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Ready to learn about scholarships, no-cost events, career and grad school opportunities, and even a faculty fun fact? Read all about it in the February COMMunicator from the Department of Communication Studies!!

It’s been three years in the making, but Dr. Margaret Quinlan, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies, is ready to share her latest documentary: “The Acoustics of Care.” The story of DooR to DooR in Chapel Hill, NC, is where artists draw on narrative resources in attending to and joining with those who […]

A grant may help Communication Studies faculty and students improve internship experiences across the state. Dr. Stephanie Norander, in her roles as Associate Professor Communication Studies and as Executive Director, Communication Across the Curriculum (CAC), has partnered with Carrie Silver, Program Manager of the University Professional Internship Program (UPIP) to win a grant from the […]

Congratulations to Dr. Christine Davis! The latest book from the professor and grad program director for the Department of Communication Studies came out December, “focused” on focus groups! Davis, C. S. (2016). Focus Groups: Applying Communication Theory through Design, Facilitation and Analysis.New York, NY: Routledge.

Congratulations to Jordan Boyd on his phenomenal 1st place wins in both Impromptu and Declamation speaking at the Collegiate Forensics Association’s recent tournament held at Randolph Macon College. From left to right: Jordan Boyd, Nick Perry, McKenna Jahns and Sangeetha Ramachandran

Dr. Black and his co-author Dr. Harrison are recipients of the NCA Critical & Cultural Studies Division Outstanding Article of the Year Award. The full citation is: Jason Edward Black and Ray Harrison, “Southern Generationalism and the Rhetoric of the Drive-By Truckers,” Western Journal of Communication 79:3 (2016): 283-306. Congratulations to both Dr. Black and […]

Congratulations to Dr. Basinger and Dr. Quinaln for their takeover of the Jounal of Health Communication. Both professors have articles featured in the latest issue. You can find details on their publications below. Brashers, D., Basinger, E. D., Rintamaki, L. S., Caughlin, J. P., & Para, M. F. (2017). Taking control: The efficacy and durability […]

At their first competition for the 2016-2017 year, two members of the Forensics Team have “pleaded the fifth” — fifth place, that is! Sangeetha Ramachandran received fifth place in Declamation and McKenna Jahns received fifth in Dramatic Interpretation. Congratulations to Tim Horne and the UNC Charlotte Forensics team for their outstanding weekend of competition. Congratulations […]

Dr. Jiang Joins Panel at Stanford Law School Center for Internet & Society Event Dr. Min Jiang will participate in the Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet & Society event “Law, Borders and Speech” on October 24-25, 2016. As an invited panelist, Dr. Jiang will give a presentation titled “Graft borders onto Cyberspace: Chinese Internet […]