On this edition of The Research Report from Augusta University, Assistant History Professor Melissa DeVelvis discusses her new book Gendering Secession: White Women and Politics in South Carolina, 1859–1861. Examining diaries and letters, Dr. DeVelvis looks at how Palmetto State women responded to the state's secession from the United States, which…

On this edition of The Research Report, Jim Ogden, the historian at Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Parks, talks about doing history for the National Park Service. He discusses his own education and work at these two key Civil War battle sites with host David Bulla. Ogden participated in the 32nd annual Sachsman Symposium on the 19th Ce…

On this edition of The Research Report, Lincoln scholars Orville Vernon Burton of Clemson University and Greg Borchard of UNLV talk about research on Abraham Lincoln. Burton is the author of The Age of Lincoln, and Borchard is the author of Lincoln Mediated and Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley. They discuss with host David Bulla what upcoming Lin…

On this edition of The Research Report, Dr. Joel O. Iverson, communication professor at the University of Montana, discusses risk and crisis communication as it pertains to wildfires. Iverson works with U.S. Forest Service on communication strategies as community fire destruction has become a major national (and international) crisis, as witnessed …

On this edition of The Research Report, Katrina Quinn, professor at Slippery Rock University, talks with David Bulla about her book The Civil War Soldier and the Press. Quinn wrote the book with the late David Sachsman and Dea Lisica. It is the latest in a series of books from the Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Express…

Dianne Bragg, Hub Burton, and Jennifer Moore join David Bulla for a discussion about the history of the Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression, which was started in the early 1990s by Dr. David Sachsman at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Sachsman was the West Chair of Excellence in the Department of Comm…

Professor Emeritus of History Hubert van Tuyll and Professor of Political Science Craig Albert join David Bulla for a discussion on the war in Ukraine. Van Tuyll and Albert provide a historical, political and military analysis of the conflict. Ethan Balducci is the producer. The Research Report podcast is produced at the TVC Lab at Augusta Universi…

Frank LoMonte, an attorney for CNN, is the guest on this special edition of The Research Report podcast. Here he gives the 2023 Future of the First Amendment Lecture at Augusta University. The Research Report is produced by Ethan Balducci. It is a production of the Department of Communication at Augusta University. This lecture was recorded in the …

Professor Will Hatcher, chair of the Department of Social Sciences at Augusta University, features on this episode of The Research Report to discuss his new book, Work-Life Balance in Higher Education (from Routledge). His co-author is Bruce D. McDonald III of N.C. State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Hatcher has his Ph.D. in Public Policy …

On this edition of The Research Report, Dr. Andrew Goss, professor of History at Augusta University, joins Dr. David W. Bulla for a discussion of his new book, The Routledge Handbook of Science and Empire,. The engineer is Ethan Balducci, with Timothy Williams serving as audio lab engineer and co-producer. Martha Medrano is the lab intern. The Rese…

Dr. Samuel Perry, associate professor of sociology at the University of Oklahoma, discusses his research projects. Dr. Perry is an alumnus of Augusta University, where he majored in Communication and minored in Sociology. After graduating summa cum laude at Dallas Theological Seminary, Dr. Perry earned his master’s degree in Social Sciences from th…

Dr. Steven Venette, a Communication professor from the University of Southern Mississippi, joins The Research Report podcast to discuss how communication during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Venette has his Ph.D. in Speech Communication from North Dakota State University. He teaches health and crisis communication and is a long-time supporter of …

Journalist Sea Stachura talks with The Research Report host David Bulla about the making of "Shots in the Back," Stachura's Murrow Award-winning podcast about the 1970 Augusta Riots. The Research Report's Producer is Ethan Balducci, with support from Timothy Williams, the manager of the Augusta University TVC/Audio Lab. The podcast is a Production …

Associate Professor Dustin Avent-Holt of Augusta University's Department of Social Sciences discusses his research with The Research Report Host David Bulla. Avent-Holt's recent work includes his Oxford University Press book "Relational Inequalities," co-authored with Donald Tomaskovic-Devey of UMass. The Research Report's Producer is Ethan Balducc…

Augusta University Communication Professor Debbie van Tuyll talks to The Research Report host David Bulla about her latest book, on the Irish American Press. This episode of the Research Report was produced by Lauren Salsman. The Research Report is a production of the Department of Communication at Augusta University. The Research Report from Augus…