seta (Ad‐PR) Isabel Trueba (Ad‐PR) Cum Laude: Chris Steven Arroyo (I‐O) Daniel Thomas Caridi (Ad‐PR) Julie Caitlin Crowell (I‐O) Brielle Alexis deMartino (Ad‐PR) Kaitlin Christine Doulou (Ad‐PR) Lauren Michelle Ekey (Ad‐PR) Amanda Maria Gaid (Ad‐PR) Jennifer Faye Garvin (Ad‐PR) Julie L. Ghata (Ad‐PR) Brice Edward Gramm(Ad‐PR) Ivan Camilo Hernandez (R‐TV) Jennifer Ashley Laker (Ad‐PR) Chauniqua N. Major (Ad‐PR) Amanda Rochelle Moore (JOU) Diana Carolina Nunez (R‐TV) Jenna Lee Rew (JOU) Joseph Edward Taylor, Jr. (Ad‐PR) Michelle Christine Yanikian (Ad‐PR) Virginia Kiddy was inducted into Kappa Tau Alpha, national college honor society for journalism and mass communication. Kiddy also graduated with university honors and Magna Cum Laude. The following NSC students graduated with Honors in the Major: Jennie Hayes (I‐O) Sabrina Jackson (I‐O) Stephanie Soriano‐Lorenzo (I‐O) Jessica Meyr (I‐O) NSC students graduated with university honors: Kristina Brown (Ad‐PR) Richard Bryan (Ad‐PR) Anne Dalles (Ad‐PR) Amanda Gaid (Ad‐PR) Nicole Gauzens (JOU) Virginia Kiddy (JOU) Jenna Rew (JOU) Samuel Struckhoff (JOU) Jessica Sunday (JOU) 6