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Faculty News

Dr. Cheri Niedzwiecki, Communication and Gender Studies, recently attended the first statewide training for the American Cancer Society Wisconsin Speakers Bureau in the WI Dells October 5. Cheri was asked by the American Cancer Society to serve as a resource for staff and other volunteers when looking for a volunteer speaker in a specific area of the state and concerning a specific topic because of her leadership and commitment to the American Cancer Society mission.

Dr. Satoshi Toyosaki’s article, Politics of Social Agency in Racialized Educational Discourse, has been “conditionally accepted” for publication in International and Intercultural Communication Annual with two minor revisions. He revised and resubmitted this manuscript. The editor notes that this essay “makes important contributions.” 

Dr. Satoshi Toyosaki obtained UW-L graduate faculty associate membership on November 21, 2007.

Ms. Heike Flood and Mr. Terry Smith are completing their first semester at UW-L teaching CST 110 in Communication Studies. Both report that it has been a successful transition and they enjoy their experience.

NCA Scholarship and Service
Dr. Scott Dickmeyer actively participated in the 2007 NCA convention as a chair, respondent, session organizer, and presenter. He organized, chaired, and responded in a session, Building Workplace Bullying Seminars: Grounding Training and Development in Strong Communication Scholarship. Dr. Dickmeyer also responded in a session, Entering and Succeeding in the Training & Development and Consulting Fields. He presented his paper, Incorporating Training and Development Assignments in Organizational Communication Courses, in a session, Teaching Training and Development: Application and Engagement.

Dr. Linda Dickmeyer presented her paper, Reflection Writing in Advanced Service-Learning Courses: Growing Pains and Transformations, in a session, Listening to Student Perceptions of and Resistance to Learning Experiences.

Dr. Margarita Olivas presented her paper, Living Chicana Theory: Negotiating a Borderland Identity. This paper received a Top Paper award in La Raza Caucus. She presented this paper in a session, Identities, Empowerment, and Community: Qualitative and Rhetorical Approaches to Latina/o Communication Studies

Dr. Michael Tollefson and Dr. Ronda Knox presented their co-authored paper, Communication Apprehension in a Second Language: A Study of Japanese High School Students, in a session, Current Topics in Communication Apprehension Research.

Dr. Satoshi Toyosaki presented his paper, Learning and Teaching Foreign Languages with Whiteness, in a session entitled Rippling Whiteness: The Emergence of New Whiteness Facilitators.

Student News
Congratulations to Amanda Perez and Liz Truax, who were both awarded Undergraduate Research Grants for upcoming senior projects. Amanda’s project is entitled ¿No me entiende usted?: An Interpretive Analysis of Communication Barriers Between Spanish-Speaking Employees and English-Speaking Managers. Linda Dickmeyer is Amanda’s faculty mentor for the grant. Liz’s project is entitled Working Abroad: A Qualitative Study on Cultural Adjustments and Difficulties While Working with Other Cultures. Scott Dickmeyer is Liz’s faculty mentor for the grant. Congratulations to these undergraduate scholars!

Curriculum News
This semester, our department has four new courses (new numbers, brand new courses, new tiles, and/or new formats): CST 215 (Influence, Advocacy, & Social Responsibility), CST 217 (Media Literacy), CST 365 (Communication in Teams), and CST 378 (Computer Mediated Communication). Our department continues to innovate and energize our course offerings. CST 338 (Romance in Media) in J-term will follow this trend.

Our 2008 Spring semester will also be filled with newly designed, newly titled, newly numbered, and/or brand new courses: CST 334 (Gender Communication), CST 412 (Advocacy & Persuasion), CST 417 (Communication & Race), CST 419 (Media, Identity, & Communication), and CST 419 (Performing Advocacy).

Mr. Walter E. Elder, MFA, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts, will co-teach CST 491 (Performing Advocacy: Self, Cultural Criticism, and Embodiment) with Satoshi. You will often see him roaming on the CFA third floor. Please welcome him.   

Service and Community Outreach
Our 9th annual Coulee Region Humane Society Telethon, overseen and lead by Dr. Pat Turner, aired live on Saturday, November 17th, on KQEG-TV channel 23 and Charter (cable) channels 5 & 6 from 7 to 10 p.m. KQEG owners, Rick Wilson and Eleanor St. John, donated three hours of air time to support the education of Communication Studies students and the C-R-H-S. 

CST students involved in this effort included: Angela Allen, Amanda Elder, Abu Eman, Melissa Fitzenberger, Jeremy Fritsch, Tiffany Hock, Emily Jackson, Katie Kaltenbach, Brenna LeClaire, Jeremy Lewandowski, Martie Mangerson,  Erik Martin, Brock Ryan, Sherry Steinhauer, Adam Strand, Jesse Tucker, Mike Williams, Chris Chard, Samantha Golesh, Sally Mroczkowski, Daisy Ratzlaff, Ashley Smeltzer, Cody Wenzel, and Ashley Smeltzer)