Category: Communications
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Stacy Tye-Williams, Iowa State – Workplace Bullies
Bullying has never been limited to the schoolyard. Stacy Tye-Williams, professor of communication studies and English at Iowa State University, sheds some light on bullying as it occurs in the professional arena. Stacy Tye-Williams is an assistant professor of communication studies and English at Iowa State University. Her research focuses on workplace bullying, narratives, incivility,…
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Kim Haines-Eitzen, Cornell University – Acoustic Soundscapes
You’ll be amazed at what you hear when you listen closely. Kim Haines-Eitzen, Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Early Christianity and Early Judaism, Religion in Late Antiquity at Cornell University, analyzes educational depth of acoustic soundscapes. Kim Haines-Eitzen (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1997) is a Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions with a…
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Brian Southwell, UNC at Chapel Hill – Social Media Disparity
The manner by which information travels on social media tends to corrode it’s accuracy. Dr. Brian Southwell, research professor of mass communication and health behavior at the University of North Carolina, discusses the disparity of shared information on the internet. Dr. Brian Southwell is Director of the Science in the Public Sphere Program in the…
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Erika Engstrom, UNLV – Wedding “Pictures”
Portrayals of weddings and brides make for good television programming. But as Erika Engstrom, professor of communications at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has found, these glitzy Hollywood renditions are unrealistic. Erika Engstrom is a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She teaches courses in gender…