No images? Click here SEPTEMBER 2021 A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONDear SoC Community, I am writing this Dean's message sitting under a beautiful live oak in Paso Robles. I'm here because my daughter is moving to take a new job as a preservation librarian at Stanford University. I am serving as a pack animal for now. But one benefit is that we agreed to stop in Paso Robles for a night. It is lovely here. Hannah studied French and International Studies in college, and then spent a year in France, teaching English to grade school children. Now she is making her way in a career she truly loves, a career having little to do with her college degree or with her first job out of college. That's how things tend to work. If you are interested in wide variety of things, know how to learn, and are willing to dive into new areas, you simply have more options to find the career you want. Speaking of willingness to dive in, I hear a rumor that some Comm majors don't like mathematics. That strikes me as a perfectly reasonable attitude. In fact, I felt the same way when I left high school. But eventually I figured out that I like mathematics; I just didn't like mathematics teachers. Especially the kind that pressed the joy out of it by telling me (a) how important math is for your everyday life, and (b) I was not trying hard enough. Nuts to that. I knew lots of successful adults who didn't seem to know much math. So "important in everyday life" looked dodgy to me. And the reason I wasn't trying hard was because the way it was taught was boooooring. The truth is, math is mighty useful in a communication career. Ask Prof. Ball sometime about her background. I'll say more about that in a later Dean's message. But for now, I prefer to emphasize that what keeps math interesting for most mathematicians like me is that it can just be fun to play with. Here's a little example with a pay-off. Suppose you send the following text to your parents: "SEND + MORE = MONEY". How much money is "MONEY" when each letter represents a different digit? That is, "S" might represent 5, "E" might represent 3 and so on. There is exactly one way to assign digits to the letters to make a correct addition problem. To get started, "SEND" and "MORE" are four digit numbers. They can't add to any more than 9999 + 9999 = 19998. So the letter "M" in "MONEY" has to represent 1. Hence, the problem is to solve "SEND + 1ORE = 1ONEY". There is no practical use for this puzzle. But solving it can be fun. And here is the pay-off: The first School of Communication student to send me a DM on Slack with a correct solution gets a free Portola coffee (or other beverage) with me. Bonus Puzzle: The first School of Communication student to send me a correct solution for "MOSHIER + AMAZES = AMERICA" using the same rules (each letter represents a different digit) gets a free lunch at Bruxie. 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 2021 ADVISINGDo you need to see a program advisor? 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. Mr. Travis Bartosh | Doti Hall 210 Dr. Arleen Bejerano | Doti Hall 211 Dr. Andrea Weber | Doti Hall 203 SOC ANNOUNCEMENTSHave you joined the SoC Slack Workplace?The School of Communication is now utilizing Slack to send out event notices, club news, job and internship leads, general program information and so on. This is an additional resource that also allows you to contact faculty anytime. Please join by clicking below and signing up with your xxxx@chapman.edu email address. The SoC Student Advisory Board is Looking for New MembersQuestions? Reach out to Sarah Downey (sadowney@chapman.edu) or Dr. Weber (aweber@chapman.edu). The SoC Student Advisory Board is looking for new members! We are an active and dedicated team of students who work towards bridging gaps, creating a stronger sense of community, and supporting student wellness as liaisons to our School of Communication administrators. Interested in getting involved? Apply by October 16th. We look forward to seeing your application! Please be sure you are logged into your Chapman University account in order to access the application. Join the SoC First-Gen Mentorship Program!We are excited to launch our new first-gen mentorship program exclusively for School of Communication students. This program is meant to offer 1-1 mentorship opportunities as well as professional development and social programming to support our first-gen students throughout their college experience. If you are interested in being paired with a faculty or peer mentor, please fill out the interest form below. The We Care Campaign is Back!Our Student Advisory Board (with the help of some of our incredible faculty volunteers) have once again put together a series of events to help the SoC Community “connect meaningfully” throughout the semester. The events were chosen to enhance SoC students' physical, social, spiritual, and intellectual well-being. The first event will be a We Are Not Really Strangers Game Night on Wednesday, 9/22 at 5PM in BK 4th Floor Terrace. Save the date - Get a head start on your volunteer hours and join us for our Bolsa Chica Beach clean-up on October 2nd from 9-11 a.m. FEATURED RESEARCHWhy Do Some Americans Resist COVID-19 Prevention Behavior? An Analysis of Issue Importance, Message Fatigue, and Reactance Regarding COVID-19 MessagingDr. Hannah Ball and Ph.D. Candidate Tayah Wozniak explore why some Americans resist COVID-19 prevention behavior in a new study published in Health Communication. Results of a survey of 268 U.S. adults indicated that COVID-19 message fatigue as well as believing that COVID-19 is not an important issue were associated with perceptions that COVID-19 messaging poses a threat to one’s personal freedoms. In turn, this perceived freedom threat was associated with reactance (i.e., anger and negative thoughts) toward the messaging, which was linked to lower adherence to hygiene- and social-related COVID-19 prevention behavior recommended by the CDC. These findings offer implications for the role of reactance in risk and crisis communication as well as for public health messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic. CHAPMAN RADIOChapman Radio is back! The start of fall semester at Chapman Radio means training new students on all the new equipment in the studio. As you might have heard, the Chapman Radio studios have been rebuilt. Chapman Radio teaches students how to use professional radio broadcasting equipment, how to develop a radio show, and how to market their show. Chapman Radio has free-form programming, which means they get to develop any show they want. Over the summer we also developed a second stream on our website, chapmanradio.live. On this second stream we plan to remote broadcast special events like sports, guest lectures, music performances, and more. MAKING THE BEST OF THE REMOTE EXPERIENCEHow did you adapt in the time of remote work? Kiley Panasuk '22 describes her experience at Greek House as a sales and marketing intern during a time when in-person meetings were not possible. Kiley didn't give up and instead adjusted her communication methods and stepped up to the challenge. In the end, she was even able to successfully design and sell her very own Old Towne Orange t-shirt. Way to go, Kiley! HERITAGE SEEKING IN JAPANLisa Matsui ‘20 discusses studying abroad in Japan on the Chapman Study Abroad Podcast. 🎙️ Tune in to hear what studying abroad in Japan as a Japanese-American was like. 🇯🇵 @cuglobal #cuglobal #japaneseamerican #studyabroad WE'RE BACK – BETTER THAN BEFORE!We are back! Get ready to describe your real-life experience and maybe adventures during the time away from campus. Every job or internship interview now and in your future will undoubtedly reference this time in your life, and you can use it to describe what you learned and leaned on for resilience! Read more here. CONNECT WITH US |