Assistant Dean Peggy Garcia Bockman (College of Communications) serves on the Equity and Student-Athlete Welfare Committee for CSUF’s National Collegiate Athletic Association Athletic Certification.

Professor Jeff Brody and Dr. Gail Love are the first to receive research funds from the Yen N. Do Scholarly Research award. Brody is completing an oral history of Do, publisher of Nguoi Viet Daily News; Love is developing a marketing plan to increase Vietnamese voter participation.

Professor Tom Clanin (Journalism) conducted a workshop on ethics in college newsrooms at the Society of Professional Journalists national convention in Las Vegas, conducted an ethics workshop at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism High School Journalism Day, and critiqued college newspapers at the Associated Collegiate Press—College Media Association convention in Kansas City.

Professor Bob Davis (RTVF) recently published an article on the visual design of Wong Kar-Wai’s “2046” in “American Cinematographer,” received a $4,883 university mini-grant to subtitle Japanese films, and wrote an introduction to Japanese director Yoshimitsu Morita in “Senses of Cinema’s Great Directors: A Critical Database” series.

Dr. Dave DeVries (Photocommuni-cations) is the new chair of the College of Communications Senate, the governing arm of the college.

Professor Beth Evans (Journalism) played a key role at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges conference as a member of the planning committee.

Professor Jackie Frost (RTVF) had her documentary screened at the Los Angeles International Shorts Film Festival, the Mill Valley Film Festival and the Northern Lights Documentary Festival. It is scheduled for screening in February at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City as part of documentary fortnight. She received a $5,000 university mini-grant to produce a video titled “Healing Hats” about a woman who makes hats for cancer patients.

Dr. Mary Blake Huer (Human Communication Studies) was keynote speaker for the First Asia-Pacific Regional Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID) at the Howard International House in Taipei, Taiwan, in June 2005.

Drs. Gail Love (Public Relations), Genelle Belmas (Journalism), Tony Fellow (Journalism), Andi Stein (Public Relations), Coral Ohl (Entertainment Studies), Laura Triplett (Entertainment Studies), and Profs. Beth Evans(Journalism), and Jackie Frost (RTVF) either presented papers, served as panel discussants or moderated panels at the December 2006 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.

Dr. Irene Matz (Human Communication Studies) presented a paper at the International Leadership Association conference in Amsterdam.

Dr. Philippe Perebinossoff (RTVF) and Laura Matz (Career Center liaison) took film and television students to Warner Brothers to hear presentations on internships and job opportunities.

Dr. Shay Sayre (Graduate Coordinator) was a panel discussant at the Consumer Research Conference in San Antonio.

Dr. Nancy Snow (Journalism) has a collection of essays on anti-Americanism and America’s post-9/11 image due out in August; the working title is “America the Ugly.” She has a new chapter titled “U.S. Public Diplomacy: Its History, Problems, and Promise” in “Readings in Propaganda and Persuasion” for Sage Publications. She continues to guest-speak at national, regional and local forums on propaganda and diplomacy.

Dr. Rich Wiseman (Human Communication Studies) received the prestigious Wang Family Excellence Award for 2005 in the Visual and Performing Arts and Letters category, which includes a $20,000 award. He was also Outstanding Professor for 2005.

Dr. Ed Fink (RTVF) received a $31,000 University Mission & Goals grant to produce a documentary video about the Nixon administration using footage shot by J. R. Haldeman and interviews with Nixon allies and critics.