Ph.D. Degree Program Archive
Top Student Paper Award
Solyee Kim (recent PhD grad) received the first place in the Top Student Paper Award from the Public Relations Division at 2022 AEJMC Conference for her paper “Social Identity Signaling […]
Carolyn Stroman Awards
Aarum (Farrah) Youn-Heil (current PhD student) received one of Carolyn Stroman Awards from AEJMC’s Minorities and Communication (MAC) Division. This award is designed to engage new graduate student members with […]
2022 AEJMC Collaborative Scholars Grant
2022 AEJMC Collaborative Scholars Grant Recipients – Haley R. Hatfield (PhD student) and Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn received a $2,000 grant for “Do Black Lives Matter in the Empathy Machine? […]
Social Identity Signaling in Public Relations: Recruitment of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ Practitioners
Abstract: This study examined the effectiveness of DEI cues in recruiting BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ practitioners by conducting a 2 (identify as marginalized or not) x 2 (high or low DEI […]
A Test of Free Speech: Applying the Ethics of Care to Coverage of Snyder V. Phelps
Leslie Klein (Grady PhD. student) and Johnson, B. G. (2022). “A Test of Free Speech: Applying the Ethics of Care to Coverage of Snyder V. Phelps. “ Journal of Media Ethics, […]
You are a disgrace and traitor to our country: Uncivil rhetoric against the ‘squad’ on Twitter.
Borah, P., Trude, B., Binford, M., Keib, K., and Himelboim, I. (2022). “You are a disgrace and traitor to our country: Uncivil rhetoric against the ‘squad’ on Twitter.” Internet Research. […]
UGA 2022 Summer Doctoral Research Assistantships
Jung Min Hahm and Youngji Seo received UGA 2022 Summer Doctoral Research Assistantships. This assistantship, which is designed to assist Ph.D. students in writing dissertation and completing their degrees, provides […]
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
JeongHyun (Janice) Lee (Doctoral candidate) received a UGA Graduate School 2021-2022 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the Office of Instruction and the Center for Teaching and Learning on April 5, […]
UGA Dissertation Completion Award
Taylor Sterling Voges (Doctoral candidate) is a recipient of a UGA Dissertation Completion Award for the 2022-23 academic year. This is a very competitive UGA Graduate School award designed to recognize […]
Management of Cybersecurity through Internal Communication
Abstract: Organizations increasingly experience threats to their organization’s cyber security such as data theft, manipulation, and fraud. As remote working becomes more common due to the Covid-19 pandemic, organizations have faced […]