NOTES ON PEOPLE

Receives doctorate in communication policy

AUSTIN, Texas - Lara Zwarun received her Ph.D. degree in communication policy from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Her specialty is the interplay among First Amendment rights; media display of alcohol, tobacco and violence; and the broadcast industry's voluntary self-regulating policies.

Her research has been presented at several international symposia. Dr. Zwarun is now an assistant professor in the communication department of the University of Texas at Arlington. She resides in Dallas.

She was born in Lexington, Ky., and completed her primary and secondary education in Philadelphia and Roslyn Heights, N.Y. Her undergraduate studies were spent at the University of California at Berkeley and at Oxford University in England.

She received her bachelor's degree with honors in rhetoric from CalBerkeley. Prior to her doctorate, she also obtained a master's degree in advertising from the University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Zwarun is the daughter of Judy and Andrew Zwarun, both originally from Cleveland, but now living in Austin, Texas, where Dr. Andrew Zwarun is professor of soil science at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. Dr. Zwarun's brother, Alex, is a city planner and also resides in Austin.

Dr. Lara Zwarun is a member of Ukrainian National Association Branch 27.

Notes on people is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of members of the Ukrainian National Association. All submissions should be concise due to space limitations and must include the person's UNA branch number. Items will be published as soon as possible after their receipt, when space permits.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, March 2, 2003, No. 9, Vol. LXXI

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