Welcome to CA 262: Theory and Practice of Argumentation and Debate. Taught by Professor Karma Chávez, this topical course teaches students how to engage with contemporary politics in the United States. During the semester, students will learn how to make the best possible argument in order to defend their position about a particular controversy. Within the …
Not one, not two, but three Communication Arts instructors have been inducted into the University of Wisconsin Teaching Academy. The induction ceremony was held in the Education Building’s Wisconsin Idea Room Thursday evening, April 24th. Professor Lyn Van Swol was inducted as a Teaching Academy Fellow, and teaching assistants Liz Barr and Miranda Kolb were …
I sat down with Communication Arts undergraduate and The Bellhops member Taylor Scott last week to talk about the performance ensemble’s upcoming show, “Honey in my Tea.” The show will be in Promenade Hall of the Overture Center on April 24th at 6PM and April 25th at 9PM in conjunction with the Line Breaks Festival. …
This week I sat down with filmmaker Brandon Colvin to discuss his new film Sabbatical, his process, and the Wisconsin Film Festival, which begins today, Thursday, April 3rd. Brandon Colvin is a graduate student of film in Communication Arts. Describe briefly the synopsis of Sabbatical: It’s about a middle-aged professor who is scheduled to go …
What is the importance of rhetoric? How does language affect our daily lives, ideas, beliefs, and behaviors? These are just some of the questions that the new blog Rhetorically Speaking hopes to explore. The idea for Rhetorically Speaking stemmed from a casual conversation last spring between Whitney Gent and Professor Karma Chávez of Communication Arts, …
The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy Sloper to the position of the Head Film Archivist. As the WCFTR Film Archivist, Amy will oversee the Center’s rich collection of films and television episodes, nearly 20,000 titles in all. Her duties will also include teaching one course …
UW-Madison has received the #1 ranking from QS World University Rankings for Communication & Media Studies. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a company that focuses on education and study abroad, releases annual rankings for universities around the world, as well as rankings by subject. They use a methodology that incorporates academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per paper …
A year from now, Professor Lyn Van Swol’s CA 368: Theory and Practice of Persuasion will be in full-swing as a blended course. Blended courses have a substantial online component while retaining face-to-face time in class, and have gained popularity in recent years. Prof. Van Swol will be testing the waters with the blended course …
The Academy Awards are just over two weeks away, and the university has good reason to be excited. The film Facing Fear is among the nominees in the Documentary Short Subject category, which was directed by UW-Madison alumnus Jason Cohen. Jason Cohen graduated from UW-Madison in 1994 with majors in Journalism and Communication Arts. Like …
Last March, we published a story on two Communication Arts courses, CA 100 and CA 260, that will be offered online during Summer 2014. Now that the summer session is only a few months away, we thought it was a good time to catch up with Dr. Sarah Jedd and Professor Sara McKinnon to see …