The National Communication Association believed this prestigious award was fitting for Dr. Allison's dedication and contribution to the craft over his entire career. We are grateful and proud of his service to our department and to our students.
Lain and Anderson-Lain explore the connection between debate and civic engagement though an examination of the influence of summer debate camp on 239 middle school and high school students. This research was born out of the success of the UNT Debate summer Program the Mean Green Workshops.
The study focused on identifying factors of Instagram profiles that influence judgments of trustworthiness for potential online collaborators. When people make judgments about trust online, they look for available cues on which to base those decisions. Results indicated people showed increased trust for users whose Instagram profiles featured a high proportion of pictures that included themselves, as opposed to pictures of food or landscapes.
The study sampled two stakeholder groups: university alumni and members of fraternities and sororities. Both groups found complicit whistleblowers, those who participated in the wrongdoing they were now reporting, as less likeable and credible than innocent whistleblowers.
The study contrasts closed teams in which membership is constant over time with open teams in which membership changes over time. Results suggest that closed teams were more successful than open teams.
Read more about Dr. Morrissey's recent article publication, "Border Matters: A New Materialist Critique of Installation Art on the U.S. - Mexico Border", and chapter publication, “Calaveras, Calacas and Cultural Production: The Queer Politics of Brown Belonging at U.S. Día de Los Muertos Celebrations”
Dr. Holley Vaughn, senior lecturer for Communication Studies, and UNT Alumni Dr. Rebecca Walker lead the 40th Annual Petit Jean National Performance Festival
Dr. Jay Allison, an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Texas, recently received the 2019 Leslie Irene Coger Award for Distinguished Performance from the National Communication Association (NCA).
