No Stupid Questions

We've got another ICYMI episode on deck for you today because well, let's be honest, everyone is busy and deadlines are upon us and it's hard to schedule guests during this very busy time. But, today's episode is a great one to catch if you haven't already and if you have, it's a great one to listen to a second time. Join us today for Episode 6 of Season 6 of Revise and Resubmit where we get to chat with Dr. Natalie Devlin, now an associate professor in the Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations. Natalie Brown Devlin researches crisis communication and digital media in the context of sport. Her work examines how social media empowers organizational stakeholders during sports-related crises. She previously worked in digital advertising as a senior analyst of strategic account analytics, where she provided custom analyses and consumer insights to client marketing executives. This fall, Devlin teaches a course on digital metrics in the Texas Media Program. This is such a fun conversation with Dr. Devlin because we get to hear not only about her time as a Ph.D. student in C&IS at the University of Alabama but also how the stars aligned in a chance meeting with Dr. Jennings Bryant and how that meeting led her to have the family she has now.  Dr. Devlin is a prolific scholar in sports communication, and for someone who has only been doing it a few years, she's making quite a mark! More importantly. Dr. Devlin is so down-to-earth and fun and just truly likeable. You just won't want to miss this one.   Follow her on Twitter @NatalieBDevlin. You can follow us on Twitter @ICIRAlabama or on Instagram @ICIRUA.  Here are a few links to just SOME of her publications: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/jicrcr/vol3/iss1/3/ https://journals.humankinetics.com/configurable/content/journals$002fijsc$002f10$002f3$002farticle-p371.xml?t:ac=journals%24002fijsc%24002f10%24002f3%24002farticle-p371.xml https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077699015574484?casa_token=WV3DupwpFVIAAAAA%3ARYhY9L9iYVI65GcxyaHJaBJ-AK6jR-PlU1vi9vpI8WaaCnO3c3DVz64frQ6f3CLVZVBaa8eQ_bHf

ICYMI: Today's episode is a great one as we catch up with Dr. Mary Meares, an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama. Have you ever traveled outside of the country, especially to a place where your native language wasn't being spoken? How did it make you feel? Were you challenged by the experience in a good one or did you find yourself looking for something familiar? In addition to having lived and worked abroad, her research dives into the effects of culture. When you think about how we learn what the world is and how we learn about other people, that learning comes from so many different places--personal experiences, what you might learn in the classroom and even from the media. Mary's research looks at all of these things as a mechanism of understanding intercultural competence and ways it can be taught to others. Fun fact: she is reading a book--Gullah Geechee--Lessons from the Matriach--by Emily Meggett from Edisto Island and that's where Mary's ancestors are from! This is such a fun conversation and it really is going to push you to think about how we learn about others the next time you travel. Don't miss it!

Falling Backwards Into Things–The Path to Research in Identity, Stigma and Organizing I say this about every episode but I definitely have to say it about this one---YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS TODAY'S EPISODE.  Wow. We cover a lot of territory with Dr. Peter Jensen, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Communication & Information Sciences. But first, fun fact: Peter is the first guest we have ever had who said he actually dreamed of being a professor as a young child, and this inspiration came from watching Indiana Jones films where Indiana Jones was in a classroom teaching!!  But, on to the real stuff. Dr. Jensen studies organizational communication, but what he really looks at it why we organize the way we do, and the communicativeness of the process. What does that really mean? It means he studies things like stigma within an organization and how underlying stigma about topics such as incarceration carry over into decisions that are made, the ways individuals are interacted with and treated, and ultimately the structural issues related to stigma. Peter has worked with and studied individuals who have been incarcerated and who then are trying to re-engage with the world and return to the identity they might have had prior to serving time in prison. Peter is an ethnographer, which means he works in the field and he works directly with the population he is studying as well as the organizations working to help them (or not).  We cover so much territory in today's conversation, and it certainly sheds light on the breadth and depth of the work being done in the broad area of communication research.  To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

ICYMI: Don't miss episode #7 of Season 6 of Revise and Resubmit as we catch up with Dr. Kaitlin Miller, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama. Learn more about how 6th grade Kaitlin had a big dream of working in broadcast journalism and how that dream became a reality for her after finishing her master's degree in broadcast journalism. Kaitlin tells us about her time working as a broadcast journalist in Bozeman, Montana where she essentially was a one-stop shop for all of the stories she worked on--setting up the camera, the lights, the audio, doing the reporting, doing the editing and packaging it all together. But, then she tells us about how the workplace for her and other women in the felt was challenging, isolating, and at times, filled with harassment. Her professional experiences tie directly into what she does now as a professor of journalism and guide much of the research she does on journalistic practices, the intersectionality of oppression and identity specific to gender and race, but how she firmly believes that journalism matters. We talk about her approach to teaching her own journalism students and how she inspires them (our words not hers) to follow their dreams and passions as storytellers. And, throughout today's conversation we hear so many funny stories about her professional work in broadcast journalism. Let's just say a bear enters this conversation! You don't want to miss today's episode as we catch up with Dr. Kaitlin Miller!

In today's episode, we are catching up with another former guest in our What's New With series, and I say this every time, but again, today's episode is SO MUCH FUN!!! Dr. Kenon Brown, an associate professor in the Department of Advertising and Public relations actually gave us an answer to one question that we had never heard before–what he wanted to be when he grew up. But, I'm not going to spoil it now! You'll just have to tune in! When we last caught up with Dr. Brown, we were in the height of the pandemic and lock down and he was doing a lot of research on athletes and image repair because there's always one or two who isn't making the best decisions, but today, he tells us how his research has shifted a little to focus on the WHY AND HOW of audience perceptions about athletes. What traits are most important in helping us identify more and resonate more with specific athletes? He breaks it all down for us! To follow Kenon on Twitter: @KenonABrown To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

In the third of our of "What's New With..." series, we have the great opportunity to catch up with Dr. Cynthia Peacock, now an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies within C&IS. When we last spoke with Cynthia, she was telling us about the time she took her students to attend the Iowa Caucuses, and about all of her work in political communication. She's been busy these last two years, and in today's episode, we get to hear all about it. She is currently working on a study about relational communication when individuals do not share the same political ideology--can you imagine the potential drama? But, she's also looking into issues such as the changes in the online environment, including social media, and how these changes will affect political engagement and opinion exchange. I don't want to give away too much here, but I will just say, this is another really fun one!! As a fun fact about Cynthia, she wanted to be a criminal psychologist or a National Geographic photographer when she was growing up, and her pathway to academia is an interesting (but cool) one! To follow Cynthia on Twitter: @CynPeacock To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

You might read this title and think, what? What in the world are they talking about? What we are talking about are things that many of us will be using in our daily lives? Do you use Siri or Alexa? Do you have apps on your phone that are tailored to you and can help you out in a virtual way? If you use any of these things, you use virtual assistants. But what you might not have thought about is how they actually work and how they do (or do not) respond to more subjective things like feelings or an inability to quickly process questions being asked by the virtual assistant. Our next guest in our "What's New With" series studies all of these things and is making a significant impact on the way AI technologies are merging with user experiences. Dr. Miriam Sweeney is an associate professor in the School of Library and Information Studies, part of the College of Communication and Information Sciences. She is a renowned scholar in this area and is taking intentional steps to look beyond the service and better understand how user experiences can be improved. This is a fun one! Don't miss it!

You don't want to miss the 5th in our series of "What's New With..." where we get an opportunity to catch up with previous guests and learn all about the research they have done since we last talked to them. When we last spoke with Dr. Shaheen Kanthawala, an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media, we talked about her research very broadly in the area of media effects through the lens of health communication. Shaheen has been very busy these last two years developing new projects and studies that dive more into the functions and features of health apps and how they can be helpful (or not). We talk a lot about individual differences (demographic factors, cognitive functioning) and how those factors influence not only our use of health apps but how much the health app can influence us. We also dive into a conversation about TikTok and discuss how much, if at all, TikTok can be used in helpful and positive ways specific to our own health. How do we know if the information we are getting from TikTok is correct or not? And do we care? We dive into all of this in today's conversation, and you don't want to miss it!! Tune in to catch some of Shaheen's recommendations for viewing and reading--we aren't going to spoil it here! To follow Shaheen on Twitter: @ItsShaheenK To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Have you ever experienced a natural disaster like a tornado or a hurricane or a house fire? Have you ever found yourself in a situation where maybe you were not fully prepared but didn't know that until the disaster hit? Today's guest tells us about experiencing 9/11 from the lens of a viewer watching it unfold on global television changed the trajectory of her career and how watching the crisis with communication on that day led her to not only gain incredible experience working as a volunteer for the Red Cross and other humanitarian companies but also led to her path as a graduate student and now a scholar in the area of crisis communication. Dr. Suzanne Horsley is an associate professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations at the University of Alabama and has studied crisis communication from a variety of angles. She tells us today that one of the most interesting things in her work is learning about those who actually want to step in and help out. She said that so many factors motivate people to want to volunteer and help, but without proper training in all kinds of areas, sometimes that help isn't as useful as one would hope. We talk about the disaster that struck our own city of Tuscaloosa--the tornado of 2011--that took lives all over the state and literally brought our city to a screeching halt. Suzanne was here for that and she was able to apply all that she knew from her personal experiences as well as her research that helped her teach others about effective ways to contribute. If you tune in, you'll also learn more about the reality show she thinks she'd be great at--but we aren't going to spoil it! We cover so much ground in today's episode, and we learn so much. Don't miss today's conversation with Dr. Suzanne Horsley! To follow her department on Twitter: @BamaAPR To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Join us today as we catch up with new assistant professor Dr. Jaclyn Shetterly in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama. Her work is squarely situation in the area of interpersonal communication where she examines the communication between individuals who are the victims of sexual assault and their romantic partners. As you learn throughout the episode, this type of work can be taxing and emotionally draining...on the subjects and the researcher...but it also sheds light on what is often considered stigma and shame for those victims. She also tells us how we can use what we have learned in context and apply it to so many areas of general human interaction when the topics are sensitive or challenging. Jaclyn shares with us some of her recommendations for viewing--How I Met Your Mother--and shares with us her guilty pleasure--Love Is Blind. Of course, both relate directly to interpersonal communication. As you've learned if you are a regular listener of this podcast, we hear from communication scholars of all types, and this is one of many fun conversations diving a little more into who people are, what they do and the value of it all. To follow us on Twitter: @IcirAlabama

Have you ever considered the role of social media in democracy or the way political conversations occur based on what may be trending on social media? Whether you are an avid Twitter user or not, these conversations are happening on a national and a global level. Sometimes for good but sometimes not. Today's guest--Dr. Matt Barnidge, an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama--studies these types of things. More specifically, his research revolves around the three interrelated topics of (1) media trust, credibility, and bias; (2) news exposure and engagement; and (3) social networks, discussion, and expression. Furthermore, his research on these topics focuses on multiple national contexts beyond the United States, including countries in Europe and Latin America. Ultimately, my goal is to improve our understanding of the dynamics of news and public opinion in democratic societies, and in light of the growing threats to democratic institutions worldwide, doing so has rarely been more important than it is now. I'll be honest...we learned a lot in today's episode, and I am sure you will as well. Tune in to learn more and hear from one of the experts in this field, Dr. Matt Barnidge! To follow Matt on Twitter: @mbarni109 To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Dr. Alyxandra Vesey is an assistant professor in Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama. Her research focuses on the intersection between gender, music culture, labor, and media industries. She is currently finishing a book (that she tells us all about) related to the identity politics surrounding musicians' labor in the television industry during the post-network era. She also does research on the ideologies of gender that circulate within merchandising and endorsement work in the recording industry. Her work has been published in Television and New Media, Feminist Media Studies, Popular Music and Society, Cinema Journal, Saturday Night Live and American TV and Emergent Feminisms and the Challenge to Postfeminist Media Culture. She is also a long-time contributor to Bitch Media and the founder of the blog Feminist Music Geek. This episode is so much fun as we dive a little deeper into the music industry and learn more about the interplay between gender, the politics of gender, and commodification. To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

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Join us as we put a wrap on Season 5 of Revise & Resubmit! We talk about some of the highlights of the season including discussing several of the guests we have heard from PLUS we take questions that we have been asked by listeners--that's the fun part. Tune is as we answer some of the funny questions we get on the daily from those of you who listen! To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

In today's episode, we revisit our conversation with Dr. Miriam Sweeney, associate professor in the School of Library and Information Studies. This episode is old enough that we used the original name for this podcast--no stupid questions! So, if you haven't been following along for the last two and a half years, you can catch up with this one!! Join us today as we talk with Dr. Miriam Sweeney in the School of Library and Information Sciences as she talks about her research in artificial intelligence and the way AI technology functions as an extension of power systems. If you have ever used Siri or Alexa--and who hasn't?--this episode is for you. For more info about Dr. Sweeney's work, check out her website: http://mesweeney.people.ua.edu.

In the third of our of "What's New With..." series, we have the great opportunity to catch up with Dr. Cynthia Peacock, now an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies within C&IS. When we last spoke with Cynthia, she was telling us about the time she took her students to attend the Iowa Caucuses, and about all of her work in political communication. She's been busy these last two years, and in today's episode, we get to hear all about it. She is currently working on a study about relational communication when individuals do not share the same political ideology--can you imagine the potential drama? But, she's also looking into issues such as the changes in the online environment, including social media, and how these changes will affect political engagement and opinion exchange. I don't want to give away too much here, but I will just say, this is another really fun one!! As a fun fact about Cynthia, she wanted to be a criminal psychologist or a National Geographic photographer when she was growing up, and her pathway to academia is an interesting (but cool) one! To follow Cynthia on Twitter: @CynPeacock To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

If you think advertising is similar to the way it is portrayed on Mad Men, you'll definitely need to tune into today's episode. As a child, our next guest's aspirations were to land it big as a country music superstar. While she toyed around with that idea for a while, her parents finally convinced her she needed to find another pathway, albeit a creative one, so she could have a backup plan. That landed Dr. Teresa Tackett, an assistant professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations, in college exploring all there was to learn about advertising, ad agencies and the different types of creative work that was out. After graduation, Teresa was given the opportunity to work professionally in advertising on the creative side, where she said that side of the industry was largely male-dominated, by 95% or more. Teresa said it was her professional experiences that led her to shift gears slightly and head back to graduate school so she could learn more about the ways social justice issues, including diverse representation, could be studied, examined and then even potentially corrected. Teresa got her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and just this fall joined the College of Communication and Information Research's faculty in advertising. She says women spend a lot of time trying to understand gender in male spaces, and her research is really taking this issue on directly via the studies she has conducted with other professional women in the industry. We don't want to give it all away, but this is an episode you don't want to miss. To follow Teresa on Twitter: @teresatackett To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

We are less than 24 hours away from Election Day 2022, and in today's episode, we get the good fortune of talking with one of C&IS' many political communication scholars--Dr. Josh Bramlett, an assistant professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations. It seems like during any election year, we are faced with political ads, negative attack ads, and everything in between from about August until Election Day, and as we learn from Josh, as annoying as it may be for some, others actually believe they are effective. You'll have to tune in to find out if research supports that notion! What Josh studies are the outcomes of political advertising and and the influences of political advertising, and keep in mind, the way we all get our news and information is from a variety of platforms--actual newspapers (but maybe digital versions), radio, television news, social media and platforms like TikTok, so if you were to be a politician, how would you know where to direct your messaging? This is a part of what Josh studies and he tells us all about it, along with things like the normative outcomes of political advertising--things like a lack of trust in the government. But, today's conversation isn't all about politics! We won't have too much of a spoiler here, but Josh did say that Jurassic Park inspired what he wanted to be as a young child. Can you guess? Even better--his recommendations are what to watch, what to read, and the reality program he'd like to be on may just surprise you. Today's conversation is SO MUCH FUN, and you definitely don't want to miss it! To check out one of his recent publications, click on this link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01463373.2021.1944889?casa_token=Yz_vM-eo8joAAAAA%3AmuhdRWc1I2ZfjbIhXI68sTAB1TAMoHYlhZlIeApBKeMQGj2JkHoYfQLsusohWwBv1x1je7XL4NdN To follow Josh on Twitter: @SonofConway To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

In today's episode, we catch up with Dr. Jess Maddox, an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media, about the book project and other research projects she was working on when we talked to her TWO YEARS AGO. Spoiler alert: not only do we learn that her book is done and on the bookshelves (but technically Amazon and other online booksellers), we get the chance to hear about all of the projects she is working on now, including a second book project. When you think about the ways the Internet but especially social media have evolved over the last several years, one prevailing theme is that of pets--we all like to see pet photos and videos, now on TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and other social media platforms. But, why is that and what is it that drives us to these platforms? Do you feel calmer when you see pet photos and videos? Happier? We dive into all of that in our conversation with Dr. Maddox, and just for fun we throw in talk about rivalry football. You can check out Dr. Maddox's latest book several ways: https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-internet-is-for-cats/9781978827912 https://www.amazon.com/Internet-Cats-Animal-Images-Digital/dp/1978827911 To follow Dr. Maddox on Twitter: @drjessmaddox To follow us on Twitter: @ ICIRAlabama And, if you want to check out OUR pet photos, especially Halloween pet photos, check us out: @kbissell42 and @slightlyabsent on Instagram.

In the first episode of the "What's New With" series, we catch up with our first podcast guest ever--Dr. Scott Parrott, an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media. When we talked to him over TWO YEARS AGO, he was working on several projects related to mental health--mental health and veterans, the stigma associated with mental health, and the representation of mental health in an entertainment context. In today's episode, we learn more about how those projects turned out plus we learn about his upcoming book with fellow Revise & Resubmit guest, Dr. Andy Billings. Their upcoming book: Head Game: Mental Health and Sport--will be released in the fall of 2022. In this book, we hear from 30 different Olympic and professional athletes who have all come forward with their mental health struggles and challenges, and they discuss the different pressures they face trying to remain at the competitive level in their respective sport. Scott has so much to say, and you certainly don't want to miss it!! To find the latest book he's published, check out think link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62798212-head-game To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

I say this with _every_ episode, but truly this is one not to miss! We take a bit of a turn in our conversation with today's guest because we are talking to a scholar who's research and scholarship is in the creative area--documentary film to be exact. If you thought all professors did was boring stuff, today's guest--John Haley--will break that notion. John tells us about how he grew up watching films with his family, and how those early experiences started him down a path of discovery with film and documentary storytelling. John worked with Americorps immediately after graduation, and it was his experiences there that led him to identify some of the first stories he began to tell in film. John tells character-driven stories that center on the intersection of personal identity and societal structures. As he explains in today's episode, his films grapple with contentious issues such as the death penalty and electoral politics through the lens of specific characters, contextualizing these social structures through distinct perspectives in pursuit of nuance and a more truthful, holistic understanding of reality. His award-winning films have screened at Wisconsin Film Festival, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival, Tallgrass, Reeling, Sidewalk, CUFF.Docs, Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, Nevada City, and EarthxFilm, among others. You can follow John on Twitter @johnhaley_ You can follow the ICIR on Twitter @ICIRAlabama

I say this about every episode but I definitely have to say it about this one---YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS TODAY'S EPISODE. Wow. We cover a lot of territory with Dr. Peter Jensen, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Communication & Information Sciences. But first, fun fact: Peter is the first guest we have ever had who said he actually dreamed of being a professor as a young child, and this inspiration came from watching Indiana Jones films where Indiana Jones was in a classroom teaching!! But, on to the real stuff. Dr. Jensen studies organizational communication, but what he really looks at it why we organize the way we do, and the communicativeness of the process. What does that really mean? It means he studies things like stigma within an organization and how underlying stigma about topics such as incarceration carry over into decisions that are made, the ways individuals are interacted with and treated, and ultimately the structural issues related to stigma. Peter has worked with and studied individuals who have been incarcerated and who then are trying to re-engage with the world and return to the identity they might have had prior to serving time in prison. Peter is an ethnographer, which means he works in the field and he works directly with the population he is studying as well as the organizations working to help them (or not). We cover so much territory in today's conversation, and it certainly sheds light on the breadth and depth of the work being done in the broad area of communication research. To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Today we catch up with Dr. Eyun Jung Ki, a professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations. Young Eyun Jung thought she wanted to be a teacher, like a K-12 teacher, but after taking just one class in public relations in college, she knew she had found her calling. She's been at the University of Alabama for over 15 years teaching courses in public relations and studying the way new and emerging media technologies can be used to improve communication, especially during times of crisis. She tells us more about how social media has really changed the way businesses, companies and people have had to react in times of crisis because the window of opportunity to get information out there is much shorter. She tells us how in public relations, the way a company or individual communicates about crisis can ultimately make or break public perceptions about everything moving forward. Join us for this very fun and enlightening conversation with Dr. Eyun Jung Ki! To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Today's episode is a great one as we catch up with Dr. Mary Meares, an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama. Have you ever traveled outside of the country, especially to a place where your native language wasn't being spoken? How did it make you feel? Were you challenged by the experience in a good one or did you find yourself looking for something familiar? In addition to having lived and worked abroad, her research dives into the effects of culture. When you think about how we learn what the world is and how we learn about other people, that learning comes from so many different places--personal experiences, what you might learn in the classroom and even from the media. Mary's research looks at all of these things as a mechanism of understanding intercultural competence and ways it can be taught to others. Fun fact: she is reading a book--Gullah Geechee--Lessons from the Matriach--by Emily Meggett from Edisto Island and that's where Mary's ancestors are from! This is such a fun conversation and it really is going to push you to think about how we learn about others the next time you travel. Don't miss it!

In today's episode, we catch up with Dr. Josh Pederson, an Associate Professor of Communication Studies within the College of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama. Like most kids, young Josh had early aspirations to be a professional baseball player or a police officer--he knew that he liked working with people, and like many young kids, he realized that making it as a pro in baseball might not pan out. As an undergrad, he found himself seeking out programs and colleges that offered courses in communication because he had been on his high school's competitive speech team and he loved that environment. This all led to finding his way to graduate school and finding his way into the position he has now where he studies interpersonal and relational communication. But, what Josh really studies is the ways we communicate with one another in interpersonal settings when there may be a conflict or stressor--whether it be a parent/child relationship, a partner relationship, or a friendship. He tries to better understand how we overcome things through interpersonal communication and relationships when we are sad, angry, or dealing with a stressor. He highly recommends The Office for the best thing to watch on television, and as you'll hear, he's already got the reality television show he'd like to be on picked out--you'll have to turn in to hear his answer! To learn more about Dr. Pederson's research, https://jrpederson.people.ua.edu/. To follow him on Twitter: @jrpeders To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

When this podcast launched over TWO YEARS AGO, we said the goal was to shed light on all of the types of research and scholarship that go on throughout the communication and information sciences discipline. And over these two years, we have learned so much about media effects, the role of sports in our lives, how research can actually help answer big public health problems, and how social media can influence interpersonal communication. Today's guest is going to shake that up a bit but in a tremendous way. Today, we catch up with Dr. Dmitrios Latsis, an assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Studies in the College of Communication and Information Sciences. Dmitrios hails from Greece, and he tells us stories about what his family thinks he does compared to what he actually does, and what he actually does is pretty amazing. Dmitrios had big dreams of being a news broadcaster and actually wrote out scripts and recorded them (but they have gotten lost in the netherworld in Greece), and then he came to the United States for college and got hooked on finding digital and audio presentations that needed to be archived for historical and cultural reasons. Can you imagine how many recordings might be out there that we'd never know about if it weren't for scholars like Dmitrios to track it down and archive it. When you think about radio broadcasts for decades ago or speeches that politicians gave decades ago, we have access to all of that because of people like Dmitrios. As he describes it in today's episode, there is a next frontier of discoverability and an ocean of content. Don't miss today's episode as we learn more about Dr. Dmitrios Latsis. To follow us on Twittter: @ICIRAlabama

If you are listening to this on Labor Day, Happy Labor Day. If it is any other day, we hope you had a great Labor Day long weekend. If you have listened to any of our previous episodes, you'll know that Dr. Bolland and I always do a good bit of chattering and talking as we are introducing our guests. Fun fact--our offices are less than 15 feet apart--but we are always chattering--via text, email, DM'ing, you name it. So, this episode is going to be one of those episodes, but it's short! We ask our guests to go through what we call Rapid Fire questions--short, easy, fun questions and today, we bring that to you, but in a way that allows you to figure out what you may have missed from previous episodes. This podcast started as as "No Stupid Questions" and it started when we were in the heart of COVID lockdown--everyone was working from home and no interacting was going on at all. So, many of our first episodes are really talking to researchers and scholars about their research and about how they were managing and navigating all of the challenges thrown their way. In season 2, we shift to what is now "Revise and Resubmit," and we continue the conversations with C&IS faculty, but we focus more on research and less on navigation because things were starting to open up, at least a little. Seasons 3 and 4 bring you conversations with former Ph.D. alum who tell us all about what they have been doing since they left UA. In some cases, it's been very recent and in other cases, it has been decades. But, hearing about the work they are doing now is so fun! And this season--Season 5--we are back at it with conversations with our own faculty in the College of Communication and Information Sciences. Tune in and hear what you may have missed from our four previous seasons and you'll even get a little teaser on what's to come! To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Don't miss episode #2 of Season 5 of Revise and Resubmit as we catch up with Dr. Kaitlin Miller, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama. Learn more about how 6th grade Kaitlin had a big dream of working in broadcast journalism and how that dream became a reality for her after finishing her master's degree in broadcast journalism. Kaitlin tells us about her time working as a broadcast journalist in Bozeman, Montana where she essentially was a one-stop shop for all of the stories she worked on--setting up the camera, the lights, the audio, doing the reporting, doing the editing and packaging it all together. But, then she tells us about how the workplace for her and other women in the felt was challenging, isolating, and at times, filled with harassment. Her professional experiences tie directly into what she does now as a professor of journalism and guide much of the research she does on journalistic practices, the intersectionality of oppression and identity specific to gender and race, but how she firmly believes that journalism matters. We talk about her approach to teaching her own journalism students and how she inspires them (our words not hers) to follow their dreams and passions as storytellers. And, throughout today's conversation we hear so many funny stories about her professional work in broadcast journalism. Let's just say a bear enters this conversation! You don't want to miss today's episode as we catch up with Dr. Kaitlin Miller! To follow Kaitlin on Twitter: @KCMillerPhD To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Today, we kick off Episode 1 of Season 5 with the fabulous Dr. A.J. Bauer, an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism & Creative Media in the College of Communication and Information Sciences. AJ comes to us with a really fascinating background as his degrees are in American Studies but he worked professionally in journalism. He tells us about his own journey shifting from the right to the left and how that inspired much of the current work he is doing, including his book in progress--Making the Liberal Media: Conservative Press Criticisms and the Rise of the New Right. We cover all kinds of territory as we discuss the criticism that is inherently embedded within media and how that takes root in identity. AJ also tells us more about the nature of the work that he does--mostly archival research--and how that type of research is a little like playing a detective game. This kick-off episode is so much fun, and you may learn a little (or a lot) about the intricacies woven into narratives about liberal media bias. For more information about AJ, check out his curriculum vitae: https://alabama.academia.edu/AJBauer/CurriculumVita To follow AJ on Twitter: @ajbauer To follow us on Twitter: @iciralabama

Join us today as we catch up with Ph.D. alum Dr. Richard Rush, who now serves as the Executive Director of Strategic Communication for the City of Tuscaloosa. In today's conversation, we learn all about his path to the Ph.D., along with two other siblings who have the same degree from the same college (Roll Tide!) as well as how his path has shifted from the professional world to academia and back to the professional world. Richard tells us how his mass communication theory class, of all his classes, really prepped him for much of what he is doing right now working in crisis and risk management. Have you ever thought about the people who have to spring into action when a severe storm is heading toward your city? Or if a bomb threat is called in at the courthouse? These are just some of the many things Richard has to deal with on the fly, but he tells us all how his research in sports and risk management helped prepare him for all of it. To follow the City of Tuscaloosa on Twitter: @tuscaloosacity To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Dr. Amy Tilley Rask, COO of MediaScience, joins us in today's conversation about her work doing industry research. She tells us all about the consumer neuro-marketing research that is done at MediaScience and how a chance conversation with a faculty member at UA led to her meeting the person who is now her CEO. Amy did a post-doctoral fellowship at Murdock University in Perth, Australia, and that work led her to helping to launch the company she's with today based out of Austin, TX. In this conversation, we learn more about just some of the big clients she and her company have done research for--Fox, ESPN, Disney--and we learn more about the ways those doing industry research can have an immediate and direct impact on consumers's lives. She's also the recipient of our own College's Outstanding Alumni Award from the Department of Advertising and Public Relations, where she got her MA degree. In addition to helping to run a major media research company, Amy and her family also operate a small "farm" as she calls it with seven dogs and 32 chickens--you may even hear one a time or two in the background. This has been one of our favorite catch-up episodes yet, and you certainly do not want to miss it! To learn more about MediaScience, you can check out their website: https://www.mediascience.com/ To follow Amy on Twitter: @AmyRask1 To follow MediaScience on Twitter: @MediaScienceLab And to follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

We had a lot of rescheduling of our guests this past week, so we are re-airing one of our favorites from Season 3!!! Tune in as we catch up with Dr. Mike Devlin, an assistant professor at Texas State University.

In today's episode with catch with with Ph.D alum Dr. Melissa Shubert Smith, a professor of communications and the Gibbons Chair of Journalism at the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, MS. Dr. Smith wears many hats at her university but still finds time to devote much attention to publishing books, including her latest book, Third Parties, Outsiders, and Renegades: Modern Challenges to the Two-Party System in Presidential Elections (https://www.amazon.com/Third-Parties-Outsiders-Renegades-Communication/dp/1793620725). Much of her work has focused on outsider candidates and the influence they can have on shaping the agendas and narratives for those who follow. In addition to the tremendous research she has done, she teaches anywhere from four to six classes a semester (that is a lot for those of us in academia) plus finds time to train for and run half marathons. She ran her first half marathon in 2013 and used it as an opportunity to raise money for schools damaged by the EF4 tornado that devastated the Tuscaloosa area in 2011. We had so much fun in this conversation and you don't want to miss it. For more information on Dr. Smith: https://www.muw.edu/as/com/faculty/70-dr-melissa-m-smith To follow Mississippi University for Women on Twitter: @MUWedu To follow us on Twitter: @ ICIRAlabama

Dr. Joshua Dickhaus earned a B.A. in Mass Communication from Miami University in 2004 and a Master's in Speech Communication in 2006, also from Miami University. From 2006-2008, Dr. Dickhaus was a lecturer in the department of communication at Penn State University, leaving to enter the mass communication Ph.D. program at the University of Alabama. In August 2011, Dr. Dickhaus graduated with his Ph.D. Dr. Dickhaus teaches in the Sports Communication major and the Charley Steiner School of Sports Communication. Today's conversation touches some very important topics in the sports world whether we are participating as consumers or sports or participants in sports. Josh has studied the role of identity in the context of sports consumer and has done several studies looking at how race factors into all of that. Do we tend to gravitate toward athletes and/or their respective teams if we feel we identify more with them? And, are we affected more by their words and behaviors on and off the court/field when that racial identification is stronger? We also dive into a very timely topic of what he calls trophy culture. We have so much fun in today's conversation because we are finally back to times when live sporting events are taking place. Definitely tune into this one! To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Over the last two seasons, we have had the great opportunity to catch up with sports communication scholars. It may seem like we have gone a little overboard. Maybe. But, since many of us are consumers of sports media and many of us watching huge sporting events, these conversations about representations of athletes in a sports media context help us shape our perspective the next time we engage in sports viewing. Today's conversation is not too different. Today, we catch up with Dr. Amy Head Jones, who is the Director of Integrated Marketing Communication and an Associate Professor of Digital Communications at the University of West Alabama. Amy Head Jones grew up in Shelbyville, Kentucky in a family of sports enthusiasts. She began playing golf at the age of three, competitive golf at the age of eight, and concluded her amateur athletic career on an athletic scholarship at the University of New Orleans. During this time, Amy gained experience in the media and sport industries while working in public relations for the New Orleans Superdome and New Orleans Arena. This experience led her to pursue additional graduate education in these areas. She continued to work in the sport and media industries, serving as a graphic designer for bby Publications and as a golf teaching professional at Big Spring Country Club. In the spring of 2007, she was hired as a journalism and speech professor at UWA, a position she still holds today. Amy enjoys spending time with her husband Michael and son Rock, while supporting UWA athletics, exercising, playing golf, and attending University concerts, plays and pageants. You can check out some of her publications here: Jones, A. & Cooley, S. (2015). Beyond beauty and brawn: Winter Olympic athletes tackle gender stereotypes. Women, Identities and Culture, 1(1), 1-6. Jones, A. & Cooley, S. (2013). Athletes who sparkle: Stereotypes in the televised coverage of the 2010 Olympic Figure Skating Events. Journalism and Mass Communication, 3(5), 292-303. Cooley, S. & Jones, A. (2013). A forgotten tweet: Somalia and social media. Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies, 34(1), 68-82. Greer, J. & Jones, A. (2012). Beyond figure skating and hockey: How U.S. audiences gender-type winter Olympic sports. The International Journal of Sport and Society, 3(4), 129-14 0.

Join us today as we catch up with Dr. Lauren Reichart Smith, an associate professor in the Media School at Indiana University. We cover so much territory in this conversation, but it kicks off with Lauren telling us about what she does when she isn't conducting research and teaching courses--she's an Ironman! That means she swims 2.4 miles, bikes 112 miles, and runs 26.2 miles all in the same day, and she's done it several times. But, after we move on from that super fun conversation, we learn more about how Lauren got her start in academia, including working in television on the production side before figuring out graduate school might be the right place for her. Much of her research looks at the way athletes are portrayed in the media and how we as viewers then respond to those representations. Her work broadly fits into the psychological effects of media content and the different ways we as viewers engage with that content. This is such a fun conversation, and it was really exciting to learn more about what she does inside and outside of the research lab and classroom. To learn more about Dr. Smith, check out this link: https://mediaschool.indiana.edu/people/profile.html?p=ls35 To learn more about her upcoming Ironman, check out this link: https://www.ironman.com/im-indiana To follow her on Twitter, follow her @LaurnSmith To follow us on Twitter, follow us at @ICIRAlabama

Today's episode!! Wow!! So much to say here but YOU HAVE TO LISTEN! Tune in today as we catch up with Dr. Skye Cooley, an Assistant Professor of Mass Communication and Strategic Communication at Oklahoma State University. Skye hails from neighboring Louisiana and made his way over to the University of Alabama between 2008-2011 when he got his Ph.D. in the College of Communication & Information Sciences. He had a fascinating experience getting to work with media during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. He is the co-founder of the MESA Group and has research partnerships with several government agencies and the Air Force. We take a really deep dive into narratives, our own narratives, and the way we can individually shape what we do in the future via the narratives we construct of our past. Seriously, you don't want to miss this one!! Follow us on Twitter @ICIRAlabama

Join us today as we check in with recent C&IS Ph.D. alum, Dr. Stephen Rush. So many fun facts to share with you including all kinds of great information about his research, but fun fact #1: he is 1 of 3 siblings to have gotten his Ph.D. from the College of Communication & Information Sciences at UA (he has 6 siblings and another with a Ph.D. in a neighboring college). Stephen has a fascinating background that started in music and led him on a pretty amazing journey to LA and then to countries like Austria and Slovenia where he taught others music. After finishing his Ph.D., he joined the faculty at Belmont University, where recent podcast guest Dr. Sarita Stewart is also a professor. Stephen is an Assistant Professor of Creative and Entertainment Industries in the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business. He teaches a variety of courses including some very interesting ones in crisis communication and brand management. As he said during this recording, there will always be athletes or entertainers making poor decisions (he actually said dumb decisions), and it is the PR reps and brand managers that have to know how to clean it up. His recent research has focused on how social identity may (or may not) align with an individual's likelihood to more forgiving or less accepting of athletes or entertainers after poor decision-making. We have a lot of fun in this conversation so you need to check it out!

Join us today as we catch up with Dr. Sarita Stewart, an Associate Professor of Creative and Entertainment Industries, at Belmont University. We cover so much territory in this industry, including how a young girl from a very small town in Oregon wound up making it big in Los Angeles and then Nashville. She tells us all about the dreams she had as a young child working in the music industry (behind the scenes and not behind the mic) and how that all evolved into working with some of the biggest names in the music industry while in LA and then how, after earning her MBA, she was drawn to Nashville where she had even greater involvement with some of the biggest country stars. She's paid it all forward teaching her students at Belmont about music production, music publicity and how to the in-front-of-camera stars maintain their relevance. But, that's only a part of what Sarita does. As an entertainment researcher, Dr. Stewart continues to focus upon varied research interests, including music consumption, video games, artist fandom, and mood management. She has several published book chapters, including an essay on LeAnn Rimes' album Blue in Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself: Essays on Debut Albums(Ashgate). Her most recent book chapter, “TV, Radio, and Music Research,” written in collaboration with Dr. Louisa Ha of Bowling Green University and Jeff Green of Stone Door Media Lab, was published in Research Methods in Communication (Third Edition) (Vision Press). To follow her on Twitter: @DrSaritaStewart To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Tune in today as we catch up with Dr. Andrea Wagner, a Bama Ph.D alum who has had an amazing career in some many areas: as a communications specialist, as a adjunct instructor, as an elite professional runner and now as the Head Track Coach and Communication Specialist for Cornerstone Christian School where she trains more than 120 middle and high school students across different distances. Andrea's path to the Ph.D. involved a stop in Clemson and Georgetown before she served as a Communication Specialist for the Pentagon right after the 9/11 attacks. While at Alabama, she studied sports communication, sports management, and entertainment, and in much of her research, she really examined the effects of different mediated content on others. She has a strong interest in the representation of gender in sports and has even been able to use her platform as an elite professional runner to speak out on the topic. To read more about Andrea (truly fascinating), check out the following stories: https://the-cauldron.com/race-against-time-b06831e25dfa#:~:text=She%20finished%20at%202%3A41,for%20the%20U.S.%20Olympic%20Trials. https://www.oiselle.com/blogs/oiselle-blog/andrea-duke-returns-to-boston-marathon-as-elite Today's conversation is a fascinating one, and since you are (probably) hearing this on Valentine's Day, it is certainly appropriate to hear Andrea's story about finding what you love to do, keep learning and have fun. To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

In today's conversation, we catch up with Dr. Elina Erzikova, now a professor of public relations at Central Michigan University. Fun fact: she used to be an editor of a regional magazine in Russia as well as a communication specialist for several non-profits trying to address AIDS/HIV in smaller Russian villages. She explains how this work led to her graduate career at the University of Alabama (MA & Ph.D) and how it lead her into academia where she teaches so many courses in public relations. Another fun fact: She is a HUGE Bama fan, and you'll hear "Roll Tide" more than once during this episode. As a matter of fact, she's such a huge fan of the Crimson Tide that none of her friends were willing to attend games with her because she created quite a stir cheering for her team in Russian and English. She is a Fellow in the Plank Center for Public Relations and has won several grants to support her research efforts including an Emerging Scholars Grant through the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. You'll hear all about the research she has done, including a book with a current UA professor, on understanding journalistic practices in Russia. Don't miss this one! To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

In today's episode, we catch up with Dr. Jessy Ohl, a MA alum from the College of Communication and Information Sciences, who is now an associate professor of communication in the Department of Communication Studies. We cover so much amazing ground in this conversation and you definitely don't want to miss any of it. Jessy breaks down some of his more recent research involve visuals and what they communicate to viewers about issues, our views of history, narratives about war, and public memory. Jessy tells us about a study he did that looked at images of drones and how in and of itself, the drone is often used in acts of war, but the image of it, depending on the way you see, may not convey all of the death and destruction it created. We talk about ants in offices and how he may now be secretly deemed not the best suite mate by his colleagues because of a whole ant situation, and we talk about his path into academia. We cover a lot of ground here, and you should stay along for the whole ride! To follow us on Twitter: @ ICIRAlabama

Join us today as we catch up with Dr. Dylan McLemore, an assistant professor of public relations at the University of Central Arkansas. As you heard with our last guest, Dylan's path into academia wasn't linear at all and he surely thought I'd be working for ESPN as a baseball analysis and commentator. As Dylan notes, he never envisioned himself going to graduate school, getting a Ph.D. or certainly working as a professor because he was a 1st generation college student (Yay, Dylan!!). But, now as a professor, he has been able to turn those tables and work with so many other students who were just like him not too many years ago. Dylan has a keen interest in sports and politics, and he has also found himself utilizing Twitter as a mechanism to engage in meaningful (and fun) conversations about sports, athletes, politics and politicians (see his handle below). But, Dylan has really made a name for himself studying identity and the way identity is shaped, formed and reinforced in a variety of areas--in religion, in politics and even in sports. When you think about your own role model/s, who comes to mind? When you think about the individuals who influence your own thinking the most about religion or politics, who comes to mind? Dylan breaks this all down for us as he walks us through several studies where he has looked at just that. Also, fun fact, Daily Dot has called him a "rare, self-aware dude." You have to tune into today's episode to hear how all of that came about. Today's conversation is so much fun, and you don't want to miss out on catching up with Dr. Dylan McLemore. To follow Dylan on Twitter: @voiceofD To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Join us today as we catch up with Dr. Kim Baker, an Associate Professor of Journalism at Alabama State University. As you'll hear in today's conversation, her path to graduate school and academia wasn't linear at all. She always thought she'd be working with and saving animals, but sometimes, it's takes just one little thing to change your direction and she'll tell us all about it. Kim has taught an array of journalism courses at Alabama State University, which is a HBCU, and she loves getting the opportunity to work with first generation college students and the students who come to her with no real understanding of what college is like. She trains them in writing, photography, and videography, but in doing so, she gives them a skill set that is marketable. As she notes, her research has literally run the gamut from studying the Apocalypse in The Walking Dead to learning how fitness trackers motivate us (or don't). Kim considers herself a non-traditional student because she didn't wind up in graduate school in her 20s but that hasn't stopped her from making the most of every single opportunity, including partnering with some of her colleagues while at UA in a research work group. That research work group landed her in Japan to present several research papers at an academic conference and also helped teach her what she considers to be the most important lesson--surround yourself with the best and smartest people, and those people will teach you the most about yourself and the world around you. In today's conversation, she tells us about a visual literacy project she worked on about what it means to be an American. We aren't going to spoil it all here, but what she tells us is fascinating about generational differences and how one easy question can be answered in so many ways. Definitely tune into Episode 1 of Season 4 of Revise and Resubmit! We have a fantastic lineup for you and you won't want to miss it!! Dr. Baker is not on Twitter, but you can find her on Facebook: Kim Baker You can follow the ICIR on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Join us as we wrap-up all that we covered across the episodes of Season 3! And we won't be gone for long--check out our newest season with the greatest guests in January!!

Join us this week as we talk with Dr. Scott Parrott, an associate professor of journalism and creative media, about his research examining the way media cover mental health and mental issues and how those representations affect the way we see ourselves and others. Dr. Parrott is one of the most prolific scholars in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media in the College of Communication and Information Sciences. He is a former journalist turned academic, but he stills keeps a toe in the journalism world by teaching the new generation of journalists in classes that are producing digital media content. Dr. Parrott has be recognized for his research across the discipline, and he is an active grant recipient and submitter. This conversation is fun! Don't miss it! To follow Dr. Parrott on Twitter: @@UAParrott To follow the ICIR on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

As the title to this episode indicates, we'll be talking a lot about sports fandom with Dr. Mike Devlin, an assistant professor of Advertising in the School of Journalism and Communication at Texas State University. He holds a PhD in Mass Communication from the University of Alabama, and an MA in Mass Communication and BA in Electronic Media Communications from Texas Tech University. Prior to earning his PhD, Mike worked as media designer and multimedia specialist in Austin, Texas. He currently teaches Advertising Copywriting and Layout at Texas State University. Dr. Devlin's interests lie at intersection of advertising, sport communication, and media effects - focusing on how fan identification impacts sponsorships, endorsements, branding, and advertising campaigns. Previous work included the integration of psychophysiology to further understand a fan's cognitive capacity during sporting events. He is the author of over 10 peer-reviewed publications, 40 national and international conference proceedings, and several book chapters examining the intersection between sports communication and advertising. His research has been published in Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Communication and Sport, International Journal of Sport Management & Marketing, Journal of Sports Media, and International Journal of Sport Communication. But let's go back to that fandom piece--we talk all about it in a research and real-world context, and talk about the role the media play in increasing (or decreasing) our fandom and helping us even become SuperFans. We have so much fun in today's conversation, and as a spoiler alert, Dr. Mike Devlin is going to the bookend for Season 3 as we already had an amazing conversation with his fabulous wife, Dr. Natalie Brown Devlin during Episode 1. Can you imagine how smart and sports fan crazy their twins are? To follow Mike on Twitter: @DrMikeDevlin To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Today's episode is SO MUCH FUN! We say that every week, and it's true! Today we catch up with recent Ph.D. grad and now alum Dr. Sam Hakim who is currently an instructor of sports communication in the College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences at Clemson University. We break it all down as it relates to fan identity, sports fandom, and the way our own identity can be shaped by the athletes we have positive (and negative) interactions with...you'll hear a lot more on that in today's episode. Sam tells us the story about his very non-linear path into academia, but also breaks down how certain individuals, more specifically a professor, really helped shape Sam's decision to come to UA to get a Ph.D. But, more importantly, it was his work with current faculty within the College of Communication and Information Sciences like Dr. Andy Billings and Dr. Darrin Griffin, who really helped him bring shape to his outstanding research program. If you like sports, you'll love today's episode. Even if you don't like sports, you'll like today's episode because Sam has so much to say about the intersection between who we are as individuals, the way we interact with athletes and teams in a mediated context or in person and how and why those interactions matter. You'll even hear a pretty funny story about Dan Marino. You have to tune in to hear it. To follow Sam on Twitter: @samyhak To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Join us today as we catch up with Dr. Lindsey Conlin Maxwell, and Associate Professor in the School of Communication at the University of Southern Mississippi. Have you ever found yourself sitting in front of the TV or other device and watching back-to-back-to-back episodes of a show? Have you ever found yourself feeling as if you might be missing out on something (FOMO) after looking at content on social media? Today's guest breaks all of that down for us. So many researchers study the whys and the how of media content, but Dr. Maxwell studies the enjoyment audience members get from consuming the content, including what benefits we as audience members get from binge-watching. Today's conversation is SO MUCH FUN because it's so relatable to our own media consumption. We also talk about spoilers for TV shows and who likes them and who doesn't. You'll have to tune in to figure out who likes them! Her latest publication is all about spoilers! You can check it out here: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-85866-001 If you want to learn more about her research on FOMO, you can check out one of her many publications here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15456870.2021.1979977 To follow her on Twitter: @LindseyConlin To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Today's conversation with Dr. Dianne Bragg, an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media, is enlightening, fun, and relevant. Dr. Bragg has such an interesting path to the research she does, and she tells us all about resistance to learning instead of listening to sound bytes in the context of history, journalism and conflict. Not only do we break down her process in conducting this type of research, we learn more about where the best BBQ can be found and we learn about her major role in teaching undergraduate and graduate students in media law and history. Dr. Bragg DID get her Ph.D. from the University of Alabama and because the need was there and she was a fantastic candidate, she moved into a faculty position in the Department of Journalism (old name). We also learn about her interactions with Dr. Jennings Bryant and how through his Entertainment Media course, she started down a research path that she maintains today. Today's conversation is SO.MUCH.FUN, and you don't want to miss it. To follow us on Twitter: @ICIRAlabama

Today we catch up with Dr. Juan Meng, and associate professor of public relations at the University of Georgia and the founder of UGA's Choose China Study Abroad Program. In today's conversation, we take a deeper look at research in the area of public relations and leadership, specifically the challenges that women and people of color face when in leadership roles and when trying to get into leadership roles in the field of public relations. Dr. Meng's current research focuses on leadership in public relations, talent management and leadership development, trust in reputation management, and organizational culture and employee engagement. Dr. Meng has received more than $220,000 in funding grants to support her research in the past seven years. She has published more than 35 referred journal articles in leading scholarly journals in public relations and communication management and contributed to different book chapters. Meng is the co-editor of the scholarly book, “Public Relations Leaders as Sensemakers: A Global Study of Leadership in Public Relations and Communication Management,” published by Routledge in 2014. Meng is currently working on her new original book project, “PR Women with Influence: Breaking through the Ethical and Leadership Challenges,” selected as part of the AEJMC-Peter Lang Scholarsourcing Series. She tells us more about her time at the University of Alabama, how she started out as a masters student not even thinking about a Ph.D. program and then found herself face to face with Dr. Jennings Bryant, welcoming her into the program. This is such a fun conversation and it covers a topic we haven't discussed too much in this show, so you definitely don't want to miss it. Dr. Meng is not on Twitter but you can follow us @ICIRAlabama!