November 2022

A Message from the Dean of the School of Communication

School of Communication students and faculty are notable for their engagement with the world. We have one of the most active student advisory groups on campus, organizing multiple civic events a year such as beach clean-ups; our students have interned with multiple political campaigns with a wide range of political positions; our students and faculty host master classes and guest lectures that are open to the public; we have students working on strategic communication campaigns for non-profit groups such as this semester’s work with Labs and Friends, an OC Labrador rescue center; we support an ongoing and very active colloquium series. I cannot possibly list everything here. Communication Studies is central civic engagement. And the culture of our school --- students, faculty, and staff --- puts public discourse and community building at our core.

With this culture in mind, I write with great pleasure to announce that Chapman’s Presidential Studies Program is now affiliated with the School of Communication in alignment with a vital goal of the school to promote the study and practice of communication within our culture of civic engagement, public discourse and community building.

The mission of Presidential Studies at Chapman University is to promote a better understanding of both the American presidency as a political institution as well as those who have (and will) hold the office as part of a broader dialogue related to civic engagement. Through campus events, conferences, and research opportunities for both faculty and students, Presidential Studies will model civil discourse at a time in our history when a more substantive understanding of the significant role presidents play in governing is needed. All facets of the program will contribute to enhancing a culture of impactful research on campus for faculty and students as well as outreach to and engagement with the broader Chapman University community.

Presidential Studies will promote civic engagement and viewpoint diversity because democracy demands informed.

Faculty in Presidential Studies will continue to be full members of their home departments, and with courtesy appointments in the School of Communication, will work with the school to promote the program’s mission.

The Presidential Studies program is directed by Prof. Lori Cox Han, and currently consists of Prof. Cox Han, Prof. Luke Nichter, and Program Coordinator Carmen Chavez.

• Lori Cox Han has been Professor of Political Science at Chapman University since 2005. She currently holds the Doy B. Henley Chair of American Presidential Studies and is the director of Chapman’s Presidential Studies Program. Her research and teaching expertise include the presidency, women and politics, and media and politics. Click here to learn more about Dr. Han. 
• Luke A. Nichter is a Professor of History and James H. Cavanaugh Endowed Chair in Presidential Studies at Chapman University in Orange, California. His area of specialty is the Cold War, the modern presidency, and U.S. political and diplomatic history, with a focus on the "long 1960s" from John F. Kennedy through Watergate. Click here to learn more about Dr. Nichter. 

Join me in welcoming Presidential Studies to our school. And look forward to seeing many fascinating public events in the near future.

The Puzzle of the Month

 You have a kitchen scale that is reasonably accurate (say within 0.1 grams). You also have one hundred coins arranged in ten stacks of ten coins each. You’ve been told that one of the stacks consists of ten counterfeit coins, and all the remaining ninety are genuine. All the coins look identical. After a bit of research, you learn that a genuine coin weighs 15 grams, and a counterfeit weighs 14 grams. What is the minimum number of times you need to use the scale to determine which stack of coins is contains the counterfeits? 

Free coffee for the first three correct answers sent to me by slack.

Sincerely,

M. Andrew Moshier, Ph.D.

Dean, School of Communication

Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science

Director of the Center for Excellence in Computation, Algebra and Topology

Fall 2022 Program Advising Hours

Program advising is available in person and through Microsoft Teams. You can schedule an appointment with any advisor on Bookings or reach out to them via email if you need to schedule an appointment outside of regular advising hours.

Dr. Travis Bartosh | Doti Hall 210
Tuesday 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. (walk-ins) and Thursday 2 - 5 p.m. (Microsoft Teams)

Dr. Arleen Bejerano | Doti Hall 211
Monday 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. (Microsoft Teams) and Wednesday, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. (walk-ins)

Dr. Andrea Weber | Doti Hall 203
Thursday 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. (walk-ins) and Friday 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. (Microsoft Teams)

Interterm advising hours will be updated on the blog page below after finals week!

Still looking for an class to take next semester? Check these out!

Please note that some of these courses require pre-requisites. Please visit studentcenter.chapman.edu to view  these pre-requisites and see if you are eligible to register for any of these classes. 

Chapman Radio Updates 

Have you seen Chapman Radio and the You’re Not Like Other Girls show featured in this Fall's Chapman magazine? "National recognition shines a light on Chapman Radio, where the freeform programming continues to evolve, but the strong sense of community endures." Check out the article linked below!  

For more Chapman Radio, make sure to tune in at https://chapmanradio.live/.

Mark Your Calendar

• Graduate Program Virtual Info Session – Monday, 12/5, at 12:00 – 1:00 PM Zoom RSVP Here

• Networking Workshop – Monday, 12/5 at 5 PM in Doti 101

• Graduate School Panel – Wednesday, 12/7 at 5 PM in AF 209AB

 Complete this form to get reminders and updates: SoC Event Interest Form

Research Spotlight

Dr. Hannah Ball, Dr. Keith Weber, and colleagues explore autonomy-threatening messages that adult children use when caregiving for an older adult parent in a three-part study published in Communication Monographs. Conversations with older adult care recipients (Study One) and caregivers (Study Two) corroborated three types of autonomy-threatening caregiving messages, which were then tested for their relative effectiveness with 281 older adult care recipients in an experiment (Study Three). Results revealed that relative to an autonomy-supporting message, two types of autonomy-threatening messages (i.e., offering directives, expressing doubt) triggered greater autonomy threat, which amplified reactance (i.e., anger and negative thoughts). In turn, greater reactance elicited more negative attitudes, which was linked to lower behavioral intention to adhere to the caregiving message. Results reinforce the importance of reinforcing independence when providing care for an older adult.

Graduate Student Spotlight 

Graduate student instructor and Ph.D. student and Ms. Amy Hellem finished a year-long process of review to be a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. To be selected, she submitted her entire body of research, found a sponsor who was already an FAAO, and gave an oral defense to the board. This is a very prestigious honor, and really remarkable for a PhD candidate to have achieved. Way to go Amy!

Looking for Internships or Jobs? 

Internship/Job Openings 

• Ocean Uprise is a creative activist community – created by youth, for youth – where passionate young leaders from around the world come together to learn, connect and take action to protect the oceans. One of OU's main initiatives is a 6-week internship based around learning from ocean experts (Sylvia Earle, Captain Paul Watson, Mike Coots etc.), collaborating with peers, and ultimately implementing a project for the oceans in your own community. If you’re passionate about ocean conservation, interested in meeting world-class leaders in the ocean space, and want to be a part of a global cohort of young people — this is the program for you!

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to SoC alum, Shannon Ball '21 @ shannon@parley.tv.  Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eU5Adg

• The City of Yorba Linda is seeking a Public Relations Intern to work in the Office of the City Manager (the City’s chief executive). This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable experience creating communications for a city government that engages and excites our community. We’re looking for a talented, dedicated intern currently studying public administration, public relations, communications, marketing, graphic design, media production, or English. Recent graduates are also invited to apply.

  The ideal candidate wants to assist with social media content creation and strategy development, website and newsletter copy, marketing/advertising, event planning, and public relations projects. A successful candidate possesses strong writing and organizational skills, knowledge of social media techniques and best practices, a talent for creating engaging content, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

  The Internship Opportunity

  The Public Relations Intern will assist in sharing news and information with residents, employees, community partners, and the public. Using superb writing skills, creative storytelling, impressive graphic design, and exceptional photographs/video, the Public Relations Intern will ideate and generate compelling content and share it via the City’s website, social media platforms, newsletters, mailers, flyers, public access television, and other communication collateral.

  Application Process

  Qualified applicants should submit a completed City of Yorba Linda application, the required supplemental question responses, and a cover letter & resume online by 12/11/2022.

  For detailed information and to complete the application process, please visit www.yorbalindaca.gov/jobs.

• 2023 L’Oréal USA Marketing Summer Internship - Undergraduate -The L’Oréal USA Summer Internship Program is a paid, 11-week experience where you will be fully integrated into the day-to-day activities of a team while also leading your own, individual strategic project to discover what it is truly like to develop a career at the #1 Beauty Tech company in the world. We are committed to giving our interns the space to explore, to have full time employee responsibilities, present their own insights to senior management, and to become future leaders. At the end of the summer, you will present your project to senior leadership for the opportunity to be considered for a full-time return offer into a Management Trainee program or a full-time role. Apply here.

• Communication Specialists Intern needed! Children Story Time Inc. is looking for 2 interns who specializes in Communication and PR. The communications interns will be responsible for overseeing the communications efforts of a start-up, including public relations and marketing. Their duties will include completing market research, communicating with media personnel to address company news and implementing communication policies and procedures to uphold their company’s brand image. Apply here.

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Previous Dean's Message Puzzle Solution

My grandfather liked to bake. Once he baked a batch of cupcakes for me and my three siblings, leaving them on the kitchen counter to cool. We were supposed to have them after dinner. A while later, he saw that one of the cupcakes was missing. Grandpa wanted to get to the bottom of the theft, so he asked each of us what happened. Here is what we said:

Rick: I wasn’t even in the house at the time of the cupcake theft.

Drew: Scott did it.

Scott: Drew is lying.

Kathy: Scott is telling the truth.

We were all mostly honest kids. So all of us told the truth, except the culprit, who might have lied. Who stole the cupcake?

 This was pretty easy, but no one took me up on it. The answer, of course, is Drew (I became a dean, so it is not surprising). It is impossible for both Drew and Scott to be telling the truth, because Scott says Drew is lying. So if Scott is telling the truth, Drew is not. So we can narrow the potential suspects to those two (and if you knew my siblings, that would make sense).

So Kathy is telling the truth, which means Scott is telling the truth (this time), which means Drew is lying (draw your own conclusions), which means Drew is the culprit.