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The Communication Arts Department is delighted to announce that Communication Science Professor Dr. Lyn Van Swol has won a Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award. The Distinguished Teaching Awards have been granted since 1953, an honor recognizing the university’s finest educators. Dr. Van Swol has more than demonstrated her deservingness to be named among the awardees during …

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 …