Communication Arts professor Rob Asen has been given the 2014 Distinguished Scholar Award by the Rhetoric and Communication Theory (RCT) Division of the National Communication Association (NCA). As explained by the RCT, the Distinguished Scholar …
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Comm Arts Emmys!
Two Comm Arts grads, Aaron Cohen and Gabe Gronli, won Emmys for their writing on The Colbert Report! The Creative Arts Emmy awards were presented on Saturday, August 16th and aired last night, August 24th …
Commercials for the Liberal Arts
Professor Eric Hoyt’s course, CA 609: Internet TV and Video, has been busy producing content this summer. The students were asked to produce 30-60 second web commercials that demonstrate the value of a liberal arts …
A Trip to China
Communication Arts Professors Zhongdang Pan and Jonathan Gray recently completed a speaking trip in China. Over six days, Pan and Gray teamed up with Professor Lewis Friedland of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, …
James D. Peterson Appointed as Federal Judge
Among the items on the impressive résumé of newly appointed federal judge James D. Peterson are graduate degrees from the Department of Communication Arts. He earned a Communication Arts MA in 1984 and PhD in 1986, with a specialization in …
Maegan Parker Brooks’ New Book
Maegan Parker Brooks recently published her book A Voice that Could Stir an Army. She received her PhD in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2009 and was an advisee of Sue Zaeske. We congratulate …
Fred Rogers Early Career Fellows
Alex Bonus and Alanna Peebles, Communication Science graduate students in Communication Arts, have been named Early Career Fellows by the Fred Rogers Center! The center seeks to further the legacy of Fred Rogers, and one …
CA 100 Speech Contest Spring 2014
On the evening of May 7, the top 12 persuasive speakers enrolled in the spring semester of Communication Arts 100 competed in the CA 100 Speech Contest. The speech contest is a long-standing tradition at …
Communication Arts Student Association (CASA)
The Communication Arts Student Association (CASA) is officially a student org at UW-Madison! Executive board elections were held on April 30 to select the association’s inaugural President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The newly-elected leaders include: Anna …
Communication Arts Showcase Spring 2014
The Communication Arts Showcase is just a few short days away. The showcase, which occurs at the end of each semester, is a selection of the best student work curated by the course instructors of …