Media Coverage
Graduate student Ria Gualano was featured on the podcast “Seeing Me on the Screen.” During her chat with host Hannah Tollison, Ria discussed the evolving landscape of disability representation with a focus on the intersection of technology and media.
Presentations
Graduate student Ellie Homant presented “The Co-Creation of Online Trans Celebrity: A Case Study of Nikkie de Jager” at the Trans Celebrity Online Symposium. The symposium was organized by the editors of the forthcoming special issue of Celebrity Studies focused on Trans Celebrity. Her presentation explored the ways that trans beauty creator Nikkie de Jager (AKA, NikkieTutorials) and her viewers negotiate their understandings of trans identity in the context of her YouTube channel, drawing on a sample of 13 videos and more than 2600 comments. The final version of the project will be published in the special issue, due late 2025/early 2026.
On Tuesday, October 1, 1:00–2:00 pm, Professor Jeff Niederdeppe and Associate Professor Neil Lewis, Jr., will discuss their recent research and share tips on communication in the upcoming webinar, “How Communications Can Promote Health and Advance Racial Equality,” hosted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Drawing on research conducted with the Collaborative on Media & Messaging for Health and Social Policy, they will discuss how carefully crafted messages can shape opinions, attitudes, and behaviors in a complex, polarized, and changing information environment. The Collaborative includes Communication graduate students Emma Cox and Rebekah Wicke, and Research Associates Norman Porticella and Kari Waters, alongside colleagues in the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, University of Minnesota , and Wesleyan University.
More information & Registration: https://www.rwjf.org/communicationstoolbox/virtual-events/how-communications-can-promote-health-and-advance-racial-equity.html
Picture Time!
As part of a project on social gardening effects on residents’ well-being and connection with the natural environment, Professor Poppy McLeod and graduate student Luke Dye collaborated with colleagues in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Lab of Ornithology this summer to plant pollinator gardens at senior assisted living facilities.
