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The Fifth Lecture: On The Future of Applied Communication Research: Theory/Practice and Pragmatic Utopianism in a Time of Crises

CARE | Future Directions Of Applied Communication Research Lecture Series

We are pleased to announce the Fifth Lecture in the Future Directions Of Applied Communication Research Lecture Series, by Professor Heather Zoller, University of Cincinnati on “The Future of Applied Communication Research: Theory/Practice and Pragmatic Utopianism in a Time of Crises.”

Event Details:

Date: October 22, 2024

Time: 10 am NZST

Watch Live on Facebook & YouTube via Zoom

Facebook LIVE: https://www.facebook.com/share/J3vssuXuJ5NyozLd/

YouTube LIVE: https://www.youtube.com/live/KsGu8shkcyE?si=05u-4FqPHaGFfgHs

About the Lecturer:

Professor. Heather Zoller, discusses continued challenges in conceptualizing applied communication research from her vantage point as Editor of the Journal of Applied Communication Research and a critical health and organizational communication scholar. She outlines an agenda for developing communication theories and practices that meet the major sociopolitical and economic crises of our time. She then describes critical pragmatism as one avenue for developing applied research, and discusses “pragmatic utopianism” as an exemplar of applying communication insights to challenge the status quo and foster equitable and democratic social change.  

Bio: 

Heather M. Zoller is a Professor of Communication at the University of Cincinnati where she directs the Communicating Health, Science, Environment, and Risk Certificate. She is the Editor-in-Chief at the Journal of Applied Communication Research and former Senior Editor at Health Communication and Management Communication Research. Her research investigating organizing for healthy work in sustainable and equitable economic systems is published in outlets such as Communication Monographs, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Human Relations, and the Handbook of Organizational Communication Theory and Research. She co-edited the volume “Emerging Perspectives in Health Communication” with Mohan Dutta. She is a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine NIOSH committee on PPE, and served as Board President for Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund. (See https://www.heatherzoller.com/.)

#CommunicationResearch #HeatherZoller #AppliedCommunication #CAREMassey #MasseyUni #AcademicTalk #PragmaticUtopianism #HealthCommunication #OrganizationalCommunication #SociopoliticalCrises #EquitableChange #Aotearoa #NewZealand

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The Fourth Lecture: Beyond Binary Thinking in Applied Communication Research with Professor Debbie S. Dougherty | University of Missouri

CARE | Future Directions Of Applied Communication Research Lecture Series

Lecture 4 | Beyond Binary Thinking in Applied Communication Research

Date: Thursday, October 10, 2024
Time: 10 AM NZDT
Location: LIVE ON Facebook & YouTube via Zoom

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2552960281564393

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/jJYA9Ap3amY

About the Speaker:

 Debbie S. Dougherty (Ph.D. University of Nebraska, 2000) is Professor of Communication at University of Missouri. Her research focuses on power and organizing, particularly as it relates to sexual harassment, social class, and emotions. with publications in places such as Harvard Business Review, Human Relations, Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, Communication Monographs, Management Communication Quarterly, Journal of Applied Communication Research, and Sex Roles.

She has also provided organizational communication training and development in a number of organizations and has been extensively utilized as a resource for news sources such as the New York Times, Newsweek, Forbes, and the Oprah Magazine.

Prof. Dougherty has received a number of awards, including the Organizational Communication Book of the Year and Textbook of the Year, NCA Applied Communication Scholar Award, The Jack Kay Award for Engaged Research, the Management Communication Quarterly Article of the Year Award, the Norman K. Denzin Qualitative Research Award, the Excellence in Education Award, and the Gold Chalk Award for graduate student mentoring.   

#CAREMassey #CARECCA #CARELectureSeries #MasseyUniversity #ClemsonUniversity #AppliedCommunication #DebbieSDougherty #BinaryThinking #CommunicationResearch

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CARE | Future Directions Of Applied Communication Research Lecture Series | Before Crisis: The Ongoing Process of Instructing and Engaging Publics

The Third Lecture

Lecture 3 | Before Crisis: The Ongoing Process of Instructing and Engaging Publics

Before Crisis: The Ongoing Process of Instructing and Engaging Publics with Prof. Deanna Sellnow & Prof. Timothy Sellnow | Clemson University

Date: Tuesday, October 1st, 2024
Time: 10 AM NZDT
Location: LIVE ON Facebook & YouTube via Zoom

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/891598706215859

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO1M61EPgY8

Brief description of the lecture:

We argue that engaging diverse publics in ongoing instructional communication is critical to effectively managing risks, mitigating harms, and responding to crises in a complex global risk society. Communication theory becomes meaningful for achieving these goals only when it is applied directly to and with the risk-bearers it is intended to serve.  Moreover, engaging stakeholders in the co-construction of meaning and decision-making inherent in effective instructional communication must be ongoing. In this presentation, we explore strategies for doing so effectively using the IDEA model for effective instructional risk and crisis communication as a framework.

About the Speakers:

Prof. Deanna D. Sellnow, Ph.D., Clemson University

Deanna D. Sellnow (Ph.D.) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at Clemson University. Dr. Sellnow’s research focuses on strategic instructional communication in the contexts of health, risk, safety, and crisis communication (e.g., natural disasters, health, food safety, pandemics, biosecurity, terrorism, biotechnology). She has conducted funded research for the United States Geological Survey (USGS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Department of Education (DOE), United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO), and the German Research Foundation (DFG). She is former President of the Central States Communication Association where she was inducted into the Fall of Fame in 2018. She currently serves as the founding Executive Director of the International Crisis and Risk Communication Association (ICRCA) and has been co-host of the International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference (ICRCC) since 2016.  She is also past editor of the Journal of Communication Pedagogy, Communication Teacher, and the Basic Communication Course Annual. She has authored or co-authored numerous books, book chapters, and refereed national and international journal articles. She has conducted and/or presented research in a variety of countries around the world. Her most recent book, co-authored with Dr. Timothy Sellnow, is Before Crisis: The Practice of Effective Risk Communication.

Prof. Timothy L. Sellnow, Ph.D., Clemson University

Timothy L. Sellnow is a professor of communication at Clemson University. His research focuses on risk and crisis communication. He has conducted funded research for the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Geological Survey, and the World Health Organization. He has also served in an advisory role for the National Academy of Sciences, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the International Food and Information Council, and the Food and Drug Administration. He is past winner of the National Communication Association’s Gerald Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship and past editor or Journal of Applied Communication Research. He has co-authored seven books on risk and crisis communication and has published many refereed journal articles. His most recent book, co-authored with Dr. Deanna Sellnow, is Before Crisis: Strategies for Effective Risk Communication.

#CAREMassey #CARECCA #CARELectureSeries #MasseyUniversity #ClemsonUniversity #AppliedCommunication #DeannaSellnow #TimothySellnow #RiskCommunication #CrisisManagement #InstructionalCommunication #IDEAModel #PublicEngagement #CommunicationResearch

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CARE | Future Directions Of Applied Communication Research Lecture Series | Leveraging Network Science to Address Grand Societal Challenges

The Second Lecture:

Leveraging Network Science to Address Grand Societal Challenges with Professor Noshir Contractor, Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioural Sciences, Northwestern University.

This second lecture in the Future Directions of Applied Communication Research Lecture Series is from Professor Noshir Contractor from Northwestern University. It centres around network science and how it can support applied communication scholarship.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1548409152440542

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbyRrGhqcTc

Noshir Contractor is the Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences in the McCormick School of Engineering, the School of Communication and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He investigates how social and knowledge networks form and perform. He is the former President of the International Communication Association. He is also a Distinguished Scholar of the National Communication Association and a Fellow of the Academy of Management, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association for Computing Machinery, the Network Science Society, and the International Communication Association. He received the Lifetime Service Award from the Communication, Digital Technology, & Organization Division of the Academy of Management. Additionally, he received the Simmel Award from the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA). He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He has a Ph.D. from the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California.

#NetworkSCience #SocietalChallenges #NoshirContractor #NorthwesternUniversity #AppliedCommunicationResearch #CARELectureSeries #CARECCA #CAREMassey #MasseyUni #Aotearoa #NewZealand