The Department of Communication Arts is proud to celebrate the cohort of graduate students who recently defended their doctoral dissertations. Over the past four months, nine scholars earned their doctorate in the department. Each did …
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Professors Marie-Louise Mares and Jonathan Gray Named ICA Fellows
The Department of Communication Arts is honored to announce that Professor Marie-Louise Mares and Professor Jonathan Gray have been named ICA Fellows. The International Communication Association (ICA) celebrated Dr. Mares and Dr. Gray last Saturday, …
Professor Lori Lopez Receives H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship
The Department of Communication Arts is pleased to announce that Professor Lori Lopez is a 2022-23 winner of the H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship award. This award recognizes impressive research efforts of UW-Madison faculty within the …
Professor Jonathan Gray wins Kellett Mid-Career Award
The Department of Communication Arts is pleased to announce that Professor Jonathan Gray is a 2022-23 winner of the Kellett Mid-Career Award. The Kellett Award recognizes mid-career faculty members, seven to twenty years past their …
Professor Allison Prasch featured on C-SPAN
In an interview with C-SPAN’s Peter Slen, Professor Allison M. Prasch previewed what we can expect to see in President Biden’s first State of the Union Address on March 1. She discussed the various challenges …
Professor Darshana Mini wins Exceptional Service Award
The Department of Communication Arts is pleased to announce that Professor Darshana Sreedhar Mini is a 2022-23 winner of the UW-Madison Exceptional Service Support Program award. Dr. Mini joined the film faculty of the Department …
Kai Prins wins Exceptional Service Award
The Department of Communication Arts is pleased to announce that Rhetoric, Politics & Culture grad student Kai Prins is a 2022 campus-wide TA teaching award winner. Kai was nominated and selected for the Exceptional Service …
As WSUM’s Dave Black plans retirement, Comm Arts alumni reflect on his legacy
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 …
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 …