Endres-Parnell celebrates two-year ISEB presidency

Prairie Endres-Parnell is completing a two-year presidency of the International Society for Educational Biography. Read the news release

NCA bound: Edwards to present research

Dr. Jennifer Edwards will present her research on rural communication at the National Communication Association later this fall.

NCA bound: Endres-Parnell to present

Instructor Prairie Endres-Parnell will present her teaching innovations at the annual National Communication Association convention. 

NCA bound: Goen, Richey to present

Dr. Karley Goen and Dr. Del Richey will present their research with TCU co-authors at the National Communication Association this fall. 

Edwards named to expert panel on public health

Dr. Jennifer T. Edwards has been appointed to the Transformative Educational Models and Pedagogy expert panel that will seek to identify and promote concrete strategies to strengthen education for public health. The expert panel will inform Framing the Future: Education for Public Health 2030, an initiative of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH).

Comm profs to present on mentoring at international conference

Dr. Lora Helvie-Mason, Dr. Christy Tabors, and Dr. Sarah Maben will present "Ascending women: Challenging the one-way career path in higher education" at the ISEB/SOPHE conference in St. Louis, September 30 – October 2.

Gearhart, Maben share preliminary findings

With a grant from the Arthur W. Page Center, Dr. Chris Gearhart and Dr. Sarah Maben conducted research on what stakeholders really expect from organizational social media accounts. Read about prelimary findings on the Page Center blog.

Edwards publishes research on crisis comm

Congrats to Dr. Jennifer Edwards, Professor, Communication Studies, who just published a chapter titled, "Economic feedback loops: Crisis communication methods and exhibited by the travel and tourism industry during the Covid-19 pandemic," in a new book about pandemic communication.

Experts to present in Seattle

Dr. Del Richey and Dr. Karley Goen, along with co-author Dr. Chris Sawyer, will present at the National Communication Association this fall in Seattle. Their research project is titled, "Distress Tolerance among Novice Speakers during Public Speaking Practice Sessions."

Profs selected for grant cohort

Dr. Cristi Horton and Dr. Sarah Maben have been selected for the Tarleton Summer Research Cohort. As part of the process, they will seek national-level grants to support their research and student participation in the research process.

Ortiz wins dissertation award

Dr. Rosalinda Ortiz was awarded the 2020-21 Dissertation of the Year honor by Ball State University for her research on the Latino student’s transition from dual credit programs to the first year at a 4-year university. At Tarleton, Dr. Ortiz teaches COMM 1315-Public Speaking courses.

Endres-Parnell, Helvie-Mason publish research

Prairie Endres-Parnell and Dr. Lora Helvie-Mason have new research published in the Journal of Texas Women School Executives. Check out their research on imposter syndrome in Vol. 6. 

Helvie-Mason wins statewide award

Dr. Lora Helvie-Mason, Communication Studies Professor and Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs at Tarleton State University, has been named the Texas Women in Higher Education’s Institutional Representative of the Year for 2021. Read more on this news release.

Winslow, students help CTFS

Dr. Cessna Winslow’s applied public relations and event planning course practiced their event management skills on Cross Timbers Family Services’ Better Beginnings Brunch event that raises awareness and funds to support its mission to provide hope, help and healing to victims of violent crime in Erath and surrounding counties. Dr. Winslow, assistant professor, was also the featured speaker for the event.

Richey, Goen publish new research

COLFA Faculty Award Winners

Dr. Cessna Winslow received the COLFA Faculty Excellence in Student Success Award and Dr. Sarah Maben received the COLFA Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Award.