CAS_Newsletter_Spring_2021

1200 S. Jay St. Aberdeen, SD 57401-7198 northern.edu Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Aberdeen, South Dakota Permit No. 77 Visit northern.edu , click on “ Give Now” and select “College of Arts and Sciences” to support the College of Arts and Sciences. Update your contact information with the NSU Foundation to hear about alumni events in your area or contact the NSU Foundation to learn more, 605-626-2550. Your donations fund: Student travel | Speaker series | Scholarships | Student research TODAY IS THE DAY SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AT NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY New at NSU DR. NUURRIANTI JALLI , Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, joined Northern State University in 2021. She taught previously at Curtin University, Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. She grew up in Malaysia and left her home country in 2013 to pursue a Ph.D. in Mass Communication at Ohio University. After her graduation in 2017, she went back to her home country to teach for a few years before joining NSU faculty and moving to Aberdeen. At Universiti Teknologi MARA in Malaysia, she was a senior lecturer, served as a research fellow, and won several national research grants and consultation projects. During her tenure at Universiti Teknologi MARA, she advised post-graduate research projects (Master’s and Ph.D.) and did extensive research on media and democracy in Southeast Asia, media and information warfare, and information disorder in the region. She also worked closely with government agencies and ministries as an advisor, consultant, and communication strategist. Before coming to Aberdeen, Dr. Jalli also served as a visiting professor at Universitas Paramadina, Jakarta, Indonesia. She taught a post-graduate course while completing comparative research on COVID-19 stigma in Malaysia and Indonesia. Dr. Jalli has a particular interest in computational social science and social media research, and is currently working on her book on social media and politics in Southeast Asia. She enjoys writing and is a frequent contributor at The Conversation, a non-profit, independent news organization founded in Australia. She also enjoys media production and hopes to produce a documentary on politics in Southeast Asia. Beyond academia, Dr. Jalli enjoys exploring the world with her husband and has been to over fifteen countries so far. A frequent traveler and adventure enthusiast, Dr. Jalli hopes to visit more countries once it is safe to travel again. CORRECTION In the Fall 2020 issue of True North , in the note announcing the publication of the textbook Environmental Biology by Jodie Ramsay and Julie Schroer, the name of Ms. Schroer was misspelled, and the layout failed to communicate unambiguously the fact that Ms. Schroer was the co-author of the book. We apologize for those errors.