University of Wisconsin–Madison

Filmmaker and Alumnus Errol Morris Attends Year of the Arts Events

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Prolific filmmaker, documentarian, commercial director, and UW-Madison alumnus Errol Morris(History, ’69) recently appeared at numerous signature campus events as part of the university’sYear of the Arts celebration. On Thursday, October 21st, Morris taped an appearence on Wisconsin Reflections, a Big Ten Network interview series for UW-Madison alumni & friends. Later that night, he spoke in the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture …

Professor Chávez Featured on Big Ten Network’s “Office Hours”

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Professor in Rhetoric Karma Chávez was recently featured on the Big Ten Network’s news interview program “Office Hours” as she discussed the intersection of immigration and LGBTQ social issues. “Office Hours” is a half hour weekly talk show on the Big Ten Network hosted by University of Wisconsin-Madison Political Science Professor Ken Goldstein. The show is produced by University Communications and the guest selection, research, and …

Multimedia Artist Allee Willis Speaks With Students

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Grammy winning, Webby honoree, and Emmy nominated songwriter, artist, set designer, director, and collector Allee Willis(BA ’69, Journalism) recently discussed with Communication Arts students, faculty, and staff her more than thirty-year career in art. Willis, whose hit songs include Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” and “Boogie Wonderland,” The Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance,” and The Rembrandts’ “I’ll …

Alumnus George Hamel Visits Hamel Family Digital Media Lab

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In a September 17th visit to the Hamel Family Digital Media Lab, Department of Communication Arts donor George Hamel (BA ’80) and his parents met with Hamel Family Professor Sabine Gruffat,Professor Vance Kepley, and Faculty Associate Erik Gunneson to visit the Hamel Family Digital Media Lab in Vilas Hall. The Hamel family has a special interest in the …

Department Welcomes New Professors Karma Chávez and Catalina Toma

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This year, the Department of Communication Arts is pleased to welcome Professor of Rhetoric Karma Chávez and Professor of Communication Science Catalina Toma. Chávez’s research focuses on the rhetorical practices of marginalized groups and the rhetoric of social movements and activism. Drawing largely on queer feminist of color theories, Professor Chávez examines creative rhetorical responses …

Cinematheque Welcomes new Director of Programming Jim Healy

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Starting in October, the Cinematheque and Department of Communication Arts will welcome Jim Healy to the position of Director of Programming. Jim brings a wealth of programming experience to the Cinematheque. Since 2001, he has been Assistant Curator in charge of film exhibitions in the Motion Picture Department of George Eastman House in Rochester, NY. Overseeing hundreds of individual …

Emeritus Professor Joanne Cantor Appears on MSNBC

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On Thursday, July 22, Emeritus Professor Joanne Cantor appeared on MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie and later on MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts. Cantor shared tips from her new book Conquer CyberOverload on how people can manage e-mail and technology without becoming overwhelmed. Cantor is an internationally recognized expert on the psychology of media …

Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research Celebrates 50th Anniversary with On, Archives! Conference

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A conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, On, Archives!, in conjunction with a Symposium on Broadcasting in the 1930s, took place July 6 to 9, 2010. Four days of keynote addresses and panels on media history and archiving went smoothly and a highly productive time was had by all. …

Emeritus Professor John Fiske Honored at Conference

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From the late 1970s through the 1990s, Department of Communication Arts Emeritus Professor John Fiske was one of the most influential media scholars in the world. Books such as Reading Television (co-written with John Hartley in 1978),Television Culture (1987), Understanding Popular Culture (1989), Power Plays, Power Works (1993) and Media Matters (1994) proved seminal to the developing fields of media and cultural studies. His …

Emeritus Professor Bordwell and Honorary Fellow Thompson Featured in New York Times

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Emeritus Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies David Bordwell and Department of Communication Arts Honorary Fellow Kristin Thompson are again in the spotlight of mainstream media, this time in an article by Manohla Dargis in the New York Times. The article, in the “Movies” section of the site and titled “You Can Judge a Book by Its Movie”, …