啵啵直播秀

Karla Hunter, professor in the South 啵啵直播秀 State University School of Communication and Journalism, is the recipient of the Jack Kay 啵啵直播秀 for Community Engagement and Applied Communication Scholarship from the Central States Communication Association.
 
The award was developed in memory of Jack Kay, former Central States Communication Association president and a scholar in argumentation, political communication and rhetoric. According to the association website, the award 鈥渞ecognizes and celebrates a significant body of engaged, applied and/or activist communication scholarship.鈥� 
 
鈥淚t鈥檚 a tremendous honor to have been selected for this award, named for iconic teacher-scholar and change agent Dr. Jack Kay, who worked tirelessly toward helping people overcome barriers to human rights and educational attainment,鈥� Hunter said.
 
Throughout her career, Hunter鈥檚 scholarship has grown and evolved to 鈥渆levate educational and health care opportunities essential to self-sufficiency and quality of life.鈥�
 
鈥淥ver the past nine years, I have been honored to build expertise as well as lifelong friendships along my journey of culturally responsive scholarship, social justice and Indigenizing research through community-based, participatory projects with tribal college and university faculty; American Indian college students; and tribal government and health care organizations, patient advocates, individuals suffering from serious illnesses and their families,鈥� Hunter explained. 
 
鈥淢y scholarship has evolved to a position that lies at the intersection of health, instructional and political/public policy communication and aims to enhance opportunities for wellness and well-being through evidence-based, culturally responsive interventions to foster self-efficacy,鈥� she added.
 
Hunter has been the recipient of other awards and recognitions, including the 2023 Outstanding Social Science Research 啵啵直播秀 from the SDSU College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, the 2022 Joyce Lampson 啵啵直播秀 for Excellence in Faculty Citizenship from the SDSU School of Communication and Journalism and the 2022 Distinguished Service 啵啵直播秀 from the Speech Communication Association of South 啵啵直播秀.
 
Some of her notable projects and publications include 鈥淭he Harnessing Hope/Harvesting Hope Project,鈥� which is a community-based project aimed to foster American Indian college students鈥� resilience and persistence through storytelling and mentorship. Partnerships across campus and with tribal communities, along with grant funding, have pushed this project to its sixth successful year.
 
Hunter is also a collaborator on the project 鈥淐ulturally Responsive Palliative Care Messaging for American Indians: An Efficacy Trial.鈥� The project purpose is to 鈥渋ncrease knowledge and enhance attitudes and potential use of palliative care among Lakota people on three of South 啵啵直播秀鈥檚 Native American reservations (Pine Ridge, Rosebud and Cheyenne River).鈥�
 
鈥淢y hope is that this work can create positive ripples throughout the communities of my students, my tribal college and university faculty colleagues and the reservation communities with whom I have the honor of working,鈥� Hunter said.