Graduate Student Achievements
Fall 2006

Professional Publications and Broadcasts

Erik Farseth. (September 11-24). Council votes down proposal restricting pedestrians in alleys. Southwest Journal, p. 4.

Erik Farseth. (October 23-November 5). A burgeoning arts hub. Southwest Journal, p. 40.

Erik Farseth. (December 11, 2006). Welcome to the House of Balls: Quirky art mediums make a stop at the Warehouse District Gallery a must. Downtown Journal, pp. 8, 16.

Kyle Gassiott. (July 9, 2006). On the road: Iowa Lincoln Highway. American Public Media’s Weekend America.

Kyle Gassiott. (August 19, 2006). Chowing down at the fair. American Public Media’s Weekend America.

Sonia Gunderson. (July/August 2006). Igloolik's Oral History Project: Creating a Living Heritage. above & beyond, Canada's Arctic Journal, vol. 18, no. 4.

Sonia Gunderson. (September 2006). What would the Inuit do? The Iowa Source, vol. 23, pp. 11-13.

Sonia Gunderson (October 2, 2006). Against all odds. China Daily, p. 9.

Sonia Gunderson. (Fall 2006). Lukie Airut: A Magic Touch With Miniatures and Massive Works. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 20, pp. 10-16.

Sonia Gunderson. (Fall/Winter 2006). Academic adventure in the Arctic. International Accents, vol. 7, p. 12.

Gloria Williams. (July/August 2006). Civil disobedience: SOA watch. Z Magazine Online, vol. 19, no. 7/8.

Research Papers Presented

Julie Andsager, Choonghee Han, Katherine LaVail, Joseph Schwartz, Marina Vujnovic, & Josh Grimm. (August 2006). Effects of exemplification and attribution of blame on perceived influence of self and others. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Communication Theory & Methodology Division, San Francisco.

Julie Andsager, MaryAnn Martin, Yeon Kim, Lee Farquhar, & Mohamad Elmasry. (August 2006). Meth in the Midwest: Space, time, and content frames in rural and urban newspapers. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Mass Communication & Society Division, San Francisco.

Mohamad Elmasry. (August 2006). Death in the Middle East: An analysis of how the New York Times and Chicago Tribune frame violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, International Communication Division, San Francisco.

Lee Farquhar & Robert Meeds. (August 2006). Playing online: Motivations for fantasy sports use. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Entertainment Studies Interest Group, San Francisco.

Josh Grimm. (November 2006). Source influences on framing the intelligent design debate. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago.

Sonia Gunderson. (October 2006). Learning to see, and other lessons from the Inuit. Paper presented at International Mondays, Iowa City Public Library.

Yeon Kim. (August 2006). Axis of evil?: News framing of North Korea before and after the 2002 State of the Union address. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, International Communication Division, San Francisco.

Yeon Kim. (August 2006). Framing Katrina in black and white: News and discussion boards in the Chicago Defender and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Minorities and Communication Division, San Francisco.

Yeon Kim. (November 2006). Who is the bad guy?: Framing of North Korea and the United States in Chosun Ilbo after the 2002 U.S. State of the Union address. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago.

Anup Kumar. (August 2006). Abu Ghraib follow-up stories: A legitimate controversy frame. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Communication Theory & Methodology Division, San Francisco.

Katherine LaVail. (August 2006). Health information and Hurricane Katrina: A mental models approach to health-related articles. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Mass Communication and Society Division, San Francisco.

Joseph Schwartz. (November 2006). The use of sources in controversial issues: The case of same-sex marriage. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago.

Arlecia Simmons. (October 2006). The Rev. Edythe Stirlen and the S.O.S. magazine. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Journalism Historian’s Association, Wichita, KS.

Marina Vujnovic. (August 2006). Juggling the blame: News framing of the Srebrenica crisis (1993-2005). Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, International Communication Division, San Francisco.

Book Reviews

Robin Johnson. (2006). [Review of the book Bourdieu and the Journalistic Field]. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 30(3), 276-279.

Honors and Awards

Robin Johnson (PhD) was selected as an Obermann Graduate Fellow for Engaged Research and Teaching.

Arlecia Simmons (PhD) received a GMAC SmartEdge Book Allowance from the National Newspaper Publishers Association.

December 2006 Graduates

Master’s Professional (MAP)

Erik Farseth. We begin bombing in five minutes. Adviser: Don McLeese.

Addiel Gomez. Life in a legal limbo: The effect of immigrant family separation. Adviser: Stacey Cone.