Jan Lauren Boyles, associate professor and director of graduate education in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, has been named faculty fellow in the office of the senior vice president and provost for a two-year term.

"High impact practices represent the margin of excellence students need to make the most of their education -- not only while they're on campus, but after they leave as well," Boyles said. "I'm excited to help leverage our great people and programs to create an even greater impact in the future." Read more >>

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Education Jan Lauren Boyles will serve as lead guest editor for Digital Journalism (IF = 7.986), which is currently ranked by Google Scholar metrics as the #2 peer-reviewed publication in the field of communication. The special issue will focus upon the use of computer programming code in journalism research, theory and practice.

This month, Boyles completed reviews for Newspaper Research Journal and New Media & Society.

A new article by Tracy Lucht and Greenlee master’s student Chelsea Davis, titled “Gender, Race and Place in Newspaper Coverage of Women ‘Firsts’ After the Nineteenth Amendment,” has been published in Journalism History.

In Dr. Lucht’s JLMC 390L class, Cold Case Journalism, undergraduate students have decided to investigate the unsolved murder of ISU freshman Sheila Collins in 1968. They are interested in speaking with any alumni who were students at the time. Please contact Dr. Lucht at tlucht@iastate.edu if you remember this case and are willing to talk with students.

Professor Gang Han reports the following.

Research/publications:

Classification of the use of online health information channels and variation in motivations for channel selection: Cross-sectional survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(3): e24945). doi: 10.2196/24945

Duanzi as networked practice: How online satire shapes psychological well-being, social support and issue knowledge for Chinese with different social capital during Covid-19 outbreaks. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189783

Health communication from 2004-2015: A 12-year review. In Inherit and Inspire: The Past, Present and Future of Chinese Communication Studies. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press (forthcoming).

Gang will present his research paper to Mass Comm Division at the Annual Convention of NCA in Seattle, WA in November, supported by LAS Research & Travel Grants.

Service:

Gang has provided editorial and review service over this calendar year to journals, including Health Communication, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Journal of Public Relations Research, Media Asia, Communication & Society, Public Health, Asian Journal of Communication, and Journalism Bimonthly.

Associate professor Novotny Lawrence is featured in a discussion with two other scholars on the recently released, Melvin Van Peebles: The Essential Films Criterion Collection. Van Peebles, who passed away last month, is among Hollywood's first and most influential Black filmmakers. In the interview, we discuss his seminal film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.

Distinguished professor Micheal Bugeja reports the following.

Presented:

Speech on “Creating a Culture of Gratitude in Promotion and Tenure” to the faculty of the University of North Florida.

New Publication:

Party platforms vs. codes: Living up to our motto. Des Moines Register, Oct. 31, 2021.

How can we keep our composure when everyone is so angry? Iowa Capital Dispatch, Oct. 2, 2021.