COMMUNICATION FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD › sites › comm.umd.edu › files › comm... · faculty and...
Transcript of COMMUNICATION FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD › sites › comm.umd.edu › files › comm... · faculty and...
COMMUNICATION FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD
-YEAR IN REVIEW 2016-2017-
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
JOURNALS:
• ARGUMENTATION & ADVOCACY
• CELEBRITY STUDIES
• COMMUNICATION METHODS AND MEASURES
• COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS
• COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
• HEALTH COMMUNICATION
• HOWARD COMMUNICATION JOURNAL
• JOURNAL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
• JOURNAL OF FOOD PRODUCTS MARKETING
• JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION
• JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
• JOURNAL OF RISK RESEARCH
• JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION
QUARTERLY
• MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY
• PHILOSOPHY & RHETORIC
• PSYCHOLOGY OF POPULAR MEDIA STUDIES
• PUBLIC RELATIONS REVIEW
• QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH
• REVIEW OF COMMUNICATION
• RHETORIC AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
• RHETORIC SOCIETY QUARTERLY
• WOMEN & HEALTH
150 FACULTY
PUBLICATIONS
(INCLUDES JOURNALS
AND BOOK CHAPTERS
SINCE 2014)
FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
• LINDA ALDOORY, "EXPLORING THE USE OF THEORY IN A NATIONAL TEXT MESSAGE CAMPAIGN:
ADDRESSING PROBLEM RECOGNITION AND CONSTRAINT RECOGNITION FOR PUBLICS OF PREGNANT
WOMEN," HEALTH COMMUNICATION.
• LINDSEY B. ANDERSON. “AN EXAMINATION OF NURSES’ INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNICATIVE
EXPERIENCES IN THE WORKPLACE: DO NURSES EAT THEIR YOUNG?” COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY.
• LINDSEY B. ANDERSON, MERIDITH STYER, AND ANNIE-LAURIE NICHOLS. “ALLY, ADVOCATE,
ACTIVIST: SEMESTER-LONG CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE BASIC COMMUNICATION COURSE.”
COMMUNICATION TEACHER.
• HSIN-YI CHIEN, AND ANITA ATWELL SEATE. “WHEN TALKING DIFFERENCES MAKES US CLOSER:
COMMUNICATIVE DYNAMICS OF GROUP SALIENCE IN INTERGROUP CONTACT.” COMMUNICATION
STUDIES.
• DALE HAMPLE, YIWEN DAI, AND MENGQI ZHAN. “CONSEQUENTIAL UNSCRIPTED INTERACTIONS: A
CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL DESCRIPTION.” WESTERN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION.
• KATHLEEN KENDALL. “WHY DID KHIZR KAHN’S SPEECH AT THE 2016 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION GO VIRAL? PERSONIFYING COLLECTIVE VALUES IN AN EPIDEICTIC SPEECH.” AMERICAN
BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST.
• CATHERINE KNIGHT STEELE. “THE DIGITAL BARBERSHOP: BLOGS AND ONLINE ORAL CULTURE WITHIN
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.” SOCIAL MEDIA + SOCIETY.
• KANG NAMKOONG. “OFFLINE SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND ONLINE CANCER COMMUNICATION:
EFFECTS OF SOCIAL AND FAMILY SUPPORT ON ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK BUILDING.” HEALTH
COMMUNICATION.
• XIAOLI NAN, AND MICHELLE FUTERFAS. “ROLE OF HUMOR IN THE PERSUASIVENESS OF
ENTERTAINMENT NARRATIVES ON UNPROTECTED SEXUAL BEHAVIOR.” JOURNAL OF HEALTH
COMMUNICATION: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES.
• XIAOLI NAN, AND IRINA ILES. “NUTRIENT CONTENT CLAIMS: HOW THEY IMPACT PERCEIVED
HEALTHFULNESS OF FORTIFIED SNACK FOODS AND THE MODERATING EFFECTS OF NUTRITION FACTS
LABELS.” HEALTH COMMUNICATION.
• ERICH SOMMERFELDT. “RELATIONSHIP NETWORKS AS STRATEGIC ISSUES MANAGEMENT: AN ISSUE-
STAGE FRAMEWORK OF SOCIAL MOVEMENT ORGANIZATION NETWORK STRATEGIES.” PUBLIC
RELATIONS REVIEW.
REPRESENTATIVE JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
SAHAR KHAMIS AND AMEL MILI, EDS.
ARAB WOMEN’S ACTIVISM AND SOCIO-POLITICAL
TRANSFORMATION: UNFINISHED GENDERED REVOLUTION.
(PHILADELPHIA: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2018).
SHAWN J. PARRY-GILES AND DAVID S. KAUFER.
MEMORIES OF LINCOLN AND THE SPLINTERING OF AMERICAN
POLITICAL THOUGHT
(UNIVERSITY PARK: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2017).
MICHELLE MURRAY YANG.
AMERICAN POLITICAL DISCOURSE ON CHINA.
(NEW YORK:
ROUTLEDGE, 2017).
35 BOOKS PUBLISHED BY FACULTY, INCLUDING FOUR PUBLISHED
IN 2016-2017
DAMIEN SMITH PFISTER AND MICHELE KENNERLY, EDS.
ANCIENT RHETORICS AND DIGITAL NETWORKS.
(ALABAMA: THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS, 2018).
JOURNALS:
• AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RHETORIC
• ARGUMENTATION AND ADVOCACY
• CHINESE JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION
• COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY
• COMMUNICATION AND SPORT
• COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY
• COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
• GLOBAL CHINESE
• HEALTH COMMUNICATION
• HEALTH EDUCATION
• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC OPINION
RESEARCH
• JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION IN HEALTHCARE
• JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION
• JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL
PSYCHOLOGY
• PUBLIC HEALTH GENOMICS
• RHETORIC REVIEW
• RISK ANALYSIS
• SOUTHERN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION
• THE JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
• VOICES OF DEMOCRACY
2016-2017
16 PHD STUDENTS PUBLISHED
IN 22 JOURNALS
42 STUDENTS PRESENTED
136 CONVENTION PAPERS
GRADUATE STUDENT PUBLICATIONS
FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS
ALL - S.T.A.R. FELLOWSHIPS - IRINA ILES, 2016
ANN G. WYLIE DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS - MEGAN FITZMAURICE, 2017
ARETE AWARD - DALE HAMPLE, 2016; KRISTY MADDUX, 2017
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION GRADUATE OUTSTANDING RESEARCH PAPER
AWARD - MICHAEL STEUDEMAN, 2016; BO YANG, 2017
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARDS - YVONNE
SLOSARSKI, 2016, REBECCA ALT, 2017; BROOKE FISHER LIU, 2017; LILLIE SULLIVAN,
2017
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION OUTSTANDING TEACHING AWARDS - REBECCA
ALT, 2016; BROOKE FOWLER, 2016; LAUREN HUNTER, 2016; LIANG MA, 2016;
TIMOTHY PENN, 2016; LINDSEY ANDERSON, 2017; ANITA ATWELL SEATE, 2017; LUKE
CAPIZZO, 2017; CHIEN HSIN-YI, 2017; MEGAN FITZMAURICE, 2017; DEVIN SCOTT,
2017; MERIDITH STYER, 2017; JEAN MARIE VANDENBOSCH, 2017; SUSAN WHYTE
SIMON, 2017
ECA DISTINGUISHED TEACHING FELLOWS - TREVOR PARRY-GILES, 2016
ECA ECROYD TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD - ANDREW WOLVIN, 2016
FLAGSHIP FELLOWSHIPS - RANDALL FOWLER, 2017; SAMANTHA STANLEY, 2016;
NAETTE LEE, 2017
GRADUATE FACULTY MENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS - SHAWN J. PARRY-GILES, 2017
JAMES F. HARRIS ARTS & HUMANITIES VISIONARY SCHOLARSHIP - MEGAN
FITZMAURICE, 2016
KENDALL EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD – ROBERT COLEMAN, 2017
NCA GERALD R. MILLER OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD -
MICHAEL J. STEUDEMAN, 2017
NCA STEPHEN E. LUCAS DEBUT PUBLICATION AWARD - YVONNE SLOSARSKI, 2017
OUTSTANDING GRADUATE ASSISTANT AWARDS - ANNIE-LAURIE NICHOLS, 2016;
MERIDITH STYER, 2016; LUKE CAPIZZO, 2017; SAMANTHA STANLEY, 2017
RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS (RASA) - ERICH SOMMERFELDT, 2017 (SUMMER);
DAMIEN PFISTER, 2017 (SEMESTER)
SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS - MEGAN FITZMAURICE, 2016; SIFAN XU, 2017
THE CHARLES RICHARDSON AWARD - IRINA ILES, 2016; STEPHANIE MADDEN, 2016;
MEGAN FITZMAURICE, 2017
THE MICHAEL J. PELCZAR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN GRADUATE STUDY - IRINA
ILES, 2017
THE RAYMOND EHRENSBERGER AWARD - LAUREN HUNTER, 2016; JUNGKYU LIM,
2017
TOTH OUTSTANDING PR STUDENT AWARD - NATASHA PAULMENO, 2016; SAMARA TU,
2016
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CARAMELLO DISTINGUISHED DISSERTATION AWARD -
ARHU NOMINATION - MICHAEL STEUDEMAN, 2017
CRISIS MANAGEMENT CASE CHALLENGE – ALLISON CHATHAM, 2018; RHYS LIM, 2018
FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS (CONT.)
GRANTS
GRANTS
ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION IN JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION
CONFERENCE (CHICAGO, IL 2017)
• LUKE CAPIZZO. “THE FIRST GENERATION?: LESSONS FROM THE PUBLIC
RELATIONS INDUSTRY’S FIRST UNIVERSITY-TRAINED SOCIAL MEDIA
PRACTITIONER.”
• TYLER PAGE. “POURING WATER ON CONSERVATIVE FIRE: DISCOURSE
OF RENEWAL IN FACEBOOK’S RESPONSE TO ALLEGATIONS OF BIAS.”
INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS RESEARCH CONFERENCE
(ORLANDO, FL 2017)
• LINDA ALDOORY AND ELIZABETH TOTH. "LOOKING BACK, LOOKING
FORWARD: 20 YEARS AND MORE OF GENDER THEORY FOR PUBLIC
RELATIONS PRACTICE." RECIPIENT, IPRRC BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARD
• TYLER PAGE. "MISMATCH VS. MAGNITUDE: DEFINING AND TESTING
TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONAL CRISIS RESPONSE OVERREACTION."
D.C. HEALTH COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE
(FAIRFAX, VA 2017)
6 PAPERS PRESENTED
• LINDA ALDOORY, C. LEONARD, T. MILLS, AND SAMANTHA J. STANLEY.
"PILOTING A CURRICULUM INTERVENTION TO MEASURE AND IMPROVE
CHILDREN'S HEALTH LITERACY."
• J. BUTLER, R. FELDMAN, IRINA ILES, XIAOLI NAN, M. Q. WANG, AND
XINYAN ZHAO. "SELF-AFFIRMATION AND DEFENSIVE PROCESSING OF
GRAPHIC CIGARETTE WARNING LABELS AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN
SMOKERS: A COMMUNITY-BASED PILOT STUDY."
• SUMIN FANG. "A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON CHINESE SENIOR PEOPLE’S
HEALTH LITERACY AND THEIR DOCTOR-PATIENT COMMUNICATION."
• IRINA ILES. "INCREASING MEDICATION ADHERENCE FOR PATIENTS WITH
CHRONIC ILLNESS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTH COMMUNICATION
SCHOLARS.“
• IRINA ILES, AND P. RAUSCH. "COMMUNICATING RISK INFORMATION
ABOUT DRUGS: THE EFFECT OF QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION TYPE ON
RISK PERCEPTIONS AND UNDERSTANDING."
• ZEXIN MA, AND XIAOLI NAN. "PUBLIC RESPONSES TOWARD
CIGARETTE CLAIMS: RESULTS FROM THE HINTS-FDA SURVEY."
EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
(BOSTON, MA 2017)
17 PAPERS PRESENTED
• HSIN-YI CHIEN. “SOCIAL DISCOURSES OF THE STIGMATIZATION OF
INTERRACIAL/INTERETHNIC MARRIAGE IN TAIWAN.”
• YIWEN DAI. “ADVANCING RESEARCH ON RELATIONAL BOREDOM: A DIALECTICAL,
COMMUNICATIVE, AND DYADIC PERSPECTIVE.”
• SREASHI DAS. “THEORIZING ABOUT PERCEIVED RELATIONAL MOBILITY ACROSS
CULTURES: A PSYCHOLOGICAL PREDICTOR OF COMMUNICATIVE OUTCOME IN
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.”
• KIMBERLEY HANNAH-PRATER. “’LIVE FROM NEW YORK, ‘ IT’S DIVERSITY:
REPRESENTATION OF RACE ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.”
• MORGAN HESS. “FROM CRISIS CANDIDATE TO CRISIS PRESIDENT: ECONOMIC
RHETORIC IN 1932 AND 2008.” (TOP PAPERS IN RHETORIC AND PUBLIC ADDRESS)
• KATHLEEN KENDALL. PARTICIPANT ON THE ROUNDTABLE, “THE OBAMA WATCH:
EIGHT YEARS OF NEAR-CONSISTENT PUBLIC SUPPORT;” AND “HOW TO ANALYZE THE
2016 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES: REVISITING J. JEFFERY AUER’S THE COUNTERFEIT
DEBATES.”
• KAREN E. LAMB. “IS ANYONE LISTENING TO ME?” (GIFTS); AND “GET THAT
SCHOLARSHIP.” (GIFTS)
• RONG MA. “THE DYNAMIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL IDENTITY.” (TOP PAPERS IN
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION)
• THOMAS MCCLOSKEY. “ROBERT KENNEDY’S ETHOS AS CONSUBSTANTIAL
NATIONALISM”; “INTERVIEW BATTLE ROYAL” (GIFTS); AND PARTICIPANT IN THE
DISCUSSION, “THE FIRST HUNDRED DAZE: DEBATING EDUCATION POLICY THROUGH
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT ONLINE BOUNDARIES: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION BEYOND
PHYSICAL LIMITS.”
EASTERN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
(BOSTON, MA 2017) (CONT.)
17 PAPERS PRESENTED
• NORA MURPHY. “SPIRITUAL COHERENCE IN LUCRETIA COFFIN MOTT’S PEACE
RHETORIC.”
• ANNIE-LAURIE NICHOLS. PARTICIPANT ON THE ROUNDTABLE, “KENNETH BURKE’S
PARLOR OF U.S. POLITICS: FREEDOM TO… AND FREEDOM FROM…;” AND
“EQUIPMENT FOR PIETY-CRACKING: UNDERSTANDING AND RESISTING THE ATTITUDES
OF THE INTERNET.” (TOP PAPERS IN KB INTEREST GROUP)
• JADE OLSON. PARTICIPANT IN THE DISCUSSION, “THE FIRST HUNDRED DAZE:
DEBATING EDUCATION POLICY THROUGH AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT ONLINE
BOUNDARIES: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION BEYOND PHYSICAL LIMITS.”
• TREVOR PARRY-GILES. PARTICIPANT ON THE PANEL DISCUSSION, “ECA
DISTINGUISHED TEACHING FELLOWS: COMMUNICATIVE FREEDOM IN
INSTRUCTIONAL CONTEXTS.”
• ANITA ATWELL SEATE. “FREEDOM TO WORK ACROSS THE SILOS: MOVING THEORY
FORWARD IN SPORTS COMMUNICATION.”
• KYLE STEPHAN. “PROTEST THROUGH INTERSECTIONALITY: RODOLFO “CORKY”
GONZALES AND THE PLAN DEL BARRIO”; AND “SYMBOL SPEAKING ‘SMACKDOWN.”
(GIFTS)
• NATHANIEL STOLTZ. “THE FORCES OF GENRE: MEDIA PREFERENCES, IDENTITY, AND
REPORTING DECISIONS.”
• UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS (ANDREW FUKUDA, RAYMOND THOMPSON, WILLIAM
COLUMBIA, EMILY RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA BATUGO, FATIMA ASIF, ANDREW JOHNSON,
BOXI CHEN.) “TRENDS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA IN THE UNITED STATES.”
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
(SAN DIEGO, CA 2017)
• LINDA ALDOORY, AND ELIZABETH TOTH. "CONFRONTING MASTER NARRATIVES
OF GENDER, RACE, AND POWER IN UNDERSTANDING STRATEGIC
COMMUNICATION."
• DEEPA ANAGONDAHALLI, AND NING XIE. "REDUCING ACADEMIC ENTITLEMENT:
THE MEDIATING ROLE OF RELATIONAL FRAMES." (TOP PAPER PANEL,
INSTRUCTIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL COMMUNICATION)
• LUKE CAPIZZO. "(FINANCIAL) CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE: THE REFOCUSING EVENTS
OF THE GREAT RECESSION FOR FINANCIAL JOURNALISM AND MEDIA
RELATIONS."
• MICHELLE FUTERFAS, ZEXIN MA, AND XIAOLI NAN. "USING NARRATIVES TO
PROMOTE SUNSCREEN USE: THE PERSUASIVE IMPACT OF NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVE
AND MODALITY."
• IRINA ILES, AND ANITA ATWELL SEATE. "HELP A FAN OUT? THE EFFECT OF
FANDOM TYPE AND TASK TYPE ON PEOPLE’S WILLINGNESS TO HELP OR HARM
DIFFERENT TYPES OF FANS IN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT."
• ZEXIN MA. "AN EXPLORATION OF INVOLUNTARY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
MEMORIES IN NARRATIVE PERSUASION."
• ZEXIN MA, AND XIAOLI NAN. "PROMOTING POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD
DEPRESSION IN DIFFERENT CULTURES: TESTING THE NARRATIVE
TRANSPORTATION HYPOTHESES THROUGH A MULTI-GROUP ANALYSIS."
13 PAPERS PRESENTED
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
(SAN DIEGO, CA 2017) (CONT.)
• ERICH SOMMERFELDT, "AN INTERVENTION: DISCONFIRMATION, COGNITIVE
DISSONANCE, AND EMOTIONAL LABOR AMONG PUBLIC RELATIONS
PROFESSORS."
• SAMANTHA STANLEY, "I'M SCARED OF THE DISAPPOINTMENT": YOUNG ADULT
SMOKERS' RELATIONAL IDENTITY GAPS AS SITES OF INTERVENTION."
• NING XIE, "INFLUENCE OF RELATIONSHIP CULTIVATION STRATEGIES ON
EMPLOYEE-ORGANIZATION RELATIONSHIPS: INCORPORATING POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP DIMENSIONS."
• SIFAN XU, "DISCOURSE OF RENEWAL: DEVELOPING MULTIPLE-ITEM
MEASUREMENT AND ANALYZING EFFECTS ON RELATIONSHIPS;" AND "WE
WON’T IF YOU WON’T DAMAGE THE RELATIONSHIP: THE INVESTMENT MODEL IN
ORGANIZATIONAL CRISES FOR (RE)BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS" (TOP STUDENT
PAPERS PANEL, PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION).
• BO YANG, AND XINYAN ZHAO. "TOWARD A MULTILEVEL E-HEALTH
ENGAGEMENT MODEL: ANALYZING TREND FOR IMMIGRANTS’ E-HEALTH
ENGAGEMENT FROM 2008 TO 2013.“
• MENGQI ZHAN, AND XINYAN ZHAO. "EVOLVING PUBLICS, EVOLVING
MESSAGES: ANALYZING PUBLICS’ INFORMATION SHARING NETWORK IN A
SOCIAL-MEDIATED CRISIS." (TOP STUDENT PAPERS PANEL, PUBLIC RELATIONS
DIVISION)
13 PAPERS PRESENTED
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS AND RISK COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE
(ORLANDO, FL 2017)
• MICHAEL EGNOTO, BROOKE FISHER LIU, TYLER PAGE, AND HOLLY
ANN ROBERTS. “CRISIS IN COMMUNICATION IN SCHOOLS:
UNDERSTANDING CURRENT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES.”
• MICHAEL EGNOTO, JUNG KYU LIM, BROOKE FISHER LIU, AND HOLLY
ROBERTS. “THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: HOW MOBIL HOME
RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND AND RESPOND TO TORNADO WARNINGS.”
• C. JIE, XINYAN ZHAO, JIE, AND MENGQI ZHAN. "TOWARD A SOCIAL-
MEDIATED CRISIS THEORY (SCARE): MODELING TOPICS FROM BIG DATA
FOR CHIPOTLE E. COLI CRISIS."
NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
(DALLAS, TX 2017)
AWARDS
• LISA CORRIGAN (PH.D., 2006),
DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY BOOK AWARD
• YVONNE SLOSARSKI, STEPHEN E. LUCAS
DEBUT PUBLICATION AWARD
• MICHAEL STEUDEMAN (PH.D., 2016),
GERALD R. MILLER OUTSTANDING
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD
74 PAPERS PRESENTED
TOP PAPERS
• LINDSEY ANDERSON, TOP PAPERS, COMMUNICATION & AGING DIVISION
• LUKE CAPIZZO, TOP STUDENT PAPERS, PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION
• VICTORIA LEDFORD, TOP PAPERS, BASIC COURSE DIVISION
• NATHANIEL STOLTZ, TOP STUDENT PAPERS, ARGUMENTATION &
FORENSICS DIVISION (2 PAPERS)
RECENT PLACEMENTS, PHD STUDENTS
TENURE-TRACK POSITIONS:
• JULIO BERMEJO, CSU-FULLERTON
(PHD CANDIDATE)
• ZEXIN MA, OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
(PHD CANDIDATE)
• STEPHANIE MADDEN,
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
• ANNIE LAURIE NICHOLS ST.
VINCENT COLLEGE (PHD
CANDIDATE)
• TYLER PAGE, MISSISSIPPI STATE
UNIVERSITY (PHD CANDIDATE)
• TIM PENN, TOWSON UNIVERSITY
(PHD CANDIDATE)
• MICHAEL STEUDEMAN,
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
• SIFAN XU, UNIVERSITY OF
TENNESSEE (PHD CANDIDATE)
POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS:
• IRINA ILES, NATIONAL CANCER
INSTITUTE
• JESSICA LU, UMD AADHUM
• THOMAS MCCLOSKEY, UMD
WRITING CENTER
• YVONNE SLOSARSKI, UMD
HONORS HUMANITIES
GRADUATE STUDIES IN INTERPRETING AND TRANSLATION
GSIT STUDENTS AND ALUMS
COMPLETING INTERNSHIPS,
FREELANCE WORK, OR FULL-TIME
EMPLOYMENT WITH THE
FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:
• BOLSHOI RUSSIAN BALLET
• CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
• IMF
• MARYLAND JUVENILE JUSTICE
SERVICES
• ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN
STATES
• PEOPLE’S LAW LIBRARY
• PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY
SCHOOLS
• U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
• U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
(ARMY)
• U.S. DISTRICT COURT
• UNITED NATIONS
• VOICE OF AMERICA
• WORLD BANK
• UMD FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
• UMD NATIONAL FOREIGN
LANGUAGE CENTER
• UMD SAFE CENTER
GSIT INSTRUCTORS WORK
WITH THE FOLLOWING
INSTITUTIONS:
• FBI
• FOREIGN SERVICE
INSTITUTE
• IMF
• LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
• ORGANIZATION OF
AMERICAN STATES
• UNITED NATIONS
• U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
STATE
• U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY
• VOICE OF AMERICA
• WORLD BANK
THE FOLLOWING
INSTITUTIONS HAVE
PROVIDED TRAINING FOR
GSIT STUDENTS:
• COUNCIL OF EUROPE
• EBAY
• EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
• PAN AMERICAN HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
• UNITED NATIONS
FULBRIGHT STUDENTS:
• AUSTRIA
• MAURITANIA
• RUSSIA
• SPAIN
FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR:
• UKRAINE: IVAN FRANKO
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
OF LVIV