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Tracy Meginnis Turns a Passion for Words into Opportunity

Monday, September 14, 2026
Through the Certificate in Writing and student publications, Tracy Meginnis helps students develop their voices, leadership skills, and professional goals.
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SJMC Professors Thomas P. Oates and Travis Vogan Publish New Critical Sports Studies Book

Monday, September 7, 2026
Professors Thomas Oates and Travis Vogan published a collection of essays by a number of authors organized into three parts: Imagining Belonging, Athletes and Resistance, and Political Activism.
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Assistant professor Bingbing Zhang pursues new research through CSSI Summer Researcher-in-Residence program

Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Zhang was selected to pursue her research about "AI slop" and how it impacts viewers at the Center for Social Science Innovation's Summer Researcher-in-Residence program, which provides dedicated time, space and resources to advance high-impact social science research.
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SJMC Students Attend 2026 AWSM Convention in LA

Monday, August 24, 2026
In the weeks before classes resumed for the fall semester, SJMC students Elisa Gan, Morgan Burhans, and Megan Heine attended the 2026 Association for Women’s Sports Media (AWSM) Convention in LA.

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