King of 'The Hot Seat'
Faculty member Steve Manuel enjoys helping students succeed — and making them a little uneasy too
Student-driven entry earns program recognition for second time in past three years
Despite challenges, journalism major Austin Boley 'never wavered' once he arrived at Penn State
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Gabby Richards
2015 Broadcast Journalism
has joined the national team at Planned Parenthood as the director of federal advocacy communications. She was most recently a strategic communications consultant with BerlinRosen and prior to that served as communications director for Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05). . .
Emily Mahler (Evans)
2004 Journalism
was elevated to equity partner at the law offices of Philadelphia-based Margolis Edelstein. . .
Ben Feller
1992 Journalism
Alumnus Ben Feller writes about his personal passion — being a dad — in "Big Problems, Little Problems," a book that focuses on a dad who counsels his son not to sweat the small stuff. . .
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Video Marketing Coordinator, Milton Hershey School
Jessica Paholsky ('14 Journ) enjoys interacting with the variety of people people — and telling their stories — at the Milton Hershey School.
Deputy Editor at Esquire
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Stephanie Madden
Stephanie Madden is an assistant professor in the Department of Advertising/Public Relations. While her research falls “under the umbrella of public relations,” she says her work differs from some of her colleagues in the discipline.
Madden studies care. She defines “care” as how organizations help reduce harm. Through her research, Madden seeks to uncover abuses of power focusing on prevention. For example, her dissertation was related to sexual assault and sexual abuse, and how colleges and universities can use strategic communication to proactively combat campus sexual assault.
Madden led an interdisciplinary research project with colleagues Chris Skurka and Jessica Myrick from the Bellisario College and Kate Guastaferro from the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State. The study was published in the Howard Journal of Communications and titled “When home is not safe: Media coverage and issue salience of child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The scholars surveyed respondents to see which messages were most effective in communicating the dangers and warning signs of child maltreatment, as well as calls to action.
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Gisele Fetterman believes entrepreneurship can start at a young age, and have long-lasting impacts
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