CHASSIS welcomes new faculty members!

Four new faculty members who will be joining the School of Communication in Autumn quarter 2009 will also be joining CHASSIS: Jennifer Kam from Pennsylvania State University, Chul-Joo Lee from the University of Pennsylvania, Michelle Ortiz from the University of Arizona, and Stacie Powers from the Univerisity of Connecticut. We look forward to welcoming them in the fall and to their contributions to the group!

Winter quarter schedule

Our first meeting for winter quarter will be Friday, Jan 16, at 3:30pm. Here's the lineup so far:

Jan 16: Dr. Joyce Wang on "Method is Message: Dynamic Signal Detection Theory and Its Application to Media Research"

Jan 23 - Angela Dosset, Myiah Hively, & Teresa Myers on measuring identity> based on their work on environmental identity (aka "the search for a scale that doesn't make you laugh out loud or roll your eyes")

Jan 30 - Dr. Mike Slater and Nori Comello to lead discussion on making> connections among frameworks/measures of identity discussed so far and research interests of the group

Feb 6 - Open

Feb 13 - Jen Moreland on "Conceptualizing Adolescent Risk Behavior in the Rural Appalachian Context"

Feb 20 - Open

Feb 27 - Dr. Dongyoung Sohn: "Social Structural Influence on Information Sharing Motivation"

Mar 6 - Parul Jain on "How Do McDreamy, McSteamy, and the Likes Talk on Television? A Content Analysis of Physician-Patient Communication and Disease Portrayals in Medical Dramas"