Tag: Graduate Students

Meet the 2023 Graduate Students! New Faces Around Vilas Hall

Posted on September 8, 2023

Welcome to the 22 new graduate students in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison! Get to know the new cohort a little better through their brief bios below (a HUGE thank you to Daniel Feuer for putting these together). Apparently we’ve got a free diver, cocktail crafters, coffee brewers, coffee-spillers, outdoor-lovers, …

Communication Arts Alumna Dr. Maegan Parker Brooks’ Research Leads to Best TV Documentary Award from the International Documentary Association

Posted on February 8, 2023

This past fall, the International Documentary Association awarded the documentary Fannie Lou Hamer’s America, which debuted on PBS and the WORLD in February 2022, with the Best TV Documentary Award. The documentary tells the story of the groundbreaking civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, who fought for desegregation, Black political representation, and voter enfranchisement. This …