T.A. Experience:
COM 102
COMJOUR 320
COM 420
COMSOC 301
Research Interests:
Political information, emotions, and political engagement
Education:
M.S. in mass communications, Middle Tennessee State University
B.A. in English, Florida Gulf Coast University
Conference Presentations:
Wang, Y., Donaway, R.R., Bailey, R., & Borah, P. (September, 2017). It is disgusting: A study of emotional effects of presidential campaign ads. Paper presented at annual Conference of the American Political Science Association (Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Division), San Francisco, CA.
Donaway R.R, Hutchens, M.J., & Storm, C.H. (2017, August). What Makes a President? The Role of Gender, Emotion, Ideology and Sexism in Predicting Candidate Evaluations. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Chicago, IL.
Hutchens, M.J., Kelvin, W., Hmielowski, J.D., Beam, M., Donaway, R.R., & York, C. (2016). Attention to Campaign Information During the 2008 Presidential Election: An Examination of Time, Events, and Battleground States. Paper accepted to the annual conference of the International Communication Association in San Diego, CA.
Hmielowski, J.D., Donaway, R.R., Wang, Y. (2016). Examining the Differential Effects of Emotions: Anxiety, Despair, and Informed Futility. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Donaway, R.R., Hutchens, M. J., Beam, M. A., Hmielowski, J.D. (2016). Read, share, discuss: Examining the relationship between news processing, face-to-face, and online political discussion. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Wang, Y., Hmielowski, J.D., Donaway, R.R. (2016). Expanding the RISP model: Examining the conditional indirect effects of cultural cognition. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Hutchens, M. J., Donaway, R.R., Hmielowski, J.D., & Beam, M.A. (2016, June). How much do you need to know? The influence of communication on insufficiency and processing. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association in Fukuoka, Japan.
Donaway, R.R., Hutchens, M.J. (2016, March). Is sharing really discussion? An examination of predictors of political discussion online and face-to-face. Poster presented at the annual GPSA Academic Showcase, Washington State University.
Awards:
Top Poster in ComSHER Division, 2016 “Examining the Differential Effects of Emotions: Anxiety, Despair, and Informed Futility” at the annual conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1st Place Winner Social Science Division GPSA Research Exposition, 2016 “Is sharing really discussion? An examination of predictors of political discussion online and face-to-face.”