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A peer-reviewed academic journal covering media and communication studies from a feminist perspective has published a commentary and criticism article written by Dr. Stephanie Norander, Executive Director of UNC Charlotte’s Communication Across the Curriculum program and Associate Professor for the Department of Communication Studies. In Dr. Norander’s piece for Feminist Media Studies, “Kamala Harris and […]

Here’s an internship experience swiped right! Madison DeJaegher, a Communication Studies student set to graduate this year, got a write-up in publications including AdAge for her work this summer in Cincinnati where she helped design a Tinder-based recruiting tool! Madison credits her Communication and Mass Media course with helping her learn about team management and […]

They had questions, he had answers — and both are available online! Dr. Dan Grano, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies, recently shared his thoughts about his new book, The Eternal Present of Sport: Rethinking Sport and Religion, with Religion Dispatches, a series from USC Annenberg. In the Q&A interview, Grano explains how […]

Just in case you aren’t feeling your first full day of classes, here’s some touching news from Dr. Rachel Plotnick, Communication Studies Department Assistant Professor. Her article on haptic media, “Force, flatness and touch without feeling: Thinking historically about haptics and buttons,” was published last week in New Media and Society: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1461444817717510. A forceful congratulations […]

Dr. Margaret Quinlan, associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies, is nominated for a regional Emmy nomination for “The Acoustics of Care,” her documentary on DooR to DooR, an organization that brings performing, literary and visual artists to inpatient and outpatient settings. Dr. Quinlan is the second of three producers on the documentary, with […]