Today I was reminded of the importance of support staff – all that they do is so often ‘behind the scenes’ and yet vital to every College, Department, and individual faculty. As Wilkinson moves in new directions the significance of the staff becomes more emphasized. Today we continued our interviews for the Dean’s assistant (left
On Friday, September 14, 2012, Chapman University is pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Closing th e Latino Achievement Gap Summit (CLAG) . This year’s theme is “En Colaboracción – A Call for United Action” and will begin at 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Chapman University in Beckman Hall, room 404. The purpose
Day 3: I snuck a few hours of research time today – a guilty pleasure! I’m aiming to finish up an afterward for a forthcoming book on Cinematic Terror and the Sublime; and there is also the writing up of a conference paper that I gave at a conference on Psychoanalysis and Poetry at Oxford
Communication Major Amy Hick (who graduated in December 2011) had her first authored- study published on Yelp.com on Tuesday, Aug. 28 in Computers in Human Behavior. This was the project for her group in Dr. Jennifer Bevan’s F all 2011 COM 498 class. “It is an enormous accomplishment for an undergraduate research group, especially
Dr. Jennifer Bevan, associate professor of Communication Studies and Health MS Program co-edit the peer-reviewed journal Contemporary Argumentation and Debate with her husband Gordon Stables from USC. The first issue (Volume 31, 2010) was just published. It is an open source journal published annually and is available in multiple formats (PDF, Kindle, and ebook). Check
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences was excited at the opportunity to showcase all Wilkinson departments and programs, and the faculty within those departments and programs, at the Staff Summit Resource Fair on Thursday, June 14 in Beckman Hall. Wilkinson displayed faculty published books, student and faculty research projects, ancient artifacts, Wilkinson Review (past
Dr. Jennifer Waldeck, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, has published three chapters in an interdisciplinary volume on social problems, published by Bridgepoint (2013). Coauthored by Patricia Kearney and Tim Plax, the titles of these chapters are: Violence as a Social Problem; The Changing American Family; and Gender Socialization, Sexual Orientation, and Inequality. These chapters examine,
The campus-wide student research day was a great success for everyone involved. The morning poster session (9 a.m. -11 a.m.) included posters from students in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Students, faculty, and staff mingled throughout the posters listening to presenters discuss their projects.
Congratulations are in order for a number of Wilkinson College students who were given awards at the Ludie and David C. Henley Social Sciences Awards (April 27) and the Humanities Awards Ceremony (May 4). Below is a list of the winners. Congrats to you all! Social Sciences Communication Studies: Departmental Honors – Stephen Comp, Maria
For the first time, the National Endowment for the Arts looks at future job prospects for a variety of artist occupations in Artist Employment Projections through 2018. This report examines the projected growth rate for artist occupations through 2018, over which time artist occupations will increase by 11 percent, compared with an overall increase in