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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 […]

2021 DEPARTMENT EZINE Included in this year’s issue: Profile on New Chair Dr. Grano Dr. Davis and Dr. Crane Analyze Impact of Trump in Politics Graduate Student Profile: Daviana Fraser & Mark Manning Creation of Shawn Long Center and more!

Dr. Ashli Stokes, Professor in the Department of Communication Studies, presented as part of a recent US-Moldova Sharing Session, organized by UNC Charlotte’s Department of Public Health Sciences. During the session on Friday, Feb. 26, Dr. Stokes discussed effective advocacy strategies that lead to positive health changes. The presentation was provided to UNC Charlotte Public […]

A Communication Studies honors student’s thesis on Covid-19 and online advocacy has been accepted at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research. The abstract for Olivia Lawless’s honors thesis abstract explains how she is “investigating the role of the pandemic on social media engagement and advocacy in the Black Lives Matter movement. On a larger scale, […]