ASHLEIGH M. DAY Curricula Vitae PERSONAL Office: Department of Communication Wayne State University 906 W. Warren Avenue 508 Manoogian Hall Detroit, Michigan 48201 Email: Ashleigh.Day@wayne.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. M.A. B.A. Wayne State University, Department of Communication, In Progress Projected Graduation: May 2019 Chair: Dr. Julie M. Novak Committee: Drs. Matthew W. Seeger and Pradeep Sopory Outside Committee Member: Wanda Gibson-Scipio, PhD, APRN, BC Northern Arizona University, Department of Communication Graduated: May 2013 Thesis Title: The 2012 Presidential Campaign s Use of Ideographic Rhetoric Involving the American Dream Chair: Dr. Calvin Brant Short Committee: Drs. Julie Madrone Schutten and Laura Umphrey University of Arizona, Department of Communication Graduated: May 2011 RESEARCH Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications: Day, A. M. (in press). Performance, possums, and photo-ops, too: Marginalizing binaries at the Wausau Possum Festival. Western Journal of Communication. Day, A. M. (in press). Salmonella in the student union!: Applying the best practices in crisis communication in a mock crisis activity. Discourse: The Journal of the Speech Communication Association of South Dakota, 4. Day, A. M. (2017). Companion animals and natural disasters: A systematic review of literature. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 24, 81-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.05.015
Day 2 Eckert, S., Sopory, P., Day, A., Wilkins, L., Padgett, D., Novak, J.,... Gamhewage, G. (2017). Health-related disaster communication and social media: Mixed-method systematic review. Health Communication, 1-12. doi:10.1080/10410236.2017.1351278 Book Chapters: Day, A. M., & Novak, J. M. (in press). Families, companion animals, and the CSZ disaster: Implications for crisis and risk communication. In V. Fletcher & J. Lovejoy (Eds.), The really big one : Risk, health and environmental communication (pp.). Lexington Press. Seeger, M. W., Reynolds, B., & Day, A. M. (in press). Crisis an emergency risk communication (CERC): The beginnings, advancements and extant research, and the future. In W. Johansen and F. Frandsen (Eds.), Handbook of Crisis Communication (Vol. 23). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. White Paper Publications: Sopory, P., Day, A., Novak, J., Eckert, S., Wilkins, L., Padgett, D.,... Gamhewage, G. (2016). Evidence syntheses to support the guideline on emergency risk communication: Q5: What are the best and most generalizable emergency risk communication activities that build trust in health authorities as a source of health protection information among affected communities and other stakeholders? World Health Organization. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/risk-communication/guidance/process/systematic-reviews/en/ Padgett, D., Sopory, P., Nickell, J., Day, A., Wilkins, L., Eckert, S., Gamhewage, G. (2016). Evidence syntheses to support the guideline on emergency risk communication: Q7: What are the elements and steps of effective, strategic communication planning? World Health Organization. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/riskcommunication/guidance/process/systematic-reviews/en/ Novak, J., Day, A., Sopory, P., Wilkins, L., Padgett, D., Eckert, S., Gamhewage, G. (2016). Evidence syntheses to support the guideline on emergency risk communication: Q9: What are the best ways to engage communities in emergency risk communication activities to respond to events/ contexts? World Health Organization. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/risk-communication/guidance/process/systematic-reviews/en/ Eckert, S., Sopory, P., Day, A., Wilkins, L., Padgett, D., Novak, J.,... Gamhewage, G. (2016). Evidence syntheses to support the guideline on emergency risk communication: Q10: What are the best social media channels and practices to promote health protection measures and dispel rumours and misinformation during events and emergencies with public health implications? World Health Organization. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/risk-communication/guidance/process/systematic-reviews/en/ Sopory, P., Day, A., Novak, J., Eckert, S., Wilkins, L., Padgett, D.,... Gamhewage, G. (2016). Evidence syntheses to support the guideline on emergency risk communication: Q11: What are the best ways to communicate uncertainties to public audiences, at-risk
Day 3 communities, and stakeholders? World Health Organization. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/risk-communication/guidance/process/systematic-reviews/en/ Wilkins, L., Sopory, P., Day, A., Eckert, S., Padgett, D., Novak, J.,... Gamhewage, G. (2016). Evidence syntheses to support the guideline on emergency risk communication: Q12: What elements and timing of messages are best at influencing public/ community levels of concern to motivate relevant actions to protect health? World Health Organization. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/risk-communication/guidance/process/systematicreviews/en/ Top Papers: Performance, possums, and political photo-ops too: Marginalizing binaries at the Wausau Possum Festival. Environmental Communication interest group. Western States Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT, February 2017. Top Panels: Crises and social media: Differences across various crises and media users (panel title). Public Relations interest group. Central State Communication Association conference, Milwaukee, WI, April 2018. Role: Organizer and presenter. Refereed Conference Paper Presentations: Day, A. M. The relevance of communicatively engaging people in health: A work-in-progress review of literature. National Communication Association, Dallas, TX, November 2017. Day, A. M., & Novak, J. M. The relevance of human-animal relationships in crisis communication and planning: Galloping towards a new dogma. National Communication Association, Dallas, TX, November 2017. Novak, J. M., & Day, A. M. Communicating crisis model: Navigating divides and integrating knowledge from research and practice to better manage crises. National Communication Association, Dallas, TX, November 2017. Seeger, M. W., McElmurry, S., Kilgore, P., & Day, A. M. Public health preparedness: Lessons from the Flint water crisis. The Preparedness Summit, Atlanta, GA, April 2017. Day, A. M. Performance, possums, and political photo-ops too: Marginalizing binaries at the Wausau Possum Festival. Western States Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT, February 2017. Day, A. M. Where do you and your dog get protein from?: Looking at the essence of the lived experience of vegans and vegetarians who live with companion animal(s). National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 2016.
Day 4 Day, A. M. Nevermind: Parodic references of nature. Eastern Communication Association, Baltimore, MD, March 31-April 3, 2016. Day, A. M. Here in <America>: Mitt Romney s use of ideographs that portray the <American> Dream in the 2012 presidential race. Western Social Science Association, Denver, CO, April 2013. Day, A. M. Is Mona smiling?: Appropriated art as a rhetorical text for whiteness. Western Social Science Association, Denver, CO, April 2013. Day, A. M. Communication and appropriated art. International Conference for Academic Disciplines, Las Vegas, NV, March 2013. Refereed Conference Panel Presentations / Exhibitions: Informational needs, media uses and informational sources in Flint, Michigan s water contamination crisis. Central States Communication Association, Minneapolis, MN, March 2017. Vegan identity as a place of magical intersectionality. Western States Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT, February 2017. Crisis, risk, and internatural communication. National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 10-13, 2016. Ethnography and an incentivized workplace wellness program on a college campus: A research proposal. Graduate Research Colloquia, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, November 2015. Academic Poster Presentations: (* indicates competitively selected) Day, A. M. Companion animals and natural disasters: A systematic review of literature. Communication Research Day, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, April 14, 2017. *Day, A. M. Participatory action research and a culture of health. Wayne State University s 2016 Graduate and Post-Doctoral Research Symposium, Detroit, MI, March 23, 2016. *Day, A. M. Wellness Warriors: An ethnographic approach to an incentivized workplace wellness program. Eastern Communication Association, Baltimore, MD, March 31-April 3, 2016. Day, A. M. If you can: Environmental organizations suggestions for sustainability. Social Institutions & Sustainability Research Symposium, Detroit, MI, September 2015.
Day 5 *Day, A. M. Fear appeals in political rhetoric. Western Social Science Association, Denver, CO, April 2013. Day, A. M. Nevermind: Nirvana s influence on the social construction of nature and implications in an overseas experience. Living Compassion Conference, Flagstaff, AZ, October 2012. Awards: Wayne State University, Department of Communication Title: 2017 Graduate Student Research Award Grants / Grant Research: Flint Area Community Health and Environment Partnership (FACHEP) / National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Grant Title: Rapid Response to Contaminants in Flint Drinking Water Grant: R21ES027199 Research Assistant, July 2016-present National Communication Association, Affirmative Action and Intercaucus Committee Recipient Student Travel Grant, November 2017 Student Travel Grant, November 2016 World Health Organization Grant Student Coordinator / Research Assistant, / Co-Author February 2016-February 2017 Topic: Emergency Risk Communication ACADEMIC POSITIONS Wayne State University (Detroit, MI) Graduate Research Assistant Supervisor: Dr. Matthew W. Seeger January 2017-Present Graduate Teaching Assistant August 2015-December 2016 Courses COM 1010 - Oral Communication: Basic Speech Sections to date: 5 COM 3300 - Business and Professional Presentations Sections to date: 1 Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ) Graduate Teaching Assistant August 2011-June 2013 Course CST 111 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Day 6 Sections to date: 12 University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) Undergraduate Preceptor January 2011-May 2011 Course LASC 391 - Experimental Mathematics INVITED LECTURES Invited Lecture, Theories of Communication. Holly Reiss, M.A. Wayne State University (Fall 2017). Topic: Human-Animal Communication, Theory, and Research (and group activity). Invited Lecture, Nonverbal Communication. Jaclyn Gaule, M.A. Wayne State University (Fall 2017). Topic: Human-Animal Communication and Nonverbal Communication (and activity). Invited Lecture, Introduction to Organizational Communication. Sydney O Shay Wallace, M.A. Wayne State University (Fall 2017). Topic: Weick s Sensemaking (and activity). Invited Panelist, National Endowment for the Humanities Next Generation Humanities Ph.D., Environmental Humanities Roundtable. Rahul Mitra, Ph.D., Wayne State University (March 8, 2017). Invited Lecture, Introduction to Communication Studies. Julie Novak, Ph.D. Wayne State University (Winter 2017). Topic: Human-Animal Communication and Crisis Communication (and activity). Invited Lecture, Global Leadership and Social Change Institute: Leadership and Management for the 21 st Century. Robert Matheny. University of Michigan (Summer 2016). Topic: Health and Risk Communication. Invited Lecture, Global Leadership and Social Change Institute: Global Leadership Skills & Agents of Social Change. Robert Matheny, MSC. University of Michigan (Summer 2016). Topic: Health and Risk Communication Applied. SERVICE Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research, Volume 2, Issue 1 Editorial Assistant, 2017. Managing Editor (for Issues 1 2): Matthew W. Seeger, Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief: Timothy L. Sellnow, Ph.D. International Communication Association Reviewer, Health Communication Division, 68 th Annual International Communication Association, 2018. Reviewer, Mass Communication Division, 68 th Annual International Communication Association, 2018.
Day 7 Reviewer, Feminist Scholarship Division, 67 th Annual International Communication Association, 2017. National Communication Association Chair, Applied Communication Division: The Relevance of Communication in Managing and Responding to Zika. 103 rd National Communication Association Conference, 2017. *Due to a scheduling and timing conflict, Dr. Julie M. Novak was listed as the Chair in the NCA program* Respondent, Student Division: Confronting and Constraining Catastrophe: Case Studies in Risk and Crisis Communication. 102 nd National Communication Association, 2016. Reviewer, Student Division, 102 nd National Communication Association Conference, 2016. Central States Communication Association Reviewer, Communication Ethics, Activism, and Social Justice Division, Central States Communication Association, 2018. Wayne State University College Hearing Panel Graduate Student Representative, College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts, 2017-2018. President, Communication Graduate Student Association, 2016-2017. Lead Organizer, Doctoral Research Showcase, February 2017. Lead Organizer, Communication Research Day, April 2017. Professional Development Coordinator, Communication Graduate Student Association, 2016-2017. Reviewer, Oral Communication Competency Exam Program, October 2016. Reviewer, Oral Communication Competency Exam Program, January 2016. First Year Representative, Communication Graduate Student Association, 2015-2016. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP Eastern Communication Association Central States Communication Association National Communication Association Western States Communication Association