Name: Donna Flayhan
Academic Rank: Associate Professor
Department: Communication & Media
Expertise Keywords: Gulf War Syndrome, Media Ecology, Toxic Aftermath of 9/11, Toxic Disasters and Public Health Policy, Carbon Monoxide Health Education Campaign, Cell Phones and Sudden Death Post-9/11, Lower Manhattan Public Health Project, Media Studies, Peer-reviewed science 9/11 Rescue and Recovery Workers, Public Relations and Public Health, Social Media and Social Revolution, Tobacco Use and Prevention, West Nile Virus Spray Policy and Public Health
Available For: interviews, essays, speaking
Expertise: Public Health, Public Health Campaigns, Social Justice Campaigns, Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Media Ecology
Currrent Research: Social Media and Social Revolution: Case Study of Egypt and Arab Spring
Social Media and Social Revolution: Occupy Movements
The Lower Manhattan Public Health Project: A Coordinated Effort to Understand Illnesses Emerging from 9/11
Public Health and Public Health Policy Related to Hydraulic Fracturing
Contact Information
E-mail Address: flayhand@newpaltz.edu
Home Phone: 845-338-3870
Other Information
Positions held prior to joining SUNY New Paltz:
Professor, Chair of Department, Goucher College, Baltimore
Director, Carbon Monoxide Awareness Campaign, Baltimore
Education
| Colleges/ Universities Attended |
Dates Attended |
Degree Conferred |
Year Conferred |
Major Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Iowa | 1990-1997 | MA | 1993 | Communication Studies |
| University of Iowa | 1990-1997 | PhD | 1997 | Communication Studies |
| University of New Hampshire | 1986-1990 | BA | 1990 | Political Science and Communicat |
Awards/Grants/Honors
Phi Beta Kappa 1989
Phi Kappa Phi 1989
Pi Gamma Mu 1989
Outstanding Dissertation Award 1998
Carbon Monoxide Research Grant Late 1990s
Gulf War Syndrome/Neurasthenia Research Grant Late 1990, early 2000s
Provost's Research Grant SUNY--New Paltz 2005-06
Jaques Ellul Award for Outstanding Media Ecology Activism for Lower Manhattan Public Health Work 2007
Organizational Memberships
Immediate Past President, New York State Communication Association, 2011
Editorial Board, Communication Quarterly, 2011
Eastern Communication Association
International Communication Association
Union of Concerned Scientists
