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On February 20th, Dr. Margaret Quinlan served as the moderator at the Personally Speaking Event titled: “Invasive Prenatal Genetic Testing: Perspectives on Disability Rights and Reproductive Justice, part of the CHESS Personally Speaking Series. During the event, Dr. Quinlan introduced speakers and moderated questions from the audience.
On February 11, 2025, Dr. Min Jiang presented a talk titled “The Internet Age from PC to AI” at the Independent Picture House as a part of the UNC Charlotte Ginkgo Residential Guest Speaker Series.
Dr. Bibi Reisdorf recently proposed an international panel on technologies and incarceration for the 2025 International Communication Association, which was accepted. Additionally, Dr. Reisdorf received news that a workshop on digital inclusion and incarceration that she proposed was accepted for the 2025 Net Inclusion Conference
Dr. Erin Basinger recently published an article titled “Dialogue on difference: Fat liberation in communication” in Communication Monographs with colleagues Arroyo, A., Asbury M. B., Fox, R. Otis, H. N., & Miller, N. P. Additionally, Dr. Basinger has been invited to give a talk on the topic of “fat liberation in communication” at North Carolina […]
A book volume that Dr. Min Jiang led in editing, “Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries: How the Global South and Emerging Power Alliances Are Reshaping Digital Governance,” has been published by Cambridge University Press. Open access is available for free public downloading.
Dr. Ashli Stokes was recently a guest on three podcasts about her new co-authored book with Wendy Atkins-Sayre: Hungry Roots: How Food Communicates Appalachia’s Search for Resilience. The shows included: New Books Network, the FRIED Podcast (University of Edinburgh), and Now, Appalachia. Dr. Stokes also gave a talk on her book on January 16th at […]
Dr. Margaret Quinlan was invited by Provost Jennifer Troyer to serve as a University Marshal at the Fall 2024 Commencement. The position of University Marshal is an honor bestowed on a distinguished senior professor. The University Marshal represents the faculty at Commencement by carrying the mace and serves as a symbol of faculty leadership and […]
Dr. Sayde Brais was invited by the Communication Support Services (CSS) Department of Mecklenburg County for a second time to present on “The Basics of Public Speaking” during a CSS Pathways Program Meeting. CSS Pathways is a mentorship program that aims to help staff further their professional goals. The talk took place on November 21, […]
Dr. Bibi Reisdorf was featured as a keynote speaker at the National Education Symposium: Connecting from Coast to Coast, Correction Service Canada. Dr. Reisdorf’s talk title: “Digital Barriers and Opportunities During Reentry.”
Shanice Cameron received the Ray Camp Award for the Top Faculty Paper at Carolina’s Communication Association Conference for her paper titled, “Mapping the User Trajectory: Black Women’s Digital Well-Being Networks and Social Support Affordances” on November 8, 2024.
Dr. Ashli Stokes’ recently co-authored book, Hungry Roots: How Food Communicates Appalachia’s Search for Resilience, was chosen as one of five selections for NC Reads and will be featured in April 2025. Read more here: https://nchumanities.org/nc-reads-2025-books/
Dr. Camille Endacott was invited to be a keynote speaker at Baylor University’s Corporate Communication symposium on October 9, 2024. The title of Dr. Endacott’s title was “Agents of Change: How AI Communicates for Us and Shapes Our Work.”
Dr. Min Jiang was elected Vice Chair of the Communication Law & Policy Division of the International Communication Association (ICA) effective in 2025 during the upcoming ICA Conference in Denver, CO. The Vice Chair becomes Chair after 2 years, serving another 2-year term.
The Speech Team competed in two tournaments hosted by James Madison and George Mason Universities between October 5 and 6, 2024 in Virginia. The team placed 3rd at George Mason University. James Tawes placed 3rd in Individual Sweeps and 1st in Prose. Isaac Lainez placed 1st in POI and Poetry. Elise Bagley placed 1st in […]
The latest episodes written by Rodney Stringfellow for the PBS Kids preschool series, “Alma’s Way,” began airing on PBS stations in October 2024. He will have a total of four new episodes to premiere on the network.
Cliff Scott, with co-author Krista Engemann ’17 M.A., ’22 Ph.D., won the best paper award at the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Researchers conference for “In Pursuit of the ‘Magic Second’: An Action-Implicative Examination of Talk in Pit Crews’ Post-Competition Debriefs.” The conference was hosted at UNC Charlotte from July 18th-20th 2024.
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.