Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Public Administration as a field of inquiry can be very dry. Even the most passionate students could be turned away when meeting with even dryer content delivery methods. In junior service years the field may have little to offer to the entrepreneurial risk taker for higher gains inclined, compared with pursuing a business degree or career. The private sector can look even more appealing to the innovation inclined as soon as graduates turn into work force participants. _x000d__x000d_In this context, in this paper we explore and propose historically valid and time tried and tested ways to deal with this problem early from the very teaching of public administration courses. Further, the methods proposed extend in coaching majors through career planning and job searching and further career development. Through the use of inspiring story telling in the classroom in graduate and undergraduate MPA/public service programs the goal is to instill, and maintain high interest in public sector leadership, combined with the entrepreneurial spirit built through applied exercises and participatory training techniques necessary to sustain the proactive development of PA in response to the challenges it faces in practice today.

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Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: The present study examines visual story grouping practices by the New York Times in three eras of space disaster stories, finding the gradual emergence of the use of page banners (or straps) offering categorical grouping, and framing, of stories. The practice is labeled herein as “story branding,” and is considered both quantitatively and qualitatively, offering connections to myth theory and suggesting implications for the thematizing effects of narrative elements used for visual grouping, as well as its pertinence to an increasingly narrowly focused news hole.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This experimental study examines young adults’ expectations of hard news stories and whether narrative storytelling can positively influence their reading experiences for comprehension, learning, interest and enjoyment. Participants reported an increased understanding and interest in an Iraq story after reading a narrative version than what they had expected. They enjoyed and stayed interested in a murder story better than the traditional storytelling group, which reported learning less and losing interest more quickly than they had expected.

Publication Type: Extended Abstract
Abstract: This experiment was designed to investigate how emotional tone interacts with narrative style in how individuals cognitively and emotionally process information. Fifty participants viewed 24 video clips of breast cancer survivors telling about their experience with the disease. Physiological indicators of attention (heart rate), arousal (skin conductance) and emotional valence (Facial EMG) were collected while participants viewed the clips.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Relying upon ethnographic research about “straight allies” to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) movement, this article details how an ally identity is constructed. In particular, this article details the auspices under which parents with LGBT children, involved in the organization PFLAG – Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, construct their ally identities and details how they do so with and to an LGBT audience. By adding an understanding of how parent-allies construct an ally identity to the “minority” audience, this research better details the unique identity work of social movement allies who construct themselves to two audiences and better utilizes emerging understandings of social movement identity.