University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Faculty News

Communication Arts Faculty receive 2025-26 WARF Named Professorships and Romnes Awards

Thirty-two UW–Madison faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research for 2025-2026. The awardees span the four research divisions on campus: arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences and biological sciences.

Facing the Music

Jeremy Morris opens his students’ eyes to the intricacies of the modern music industry.

2025 L&S Named Chairs and Professors

The College of Letters & Science bestows named chairs and professorships on 17 faculty members.

Expanding Our Faculty Expertise with Help from Day of the Badger

Over the last several years, Day of the Badger gift funds have been used to deepen research support for existing faculty. This year, Communication Arts is excited to announce that a portion of gift funds have allowed us to grow our research capacity by recruiting a new communication expert, Professor Diana Leon-Boys, who will be …

Does Technology Interfere in Our Love Stories?

In Catalina Toma’s research, one thing is obvious: Technology plays an important role in people’s romantic relationships. Her findings look into the nuances of when this is a good or bad thing.

Learning Advanced Screenwriting from New Communication Arts Instructor Craig Erpelding

The Communication Arts advanced production course “CA609: Advanced Screenwriting” engrosses students in the art of screenwriting for feature films. Over a semester, students are tasked with writing a 70-90-page screenplay while focusing on character and plot development and creating a cinematic experience through vivid writing. With the Spring semester well underway, students are focusing their …

Welcoming Professor Adriana Angel to Comm Arts as the Visiting Tinker Professor – Spring 2025

Communication Arts is proud to welcome Professor Adriana Angel from Universidad de Manizales in Colombia to UW-Madison for the Spring 2025 semester. Professor Angel is the Tinker Visiting Professor, a prestigious award many influential scholars and public figures have received. The generosity of the Tinker Foundation has allowed the UW LACIS program (Latin American Caribbean …

Celebrating Allison Prasch, the Letters & Science Nancy Obin Sukenik Professor

Communication Arts congratulates Allison Prasch for receiving a named professorship award: the Letters & Science Nancy Obin Sukenik Professorship. According to Eric Wilcots, Dean of the College of Letters & Science, “the holder of this award is dedicated to the understanding and strengthening of American democracy through their teaching and research.” This sentiment is evident throughout …

Emotion, rather than information, influences climate denial, Lyn Van Swol’s research finds

Accessing knowledge has become increasingly easy in recent decades. Scientific facts about climate change and global warming can be found with the flick of a finger — yet this has not been enough to persuade emerging climate change deniers to acknowledge its reality and urgency.

AIIS 2024 Book Prizes Awarded to Darshana Mini and Vibhuti Ramachandran