As graduate students, we’ve all experienced the overwhelming feeling of managing several class projects at once. GSIG’s Research Delegate, Cory MacNeil describes how he learned to make the most of his time and effort for class to benefit his research agenda. Thinking carefully about the future and how to get…

Graduate students need someone to look up to, to turn to for advice, and to help guide the way during and after graduate school. …

GSIG’s Teaching Chair, Eve Heffron, and Assistant Teaching Chair, Lisa D. Lenoir, share their teaching for connecting with students face-to-face, virtually, or both. Receiving a roster of more than 50 students might create a series of stress bubbles for instructors. But there are some tips and best practices that we…

Dr. Yong Volz is an Associate Professor and Faculty Chair of Journalism Studies at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Dr. Volz shares her experience as a researcher and educator with GSIG’s Research Delegate, Cory MacNeil. Dr. Yong Volz touches on her experiences teaching Advanced Qualitative Methods and how…

Sophia Mueller (Assistant PF&R Chair) and Matt Blomberg (PF&R Chair) share five suggestions for conducting ethical research PF&R may not come first to mind in up holding research ethics. However, our responsibility in relation to our professional freedom, plays out in a host of ways, research included. Ethics in research…

Marc is currently a U.S. Army officer and Ph.D. student at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. He is a West Point grad who has been awarded several decorations. In this interview, Marc shares his background, research interests, and more with GSIG’s Assistant PF&R Chair, Sophia Mueller. …

GSIG’s PF&R Chair Matt Blomberg discusses a new outlook on PF&R and the importance of not only academic freedom but also responsibility. Undoubtedly, at the start of 2021, goals for the new year began filling our to-do lists. We plan to work out more, eat healthier, spend more time with…

By Lisa Lenoir and Eve Heffron GSIG generated a list of insightful teaching approaches and resources from eight institutions that are useful for online learning. The institutions were randomly selected from organizations represented at the 2019 AEJMC conference and statements have been synthesized to offer relevant strategies. The full statements…

Meet Alex Olshansky, a second-year PhD student at Texas Tech University, and GSIG member. Alex spent some time talking with GSIG’s Rosalynn Vasquez to discuss his research interests in misinformation and pseudoscience, including his work on the Flat Earth movement. Q: Tell us about your current research regarding “science denial” phenomenon and how your Flat Earth study shed new light into the issue.