Join us today as we check in with recent C&IS Ph.D. alum, Dr. Stephen Rush. So many fun facts to share with you including all kinds of great information about his research, but fun fact #1: he is 1 of 3 siblings to have gotten his Ph.D.  from the College of Communication & Information Sciences at UA (he has 6 siblings and another with a Ph.D. in a neighboring college). Stephen has a fascinating background that started in music and led him on a pretty amazing journey to LA and then to countries like Austria and Slovenia where he taught others music. After finishing his Ph.D., he joined the faculty at Belmont University, where recent podcast guest Dr. Sarita Stewart is also a professor.  Stephen is an Assistant Professor of Creative and Entertainment Industries in the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business. He teaches a variety of courses including some very interesting ones in crisis communication and brand management.  As he said during this recording, there will always be athletes or entertainers making poor decisions (he actually said dumb decisions), and it is the PR reps and brand managers that have to know how to clean it up.  His recent research has focused on how social identity may (or may not) align with an individual's likelihood to more forgiving or less accepting of athletes or entertainers after poor decision-making.  We have a lot of fun in this conversation so you need to check it out! 

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