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Dolores Albarracín Named Editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

The Alexandra Heyman Nash University Professor will begin editing the Attitudes and Social Cognition section on January 1, 2023.

• Health Communication

Mutz Wins 2022 American Political Science Association Best Book Award

Her book, "Winners and Losers: The Psychology of Foreign Trade," reveals how people's orientations toward in-groups and out-groups influence how they think about trade with foreign countries

• Political Communication

Global Communication Scholar Aswin Punathambekar to Join Annenberg

In addition to his own research on media globalization, Punathambekar will direct the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication.

• Culture & Media
• Global Communication
• Media Institutions
• Technology & Society

Prof. Robert Hornik Receives Chaffee Career Achievement Award at ICA 2022

The prestigious award comes in honor of Hornik's impact on the field of health communication and of evaluating messaging campaigns' ability to drive behavior change.

• Health Communication

Desmond Patton Appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

Interim President Wendell Pritchett and Interim Provost Beth Winkelstein announce the appointment of Desmond Upton Patton as the University of Pennsylvania’s thirty-first Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, effective July 1, 2022.

• Culture & Media
• Media Institutions
• Technology & Society

At Commencement, Jamieson Hails Penn’s Role in Fighting Pandemic

In speaking to the classes of 2020 and 2021 master’s and doctoral degrees, Kathleen Hall Jamieson involved the losses wrought by the pandemic — and lauded the Penn community's efforts in combating the coronavirus.

Global Media Scholar Juan Llamas-Rodriguez to Join Annenberg Faculty

Llamas-Rodriguez's research interests include media representations of the U.S./Mexico border and the proliferation of media content that transcends borders.

• Culture & Media
• Global Communication

Kathleen Hall Jamieson Receives 2022 Mitofsky Award

Professor and APPC Director honored for her pioneering work on fact checking and research into political deception and misinformation in America

• Media Institutions
• Political Communication

Julia Ticona Named 2022-23 Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Fellow

As a CASBS fellow, she will work on a book project about labor platforms and domestic carework in the digital economy.

• Technology & Society

Climate Scientist Michael Mann to Join Penn Faculty

Michael E. Mann will be joining the School of Arts & Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School.

• Media Institutions