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ANNOUNCING THE INAUGURAL COMMUNICATION STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER AWARD COMPETITION Undergraduate students who have written papers in Communication Studies classes are invited to submit their papers for the Competition. Two paper awards are available: Communication Studies Research Paper Award, Senior (for students who have 90 or more earned credit hours at the time they submit the […]

Lecturer, Communication Studies Department of Communication Studies University of North Carolina, Charlotte The Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte invites applications for a non-tenure track position in Communication Studies at the rank of Lecturer. The initial appointment is for three-years with the possibility of renewal depending upon performance, departmental needs, […]

The UNC Charlotte Forensics team received numerous awards this weekend at the CFA Winter Tournament. Awards include: Hope Crawford – 4th place Communication Analysis Hope Crawford – 4th place Dramatic Duo Hope Crawford – 5th place Declamation Josiah Cody – 4th place Dramatic Duo Eleazar Jarman – 5th place Persuasive Speaking UNC Charlotte – 5th […]

Members of the UNC Charlotte Forensics team were honored for their work this past Saturday as UNC Charlotte took on Coastal Carolina. Pictured above: Norm the Niner, Matt Holland, Joey Cody, Eleazar Jarman, James Hooks, Adam Eberhart, Nicole Palacios, Hope Crawford, Tim Horne and Pamela McLaughlin Under director of forensics Tim Horne, the team has […]

The department of Communication Studies is currenlty enrolling students for a study abroad program in Peru. Led by Dr. Jillian Tullis of the Department of Communication Studies and based at the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL) in Lima and Cusco, students will explore the role that culture plays in how people communicate about health. […]

Communication Studies own, David Landrum has won the 2014 North Carolina Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Service. This is the highest honor a State employee may receive. David will be honored during the Excellence in State Government Week this year. This is a significant honor for David, the Communication Studies department, CLAS and UNC […]

Congratulations to Dr. Quinaln on her new co-authored publication. Carmack, H. J., DeGroot, J., & Quinlan, M. M. (in press). “Topping from the bottom”: Relational convergence of meaning in domestic discipline relationships. Sexuality & Culture, SECU-D-14-00007

Communication Studies very own, Dr. Jon Crane has been nominated for the 2014 Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence. This is a very high honor and Dr. Crane, along with the four other nominees, will convene in Founders Hall on September 5 for the awards ceremony. You can read more about this prestigious honor […]

Dr. Quinlan received an Emmy for her work on the documentary series, The Courage of Creativity, that explores the role that creativity and artists can play in the well being of people in the health related context. For more about the award and the documentarty, check out the full feature in Exchange Online.

Celia Karp, a communication studies student, has received a highly competitive and prestigious Fulbright award. Celia received UNC Charlotte’s first Fulbright Study/Research grant since 1991. Celia will spend her Fulbright year in Ecuador working on her project “Communication, Culture, and Health: Investigating Maternal Mortality in Ecuador.” Celia is also one of the inaugural Levine Scholars. […]