Communication Arts Professor Lea Jacobs, who is currently Associate Vice Chancellor for Arts & Humanities, has published her fourth book, Film Rhythm after Sound: Technology, Music, and Performance. In it, Professor Jacobs’s analyzes the evolution of sound, movement, and editing …
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The Benefits of Mediation
One of the Communication Arts courses Assistant Professor Sara McKinnon teaches is CA 671 – Communication and Social Conflict. Throughout the semester, her students put on mock conflicts in class and take turns mediating the …
CA 100 Speech Contest Fall 2014
On the evening of December 10, the top 21 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 …
Meredith Smith Receives Trewartha Undergraduate Honors Research Grant
Communication Arts student Meredith Smith has received a Trewartha Undergraduate Honors Research Grant. After the application process, the grant was awarded to Smith for her excellent senior thesis, which explores Hollywood costume designer Dorothy Jeakins’ …
Professor Karma Chávez to Receive NCA-Forum Centennial Award
Professor Karma Chávez is one of three scholars to be selected as an NCA-Forum Centennial Awards recipient. Alongside Della Pollock of UNC, Chapel Hill and Leslie Baxter of University of Iowa, she will be honored …
Bob Mankoff Visit
On Friday, Bob Mankoff visited with the students of Professor Catalina Toma’s course, CA 970: Seminar in Computer-Mediated Communication. Mankoff is the cartoon editor for The New Yorker and stopped by the class to discuss …
Lopez Creates Vilas Video Camp for Community Youth
For one week this summer, Professor Lori Kido Lopez and graduate assistant Taylor Cole Miller hosted the Vilas Video Camp with Freedom Inc. This local non-profit serves the needs of low- to no-income communities and …
Bill Siemering Visits Communication Arts
On Monday, October 27, Communication Arts hosted an informal discussion with Bill Siemering, NPR’s founding program director. Bill Siemering is a Madison native who started his career right here at WHA. He went on to WBFO …
Professor Gray joins the George Foster Peabody Awards Board!
Professor Jonathan Gray has been selected as a member of the George Foster Peabody Awards Board. He is one of three new members, including Martha Nelson of New York and Naibe Reynoso of Los Angeles. …
Jill Soloway’s New Show “Transparent”
Jill Soloway’s new show Transparent premiered this past Friday on Amazon Prime. Soloway, who is a Comm Arts alumna, previously produced and wrote for HBO’s Six Feet Under and recently won the Sundance 2013 Directing …