Recent Publications
Dr. Lerstrom: "Advising Jay: A Case Study Using A Situational Leadership Approach." To be published fall 2008 in the NACADA Journal of the National Academic Advising Association.
Dr. Powell edited a book, The 21st Century Emirati Woman: Championship Speeches. Zayed University, July 2007.
Dr. Powell: "My Voice, My Future: A Public Speaking Contest Gives Students a Voice." Zawaya Magazine. Published by Zayed University, United Arab Emirates, 2007.
Dr. Lee: "Dimensions of face: A factor analysis." The Iowa Journal of Communication, 38(2), 2006, pp. 205-227
Dr. Johns: A review of Thurlow, C., Lengel, L. and Tomic, A. (2004). Computer mediated communication: Social interaction and the internet. London: Sage appeared in New Reviews in Cyberculture Studies, May, 2006.
Dr. Johns was a contributing writer and editor for The Lutheran Course workbook and leader guide, 2005. Also, a contributing writer for The Lutheran Handbook for Pastors and The Christian Handbook for Pastors, 2006, and for The Lutheran Handbook II, 2007, all published by Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis.
Dain TePoel, '05: "Master Mick and Redneck Roger: Framing of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris homerun chase in 1961." The Iowa Journal of Communication, 37(2), 2005, pp. 139-154.
Dr. Johns: "The amazing first century of electronic media." The Iowa Journal of Communication, 37(2), 2003, pp. 161-177.
Dr. Johns was guest editor of a special issue of the Iowa Journal of Communication on Computer Mediated Communication. Included in the issue was his paper, "Unique and ordinary problems in internet research: Research ethics, the law, and power politics in institutional review." The Iowa Journal of Communication, 37(1), 2005, pp. 87-101.
Dr. Powell, with Dr. Tamara D. Golish, Penn State:"Uncertainty management and adoptees’ ambiguous loss of their birth parents." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Feb 2005; 22:129-151.
Dr. Johns: "Modern Media and the Sermon," Lutheran Partners, 20, 6: 13-15 (2004, November).
Dr. Lerstrom: Teaching social skills to schoolchildren: An academic service learning project. In R. Lowery-Hart & C. Thomas-Maddox (Eds.), Service-learning in communication. Boston: Allyn & Bacon Press, 2004..
Dr. Lerstrom: A sabbatical journey from the classroom to the corporation. Communication and Theatre Association Journal, 31, 69-77 (2004).
Dr. Lerstrom, & Dailey, J.: Hope at Luther: The National Communication Association Institute for Faculty Development Yearbook (2004). EBSCO, an on-line publication.
Audra Kathleen Loseke, '04, wrote two feature stories for the November issue of Exito Latino, ("Successful Latino"), a magazine published in Phoenix, Arizona.
Dr. Johns, with Profs. Shing-Ling S. Chen and G. Jon Hall of the University of Northern Iowa, edited and contributed chapters to a book, Online Social Research: Methods, Issues, and Ethics, published December of 2003.
Dr. Powell, with Prof. Tamara D. Golish, Penn State:"Experiencing ambiguous loss: Effect of a premature birth on family communication." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 20(3), 2003, pp. 309-334.
Dr. Powell with Houda Abadi, '03: "Us vs. them: U.S. newsmagazine framing of Muslims after 9/11" The Iowa Journal of Communication, 35(1), 2003, pp. 49-66.
STUDENT/FACULTY COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS
Dr. Johns, with students, Kirsten Boettner '06, Emily Powers '06 & Michael Lindsay '07, co-authored a paper, "Profile updated: The presentation of identity on facebook.com," which was published in the Iowa Journal of Communication, Volume 39 Number 1 (Fall 2007).
Dr. Kim Powell with Kathryn Hobson '07, Framing of Women in the Abu Gharib Iraq Prison Scandal: An Analysis of U.S. News CoverageAnalysis of U.S. News Coverage
Dr. Kim Powell with Houda Abadi '03, "Depiction of Muslims and Islam in U.S. News Magazines after 9/11." Spring, 2003.