Meet SOJC professor Senyo Ofori-Parku
“I help students settle in, not settle down, but settle in,” Senyo Ofori-Parku, SOJC assistant professor, said. “So they feel like they have control over where they want to go.”
Media Studies PhD
Game studies researchers explore collegiate esports in the new EGR Lab
In the SOJC’s Esports and Games Research Lab, students explore the psychology, culture, and industry surrounding gaming—including its effectiveness as a learning tool and its integration into everyday life.
Explore the 2022 SOJC Yearbook
Our 2022 Yearbook spotlights our many successes this year, from students’ hands-on learning projects, to groundbreaking faculty research and staff service awards, to inspiring tales of alumni adventures.
Center for Science Communication Research grants help students and faculty answer science communication questions
Can virtual reality help solve environmental issues? Can an online chat make it easier to quit smoking? With the help of grants secured through the Center for Science Communication Research, SOJC PhD students tackle these questions and more.
Life-changing play: PhD student Waseq Rahman explores games as tools for social change communication
Waseq Rahman researches how gameplay generates thought-provoking experiences leading to greater insights about purpose and personal growth.
How the pandemic may help more students see themselves as scientists
PhD students collaborated across disciplines to study how the COVID-19 pandemic affected high school students studying science.
PhD research: Small-town Pride celebrations emerge – and show that LGBTQ life in America is flourishing outside of cities
For their dissertation, a PhD student who studies rural transgender media activism documented LGBTQ+ pride celebrations in small-town America.
PhD Alumni Profile: Kumi Silva '04 examines intersections of gender, feminism and identity
Gender, feminism and identity scholar Kumi Silva studied social movements in her native Sri Lanka and in India. Now, as an associate professor at a major university, she gets “paid to learn.”