The Department of Communication Arts is honored to announce that Dr. Robert Asen has been named a 2022 Distinguished Scholar by the National Communication Association (NCA). For over 30 years, the National Communication Association has extended this honor to scholars who have demonstrated a lifetime commitment to excellence in the field of communication. As a …
Research Explores Mistrust in Health & Science Communication Although many of us may have a mistrust of institutions, history and lived experience have made these feelings particularly acute for Black Americans who have faced persistent institutional oppression. How do you trust communication about science and health when those voices of authority have done real harm …
The Department of Communication Arts is proud to celebrate the cohort of graduate students who recently defended their doctoral dissertations. Over the past four months, nine scholars earned their doctorate in the department. Each did so following years of concerted effort. To earn a PhD in Communication Arts, one must first successfully complete a master’s …
The Department of Communication Arts is honored to announce that Professor Marie-Louise Mares and Professor Jonathan Gray have been named ICA Fellows. The International Communication Association (ICA) celebrated Dr. Mares and Dr. Gray last Saturday, May 28, at its annual conference, held this year in Paris. Fellow status in the ICA follows a rigorous nomination …
The Department of Communication Arts is pleased to announce that Professor Lori Lopez is a 2022-23 winner of the H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship award. This award recognizes impressive research efforts of UW-Madison faculty within the first six years of their promotion to tenure. The Romnes Fellowship includes a $60,000 research award, to be spent over …
The Department of Communication Arts is pleased to announce that Professor Jonathan Gray is a 2022-23 winner of the Kellett Mid-Career Award. The Kellett Award recognizes mid-career faculty members, seven to twenty years past their first promotion to tenure, for their ongoing and impressive commitments to research. The honor includes a $75,000 research award, to …
In an interview with C-SPAN’s Peter Slen, Professor Allison M. Prasch previewed what we can expect to see in President Biden’s first State of the Union Address on March 1. She discussed the various challenges Biden must address tomorrow night, focusing on how he must speak to numerous domestic and international crises, including an ongoing …
The Department of Communication Arts is pleased to announce that Professor Darshana Sreedhar Mini is a 2022-23 winner of the UW-Madison Exceptional Service Support Program award. Dr. Mini joined the film faculty of the Department of Communication Arts in 2020 and has already had a significant impact on our department, campus, and the fields of …
The Department of Communication Arts is pleased to announce that Rhetoric, Politics & Culture grad student Kai Prins is a 2022 campus-wide TA teaching award winner. Kai was nominated and selected for the Exceptional Service Award in recognition of the way Kai went above and beyond in their work as a teaching assistant in CA260: …
Addendum February 14, 2022: Communication Arts joins WSUM in mourning the passing of Dave Black. This article was intended to celebrate his career, and in turn, it celebrates his memory. Please see WSUM’s In Memoriam for Dave Black. In the early 90s as a graduate student, Dave Black was the key driver of a long …