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WT Faculty and Student Featured at Southern States Communication Association
CONTACT: Dr. Noah Franken, 806-651-2795, nfranken@wtamu.edu
CANYON, Texas – Three faculty members and one graduate student represented West Texas A&M University’s Department of Communication at the Southern States Communication Association (SSCA) convention.
WT’s Dr. Noah Franken, Dr. Emily Kinsky, Dr. Trudy Hanson and graduate student Caden Lampe all took part in the virtual convention held April 5-9.
Franken was a featured presenter in two sessions: “Harboring Hope, Trust, and Credibility” and “Popular Communication to Make Sense of Our Present and Our Past.”
He said WT has a strong reputation at SSCA every year.
“It’s an opportunity to develop professionally and develop intellectually, too,” Franken said.
Dr. Trudy Hanson, former SSCA president and retired head of the WT Department of Communication, presented “Murder, Mistrust and the Magic of Radio: The Illusion of Life in Bob Dylan’s ‘Murder Most Foul’” with Franken.
Kinsky served on a panel related to PR education called “Smoother Sailing with Pedagogical Innovation in Public Relations.”
Lampe, an Iowa Park native pursing a master’s of arts in communications, presented his research on “Inner Peace: An Ideological Criticism of ‘Survivor: Tocantins’.”
About the WTAMU Department of Communication
The WTAMU Department of Communication houses Communication Studies and Media Communication undergraduate programs, with three areas of emphasis in each program as well as the option to seek teacher certification in speech or journalism. The master’s program offers two areas of emphasis: one in Communication and one in Media Management. Both can be completed online. For more information on the department, visit wtamu.edu/academics/college-fine-arts-humanities/department-communication/index.html.
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