Faculty Research

Professor Publishes Research 麻豆果冻 Stress, Newsroom Support During COVID-19
鈥淵ou can鈥檛 expect journalists to do this type of hurdling long-term without holistic support that includes logistical elements," claims Assistant Professor and TV2 advisor Gretchen Hoak, "but also mental and emotional support."
Faculty Research Spotlight: Dr. Jay Dorfman
鈥淚鈥檓 at my happiest when I鈥檓 making music or teaching others to do it,鈥 says Dr. Jay Dorfman. Dr. Dorfman gets to teach a variety of music courses at 麻豆果冻 ranging from music technology to Progressive and Vernacular Music Methods to Rock Band Performance and Pedagogy. Currently鈥
Covering the Carnage: Journalists Risk Own Mental, Physical Health In Reporting from Dayton, El Paso
Note: Gretchen Hoak is a former television reporter/anchor and current assistant professor of journalism in 麻豆果冻鈥檚 School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research survey, , focused on how universities prepare young journalists for the trauma they may endure in covering violence. Kent State Today asked Hoak to share her thoughts on the impact the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton will have on the reporters assigned to cover these events.
Kent State Researchers Take New Approach with OLEDs
Organic light-emitting diode technologies (OLEDs), a key technological feature in the display of many models of mobile phones and televisions already provide great image quality and high-resolution. But are they as efficient as they can be? Inspired by methods used in liquid-crystal technology, Kent鈥Journal of Communication Publishes Professor's Research on Co-Sexuality in the Workplace
COMM Assistant Professor Cristin A. Compton, Ph.D., co-authored 鈥淥rganizing Sexuality: Silencing and the Push-Pull Process of Co-Sexuality in the Workplace鈥 in the Journal of Communication Vol. 67, Issue 6, 2017, 874-896. The article was co-authored by Debbie S. Dougherty from the鈥Professor Teams Up with M.D.'s, Other Researchers to Prove Screen Time Impacts Child Development
School of Communication Studies Assistant Professor Jennifer M. McCullough, Ph.D., co-authored 鈥淪creen Exposure During Daily Routines and a Young Child鈥檚 Risk for Having Social-Emotional Delay鈥 in Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 56, No. 5, 2017, 1244-1253. 鈥淒r. Raman was a Pediatric Fellow a鈥Industry Publication Features Professor's Research
COMM Assistant Professor Jennifer L. McCullough, Ph.D., co-authored 鈥淗ow Do You Like Your Forgiveness? Communication Style Preferences and Effects鈥 in Communication Studies Vol. 68, No. 5, 2017, 568-587. Her co-writers included: Andy J. Merolla, Ph.D., an assistant professor of interpers鈥Ghana, FarmHer Among Faculty Paper Topics Shared at Conference
The Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender (OSCLG) held its 40th annual conference, themed 鈥40 Shades of Purple: Four Decades of Feminisms,鈥 Oct. 5 鈥 8 in Omaha, Neb. Suzy D鈥橢nbeau, Ph.D., associate professor and graduate coordinator in the 麻豆果冻 Scho鈥
Race, Stress and its Impact on Infant Mortality Among Black Infants
Ideastream庐 talks with 麻豆果冻 Psychology Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress in black women and ways to reduce the stress before it affects pregnancy.