Aya Shata represented her research team, including Arthur Soto-Vasquez and Dave Nourse (all Journalism and Media Studies), in presenting their paper titled "Generative AI in the Eyes of PR Practitioners: A Longitudinal Study of Evolving Perceptions, Practices, and Concerns" at the International Communication Association Conference in…

Alexandra Nur and Kaylee Faria (both Criminal Justice) along with their co-author Ian Silver (RTI International) recently published a manuscript titled "Seasonal Mental Health Symptoms Amongst Former Criminal Legal System-Involved Adolescents" in the Journal of Adolescence. The article examines whether the season in which respondents are…

An-Pyng Sun (Social Work) and Tracy Liu (University of Maryland, School of Medicine) recently delivered a 90-minute presentation titled “Enhancing Knowledge of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder among Social Workers and Counselors” at the 2026 National Association of Social Workers (NASW) National Conference in Washington, D.C. Their session…

Leslie T. Snadowsky (Journalism and Media Studies) won the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) first-place 2026 Silver Anvil Organizational Award for leading the “Best In-House Team - Associations/ Nonprofit Organizations” in the nation. The PRSA Anvil Awards, on Thursday, May 14, at the Edison Ballroom in NYC, honored communications…

Jeffrey T. Child (Communication Studies) and a colleague recently published an article, "Communication privacy management theory: History of development, research trends, and future applications," in the Journal of Family Communication. The article examines the state of research utilizing the theory in advancing a deeper understanding of…

Craig Hennigan and Dillon Brouwer (both Communication Studies) published "Creating an open-source novel dataset to analyze side bias in NFA-LD" in The Forensic of Pi Kappa Delta. This article documents the assembly of a large dataset recording collegiate debate rounds. A statistical analysis is included to determine if National Forensics…

Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez (Journalism and Media Studies), with co-authors Elizabeth Terrazas-Carrillo, Ediza Garcia, Karen Morales, and Arianna Requejo (Texas A & M International University), recently published "La Tóxica: A Gender Role Stereotype for Latinas and Its Perceived Influence on Intimate Partner…

Stephen Bates (Journalism and Media Studies) recently published “The Strange Tale of Rincon Island,” recounting an artificial island built off the California coast for oil and gas exploration in the 1950s, before the state allowed offshore platforms. Operator Richfield Oil Corp. subsequently created an adjacent artificial reef to increase fish…

Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez (Journalism and Media Studies), with co-editors Kim Fox (American University in Cairo) and Aram Sinnreich (American University), recently guest edited a symposium on "The Turn to Podcasts as a Mass Campaign Medium" in The Journal of Radio and Audio Media. The set of research articles focuses on when podcasting’s…

Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez (Journalism and Media Studies), with co-authors Ariadne Gonzalez, Di Mu, Marcela Moran, and Cindy Salazar-Collier (all Texas A&M International University), earned the Top Paper Award in the Health Communication Interest Group at the 2026 Central States Communication Association. The paper was titled, "From Focus Groups…

Rebecca Rice (Communication Studies) published "High Reliability Organizations" in The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication.

Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez (Journalism and Media Studies) delivered an invited talk titled "Latino Shift: The Making and Remaking of the U.S. Latino Voter in the Trump Era" for the Center for Global Change and Media in the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin. Through an analysis of media coverage, election data, and…