Since this blog is part of a semester-long class project, the bloggers change every three to four months. Below is a list of the individuals who are currently contributing to this blog.
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My name is Lisa Shirkey and I sew my roots in a little town called Rushville; otherwise known as Mennonite coutry. This is where I was born and raised and more than likely where I will stay. I am 26 years old and currently employed full time as a Credit Anaylsts at one of the top food distributors in the nation: Sysco VA. I am currently enrolled in the adult degree program at James Madison and if all goes according to plan I will be graduating this December....Finally!!!
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My name is Tatiana Torruella and I am a 5th year double major in Psychology and Cultural Communications with a minor in Family Studies. I'm from Chesapeake, Virginia born and raised. My passion is community service and helping others. I am a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated/current President of the Iota Alpha Chapter here at JMU. I participate in various organizations and extracurricular activities (too many to name). When I'm not in class, in the library, in a meeting, at work, or volunteering, I enjoy spending time with friends and family, cooking, traveling, and exploring new opportunities! My favorite color is purple and I love monkeys. After studying abroad one summer, I aspire to live in Italy one day.
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Hannah Holloway is a senior Psychology major with a minor in Communication. At home in central Pennsylvania for the summer she works as a lifeguard. Once school starts back up in the fall, she will be spending a good deal of her spare time at UREC in the pool playing water polo with the club team. Other than water polo, Hannah is a research assistant for a professor in the psychology department and also tutors a middle school student. After graduation, she plans to attend grad school.
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Alex Kunar is a rising
senior at James Madison University, studying Organizational Communication and
Statistics. He is from Long Island, New York, which is where he will be
spending his summer. Alex loves the outdoors, whether it be biking, swimming,
running, or playing sports he enjoys spending his time outside especially over
the summer months.
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My name is Brandon McRory, born and raised in Tappan, NY. I am an Integrated Science and Technology major, focusing in energy with a minor in Communication Studies. During the class I will be at home for the summer working as a lifeguard for a local private pool until the fall semester begins. My goal is to work in the energy field and get people started on moving over towards alternative energy.
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Austin LoCascio is a rising senior at JMU with a major in Communication Studies with a minor in Writing and Rhetoric. She works year-round at the University Fields leasing office. Home is in Northern Virginia with her parents, her older brother and puppy Kohl. She enjoys nothing more than being with her family and friends on Lake Anna. When she isn't running around she loves to unwind with a good book.
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I am Bronson Easton a senior at JMU majoring in the field of SCOM with a concentration of General Communications, and a minoring in Human Resource Development. I recently was able to walk this past spring for graduation, while being able to take a few classes that I needed for my degree in May mester. Communications was a field that I was interested in because I was a person that liked to communicate with people and thought that this was a way to do something that I like to do as a career. This being a field that caught my interest helped me become the first person in my family to go to college. My family is very collectivist we love to see everybody do great in life, rather than just individuals. I love sports, especially basketball because I played for good portion of my life and still occasionally do. I do not have a favorite team no more because I was a huge Michael Jordan fan and once he retired; I just started to be a fan of the sport instead of a team. I am from Maryland, which is probably a huge reason for one of my favorite foods being seafood. I like meeting new people, and can't wait to get started in this class.
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Dr. Jennifer Gill Rosier (Ph.D., Purdue University), originally from Maryland, is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies. Teaching since 2004 (previously at Purdue University and Auburn University), she is now at JMU teaching GCOM 122 (Fundamentals of Human Communication: Individual Presentations), GCOM 123 (Fundamentals of Human Communication: Group Presentations), SCOM 280 (Introduction to Communication Research), SCOM 320 (Introduction to Interpersonal Communication), and SCOM 383 (Communication Research Methodologies). Her broad scholarly research interests include communication skill training and relationship maintenance behaviors. Her research program investigates the role that a wide variety of communication skills play in successful marriages and especially in successful marriages that experience hardship. She lives in Harrisonburg with her amazingly supportive husband and three children. Jennie's favorite thing about JMU is her students because they are eager, interested, and smart.
