Communication Spotlight

Sothary Chea, the Ethnic Studies department Program Assistant, was recognized as Rookie of the Year at the 2018 Denver Metro Admin Awards gala on October 9. Chea began her position in March 2018. In a few short months, she has transformed the culture of the Ethnic Studies department office by...

As of the Fall term, Stephen John Hartnett, Communication Professor, and the Department of Communication’s Democratic Communication Workshops program are running teams of volunteer teachers (BA, MA, and PhD students) into three Denver-area facilities: the CCC, DWCF, and Gilliam Youth Center. In line with that work, Communication is thrilled to...

On August 22, Hamilton Bean, Associate Professor of Communication, presented a "Summary of Research Findings Concerning Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)" at the National Academies of Sciences' Workshop in Washington, DC: Exploring Medical and Public Health Preparedness for a Nuclear Incident.

Communication Associate Professor CT Patrick Dodge and Professor Stephen Hartnett co-planned a summer international conference, the National Communication Association-Communication University of China Conference on "Communication, Media, & Governance in the Age of Globalization" with Zhi Li and Qingwen Dong at the Communication University of China in Beijing, June 20-23. The...

Assistant Professor of Communication Mia Fischer published "Queer and Feminist Approaches to Transgender Media Studies," in the Palgrave-McMillan book, Feminist Approaches to Media Theory and Research .

Communication Professor Stephen Hartnett and Chair Lisa Keranen delivered lecture/seminars at the Advanced Summer Institute on Media and Communication at SooChow University in Suzhou, China in late June. Hartnett spoke about Trump’s rhetoric and digital culture, as well as the networks of the Russian election interference campaign, and Lisa spoke...

Sarah K. Fields, Communication Professor and Associate Dean, was recently named a co-editor of the Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports at the University of Texas Press .

Communication Associate Professor and International Studies Director Hamilton Bean has had a flurry of 11 publications this year reflecting his scholarship on terrorism and international studies, including: “How communication theory can help counter-terrorism stakeholders” in Spectra , “A genosonic analysis of ISIL and U.S. counter-extremism video messages” in Media, War...

Communication Associate Professor CT, Patrick Dodge, received a commendation from the National Communication Association for his work with the "Task Force to Foster International Collaborations in the Age of Globalization," involving many research and pedagogy based projects, as well as co-planning several international conferences with the Communication University of China.

Communication Assistant Professor Mia Fischer received the 2017 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the LGBTQ Division of the National Communication Association for her 2016 doctoral dissertation, "Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility and the Surveillance Practices of the U.S. Security State" (completed at the University of Minnesota, advised by Drs. Mary Vavrus and...