Addendum February 14, 2022: Communication Arts joins WSUM in mourning the passing of Dave Black. This article was intended to celebrate his career, and in turn, it celebrates his memory. Please see WSUM’s In Memoriam …
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Professor Jenell Johnson receives faculty fellowship and Rhetoric Society of America award
H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship Though her academic home is in Communication Arts, Professor Johnson works at the intersection of rhetorical studies, disability studies, and the medical humanities. Praised by colleagues for her productivity, academic rigor, …
In Memoriam, John Fiske
With great sadness, we note the passing of John Fiske, Emeritus Professor of Communication Arts, on July 12, 2021 following complications from heart surgery. After beginning his career as an academic in the United Kingdom …
Kelly Jensen and Matt St. John receive Letters & Science Teaching Fellow Award
The Department of Communication Arts is pleased to announce Kelley Jensen and Matt St. John’s receipt of the Letters & Science Teaching Fellow Award. Kelly Jensen Kelly Jensen is a PhD candidate in Rhetoric, Politics, & …
How are algorithms affecting how we find and experience music?
Until very recently, learning about new music carried a human element. Whether you heard something on college radio that peaked your interest, or someone cornered you at a wedding, insisting that you had to hear …
Reclaiming the narrative: Professor Lori Lopez’s #AtlantaSyllabus spurs wider discussion about Asian Americans
If you’ve been paying attention—to the degree that Lori Lopez has been paying attention—then you know it didn’t start when a white man gunned down six female Asian American service workers at a series of …
Comm Arts graduate student interviewed by CNN for her (re)-discovery of the first late-night talk show host
In May 2017, late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel delivered a live, heartfelt, and tearful monologue about his newborn son’s open heart surgery and the importance of health care coverage. The monologue, and a subsequent …
Comm Arts congratulates Lynzee Klingman for Career Achievement Award
As a freshman at UW-Madison, Lynzee Klingman planned to major in math, but walking to early a.m. calculus classes in sub-zero Wisconsin weather proved too much, so she focused instead on history, studying with influential …
Comm Arts alum Barbara J. Wilson becomes president of the University of Iowa
Barbara J. Wilson has been selected as the new president of the University of Iowa. A native of Appleton, Wisconsin, Dr. Wilson earned her BA at the School of Journalism and an MA and PhD …
Day of the Badger, April 6-7
On Day of the Badger, we’re focusing on raising funds to help create undergraduate internships, support graduate research, and purchase equipment. Our majors want to get a foothold in major media and communication firms in …