Communication Arts is excited to share that the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR) was awarded a prestigious grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Humanities Advancement Grant of $148,428 will support their upcoming work for “Project Ballyhoo: Analyzing Publicity Text and Promotional Image Reuse across 20th Century Periodical Collections.” …
Communication Arts congratulates Allison Prasch for receiving a named professorship award: the Letters & Science Nancy Obin Sukenik Professorship. According to Eric Wilcots, Dean of the College of Letters & Science, “the holder of this award is dedicated to the understanding and strengthening of American democracy through their teaching and research.” This sentiment is evident throughout …
Communication Arts is excited to celebrate Sophie Hougland as a 2024-2025 recipient of a University Staff Excellence Award from the College of Letters and Science. Each year, the Dean of L&S awards five University Staff members within the college with this honor. The whole Communication Arts community is ecstatic to congratulate Sophie on this well-deserved …
The Department of Communication Arts is pleased to announce that Media and Cultural Studies Professor Eric Hoyt has received a prestigious H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship through the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (OVCRGE) and funded by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. Per the OVCRGE, this fellowship recognizes faculty with exceptional …
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (OVCRGE) has announced the recipients of its competitive Research Forward initiative funding, and among this year’s selected projects is “Safe Passage from the Darién Gap,” led by Principal Investigator and Communication Arts Professor Dr. Sara McKinnon and co-Principal Investigators Associate Clinical Professor of Law …
The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR), under Director and Communication Arts Professor Dr. Eric Hoyt, has received a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to digitize, preserve, and publicly share the video archives of artist Wendy Clarke. Hoyt and his WCFTR colleagues, Mary Huelsbeck and Amanda Smith, successfully …
The Communication Arts Department is so pleased to announce that Assistant Professor of Film Dr. Darshana Sreedhar Mini was awarded the first Byerly Award for Research in Feminist Political Economy of Communication by the Feminist Scholarship Division of the International Communication Association for her research on gender justice and workplace equity in Indian cinema. This …
The Communication Arts Department is proud to announce that Dr. Lori Kido Lopez, a professor of Media and Cultural Studies and the director of the Asian American Studies program, has received a 2023 UW System Board of Regents Diversity Award. Selected from faculty across the entire University of Wisconsin system, winners of this award are …
The Department of Communication Arts was well-represented at the recent National Communication Association (NCA) conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, and several members of the Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture division took home honors for their work. The Political Communication Division honored Dr. Allison M. Prasch with an Outstanding Article Award for her 2021 article “The Rise …
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 …