{"id":9275,"date":"2022-05-26T18:29:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T18:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harrington.uri.edu\/?p=9275"},"modified":"2022-05-26T18:29:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T18:29:35","slug":"2022-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/news\/2022\/05\/26\/2022-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 2022 Promotion and Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to our faculty who were promoted this year and award winners. We are honored to recognize these members of our community and grateful for their academic excellence and contributions to the Harrington School of Communication and Media:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Promotions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashish Chadha <\/strong>&#8211; Promotion to Full Professor<strong><br \/>\nSarah Daly-Van-Oot<\/strong> &#8211; Promotion to Senior Lecturer<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Jerry Jalette<\/strong>&#8211; Promotion to Teaching Professor<br \/>\n<strong>Scott Kushner<\/strong> &#8211; Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor<br \/>\n<strong>Ian Reyes<\/strong> &#8211; Promotion to Full Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong>Communication Studies and Marine Affairs Professor Emily Diamond- <\/strong>URI\u2019s Research and Scholarship Excellence Award recipient for 2022<br \/>\nA&amp;S Dean\u2019s Excellence Awards 2022 in Research<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Relations Senior Lecturer, Academic Advisor Regina Bell<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; 2022 Advising Excellence Award in the College of Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n<p><strong>Communication Studies Part-time lecturer Julia DeGiovanni<\/strong> &#8211; 2022 Part-time Faculty Teaching Excellence Award in the College of Arts and Sciences&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Writing and Rhetoric Assistant Professor Madison Jones<\/strong> &#8211; Awarded CCCC\/NCTE\u2019s Best Article on Pedagogy or Curriculum in Technical or Scientific Communication. For \u201cDeep Mapping for Environmental Communication Design\u201d (2022).<br \/>\n15 Within 15 Alumni Award, University of Montevallo Alumni Association (2022).<br \/>\nInternational Society for the History of Rhetoric Conference Travel Award (2022).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Writing and Rhetoric and Journalism Part-time lecturer Betty Cotter<\/strong> &#8211; Inducted into the R.I. Journalism Hall of Fame, September 2021<br \/>\nNamed one of 2022&#8217;s Edwin Way Teale fellows by the Connecticut Audubon Society and will spend one week at the naturalist&#8217;s home in Connecticut this summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Student Excellence and Major Awards<br \/>\nChloe Kessler &#8211; <\/strong>Communication Studies Academic Excellence Award<br \/>\n<strong>Isobel McCullough &#8211; <\/strong>Film\/Media Excellence Award<br \/>\n<strong>Kayla Laguerre-Lewis &#8211; <\/strong>Journalism Excellence Award<br \/>\n<strong>Gabrielle Curtis &#8211; <\/strong>Public Relations Excellence Award<br \/>\n<strong>Michaela Kraut &#8211; <\/strong>Sports Media and Communication Excellence Award<br \/>\n<strong>Lee Sheridan &#8211; <\/strong>Writing &amp; Rhetoric Excellence Award<br \/>\n<strong>Elizabeth &#8220;Betsy&#8221; Crussana &#8211; <\/strong>L.E. Smith Academic Excellence Award<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Emily Fournier &amp; Kathryn Zeglen &#8211; <\/strong>Stephanie Bounds Award for Writing &amp; Rhetoric<br \/>\n<strong>Tyrone Thomas &#8211; <\/strong>Gertrude Spencer Award for Writing &amp; Rhetoric<br \/>\n<strong>Abigail Amatucci <\/strong>&#8211; Robert Riglietti Award for Film\/Media<\/p>\n<p><strong>New this year:<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>An award recognizing faculty, staff and students for Outstanding Service &amp; Dedication to the Harrington School of Communication and Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Kevin McClure<\/strong> &#8211; Tenure Faculty Recipient<br \/>\n<strong>Dr. Scott Kushner<\/strong> &#8211; Tenure-track Recipient<br \/>\n<strong>Martha Waitkun<\/strong> &#8211; Lecturer Recipient<br \/>\n<strong>William Behrends<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Part-time Faculty Recipient<br \/>\n<strong>Sandra L. Baker<\/strong> &#8211; Staff Recipient<br \/>\n<strong>Abigail Amatucci<\/strong> &#8211; Undergraduate Student Recipient<br \/>\n<strong>Aidan Reilly<\/strong> &#8211; Graduate Student Recipient<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-9275 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/precommencement-fb-7-copy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-7-copy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-7-copy.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-7-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-7-copy-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-7-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-7-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-7-copy-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-7-copy-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-7-copy-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-7-copy-1280x853.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9289'>\n\t\t\t\tOutstanding Service and Dedication Award Recipients-Aidan Reilly, Abigail Amatucci, Sandra Baker, William Behrends, and Dr. Kevin McClure\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/precommencement-fb-5-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-5-1-e1687883790715.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9288\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9288'>\n\t\t\t\tMartha Waitkun- Outstanding Service and Dedication Award Recipient\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/precommencement-fb-11-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-11-1-e1687884533866.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9293\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9293'>\n\t\t\t\tKayla Laguerre-Lewis- Journalism Excellence Award\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/precommencement-fb-16\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-16.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-16.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-16-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-16-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-16-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-16-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-16-364x546.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-16-500x750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-16-1000x1500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-16-1280x1920.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9295'>\n\t\t\t\tLee Sheridan- Writing &amp; Rhetoric Excellence Award\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/precommencement-fb-8\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-8-e1687883187357.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9290\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9290'>\n\t\t\t\tChloe Kessler-Communication Studies Excellence Award\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/precommencement-fb-10\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-10-e1687885101978.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9292\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9292'>\n\t\t\t\tIsobel McCullough- Film\/Media Excellence Award\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/precommencement-fb-15\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-15-e1687883669659.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9294\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9294'>\n\t\t\t\tMichaela Kraut-Sports Media and Communication Excellence Award\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/precommencement-fb-9\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/precommencement-fb-9-e1687883165364.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9291\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9291'>\n\t\t\t\tElizabeth &#8220;Betsy&#8221; Crussana- L.E. Smith Academic Excellence Award\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to our faculty who were promoted this year and award winners. We are honored to recognize these members of our community and grateful for their academic excellence and contributions to the Harrington School of Communication and Media: Promotions: Ashish Chadha &#8211; Promotion to Full Professor Sarah Daly-Van-Oot &#8211; Promotion to Senior Lecturer Jerry Jalette&#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1338,"featured_media":9276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1338"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}