News & Events
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.
Dr. Shanice Jones Cameron recently published an article for the monthly newsletter: Mapping the User Trajectory: Black Women’s Digital Well-Being Networks and Social Support Affordances
Dr. Sayde Brais was invited to present at the inaugural CHESS SUCCESS Summit held on campus on November 5th. The theme of this year’s summit was “Successful Preparation for Uncertainty: The Importance of Experiential Learning to Successfully Prepare for Uncertain Careers in an Uncertain Future.” Dr. Brais presented two break-out sessions on the topic of […]
Together with her “wonderful colleagues in Slovenia”, Dr. Bibi Reisdorf published an open-access, qualitative paper in the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction entitled “Use-by-Proxy in Later Life: A Qualitative Study with Internet Users and Nonusers.” The paper examines how older internet users and non-users perceive proxy use, i.e., when someone else is using the internet […]
Dr. Min Jiang was an invited speaker at the United Nations Development Programme Policy Center for Governance conference, “New Ways of Governing,” held in Oslo (Norway) on Oct 28-29, 2025. She provided remarks for the session on “Governing Data and AI”.
Alumna, Megan Foster (MA, ‘20), visited the department on September 24th. She met with MA students for an informal pizza lunch to discuss her experience as a PhD student in the Department of Communication at UNC Chapel Hill. Afterwards, she joined Dr. Bibi Reisdorf’s class, COMM 6011: Special Topics in Communication Research Methods: Research with […]
Dr. Bibi Reisdorf was invited to teach a Master Class on digital inequality and marginalized communities at the French symposium, “Numérique en Commun(s),” in Strasbourg in late October. The symposium brings together French policymakers and decision makers to learn more about issues and solutions related to the digital divide.
Dr. Camille Endacott, along with Dr. DaJung “DJ” Woo (Associate Professor, School of Communication & Information at Rutgers University), recently co-wrote and published a book chapter in The Routledge Handbook of Communication titled “Career resilience in a dynamic workforce.”
The Charlotte Speech Team competed at its first tournament of the season last weekend. They earned 6th place at the East Coast Early Bird Tournament with 5 students advancing to the Final Rounds! The team heads to James Madison this coming weekend with their largest entry ever!