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Get To Know Your Communication Studies Professor, Mei-Chen Lin, Ph.D.
School of Communication Studies associate professor, Mei-Chen Lin has been a Golden Flash since 2003. Lin teaches courses for both undergraduate and graduate students, including foundations of communication, relational communication, intercultural communication and international communication. Li…
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Communication Studies Student Interns with the School of Visual Communication Design
Kara Taylor, a senior applied communication major, is interning with the School of Visual Communication Design this spring. As one of their marketing interns, Taylor is responsible for covering VCD events and writing content for the school’s social media platforms, alumni magazine and alumni website…
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Are You Actually Overweight? Or Just Highly Self-Critical?
Are you concerned about your body image? Do you worry about your eating behaviors? Communication studies assistant professor Dr. Jihyun Kim and an international research team dove into why college female students tend to have negative views about their body image and how it relates to health practic…
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Communication Studies Student’s Internship Helps Students Learn Outside of the Classroom
A School of Communication Studies student interns with the Office of Experiential Education and Civic Engagement (OEECE) at Kent State University. Amanda Bevington, a senior interpersonal communication major, is a student intern for the OEECE this spring. During her internship so far, Bevington h…
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Communication Studies Student Leads Kent Flash Force Street Team With Marketing Internship
Melissa Fox, a senior public communication major with a marketing minor, wasted no time hitting the streets of campus trying to get students pumped up about Kent State Athletics as part of her internship with the Kent State Athletic Marketing Department. Fox’s high-energy, hands-on personality …
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Three Communication Studies Graduate Students Complete Lisbon Global Scholar Exchange Program
Three communication studies graduate students recently returned from Lisbon, Portugal after studying abroad in the School of Communication Studies’ Global Scholar Exchange program during the Fall of 2015. Samyak Moktan, a second-year global communication studies graduate student, came to …
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Rachel Gill and Alexa Thomas Join the School of Communication Studies PR and Marketing Team
The Kent State University School of Communication Studies welcomes Rachel Gill and Alexa Thomas to the public relations and marketing team. Both students join the team as PR/Marketing assistants to the school. Gill is a senior public relations major with a marketing minor and is looking f…
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Millennials and Communication in the Workforce Research Published by School of Communication Studies Assistant Professor
School of Communication Studies assistant professor Suzy D’Enbeau recently published a joint research project concerning changes in the workplace and the Millennial generation. The Millennial generation - those born between 1982 and 2000 - is known to be the largest generation since the Baby Boom…
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Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month Danielle Sarver Coombs Associate Professor College of Communication and Information 2007-present Danielle Sarver Coombs is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the College of Communication and Information. Her research focuse…
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Communication Studies Students Campaign for Change for the Local King Kennedy Community Center
Public communications studies majors, Natalie Davis and Elizabeth Gallagher, are conducting a campaign for the King Kennedy Community Center in Ravenna, Ohio. The King Kennedy Community Center is a nonprofit organization that is a safe haven for the Ravenna locals. The center acts as a tutoring faci…
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