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News Archives Paul Miyamoto Designed and Produced Exhibition and Promotional Materials for Chesterwood - 10.22.2007 LL&C Clinical Associate Prof. Paul Miyamoto designed and produced exhibition and promotional materials for Chesterwood, the studio and residence of Daniel Chester French, a National Trust for Historic Preservation site in Stockbridge, MA. French was the sculptor for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. and numerous other famous commissions. Exhibit materials included Prospectus; Announcement Postcard; Rack Card Promotion; Guide and Map Book; Artists Catalog; Site Markers. Prof. Miyamoto also held a solo exhibition with a suite of ten 16 x 20" gouache-on-paper works.
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Prize Awarded to Book Containing Jan Fernheimer's Essay - 10.01.2007 The book Black Women's Intellectual Traditions: Speaking Their Minds (University of Vermont Press) has been awarded The Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize as the best anthology about African American women's history for 2007. The award is given annually by the Association of Black Women Historians, a longstanding and prestigious organization of scholars. LL&C Assistant Prof. Jan Fernheimer's essay on "Arguing from Difference: Cooper, Emerson, Guizot, and a More Harmonious America" is part of the collection. For more information about the book and prize, check out: Press Release
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Beth Britt Receives Excellence in Teaching Award, Northeastern University - 09.07.2007 LL&C alumnus Beth Britt '97 (Ph.D., Communication and Rhetoric) has just received the 2007 Excellence in Teaching Award from Northeastern University, only one of two so awarded. More details are available at: www.english.neu.edu
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Nathan Freier Quoted in Article on Games for Social Change - 09.05.2007 LL&C Assistant Prof. Nathan Freier was intereviewed recently by a journalist writing a story on social values, games, and the way in which games are being used to affect change in social values. The article is available online at: Get Your Green on in Energyville
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James P. Zappen To Receive Distinguished Service Award in Technical Communication - 08.22.2007 LL&C Prof. James P. Zappen is being honored by the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) with their Distinguished Service Award. The Distinguished Service Award is given to those who have made significant long-term contributions to programming in technical communication. In addition, awardees are members who have established significant careers in technical communication programming, working both on the local and the national levels. To the question "have technical communication programs been significantly affected in a positive manner by this person's career?", the CPTSC answered a resounding yes for Jim. For more information on the Distinguished Service Award, visit: www.cptsc.org/service
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Shaun Slattery Named Program Director of New Media Studies at DePaul University - 08.21.2007 LL&C alumnus Shaun Slattery '06 (Ph.D., Communication and Rhetoric) has just been named the director of the New Media Studies program at DePaul University. Information about the New Media Studies program is available at: condor.depaul.edu/~nms
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Debbie Rowe Invited to RIT's Future Faculty Career Exploration Program - 08.20.2007 Debbie Rowe, LL&C Ph.D. student in Communication and Rhetoric, has been selected to participate in Rochester Institute of Technology's "Future Faculty Career Exploration Program" to be held from September 26-30, 2007. The program's purpose is to have emerging scholars, who are interested in a career in academia, meet with RIT faculty, staff, and students for exploratory interviews, presentations, and discussions. As a part of the RIT's commitment to faculty diversity and as a guest of both the Department of English and the Department of Communication, Ms. Rowe, along with other program participants, will be feted by both the university and the city of Rochester, NY over the 5-day period. For more information, visit: Future Faculty Career Exploration Program
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James Watt to Head Study on Lou Gehrig's Disease - 07.30.2007 James Watt, LL&C Professor and Director of the Social and Behavioral Research Lab, will head a study and survey of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)/Lou Gehrig's Disease sufferers funded by a $110,000 gift from the Patricia Wieler Memorial ALS Project at Rensselaer Fund. The survey project is intended to cover a broad range of potential environmental factors in the onset of ALS, with attention to currently suspected factors as well as potential factors that have not yet been investigated. The project was funded by RPI alumnus Eric H. "Rip" Wieler in the name of his late wife.
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Audrey Bennett Participated in Intent/Content 2007 Conference, American Institute of Graphic Arts - 07.09.2007 LL&C Associate Prof. Audrey Bennett delivered a keynote presentation titled "Boyer's model of discovery: A case study on effective cross-cultural graphics" at Intent/Content 2007, the first research-focused education conference of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. In addition, Prof. Bennett and Ohio State University Prof. Paul Nini co-organized a panel titled "On the Shoulders of Giants: The Rise of Research in Graphic Design" for Intent/Content 2007. Panelists included Ann McDonald of Northeastern University, Elizabeth Throop of Georgia State University, and Matt Cooke of Iron Creative in San Francisco. The Intent/Content 2007 conference took place May 31-June 30, 2007, in Nashville, TN. For more information, visit: intentcontent.aiga.org
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Audrey Bennett: Book Signing and Reading, Graphic Design Anthology - 07.09.2007 LL&C Associate Prof. Audrey Bennett participated in a book signing and reading at Market Block Books in downtown Troy for her anthology "Design Studies: Theory & Research in Graphic Design", published by Princeton Architectural Press, August 2006. For more information on the book, visit: Design Studies
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Jason Swarts: Alumnus Accomplishments - 07.09.2007 LL&C alumnus Jason Swarts '02 (Ph.D., Communication and Rhetoric) has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at North Carolina State University. In addition, Jason's new book, Together with Technology: Writing Review, Enculturation, and Technological Mediation, is due out from Baywood in September: Baywood Publishing Company Jason can be reached at: jswarts@unity.ncsu.edu
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Katherine Isbister Quoted in New York Times Story on Video Game Dress-Up - 07.09.2007 LL&C Associate Prof. Katherine Isbister was recently quoted in the New York Times in the story titled "Hey, Man, Let's Play Video Game Dress-Up". "Games are the training ground where you can experiment with different looks, and then import those looks into the real world," said Katherine Isbister, the author of Better Game Characters by Design: A Psychological Approach (Morgan Kaufmann, 2006). "Guys are often not sure how to make decisions regarding clothing. By making dressing part of a competition, that makes it understandable to them." The full New York Times story can be read at: New York Times In addition, Prof. Isbister will be teaching in the new B.S. in Games Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) program this fall. For more information on the GSAS program, visit: www.gsas.rpi.edu
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Sara Tack Wins Award For Corporate Identity Project - 06.11.2007 Sara Tack '01, LL&C Adjunct Lecturer in Graphics and principle artist at the Troy design firm of Smith & Jones, has won an award for "Art Direction and Design for the Complete Corporate Identity Program" initiative for Windham Mountain ski resort. Tack's work will be featured in the 23rd annual volume, American Corporate Identity 2008, to be published by Collins Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, in November 2007. For more information about the American Corporate Identity (ACI) design competition and book, visit: www.americancorporateid.com
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Recent Grad Develops Computerized Musical Instrument - 06.08.2007 EMAC and Computer Science graduate Zane Van Dusen '07, in collaboration with Arts Prof. Pauline Oliveros, recently developed a computerized instrument for physically challenged individuals that is played with the tip of one's nose. Music offers a way to break out of the bonds of a physical disability because it gives patients a means to express themselves. In contrast with current music tools that are expensive or limiting, Van Dusen's interface consists of an inexpensive web camera and motion-tracking software. The software places a red box on the tip of a person's nose, and it tracks the user's movement across an on-screen keyboard. Van Dusen notes that "the instrument will give a voice to those who are all too often ignored due to their physical disability". Moreover, the interface could be adapted for speech, giving the physically challenged the ability to form full sentences rather than just yes or no responses. Read the full story at: Discovery News
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For Working Professionals: Offerings in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Fall 2007 - 05.21.2007 To make receiving a Rensselaer degree conveniently available to working professionals, many LL&C graduate courses are delivered simultaneously live on-campus and, by electronic means, throughout the United States and abroad. The following three distance education courses in HCI will be offered this fall: Communication Design for the World Wide Web (COMM-6750) Foundations of HCI Usability (COMM-6420) Proposing and Persuading (WRIT-6650) For more information, visit: Education for Working Professionals
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Ekaterina Haskins Receives Karl Wallace Memorial Award, Rhetorical Studies - 05.03.2007 LL&C Associate Prof. Ekaterina (Katya) Haskins has been awarded the Karl Wallace Memorial Award by the National Communication Association. The Karl Wallace Memorial Award is one of the coveted NCA awards given to rhetorical studies scholars. It is given to foster and promote philosophical, historical, or critical scholarship in rhetoric and public discourse. Awardees must be NCA members who have completed the Ph.D. within the past ten years or who are well advanced in doctoral studies in rhetoric and public address. The NCA Award Committee had the following to say about Dr. Haskins: "In remarkably short order, Dr. Ekaterina Haskins has established an exceptional record of scholarship, with an award-winning book Logos and Power in Isocrates and Aristotle, as well as articles and chapters on such topics as the collective memory embodied in American postage stamps, commemorations of 9/11, and images of New York City in television programs. Her current project on the construction, destruction, and reconstruction of the Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow as a site of public memory spans the Czarist, Soviet, and post-communist periods. This award will support her examination of the constitution of national identity through the rhetorical construction of the Church as an architectural structure, using archival materials and an impressive tapestry of theoretical constructs. Her project, while historically specific and rich, promises broad theoretical and critical implications. The result will enhance our understanding of rhetorical history, rhetorical theory, public memory, visual analysis, and cultural identity. Dr. Haskins well deserves the Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award to foster and promote philosophical, historical, or critical scholarship in rhetoric and public discourse." In addition to the honor of the award, recipients get a cash prize up to $1,200.
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Rensselaer To Host Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) Summer Institute - 05.03.2007 Rensselaer will host the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) Summer Institute, June 17-24, 2007. The RSA Summer Institute is a week-long opportunity for rhetorical scholars to pursue topics of common interest at length and in an informal setting. The Institute has two main components: (1) a week-long seminar, and (2) a series of workshops. Rensselaer was chosen to host the Institute for its winning combination of the scholarly tradition, good location, and excellent facilities. For more information on the Summer Institute, visit: www.rhetoricsociety.org
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Janice Fernheimer Has Piece Published in Black Women's Intellectual Traditions - 04.11.2007 LL&C Assistant Prof. Janice Fernheimer has a piece published in the recently-released collection Black Women's Intellectual Traditions: Speaking Their Minds, edited by Kristin B. Waters and Carol B. Conaway (University of Vermont Press/University Press of New England.) The book features writings on such figures as the essayist Maria W. Stewart, the abolitionist Sojourner Truth, the newspaper editor Mary Ann Shadd Cary, and the activist Ida B. Wells.
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Patricia Search Recognized for Paper on Digital Storytelling - 03.07.2007 LL&C Prof. Patricia Search was awarded the Editors' Choice Award for her paper "Digital Storytelling for Cross-Cultural Communication in Global Networking" by the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA). This is the second time that Professor Search has been selected for this award which is given for "exemplary works of research and writing" that are published in the IVLA Selected Readings. The award will be presented at the IVLA conference in Brazil.
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Sin-Hwa Kang to Present at CHI 2007 Student Research Competition - 02.23.2007 The dissertation research of Sin-Hwa Kang, LL&C Ph.D. student in Communication and Rhetoric, has been accepted for presentation at the CHI 2007 Student Research Competition sponsored by Microsoft Research. CHI (Computer-Human Interaction) is the best international conference in Human-Computer Interaction. Sin-Hwa will be one of 10 international graduate student researchers at this competition, and she will receive a travel grant to attend the conference. For more information on the Student Research Competition, visit: www.chi2007.org
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