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Selected Grants

 

  • Course Correct: Precision guidance against misinformation. NSF, Convergence Accelerator Grant, Phase 2, 2022-2023, $5,000,000; Co-Investigator

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  • Using a two-step approach to fight COVID-19 vaccine misinformation: A randomized online experiment and a real-time social media field experiment. Murrow Coolen Endowment Research, 2022-2023, $2000; Principal Investigator

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  • Media & democracy in the age of miscommunication. University Partnership: Washington State University & University of Novi Sad, Serbia, 2022-2023, $99,970; Co-Investigator

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  • Mitigation of misinformation effects on substance use. The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program, Washington State University, 2022-2023; $24,100; Co-Investigator

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  • Mentoring BIPOC women in different states of the tenure timeline. Mentoring Innovations Initiative. Washington State University, 2022-2023; $4,856; Principal Investigator

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  • How large-scale identification and intervention can empower professional fact-checkers to improve democracy and public health, NSF, Phase 1,  2021-2022, $750,000; Co-Investigator

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  • Youth political socialization, journalism & social Media: Understanding democracy in contentious times. Spanish National Research Agency’s Program for the Generation of Knowledge and Scientific and Technological Strengthening Research + Development Grant PID2020-115562GB-I00. 2021-2022, $198,401; Co-Investigator

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  • Learning to identify misinformation in social media platforms and strategies to build media and digital literacy skills in lower-level communication courses. Smith Teaching and Learning Grant, Washington State University,  2021-2022, $5,000; Principal Investigator

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  • Detecting nonverbal aggression in presidential debates: A longitudinal computer vision analysis of candidate behavior, 1976-2020. C-SPAN. 2020–2021, $2,000; Co-Investigator

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  • Identifying and implementing effective visual enhancements to correct high-priority COVID-19 misinformation. Poynter Institute, 2020–2021, $9, 658; Co-Investigator

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  • Multidisciplinary undergraduate research training in wearable computing. NSF, 2019-2022; $259,199; Co-Investigator

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  • A randomized trial of letting go and staying connected, an interactive parenting intervention to reduce risky behaviors among students. NIH, 2016-2020; $3,169,671; Co-Investigator

 

  • Faculty Seed Grant, Washington State University, 2015-2017; $22,438; Principal Investigator

 

  • Pilot Grant from The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program, Washington State University, 2014-2016; $29,987; Principal Investigator

 

  • Finch Center for Teaching and Learning Research grant, Maryville University,  2011-2012; $5000; Principal Investigator

 

  • Research Grant, Maryville University, 2010-2011; $5000; Principal Investigator

 

Selected Recent Awards

 

  • Top Paper Award, ComSHER Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2022.

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  • Top Faculty Paper Award, Political Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2020.

 

  • Top Paper Award, Political Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2020.

 

  • Social Science Research Council (SSRC) News Coverage and US Elections workshop, April 23-24, 2020, Brooklyn, NY.

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  • Top Method Paper Award, Communication Theory and Methodology Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2017

 

  • Top 2 Faculty Paper Award, Communication Theory and Methodology Division, AEJMC, 2017

 

  • Outstanding Mentorship for Communication Graduate Students, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, Washington State University, 2015. 

 

  • Rossy Award for Outstanding Mentorship, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, Washington State University, 2014. 

 

  • Promising Professor Teaching Award, AEJMC, 2011.

 

  • Top Paper, Guido Stempel Prize, AEJMC, August 2010.

 

Selected Invited Lectures

 

  • Presenter on Misinformation and Disinformation, World Affairs Organization of Tacoma, virtual presentation, September 2024.

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  • Presentation on Misinformation and Disinformation, Entrepreneurial Faculty Ambassadors, Pullman, WA, March 19, 2024. 

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  • Panelist on The Science of Community-Based Misinformation Correction, American Association for the Advancement of Science annual conference, Denver, CO, February 16, 2024.

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  • Panelist on Digital Media Revolution: The Era of the Independent Global Content Creator, Webinar lecture series called ‘Expert Speak’, Mizuho India Japan Study Centre (MIJSC), Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India December 27, 2023

 

  • Panelist on Elevating female-identified voices: How journal editors work toward an inclusive publication field, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication virtual conference, (Communication Theory & Methodology Division), Washington D.C., August 8, 2023.

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  • Virtual presentation on Social Media and Misinformation, Journalism and Media Studies, University of Jammu, India, March 23, 2023

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  • Presentation on Political communication and misinformation: What do we know and what can we do, League of Women Voters of Moscow Speaker Series, University of Idaho, November 2, 2022.

 

  • Participant, True Costs of Misinformation Workshop, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, March 9-10, 2022.

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  • Panelist on Social Media and Democracy, League of Women Voters of Moscow Speaker Series, University of Idaho, March 9, 2022

 

  • Panelist on Mass Communication Research Center Symposium, “Does media literacy matter in fighting misinformation? It depends!” Center for Communication and Civic Renewal, University of Wisconsin-Madison, February 25-26, 2022.

 

  • Panelist on Addressing Issues of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Through a Lens of Transformation and Renewal, National Communication Association Annual Convention, November 2021, Seattle.

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  • Presentation on Vaccine uptake amidst COVID-19 information and disinformation: Research and applications. Washington State University Extension, May 11, 2021.

 

  • Panelist on Women in Politics: Political Messaging, Harvard Women’s Law Association, Harvard Law School, April 8, 2021

 

  • Panelist on Research and Politics, Murrow Symposium, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, March 31, 2021

 

  • Panelist on Framing Research, Virtual Discussion, February 19, 2021 

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  • Panelist on Surviving the Coronavirus Infodemic, Center for Informed Public, University of Washington, April 9th, 2020

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  • Panelist on New Faculty Orientation: Research, Washington State University, August 16, 2019

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  • Lecture on Emerging Technology Research, Tezpur University, India, February 4, 2019

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  • Panelist on Red Feed, Blue Feed – What Our Echo Chambers are Doing to Our Democracy, Humanities Washington, November 29, 2018

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  • Presentation on Social Media and Incivility, University of  Vienna, Austria, November 6, 2018

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  • Presentation on Selective Exposure and Candidate Evaluation: The Moderating Role of Family Communication Patterns during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election at the Communication, Populism and Electoral Choice in the New Media Environment Conference, Cadenabbia, Italy, June 21, 2018.

 

  • Lecture on Emerging Technology in Political and Health Campaigns at the Common Reading Faculty Lecture Series, Washington State University, February 6, 2018.

 

  • Panelist on Twitter and Fake News at The Annual Foley Institute Symposium, Washington State University, October 24, 2017.

 

  • Speaker on Mobile Technology and Health at the Research Week, organized by OGRD, Washington State University, October 11, 2017.

 

  • Panelist on Uncivil People, Places and Politics at the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA., August 31, 2017.

 

  • Panelist on Social Media and 2016 U.S. Presidential Elections at AEJMC, Chicago, August 11, 2017.

 

  • Panelist on Teaching with Technology at AEJMC, Minneapolis,  August 9, 2017.

 

  • Panelist on Online Data Collection Methods at AEJMC, August 6, 2016.

 

  • Panelist on Social Media and Political Campaigns at AEJMC, August 5, 2016.

 

  • Lecture on Social Media and Political Participation at the Research and Methods Symposium, School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs, Washington State University, April 4, 2016.

 

  • Lecture on EMA Methodology via Mobile Technology at the Prevention Science Colloquium, Washington State University, April 8, 2016.

 

  • Lecture on Emerging Technology Research at the Association Faculty for Women (AFW), Washington State University, September 16, 2015.

 

  • Panelist on Importance of Visual Frames: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges at the International Communication Association, Seattle, WA., May 24, 2014.

 

  • Keynote Speaker on Social Media and Public Relations Campaigns at the Community Service Public Relations Council (CSPRC) St. Louis, November 8, 2011.

 

  • Lecture on Incivility in the Political Blogosphere at the University of Wisconsin Alumni Meet, St Louis, November 1, 2011.

 

  • Lecture on Seeking More Information and Conversations: Influence of Competitive Frames and Motivated Processing at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, September 20, 2011. 

 

  • Panelist on Teaching with Technology at the Promising Professors and Distinguished Educator Award Panel, AEJMC, August 11, 2011. 

 

  • Lecture on Social Media and Communication at the Career Workshop. Maryville University, January 22, 2011.

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