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Communications Faculty

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Faculty

Jonathan (JZ) Long, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communications
Contact via email
(717) 262-4840

JZ Long, Ph.D., associate professor of communications, holds interdisciplinary degrees in political and cultural economy, popular culture, and a Ph.D. in cultural studies from George Mason University. While teaching at George Mason, he was honored with the Lambda Pi Eta Adjunct Professor of the Year award.

With over fifteen years of collegiate teaching experience, Long offers courses in interpersonal, group, and mass communications, media theory, and free speech and ethics. His research specializations include digital media and design, global media law and cultural policymaking, and the effects of media and information technologies on popular consciousness. His recent publications include analyses of the Hummer automobile, comic books, and popular cinema, while his current work explores topics related to the First Amendment, the Federal Communications Commission, and cyber power and governance.

In addition to his academic roles, Long has worked in both academic and government libraries and holds certifications in reference and technical services, special collections and archives, and information technology and security. He also serves as a media analyst for an international marketing firm.

His interests include crossword puzzles, Eastern philosophy, and the art of highlighting.

Communications Learning Outcomes

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Upon completion of their program curricula, students who complete a major in Strategic Communications will be able to demonstrate:

familiarity with the field of media studies. Assignments which meet this goal will show the student �鶹��Ƶ ’s knowledge of:
- the history and development of print and electronic media,
- major laws, regulations, theories, and methods of media, and
- oral and written communication, grammar, syntax, and styles.
proficiency in the field of digital design. Assignments which meet this goal will show the student �鶹��Ƶ ’s command of:
- visual communication and design skills and industry best practices,
- basic hardware and software used in desktop and mobile publishing, and
- key concepts and practices of media marketing and advertising.
expertise in the field of strategic communications. Assignments which meet this goal will show the student �鶹��Ƶ ’s grasp of:
- digital networking and messaging systems and information technologies,
- key concepts and theories of public relations and marketing, and
- strategic communications campaign development and evaluation.

Department Awards Communications

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Department Awards and Honors

The James Applegate Award

Established in honor of Dr. James Applegate, Dean Emeritus and Emeritus Professor of English, this prize is awarded to a student or students with an interest or appreciation of drama and theater.

This award is decided upon by vote of the English department faculty.

The Joanne Harrison Hopkins Prize

Endowed by classmates and friends of the late Joanne Hopkins of the Class of 1957, this prize is given for the finest piece of imaginative literature in fiction, poetry, drama, or creative non-fiction produced during the academic year.

This is a contest judged by the members of the English faculty. In the spring semester, notification will be sent out to all students eligible for the prize asking for submissions that will include all relevant directions on how to apply for the prize.

The William and Ivy Saylor Prize

Endowed by Raymond W. Britcher and established through the Academy of American Poets, The William and Ivy Saylor Prize supports young poets through a program established by the Academy of American Poets at colleges nationwide.

Winners receive a cash prize as well as a one-year membership in the Academy.

The Mary Beers Sheppard Prize

Established by Benjamin M. Sheppard in memory of his sister of the class of 1895, this prize is awarded to the member of the senior class who, in the judgment of the English faculty, has shown the keenest understanding and appreciation of literature.

This award is decided upon by vote of the English department faculty.

Sigma Tau Delta

Wilson is a member of the National English Honors Society, Sigma Tau Delta. Any student completing a major or minor in English may be considered for acceptance into the Sigma Tau Delta chapter upon achieving junior status.

Communications Awards

The Grace Tyson Schlichter Award in Communications

Endowed by Grace Tyson Schlichter, a member of the class of 1935, this award is given to a senior who has shown general academic excellence and outstanding promise for a career in a field of communications.

This award is decided upon by vote of the Communications faculty.

�鶹��Ƶ also proudly sponsors a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. See Dr. Woolley to determine how you can become eligible for the nation �鶹��Ƶ ’s oldest and most prestigious honor society.

College Honors

Both English and Communications majors may be invited by faculty to complete Honors in the major and to compete for the campus-wide Margaret Criswell Disert ('20) Honors Scholarship. Many Wilson English and Communications majors are invited to complete these to earn Honors in the Major. Below are just a sampling of titles of recent theses completed in the department.

· Tom Waits: A Revolutionary Poet in the Tradition of William Wordsworth Rachel Coldsmith, 2014

· A Creative Exploration of New Wave Fabulism (Disert Award Winner) Casey Beidel, 2013

· The Internet as a Contemporary Public Sphere: Democracy and Communication Laura Hans, 2013

· �鶹��Ƶ “No Improper Vehicle: �鶹��Ƶ ” Charlotte Smith and the Eighteenth Century Sonnet Revival Jess Domanico, 2011.

· Chaucer �鶹��Ƶ ’s Interruptions and Their Social Implications Meg Oldman, 2008

· Dreaming with a Purpose: Three Examinations of the Medieval Dream-Vision (Disert Award Winner) Elizabeth Clever, 2007

To learn more about College Honors, please visit the Department Chair.

HEAR FROM A WILSON STUDENT!

What were the benefits of doing thesis work in the field?

Planning and writing a senior research project �鶹��Ƶ —my thesis �鶹��Ƶ —in the English department gave me the opportunity to experience scholarship beyond the classroom. Encouraged by the department �鶹��Ƶ ’s faculty, I organized a long-term project on a literary period and genre of my choosing. Initially interested in the revival of the sonnet form in the late eighteenth century, I chose to narrow my interest and focus on Charlotte Turner Smith, a marginalized woman writer. Smith �鶹��Ƶ ’s contributions to the sonnet revival influenced several canonical poets of the Romantic period, poets such as Coleridge and Wordsworth. My project raised questions of gender, influence, and canonicity �鶹��Ƶ —all prevalent questions in today �鶹��Ƶ ’s literary scholarship. From there I learned how to compile the necessary research, think critically about current scholarship and respond to it, overcome my own writing obstacles, and produce a significant body of work that would prepare me for graduate study in English. In the process, I discovered how exciting scholarship can be.

�鶹��Ƶ –Jess Domanico, BA �鶹��Ƶ ‘11

Students on the Communications Major

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Student Media and Clubs Communications

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The Billboard is �鶹��Ƶ's campus newspaper. Students may work on The Billboard as part of a student club, for class credit, or for work study. To learn more about The Billboard, click on the link provided.

The Bottom Shelf Review is �鶹��Ƶ's literary magazine. Run by and for Wilson students, the magazine publishes the best in prose, poetry, and drama by the entire Wilson community. To learn more about The Bottom Shelf Review, click on the link provided.

To read about the history of student media at Wilson, click here.

The Kittochtinny Players, the �鶹��Ƶ Dramatics Society works hand-in-hand with the Department's minor in theater. The group puts on a major production every Spring and sponsors Wilson's wacky comedy-improv group, The All-American Kumquats.

The Department also sponsors an annual Writers Series, houses the campus radio station, and often sponsors field trips to lectures, theater, conferences, and other events.

How has your work on the campus newspaper influenced you?

Since joining the Billboard staff, I have found that my writing skills have improved. You do not know how challenging it truly is to right in present tense constantly and not use any past tense. Editing is a major portion of Billboard, and for me, this is wonderful. I hope to be an editor some day soon, and this has helped me to further my own skills as an editor. To this day I am still improving my writing and editing skills by working on the campus newspaper.

-Mallory Sunderland, BA �鶹��Ƶ ‘14

Writing for The Billboard was my first experience ever writing for a newspaper. I had no idea what I needed to do, or that an article had to be formatted a certain way. Working there gave me a place where I could learn without judgment and become a writer. When I became one of the Editors-in-Chief my senior year, I took on a big challenge but I found something that again I loved to do. Things that seemed so small such as writing up a monthly story budget, editing articles or laying out pages in InDesign, became so important a year later. Also, I am still very proud of some of the pieces I wrote during my time in Billboard and I consider them great accomplishments that I still cite as some of my best writing.

�鶹��Ƶ –Kayla Changon, BA '10

My time as Editor-in-chief of the Wilson Billboard not only enhanced my abilities as a creative writer, but also prepared me for the challenges I would face in the workforce. I learned how to collaborate with others of diverse background and skill, as well as the value of time management in the face of tight deadlines. My work with the Billboard helped me to realize my potential, and in turn I developed confidence and valuable leadership skills that will last a lifetime.

�鶹��Ƶ –Kimberly Maske-Mertz, �鶹��Ƶ ’08, MA �鶹��Ƶ ’14, current Billboard co-advisor

Minor in Communications

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For more information, contact:

Dr. JZ Long

Associate Professor of Communications

Division of Arts and Letters
jonathan.long@wilson.edu

Course Requirements for Communications

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COM 105 Intro to Media Communications
COM 110 Effective Speaking
COM 130 Digital Communications and Design
ENG 201 Media Writing
COM 220 Interpersonal Communication
COM 233 Integrated Marketing and Advertising
COM 242 Social Media and Society
COM 240 Public Relations
COM 303 Media Law and Ethics
COM 304 Media Theory and Methods
COM 332 Web Communications and Design
COM 3XX Strategic Communications

COM 355 Communications Internship
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LDR 349 Leadership Models and Practices

Careers in Communications

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What Can I Do With a Major in Communications?

Sample Occupations: The following listings are occupations you can pursue with a Communications Degree. Please note that this list is not exhaustive. There are many careers for which a Communications Degree prepares you. Also note that occupations that require an advanced degree are also listed. For help in identifying more information about the occupations listed below, please visit the Career Development Center, Lenfest 103 and 104 (phone: 717-262-2006 or email career@wilson.edu).

Sample Occupations
Advertising director
Announcer
Author
Book editor
Bookstore manager
Broadcast supervisor
Camera operator
Circulation manager
Communications specialist
Copy editor
Copy writer
Correspondent
Court reporter
Critic
Darkroom technician
Department editor
Disc jockey
Dubbing editor
Editorial assistant
Educational affairs director
Electronic publishing specialist
Feature writer
Fiction author
Filmmaker
Freelance reporter
Fundraiser
Grant writer
Illustrator
Indexer
Investigative reporter
Journalist
Librarian
Literary agent
Lyricist
Magazine editor
Media director
Media relations representative
News anchor
Newspaper editor
News writer
Nonfiction author
Novelist
Photojournalist
Playwright
Poet
Press secretary
Print production manager
Publications editor
Public information officer
Public relations specialist
Publisher
Professor
Reporter
Script writer
Speechwriter
Spokesperson
Station manager
Stringer
Syndicated columnist
Teacher
Technical writer
Traffic manager
Wire editor

Sample Work Settings
Advertising agencies
Book stores
Cable systems
Editing firms
Educational institutions
Finance industry
Freelance
Home offices
Journals and magazines
Libraries
Literary journal
Marketing firms
Medical industry
Newspapers
Nonprofit associations
Printing presses
Professional organizations
Public relations industry
Publishing companies
Radio stations
Sports organizations
Television stations
Wire services
Writing firms

(Adapted by permission from the website of the career center at the University of North Carolina, Asheville.)

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HEAR FROM A WILSON STUDENT!

In addition to moving on to a wide variety of career options, many of our graduates head to graduate school. Listen to a few of them talk about how Wilson prepared them for graduate study. Meg Oldman graduated from �鶹��Ƶ with a major in English in 2008. While at the college, she completed Honors in the major. Meg went on to earn her Master �鶹��Ƶ ’s in English at Marshall University, where she earned a full teaching assistantship. Meg is currently in the Ph.D. program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Wilson's English Department prepared me for my study in English at Marshall University by holding me to the same standards as the graduate program. My upper level English courses at Wilson challenged my critical thinking and analysis skills in ways that I am finding comparable to my current courses. I was encouraged by my advisor to do both an internship and a thesis which prepared me for a "real world" job and Master's level academic writing. Presentations, which were required in most courses, also made me realize that I wanted to teach at the collegiate level and helped me get my Teaching Assistantship, which is paying my full tuition and affording me a generous yearly stipend. The selection of courses available in the program at Wilson appeals to many tastes, but is also specific enough to allow the student to pursue an emphasis in certain genres and periods of literature. These selections allowed me to find my interest in Medieval Literature, which is what my M.A. will be in, but gave me breadth in several different subjects. I am sincerely grateful for the education and preparation the English Department gave me.
�鶹��Ƶ –Meg Oldman BA �鶹��Ƶ ‘08

SATOKO UNNO, �鶹��Ƶ ‘08
An international student from Japan, Satoko completed a second degree in English with a concentration in writing in 2008. After graduation, Satoko completed her MA at Millersville University earned an assistantship at the Children's Literature Center at Millersville University. My current graduate study program is Social Work, which seems totally different from my second undergraduate program, English. However, my studies at Wilson certainly prepared me for the Master �鶹��Ƶ ’s of Social Work program. I am demonstrating great ability as an imaginative writer in analyzing scholarly papers and creating social welfare programs to focus on what these programs will accomplish. Whenever I read a scholarly paper, I imagine what kind of person the author is, what his or her purpose is, and who his or her target readers are. This habit, which was developed while studying at Wilson, helps me understand what the author is trying to say and analyze the author �鶹��Ƶ ’s ideas. Moreover, when creating social programs, imaginative ability is necessary to meet different client population's needs. A social worker needs to suppose he or she is in each client's place and create the social practice to help the client achieve social justice. A social worker needs to be a scientist and an artist. My studies with the �鶹��Ƶ English department helped me become a thoughtful scientist and an imaginative artist.
�鶹��Ƶ –Satoko Unno, BA �鶹��Ƶ ‘08

Want to learn more about these and other Department graduates? Visit our �鶹��Ƶ “See What Our Graduates Are Up To �鶹��Ƶ ” page to see what they did after graduation.

See What Our Graduates Are Up To

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What do our majors do after graduation?

By looking below, you can see what some of our graduates did after leaving Wilson.

LAUREN KERSHNER (2013)
After graduation, Lauren earned a position as the Police/Municipal Government reporter/correspondent for the Sentinel newspaper in Lewistown, PA.

CASEY BEIDEL (2013)

After graduation, Casey enrolled in the M.A. in Humanities program at Wilson and earned a Graduate Assistantship in the Writing Center at the College.

ANGELLA DAGENHART (2012)

After graduation, Angella became Circulation Manager at the Grove Public Library. She is also enrolled in the M.A. in Humanities program at Wilson.

BROOKE KETRON (2012)

After graduation, Brooke began working as a Newsletter Reporter for the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association. She also works with CANTER Pennsylvania.

COURTNEY D. WOLFE (2012)

After graduation, Courtney earned a position as an assistant in the �鶹��Ƶ Communications Office. Courtney is also enrolled in the M.A. in Humanities program at Wilson.

JANESSA LYNNE DEMEULE (2011)

After graduation, Janessa started working with City Year.

JESSICA M. DOMANICO (2011)

After graduation, Jess pursued her M.A. in English at Auburn University. Jess received a full teaching assistantship toward graduate study. After completing her degree, Jess earned a position as a full-time member of the faculty in English at Point University in West Point, GA.

XIAOMENG LI (2011)

After graduation, Xiaomeng began working on her M.A. in New Arts Journalism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

KAYLA CHAGNON (2010)

After graduation, Kayla began working on a Master's in Journalism at Syracuse University. After completing her M.A., Kayla worked as a research associate at Prevention magazine and for Rodale Publications.

NATHALIE DJIGUIMKOUDRE (2010)

After graduation, Nathalie began working on her graduate degree in Linguistics at Florida Atlantic University. Nathalie received a full teaching assistantship from the University.

JACQUELYN VALENCIA (2010)

After graduation, Jacquelyn began working on her Master's in Creative Writing / English at West Chester University.

KIMBERLY ALLEN (2009)

After graduation, Kim began teaching speech and theater in a Chicago-area high school.

STEPHANIE BECKNER (2009)

After graduation, Stephanie started working for the Bedford Area School District, teaching English.

REBECCA CHEEK (2009)

After graduation, Rebecca became a middle-school teacher in English and writing at the Broadfording Christian Academy.

MICHELLE PEARSON-CASEY (2009)

After graduation, Michelle began working as Corporate Communications Manager at Olympic Steel, Inc.

ASHLEY BARNER (2008)

After graduation, Ashley began working on her M.A. in English at the University of Delaware, where she received a full teaching assistantship from the University. She is now working on her Ph.D. at Ohio University.

KIMBERLY MASKE-MERTZ (2008)

After graduation, Kim began writing freelance for several publications, including The Bloomsbury Review. Kim currently acts as a Student Media Coordinator at �鶹��Ƶ and is enrolled in the M.A. in Humanities program at �鶹��Ƶ.

RUTH MEG OLDMAN (2008)

After graduation, Meg began working on her M.A. in English at Marshall University in Huntington, WV, where she received a full teaching assistantship from the University. After completing her M.A., Meg enrolled in the Ph.D. program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

SATOKO UNNO (2008)

After graduation, Satoko began working towards a Master's of Social Work degree at Millersville University. Satoko also earned an assistantship at the Children's Literature Center at Millersville.

HEATHER BURKE (2007)

After graduation, Heather began working on her M.A. in Creative Writing at Newcastle University in Newcastle After Tyne, England.

ELIZABETH CLEVER (2007)

After graduation, Elizabeth went to the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg as a Master of Divinity student. Upon completion of her degree, Elizabeth earned a pastoral position in a parish in western Pennsylvania.

SHERI DAVIS-CORDELL (2007)

After graduation, Shari started working in the Education Department at Dickinson College.

ROBIN HERRING (2007)

After graduation, Robin worked in the office of the Academic Dean at �鶹��Ƶ. She is also currently a Student Media Coordinator at Wilson.

CARYN WATON (2007)

After graduation, Caryn starting working toward her Master's program in Communications at Shippensburg University.

THERESA MAY YAUKEY (2006)

After graduation, Theresa entered Penn State University's Dickinson School of the Law. Theresa earned her license in 2010 and works as a lawyer in Chambersburg.

RACHEL E. FORD (née WARD) (2005)

After graduation, Rachel began working at WGRC-FM in Lewisburg, PA. Rachel works in the radio newsroom and serves as their full-time public relations and production assistant. She also writes freelance for a local weekly.

JESSICA KING (2005)

After graduation, Jessica began working full time at the Lewistown Sentinel newspaper as a court reporter.

KARI McCAULEY (2005)

After graduation, Kari began working for the Washington County Board of Education in Maryland as a seventh grade English Language Arts teacher.

DeENDA ROTZ (2005)

After graduation, DeEnda began working as assistant director of the Mercersburg Academy �鶹��Ƶ ’s Alumni and Parent Programs in their Alumni and Development Department.

JESSICA STEINRUCK (2005)

After graduation, Jessica began working as an Entertainment Reporter and Sales Associate for WFMZ Channel 69 News in Allentown, PA.

Did you graduate from Wilson with a major in English, Communications, or Equine Journalism? We �鶹��Ƶ ’d love to hear from you! Email us at mcornelius@wilson.edu and update us on what you are doing!