The Motherhood-Imposed Glass Ceiling: Prematurity, Tenure, Adoption, Department Head, HALT.  In Baring Witness to Our Lives as Mothers in Academia. Eds. Mari Castañeda & Kirsten Isgro, expected late 2012.

 “Voting 'present': Religious organizational groups on Facebook,” written by Dr. Johns, was included in Digital religion, social media and culture: Perspectives, practices and futures (Digital Formations Series, volume 78), edited by Pauline Hope Cheong, Peter Fischer-Nielsen, Stefan Gelfgren & Charles Ess. Published February 2012 by Peter Lang.

Dr. Powell (in collaboration with students in her Advanced Research Methods class): Framing Islam: An analysis of U.S. media coverage of terrorism since 9/11. Special Middle East issue of Communication Studies, 62(1), 2011.

Dr. Sweet: Constituting "the People" as Rhetorical Interruption: Barack Obama and the Unfinished Hopes of an Imperfect People. Communication Studies, 61(5), 2010.

Dr. Johns served as Guest Editor of an issue focused on internet research for the Symbolic Interaction (the journal of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction) 33 Number 4 – Fall, 2010). 

Dr. Powell: Creating a Family through Foster-Adoption: Media Portrayal of the Foster Care System in the U.S., Iowa Journal of Communication, 42(2), Spring 2010.

Dr. Johns: Going Off to College--No More! Lutheran Partners (online edition), April/May 2010.

Dr. Powell's Fulbright Scholar experiences in the United Arab Emirates are a feature story in the 2009-10 Fulbright Scholar Program book.

Dr. Sweet contributed a chapter, The rhetorical turn, in T. Pierce (Ed.), The evolution of human communication from theory to practice (pp. 225-260). Oshawa, Ontario: EtrePress, 2009.

Dr. Johns contributed a chapter, Media of mass communication, in T. Pierce (Ed.), The evolution of human communication from theory to practice (pp. 151-186). Oshawa, Ontario: EtrePress, 2009.

Dr. Sweet's review of the book Seers, witches, and psychics on screen: An analysis of women visionary characters in recent television and film by Karin Beeler was published in Femspec 10.1 (2009).

Dr. Johns' review of Haring, K. (2007) Ham radio's technical culture, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press appeared in New Reviews in Cyberculture Studies (http://rccs.usfca.edu/booklist.asp), 2009.

Dr. Johns was a contributing writer for Rediscovering the Book of Faith leader guide, 2008. And author of the Book of Faith study of Exodus, 2009, published by Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis.

Dr. Lerstrom: Advising Jay: A Case Study Using A Situational Leadership Approach. NACADA Journal of the National Academic Advising Association. (2008)

Dr. Powell edited a book, The 21st Century Emirati Woman: Championship Speeches. Zayed University, July 2007.

Dr. Powell: My Voice, My Future: A Public Speaking Contest Gives Students a Voice. Zawaya Magazine. Published by Zayed University, United Arab Emirates, 2007.