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The Department of Communication Arts is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Walter Mirisch, legendary Hollywood producer and UW-Madison alum, at the age of 101. His impact and influence will continue to resonate throughout the film industry and here on our own campus. Mirisch was an accomplished film producer, having won the Academy …
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 Board of Regents Diversity Award. Selected from faculty across the entire University of Wisconsin system, winners of this award are …
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 of the groundbreaking civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, who fought for desegregation, Black political representation, and voter enfranchisement. This …
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 Cold War (University of Chicago Press, 2023). We caught up with Dr. Prasch to learn more about her book, her …
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 in the summer of 2018 with a double major in Communication Arts (on the Radio-TV-Film track) and Journalism (with an …
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 end of each semester. Teaching assistants from all sections of the course submitted the speeches of their top two students; …
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. The Political Communication Division honored Dr. Allison M. Prasch with an Outstanding Article Award for her 2021 article “The Rise …
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 extended this honor to scholars who have demonstrated a lifetime commitment to excellence in the field of communication. As a …