Dr. Mehlman-Brightwell Wins at Global Women’s Conference

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., March 7, 2022 — Just in time for International Women’s Day on March 8, West Liberty University professor, Dr. Danielle Mehlman-Brightwell brought home an appropriate award.

Mehlman-Brightwell earned a Best Presenter prize at the Fifth International Conference on the Future of Women 2022. A virtual gathering, the conference addressed the broad topic of “Defining Women in a New Decade.”

“I was pleased to win the award. It was a real honor since there were so many other women who did a good job in presenting,” said Mehlman-Brightwell, who is an assistant professor of Communication in the College of Liberal and Creative Arts.

This was her first time participating in this particular conference and it was her first time participating in an international conference.

Her presentation was entitled: Women in Power: What motivated more women to run in the 2018 United States Election?

“I felt this is was such a timely topic with mid-term elections coming up and am happy to share the research,” she added.

Dr. Mehlman-Brightwell earned a Ph.D. in communication media and instructional technology from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and in her role at WLU, she also serves as the director of the student newspaper, The Trumpet and acts as an academic liaison to Topper Station, WLU’s streaming service.

The conference also presented awards to the following:

• Dr. Sarwat Nauman (Institute of Business Management, Pakistan)
• K.C. Sony, Pita Y. (University of Bern, Switzerland)
• Elizabeth Mngusen Kembe (Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Nigeria)
• G. Jonastasya (California State University, United States)
• Dr. Rachana Pandey (Vasanta College for Women, India)

Held by The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIAKM), the conference included participants from 20 countries and attracted dozens of presenters. It is designed to bring together current research on women, inequality and social exclusion and to discuss policies and other measures of women empowerment.

To view the awards ceremony, please click here.

TIIAKM is a not-for-profit organization that advocates sharing and access to knowledge including education and research on applied Knowledge Management (KM), Information Systems (IS), and Cybersecurity topics. IIAKM enables open-access and free dissemination of peer-review scholarly research and applied industry best practices as well as conducting scholarly conferences to promote education, research, and recognize leaders related to the topics of applied KM, IS, and cybersecurity.

WLU’s College of Liberal and Creative Arts is one of WLU’s four colleges. It offers 19 undergraduate programs, one master’s degree program, 20 minors, and countless opportunities for students to express their creative side and broaden their critical thinking.

For more information, please contact Dr. Cecilia Konchar Farr Dean, dean of the College of Liberal and Creative Arts at cecilia.konchar-farr@westliberty.edu.