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Between April 29 and 30, 2024, Dr. Min Jiang participated as a member of the High-Level Executive Committee (HLEC), at the invitation of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee, in the global multi-stakeholder meeting NETmundial+10, themed “Global Challenges for the Governance of the Digital World,” in São Paulo, Brazil.

Dr. Shanice Jones Cameron won the top paper award at the 2023 National Communication Association conference in the African American Communication and Culture division. Cameron received the award for her paper titled  “Black People Don’t Do That”: Discursive Barriers and Black Women’s Digital Well-Being Networks”  presented on Friday, November 17th during the recent annual conference.

Dr. Erin Basinger has been selected by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to present in their Distinguished Scholar Series. This series provides a forum for three speakers each semester to present their “innovative research and scholarly activities related to diversity, equity and inclusion in society.” Dr. Basinger’s talk will take place on October 18, 2023 at 5:30Pm in The […]

Dr. Tiffany Gallicano was one of three panelists for AEJMC’s webinar, titled “AI in the JMC Classroom,” hosted by the association’s Standing Committee on Teaching on September 19, 2023. Approximately 50 participants attended, and more than 100 people registered for the recording.

Dr. Sayde Brais has been named Honorable Mention Finalist for the UNC Charlotte Award for Teaching Excellence. The UNC Charlotte Award for Teaching Excellence honors full- or part-time non-tenure track faculty members who have at least five years of teaching service at UNC Charlotte (lecturers and adjunct faculty). You can read more here about this year’s finalists. The finalists and […]

In August 2023, Dr. Tiffany Gallicano gave an invited lecture to our university’s subject librarians on ChatGPT titled “The use of ChatGPT for research and information seeking: What students need to know.“

Five member of the Charlotte Speech Team traveled to Rome, Georgia on Oct. 29th to compete in their first in-person tournament of the year, the Berry College Autumn in the Mountains tournament. They had an incredible showing earning three tournament championships and Third Place in overall Team Sweepstakes! Individual results: Rhetorical Criticism: Champion, AJ Siegel […]

Endacott Wins International and National Dissertation Awards Multiple Awards Presented for Organizational Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence and Work Charlotte, NC: In May, 2022, the International Communication Association named Camille Endacott, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at UNC Charlotte, winner of the W. Charles Redding Dissertation Award at their annual conference in […]

2022 Lloyd Rohler Career Teaching Award Presented by the Carolinas Communication Association Christine Salkin Davis, Professor of Communication Studies, has been awarded the 2022 Lloyd Rohler Career Teaching Award by the Carolinas Communication Association (CCA). The award recognizes continuing excellence in teaching and mentoring. “I’m really deeply honored to receive this award at the end […]

The department warmly welcomes Dr. Shanice Cameron as a tenure track Assistant Professor. Cameron recently defended her dissertation, Locating the Everyday: Black Women, Well-Being, and Digital Media. Shanice explains, “I examined how dominant health discourses limit Black women’s access and engagement with well-being practices (i.e., running, therapy, and veganism). Relying on aspects of netnography, I […]