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Professor Debbie Baker’s proposal titled “Resigning from the AI Police Force: Embracing Instructional Growth” has been accepted for presentation at the 2026 Charlotte AI Summit: AI for Smarter Learning, which will be held in May. The Teaching and Learning Innovation Team in the Center for Teaching and Learning has described her contribution as “playing a […]

Dr. Erin Basinger and Meg Watford (MA ‘25) published an article titled “History repeating itself: Anti-fat narratives in the Ozempic and Fen-Phen eras,” published in Fat Studies, an Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society.

Dr. Min Jiang was an invited speaker at the 2026 Duke-UNC China Leadership Summit, delivering a guest lecture on US-China tech rivalry and AI competition.

Dr. Brandy Stamper has been promoted to Full Teaching Professor! To be eligible for the Full Teaching Professor rank, candidates must obtain a terminal degree in an appropriate discipline, demonstrate excellence in teaching and commitment to student success, demonstrate expertise in teaching, curriculum development, and innovation, and demonstrate the ability and willingness to assume leadership […]

Dr. Margaret Quinlan co-authored a published journal article titled “Scenes, sparks, and stories of brave space-making in motion” in the Journal of Applied Communication Research.

Dr. Bibi Reisdorf and Dr. Grant Blank co-authored a publication in the 2026 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Proceedings entitled “First-Level Digital Divides Matter: The Importance of Quality of Access and the Digital Divide in Predicting Internet Use.”

Dr. Camille Endacott, along with her colleagues, published a journal article titled “Brokering Work Relationships: Exploring the Tie Management Process in the Workplace” in the International Journal of Business Communication.

Dr. Dean Kruckeberg recently published a co-authored book chapter in Public Interest Communications: Foundations, Influence, and Importance titled “The role of PIC in today’s increasingly turbulent globalized world.”

Dr. Min Jiang recently co-authored a paper that appeared in the International Communication Gazette [Open Access]: Han, X. F. & Jiang, M. (2026). From Laissez Faire to Regulatory Winter? Regulating Chinese Platforms at the Crossroads of Antitrust, Industrial Policy, and Geopolitics.

Dr. Min Jiang co-edited an upcoming special issue of the International Communication Gazette, Networks of Power: Media and Internet Concentration, Platform Capitalism, and the Future of Democracy.