The Communication Arts Department is proud to announce that Dr. Lori Kido Lopez, a professor of Media and Cultural Studies and the director of the Asian American Studies program, has received a 2023 UW System …
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Communication Arts Alumna Dr. Maegan Parker Brooks’ Research Leads to Best TV Documentary Award from the International Documentary Association
This past fall, the International Documentary Association awarded the documentary Fannie Lou Hamer’s America, which debuted on PBS and the WORLD in February 2022, with the Best TV Documentary Award. The documentary tells the story …
Communication Arts Assistant Professor Dr. Allison Prasch Publishes a New Book on Presidential Rhetoric and the Cold War
Dr. Allison Prasch, an assistant professor of Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture in the Department of Communication Arts, has recently published a new book entitled The World is Our Stage: The Global Rhetorical Presidency and the …
Communication Arts Majors with Digital Studies Certificates Take on the Media Industries
Thinking about adding a Digital Studies Certificate to your degree? See how some of our Communication Arts Majors are putting their Digital Studies skills into practice! L. Malik Anderson L. Malik Anderson graduated from UW-Madison …
Announcing the Finalists of the Communication Arts 100 Speech Contest
On the evening of December 7, the top 24 persuasive speakers enrolled in the fall semester of Communication Arts 100 competed in the CA 100 Speech Contest. The speech contest is a long-standing tradition at the …
Professor Directs New Feature Psychological Thriller with Student Assistance
While Hollywood’s ups and downs have garnered the most press, the COVID-19 pandemic arguably hit the world of independent flm the hardest. Countless lower-budget productions halted in their tracks between 2020 and 2021, and the …
Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture Professor Allison Prasch and RPC Graduate Students Win Awards at NCA
The Department of Communication Arts was well-represented at the recent National Communication Association (NCA) conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, and several members of the Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture division took home honors for their work. …
Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture Professor Dr. Robert Asen named a 2022 NCA Distinguished Scholar
The Department of Communication Arts is honored to announce that Dr. Robert Asen has been named a 2022 Distinguished Scholar by the National Communication Association (NCA). For over 30 years, the National Communication Association has …
Comm Arts and LSC Research Team Wins NSF Grant
Research Explores Mistrust in Health & Science Communication Although many of us may have a mistrust of institutions, history and lived experience have made these feelings particularly acute for Black Americans who have faced persistent …
Nine Graduate Students Earn PhD
The Department of Communication Arts is proud to celebrate the cohort of graduate students who recently defended their doctoral dissertations. Over the past four months, nine scholars earned their doctorate in the department. Each did …