Communication News

As the second edition of their event planning textbook gets ready for publication, three of Stevenson's communication professors, (l-r) Stephanie Verni, Chip Rouse and Leeanne Bell McManus, attended the Kendall Hunt Publishing reception on Friday, Nov. 15 at the Capital Grille. Here, they stop for a photo with Paul Carty, Kendall Hunt's director of publishing partnerships. In conjunction with the National Communication Association's convention that was concurrently held in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Kendall Hunt Publishing took the time to celebrate all its faculty authors.

Students, faculty, and staff members joined Professor Stephanie Verni for a Travel Writing Workshop designed to enhance their ability to write about their travels. Verni has taught courses in travel writing in which she requires students in the class to travel somewhere and write about it, in both descriptive and reflective forms. The workshop was co-sponsored by the Stevenson library and held in the Learning Commons lab as a part of the Arts Alive! initiative.

With the National Communication Association's 2019 convention held in Baltimore, members participated in a Baltimore service project as the convention sessions began. With the help of the Business Volunteers of Maryland under the guidance of business communication alum Lauren Novsak ('19), members of the NCA, including Stevenson's own Dr. Leeanne Bell McManus, worked for the Boys' and Girls' Clubs of Brooklyn Park preparing bags and participating in other activities, explained in this video posted on Facebook. Click here to watch the video.

The School of Design's INTERNSHIP SHOWCASE is set for Friday, Nov. 15 at 1:30 p.m. in the Rockland banquet room. All are invited. Questions? Contact Sonya Lawyer, internship coordinator, School of Design (Flyer from Stevenson University portal)

Dr. Heather Harris, professor of communication at Stevenson University, will speak at Bird in Hand, 11 E. 33rd Street, on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. The discussion will center around  topics addressed in her latest book, Neo-race Realities in the Obama Era. Other presenters will include Dr. Douglas-Wade Brunton, a media ethnographer, whose interests include the relationship between media and identity; Dr. Omowale Elson, the vice-president for business development at Elson Consulting Group and a professor of communication; and Dr. Zoe Hess Carney, a research and teaching professional whose work focuses on rhetoric and politics.

Dr. Harris is also the co-editor (with Kimberly R. Moffitt and Catherine R. Squires) of The Obama Effect: Multidisciplinary Renderings of the 2008 Campaign, also published by SUNY Press.