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Charlotte Lapsansky Investigates the Application of Communication Infrastructure Theory in India
February 2, 2010

Charlotte Lapsansky is currently conducting her dissertation field work in India where she is investigating the application of Communication Infrastructure Theory to the implementation of international development communication campaigns

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Dr. Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach is honored with a 2009 Wayne Danielson Award
November 1, 2009

The 2009 Wayne Danielson Award will be presented to her by the College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin this coming week. 

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Metamorphosis sends off three more professors to teach accross the United States
July 20, 2009

Three of The Metamorphosis Project team members will be heading out to teach in Missouri, New Jersey, and New York as they have all accepted assistant professor appointments beginning this Fall. 

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Top Papers at the International Communication Association Conference
May 21, 2009

Two of our great scholars at the Metamorphosis project will be honored this weekend at the ICA conference in Chicago, Illinois for their Top Papers.

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Alhambra Project members to present at the Centres and Peripheries Conference in Glasgow, Scotland
May 4, 2009

On May 7, Alhambra Project members Nancy Chen and Jin Huang will present findings from the group’s year-long research at the Centres and Peripheries Conference organized by the Glasgow Caledonian University…

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Localizing the Global: Exploring the Transnational Ties That Bind in New Immigrant Communities
March 2, 2009

A paper by Wan-Ying Lin, Hayeon Song, and Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Journal of Communication (In press)

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An update on the Alhambra Project
February 23, 2009

The Alhambra project is in the final stage of preparation for a series of focus groups that involve Alhambra residents of different ethnic and linguistic backgrounds…

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Metamorphosis members present on their diverse research interests at NCA in San Diego, CA
November 24, 2008

This weekend, members of the Metamorphosis Project drove south to San Diego, CA for the annual National Communication Association conference to present research that they have been working on outside of the Metamorphosis Project.

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Metamorphosis members use communications research to promote civic engagement in Alhambra, CA
November 20, 2008

Members of the Metamorphosis Project have been working on “The Alhambra Project” with the goal of reaching out to Alhambra’s diverse communities through exploring “new media and traditional communication channels” to promote civic engagement “in an innovative way”. 

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Christopher Chavez to present at the NCA Conference in San Diego, CA
October 27, 2008

Christopher Chavez will present two papers at the upcoming National Communications Association Conference in San Diego, CA.

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Metamorphosis Members to Present at APHA Conference in San Diego
October 1, 2008

Metamorphosis members to present at APHA Conference in San Diego, CA

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Dr. Ball-Rokeach will be presenting to The Knight Commission at Google Headquarters on Sept. 9
September 6, 2008

Dr. Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach will be giving a presentation titled Recreating civil society in a global era: Back to basics to The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. This is a project of the Aspen Institute and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The presentation will be on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at the Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California. 

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Research on online intervention for civic engagement in ethnically diverse neighborhoods
September 5, 2008

Metamorphosis team members are currently conducting research in the Alhambra area to assess the potential of a news website in fostering community integration and civic engagement in the ethically diverse suburb…

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Dr. Sandra Ball-Rokeach is named ICA Fellow
June 12, 2008

The principal investigator of the Metamorphosis Project, Dr. Sandra Ball-Rokeach, was recently named as a new ICA Fellow by the International Communication Association.

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Carmen Gonzalez is awarded three-year Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship
April 17, 2008

Metamorphosis team member, Carmen Gonzalez, was awarded a three-year Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship in April 2008.

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