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, and Professor Guobin Yang of the Annenberg School for Communication at University of Pennsylvania, to put on the Playful Contention …

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 film studies.  He served as a TA and lecturer in the department during his graduate career.  He eventually went on to earn his JD …

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 Dr. Brooks on her accomplishment, and include her book announcement here: A VOICE THAT COULD STIR AN ARMY: FANNIE LOU …

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 way it does this is through the Early Career Fellows program. The program supports up-and-coming creatives and producers who are …

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 the end of each semester. Teaching assistants from all sections of the course submitted the speeches of their top two …

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 Reubish, President Nicole Marie Rytkonen, Secretary Jacinta Tian, Treasurer Six additional students will serve on the executive board, but the …

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 CA 155, 355, 467, 522, and 659. This semester will see two 30-min short films from the capstone course of …

Welcome to CA 262: Theory and Practice of Argumentation and Debate. Taught by Professor Karma Chávez, this topical course teaches students how to engage with contemporary politics in the United States. During the semester, students will learn how to make the best possible argument in order to defend their position about a particular controversy. Within the …

Not one, not two, but three Communication Arts instructors have been inducted into the University of Wisconsin Teaching Academy. The induction ceremony was held in the Education Building’s Wisconsin Idea Room Thursday evening, April 24th. Professor Lyn Van Swol was inducted as a Teaching Academy Fellow, and teaching assistants Liz Barr and Miranda Kolb were …

I sat down with Communication Arts undergraduate and The Bellhops member Taylor Scott last week to talk about the performance ensemble’s upcoming show, “Honey in my Tea.” The show will be in Promenade Hall of the Overture Center on April 24th at 6PM and April 25th at 9PM in conjunction with the Line Breaks Festival. …