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Attention communication majors with a 3.3 or higher GPA who want to sharpen their research skills or stand out in the job market or for graduate school: the Communication Studies Honors Program is open for applications. Requirements include: an overall GPA of 3.3 or higher as well as a 3.3 or higher in all Communication […]

Communication studies professor Margaret Quinlan and her research partner Bethany Johnson are exploring the challenges of modern motherhood and have been highlighted in a number of recent artciles. You can take at look at them at the following links: Academic Minute She Knows You’re Doing it Wrong

Assistant Professor Bibi Reisdorf is co-author on an article that discusses how knowledge about how algorithms work is unequally distributed among Americans — and how this may affect how people perceive the information they find through search engines. With her PhD student at Michigan State University, Kelley Cotter, Dr. Reisdorf has published “Algorithmic Knowledge Gaps: […]

The one college student in the state honored for creating and leading innovative projects that address community needs is a UNC Charlotte Communication Studies major. Senior Neariah Mandisa-Drummond is the 2019 recipient of the John H. Barnhill Civic Trailblazer Award. Read more about her inspiring achievements on Inside UNC Charlotte.

Dr. Bianca Reisdorf, assistant professor with the Department of Communication Studies, recently traveled with MA student Megan Foster to Washington DC to present their paper “Digital Reentry: Uses of and Barriers to ICTs in the Prisoner Reentry Process” at TPRC47 (the 47th Telecommunications Policy and Research Conference). TPRC promotes interdisciplinary thinking on current and emerging […]

Join us April 9,2019 for a special presentation by Heather Carmack who will be speaking to us on the role of communication in medical error disclosure. Free to all attending.

At the National Association of Communication Centers conference held at UNC Greensboro March 29-30, Veronica Shoemaker, UNC Charlotte’s Communication Studies undergraduate student and University Speaking Center consultant, received the 2019 National Communication Association’s “Outstanding Undergraduate Tutor” award. Shoemaker, who has served as a consultant since September 2017, received top honors for quality individual consultations and […]

Next stop, Rio, for Department of Communication Studies Associate Professor Min Jiang. Jiang has accepted a CyberBRICS Fellowship to spend six months in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, starting in May. Hosted by Brazil’s top law school, FGV Law School, Jiang will work with other fellows on data protection and cybersecurity policy research in BRICS countries, […]

The University of North Carolina Charlotte hosted its first Charlotte Motor Speechway Invitational Speech Tournament last weekend. Teams traveled from Alabama, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina and New York — making for a very competitive weekend. University guests included Chancellor Philip Dubois and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Administration Chris Bates. Among tournament judges were Communication […]

Dr. Jason Black, chair of the Department of Communication Studies, has been honored as the 2018 Faculty Member of the Year for the Charlotte chapter of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. “I’m genuinely honored to win an award chosen by some of our department’s brightest students,” Dr. Black said. “More than anything, I’m grateful to […]