Keri K. Stephens
@kerikstephens.bsky.social
Social scientist, organizational comm. Infrastructure, flood communication, disasters, crisis, AI, mobile communication.
Congrats to all my advisees graduating this May! Dr. Anastazja Harris, Dr. Jiayu Sun, Dr.Yifan Xu, and Sabiha Muna, MA. #orgcomm @texasmoody.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Congrats to all my advisees graduating this May! Dr. Anastazja Harris, Dr. Jiayu Sun, Dr.Yifan Xu, and Sabiha Muna, MA. #orgcomm @texasmoody.bsky.social
Congrats, Dr. Xu! Yifan Xu defended her dissertation today! @texasmoody.bsky.social. Thank you to a wonderful committee! @innzus.bsky.social Josh Barbour, Craig Scott, &Elliott Hauser.
April 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Congrats, Dr. Xu! Yifan Xu defended her dissertation today! @texasmoody.bsky.social. Thank you to a wonderful committee! @innzus.bsky.social Josh Barbour, Craig Scott, &Elliott Hauser.
Excited to work with amazing academic and community partners to do this work!
#TEXASMoody professor Keri Stephens will collaborate with Rice University and Texas A&M to improve flood resilience in rural areas. The researchers are using communication strategies to help mitigate flood risks in Texas communities.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/kerifloodres...
Learn more: tinyurl.com/kerifloodres...
February 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Excited to work with amazing academic and community partners to do this work!
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Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
6. The policy does not just affect funding going forward. All existing NIH grants will have their indirect rates cut to 15% as of today, the date of issuance.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
Just reviewed top paper candidates for an ICA Division on the same day I’m finishing 3 reviews for journals. These papers are INCREDIBLE!! They all deserve to be top papers & the authors need to get them under review because I want to cite them! All different methods, a theory paper, & fantastic!
January 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Just reviewed top paper candidates for an ICA Division on the same day I’m finishing 3 reviews for journals. These papers are INCREDIBLE!! They all deserve to be top papers & the authors need to get them under review because I want to cite them! All different methods, a theory paper, & fantastic!
Great new work just published!
"Effective ethical interventions in emerging technologies such as robotic autonomy demand situated understandings of the practices that shape them."
See the latest from Yifan Xu and Elliott Hauser in the newest issue. #hmc
See the latest from Yifan Xu and Elliott Hauser in the newest issue. #hmc
January 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Great new work just published!
80% of my #CrisisCommunication course students spontaneously mentioned that learning about using #GenAI in smart ways was their top take-away from my course. I encouraged them to reflect on how they used it, and I think they became more responsible as a result! So proud of their ethical practices!
December 19, 2024 at 3:47 AM
80% of my #CrisisCommunication course students spontaneously mentioned that learning about using #GenAI in smart ways was their top take-away from my course. I encouraged them to reflect on how they used it, and I think they became more responsible as a result! So proud of their ethical practices!
Fantastic two-day writing intensive retreat with my incredible co-editor for the #HandbookofInfrastructureCommunication, Kasey Faust. This handbook (Wiley, 2027) is an interdisciplinary set of 32 chapters from Civil Engineering, Built Environment, and lots of Communication sub disciplines.
December 17, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Fantastic two-day writing intensive retreat with my incredible co-editor for the #HandbookofInfrastructureCommunication, Kasey Faust. This handbook (Wiley, 2027) is an interdisciplinary set of 32 chapters from Civil Engineering, Built Environment, and lots of Communication sub disciplines.
Providing detailed feedback on grad class team papers, and I just quoted Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in my feedback to them. “Turtle Power” is the type of unity needed to not love our own words too much when writing in a team. I can’t wait to read their final papers! #resilience #communication
December 6, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Providing detailed feedback on grad class team papers, and I just quoted Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in my feedback to them. “Turtle Power” is the type of unity needed to not love our own words too much when writing in a team. I can’t wait to read their final papers! #resilience #communication
For over 20 years, in early Dec. I pick my end-of-the-semester, treat-me day. This might be a staycation day, spa day, or hiking day, but it’s something that motivates me to get through the chaos of this time of year. I encourage others to do this, so I’m curious what fun things have you planned?
December 4, 2024 at 5:39 AM
For over 20 years, in early Dec. I pick my end-of-the-semester, treat-me day. This might be a staycation day, spa day, or hiking day, but it’s something that motivates me to get through the chaos of this time of year. I encourage others to do this, so I’m curious what fun things have you planned?
Grad students in @icacat.bsky.social and ICAMobile, great opportunity at this Doctoral Consortium!
PhD students whose work connects with Communication and Technology and/or Mobile Communication theories, methods, and topics are encouraged to apply to the Doctoral Consortium, an #ICA25 pre-conference to be held on Thurs Jun 12.
https://buff.ly/3USZB4A
https://buff.ly/3USZB4A
December 4, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Grad students in @icacat.bsky.social and ICAMobile, great opportunity at this Doctoral Consortium!
Loved presenting our research at #NCA2024! #NSFfunded work on Strengthening America’s Infrastructure. Working with water utilities and communities to help them prepare for extreme cold weather.
November 22, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Loved presenting our research at #NCA2024! #NSFfunded work on Strengthening America’s Infrastructure. Working with water utilities and communities to help them prepare for extreme cold weather.
We are having a crisis comm crash course tonight at UTAustin!! Come join us if you are in town.
November 19, 2024 at 12:19 AM
We are having a crisis comm crash course tonight at UTAustin!! Come join us if you are in town.
I enjoyed speaking at #AILive @UTexas with @scraigwatkins and ScottGraham @UTAustin Discussed #HumanAITeaming and #disasters. Such a great 3-day event including my colleagues @UTGoodSystems.
November 16, 2024 at 1:30 AM
I enjoyed speaking at #AILive @UTexas with @scraigwatkins and ScottGraham @UTAustin Discussed #HumanAITeaming and #disasters. Such a great 3-day event including my colleagues @UTGoodSystems.
Enjoyed sharing my teams' work for the past 5 years around flood communication. youtu.be/r4qdM5s35jk
Narrowing the Gap Between Technical Flood Knowledge and Nontechnical Audiences
YouTube video by Organizing Practices through Tech., Info., & Comm.
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November 12, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Enjoyed sharing my teams' work for the past 5 years around flood communication. youtu.be/r4qdM5s35jk