Dr. Michael R. Finch

Publications, Research, & Editing

• Book Editor: Media and Public Relations Research in Post-Socialist Societies
• Chapter Author: Rhetorical Analysis of the Ukrainian Film Julia Blue: A Picture of Dialectical Ontology
• Book Editor: Communication Theory and Application in Post-Socialist Contexts
• Academic Article Author: “Reflection on passing of Maureen Minielli”

Conference & Workshop Presentations

• TEDx Talk: Starting with Sympathy Instead of Skepticism
• Keynote Speaker: Sympathetic Objectivity: Constructive acts of journalism
• Paper Presenter: Putin on the Meme: A discussion of neo-tribal appropriation of memes
• Panel Presenter: The State of Communication(s) Study in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• Paper Presentation: Legacy and Relevance of International Relations’ Impact on Higher Education
• Panel Presenter: The Status of Russian Communication in the Age of Putin and Trump
• Panel Presenter: (Russo/Ukraino) phobia in Eurovision: The Case of Ukraine’s Ban on the Russian
• Executive Director: Report for Communication Association of Eurasian Researchers Business Meeting
• Panel Presenter: Clash (or Challenges) of Cultural Values in Intercultural Teaching or Scholarship
• Panel Chair: Challenges and Opportunities in the Study of Eurasian Civic and Social Communication
• Paper presentation: The Foreign Professors’ Academe: Issues and challenges confronting international
• Paper Presentation: New and Digital Realities in a Fragmented Brave New World III
• Paper Presentation: Putin and Russian Cultural Identity
• Panel Chair: Opportunities and Obstructions: Meaning and media in post-socialist Eurasia
• Paper Presentation: Technological Determinism in Ukraine
• Panel Respondent: Cultural Communities: Adaptive religious rhetorics
• Paper Presentation: Ethnographic Study of Baptist Christians of the Former Soviet Union from WWII to
• Paper Presentation: Ricoeurian Ontological Analysis of the Film X-Men 2