Allyson Carol Volinsky allyson.volinsky@asc.upenn.edu 3620 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (484) 432-5897 EDUCATION Ph.D. Candidate, Communication University of Pennsylvania 2019 (anticipated) Dissertation: Variation on a theme: Comparing strategies for choosing health communication campaign message topics Committee: Robert Hornik (Chair), Joseph Cappella, Emily Falk Teaching Certificate in College and University Teaching 2017 Penn Center for Teaching & Learning M.A., Communication University of Pennsylvania 2016 M.S.Ed., Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development University of Pennsylvania 2014 Graduate School of Education B.A., magna cum laude, Communication and Psychology University of Pennsylvania 2013 College of Arts and Sciences Thesis: Uncivil liberty: Discussion of incivility and norm enforcement on cable news Advisor: Kathleen Hall Jamieson PUBLICATIONS Volinsky, A. C., & Sangalang, A. (Accepted). Addressing [HEALTH TOPIC] among [POPULATION]: A fill-in-the-blank activity to promote understanding of formative health communication campaign decisions. Communication Teacher. Hornik. R. C., Volinsky, A. C., Mannis, S., Gibson, L. A., Brennan, E., Lee, S. J., & Tan, A. S. L. (Accepted). Validating the Hornik & Woolf approach to choosing media campaign themes: Do promising beliefs predict behavior change in a longitudinal study? Communication Methods & Measures. Sangalang, A., Volinsky, A. C., Liu, J., Yang, Q., Lee, S., Gibson, L., & Hornik, R. C. (Accepted). A multi-method approach to identifying promising campaign themes to prevent youth initiation of electronic cigarette use. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Volinsky, A. C., Kranzler, E. C., Gibson, L. A., & Hornik, R. C. (2018). Tobacco 21 Policy Support by U.S. Individuals Aged 13-25 Years: Evidence from a Rolling Cross-sectional Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 55(1), 129-131. BOOK CHAPTERS Jamieson, K. H., Volinsky, A., Weitz, I., & Kenski, K. (2017). The political uses and abuses of
civility and incivility. In K. Kenski & K. H. Jamieson (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of political communication. New York: Oxford University Press. REPORTS Sangalang, A., Volinsky, A. C., Yang, Q., Liu, J., Lee, S., Gibson, L. A., & Hornik, R. C. (2016). Identifying promising campaign themes to prevent youth initiation of electronic cigarette use. Philadelphia, PA: UPenn Tobacco Center for Regulatory Science, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. TEACHING Temple University Research Methods (PR 2551); Instructor Summer 2018 Klein College of Media & Communication, Public Relations University of Pennsylvania Introduction to Communication Behavior (COMM 125); Instructor Summer 2017 Penn College of Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS) Co-instructor: Elisabetta Ferrari Introduction to Communication Behavior (COMM 125); Teaching Fellow Fall 2016 Instructor: Amy Jordan AWARDS & HONORS Best Mentor, Mentor and Mentee at Penn, Penn Graduate School of Education 2018 Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students 2017 Charles Morris Price Prize, 2013 Psi Chi, International Honors Society in Psychology 2013 GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS Wharton Risk Center Russell Ackoff Doctoral Student Fellowship ($3,000) 2018 2019 Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center Graduate Research Assistantship 2013 2014 Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program 2011 Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Hornik, R. C., Volinsky, A. C., Gibson, L. A., Mannis, S., Brennan, E., Lee, S. J., & Tan, A. S. L. (2018). Validating the Hornik & Woolf approach to choosing media campaign themes: Do promising beliefs predict behavior change in a longitudinal study? Paper presentation at the 2018 annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Prague, Czech Republic. Volinsky, A. C., Sangalang, A., Yang, Q., & Hornik, R. C. (2018). Wild and daring' or 'Gross and weird'? An elicitation survey of adolescents' perceptions of e-cigarette use and peer users. Poster presentation at the 2018 Kentucky Conference on Health Communication, Lexington, KY. Volinsky, A. C., Kranzler, E. C., Gibson, L. A., & Hornik, R. C. (2018). Support for Tobacco 21 policy among youth and young adults (2014-2017). Poster presentation at the 2018 Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Volinsky, A. C., Sangalang, A., Yang, Q., & Hornik, R. C. (2017). Lonely, edgy, antisocial, rebel : An elicitation survey of adolescents perceptions of e-cigarette use and peer users. Poster presentation at the Annual Fall National Institutes of Health All Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science Grantee Meeting, Bethesda, MD. Volinsky, A. C., Sangalang, A., & Hornik, R. C. (2017) Formative research for a youth antielectronic cigarette campaign: Avoiding unintended consequences across subgroups and behavior. Oral presentation at the 67 th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, San Diego, CA. Sangalang, A., Volinsky, A. C., Yang, Q., Liu, J., Lee, S., Gibson, L. A., & Hornik, R. C. (2017). Identifying promising campaign themes to prevent youth initiation of electronic cigarette use. Oral presentation at the 2017 Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy. Gibson, L., Yang, Q., O Donnell, M. B., Liu, J., Lee, S. J., Kranzler, E. C., Volinsky, A., Jeong, M., & Hornik, R. (2016). Automated methods for content analysis in Health Communication: Comparing dictionary and supervised machine learning (SML) methods. Oral presentation at the 102 nd Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA. Sangalang A., Volinsky, A. C., Yang, Q., Liu, J., Lee, S., Gibson, L. A., Hornik, R. C. (2016). A multi-method approach to identifying promising campaign themes to prevent youth initiation of electronic cigarette use. Poster presentation at the Annual Fall National Institutes of Health All Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science Grantee Meeting, Bethesda, MD. Gibson, L. A., Sangalang, A., Volinsky, A., O Donnell, M. B., Jeong, M., Yang, Q., & Hornik. R. C. (2016). Could a fragmented communication environment reshape the narrative?: Evidence from tobacco and e-cigarette media networks. Oral presentation at the Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation, Washington D.C. Volinsky, A. C., & Kranzler. E. C. (2016). Recall of e-cigarette advertising and policy beliefs
among youth and young adults. Poster presentation at the 2016 Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. RESEARCH POSITIONS Research Fellow, Penn Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS) Faculty supervisor: Robert Hornik 2014 present Research Assistant, Children s Social Interactions and Relationships Laboratory 2013 2014 Faculty supervisor: Xinyin Chen Penn Graduate School of Education Senior Researcher, The Civility Project 2011 2014 Faculty supervisor: Kathleen Hall Jamieson Annenberg Public Policy Center SERVICE Alumni mentor, Graduate School of Education Mentor and Mentee at Penn 2017 present Messaging & Impact Workshop Series 2016 2017 at Roxborough High School Annenberg Professional Development Committee 2015 2017 Annenberg Graduate Student Symposium Committee 2017 Annenberg Graduate Student Council 2016 2017 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE University of Pennsylvania Write On Program Mentor, Kelly Writers House 2013 2014 Advised student leaders of Write On, a creative writing program run through the Kelly Writers House, serving 6 th through 8 th graders from the Henry C. Lea School Peer Manager, College of Arts and Sciences Advising Program 2012 2013 One of three Peer Managers employed by the College of Arts and Sciences advising program, serving 1,500 entering freshmen and 170 Peer Advisors MEDIA Producer, 3620 Podcast. Penn Flutes: Community Ensemble. Available from http://podcast.asc.upenn.edu/2018/03/episode-67-penn-flutes-community-ensemble/
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES International Communication Association Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Penn Flutes (all-flute ensemble) 2014 present 2018 present 2010 present REFERENCES Available upon request