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Nov. 16-19 National Harbor, Maryland This list includes only sessions in which CJC students, faculty or alumni are presenting. For many of these sessions, CJC presenters are co-authors on the research. For a list of all sessions and co-authors on each paper or poster, visit: https://www.natcom.org/sites/default/files/2023%20NCA%20Annual%20Convention%20Program-compressed.pdf Thursday, Nov. 16 An…

Celeste Wagner, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, is the recipient of a 2023 National Communications Association (NCA) Gerald R. Miller Doctoral Dissertation Award and the NCA Political Communications Division Lynda Lee Kaid Outstanding Dissertation Award. Wagner defended her doctoral dissertation, “Responding to Media Coverage…

Michaela Devyn Mullis Piszczatoski, Ph.D. 2021, has received the national 2022 Sandra Petronio Family Communication Dissertation Excellence Award from the National Communication Association‘s Family Communication Division for “The Alienated Parent-Child Bond Across the Lifespan: Relational Reconnection in Parental Alienation Families.” The dissertation was recognized for being helpful to families and mental…

Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) doctoral students are the recipients of the prestigious 2022 National Communication Association (NCA) Douglas P. Cushman Memorial Award. Chelsea Moss and Taylor Vasquez were honored for “Make Your Family Proud: Analyzing the Communication of Roles and Identity in Disney’s ‘Encanto.’”…

Nov. 18-21 Seattle Exploring the Dark Side: Health Implications of Mindfulness Apps for Emerging Adults In the wake of Covid-19, more people than ever are seeking affordable and accessible solutions to manage their mental wellbeing. The popularity of mobile health (mHealth) technology such as mobile applications (apps), specifically mindfulness apps…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student Easton Wollney was one of 30 students selected from a national pool of applicants for the National Communication Association (NCA) Doctoral Honors Seminar. She was one of only 12 selected for the program’s Communication Studies section. Wollney is in her…