College of Liberal Arts & Sciences The University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication The University of Iowa

Graduate Student Achievements
Fall 2005

 

Professional Publications

Sonia Gunderson. (September/October 2005). Filmmaking, Inuit-style.  above & beyond, Canada's Arctic Journal, vol. 17, no. 5.

Sonia Gunderson. (November 4, 2005). A menagerie of magic from Mexico.  The Daily Iowan, p. 9A.

Sonia Gunderson. (Winter 2005). Abraham Apakark Anghik Ruben:  A view from the top of the world.  Inuit Art Quarterly, 20(4), 18-25. 

Refereed Research Publications

Dean Kruckeberg & Marina Vujnovic. (2005). Public relations, not propaganda, for U.S.
public diplomacy in a post-9/11 world: Challenges and opportunities. Journal of
Communication Management, 9(4), 296-304.

Marina Vujnovic & Dean Kruckeberg. (2005). Imperative for an Arab model of public
relations as a framework for diplomatic, corporate and nongovernmental
organization relationships. Public Relations Review, 31(3), 338-343.

Research Papers Presented

Julie Andsager, H. Allen White, & Rob Kuennen. (November 2005). Content-specific influences on third-person effects and behavioral components.  Paper presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago.

Lyombe Eko, Anup Kumar, & Jie Liu. (August 2005). One world wide web, three monitoring schemes: A comparative analysis of the Internet surveillance systems of the United States, Russia and China.  Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Communication Technology and Policy Division, San Antonio.

Amani Ismail, Mervat Youssef, & Dan Berkowitz.  (August 2005).  Nationalistic ambiguity in the shadow of occupation: Newspaper opinion pages as meaning-maker about post-war Iraq. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, International Communication Division, San Antonio.

Amani Ismail. (November 2005).  Constructing an intifada for statehood: Palestinian political violence in U.S. news.  Paper presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago.

Anup Kumar. (August 2005). Bollywood movies and the diaspora: The flip side of globalization and hybridity in the construction of identities. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Cultural and Critical Studies Division, San Antonio.

Anup Kumar. (November 2005). Media framing: Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse story in the news and consensus on Iraq war. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago.

Mervat Youssef.  (November 2005).  The story of “us”: Negotiating national identity on opinion pages in times of crisis. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago.

 

Honors and Awards

Hong Lim Choi (PhD) received a University of Iowa Student Government Research Grant ($1000).

Lois Gray (MAP) was inducted into Kappa Tau Alpha, journalism honor society, in December.

Anup Kumar’s (PhD) AEJMC paper was recognized as a Top Three Student Paper in the Cultural and Critical Studies Division.   

 

December 2005 Graduates

Master’s Professional (MAP)

Michael Brunette – Seeing the world through a new set of eyes: Mr. Popular. Adviser: John Kimmich.

Lois Gray. Adviser: Judy Polumbaum.

Adam Kempenaar.  Adviser: Stephen Bloom.

Po Li Loo – Breaking down the Iowa brain drain.  Adviser: Stephen Bloom.

Joseph Nugent.  Adviser: Pam Creedon.

Mary Beth Slonneger. Adviser: Kay Amert.

Lisa Minder Wu. Adviser: Judy Polumbaum.

PhD

Alden Weight.  Adviser: Venise Berry.

Weidong Zhang – Manchu in the making on the Internet: Ethnicity, community, and identity. Adviser: Judy Polumbaum.